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3) EF-traktatens artikel 77 (nu artikel 73 EF) kan ikke finde anvendelse på offentlige tilskud til dækning af merudgifter, der er afholdt for at opfylde forpligtelser til offentlig tjeneste, uden hensyn til forordning (EØF) nr. 1191/69, som ændret ved forordning nr. 1893191.*
Article 77 of the EC Treaty (now Article 73 EC) cannot be applied to public subsidies which compensate for the additional costs incurred in discharging public service obligations without taking into account Regulation No 1191/69, as amended by Regulation No 1893/91.'
Generaladvokat P. Léger fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Domstolens plenum) den 14. januar 2003.
Advocate General P. Léger delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Full Court on 14 January 2003.
Sag T-81/02 Margot Wagemann-Reuter / Revisionsretten for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Tjenestemandsvedtægten
In that respect, the relatively small amount of aid or the relatively small size of the undertaking which receives it does not, a priori, exclude the possibility that intra- Community trade might be affected within the meaning of that provision.
»Personalesag—tjenestefrihed afpersonlige årsager—besættelse af ledig stilling—opnormering — genindtræden i tjenesten* (En enkelt dommer)
(3) Article 77 of the EC Treaty (now Article 73 EC) does not permit the authorities of a Member State to adopt measures authorising the granting of subsidies to offset the cost of the public service obligations which they impose on an undertaking operating a regional road passenger service without complying with the provisions of Regulation No 1191/69 or, failing that, the provisions of Council Regulation No 1107/70 of 4 June 1970 on the granting of aids for transport by rail, road and inland waterway.'
Den højeste finansielle modydelse, myndighederne kunne komme til at udbetale P & O Ferries, var fastsat til 911 800 000 spanske pesetas (ESP), og der var aftalt en pris pr. passager på 34 000 ESP for 1993-1994 og, med forbehold for ændringer, på 36 000 ESP for 1994-1995 og på 38 000 ESP for 1995-1996.
(Staff case — Leave on personal grounds — Vacantpost — Upgrading ofpost—Reinstatement) (Sole Judge)
Den oprindelige aftale er ikke blevet anmeldt til Kommissionen.
Joined Cases T-116/01 and T-118/01 Ρ & O European Ferries (Vizcaya), SA, Diputación Foral de Vizcaya ν Commission of the European Communities State aid 5 August 2003
Ved skrivelse af 21. september 1992 indgav selskabet Bretagne Angleterre Irlande, som i en årrække under navnet »Brittany Ferries« har drevet en færgerute mellem Plymouth i Det Forenede Kongerige og Santander i Spanien, en klage til Kommissionen over den betydelige støtte, provinsrådet i Vizcaya og den baskiske lokalregering skulle yde P & O Ferries.
(State aid —Actions f or annulment—Decision terminating a review procedure initiated under Article 88(2) EC — Concept of State aid — Purchase of services by the State at the market price —Aid having a social character granted without discrimination related to the origin of the products concerned — Failure to order a Member State to produce the necessary information — Obligation to refund aid — Legitimate expectations of recipients — Statement of reasons) (First Chamber, Extended Composition)
Den 29. september 1993 besluttede Kommissionen at indlede proceduren i henhold til traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2 (nu artikel 88, stk. 2, EF). Kommissionen fandt, at den oprindelige aftale ikke udgjorde en normal, kommerciel disposition, idet den indeholdt bestemmelse om, at der skulle købes et på forhånd fastsat antal værdikuponer over en treårsperiode, ligesom den aftalte pris var højere end den kommercielle pris, at værdikuponerne skulle betales selv for rejser, der ikke blev gennemført, eller som gik til andre havne, at aftalen indeholdt et tilsagn om at dække alle eventuelle tab i den nye forbindelses tre første driftsår, og at den kommercielle risiko således var fjernet for P & O Ferries' vedkommende.
