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Compatibility of the aid
Abi tagasinõudmine
The Commission must assess whether the aid measures identified above can be considered compatible with the internal market.
ELi 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 sellise abi andmise lõpetama või seda muutma [33].
According to the jurisprudence of the Union Courts, it is up to the Member State to invoke possible grounds of compatibility and to demonstrate that the conditions for such compatibility are met [30].
Samuti on Euroopa Kohus korduvalt sedastanud, et liikmesriigi kohustus lõpetada sellise abi andmine, mida komisjon peab siseturuga kokkusobimatuks, on kehtestatud selleks, et taastada varasem olukord [34].
Valencia CF argues that measure 1 would be compatible with the 2009 Temporary Community framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis [31] (‘2009 Temporary Framework’) which was adopted to address deficiencies stemming from the economic and financial crisis which began in October 2008.
Kooskõlas kohtupraktikaga on nõukogu määruse (EL) 2015/1589 [36] artikli 16 lõikes 1 sätestatud, et [k]ui ebaseadusliku abi korral tehakse negatiivne otsus, nõuab komisjon, et kõnealune liikmesriik peab võtma kõik vajalikud meetmed, et abisaajalt abi tagasi saada […].
However, the Commission notes that Valencia CF's difficulties had started before the financial crisis, already in the fiscal year ending in June 2007 (see Table 1 above), whereas the 2009 Temporary Framework aimed at addressing problems arising in the context of the crisis.
Seega, kuna kõnealustest meetmetest ei teavitatud komisjoni, rikkudes ELi toimimise lepingu artiklit 108, ja neid meetmeid tuleb seetõttu pidada ebaseaduslikuks ja siseturuga kokkusobimatuks abiks, tuleb see abi tagasi nõuda, et taastada abi andmisele eelnenud turuolukord.
Indeed, according to point (i) of Section 4.3.2. of the Temporary Framework, ‘the aid is granted to firms which were not in difficulty on 1 July 2008; it may be granted to firms that were not in difficulty at that date but entered in difficulty thereafter as a result of the global financial and economic crisis.’
Abi tuleks tagasi nõuda alates kuupäevast, mil abisaaja sai eelise, st alates ajast, mil abi anti abisaaja käsutusse, kuni tegeliku tagasimaksmiseni, ja abisaajal tuleb tasuda abisumma pealt intressi kuni abi tegeliku tagasimaksmiseni.
Since Valencia CF was already in difficulty since June 2007, the Commission considers that the 2009 Temporary Framework is not applicable for the measures in favour of Valencia CF.
Komisjon juhib tähelepanu Valencia CFi väitele (vt põhjenduse 41 punkt b), et kuna Valencia CFi omandiõigus läks üle avatud ja konkurentsipõhise hankemenetluse raames, oleks võimalik abielement kajastunud turuhinnas ja sisaldunud ostuhinnas ning seepärast jäi abist saadav kasu aktsiate müüjale.
The Commission will assess whether the aid measures can be found compatible under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU allowing aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Valencia CFi sõnul tuleb eespool öeldut arvesse võttes riigigarantii abisumma tagasi nõuda müüjalt, st Fundación Valencialt.
In its assessment of the notion of ‘development of economic activities’ in the sports sector, the Commission takes due account of Article 165(1) TFEU and the last indent of Article 165(2) TFEU which provide that the Union shall contribute to the promotion of European sporting issues, while taking account of the specific nature of sport, its structures based on voluntary activity and its social and educational function.
Komisjon leiab, nagu on selgitatud põhjendustes 47 ja 48, et kuna lõppkokkuvõttes sai 1. ja 4. meetmest 2014. aasta müügi tulemusel kasu klubi, kandus abi üle ka Valencia CFi uuele omanikule.
In its comments submitted during the formal investigation procedure, LFP claims that the sporting activities undertaken by professional sport clubs perform a public service function, which determines that in accordance with Article 106(2) TFEU, the application of rules on competition to these clubs must not obstruct the performance of the particular tasks assigned to them.
