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Hvis der ikke er en sädan forbindelse, kunnedokumenterne ikke have veret anvendt til forsvar for den sagssger, derpäberäber sig disse.I modsatfald mä det dernest underssges, om det forhold,at der ikke er givet adgang hertil, har kunnet pävirke den pägreldende partsforsvar under den administrative procedure.
Clarification by the Community judicature of conceptsreferred to in theprovisions of the EC Treaty relating to State aid is relevant when applying thecorresponding provisions of the ECSC Treaty to the extent that the clarificationis not incompatible with that Treaty. It is therefore permissible, to that extent,to refer to the case-law on State aid deriving from the EC Treaty in order toassess the legality of decisions regarding aid covered by the ECSC Treaty.
Der mä i denne forbindelseforetages en undersogelse af de beviser, Kommissionen har fremfsrt til ststte for det pägreldende klagepunkt, og af, om de ikke-meddelte dokumenter -med hensyn til de af Kommissionenfremfsrte beviser- har kunnet have enbetydning, som ikke burde v & re blevet overset.Der var for flere sagsogeresvedkommende tale om en tilsidesrettelse af retten til kontradiktion, idet derefter Rettens opfattelse var en - selv begrenset- mulighed for, at denadministrative procedure ville have fäet et andet udfald, säfremt dissevirksomheder havde kunnet päberäbe sig dokumentetunder den administrativeprocedure.
In D,SG v Commission, an action for annulment of a Commissiondecisiondeclaring State aid incompatible with the ECSC Treaty and the Steel Aid Codeand ordering its recovery, the Court recalled the case-law of the Court of Justiceaccording to which the conduct of the private investor,with which that of a publicinvestor pursuing public policy objectives is to be compared, is not necessarilythat of an ordinary investor laying out capital with a view to realisinga profit inthe medium to long term, but must at least be the conduct of a private holdingcompany or a private group of undertakings pursuing a structural policy, whethergeneral or sectoral,and guided by prospects of profitability in the longer term.Relying on that case-law, the Court of First Instance held that the applicant hadnot established that the Commission obviously erred in its assessment in takingthe view that a private investor would not have granted loans such as those which
virksomheden angiveligt deltog i. Retten til kontradiktion tilsidesrettes derforikke alene ved, at virksomheden under den administrative procedure ikke harkunnet udtale sig om et dokument, der er anvendt i den anfregtede beslutning.Virksomheden skal godtgore, at Kommissionen i den pägreldende beslutninganvendte et nyt bevis med henblik pä fastsläen overtredelse, som sagssgerenangiveligt havde deltaget i.
were in dispute given the financial situation of the recipient undertaking, its needfor investment and the situation of the market for the products concerned.
Endelig gentog Retten, at Kommissionen ikke er forpligtet til under denadministrative procedure at give aktindsigt i interne dokumenter ikonkurrencesager.
- A decision by the Commission concerning the recapitalisation of the company Alitalia was annulled in Alitalia v Commission, cited above, for failure to statereasons and manifest errors of assessment.
Endvidere bringes sädanne dokumenter ikke under sagenbehandling ved Fellesskabets retsinstanser til sagsogernes kundskab,medmindre sagens ganske srerlige omstrendigheder kraeverdet pä grundlag afvegtige indicier, som det pähviler de pägreldende sagsogere at tilvejebringe.Denne begrrensning af adgangen til interne dokumenter er begrundet i hensynettil den pägreldende institutions funktionsdygtighedmed hensyn til forfolgningenaf overtrredelser af traktatenskonkurrenceregler. konkurrenceregler.
In that case, the Court had todetermine whether the Commission was entitled to conclude that the capitalinjection of ITL 2 750 billionby the Italian State finance company IRI constituted State aid within the meaning of Article 92(l) of the Treaty.
I dom af 30. marts 2000, Kish Glassmod Kommissionen (sag T-65/96, Sml.II, s. 1885 (appelsag:C-241100 P)) og dom af 30. november 2000, Industriedespoudres sphöriques mod Kommissionen (sag T-5197, endnu ikke trykt i Samling af Afgorelser) havde Retten lejlighed til at gentage,at en virksomhed,der har indgivet klage til Kommissionen, ikke har ret til aktindsigt i Kommissionens sagsakterunder samme betingelser som den virksomhed,Kommissionens undersogelser er rettet mod.
First, the Court rejected the applicant's argument that that investment satisfied theprivate-investor test because of the participation of private investorsin its capital.It held that a capital contribution from public funds satisfiesthe private-investortest and does not constitute State aid if, inter alia, it was made at the same timeas a significant capital contribution on the part of a private investor made incomparable circumstances, which was not the casehere. here.
