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Article 25 of the schedule of conditions, as amended, provides that ‘the ground traffic and airport site safety services include routine maintenance of the airport site, technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, 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’.
Reisijate maa-aluse autoparkla tuletõrjesignalisatsioon
The Commission points out that the definition of ‘ground traffic and airport site safety services’, for which BSCA receives compensation from 10 March 2006, substantially overlaps with the definition of ‘maintenance services’, for which BSCA received compensation before 10 March 2006.
Veepuhastusjaam
In order to determine whether these services constitute economic services, it will examine these together.
Energiavarustus ja side
The Commission takes the view that these services, whether they involve routine maintenance of the airport site, maintenance of buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, 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 or any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, do not fall within the public policy remit.
Tehniline tunnel
These services differ in particular from the security services.
Energiavarustus ja side
They are inherent in the commercial operation of the airport, which involves ensuring that the airport site, including its runways, is sufficiently well-maintained to enable the landing and take-off of aircraft under satisfactory safety conditions.
Tehniline tunnel
No public policy remit is associated with this type of service.
Teenindustee
According to Belgium (see recital 237), when the Commission made its decision on 23 July 2008 on Leipzig/Halle airport, it recognised that operational safety services were non-economic activities [143].
Lennujaama territooriumi vallid
It is clear from the list of operational safety infrastructures provided by the German authorities that these infrastructures are essential for ground traffic safety, i.e.: uninterruptible power supply for aprons, transformer stations, runway lighting, apron lighting, etc.
Lennuraja pikendamine
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, for the following reasons.
Lennukite parkla ja katteplaadid
Firstly, the maintenance and traffic safety costs defined in the Region/BSCA agreement are much broader than the operational safety investment costs referred to in the decision on Leipzig/Halle airport.
Navigatsioonitugi
The latter consist of the uninterruptible power supply for the aprons, transformer station, high voltage cables and runway lighting.
Abitööde angaari kütus
The maintenance and traffic safety costs defined in the Region/BSCA agreement ‘include routine maintenance of the airport site, technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, 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’.
Lähilennujuhtimisüksus
Secondly, the Commission points out that, contrary to Belgium's argument, the Commission did not conclude that the operational safety tasks referred to in the Leipzig/Halle decision constitute tasks falling within the public policy remit.
Büroohooned + kaubaladu
Recital 182 of that decision states that ‘the Commission can conclude that in the present case certain costs fall within the public policy remit’ (emphasis added).
Uus terminal
In recital 183 of the same decision, the Commission considers that ‘to the extent that they fall within the public policy remit’, the measures may not amount to State aid (emphasis added).
KOKKU
It indicates that ‘in the present case independently [of] whether the Commission was to accept the approach advanced by the German authorities that none of the costs should be considered as State aid, the final assessment of the measure would not change’ (emphasis added).
Seejärel jättis komisjon alles üksnes selle osa investeeringutest, mis oli seotud majandustegevusega.
As a result, in those recitals the Commission neither confirmed nor contradicted Germany's position that certain tasks, including operational safety tasks, fell within the public policy remit, but instead indicated that it did not need to take a position, given that, assuming that the measure did constitute aid, this would be authorised.
Seega jäeti välja:
Thirdly, the Commission points out that, in the General Court's judgment on the Commission decision on Leipzig/Halle airport, contrary to Belgium's argument, the Court did not confirm this alleged Commission position in paragraph 225 of its judgment.
kulud, mis on seotud lennujaama nende osade piiramisega, kuhu pääseb juurde läbi politseikontrolli ja kus paiknevad lennukid (vt põhjenduses 365 toodud selgitused);
The Court in fact reproduced recitals 182 and 183 of the Commission decision in order to recall the latter's position and concluded that the Commission had considered that it did not have to reach a definitive conclusion on this question (namely if it were to accept the German authorities' argument that none of the costs should be considered as State aid).
lähilennujuhtimisüksus (vt põhjenduses 365 toodud selgitused);
Their funding does not therefore escape the applicable State aid rules.
