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When deciding on whether or not to enter into an airport services agreement and/or a marketing services agreement, a MEO will choose a time frame for its assessment based on the term of the agreements in question or the term set in each individual agreement.
Kokkusobivuse hindamine 2005. aasta lennundussuuniste kohaselt
In other words, it will assess the incremental costs and revenues for the term of application of the agreements.
Arvestades et 2005. aasta lennundussuuniste punktis 79 sätestatud stardiabi kokkusobivustingimused on kumulatiivsed, leiab komisjon, et lennuettevõtjatele antud abi kokkusobimatuse tõendamiseks on vaja vaid näidata, et üks neist tingimustest ei ole täidetud.
There does not seem to be any justification for choosing a longer period.
Komisjon alustab analüüsi 2005. aasta lennundussuuniste punkti 79 alapunktis d sätestatud tingimuse analüüsist.
On the date of signature of the agreements, a prudent MEO will not count on the agreements being renewed once they have expired, whether under the same or new terms.
2005. aasta lennundussuuniste punkti 79 alapunktis d sätestatakse muu hulgas, et abi summa ei või ületada igal aastal 50 % selle aasta rahastamiskõlblike kulude summast ja abi kestuse ajal keskmiselt 30 % rahastamiskõlblikest kuludest.
Moreover, a generally prudent operator would be aware that low-cost airlines such as Ryanair have always been and are known for being very responsive to market developments, both when starting up or shutting down routes and when increasing or decreasing the number of flights.
Rahastamiskõlblikud kulud on määratletud kui „stardiabiga seotud lisakulutused, mis on seotud uue liini või uue sageduse loomisega […] mida lennuettevõtjal tegevuse tavataseme saavutamisel enam kanda ei tule” [112].
Assessment
Menetluse algatamise otsuses märkis komisjon, et Germanwingsi, TUIFly ja Ryanairiga sõlmitud lepingutes ei nähtud ette antud abi seotust rahastamiskõlblike kuludega.
Germany asserts that FGAZ/FZG did not prepare ex ante business plans before concluding individual airport services agreements with the various airlines.
Seepärast paluti Saksamaal esitada lähemat teavet abi ja rahastamiskõlblike kulude omavahelise seose kohta.
It explained that since the majority of the costs of the airport could be considered to be fixed and that an expansion of the commercial activities would not lead to significant additional costs, no such ex ante business plans were necessary.
Saksamaa ega menetluse algatamise kohta märkusi esitanud kolmandad isikud sellist teavet ei esitanud.
Nevertheless, upon request by the Commission, Germany prepared an overview of the incremental costs and revenues that could have been expected at the time the relevant agreements were concluded.
Sellega seoses ja võttes arvesse, et kõnealuste lennuettevõtjatega sõlmitud lepingutes ei viidata kuludele ega ammugi mitte rahastamiskõlblikele kuludele, leiab komisjon, et 2005. aasta lennundussuuniste punkti 79 alapunktis d sätestatud kokkusobivuskriteerium ei ole täidetud.
Germany prepared that data for each of the agreements concluded with airlines during the period under investigation, that is to say 2000-2009, as summarised in Table 8.
Kokkuvõttes ei leia kinnitust, et lennuettevõtjatele antud abi kujutab endast siseturuga kokkusobivat stardiabi, kuna vähemalt üks kokkusobivustingimustest ei ole täidetud.
Table 8
Niisiis kujutab Germanwingsile, TUIFlyle ja Ryanairile antud riigiabi endast ebaseaduslikku ja siseturuga kokkusobimatut riigiabi, mis tuleb sisse nõuda.
Incremental profitability of contracts with Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair
SISSENÕUDMINE
(Contract 15 Sept.
Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu ja Euroopa Kohtu väljakujunenud praktika kohaselt võib komisjon juhul, kui ta leiab, et abi ei ole siseturuga kokkusobiv, otsustada, et asjaomane liikmesriik peab abi andmise lõpetama või seda muutma [113].
2006-15 Sept.