Komisjon märgib, et Elche CFi ja Hercules CFile kohaldatakse praegu kõiki võlakohustusi hõlmavat maksejõuetusmenetlust (vt põhjendused 18 ja 20).
The Commission notes that the measures in question supported professional football activities rather than amateur sport.
Väljakujunenud kohtpraktika kohaselt ei mõjuta asjaolu, et abisaaja on maksejõuetu või et tema vastu on algatatud pankrotimenetlus, abisaaja kohustust maksta tagasi ebaseaduslik ja siseturuga kokkusobimatu abi [37].
Professional football services are supplied by market forces therefore there is no need for the State to attribute public service obligations for the provision of such services.
KOKKUVÕTE
At the same time, the Commission notes that it has not been demonstrated that the services of Valencia CF were attributed to it by the Spanish authorities in a way compatible with Article 106(2) TFEU, i.e. by way of an act clearly defining the public service, its duration or, the relevant compensation and its calculation.
Komisjon on jõudnud järeldusele, et Hispaania on andnud ELi toimimise lepingu artikli 108 lõiget 3 rikkudes ebaseaduslikult abi summas 30,212 miljonit eurot
On the basis of the above, the Commission does not accept that the measures in question in favour of Valencia CF can be compatible under 106(2) TFEU.
2009. aasta riigigarantiina, mille IVF andis Valencia CFi aktsiate ostuks;
In view of the nature of the measures at issue and of the fact that the football clubs in question faced financial difficulties when the aid was awarded, and that the aid was awarded with the aim to address those difficulties, the Commission will assess whether the criteria laid down in the 2004 R&R Guidelines might apply, since the latter were in force at the time the aid measures at stake were granted (in 2009, 2010 and 2011) and the three football clubs qualify as undertakings in difficulty pursuant to these Guidelines.
2011. aasta riigigarantiina, mille IVF andis Elche CFi aktsiate ostuks;
In this respect, Spain considers that if the Commission were to find State aid in measures 1 and 4 it would be compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, and in particular as restructuring aid under the 2004 R&R Guidelines.
olemasoleva 2009. aasta laenu suurenemise katmiseks 2009. aasta riigigarantii suurendamisega 2010. aastal, mida IVF tegi Valencia CFi aktsiate ostuks.
As will be explained below, the Commission notes that the aid measures under scrutiny cannot be considered compatible aid pursuant to the 2004 R&R Guidelines, because the conditions and principles of the latter are not met.
Komisjon on jõudnud järeldusele, et Hispaania ei ole andnud uut abi 4,9 miljoni euro suuruse maksega, mille IVF tegi 2013. aastal Valencia CFile antud riigigarantii tõttu.
Restoration of long-term viability
Abi ei ole siseturuga kokkusobiv, sest seda ei saa pidada ümberkorraldamisabiks ega mis tahes muud liiki abiks.
According to point 34 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines, the grant of restructuring aid must be conditional on implementation of a restructuring plan, which must be endorsed by the Commission in all cases of individual aid.
Valencia CFilt tuleb tagasi nõuda 20,381 miljonit eurot, Hercules CFilt 6,143 miljonit eurot ja Elche CFilt 3,688 miljonit eurot,
Point 35 explains that the restructuring plan, the duration of which must be as short as possible, must restore the long-term viability of the firm within a reasonable timescale and on the basis of realistic assumptions as to future operating conditions.
ON VASTU VÕTNUD KÄESOLEVA OTSUSE:
Pursuant to point 36 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines, the plan must describe the circumstances that led to the company's difficulties and take account of the present state and future market prospects with best-case, worst-case and base-case scenarios.
Artikkel 1
The plan must provide for a turnaround that will enable the company, after completing its restructuring, to cover all its costs including depreciation and financial charges.
