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According to Belgium, the subsidy paid by the Region to BSCA for certain services associated with the airport activities benefits from the limitation period stipulated by Article 15 of the Procedural Regulation.
Igreteci täielik nimetus on Intercommunale pour la Gestion et la Réalisation d'Etudes Techniques et Economiques.
Belgium asserts that this subsidy was granted on 9 July 1991, which was the date of conclusion of the Region/BSCA agreement and annexed schedule of conditions.
Ettevõte osaleb Charleroi arendamises ja ümberkorraldamises lennujaama, selle ümbruses asuva lennujaama keskuse arendamise ning tööstuspiirkondade korraldamise teel, ühendades peamiselt Hainaut' provintsis asuvat 68 kommuuni.
According to Belgium, since that date, notwithstanding the adoption of various provisions without any impact on the principle of compulsory compensation payable by the Region for these costs, the Region has been responsible for paying this subsidy.
Ettevõtte juht on Vallooni piirkonna minister-president.
Only a few non-economic services set out in Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008 are apparently not covered by this limitation period.
Société Wallonne de Gestion et de Participation (Sogepa) on Vallooni piirkonna eelistatud finantsvahend tegevust laiendavate ettevõtete abistamiseks.
First of all, the Commission notes that it considered in recital 415 that it must examine the subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities in conjunction with the other economics of the concession (provision of the infrastructure and concession fee).
Sogepa tegeleb kapitalilaenude andmisega ja haldab osalusi, võlakirju, avansse ja intresse, mida Vallooni piirkond või Sogepa ise omab neis äriühingutes seoses valitsuse otsuse alusel täidetavate ülesannetega.
Even if the subsidy paid by the Region for certain services associated with the airport activities may be examined separately from the SOWAER/BSCA agreement, the Commission refutes, however, the assessment according to which the measure granting this subsidy has not been substantially amended.
23. mai 2001. aasta otsus „Lennujaamade arendamine, finantsmehhanismi väljatöötamine ja spetsialiseeritud äriühingu asutamine“.
On the contrary, the Commission takes the view that each of the following three amendments has substantially amended the measure:
Selle otsusega väljendas Vallooni piirkonna valitsus nõustumist SOWAERi põhikirja, rahastamiskava, eelarveprognooside ja haldusstruktuuriga.
Amendment No 3 of 29 March 2002
Ta kutsus Sogepat üles asutama SOWAER ning otsustas, et „keskkonnameetmete rahastamise üle, välja arvatud üksikud erandid, teeb otsuse SOWAER koostöös kontsessionääridest äriühingutega“.
The Commission notes that, under Article 25 of the schedule of conditions annexed to the Region/BSCA agreement of 9 July 1991, the Region was to cover the cost of the fire and maintenance services for a transitional period only.
Belgia ametiasutuste 21. septembri 2011. aasta ja 6. veebruari 2014. aasta kiri.
This transitional period was extended until 1 January 2000 under Amendment No 2 to the schedule of conditions annexed to the agreement.
Äriühing likvideeriti 2011. aastal.
For the years 2000 and 2001, subsidies for the ‘fire and maintenance’ costs were paid by the Region to BSCA on legal bases other than the Region/BSCA agreement [233], with the acts in question not committing the Region to pay the subsidies to BSCA beyond the years 2000 and 2001.
See kava on samane põhjenduses 41 nimetatud kavaga.
According to Belgium, the continuation of this payment was confirmed in a letter of 5 July 2001 sent by BSCA to the Walloon transport and facilities administration, detailing the main lines of the BSCA 2002 budget covering the costs of these services, following a telephone conversation during which, according to Belgium, the Region had confirmed that it would pay for these services for 2002.