On 9 July 1992 the Diputación Foral de Vizcaya (the Regional Council of Vizcaya, hereinafter 'the Diputación', 'the applicant in Case T-118/01' or 'the intervener in Case T-116/01') and the Ministry of Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government, of the one part, and Ferries Golfo de Vizcaya, now P & O European Ferries (Vizcaya) SA (hereinafter 'P & O Ferries', 'the applicant in Case T-116/01' or 'the intervener in Case Τ-118/0Γ), of the other part, signed an agreement (hereinafter the original agreement') relating to the establishment of a ferry service between Bilbao and Portsmouth.
Ud fra de oplysninger, Kommissionen havde modtaget, fandt den, at støtten til P & O Ferries var statsstøtte som omhandlet i EF-traktatens artikel 92 (efter ændring nu artikel 87 EF), og at den ikke opfyldte betingelserne for at kunne erklæres forenelig med fællesmarkedet.
That agreement provided for the purchase by the signatory authorities between March 1993 and March 1996 of
Ved skrivelse af 10. november 1993 meddelte den baskiske lokalregering Kommissionen, at den havde stillet opfyldelsen af den oprindelige aftale i bero.
By letter of 21 September 1992, Bretagne Angleterre Irlande, a company which has, under the name 'Brittany Ferries', operated a shipping service between the ports of Plymouth in the United Kingdom and Santander in Spain for a number of years, lodged a complaint with the Commission concerning the large subsidies which were to be granted by the Diputación and the Basque Government to P & O Ferries.
Ved skrivelse af 25. marts 1995, adresseret til den tjenestemand ved Generaldirektorat (GD) »Transport«, som var ansvarlig for statsstøtte til transportsektoren, fremsendte P & O Ferries til Kommissionen en ny aftale (herefter »den nye aftale«), som var indgået den 7. marts 1995 mellem provinsrådet i Vizcaya og P & O Ferries, og som ville være i kraft fra 1995 til 1998.
By letter of 30 November 1992, the Commission requested the Spanish Government to provide all the relevant information concerning the subsidies in question. Its reply reached the Commission on 1 April 1993.
Den 7. juni 1995 vedtog Kommissionen sin beslutning om afslutning af den undersøgelsesprocedure, som var blevet indledt med hensyn til støtte ydet til P & O Ferries (herefter »beslutningen af 7. juni 1995«).
On 29 September 1993 the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty (now Article 88(2) EC).
I beslutningen af 7. juni 1995 er det anført, at den nye aftale indebar en række væsentlige ændringer for at tage hensyn til Kommissionens betænkeligheder.
In the light of the information which had been passed on to it, the Commission considered that the financial aid given to P & O Ferries constituted State aid within the meaning of Article 92 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87 EC) and did not fulfil the conditions necessary for it to be declared compatible with the common market.
Ved dom af 28. januar 1999 i sagen BAI mod Kommissionen (sag T-14/96, herefter »BAI-dommen«) annullerede Retten beslutningen af 7. juni 1995 med den begrundelse, at Kommissionens vurdering, hvorefter den nye aftale af 1995 ikke udgjorde statsstøtte, var baseret på en fejlagtig fortolkning af EF-traktatens artikel 92, stk. 1.
The Commission notified the Spanish Government of this decision by letter of 13 October 1993, requesting it to confirm that it would suspend all payments of the aid in question until the Commission adopted its final decision, to submit observations and to provide all the information necessary for assessing the aid.
Den 26. maj 1999 besluttede Kommissionen at indlede proceduren i henhold til artikel 88, stk. 2, EF, for at give de berørte parter mulighed for at komme med bemærkninger til Kommissionens holdning i sagen efter BAI-dommen.
By letter of 10 November 1993, the Basque Government informed the Commission that implementation of the original agreement had been suspended.
Ved beslutning 2001/247/EF af 29. november 2000 om Spaniens støtte til søtransportselskabet Ferries Golfo de Vizcaya (herefter »den anfægtede beslutning«) afsluttede Kommissionen proceduren efter artikel 88, stk. 2, EF, erklærede, at den omhandlede støtte var uforenelig med fællesmarkedet og pålagde Kongeriget Spanien at kræve tilbagebetaling af støtten.