Järgmised meetmed kujutavad endast riigiabi, mida Hispaania andis ebaseaduslikult, rikkudes Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu artikli 108 lõiget 3, ja ei ole siseturuga kokkusobivad.
The expected return on capital must be high enough to enable the restructured firm to compete in the marketplace on its own merits (point 37).
meede
During the formal investigation procedure, Spain submitted that the decision to grant measure 1 to Fundacion Valencia was based on a viability plan of May 2009.
Riigigarantii, mille IVF andis 5. novembril 2009 Fundación Valencia pangalaenule Valencia CFi aktsiate märkimiseks Valencia CFi kapitali suurendamise raames summas 19,193 miljonit eurot.
In addition, the financial results forecasted by the viability plan were below a level which could be considered as adequate for the restoration of Valencia CF's long-term viability.
Riigigarantii, mille IVF andis 26. juulil 2010 Fundación Herculese pangalaenule Hercules CFi aktsiate märkimiseks Hercules CFi kapitali suurendamise raames summas 6,143 miljonit eurot.
Indeed, as demonstrated in Table 6 above, the 2009 viability plan presented operating losses until the fiscal year ending in June 2013, i.e. in the 4 years following the granting of the 2009 State guarantee.
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In addition, the operating profits forecasted for the fiscal years ending in June 2014 and June 2015 were at a very low operating margins, of 1 % and 4 % respectively.
Riigigarantii, mille IVF andis 17. veebruaril 2011 Fundación Elche kahele pangalaenule Elche CFi aktsiate märkimiseks Elche CFi kapitali suurendamise raames summas 3,688 miljonit eurot.
Finally, as regards the club's forecasted earnings before taxes until the economic year ending in June 2015, the same analysis stands as for the operating results above, whereas the significantly high results of EUR 50,5 million in the fiscal year ending in June 2011 and EUR 154,8 million in June 2012 are not representative of the club's financial performance but constitute extraordinary results stemming from the sale of land plots.
meede
On the basis of the above, as regards return to viability, the Commission comes to the conclusion that the impact of the different measures is not duly quantified and viability is not foreseen at adequate levels under different scenarios.
Fundación Valenciale antud garantii suurendamine IVFi poolt 10. novembril 2010 summas 1,188 miljonit eurot 1. meetmega garanteeritud laenu tasumata jäänud kapitali, intressi ja kulude tasumiseks.
Therefore, the Commission considers that the viability plan, even if it was considered as a genuine restructuring plan in the sense of the 2004 R&R Guidelines, was incomplete as to enable Valencia CF to restore its long-term viability within a reasonable timescale.
Artikkel 2
As regards Hercules CF and Elche CF, the Commission notes that no plan related to the viability of any of those two clubs was submitted, therefore also in the case of those two clubs point 34 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines is not fulfilled.
Hispaania nõuab tagasi artiklis 1 osutatud ja siseturuga kokkusobimatu abi, mida anti 1. ja 4. meetmega Valencia CFile, 2. meetmega Hercules CFile ja 3. meetmega Elche CFile.
Avoidance of undue distortions of competition (compensatory measures)
Tagasinõutavatelt summadelt arvestatakse intressi alates kuupäevast, mil need anti abisaajate käsutusse, kuni nende tegeliku tagasimaksmiseni.
According to point 38 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines, compensatory measures must be taken in order to ensure that the adverse effects on trading conditions are minimised as much as possible.
Intress arvutatakse liitintressina komisjoni määruse (EÜ) nr 794/2004 [38] V peatüki ja komisjoni määruse (EÜ) nr 271/2008 [39] kohaselt, millega muudetakse määrust (EÜ) nr 794/2004.
These measures may comprise divestment of assets, reductions in capacity or market presence and reduction of entry barriers on the markets concerned (point 39).
Hispaania tühistab alates käesoleva otsuse vastuvõtmise kuupäevast kõik artiklis 1 osutatud abi veel tegemata maksed.