Vallooni piirkonna valitsuse 3. aprilli 2003. aasta otsusele lisatud SOWAERi märkuse kohaselt suurenes investeerimiskava maht selle läbivaatamise tulemusel 93 miljonilt eurolt 150,8 miljoni euroni, seega 57,8 miljoni euro võrra, hõlmates järgmisi summasid:a) 33 miljonit eurot reisiterminali laiendamiseks võrreldes varasemalt kavandatuga;b) 3 miljonit eurot lähilennujuhtimisüksuse ehituse teise etapi jaoks;c) 2 miljonit eurot julgestus- ja ohutuskava jaoks;d) 1,6 miljonit eurot seoses eelarveliste jooksvate kulude ülevõtmisega SOWAERi poolt;e) 1,5 miljonit eurot lennujaama ümbritseva võõrandatud territooriumi tänapäevaste nõuetega kooskõlla viimiseks;f) 12 miljonit eurot võimalike mahaarvamiste ja korrigeerimiste katmiseks;g) 4,8 miljonit eurot, mis on märgitud „muudatustena“.
As indicated in recitals 71 and 72, Amendment No 3 of 29 March 2002 to the Region/BSCA agreement amended Article 3.2 of this agreement and provided that the Walloon Region would reimburse the costs (expenses and investments) inherent in the fire and maintenance services.
Vt Belgia 6. veebruari 2014. aasta märkus.
Amendment No 3 also amended Article 25 of the schedule of conditions and provided that the concession-holder would present the concession authority with the budget for the fire and maintenance services and that it would keep a separate operating account that could at any time be analysed and checked by the concession authority.
See summa ei hõlma kohustuslikku lisainvesteeringute kava (mida käesolevas otsuses ei vaadelda) ja BSCA tehtud omainvesteeringuid.
The Commission takes the view that Amendment No 3 of 29 March 2002 to the Region/BSCA agreement substantially affected the measure.
Vallooni piirkonna ja BSCA 2002. aasta lepingu punkt 11.
Amendment No 3 in fact introduced a written undertaking on the part of the Region to cover the costs associated with the fire and maintenance services, when there was no longer any written undertaking on the part of the Region with regard to the costs incurred by BSCA from 1 January 2002.
Ibidem.
Moreover, Amendment No 3 amended Article 3.2 of the Region/BSCA agreement and provided that the Region would reimburse the costs (expenses and investments) inherent in the fire and maintenance services.
SOWAERi ja BSCA 2002. aasta lepingu punktis 11.3 on sätestatud, et „BSCA on vabastatud kindlasummalise tasu maksmisest, kui Vallooni piirkond ei maksa talle toetust või lõpetab selle maksmise põhjusel, mis ei ole seotud BSCA eksimusega või on sõltumatu tema tahtest“.
It also amended Article 25 of the schedule of conditions and provided that the concession-holder would present the concession authority with the budget for the fire and maintenance services and that it would keep a separate operating account that could at any time be analysed and checked by the concession authority.
SOWAERi ja BSCA 2006. aasta lepingu punkt 12.
In this respect, the Commission stresses that Amendment No 3 stipulated that this operating account would include the investment costs and/or investment depreciation costs, even though this had not previously been the case.
Ülempiir 956533 eurot vastab ülempiirile 883689 eurot (mis oli ette nähtud SOWAERi ja BSCA 2002. aasta lepingus), mida on suurendatud 2 % võrra aastas.
Based on these points, the Commission takes the view that the subsidy paid by the Region to BSCA for certain services associated with the airport activities was introduced, or in any event substantially amended, by Amendment No 3 of 29 March 2002 to the Region/BSCA agreement.
Selle lisalepingu kohaselt on piirkonna BSCA-le makstava toetuse eesmärk üksnes võimaldada katta „kulusid, mis on seotud SOWAERi poolt tema käsutusse antud territooriumi, ehitiste ja taristu kasutamisega seoses tuletõrje ning maapealse liikluse ja lennujaama ohutusega seotud teenustega“.
Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006 to the Region/BSCA agreement
Seega kanti kõnealused summad piirkonna eelarvesse kui „BSCA-le makstav toetus, mis võimaldab tal tagada avaliku teenuse osutamist lennujaama käitamise raames“.