By letter of 27 March 1995 to an official in the Directorate-General for Transport responsible for State aid in the transport sector, P & O Ferries sent the Commission a copy of a new agreement (hereinafter the new agreement') which had been concluded on 7 March 1995 by the Diputación and P & O Ferries and would apply from 1995 to 1998.
Ved stævning indleveret til Rettens Justitskontor den 25. maj 2001 har P & O Ferries anlagt sag T-116/01.
It is apparent from a letter enclosed by P & O Ferries that the Diputación was to receive interest on the sums which had been made available to P & O Ferries under the original agreement.
Ved stævning indleveret til Rettens Justitskontor den 31. maj 2001 har Vizcayas provinsråd anlagt sag T118/01.
On 7 June 1995 the Commission adopted a decision terminating the review procedure initiated in relation to aid to P & O Ferries (hereinafter the decision of 7 June 1995').
Lovligheden af den omtvistede støtte
The decision of 7 June 1995 stated that the new agreement introduced a number of significant modifications in order to meet the Commission's concerns.
Sagsøgerne har, med henblik på at godtgøre, at den omhandlede støtte er ydet i overensstemmelse med den procedure, som er fastlagt i artikel 88, stk. 3, EF, gjort gældende, at i modsætning til det, der er anført i betragtning 75 og 77 til den anfægtede beslutning, er den omtvistede støtte ikke blevet gennemført før beslutningen af 7. juni 1995.
By judgment of 28 January 1999 in Case T-14/96 BAI ν Commission [1999] (hereinafter 'the BAI judgment'), the Court of First Instance annulled the decision of 7 June 1995 on the ground that the Commission had founded the decision on a misinterpretation of Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty when concluding that the new agreement did not constitute State aid.
I den foreliggende sag skal Retten fastslå, at den støtte, som er indført ved den nye aftale, ikke er ydet i overensstemmelse med proceduren efter artikel 88, stk. 3, EF, og at den derfor er ulovlig. Det følger klart af den anfægtede beslutning og af de forklaringer, parterne har afgivet under retsforhandlingerne, at den
On 26 May 1999 the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) EC in order to enable interested parties to submit their comments on the position adopted by the Commission in the light of the BAI judgment.
oprindelige aftale og den nye aftale udgør én enkelt støtteforanstaltning, som blev indført og iværksat i 1992 ved indgåelsen af den oprindelige aftale, uden forudgående anmeldelse til Kommissionen.
By Decision 2001/247/EC of 29 November 2000 on the aid scheme implemented by Spain in favour of the shipping company Ferries Golfo de Vizcaya (hereinafter the contested decision' or the decision'), the Commission terminated the procedure under Article 88(2) EC, declaring the aid in question incompatible with the common market and ordering the Kingdom of Spain to require its recovery.
Det må således i første række bemærkes, som det fremgår af præamblen til den nye aftale samt af meddelelsen fra P & O Ferries' advokater den 27. marts 1995, at den nye aftale blot udgør en ændring af den oprindelige aftale og blev udfærdiget med det formål at erstatte denne.
By application lodged at the Registry of the Court of First Instance on 25 May 2001, P & O Ferries brought Case T-116/01.
Det første anbringende i sag T-118/01, tilsidesættelse af artikel 87, stk. 1, EF
In order to establish that the present instance involves aid granted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 88(3) EC, the applicants maintain that, contrary to what is stated in paragraphs 75 and 77 of the contested decision, the aid at issue was not put into effect before the decision of 7 June 1995.
Anbringendet falder i tre led. Med det første led har sagsøgeren i sag T-118/01 gjort gældende, at Kommissionen har tilsidesat artikel 87, stk. 1, EF, idet den har fundet, at den nye aftale i sin helhed udgjorde statsstøtte, uden at tage de rejsekuponer, som faktisk var blevet udnyttet, i betragtning.