Samuti on Euroopa Kohus korduvalt sedastanud, et riigi kohustus lõpetada sellise abi andmine, mida komisjon peab siseturuga kokkusobimatuks, on kehtestatud selleks, et taastada varasem olukord [114].
2009)
Sellega seoses on Euroopa Kohus leidnud, et kõnealune eesmärk on saavutatud, kui abisaaja on ebaseadusliku abina saadud summad tagasi maksnud ja seega loobunud eelisest, mis tal turul konkurentide ees oli, ja kui on taastatud abi väljamaksmisele eelnenud olukord [115].
(Contract 30 June 2008-31 Dec.
Kooskõlas kohtupraktikaga on määruse (EÜ) nr 659/1999 [116] artiklis 14 sätestatud: „Kui ebaseadusliku abi korral tehakse negatiivne otsus, nõuab komisjon, et kõnealune liikmesriik peab võtma kõik vajalikud meetmed, et abisaajalt abi tagasi saada”.
2011) [101]
Seepärast tuleb eespool (vt põhjendusi 282, 297, 318, 320, 395 ja 405, võttes arvesse põhjendusi 198–200) nimetatud riigiabi Saksamaale selle väljamakstud ulatuses tagasi maksta.
(Contract 1 Apr.
Tabelis 9 on esitatud ligikaudsed tagasimakstavad summad.
2008-31 Mar.
Tabel 9
2011) [102]
Teave antud, sissenõutava ja juba tagasi makstud abi ligikaudsete summade kohta
(Contract 22 Sept.
Abisaaja
2008-21 Sept.
Saadud abi ligikaudne kogusumma (eurodes)
2009) [103]
Sissenõutava abi ligikaudne kogusumma [117] (eurodes)
Expected Additional Aviation Revenue
Juba tagasi makstud abi kogusumma (eurodes)
Expected Additional Non-Aviation Revenue
Põhiosa
Expected Additional Costs
Sissenõutav intress [118]
Costs Marketing Support
otseinvesteeringute toetused
Expected Nominal Result
kapitalisüstid
Discount Rate
100 % garantii
Expected Discounted Result
osalemine rahastamisvahendis
In preparing Table 8, Germany took the following considerations into account:
Et võtta arvesse lennuettevõtja ja tema tütarettevõtjate saadud tegelikku lepingutest tulenevat eelist, võib tabelis 9 esitatud summasid korrigeerida vastavalt Saksamaa esitatud toetavatele tõenditele, võttes aluseks i) ühelt poolt lennuettevõtja poolt lennujaamatasudena tehtud tegelike maksete (sealhulgas maandumistasu, reisijatasu ja maapealsed käitlusteenused vastavalt lennujaamateenuste lepingule) (tagantjärele esitatud andmed) ning teiselt poolt nende tuluartiklitega seotud ja tabelis 8 esitatud (eelnevalt) prognoositud rahavoogude vahe, ja ii) ühelt poolt lennuettevõtjale turundusteenuste lepingute kohaselt tegelike turundusmaksete (tagantjärele esitatud andmed) ja teiselt poolt nende eelnevalt prognoositud turunduskulude vahe, mis vastavad tabelis 8 esitatud summadele,
The expected passenger numbers were deduced from the envisaged number of flights per week and extrapolated for the duration of the agreement.
ON VASTU VÕTNUD KÄESOLEVA OTSUSE:
The expected aviation revenues (handling and landing charges, cleaning and de-icing, etc.) were calculated over the duration of the agreement on the basis of the conditions agreed on with each airline, taking into account the relevant rebates and incentives.
Artikkel 1
The expected non-aviation revenues (parking charges, spending in the terminal, etc.) were also calculated over the duration of the agreement.
Riigiabi, mida Saksamaa andis ebaseaduslikult Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu artikli 108 lõiget 3 rikkudes ettevõtjatele Flugplatz GmbH Aeroville Zweibrücken (edaspidi „FGAZ”) / Flughafen Zweibrücken GmbH (edaspidi „FZG”) ajavahemikul 2000–2009 otseinvesteeringute toetustena, iga-aastaste kapitalisüstidena, tasuta 100 % pangalaenu garantiina ja loana osaleda FGAZil Rheinland-Pfalzi liidumaa rahastamisvahendis, on siseturuga kokkusobimatu.
