natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Each of these transactions therefore leads to a complex set of financial flows between the airport operator and the airline and its subsidiaries, consisting of the revenue from the airport charges, revenue linked to the groundhandling services and revenue linked to the marketing services.
Kogusummad
Accordingly, a comparison between just the airport charges invoiced by the CCIPB to the airlines concerned and the airport charges invoiced at the comparison airports would not provide any useful indication as to whether the MEO test was satisfied.
Keskmine summa reisija kohta kolme eelmise aasta põhjal (eurodes)
At the very least, in order to validly compare the transactions covered by this assessment, it would be necessary to identify, for the airports in the comparison sample, a set of comparable transactions, which must particularly include equivalent marketing services and equivalent groundhandling services.
Täiendavad kulud (Ryanairi ja AMSiga sõlmitud lepingud
Identifying such a sample of comparable transactions would prove impossible, given that the transactions covered by this assessment are so complex and specific, and all the more so as the prices of groundhandling services and marketing services are rarely made public and would be difficult to obtain in order to form a basis for comparison.
Täiendavad kulud, mida on eelnevalt võimalik eeldada iga tehingu puhul (mis antud juhul hõlmavad lennujaamateenuste lepinguid ja turundusteenuste lepinguid) ja mida CCIPB asemel lennujaama käitav turumajanduse tingimustes tegutsev ettevõtja oleks arvesse võtnud, kuuluvad kolme järgmisesse liiki:
Lastly, assuming that it could be established, based on a valid comparative analysis, that the ‘prices’ applied in the various transactions covered by this assessment were equivalent to or higher than the ‘market prices’ established using the sample of comparison transactions, the Commission could not, however, conclude that those transactions corresponded to the market price if it proved that, on their conclusion, the airport operator may have expected them to lead to incremental costs higher than the incremental revenues.
turundusteenuste ostmise kulud;
An MEO would not in fact be interested in offering goods or services at the ‘market price’ if this led to an incremental loss.
täiendavate investeeringute kulud, mis on tingitud tehinguga seoses tehtud investeeringutest;
The Commission considers it appropriate to reiterate in the context of this analysis that, following the adoption of the new Guidelines, both France and the interested parties were invited to submit comments on the application of those guidelines to the present case (see recitals 22 and 23).
täiendavad tegevuskulud, sealhulgas tegevuskulud (personalikulud, mitmesugused ostud), mida tehingu teostamine võib kaasa tuua.
In the event, neither France nor the interested parties disputed in substance the Commission’s approach according to which, where an appropriate benchmark cannot be identified to establish a true market price for the services provided by airports to airlines, the most relevant criterion for assessing the arrangements concluded between these two parties is an ex ante incremental profitability analysis.
Turundusteenuste lepingutega seotud kulude puhul võttis komisjon arvesse erinevates turundusteenuste lepingutes toodud summasid.
This approach is justified by the fact that an airport operator may have an objective interest in concluding a transaction with an airline where it may reasonably expect this transaction to improve its profits (or reduce its losses) compared to a counterfactual situation in which this transaction is not concluded, regardless of any comparison with the conditions offered to airlines by other airport operators, or even with the conditions offered by the same airport operator to other airlines.
Seega võttis komisjon kõnealust maksimaalset summat arvesse turundusteenustega seotud kuluna, lisaks lepingus kindlaksmääratud esialgsele maksele.
On this last point, as the Commission noted in the new Guidelines, ‘price differentiation is a standard business practice, as long as it complies with all relevant competition and sectoral legislation.
Samuti nagu lennuliikluse mahu prognooside puhul, ei väljenda hinnangulised turunduskulud tingimata tegelikult makstud summasid, sest teatud lepingute sõlmimisele järgnenud sündmused võisid viia algselt prognoositud summadest kõrvalekaldumisele.
Nevertheless, such differentiated pricing policies should be commercially justified to satisfy the MEO test’ (footnotes omitted).
Selline olukord tekib juhul, kui leping lõpetatakse ennetähtaegselt.
In this regard, it should be noted that the comments of certain third parties that basically criticise the CCIPB for not having applied its general pricing system uniformly to all airlines are not relevant with regard to the application of the MEO test.
Samas ei tule selliseid sündmusi võtta arvesse turumajanduse tingimustes tegutseva ettevõtja põhimõtte kohaldamisel, kuna need sündmused on hilisemad lepingu sõlmimise kuupäevast.