Through the following provisions, Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006 to the Region/BSCA agreement substantially amended Amendment No 3:
2006. aasta teenuste osutamise lepingu punktis 12.3 on sätestatud, et „BSCA on vabastatud teenuste eest tasu maksmisest, kui Vallooni piirkond ei maksa talle toetust või lõpetab selle maksmise põhjusel, mis ei ole seotud BSCA eksimusega või on sõltumatu tema tahtest“.
Under Article 3.2.2 of the Region/BSCA agreement, as amended by Amendment No 5, the costs incurred by BSCA for ‘the fire protection and ground traffic and airport site safety services’ were to be compensated by the Region, whereas previously the Region had compensated the costs incurred by BSCA for the ‘fire and maintenance’ services.
Kõnealust summat suurendati 2 % võrra aastas.
According to Belgium, this new wording aimed to define more precisely the costs assumed by the Region, but did not substantially alter the scope of the services covered.
Seda tasu kohaldati territooriumi suhtes, mis lisandus edasiantud kontsessiooniga hõlmatavale territooriumile alates kuupäevast, millal SOWAER need territooriumid omandas.
However, the Commission notes that, even if the change in wording of the services for which BSCA receives compensation is ignored, the details of the costs covered under Article 25 of the schedule of conditions, as amended by Amendment No 5, differ in that they include certain costs that were not previously mentioned, namely ‘the ground traffic and airport site safety services include routine maintenance of the airport site, … minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance and any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, except for commercial areas of the airport zone’.
Belgia 24. veebruari 2014. aasta kirja 2. lisa.
The subsidy was capped, whereas it had not been previously.
Tehnilise kirjelduse punkt 12.
This cap applied from the initial entry into force of Amendment No 5 and therefore had an impact on the amount of the subsidy paid by the Region to BSCA from the first year.
Tehnilise kirjelduse punkt 19.
The amount of the subsidy had to be revised before July 2009 [234].
Investeeringutega seotud kulusid ja/või investeeringute kulumiga seotud kulusid ei olnud varasemates tekstides märgitud.
Based on these points, the Commission takes the view that the measure was substantially affected by the adoption of Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006 to the Region/BSCA agreement.
Tuletõrjega ning maapealse liikluse ja lennujaama ohutuse tagamisega seotud teenused.
Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008 to the Region/BSCA agreement substantially amended Amendment No 5 by significantly extending the scope of the services for which the Region paid a subsidy to BSCA, as those services subsequently included flight tracking and recording, provisional flight planning, marshalling and security.
BSCA Security põhikiri on toodud Belgia 5. veebruari 2014. aasta kirja 10. lisas.
As set out in Section 6.1.1, the Commission takes the view that these services, except for the security services, constitute economic services.
Kõnealuses lõigus nimetatakse samuti maapealse liikluse ja lennujaama ohutuse tagamisega seotud teenuseid.
The Commission therefore concludes that the subsidy paid by the Region to BSCA for certain services associated with the airport activities cannot be regarded as a measure having been continuously in force and not having been substantially amended since 1991.
Ohutuse ja julgestuse tagamisega seotud toetus maksti ettevõttele BSCA Security.
The payment of this subsidy is based on several new measures applicable in succession.
Rahastamiskavas on märgitud, et „äriühingute BSCA ja SAB kavandatud areng nõuab olulisi omakapitali suurendamisi (lisaks välistele rahastamistele) ning sellega seoses ka SOWAERi järelevalvet“.
Those examined in this decision are: (a) Amendment No 3 of 29 March 2002 to the Region/BSCA agreement; (b) Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006 to the Region/BSCA agreement; and (c) Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008 to the Region/BSCA agreement.
Ülejäänud kapitali suurendamisega seotud osad märkisid teatud vähemusaktsionärid summas, mis ulatus ligikaudu 133000 euroni: tegemist oli äriühingutega SONACA, Carolo Parking ja Igretec.