The Court finds in this instance that the aid instituted by the new agreement was not granted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 88(3) EC and, therefore, is unlawful.
Med det andet led har sagsøgeren gjort gældende, at Kommissionen også burde have taget hensyn til de rejsekuponer, der endnu ikke var blevet udnyttet, i sin vurdering af, om der forelå statsstøtte.
It is apparent from the contested decision, reinforced by the explanations provided by the parties in the course of the present proceedings, that the original agreement and the new agreement constitute a single grant of aid, instituted and implemented in 1992 in the context of the original agreement's conclusion without prior notification of the Commission.
Det tredje led vedrører manglende påvirkning af samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne og utilstrækkelig begrundelse af den anfægtede beslutning i denne henseende.
First, as is apparent from the recitals to the new agreement and the communication from P & O Ferries' lawyers of 27 March 1995, the new agreement merely alters the original agreement and was drawn up in order to replace it.
Med henblik på at afgøre, om en intervention som den her omhandlede giver den støttemodtagende virksomhed en begunstigelse, skal det vurderes, om staten, som Vizcayas provinsråd har anført, har handlet på samme måde som en privat investor, der arbejder under normale markedsøkonomiske forhold.
Second, the contested decision and the documentation supplied by the parties show that P & O Ferries' communication of 27 March 1995 sent by its lawyers to an official in the Commission's Directorate-General for Transport, far from constituting formal notification of proposed new aid, concludes lengthy correspondence between the Commission and the applicants relating to the alterations progressively made to the original agreement.
En statslig foranstaltning, der begunstiger en virksomhed, kan således ikke i sig serv og på forhånd udelukkes fra begrebet statsstøtte i artikel 87 EF, blot fordi parterne forpligter sig til gensidige ydelser.
It is therefore clear that the concerned parties themselves and the Commission, both during the prior administrative procedure and in the contested decision, provided indications from which it may be concluded that they regarded the aid at issue as unnotified aid.
Den blotte omstændighed, at en medlemsstat køber varer og tjenesteydelser på markedsvilkår, er ikke tilstrækkeligt til, at denne transaktion må anses for at være en kommerciel disposition, gennemført på vilkår, som en privat investor ville have accepteret, eller med andre ord, en normal kommerciel disposition, hvis det skulle vise sig, at staten ikke har et faktisk behov for disse varer og tjenesteydelser.
The fact that the Commission, by its decision of 26 May 1999, considered it necessary to seek the views of the parties concerned on the aid as altered by the new agreement cannot therefore in any way be interpreted as meaning that, before that date, the procedure initiated on 29 September 1993 and terminated by the decision of 7 June 1995 concerned solely the original agreement. It follows from all the foregoing considerations that the applicants have not adduced evidence from which the Court may conclude that the new agreement instituted new aid.
Det andet anbringende i sag T-118/01, tilsidesættelse af ejendomsretten og af artikel 295 EF
In order to determine whether an intervention such as that at issue confers an advantage on the recipient undertaking, it is to be assessed whether, as claimed by the Diputación, the State has acted in the same way as a private investor operating under normal market economy conditions.
Det følger af Domstolens praksis, at serv om de ejendomsretlige ordninger i medfør af artikel 295 EF fortsat henhører under den enkelte medlemsstat, fører denne bestemmelse ikke til, at eksisterende ejendomsretlige ordninger i medlemsstaterne ikke er omfattet af traktatens grundlæggende principper.
Thus, a State measure in favour of an undertaking cannot be excluded as a matter of principle from the concept of State aid in the sense contemplated in Article 87 EC merely because the parties undertake reciprocal commitments.
Det kan således ikke antages, at artikel 295 EF begrænser rækkevidden af statsstøttebegrebet, som omhandlet i artikel 87, stk. 1, EF.
The mere fact that a Member State purchases goods and services on market conditions is not sufficient for that transaction to constitute a commercial transaction concluded under conditions which a private investor would have accepted, or in other words a normal commercial transaction, if it turns out that the State did not have an actual need for those goods and services.
