natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
the Member State has committed itself to respect detailed reporting rules, as laid down in point 83 of the RAG 2007.
Näissä yhteisissä kannoissa arvioidaan ehdokasmaan edistymistä liittymisedellytysten noudattamisessa.
The economic activities benefitting from the implementation of the Award are located in an area falling within the scope of Article 107(3)(a) of the of the Treaty, as established by the Commission in the decision of the regional aid map for Romania for 2007-2013 [89] and for 2014-2020 [90].
Erityisasetuksen 94/2004 liitteenä oleva perusteluraportti, annettu 26 päivänä elokuuta 2004, s. 12–13.
However, the Commission fails to see how the payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants is justified in terms of its contribution to the regional development of the areas concerned.
Kahdenvälisen investointisopimuksen 9 §:n 1 momentti.
The operating aid resulting from that payment is not aimed at contributing to the common equity objective as required under Article 107(3)(a) of the Treaty, but merely at compensating the beneficiary for the losses incurred from the revocation of EGO 24 before its envisaged expiry date.
Välitystuomion 725 kohta.
This results in free money for the claimants without any positive impact on the development of the region.
Välitystuomion 827 kohta.
It is not sufficient that the economic activity is located in ‘an area’ to assume that the measure is proportional to the handicaps it seeks to alleviate, since it must first be demonstrated what these handicaps are and, second, how they create an obstacle to the development of the region concerned.
Ks. alaviite 24.
In the absence of any proof, the Commission could not identify the specific handicaps the aid measures would seek to alleviate.
Välitystuomion 872 kohta.
The payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal is temporary in nature, as it has no effects after the implementation or execution of the Award is completed.
Välitystuomion 875 kohta ja sitä seuraavat kohdat.
However, it is not limited to a certain portion of predefined costs, since that compensation is aimed at ensuring that all losses incurred by the claimants are covered.
Määrän perustana on tuonti 22.2.2005–31.3.2009.
In view of the above, the Commission considers that the payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal does not comply with the RAG 2007 and can therefore not be declared compatible with the internal market.
Ks. alaviite 28.
As no other basis of compatibility is otherwise applicable, the Commission considers that the compatibility of the aid measure has not been established.
Kantajat hakivat korvausta PET-kustannusten kasvun vuoksi.
Conclusion on the assessment of the aid measure
Välitystuomioistuin kuitenkin kumosi tämän pyynnön, sillä kantajat eivät olleet todellisuudessa koskaan käyttäneet raaka-ainekannustinta PET:n tuontiin.
The foregoing analysis indicates that the payment of the compensation awarded by the Tribunal to the claimants amounts to the granting of incompatible new aid which is incompatible with the Treaty.
Määrän perusteena ovat tuodun sokerin tullit, jotka olisi voitu välttää, jos kantaja olisi voinut varastoida sokeria ennen erityisasetuksen ilmoitettua aikaisempaa päättymistä (1 päivänä huhtikuuta 2009).
The Commission regrets that Romania has already partially paid out that compensation by offsetting tax debts owed by one of the claimants, S.C.
Vertailuperuste perustuu vuosina 2004–2005 varastoituihin määriin.
European Food SA, to the Romanian state against part of that compensation, as well as by the action taken by the court-appointed executor.
Toteutumatta jäänyt tuotto on laskettu vuosilta 2004–2008 virvoitusjuomien ja muiden sokeria sisältävien tuotteiden markkinaosuuksien supistumisen perusteella.
RECOVERY
Pyyntö perustuu näkemykseen, jonka mukaan erityisasetuksessa säädettyjen kannustimien kumoamisen jälkeen kustannukset kasvoivat, mikä johti hintojen nousuun ja lopulta markkinaosuuksien supistumiseen.
In accordance with the Treaty and the CJEU’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 [91].
Asia nro 3456/3/2014, Bukarestin alioikeus.
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 [92].
Bukarestin alioikeuden menettely asiassa 9261/3/2014, IV siviilijaosto.
In this context, the Court has stated that that 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 [93].
Asia nro 15755/3/2014, Bukarestin alioikeus, III siviilijaosto.
Following that case-law, Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 provides that ‘where negative decisions are taken in respect of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary […].’
Asia nro 15755/3/2014/a1, Bukarestin muutoksenhakutuomioistuin, IV siviilijaosto.
The claimants contend that they had a legitimate expectation that the incentives granted under EGO 24 were lawful and that they could benefit from those incentives until their scheduled expiry on 1 April 2009.
Ks. alaviite 36.
The Commission observes, in that regard, that Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 further specifies that ‘[t]he Commission shall not require recovery of the aid if this would be contrary to a general principle of [Union] law.’
Euroopan keskuspankin vaihtokurssi 5 päivänä tammikuuta 2015: 1 euro = 4,49 RON.
The principle of the protection of legitimate expectations has been recognised by the CJEU to constitute such a general principle of Union law.
Ks. alaviite 38.
The Commission does not consider, however, that the claimants can claim such a legitimate expectation.
Euroopan keskuspankin vaihtokurssi 9 päivänä maaliskuuta 2015: 1 euro = 4,44 RON.