Measures (a) to (c) cannot benefit from the 10-year limitation period as there were less than 10 years between the date when they were granted and 20 April 2011, which was the date when the Commission sent its first request for information to Belgium on the subject of the aid granted to BSCA.
6. juulil 2012 sõlmis BSCA Ryanairiga uue lepingu.
As stipulated by Article 15 of the Procedural Regulation, any action taken by the Commission or by a Member State, acting at the request of the Commission, with regard to the unlawful aid shall interrupt the limitation period.
Kuna seda lepingut ei ole nimetatud ei 2002. aasta menetluse algatamise otsustes määratletud meetmete hulgas ega 2012. aasta menetluse laiendamise otsuses, siis seda käesolevas otsuses ei vaadelda.
The Commission therefore concludes that the limitation period laid down by Article 15 of the Procedural Regulation does not apply to the aid granted to BSCA and examined in this decision.
Komisjoni ja Belgia ametiasutuste 24. juuni 2003. aasta kohtumisel edastatud teave.
Applicability of the principle of legitimate expectations to the subsidy paid by the Region for certain services associated with the airport activities
Seega, kui kõikide lennuettevõtjate suhtes kohaldatava üldise süsteemi kohaselt arvutati maandumistasu suurus lähtuvalt lennuki kaalust tonnidest, kasutati Ryanairi puhul erinevat süsteemi ja seda tasu arvutati lähtuvalt reisijate arvust.
Article 14(1) of the Procedural Regulation stipulates that ‘The Commission shall not require recovery of the aid if this would be contrary to a general principle of Community law’.
BSCA ja Ryanairi vahel 2. detsembril 2001 sõlmitud lepingu punkt 1.3.
In particular, the Commission cannot require recovery of aid that, although granted within the 10-year period defined in Article 15(1) of the Procedural Regulation, may be covered by the existence of a legitimate expectation — in the mind of the beneficiary of the aid — resulting from acts or positions taken by the Commission in the past.
BSCA ja Ryanairi vahel 2. detsembril 2001 sõlmitud lepingu punkt 1.5.
As indicated in Section 5.4 of this decision, Belgium maintains that recovery of the subsidy paid by the Region for certain services associated with the airport activities would be contrary to the principle of legitimate expectations.
BSCA ja Ryanairi 2. detsembri 2001 aasta lepingu C lisa punkt 4.
However, the Court of Justice has ruled that the beneficiary of unlawful aid may not in principle invoke a legitimate expectation [235].
BSCA ja Ryanairi 2. detsembri 2001 aasta lepingu C lisa punkt 1.6.
The beneficiary should in fact have checked that the aid granted had been notified to and approved by the Commission.
2001. aasta lepingu artikkel 2.
In this respect, the Commission notes that the aid granted to BSCA was not notified to the Commission.
24. juuni 2004. aasta kirja punkt 3b.
Absence of precise assurances
Lennujaama 2004. aastal kasutanud reisijate arv oli 2034140 (vt tabel 1).
Moreover, as clarified by the Court of Justice [236], a person may not plead infringement of the principle of legitimate expectations ‘unless he has been given precise assurances by the administration’.
Majanduse hoogustamist ja halduse lihtsustamist käsitleva 3. veebruari 2005. aasta dekreedi artiklid 35 ja 36.
Belgium maintains that, given the lack of a complaint by the Commission in its 2004 decision, BSCA did receive precise assurances that the subsidy was not likely to constitute State aid.
Neid sätteid kohaldati Charleroi lennujaama suhtes piirkonna ja BSCA 1991. aasta kontsessioonilepingu lisalepingu nr 4 abil, mille artiklis 1 on sätestatud, et „kontsessiooni saaja määrab kindlaks ja kohaldab kasutajate suhtes lennundusega seotud tasu suurust, mis vastab tema käitatava lennujaama kasutamise vajadustele“.
Belgium in particular relies on recital 214 of the 2004 decision, in which the Commission stated that it ‘does not dispute the legitimate possibility of the Walloon authorities continuing to bear the cost of the fire and maintenance services’.