Det tredje anbringende i sag T-118/01, tilsidesættelse af artikel 87, stk 2, litra a), EF
Here, in order to prove that the new agreement constitutes a normal commercial transaction meeting an actual need felt by it, the Diputación draws attention in particular to the fact that a number of travel vouchers were used during the period covered by the new agreement and that unused vouchers could still be used after expiry of the contractual period.
Vizcayas provinsråd har subsidiært gjort gældende, at Kommissionen burde have erklæret den omtvistede støtte forenelig med fællesmarkedet på grundlag af undtagelsen i artikel 87, stk. 2, litra a), EF, eftersom de erhvervede kuponer blev uddelt inden for rammerne af sociale programmer, som administreredes af provinsrådet, og at støtten således er kommet enkelte forbrugere til gode.
The Diputación has failed to adduce, either during the administrative procedure or before the Court, evidence sufficient to establish that the purchase of the travel vouchers under the new agreement met wholly or even partly, an actual need and that it acted in a similar way to a private investor operating under normal market economy conditions.
Da der ikke foreligger noget bevis for, at de endelige forbrugere ligeledes kan nyde godt af den omtvistede støtte, hvis de benytter de tjenester, der udbydes af andre selskaber, som er i stand til at opfylde det sociale formål, provinsrådet forfølger, er det med rette, at Kommissionen fandt, at denne støtte ikke var ydet til enkelte forbrugere uden forskelsbehandling med hensyn til varernes oprindelse, og at betingelserne i artikel 87, stk. 2, litra a), EF derfor ikke var opfyldt.
Accordingly, the Commission was entitled to conclude that the new agreement, in its entirety, conferred an advantage on P & O Ferries which it would not have obtained under normal market conditions and that all the sums paid in performance of the purchase agreement constituted State aid.
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
The second plea in Case T-118/01, alleging breach of the right to property and of Article 295 EC
Sagsøgerne i sag T-116/01 og sag T-118/01 bærer deres egne omkostninger og betaler Kommissionens omkostninger.
The third plea in Case T-118/01, alleging infringement of Article 87(2)(a) EC
•Appel — sag om foreløbige forholdsregler — konkurrence — betaling afbøde — bankgaranti — interesseafvejning*
(Appeal — Proceedings for interim measures — Competition — Payment of fines — Bank guarantee — Balancing of interests)
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Præjudiciel •Procesreglementets artikel 104, stk. 3 — besvarelse, der klart kan udledes af retspraksis — andet direktiv 84/5/EØF — lovpligtig ansvarsforsikringfor motorkøretøjer —flere ordninger for ansvaret — garanteret minimumsbeløb*
Preliminary ruling (State aid — Articles 87 EC and 88 EC — New aid — Absence of prior notification — Aid incompatible with the common market — Withdrawal of aid — Transitional arrangements maintaining the effect of the withdrawn aid) (Fifth Chamber)
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»Sag om foreløbige forholdsregler — statsstøtte —forpligtelse til tilbagesøgning —fumus boni juris—uopsættelighed—interesseafvejning —særlige omstændigheder—midlertidigudsættelse* udsættelse*
(Interim relief— Suspension of operation — Application f or interim measures —Judgment of the Court of First Instance holding an application for annulment inadmissible — Appeal — Suspension of the operation of the act annulment of which was sought at first instance — Admissibility — Prima facie case — Urgency — Balance of interests involved)
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(Proceedings f or interim measures — State aid — Obligation to recover aid — Prima facie case — Urgency — Weighing up of interests — Exceptional circumstances — Provisionalsuspension) suspension)
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This bulletin is issued by the Court's Press and Information Division (L-2925 Luxembourg) to provide rapid information on the work of the Court.
Originalsprog: fransk Redaktionen afsluttet den 15.9.2003 Katalognr.: QD-AC-03-021-DA-C
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