Selle tulemusel sai komisjon järgmise investeerimiskava.
Flight tracking and recording, provisional flight planning and marshalling
Tabel 14
In this section, the Commission examines whether the following services, the provision of which was entrusted to BSCA and for which BSCA receives compensation under Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008, may escape the applicable State aid rules due to their non-economic nature:
Majandustegevusega seotud investeeringute kulud, mida komisjon võttis arvesse 2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamisel
flight tracking and recording [145] and flight planning [146],
Majandustegevus (%)
marshalling [147].
Komisjoni arvutuste kohaselt ulatuvad majandustegevusega seotud esialgselt kavandatud investeeringud 89690000 euroni, mis moodustab 97 % esialgselt kavandatud investeeringutest.
(402) According to Belgium (see recital 240), flight tracking and recording, provisional flight planning and marshalling services are essential parts of civil aviation safety and therefore fall within the public policy remit, given that they are fundamental components in the safety of an airport.
Nendele investeeringutele tuleb lisada hoolduskulud ja SOWAERi tegevuskulud, mis on seostatavad Charleroi lennujaama majandustegevusega, nii nagu piirkond-SOWAER on ette näinud [160].
The Commission takes the view that the services covered by this compensation are activities inseparable from the economic activity of the airport operator BSCA.
Tabel 15
These services cannot be included within the security services intended to combat acts of unlawful interference or within any activity falling within the public policy remit.
Summaarsed hoolduskulud (A) ja SOWAERi tegevuskulud (B), mis on seostatavad Charleroi lennujaama majandustegevusega
The Commission therefore concludes that flight tracking and recording, flight planning and marshalling constitute economic services.
A + B
As the capital increase, which was covered by the formal investigation procedure, was subscribed by SOWAER to the benefit of BSCA in 2002, i.e. after the ADP judgment [148], it falls under the Commission's control of State aid (see recital 346).
Samuti tuleb lisada „tuletõrje ja hoolduse“ toetuse osa, mis on seostatav majandustegevusega.
In order to determine whether a State measure constitutes aid, it is necessary to establish whether the recipient undertaking receives an economic advantage that it would not have obtained under normal market conditions.
Komisjon leiab, et hinnanguliselt 10 % toetusega hüvitatud „tuletõrje ja hoolduse“ kuludest vastavalt BSCA 2002. aasta äriplaanile on seotud majandustegevusega.
The presence of an economic advantage can be ruled out where the measures in question constitute economic operations carried out by public bodies or undertakings under normal market conditions [149].
Tabel 16
In this case it must be determined whether, in similar circumstances, a private operator, having regard to the foreseeability of obtaining a return and leaving aside all social, regional policy and sectoral considerations, would have taken part in the same operations as the entity granting the measure (hereinafter ‘the market economy operator test’).
„Tuletõrjele ja hooldusele“ ettenähtud toetuse osa, mis on seostatav majandustegevusega
The presence of an economic advantage can also be ruled out where the measures in question constitute financial compensation granted to the undertakings concerned in order to enable them to operate a service of general economic interest, provided that such compensation satisfies all the conditions set out in the Altmark judgment [150].
Selleks et määratleda väljuvaid rahavooge, mida tuleb 2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamisel arvesse võtta, liitis komisjon kokku tabeli 14, tabeli 15 ja tabeli 16 viimased read.
The Commission will now proceed to analyse the measures concerned in turn, in the light of the conditions of the Altmark judgment and the market economy operator test.
Tabel 17
Application of the Altmark judgment conditions
Väljuvad rahavood kuni 2015. aastani, mida võeti arvesse 2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamisel
It is firstly necessary to examine Belgium's argument, set out in Section 5.1.1.1(c)(ii), according to which the subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities — assuming that some of these services are economic in nature — allegedly does not constitute an advantage for BSCA under the Altmark judgment [151].
Projekti nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamiseks tuleb määrata kindlaks eelnevad tulud.
As established in Section 6.1.1, the Commission considers that some of the services for which the subsidy is paid are not economic in nature (for example, firefighting and security services) and will exclude from its analysis the part of the subsidy compensating for the costs of those services.