For example, Air France’s comment, summarised in recital 169, that the CCIPB should have invoiced Ryanair for the ‘lighting charge’ under certain circumstances is without merit.
Täiendavate investeerimiskulude kohta tuleb märkida, et Prantsusmaa väitel ei tehtud Pau lennujaamas käesoleva menetlusega hõlmatud lepingutega seonduvalt ühtki investeeringut.
An airport operator does not necessarily confer an economic advantage on an airline by negotiating conditions with that airline that fall outside its general pricing system, or even by negotiating a different pricing system from this general system.
Seega, võttes arvesse, et mitte ükski uurimismenetluse käigus ilmnenud asjaolu ei anna alust arvata, et turumajanduse tingimustes tegutsev ettevõtja oleks eeldanud teatud investeeringute tegemist seoses käesoleva uurimismenetlusega hõlmatud ühe või mitme lepinguga, ei võetud käesoleva analüüsi tegemisel täiendavaid investeerimiskulusid arvesse.
Joint assessment of the conduct of the airport operator and the CCIPB as a whole
Eri lepingute sõlmimise ajal prognoositud tegevuskulud on lepinguga seotud äriplaani puudumisel kõige raskemini analüüsitavad andmed.
In the opening decision, the Commission considered, as a preliminary observation, that the conduct of the CCIPB as a whole should be assessed together with that of the airport operator and, where applicable, with that of the State or other public authorities supervising the airport operator or involved in its financing.
Tegevuskulude puhul ei ole võimalik kasutada lennundusega mitteseotud tulude puhul kasutatud meetodit, mis põhines lennujaama kogutuludel, millest tuletati lennundusega mitteseotud tulud ühe reisija kohta.
France indicated its agreement to the joint assessment of the conduct of the service operating the airport, the CCIPB as a whole and other public authorities.
Sellise lähenemisviisi korral vaadeldaks kõiki lennujaama kulusid, mis on jaotatud reisijate arvu peale, täiendavate tegevuskuludena.
In applying the MEO test, the conduct of the CCIPB as a whole, and not just that of its service operating the airport, should be taken into account.
Kuid oluline osa lennujaama tegevuskuludest on püsikulud, mis tähendab et ühe reisija kohta arvestatud tegevuskulud võivad enamasti osutuda märkimisväärselt suuremaks uue reisijate arvu suurenemise tinginud lepingu sõlmimisega kaasnevatest täiendavatest kuludest.
The service operating the airport within the CCIPB does not in fact have its own legal personality distinct from that of the CCIPB.
Selleks et hinnata täiendavate tegevuskulude suurust, peab komisjon lähtuma lennujaama käitaja analüüsiandmetest, kuna ta ei saa ise hinnata, mil viisil võib lepingu sõlmimine mõjutada lennujaama erinevaid kuluartikleid.
Furthermore, although the airport services agreements were signed with the airport, which received the airport charges paid by Ryanair and other airlines, the costs of the marketing services agreements were mainly charged to the CCIPB’s general budget and were not necessarily reflected in the airport’s accounts.
Komisjon märgib, et CCIPB tegi selle hinnangu enne enamiku käesoleva uurimismenetlusega hõlmatud Ryanairi ja AMSiga sõlmitud lepingute allkirjastamist ning see oli seega kättesaadav nende lepingute sõlmimise ajal.
France also indicates in this respect that the CCIPB directly covered these costs.
Komisjon märgib, et Transavia äriplaan koostati Ryanairist erineva lennuettevõtja jaoks.
The Commission therefore takes the view that the conduct of the airport operator and the CCIPB as a whole must be assessed together, in terms of their relations with the airlines and their subsidiaries, in order to apply the private operator in a market economy test.
Sellele vaatamata leiab komisjon, et Transavia kasutab odavlennuettevõtja majandusmudelit, mis on Ryanairiga võrreldav ning et seetõttu on turumajanduse tingimustes tegutseva ettevõtja eeldatavad täiendavad tegevuskulud ühe reisija kohta kahe lennuettevõtja puhul tõenäoliselt sarnased.
Conclusion on the terms for applying the market economy operator test
On vähetõenäoline, et lennujaama käitaja kulude struktuur muutuks oluliselt kuue kuu jooksul.
It is clear from all the above that, in order to apply the MEO test to the agreements in question, the Commission must analyse each marketing services agreement together with the corresponding airport services agreement, and must assess whether a hypothetical MEO, motivated by the prospect of profits and operating Pau airport in place of the CCIPB, would have entered into these transactions.