The expected incremental costs were calculated over the duration of the agreement, taking into account depreciation of investments necessary for handling commercial aviation (the new terminal, new check-in counters, parking lots, etc.) as well as additional personnel and materials costs.
Riigiabi, mida Saksamaa andis ebaseaduslikult Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu artikli 108 lõiget 3 rikkudes ettevõtjatele Germanwings, TUIFly ja Ryanair/AMS 15. septembril 2006 (Germanwings), 1. aprillil 2008 (TUIFly) ja 22. septembril 2008/6. oktoobril 2008 (Ryanair / Airport Marketing Services (edaspidi „AMS”)) sõlmitud lennujaamateenuste lepingute ja turundusteenuste lepingute kaudu, on siseturuga kokkusobimatu.
Only the costs caused by each individual airline were taken into account.
Artikkel 2
On that basis, Germany argued that the costs of the new terminal and if hiring new staff were originally caused by Germanwings taking up business from Zweibrücken, so that those costs were mostly allocated to the first Germanwings contract.
Sparkasse Südwestpfalzilt FZG-le antud laen ei ole riigiabi.
At the Commission's request, marketing support payments made to Ryanair under the agreement between the Land and AMS were taken into account as incremental costs of the Ryanair contract.
Lennujaamateenuste leping, mille FZG sõlmis Germanwingsiga 30. juunil 2008, ei kujuta endast riigiabi.
The discount rate was based on the discount rates of the German Bundesbank starting from 2008.
Artikkel 3
The Commission finds that the approach taken by Germany in estimating the passenger numbers, and calculating on that basis the expected incremental aviation and non-aviation revenues, is sound.
Saksamaa nõuab artiklis 1 nimetatud kokkusobimatu abi abisaajatelt sisse.
The same holds true with respect to the discount rates.
FGAZ ja FZG vastutavad ühiselt neile mõlemale antud riigiabi tagasimaksmise eest.
The Commission further notes Germany's disagreement that in calculating the incremental revenue only over the duration of the agreement, long-term gains are not taken into account.
Ryanair ja AMS vastutavad ühiselt neile mõlemale antud riigiabi tagasimaksmise eest.
In response, the Commission refers to its reasoning developed in recitals 376 and 377, that it is indeed appropriate to take only the incremental costs and revenues generated over the duration of the agreement into account.
Summad nõutakse tagasi järgmiselt:
The Commission also takes note of Germany's submission that the marketing services agreement could not be regarded as only producing costs, but should be also viewed as generating income.
Rheinland-Pfalzi liidumaa ja ZEFi poolt FZG-le antud otseinvesteeringute toetused:
Germany did not propose any methodology to evaluate the specific incremental revenue generated by the marketing services agreement beyond increasing traffic (and thus also non-aeronautical revenues) at the airport.
vahemikus 12. detsembrist 2000 kuni 31. detsembrini 2009 antud 20564170 eurot, millest on maha arvatud tuletõrjebrigaadide teenustega seotud kulud ja kulud, mille hüvitamiseks on lennujaama käitajal õigus vastavalt lennuohutuse seaduse paragrahvi 8 lõikele 3 otseinvesteeringute toetustega kaetud ulatuses;
In any event, the Commission has already determined in recitals 347 et seq. that a MEO would take only the incremental revenue of the airport into account in evaluating the positive effects of the marketing services agreement.
Rheinland-Pfalzi liidumaa ja ZEFi poolt FZGsse tehtud iga-aastased kapitalisüstid:
As regards incremental operating costs in particular, the Commission must base itself on the data provided by Germany and FGAZ/FZG as long as these appear reasonable, as it is not itself in a position to independently estimate those costs.
vahemikus 2000–2009 antud 26629000 eurot, millest on maha arvatud tuletõrjebrigaadide teenustega seotud kulud ja kulud, mille hüvitamiseks on lennujaama käitajal õigus vastavalt lennuohutuse seaduse paragrahvi 8 lõikele 3 kapitalisüstidega kaetud ulatuses, ning enne 12. detsembrit 2000 antud summad;
The same is, in principle, true for the incremental investment costs, as Germany and FGAZ/FZG are in a better position to estimate which investment can be directly traced back to a particular airport services agreement.