In this regard, the sale of assets used in loss-making activities which would at any rate be necessary to restore viability will not be considered as a reduction of capacity or market presence for the purpose of the assessment of the compensatory measures (point 40).
Artikkel 3
Spain proposes as compensatory measures for Valencia CF the sale of the club's most valuable players (see recital 41 above).
Artiklis 1 osutatud abi nõutakse tagasi viivitamata ja tõhusalt.
However, the Commission notes that the players sold were used in the club's loss-making activity, i.e. the participation in football competitions, therefore those sales cannot be considered as bringing a reduction of capacity or performance in Valencia's profitable areas of activity.
Hispaania tagab käesoleva otsuse rakendamise nelja kuu jooksul pärast otsuse teatavakstegemise kuupäeva.
Furthermore, the Commission notes that the sale of the abovementioned players was rather necessary as restructuring measure for the viability of Valencia CF, as also implied in the latter's 2009 viability plan.
Artikkel 4
Indeed, those sales were necessary for the club to recover, through the increase of revenues and the reduction of the high costs of expensive players.
Kahe kuu jooksul pärast käesoleva otsuse teatavakstegemist esitab Hispaania järgmise teabe:
Even if those sales could ultimately benefit a competitor, their primary aim was to enable the recovery of Valencia.
igalt abisaajalt tagasinõutava abi kogusumma (põhisumma ja intress);
Therefore they cannot be considered as bringing any benefit to Valencia CF's competitors.
käesoleva otsuse täitmiseks juba võetud ja kavandatavate meetmete üksikasjalik kirjeldus;
Against this background, the Commission considers the compensatory measures proposed by Spain not to be sufficient under the 2004 R&R Guidelines in order to ensure that the adverse effects on trading conditions resulting from the granting of aid to Valencia CF are minimised as much as possible.
dokumendid, mis kinnitavad, et abisaajatele on antud korraldus abi tagasi maksta.
As regards Hercules CF and Elche CF, the Commission notes that no compensatory measures related to any of those two clubs were submitted, therefore also in the case of those two clubs point 38 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines is not fulfilled.
Hispaania teavitab komisjoni käesoleva otsuse täitmiseks võetud riiklike meetmete edenemisest seni, kuni artiklis 1 osutatud abi on täielikult tagasi makstud.
Aid limited to the minimum (own contribution)
Hispaania esitab komisjoni taotlusel viivitamata teabe käesoleva otsuse täitmiseks juba võetud ja kavandatavate meetmete kohta.
According to point 43 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines, in order to limit the amount of aid to the strict minimum of the restructuring costs necessary, a significant contribution to the restructuring from the beneficiary's own resources is necessary.
Samuti annab Hispaania üksikasjalikku teavet abisaajatelt juba tagasi saadud abisummade ja intressi kohta.
This can include the sale of assets that are not essential to the firm's survival, or external financing at market conditions.
Artikkel 5
The own contribution must be real, i.e. actual, excluding all future profits such as cash flow (point 43 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines).
Käesolev otsus on adresseeritud Hispaania Kuningriigile.
Inherently, the own contribution must not include any further State aid.
Brüssel, 4. juuli 2016
For large firms like Valencia CF [32], the Commission usually considers a contribution of at least 50 % of the restructuring costs to be appropriate.
Komisjoni nimel
However, in exceptional circumstances and in cases of particular hardship, the Commission may accept a lower contribution (point 44 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines).
Margrethe Vestager
In view of the total amount of the 2009 capital increase of EUR 92,4 million of Valencia CF, which can be considered as its restructuring cost, Spain proposes to consider as own contribution the private participations therein which reached the amount of EUR 18,8 million.
ELT C 69, 7.3.2014, lk 99.
However, the Commission notes that those private participations were equal to 20 % of the total restructuring costs.
Vt joonealune märkus 1.