I Cement-sagerne päberäbte sagsogerne sig forsketlige former for tilsidesrettelseaf retten til kontradiktion under den administrative procedure.
That minimum rate for an investment bypublic authorities in an airline had been applied by the Commission in a decisionrelating to the company Iberia.
Flere af dem,der ikke var til stede ved msdet den 14. januar 1983 (f. ovenfor), gjordegaeldende, ät Kommissionen i beslutningen havde antaget, at de varrepresenteret under msdet og derved havde deltaget i kartellet fra msdetsaftroldelse, selv om denne oplysning ikke var anfsft i meddelelsen afklagepunkter.
The applicant's argument, put forward in theadministrative procedure before the Commission, that its situation had to bedistinguished from Iberia's formed an essential part of its case that IRI'sinvestment satisfied the private-investor test, and warranted a reply from the Commission in the contested decision.
Retten fandt, at Kommissionen burde have meddelt, at denhavde til hensigt aI" anse msdet den 14. januar 1983 for at v & rebegyndelsestidspunktet for overtredelsen i forhold til samtlige adressater fordens senere beslutning.
Third, the Court found that, in the contested decision, the Commission did notreassess the minimum and internal rates of return on the basis of the final versionof the applicant's restructuring plan, a stepwhich it should have taken in orderto be able to make an accurateassessment of whether IRI's investment satisfiedthe private-investor test.
Retten fastsatte derfor for hver enkelt virksomhedbegyndelsestidspunktet for deltagelseni overtrredelsen uden at anvende detkriterium om repraesentation, Kommissionen havde brugt.
- In CETM v Commission, cited above, the Court recalled that a State aidmeasure must be specific in nature, that is to say its application must be selective.
Enkelte safilmenslutninger af virksomheder gjorde endvideregaldende, at Kommissionen i meddelelsen af klagepunkter ikke havde tilkendegivet, at denhave til hensigt at pälegge dem en bsde.
In order for the selective nature of a measure to be regarded as established,it isnecessary to determine whether the measure entails advantages accruing exclusively to certain undertakings or certain sectors of activity.
Med hensyn hertil fandt Retten, at Kommissionen ikke har ret til at pälregge en virksomhed eller en salnmenslutning af virksomheder en bode,när den ikke forinden i meddelelsenaf klagepunkter har orienteret parten om, at den har til hensigt aL gore dette,idet meddelelsen af klagepunkter skal gore det muligt for den pägreldende atforsvare sig ikke blot mod en konstatering af overtrredelsen, men ogsä modpälaeggelsen af en bsde.
It stated that thefact that aid is not aimed at one or rnore specific recipients defined in advance,but that it is subject to a series of objective criteria pursuant to which it may begranted, within the framework of a predetermined overall budget allocation, toan indefinite number of beneficiarieswho are not initially individually identified,cannot suffice to call in question the selective nature of a measure and, accordingly, its classification as State aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) ofthe Treaty.
Da sammenslutningernes argument blev tilträdt, blevde bsder, der var pälagt sammenslutningerne af virksomheder,ophrevet. ophrevet.
In the case in point, a measure which was intended to, and did infact, benefit, among usersof commercial vehicles, only natural persons, small andmedium-sized enterprises, local and regional public bodies and bodies providinglocal public services(to the exclusion of other usersof vehicles of that type, suchas large undertakings) was considered to be selective and therefore specific for thepurposesof Article 92(l) of the Treaty.
Kommissionens behandling af klager
Distinction between new and existing aid
Kommissionens forpligtelser, när der indbringes en klage for den i medfsr af artikel 3 i forordning nr. 17 , er n & rmere blevet fastlagt igennem Domstolensog Retten faste retspraksis.
Systems of financial aid to local road haulage contractors were set up by Laws ofthe Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region of Italy of 1981 and 1985 but were not notified to the Commission.
En rrekke domme bidrager til en nuanceringaf af definitionen af de forpligtelser, der pähviler Kommissionen, og belyser denkontrol, der udsves med Kommissionensvurderinger og sksn (dom af17.2.2000, sag T-241197, Stork Amsterdam mod KommissionenS m , l. II,s.309, ovennrevntedom af 30.3.2000, Kish Glassmod Kommissionendom, af25.5,2000, sag T7 7l 95 RV, Ufex m.fl. mod K om r n i s sionen S r n , l. II, s. 2167,af 26.10.2000, sag T-154198, Asia Motor m.fl. mod Kommissionerz, endnu ikketrykt i Samling af Afgorelser (appelsag:C-1l01 P) og ovenn & vnte dom af30.11.2000, Industrie des poudres sphöriques mod Kommissionen).