Rheinland-Pfalzi liidumaa poolt FZG-le antud laenu 100 % garantii:
Having analysed the information provided by Germany, the Commission accepts the general calculation of the incremental costs as reasonable.
sularahaekvivalent garantii väärtuses, mis määratakse kindlaks vastavalt komisjoni teatisele EÜ asutamislepingu artiklite 87 ja 88 kohaldamise kohta garantiidena antava riigiabi suhtes;
Furthermore, it appears reasonable that the hiring of additional staff to handle Germanwings and initial investments in renovating the terminal can be traced back to the first agreement with Germanwings, as that agreement was the trigger to forcefully develop commercial aviation at Zweibrücken.
FGAZi osalus Rheinland-Pfalzi liidumaa rahastamisvahendis:
As the expected discounted result is negative for the first Germanwings agreement as well as for the TUIFly and Ryanair agreements, the Commission finds that FGAZ/FZG did not act like a MEO in concluding those agreements.
soodsate laenutingimuste sularahaekvivalent, mis määratakse kindlaks vastavalt komisjoni 12. detsembri 2007. aasta teatisele viite- ja diskontomäärade kindlaksmääramise meetodi läbivaatamise kohta, millest on maha arvatud tuletõrjebrigaadide teenuste kulude katmiseks kasutatud laenudega seotud eelised ja kulud, mille hüvitamiseks on lennujaama käitajal õigus vastavalt lennuohutuse seaduse paragrahvi 8 lõikele 3;
The Airport could not have expected to cover at least the incremental costs brought about by any one of those agreements.
Germanwingsi ja FZG vahel 15. septembril 2006 sõlmitud lennujaamateenuste leping:
As FGAZ/FZG thus did not behave like a MEO, its decision to conclude the agreements on those terms granted Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair an economic advantage.
siseturuga kokkusobimatu abi summa;
In contrast, the second Germanwings agreement could have been expected to lead to a positive discounted result.
TUIFly ja FZG vahel 1. aprillil 2008 sõlmitud lennujaamateenuste leping:
In concluding that agreement, FGAZ/FZG therefore did not grant an economic advantage to Germanwings.
Ryanairi ja FZG vahel 22. septembril 2008 ning AMSi ja Rheinland-Pfalzi liidumaa vahel 6. oktoobril 2008 sõlmitud lennujaamateenuste leping:
The economic advantage identified in recitals 376 et seq. was granted on a selective basis, as only airlines operating from Zweibrücken Airport benefited from it.
siseturuga kokkusobimatu abi summa.
In this context, the argument advanced by Germany that the discounts on airport charges granted to airlines flying from Zweibrücken were not selective must be rejected.
Sissenõutavatelt summadelt arvestatakse intressi alates kuupäevast, mil need anti abisaajate käsutusse, kuni nende tegeliku tagasimaksmiseni.
Germany argued that the discounts were open to all airlines wishing to operate from Zweibrücken, which allegedly rendered them non-selective.
Saksamaa esitab täpsed kuupäevad, millal riigi antud abi anti vastavate abisaajate käsutusse.
In response, the Commission first observes that the individual agreements concluded with the airlines diverge from the schedule of charges and from each other (see recitals 67 to 72), thus containing individually-negotiated conditions.
Intress arvutatakse liitintressina kooskõlas komisjoni määruse (EÜ) nr 794/2004 V peatükiga [119].
The precise advantage granted would then appear to be selective as regards each individual airline.
Saksamaa tühistab kõik artiklis 1 nimetatud abi tasumata maksed alates käesoleva otsuse vastuvõtmise kuupäevast.
Secondly, however, the Commission observes that even if the schedule of charges had been applied in the same way to each airline wishing to operate from Zweibrücken, any advantage conferred thereunder would still have to be considered selective.