Belgia ametiasutuste 14. juuli 2011. aasta kiri ja http://www.charleroi-airport.com/b2b/redevances-aeroportuaires/vols-regulierscharters/index.html.
It indicates that this legitimate expectation has been reinforced by the settled decision-making practice of the Commission on the distinction between economic activities and non-economic activities, as reiterated in the Commission decision on Leipzig/Halle airport.
Tasu väljuvate reisijate pealt, vastavalt Belgia 14. juuli 2011. aasta vastuses toodud andmetele.
The Commission takes the view that the lack of a complaint about the aid granted to BSCA in its 2004 decision cannot constitute a ‘precise assurance’.
Piirkonna tehtud prognooside puhul ei ole võetud arvesse iga-aastast indekseerimist ega Ryanairi reisijate arvu tõusmist üle 1,75 miljoni, need kaks parandust avaldavad vastassuunalist mõju Ryanairi tegelikult makstud reisijatasude suurusele.
The Commission notes that neither the 2002 opening decision nor the 2004 final decision concerned the measures granted to BSCA.
Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu 5. juuli 2006. aasta määrus (EÜ) nr 1107/2006 puudega ja liikumispuudega isikute õiguste kohta lennureisi puhul (ELT L 204, 26.7.2006, lk 1).
As regards recital 214 of the 2004 decision, the Commission stresses that this recital must be read in context.
Tasu suurust indekseeritakse igal aastal, vt http://www.charleroi-airport.com/b2b/redevances-aeroportuaires/vols-regulierscharters/index.html.
It would appear that, in said context, the recital in question cannot be regarded as approving the measure with regard to the State aid rules, but only as explaining the reason why it is not the conformity of this measure with the State aid rules that is being examined by the Commission, but rather the uncertainty about the funding by the Region of certain services within the BSCA business plan, for the purposes of applying the market economy operator test to the 2001 contracts.
Liikumispuudega reisijate tasu aastal N + 1 = [0,10 – 0,30] eurot × Ryanairi reisijate arv 2009. aastal / Ryanairi reisijate arv aastal N. Ryanairi reisijate arv aastal 2009 oli 3289725.
As stated in recitals 397 to 399 of this decision, the Commission disputes that it can be concluded from recitals 182 and 183 of the decision on Leipzig/Halle airport that the Commission has in the past taken the view that tasks comparable to maintenance and traffic safety, as defined in the Region/BSCA agreement, fall within the public policy remit.
Promocy oli vahenduslüli BSCA ja Ryanairi vahel ja asutati 2001. aasta lepingute alusel.
Foreseeability of the change to the pattern of conduct
Belgia 18. märtsil 2014 edastatud vastus komisjonile, nimetusega „Vastus komisjoni 7. veebruari 2014. aasta teabenõudele“ (vastus küsimusele 18).
As stated by the Court of Justice [237], ‘if a prudent and alert economic operator could have foreseen the adoption of a Community measure likely to affect his interests, he cannot plead that principle if the measure is adopted [238]’.
BACi väitel oleks erainvestor arvestanud vähemalt 14 miljoni euro (5 %) suuruse investeeringute tasuvusega 281 miljoni euro suuruse investeeringu pealt, mida SOWAER tegi BSCA taristusse.
According to Belgium, there was nothing to indicate to BSCA that the Commission was going to re-examine, in 2012, a measure on which it had not expressed any reservations in 2004, and which the General Court did not question in 2008.
SOWAER tasuvus 2009. aastal oli vaid 0,66 % pärast ettevõttemaksu mahaarvamist ning ei Vallooni piirkond ega SOWAER ei saanud ajavahemikul 2002–2007 muid tulusid, nagu dividendid.
The Commission refutes having adopted a position on the measures granted to BSCA by adopting the 2004 decision.
Ajavahemikul 2007–2009 makstud dividendide suurus oli väiksem kui 400000 eurot ja 2010. aastal sai Vallooni piirkond dividende 4,66 miljonit eurot.