In a decision adopted in 1997 , the Commission declaredincompatible with the common market the aid granted to companies engaged in transport operations at an international level and the aid granted, from 1 July1990, to companies engaged exclusively in transport operations at a local,regional or national level, and it ordered recovery of the aid.
I dommen Stork Amsterdam mod Kommissionen fandt Retten, at när Kommissionen genoptager den administrative procedure til behandling af enklage, der er blevet henlagt, skal den behorigt begrunde sin rendrede holdningi beslutningen om ikke at efterkornme klagen, navnlig när beslutningen om atgenoptage den administrative procedure ikke skyldes eksistensen af ellerkendskabet til nye faktiske og retlige omstrendigheder, der berettigertil atgenoptage sagen. Da den anfregtede beslutning ikke opffldte kravet om begrundelse, blev den annulleret.
In their action for annulment of the decision, the hauliers contended in particularthat the aid for local, regional and national transport had to be treatedas existingaid because it was provided for by laws preceding the liberalisationof the sectorconcerhed and therefore was not subject to the obligation to notify..
- I den ovenn & vnte dom af 25.5.2000, Ufex m.fl. mod Kommissionen, derblev afsagt efter sagens hjemvisning ved Domstolens dom af 4. marts 1999 (sag C-1L9197 P, Ufex m.fl. mod KommissionenS m , l. I,s. 1341)15fastslog
The Courttherefore had to decide whether aid granted under an aid system establishedbefore a market was openedup to competition had to be regarded,with effectfrom the date of that liberalisation, as new aid or as existing aid.
Retten, at Kommissionen ikke havdeoverholdt sine forpligtelser i forbindelsemed undersogelsen af den klage, som sagssgeren havde indgivet til Kommissionen.
In Alzetta and Others v Commission,20 cited above, the Court held that existingaid is not only aid introduced before the Treaty entered into force or before theaccessionof the Member State concerned to the European Communities and aidwhich has been properly put into effect under the conditions laid down in Article 93(3) of the Treaty, but also aid established in a market that was initiallyclosed to competition.
I den foreliggende sag var beslutningen om ikke at giveklageren medhold pä grund af sagens manglende interesse for Frellesskabetbegrundet i, at den kritiserede adfrerd var ophort.
At the time of its establishment, such aid did not comewithin the scope of Article 92(l) of the Treaty, which, having regard to therequirements set out in that provision regarding effect on trade between Member States and repercussionson competition, applies only to sectors open tocompetition.
Selv om Rettengentog, at Kommissionen kan afuise en klage med den begrundelse, at der ikke er entilstrrekkelig frellesskabsinteresse i en fortsat behandling af sagen, fastslog deni overensstemmelse med Domstolens dom, at Kommissionen er forpligtet tilpä grundlag af de fremkorme faktiske og retlige omstrendigheder at vurdere O e pastaede overtrcdelsers grovhed og varighed samt deres eventuelle fortsattevirtning, ogsä selv om den pästäede ulovlige adfrerd er ophort efter klagensindgivelse.
The liberalisation, which is not attributable to the competentauthorities of the Member State concerned, cannot be regarded as a materialalteration to the aid system, and therefore subject to the obligation to notify under Article 93(3) of the Treaty.
Efter en gennemgang af den anfrgtede beslutning fastslog Retten,at Kommissionen havde tilsidesat sine forpligtelser. Den anfegtede beslutningblev derfor annulleret.
On the contrary, liberalisationis a precondition forthe applicability of Treaty provisions on State aid in some specific sectors, suchas the transport sector, which was initially closed to competition.
I Cement-sagen mätte Retten foretage en betydelig nedsaettelse de virksomheder, hvis deltagelse i aftalen var blevet bevist, idet bsderne var
On the other hand, as the cabotage market was liberalisedonly from 1 July 1990,the systems of aid introduced in 1981 and 1985 had to be regarded as existingsystems and not new systems of aid, so that aid to undertakings engaged solelyin local, regional or national transport could be the subject,at most, of a decisionfinding it incompatible as to the future.
Srrligt fastlagde Retten nrermere omfanget af pligten til at begrunde enbeslutningom at pälegge flere virksomheder eller salnmenslutninger bsder foren overtrredelse it a. frellesskabsretlige konkurrenceregler.Under henvisning til, at denne pligt navnlig skal fastleggesunder hensyn til, at overtrredelsernes grovhed stai UöOsrnmes pä grundlag af en lang rrekke forhold, idet der ikke
Pursuant to Article 93(1) and (2) of the Treaty and in accordance with the principle of legal certainty, the Commission is,as part of its constantreview of existing aid, only empowered to require theelimination or modification of such aid within a period which it is to determine.That aid can, therefore, lawfully be implemented as long as the Commission hasnot found it to be incompatible with the common market.