Artikkel 4
As Advocate-General Mengozzi opined in the Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH case, accepting Germany's argumentation would amount to ‘radically denying the possibility of classifying as State aid the conditions on which a public undertaking offers its services where those conditions are applicable to all its contracting parties without distinction’ [104].
Artiklis 1 nimetatud abi tuleb sisse nõuda viivitamata ja tõhusalt.
Advocate-General Mengozzi further remarked that
Saksamaa tagab käesoleva otsuse täitmise nelja kuu jooksul alates selle teatavakstegemise kuupäevast.
‘in my opinion, the Commission correctly observed, such an exclusion would not appear to be in line with either the case-law of the Court according to which public interventions which affect all the traders of a particular economic sector without distinction can also be selective in nature, nor with the various precedents where selective benefits arising from the provision of goods or services by public (or private) undertakings at identical rates or on identical conditions for all operators carrying on a specific activity were regarded as selective’ [105].
Artikkel 5
A measure granted by a State is considered to distort or to threaten to distort competition when it is liable to improve the competitive position of the recipient compared to other undertakings with which it competes [106].
Kahe kuu jooksul pärast käesolevast otsuse teatavakstegemisest esitab Saksamaa järgmise teabe:
For all practical purposes, a distortion of competition is thus assumed as soon as a State grants a financial advantage to an undertaking in a liberalised sector where there is, or could be, competition.
abisaajate saadud abi kogusumma ja eelkõige:
The case law of the European Courts has established that any grant of aid to an undertaking exercising its activities in the internal market can be liable to affect trade between Member States [107].
otseinvesteeringute toetuste summa, kapitalisüstide summa ja tuletõrjebrigaadide teenuste kulutuste katmiseks kasutatud eelislaenude sularahaekvivalent ning kulud, mille hüvitamiseks on lennujaama käitajal õigus vastavalt lennuohutuse seaduse paragrahvi 8 lõikele 3;
Since the entry into force of the third package on the liberalisation of air transport on 1 January 1993 [108], air carriers can freely operate flights on intra-European connections.
teave FGAZi/FZG krediidivõimelisuse kohta 100 % tagatise andmise ajal ja iga laenu andmise ajal rahastamisvahendist, et võimaldada komisjonil määrata garantii sularahaekvivalent ning rahastamisvahendist antud laenudega seotud eelistingimused vastavalt komisjoni teatisele EÜ asutamislepingu artiklite 87 ja 88 kohaldamise kohta garantiidena antava riigiabi suhtes ning komisjoni 12. detsembri 2007. aasta teatisele viite- ja diskontomäärade kindlaksmääramise meetodi läbivaatamise kohta;
As the Court of Justice has observed,
igalt abisaajalt sisse nõutav kogusumma (põhisumma ja intress);
‘where an undertaking operates in a sector in which … producers from various Member States compete, any aid which it may receive from the public authorities is liable to affect trade between the Member States and impair competition, inasmuch as its continuing presence on the market prevents competitors from increasing their market share and reduces their chances of increasing exports’ [109].(394) The Commission has found that FGAZ/FZG and the Land Rhineland-Palatinate granted a selective advantage to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair.
käesoleva otsuse täitmiseks juba võetud ja kavandatavate meetmete üksikasjalik kirjeldus;
These airlines are active on a competitive, Union-wide market and the advantage they received was liable to improve their competitive position on that market.
dokumendid, milles kinnitatakse, et abisaajatele on antud korraldus abi tagasi maksta.
In this light, the Commission finds that the advantage granted to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair is liable to distort competition and affect trade between Member States.
Saksamaa teavitab komisjoni käesoleva otsuse täitmiseks võetud meetmetega seotud edusammudest, kuni artiklis 1 nimetatud abi on tagasi makstud.
For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that Germanwings, TUIFly, and Ryanair have received State aid, amounting to approximately EUR 1054985, EUR 232781, and EUR 464879, respectively.
Saksamaa esitab komisjoni taotlusel viivitamata teabe käesoleva otsuse täitmiseks juba võetud ja kavandatavate meetmete kohta.