Need eelnevad tulud hõlmavad BSCA kontsessioonitasu muutuvat osa vastavalt SOWAERi ja BSCA 2002. aasta lepingu punkti 11.1 sätetele ning moodustavad 35 % BSCA lennundusega seotud tuludest, kusjuures tasu suhtes kohaldatakse aja jooksul suurenevat ülempiiri.
However, the Commission considers that other services for which the subsidy is paid are economic in nature, such as maintenance and repair of infrastructures operated commercially, and even marshalling.
SOWAERi ja BSCA 2002. aasta lepingus nähti ette, et alates 2015. aastast kuulub see summa läbivaatamisele.
The Commission takes the view that Belgium is committing a manifest error of assessment in qualifying these services as services of general economic interest.
Komisjon eeldas, et alates 2015. aastast kõnealune ülempiir kaotatakse (kui komisjon oleks eeldanud, et ülempiir säilib pärast 2015. aastat, oleks ta arvutuse tulemusel saanud leitud nüüdispuhasväärtusest väiksema väärtuse).
As recalled by paragraph 47 of the Communication from the Commission on the application of the European Union State aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest [152], generally speaking, a ‘particular public service task’ implies the supply of services which, if it were considering its own commercial interest, an undertaking would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions.
Tabel 18
In paragraph 50 of said Communication, the Commission also considers that the services to be classified as services of general economic interest must be addressed to citizens or be in the interest of society as a whole.
Sisenevad rahavood kuni 2015. aastani, mida võeti arvesse 2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamisel
In the present case, the economic services identified are not supplied in the interest of citizens, but only to enable BSCA to provide an airport service.
Komisjon arvutas netorahavoogude väärtused (sisenevad rahavood miinus väljuvad rahavood), mida ta võttis arvesse 2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamisel, lahutades tabeli 18 viimasest reast tabeli 17 viimase rea.
They are indissociable from the economic activity of operating the airport.
Tabel 19
Furthermore, BSCA was not chosen in a procedure meeting the requirements of the fourth Altmark condition.
Väljuvad netorahavood kuni 2015. aastani, mida võeti arvesse 2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamisel
In addition, Belgium has not provided any evidence that the amount of the subsidy was determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs that a typical undertaking, well run and adequately equipped, would have incurred in order to meet the necessary public service requirements.
2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutamisel arvessevõetav diskontomäär
Belgium's arguments are actually insufficient for the following reasons:
Nagu on selgitatud põhjenduses 424, hindas komisjon diskontomäära arvutamiseks kapitali kaalutud keskmist hinda SOWAERi jaoks meetme võtmise hetkel.
Belgium indicates that the ratios mentioned in the Communication referred to above in recital 410 demonstrate BSCA's efficient management (see recital 253), without, however, indicating the nature and value of those ratios.
See hinnang tehti lähtuvalt järgmistest andmetest ja eeldustest:
Belgium adds that this sound management enabled private investors to be attracted in 2009 during BSCA's partial privatisation.
SOWAERi võla/omavahendite suhtarv 30 %, [162] seega on võla osa rahastamises (rD) 23 %;
However, the Commission stresses that, although investors did decide to participate in BSCA's capital (while obtaining a right of veto over important decisions), this may have been due to the existence of the aid, allowing them to expect that BSCA would attract a significant volume of traffic and therefore generate high profits, rather than due to sound management.
maksustamiseelne laenukulu (kD) võrdub SOWAERi 2002. aasta võla kaalutud keskmise kuluga enne maksustamist, seega 4,9–5,5 %;
It can also be pointed out in this regard that private investors may take holdings in mismanaged companies that they hope to turn around once they have or share control of the company in question, as is the case with BSCA's private investor who has obtained a right of veto over important decisions.
riskipreemia (Δk) suurus on 5,51 % [163]; beeta [164] jääb vahemikku 0,91–1,23 [165];
It also cannot be concluded, as Belgium has done, that the airport is well run simply due to the fact that the turnover or traffic at Charleroi airport is on the increase (see recital 254).
omavahenditega seoses jääb riskivabalt paigutatud kapitali kulu (rf) vahemikku 5,16–5,37 % [166];
This increase in turnover and traffic may stem from the aid, which enables BSCA to offer very favourable conditions to airlines and thus attract traffic.
maksustamise määr (t) 40,2 %.