.. nog.n bindende eller udtsmmende liste over de kriterier, der er pligt til at inddräge, og til, at Kommissionen har et sksn ved fastsrettelsen af bsdens stsrrelie, fremhrevede Retten endnu en gang, at det er onskeligt, at
The contested decision was therefore annulled in so far as it declared that aidgranted with effect from 1 July 1990 to undertakings engaged solely in local,regional or national transport was illegal and required recovery of that aid.
- pä en mäde, som Kommissionen finder hensigtsmressig virksomhederne kan fä et detaljeret indblik i, hvorledes den bsde, der pälregges dem, er beregnet, säledes at de kan tage stilling med fuldt kendskab til sagen uden at u*r. nodsagettil at anlregge sag til provelse af beslutningen for at fä kendskab til beregningen, navnlig när Kommissionen har anvendt detaljerede matematiskeformler ved beregningen af bsderne. Sädanneforklaringer, som det om fornsdent tilkommer Retten at anmode Kommissionen om, er imidlertid ikke en supplerende og efterfolgende begrundelse for den anfregtede
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region also brought an action for annulment of the decision.The objection of inadmissibility raised by the Commission against that action was rejectedby judgment of 15 June 1999 in Case T-288/97 Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia v CommissionU9991ECR II-1871. That case is still in progress.
Inden for statsststteomrädet har Retten truffet afgorelse i sager anlagt i henhold le.
- As regards derogations from the prohibition of aid which is laid down by Article 92(L) of the Treaty, the judgment in Astilleros hmacona v Commission,cited above, is to be mentioned.
" afsagte afgorelser prcciserer forskellige materielle retssporgsmäl i relation til statsstotte.
In thatjudgment, the Court reviewedthe legality of a decision in which the Commission had found that the conditions forapplication of a derogation from the prohibition of operating aid in theshipbuilding industry - a derogation provided for by Directive 90/6841EEC2t - were not met.
Flere sager har fsrt Retten til at udtale sig dels om fortolkningen afstatsstottebegrebet og, dels om den sondring, der bestär mellem ny stotte og eksisterende ststte.
In its review, which led it to dismissthe action, the Courthad regard to the objective, context and wording of the second subparagraph of Article a(3) of that directive, which permits a departure from the principle ofprogressive reduction in the level of aid where ships are not built within a threeyear period, and concluded that that provision must be interpretedrestrictively. restrictively.
I frllesskabsretlig forstand er ststte en fordel, som ydes ved hjelp afstatsmidler under enhver trenkelig form ved at begunstige visse virksomheder eller visse produktioner.
Also, in EPAC v Commission, cited above, the Court found that the Commissionhad not erred in law in considering that the criteria relating to rescue aidcontained in the "Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing andrestructuring firms in difficulty" (OJ 1994 C 368, p.
Sävel fordelen som den serlige karakter af denstatslige foranstaltning er blevet vurderet af Retten i lsbet af den undersogte periode.
12) were not met and thata State guarantee granted to EPAC therefore could not be considered to be rescue aid compatible with the common market.
- I ovennrvnte dom af 13. juni 2000, EPAC mod Kommissionen, bemrerkede Retten, at ststtebegrebetikke blot omfatter egentlige ydelser sä som selve
- In BP Chemicals v Commission, cited above, the Court partially annulled a Commission decision, adopted without opening the formal examination procedure, authorising an aid scheme of the French authorities for biofuels under whichbioethanol in particular was exemptedfrom exciseduty.
Jf. endvidere den del af nrervrerende rapport, der vedrsrer Domstolens virksomhed i2000, for sä vidt som den omhandlerappeldofilmene afsagt i karton-sageme, punkt 16. 1, side 48 ff.
Directive gzl8llBBc nallows the Member States to provide for certain exemptions or reduced rateswithin their territory in respect of pilot projects for the technological development of more environmentally-friendlyproducts.
Kommissionen, af 15.6.2000i de forenede sager T-298197, T-372197, T-3I3/97, T-375/97, T-600197- T-607197, T-1198 - T-6198 og T-23t98, Atzetta m.fl. mod
It accordingly concluded that the Commission hadinfringed Directive 92181 and exceeded the powers conferred on it by
II, s. 2319 (appelsag: C-298100 P), af 27.9.2000 i sagen BPChemicals mod Kommissionen, af 12.12.2000i sagen Alitalia mod Kommissionen, ogaf 14.12.2000, sag T-613/97, Ufex m.fl. mod Kommissionen, endnu ikke trykt i Samling af Afgorelser.