The Commission notes that Germany has not advanced any arguments to show that the aid granted to TUIFly, Germanwings and Ryanair is compatible with the internal market.
Ta esitab ka üksikasjaliku teabe abisaajatelt juba tagasi saadud abisummade ja intressi kohta.
Following the case law of the Court of Justice [110], the Commission recalls that it is Germany's responsibility to indicate the legal basis on which a State aid measure could be found compatible with the internal market and to demonstrate that all required conditions are met.
Artikkel 6
In the opening decision the Commission requested Germany to provide information on whether compatibility could be established pursuant to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Käesolev otsus on adresseeritud Saksamaa Liitvabariigile.
Germany, however, did not make any submissions with a view to showing that the relevant conditions for compatible start-up aid under the 2005 Aviation Guidelines were met.
Brüssel, 1. oktoober 2014
Nor did the interested parties who submitted comments put forward any arguments demonstrating the compatibility of the State aid measure with the internal market.
Komisjoni nimel
The Commission nevertheless finds it useful to briefly consider whether the State aid in question could be considered compatible start-up aid.
Joaquín Almunia
Applicable legal framework
Alates 1. detsembrist 2009 on EÜ asutamislepingu artiklitest 87 ja 88 saanud vastavalt Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu artiklid 107 ja 108.
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that:
Need sättepaarid on sisult identsed.
‘the Commission will apply the principles set out in these guidelines to all notified start-up aid measure in respect of which it is called upon to take a decision from 4 April 2014, even where the measures were notified prior that date.
Käesolevas otsuses tuleb viiteid Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu artiklitele 107 ja 108 käsitada vajaduse korral vastavalt viidetena EÜ asutamislepingu artiklitele 87 ja 88.
In accordance with the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid, the Commission will apply to unlawful start-up aid to airlines the rules in force at the time when the aid was granted.
Euroopa ELi toimimise lepinguga tehti teatavaid muudatusi ka terminoloogiasse, näiteks „ühendus” asendati „liiduga” ja „ühisturg” „siseturuga”.
Accordingly, it will not apply the principles set out in these guidelines in the case of unlawful start-up aid to airlines granted before 4 April 2014’ [111].
Käesolevas otsuses kasutatakse läbivalt Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu terminoloogiat.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that:
ELT C 216, 21.7.2012, lk 56.
‘the Commission will assess the compatibility of … start-up aid granted without its authorisation and which therefore infringes Article 88(3) of the Treaty [now Article 108(3) of the Treaty], on the basis of these guidelines if payment of the aid started after the guidelines were published in the Official Journal of the European Union.’
Kirjalik küsimus E-6470/08, mille Hiltrud Breyer (Rohelised/EVF) esitas 2. detsembril 2008 komisjonile Rheinland-Pfalzi liidumaa toetuste kohta Zweibrückeni lennujaamale.
As the agreements with Germanwings, TUIFly, and Ryanair were concluded after the publication of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines in the Official Journal on 9 December 2005, those guidelines constitute the applicable legal basis for the assessment of their compatibility with the internal market.
Komisjoni teatis „Suunised lennujaamadele ja -ettevõtjatele antava riigiabi kohta”, ELT C 99, 4.4.2014, lk 3.
Compatibility assessment pursuant to 2005 Aviation Guidelines
EÜ asutamislepingu artiklite 92 ja 93 ning EMP lepingu artikli 61 kohaldamine lennundussektorile antava riigiabi korral (EÜT C 350, 10.12.1994, lk 5).
Given that the compatibility conditions for start-up aid enshrined in point 79 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines are cumulative, the Commission considers that it is only necessary to demonstrate that one of those conditions is not fulfilled in order to find that the aid to the airlines is not compatible.
Ühenduse suunised lennujaamade rahastamise ja piirkondlikest lennujaamadest opereerivate lennuettevõtjate riikliku stardiabi kohta (ELT C 312, 9.12.2005, lk 1).
The Commission starts its analysis with the condition set out in point 79(d) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
ELT C 113, 15.4.2014, lk 30.