Lastly, Belgium's argument that ‘it is clear from the financing mechanism put in place that, by definition, the compensation paid to BSCA is less than the market price of all the services entrusted to it, insofar as this compensation was capped in 2006 for the fire and ground traffic and airport site safety services and in 2010 for the security services’ (see recital 255), also does not prove that BSCA is efficiently managed, but only that there may be no overcompensation.
Nendest andmetest ja eeldustest lähtudes saab komisjon arvutada kapitali kaalutud keskmise hinna (C) järgmise klassikalise valemi alusel:
In conclusion, at least the first and fourth conditions of the Altmark judgment are not satisfied.
C = (1 – rD) × kE + rD × kD
The Commission cannot therefore rule out, under the Altmark judgment, that the Region's subsidy for the services associated with the airport activities constitutes an advantage.
kus kapitalikulu (kE) arvutatakse finantsvarade hindamise mudeli alusel järgmise valemi põhjal:
Application of the market economy operator test
kE = rf + β × Δk
As regards identifying the entity granting the measure, the Commission considers that the actions of (i) the Region, as owner of the airport zone land, on the one hand, and (ii) SOWAER, a company under the exclusive control of the Region, as concession-holder of the airport zone land, owner of the infrastructures built on the airport zone land, and holder of the tasks delegated by the Region, on the other hand, must be assessed together where they involve the same activity and the same airport.
Selle valemi ja eelnevalt toodud eelduste alusel leiab komisjon, et diskontomäära 9 % võib pidada mõistlikuks määraks.
Under these circumstances, SOWAER appears to be an intermediary of the Region in this context.
Nüüdispuhasväärtuse arvutuse tulemus
Consequently, in order to determine whether or not the measures defined in Section 3.1 give BSCA an economic advantage, the Commission will consider that the entity granting the measure is the group consisting of the Region and SOWAER (hereinafter ‘Region-SOWAER’).
Tabelis 19 toodud 9 % diskontomääraga rahavood vastavad – 83,7 miljoni euro suurusele ajakohastatud nüüdispuhasväärtusele.
As a result, the Commission considers that it must examine together the commitments of the Region-SOWAER where they alter the economics of the concession (provision of the infrastructures, including development of the investment programme and funding of the major repairs, concession fee, subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities where these services are economic in nature) and where they are virtually simultaneous and linked.
Seega on 2002. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtus – 75,63 miljonit eurot.
The Commission will therefore apply the market economy operator test to the following four sets of measures, considered in turn:
Kuivõrd leitud nüüdispuhasväärtus on negatiivne, järeldab komisjon, et 2002. aasta lepingud ei vasta turumajanduse tingimustes tegutseva eraettevõtja kriteeriumile ja nendega antakse BSCA-le eelis võrreldes tema konkurentidega.
the 2002 SOWAER/BSCA agreement and the amendment of 29 March 2002 to the Region/BSCA agreement (hereinafter ‘the 2002 agreements’),
Valikulisus
the decision of the Walloon Government of 3 April 2003 to build a terminal with a larger capacity than originally planned (3 million passengers instead of 2 million) and to provide for larger capacity car parks (hereinafter ‘the 2003 investment decision’),
Kohaldades 2002. aasta lepinguid, otsustas SOWAER anda BSCA käsutusse Charleroi lennujaama territooriumi ja taristu ning kohustus kõnealust taristut arendama SOWAERi ja BSCA 2002. aasta lepingule lisatud investeerimiskava alusel, teostama suured hooldus- ja remonditööd ning maksma BSCA-le toetust teatavate lennujaama tegevusega seotud teenuste osutamise eest, saades vastu kontsessioonitasu, mis on väiksem kui tasu, millega oleks nõustunud turumajanduse tingimustes tegutsev eraettevõtja.
the service agreement of 4 April 2006 between SOWAER and BSCA and the amendment of 10 March 2006 to the Region/BSCA agreement (hereinafter ‘the 2006 agreements’),
Komisjon märgib, et meetmest sai kasu ainult BSCA.