2005. aasta detsembris tehtud hinnang on seega vastuvõetav ligikaudne hinnang, mille turumajanduse tingimustes tegutsev ettevõtja oleks 2005. aasta juunis koostanud selleks, et hinnata kõnealuste Ryanairi ja AMSiga sõlmitud lepingute asjakohasust.
To this end, the Commission must determine the incremental profitability of the agreements as it would have been assessed by the MEO at the time of their conclusion, by estimating, for the entire period of application of the agreements:
2003. aasta leping on sõlmitud peaaegu kolm aastat enne Transavia äriplaani koostamist.
the future incremental traffic expected from the implementation of these agreements, possibly taking into account the effects of the marketing services on the load factors of the routes covered by the agreements;
Samas ei ole selle kolmeaastase perioodi jooksul toimunud lennujaama lennuliikluse ja struktuuri suuri muudatusi.
the future incremental revenues expected from the implementation of these agreements, including revenue from airport charges and groundhandling services, generated by the routes covered by these agreements, as well as non-aeronautical revenue from the additional traffic generated by the implementation of these agreements;
Seetõttu leiab komisjon parema alternatiivi puudumisel, et keskmiste täiendavate tegevuskulude suurus […] eurot ühe reisija kohta koos 2 % suuruse indekseerimisega 2009. aasta suhtes on samuti sobiv 2003. aasta lepingu analüüsimiseks.
the future incremental costs expected from the implementation of these agreements, including operating costs and any incremental investment costs generated by the routes covered by these agreements, as well as marketing service costs.
Komisjon märgib, et Prantsusmaa esitatud täiendavate tegevuskulude suurus […] eurot ühe reisija kohta, mis on arvestatud keskmiste tegevuskuludena ühe reisija kohta ajavahemikul 2003–2011, on märkimisväärselt suurem komisjoni kasutatavast täiendavate tegevuskulude suurusest […] eurot ühe reisija kohta, mida komisjon peab eespool toodud kaalutlustest lähtuvalt asjakohasemaks.
These calculations will provide the future annual flows corresponding to the difference between incremental revenues and costs, which are to be discounted, if necessary, by a rate reflecting the cost of capital for the airport operator.
Iga tehingu puhul korrutatakse täiendav tegevuskulu ühe reisija kohta prognoositava reisijate arvu suurenemisega, et määrata iga aasta jaoks kindlaks konkreetse lepinguga seotud täiendav tegevuskulu.
A positive net present value indicates in principle that the agreements in question do not confer an economic advantage, whereas a negative net present value reveals the presence of such an advantage.
Ryanairi ja AMSiga sõlmitud lepingute kohta saadud tulemused
It should be noted that, in this assessment, the arguments of the CCIPB and Ryanair that the price of the marketing services purchased by the CCIPB is equivalent to or less than what may be regarded as a ‘market price’ for such services are without merit.
Olles sel viisil määranud kindlaks iga lepingu puhul täiendavad tulud ja kõik täiendavad kulud, mida turumajanduse tingimustes tegutsev ettevõtja võis ette näha, saab komisjon määrata iga lepingu puhul aasta aastalt kogu lepingu kehtivuse aja jooksul kindlaks täiendavad arvestatud rahavood (tulud miinus kulud).
A hypothetical MEO motivated by the prospect of profits would not be prepared to purchase such services, even at a price at or below ‘market price’, if it were predicted that, despite the positive effect of such services on passenger traffic on the routes concerned, the incremental costs generated by the agreements would exceed the incremental revenues at present value.
Need tulemused on toodud allpool tabelites 6–11.
In such a scenario, the ‘market price’ would be higher than the hypothetical MEO was prepared to pay, and the services in question would therefore logically be rejected.
Komisjon märgib, et kõikide lepingute ja 2005. aasta Pau-Londoni lennuliini lepingu 16. juuni 2009. aasta lisalepingu puhul on kõik aastased täiendavad rahavood negatiivsed, nagu on näidatud allpool toodud tabelites ning seda vaatamata Ryanairi jaoks soodsatele hüpoteesidele, millest komisjon lähtus, eeskätt seoses reisijate arvu suurenemise ja täiendavate kuludega.
For the same reasons, the fact that the prices set for the airport services in the airport services agreement may be equivalent to or higher than the prices invoiced by even slightly comparable airport operators for comparable services would be irrelevant in this analysis if these prices were not expected to generate sufficient incremental revenues to cover the incremental costs at present value.