On this basis, the Commission considers that the private participations in the 2009 capital increase of Valencia CF are not sufficient to be acceptable as own contribution.
Tasu, mida laenuandja nõuab laenuvõtjalt kasutamata krediidiliini või väljamaksmata laenu eest.
As regards Hercules CF and Elche CF, the Commission notes that measures 2 and 3 constituted 100 % of the financial sources of the respective capital injections into those clubs, therefore there was no private participation in those measures.
2012. aasta juunis esitatud Valencia CFi aastaaruandes on öeldud, et Valencia CF kuulub kontserni, mille emaettevõtja või valdusettevõtja on Fundación Valencia.
Therefore, the Commission considers that requirements of point 43 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines have not been fulfilled.
Konfidentsiaalsed andmed.
The ‘one time, last time’ principle
ELT C 155, 20.6.2008, lk 10.
Finally, the aid must respect point 72 of the 2004 R&R Guidelines, which provides that a company that has received rescue and restructuring aid in the past 10 years is not eligible for rescue or restructuring aid (the ‘one time, last time’ principle).
ELT C 244, 1.10.2004, lk 2.
As regards Valencia CF, which benefitted from measures 1 and 4, Spain claims that measure 4 is only an increase of the existing guarantee by EUR 6 million, therefore it cannot be considered as a new guarantee and thus new State aid to Valencia CF.
Eelkõige a) Generalitat Valenciana 28. detsembri 1990. aasta seaduse 7/1990 (1991. aasta eelarvete kohta) kaheksanda lisasättega, millega luuakse IVF, ja b) Valencia volikogu 26. juuni 1991. aasta seadusandliku dekreediga, millega muudeti Generalitat Valenciana seadust avaliku sektori vahendite kohta.
However, the Commission notes that the abovementioned 2010 increase of the 2009 existing State guarantee was not foreseen or programmed from the beginning, when the 2009 State guarantee was granted, but had an ad hoc character since it was granted in order to cover the unexpectedly defaulted interest payment of 26 August 2010 of the guaranteed loan (see recital 10 above).
Komisjoni 12. mai 2004. aasta otsus juhtumi C 40/00 kohta, põhjendus 120; kohtuotsus, Euroopa Kohus, 20. september 2001, Banks, C-390/98, ECLI:EU:C:2001:456, punktid 77–78, ning kohtuotsus, Euroopa Kohus, 8. mai 2003, Itaalia jt vs. komisjon (Seleco), C-328/99 ja C-399/00, ECLI:EU:C:2003:252, punkt 83.
Therefore the Commission considers that measure 4 constitutes new State guarantee in favour of Valencia CF and is separable from measure 1.
Valencia CFi esitatud teabe kohaselt (a) oli Valencia CFi mängijate bilansiline koondväärtus (ostuhind miinus iga-aastane amortisatsioon) 95,7 miljonit eurot (klubi 2008. ja 2009. aasta aruande kohaselt); (b) oli Valencia CFi mängijate hinnanguline koondturuväärtus 2009. aasta juunis ligikaudu 235,7 miljonit eurot; (c) müüdi 2010. aasta juunis lõppenud eelarveaastal mängijaid 78,7 miljoni euro eest (samal ajal kui kulutused uutele mängijatele olid kokku 14,5 miljonit eurot).
Since Valencia CF benefited twice from restructuring aid in a period of 10 years, i.e. in 2009 and 2010, when it received the 2009 State guarantee and the 2010 increase of the previous (2009) guarantee, the Commission concludes that the ‘one time, last time’ principle is not respected in relation to measure 4, granted in favour of Valencia CF.
ELT C 16, 22.1.2009, lk 1.
Conclusion
Kohtuotsus Prantsusmaa vs. komisjon (Stardust Marine), C-482/99, ECLI:EU:C:2002:294.