The Commission will also apply the market economy operator test to BSCA's capital increase subscribed by SOWAER in December 2002.
Ühtlasi väidab Belgia, et Flaami piirkonnale kuuluvates lennujaamades täidab julgestuse ja ohutusega seotud ülesandeid kõnealune piirkond ise.
If any of these measures constitutes an advantage, the Commission will examine whether that advantage is selective.
Samas teeb komisjon järgmised märkused.
Application of the market economy operator test to the measures involving the provision of the infrastructure, including new investments and major repairs, and the granting of a subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities
Esiteks, kuivõrd eelis anti sellega, et kontsessioonitasu suurus oli väiksem, kui seda oleks eeldanud eraettevõtja taristu BSCA käsutusse andmise, teenuste osutamise ja toetuse eest, tuleb vaadelda, kas meetmega anti BSCA-le valikuline eelis.
2002 agreements
Seejuures ei saa lugeda piisavaks asjaolu, et piirkond maksis toetust mittediskrimineerival viisil ka teistele tema hallatavatele lennujaamadele.
General principles applicable to the four measures
Tuleks tõendada, et piirkond rakendas sama meedet ka teiste tema hallatavate lennujaamade puhul, nõustudes turuhinnast madalama tasumääraga BSCA-le pakutud tingimustega samaväärsetel tingimustel.
As highlighted by point 51 of the aviation guidelines, the analysis of conformity with the market economy operator test should be based on sound ex ante profitability prospects for the entity granting the financing [153].
Belgia ei ole seda tõendanud.
The Commission notes that the Region did not supply any business plan proving the expected return for the Region and/or SOWAER from the scheduled investments when the binding decisions were made on each investment.
Isegi kui Belgia oleks esitanud vastava tõenduse, märgib komisjon, et sellise meetmega antaks BSCA-le ikkagi valikuline eelis, sest kõnealune meede hõlmas konkreetset majandussektorit (lennujaamade käitamise sektor) ning tegemist ei ole üldise ulatusega meetmega [169].
The absence of a business plan suggests that the Region and/or SOWAER were not acting according to a market economy operator logic when they adopted the measures granted to BSCA.
Eeskätt tuleb märkida, et teistele transpordiliikidele sellist eelist ei võimaldata.
The Commission also notes that the reports supplied in support of the Walloon Government's decisions justify the need for these investments through the positive impact of the airport's development on the economy and employment situation in Charleroi and its region [154].
Seetõttu järeldab komisjon, et meetmega antakse BSCA-le valikuline eelis.
However, the Commission points out that it is settled case-law that regional development considerations cannot be taken into account when applying the market economy operator test [155].
2003. aasta investeerimisotsus
Despite no business plan being supplied by the Region and/or SOWAER, the Commission has examined whether, for the group consisting of the Region-SOWAER, the net present value of each set of measures identified in recital 416 is positive.
2003. aasta investeerimisotsuse kulud piirkonna-SOWAERi jaoks vastavad sel juhul 2002. aasta „investeerimiskavas“ ettenähtud kuludele lisanduvatele lisakuludele.
If the net present value of a measure is positive, this means that the measure in question is profitable for the operator concerned.
Selleks et otsustada, kas turumajanduse tingimustes tegutsev ettevõtja oleks teinud 2003. aasta investeerimisotsuse, tuleb kindlaks määrata, kas 2003. aasta meetme nüüdispuhasväärtus on positiivne.
The discount rate used to calculate the net present value has been determined by establishing the cost of capital for the entity having granted the measure at the time when it was granted.
Investeeringutega seoses toob komisjon välja erinevused rubriikides „uus terminal“ ja „parkla“, mis hõlmavad nii investeeringute summasid kui ka nende tegemise aegu.