Komisjon märgib täiendavalt, et see järeldus kehtib ka 2007., 2008., 2009. ja isegi 2010. aasta lepingute puhul ning seda isegi juhul, kui välistada täielikult kõik täiendavad tegevuskulud ja arvestada täiendavate kuludena üksnes turundusteenuste ostmisega seotud kulusid.
Application of the market economy operator test
Seega on selge, et käesoleva menetlusega hõlmatud lepingud, mille CCIPB sõlmis Ryanairi ja AMSiga, ning 16. juuni 2009. aasta lisaleping 2005. aasta Londoni lennuliini lepingule annavad kõik Ryanairile ja/või AMSile majanduseelise.
For the purpose of assessing the agreements in question and given the above findings, it should be noted that both the existence and the amount of aid in these agreements fall to be assessed in the light of the situation prevailing at the time they were signed and, more specifically, in the light of the information available and developments foreseeable at that time.
Kuivõrd see eelis sõltub Ryanairi või AMSiga sõlmitud lepingute kokkuleppelistest sätetest, on tegemist valikulise eelisega.
In its letter of 30 May 2011, France indicated that, at the time when the 2005 agreements were signed with Ryanair and AMS, no market study or business plan assessing and economically supporting the undertakings made by the airport to Ryanair existed.
16. juuni 2009. aasta lisaleping 2007. aasta lepingule Pau-Charleroi lennuliini jaoks, milles suurendatakse tutvustuskampaaniaga seotud kulutusi alates 1. jaanuarist 2009 […] eurolt […] euroni aastas ilma teenuste sisu muutmata, annab Ryanairile ja AMSile samuti valikulise eelise, kuivõrd CCIPB ei saa mingit vastutasu täiendava […] euro suuruse makse eest aastas ja eeskätt ei või eeldada reisijate arvu suurenemist.
According to the information provided by France, it also seems that no market study, business plan or profitability calculation was prepared by the CCIPB before signing the other agreements covered by the formal investigation procedure, except for the 2006 agreement with Transavia, for which a business plan was prepared in December 2005 (‘the Transavia business plan’).
Tabel 6
Except for the Transavia business plan, the only financial calculation provided by France is an impact study carried out for the 2003-2004 period, which estimated the financial impact of Ryanair passengers on the region at EUR 8 000 000-10 000 000.
Reisijad. (s = hooajaline)
A survey conducted among the airport’s passengers in January 2011, also provided by France, confirms these results and estimates the average spend per passenger on a Ryanair flight to Pau at EUR 339.
Leping
However, these studies are not relevant for the purpose of applying the MEO test.
Lende nädalas
This is because they concern the impact of Ryanair’s activity on the regional economic fabric in general, and not just on the airport’s profitability.
Lende aastas
However, it is settled case-law that regional development considerations cannot be taken into account when applying the MEO test.
Lepingu allkirjastamise kuupäev
According to Ryanair, the lack of a business plan when agreements such as those covered by the formal investigation procedure are signed cannot be used as evidence that the MEO test is not satisfied.
Lepingu jõustumise kuupäev
In general terms, France has not provided any information indicating that the airport operator analysed the risk taken with regard to the possible benefits of the agreements at the time when these were signed with Ryanair and AMS.
2009. aasta lisaleping 2005. aasta Londoni liini lepingule
On the contrary, according to France, the CCIPB was guided by a regional development objective.
London, Charleroi (s) ja Beauvais (s) 2010
This further suggests that the agreements with Ryanair and AMS do not satisfy the MEO test.
Tabel 7
As explained further on, these indications are confirmed by the Commission’s assessment of the profitability analysis that a hypothetical MEO would have carried out.
2003. aasta leping Pau-Londoni lennuliini kohta
During the procedure, the Commission invited France to reconstruct the profitability analysis that an MEO would have carried out before signing the agreements with Ryanair and AMS, based on the objective information known to the CCIPB when these agreements were signed and on the foreseeable developments.