As a result, the 2012 decision does not constitute a change to its pattern of conduct.
Lisaks sellele moodustavad BSCA taristuga seotud kulud võrreldes tuludega 2009. aastal vaid 6,7 %, samas kui tavaolukorras oleksid need kulud pidanud olema lennujaama jaoks ühed suuremad.
The Commission also refutes that the present decision constitutes a change to its decision-making practice concerning the distinction between economic activities and non-economic activities.
BACi aastased amortisatsioonikulud ulatuvad 30 %ni aasta kogutulust.
As regards the decision on Leipzig/Halle airport cited by Belgium to prove the alleged change to the Commission's pattern of conduct, the Commission refutes that it can concluded from that decision that it has in the past taken the view that tasks comparable to maintenance and traffic safety fall within the public policy remit (see recitals 397 to 399).
Vt joonealune märkus 8.
In conclusion, the Commission takes the view that recovery of the unlawful and incompatible aid granted to BSCA is not contrary to the principle of legitimate expectations.
Otsuse 2004/393/EÜ põhjendus 300.
CONCLUSION AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE AID TO BE RECOVERED FROM BSCA
Brüsseli lennujaamast väljuva lennu puhul hõlmavad lennuki ja lennukorraga seotud otsesed kulud maandumistasu, reisijatasu, muid tasusid ja maapealse teenindamise kulusid.
Aid unlawfully granted to BSCA
2003. aasta kohta prognoositud reisijate arvu 1700000 puhul on kulude suuruse erinevus 23 miljonit eurot.
The Commission finds that, by adopting the 2002 agreements and the 2003 investment decision, Belgium unlawfully granted aid to BSCA in breach of Article 108(3) TFEU.
Nõukogu 15. oktoobri 1996. aasta direktiiv 96/67/EÜ juurdepääsu kohta maapealse käitluse turule ühenduse lennujaamades (EÜT L 272, 25.10.1996, lk 36).
This aid consists of the difference between the fee that a market economy operator would have required (hereinafter ‘the market price fee’) and the fees actually paid by BSCA to the Region-SOWAER.
Direktiivi on viimati muudetud Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu 29. septembri 2003. aasta määrusega (EÜ) nr 1882/2003 EÜ asutamislepingu artiklis 251 osutatud menetlusele vastavates õigusaktides sätestatud rakendusvolituste kasutamisel komisjoni abistavaid komiteesid käsitlevate sätete kohandamise kohta nõukogu otsusega 1999/468/EÜ (ELT L 284, 31.10.2003, lk 1).
The market price fee is the fee that BSCA should have paid so that each of the two measures (the 2002 agreements and the 2003 investment decision) has a zero net present value for the Region-SOWAER.
Ettevõte osutab näitena Iirimaa ettevõttele Shannon.
The Commission has determined the market price fee in line with the reasoning given in Section 6.1.2.2, which has shown that the 2002 agreements and the 2003 investment decision resulted in a concession fee below what a market economy operator guided by profitability prospects would have required.
Shannon andis teatava aja jooksul Ryanairile eeliseid ning ei pikendanud neid.
The Commission has taken into account that, on the signature of the 2002 SOWAER/BSCA agreement, a prudent operator would not have required BSCA to pay a fee reflecting the investments that SOWAER undertook to make under that agreement until the investments had been made and BSCA was earning the expected revenue from those investments.
Ryanair otsustas oma tegevuse üle viia teise lennujaama ning Shannon ei saavutanud loodetud investeeringutasuvust.
A prudent operator would have agreed to the fee increasing only when the new investments could be used by the airport manager.
Kohtuotsus, Euroopa Kohus, 22. märts 1977, kohtuasi 78/76, Steinike & Weinlig / Saksamaa.; EKL, lk 595, EU:C:1977:52: „Liikmesriigi poolt asutamislepingust tuleneva kohustuse rikkumist, mis puudutab artiklis 92 sätestatud keeldu, ei saa õigustada asjaoluga, et ka teised liikmesriigid seda kohustust ei täida.