In view of the above, the Commission finds that the 2009 State guarantee and its 2010 increase in favour of Valencia CF, the 2011 State guarantee in favour of Hercules CF and the 2011 State guarantee in favour of Elche CF were granted in breach of Article 108(3) TFEU.
Kohtuotsus Ecotrade, C-200/97, ECLI:EU:C:1998:579, punkt 41; ning liidetud kohtuasjad Bouygues ja Bouygues Télécom vs. komisjon jt, C-399/10 P ja C-401/10 P, ECLI:EU:C:2013:175, punktid 137–139.
The Commission also considers that the measures do not meet the conditions required by the 2004 R&R Guidelines.
http://www.ivf.gva.es/p.aspx?pag=InformacionInstitucional.
The Commission hence considers the aid not compatible with the internal market.
Kohtuotsus Prantsusmaa vs. komisjon (Stardust Marine), C-482/99, ECLI:EU:C:2002:294, punkt 56, ja kohtuotsus Air France vs. komisjon, T-358/94, ECLI:EU:T:1996:194, punkt 58.
Recovery
Kohtuotsus, 22. märts 1977, Steinlike & Weinlig vs. Saksamaa, 78/76, ECLI:EU:C:1977:52, punktid 17–18.
According to the TFEU and the Court's established case-law, the Commission is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter aid when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market [33].
Kohtuotsus, 15. juuli 2004, Pearle BV jt vs. Hoofdbedrijfschap Ambachten, C-345/02, ECLI:EU:C:2004:448, punkt 37.
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a Member State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation [34].
Vt kohtuotsus, Euroopa Kohus, 10. jaanuar 2006, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, C-222/04, ECLI:EU:C:2006:8.
In this context, the Court has established that this objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [35].
Komisjoni 2. aprilli 2008. aasta otsus 2008/716/EÜ riigiabi C 38/07 (ex NN 45/07) kohta, mida Prantsusmaa andis äriühingule Arbel Fauvet Rail SA (ELT L 238, 5.9.2008, lk 27); komisjoni 22. veebruari 2012. aasta otsus 2012/541/EL riigiabi SA.26534 (C 27/10, ex NN 6/09) kohta, mida Kreeka andis ettevõtjale Enómeni Klostoÿfantourgía [United Textiles] AE (ELT L 279, 12.10.2012, lk 30); komisjoni 27. märtsi 2014. aasta otsus 2014/539/EL riigiabi SA.34572 (13/C) (ex 13/NN) kohta, mida Kreeka andis äriühingule Larco General Mining & Metallurgical Company S.A.
In line with the case-law, Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 [36] laid down that ‘where negative decisions are taken in cases of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary […].’
(ELT L 254, 28.8.2014, lk 24).
Thus, given that the measures at hand were not notified to the Commission in violation of Article 108 TFEU and are, therefore, to be considered as unlawful and incompatible aids, they must be recovered in order to re-establish the situation that existed on the market prior to their granting.
Liidetud kohtuasjad Freistaat Sachsen vs. komisjon, T-102/07, ning MB Immobilien ja MB System vs. komisjon, T-120/07, ECLI:EU:T:2010:62.
Recovery should cover the time from when the advantage accrued to the beneficiary, that is to say when the aids were put at the disposal of the beneficiary, until effective recovery, and the sums to be recovered should bear interest until effective recovery.
Võlgnik, kelle reiting on C, on haavatav maksete tegematajätmise vastu, mis toob kaasa emitendi reitingu SD või D, ning oleneb oma rahaliste kohutuste täitmisel soodsatest äri-, finants- ja majandustingimustest.
The Commission notes that Valencia CF has submitted that (see recital 41 letter (b) above), since the ownership of Valencia CF was transferred in the context of an open and competitive tendering procedure, the aid element (if any) would have been reflected in the market price and included in the purchase price and that therefore it is the seller of the shares that keeps the benefit of the aid.
Võlgnik, kelle reiting on R, on oma rahalise olukorra tõttu reguleerivate asutuste järelevalve all.