(eurodes)
In response to this invitation, France provided a reconstruction of the projected incremental costs and revenues associated with each agreement signed with Ryanair and AMS.
saabuvate ja lahkuvate reisijate koguarv
This analysis is mainly based on ex post data, i.e. data observed after the agreements were signed.
lennukordade arv aastas
As a result, the method used by France involved calculating the average unit costs and revenues per passenger based on the operating costs, revenues and airport traffic observed during the period from 2003 to 2011.
maandumistasu
In its analysis of each agreement, France multiplied these data by the projected incremental traffic for each agreement, i.e. the traffic that, on the signature of the agreement, this could be expected to generate.
reisijatasu
As this analysis is mainly based on cost and revenue data observed after the various agreements were signed, and not necessarily on information foreseeable at the time when the agreements were signed, this method cannot reflect the profitability analysis that an MEO would have carried out before deciding whether to enter into these agreements.
maapealse teenindamise tulu
Moreover, as regards the incremental operating costs, the method used by France is in fact based on the full unit costs, i.e. all the airport’s operating costs per passenger, instead of the incremental costs, i.e. the costs per passenger specifically generated by each agreement.
[0– 99 999]
It also clearly reduces the profitability of certain agreements, thus penalising the airlines concerned that have signed the agreements in question.
[300 000– 599 999]
The assumptions used and results of the analysis are presented in recitals 393 to 440.
tulud kokku
As regards the agreement with Transavia, the Commission has directly used the Transavia business plan in order to make its assessment.
tegevuskulud (personalikulud, mitmesugused ostud...)
When assessing the value in entering into an airport services agreement and/or a marketing services agreement, an MEO would have chosen the term of the agreements in question as the time frame of its assessment.
kulud kokku
In other words, it would have assessed the incremental costs and revenues for the period of application of the agreements.
[600 000– 999 999]
There does not seem to be any justification for choosing a longer period.
täiendavad rahavood (tulud miinus kulud)
On the dates when the agreements were signed, a prudent MEO would not have relied on these agreements being renewed on their expiry, whether under the same terms or under different terms, particularly as low-fare airlines such as Ryanair and Transavia were and are known to be very dynamic in terms of launching and withdrawing routes, or even increasing and reducing frequencies.
[–100 000 kuni –299 999]
The possible renewal of these agreements would therefore have been a distant future prospect that was too uncertain for an MEO to base reasonable economic decisions on this prospect.
[–1 kuni –99 999]
Furthermore, it should be noted that, except for certain agreements, the effective start date of the activities covered by the agreement was not the date of signature of the agreement.
Tabel 8
In this case, it is the effective start date that has been used as the starting point, and not the date of signature.
2005. aasta leping Pau-Londoni lennuliini kohta
It should also be noted that, in applying the MEO test, the fact that Ryanair did not operate certain routes for the entire period stipulated in certain agreements has not been taken into account as this factor was not known or foreseeable at the time when the agreements were signed.
Tabel 9
The Commission will now examine the agreements signed with Ryanair and AMS in terms of incremental traffic, revenues and costs in the light of the assumptions used, before presenting its analysis of the agreements signed with Ryanair and AMS, followed by its analysis of the agreement signed with Transavia.
30. juuni 2005. aasta turundusteenuste lepingu 16. juuni 2009. aasta lisaleping
Incremental traffic and number of projected rotations (agreements with Ryanair and AMS)
Tabel 10
The analysis conducted by the Commission is based on the incremental traffic (in other words, the number of additional passengers) that an MEO operating Pau airport in place of the CCIPB could have predicted when the agreements were signed.
2007. aasta leping Pau-Charleroi lennuliini kohta
With regard to the 2003 agreement for example, this involves determining the number of passengers that the Pau airport operator could have expected, in 2003, to use the Pau-London route operated by Ryanair, over the term of the agreement.
Tabel 11
The projected incremental traffic has been determined based on the number of routes and frequencies stipulated in the various airport services agreements and marketing services agreements, and on the resulting number of annual rotations.
2008. ja 2009. aasta lepingud Pau-Bristoli lennuliini kohta ja 2010. aasta lepingud Pau-Londoni, Pau-Charleroi ja Pau-Beauvais’ lennuliini kohta
Furthermore, the Commission has taken into account the capacity of the aircraft used by Ryanair, namely the Boeing 737-800 configured with 189 seats.
2008. aasta Bristoli leping
The Commission started from the assumption of a load factor of 85 % per flight, which is favourable to Ryanair because 85 % is a high load factor.
2009. aasta Bristoli leping
This is also slightly above the average load factor for flights operated by Ryanair on its network, and equal to or above the load factor proposed by France for the various agreements in its reconstruction of the profitability analyses.
2010. aasta Londoni, Charleroi, Beauvais’ leping