This judgment gave the Court the opportunity to explain that the margin ofdiscretion which the Commission lawfully intendsleaving to the Member States
Kendelse af 25.7 .2000, sag T-110/98, RJBMining mod Kommissionen, endnu ikke trykti samling af Afgorelser (appelsag c-371100P) og dom af 29.6.2000, sagT-234/95, T-234/95,
Council Directive 90l684lEEC of 2I December 1990 on aid to shipbuilding (OJ 1990L 380,p.27). p.27).
tilskuddene,men ligeledes de indgreb, der under forskellige former letter debyrder, som normalt belaster en virksomheds budget, og derved, uden at veretilskud i ordets egentlige forstand, er af safilme art og har tilsvarendevirkninger.
in applying the concept of "pilot projects for the technological development ofmore environmentally-friendlyproducts" referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive9218L must be distinguished from the margin of discretion conferred on the Commission by Article 93 of the Treaty in order to determine to what extent Stateaid is compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 ofthe Treaty.
Med henbtik pä at vurdere, hvorvidt en statslig foranstaltning skalanses for at v & re stotte, mä det ifolge fast retspraksis fastlegges, hvorvidtdenvirksomhed, foranstaltningen er rettet mod, opnär en skonomisk fordel, somden ikke ville have opnäet under srdvanlige markedsbetingelser.
Whereasthe power conferred on the Commission by Article 93 ofthe Treaty presupposes that that institution will undertake discretionary appraisalsof complex economic and social situations,judicial review of which must be ofa limited nature, any appraisal of an application of the provision of Directive9218I at issue must, in contrast, be guided by a plausible interpretation of thelegislative concepts of a vague and indeterminate character used in it, an appraisalwhich, in the last resort, is a matter for the Community judicature.Consequently, it is incumbent both on the Commission, when appraising anotified aid scheme, and on the Community judicature before which an action forannulment has been brought to ensure observance of the limits inherent in anycontextual and reasonable interpretation of terms used in Community legislation.
Retten undersogtederfor, om den garanti, den portugisiske stat stillede for EPAC med henblikpä, at selskabet kunne opnä et län hos bankerne, ogsä ville v & re blevet stillet af en privat erhvervsdrivende under sedvanlige markedsvilkär, när der bl.a.henses til risikoen for, at denne garanti ville blive realiseret i tilfelde afmanglende tilbagebetaling af det ydede län.
The case was brought by a commercial company which, since 1992, has beenrunning one of the main private television channels in Portugal, SIC (Sociedade Independent e de Communicagäo).
Navnlig hensettil den alvorligefinansielle situation, EPAC befandt sig i, vurderede Retten, at Kommissionenvar berettiget til at antage, at en privat erhvervsdrivende under de i sagenforeliggende omstrendigheder ikke ville have stillet den omtvistede garanti for EPAC.
SIC, which is financed exclusively byadvertising revenue, submitted complaints to the Commission on two occasions(in 1993 and 1996), objecting to the grants paid to RTP and other measures in RTP's favour since it took the view that they were State aid that distortedcompetition.
For at afgarc, om den virksomhed, der opnär en fordel ved enforanstaltning vedtaget af en offentlig myndighed, ville have kunnet opnä desamme skonomiske fordele fra en privat investor, der handler pämarkedsvilkär, er Kommissionen berettiget til at benytte det privateinvestorprincip.
In the contested decision, adopted in November 1996, the Commission concludedthat the measures criticised by SIC in its first complaint of 1993 did not constitute State aid for the purposes of Community law.
Dette princip er relevant ved afgorelse af, om en virksomhedhar modtaget stotte, som omhandlet i traktatensartikelg2, stk. 1.
It is that classification of themeasures and, in particular, the failure to open the formal examination procedureprovided for by Article 93(2) of the Treaty that the applicant challenged beforethe Court.
Der kan säledes i den anfqfteudstrrekning henvises til retspraksis vedrsrende statsststte omfattet af EF-
It is to be rememberedthat it is only within the framework of thatprocedure, which is designed to enable the Commission to be fully informed of t27
traktaten med henblik pä bedommelsenaf lovligheden af beslutninger, dervedrsrer ststte omfattet af EKSF-traktaten,
all the facts of the case, that the Treaty imposesan obligation on the Commissionto give the parties concerned notice to submit their comments.