According to the case-law of the CJEU, save in exceptional circumstances, undertakings to which an aid has been granted may not, in principle, entertain a legitimate expectation that the aid is lawful unless it has been granted in compliance with the procedure laid down in Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Asia nro 1–14-cv-600 Viorel Micula v. Romanian hallitus, District Court for the District of Columbia – pyyntö vahvistaa ICSIDin välitystuomio ja antaa ratkaisu.
The CJEU, in its more recent case-law, has declared that in the absence of sufficiently precise assurances arising from a positive action taken by the Commission, which has the exclusive competence to authorise the grant of State aid by the Member States of the Union, that lead the beneficiary to believe that the measure does not constitute State aid, no exceptional circumstances can warrant the application of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations to prevent recovery if that aid measure was not notified to the Commission [94].
Ks. alaviite 7.
Indeed, it is long-standing case-law that the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations cannot be relied upon against a precise provision of Union law and that the conduct of a national authority responsible for applying Union law, which acts in breach of that law, cannot give rise to legitimate expectations on the part of an economic operator that he will benefit from treatment which is contrary to that law [95].
Ks. alaviite 40.
A diligent economic operator must be assumed to be able to determine whether that procedure has been followed [96].
Ks. menettelyn aloittamista koskevan päätöksen johdanto-osan 39 kappale.
The Commission notes that, as regards the compensation awarded by the Tribunal to the claimants, it should have been clear without any doubt to the claimants even before that aid was granted to them through the adoption of the Award, in conjunction with Romanian domestic law giving legal effect in Romania’s domestic legal order to the Award, that the Commission considered payment of that compensation to give rise to unlawful and incompatible State aid.
Asia 61/79, Amministrazione delle finanze dello Stato v. Denkavit italiana, ECLI:EU:C:1980:100.
That position was expressly communicated to the Tribunal on 20 July 2009 and communicated to the claimants.
Komission päätös 2008/408/EY, tehty 20 päivänä marraskuuta 2007, valtiontuesta C 36/A/06 (ex NN 38/06), jota Italia on myöntänyt yrityksille ThyssenKrupp, Cementir ja Nuova Terni Industrie Chimiche (EUVL L 144, 4.6.2008, s. 37).
As regards the claimants’ claim that they had a legitimate expectation that the EGO 24 were lawful and would remain in place until 1 April 2009, the Commission recalls, as a preliminary matter, that it is the payment of compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal and not EGO 24 that form the basis for this Decision.
Asia T-68/03, Olympiaki Aeroporia Ypiresies, ECLI:EU:T:2007:253, 42 kohta.
Nevertheless, the Commission adds, for the sake of completeness, that the claimants cannot justifiably claim a legitimate expectation as to the validity and continued existence of that scheme until 1 April 2009.
Asia C-487/06 P, British Aggregates v. komissio, ECLI:EU:C:2008:757, 85 ja 89 kohta sekä tuomiossa mainittu oikeuskäytäntö, sekä asia C-279/08 P, komissio v. Alankomaat (NOx), ECLI:EU:C:2011:551, 51 kohta.
As regards that scheme, it was not the Commission, but the Romanian Competition Council, which, by virtue of Decision No 4/2000 of the EU-Romania Association Council and Romanian Law No 143/1999 on State aid, was responsible for the monitoring and authorisation of the grant of State aid prior to Romania’s accession to the Union.
Yhdistetyt asiat C-180/98–C-184/98, Pavlov ym., ECLI:EU:C:2000:428, 74 kohta.
The Commission notes in that regard that EGO 24 was notified to the Romanian Competition Council in light of the modifications envisaged by EGO 75 and that the Romanian Competition Council, by its Decision No 244/2000 of 15 May 2000, found those incentives to constitute incompatible State aid.
Asia C-170/83, Hydrotherm, ECLI:EU:C:1984:271, 11 kohta.
It was after the adoption of that decision, on 1 June 2000, that S.C.
Ks. myös asia T-137/02, Pollmeier Malchow v. komissio, ECLI:EU:T:2004:304, 50 kohta.
European Food SA obtained its PIC, which made it eligible to obtain State aid under the scheme set up by EGO 24 as explained in recital 133.
Asia C-480/09 P, Acea Electrabel Produzione SpA v. komissio, ECLI:EU:C:2010:787, 47–55 kohta; asia C222/04, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze SpA ym., ECLI:EU:C:2006:8, 112 kohta.
However, that does not mean the aid was granted on that date, as explained in recital 134.
Ks. välitystuomion 935–936 ja 943 kohta.
It follows from that at the time S.C.
Asia C-170/83, Hydrotherm, ECLI:EU:C:1984:271, 10 kohta.
European Food SA was granted the unlawful State aid provided by EGO 24, which is in any event after 1 June 2000, it must have been fully aware of the Romanian Competition Council’s decision of 15 May 2000 declaring the EGO 24 incentives to be incompatible State aid.
Asia C-222/04, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze SpA ym., ECLI:EU:C:2006:8, 112 kohta.
Moreover, it must also have been aware of the Europe Agreement, which entered into force on 1 January 1995, and Romanian Law No 143/1999 on State aid, which entered into force on 1 January 2000, both of which prohibited Romania from granting State aid and conferred the power on the Romanian Competition Council to authorise the grant of new State aid.
Asia C-222/04, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze SpA ym., ECLI:EU:C:2006:8, 114 kohta.
Absent such an authorisation from the Competition Council and in line with the case-law of the CJEU, which applied by virtue of the Article 64 of the 1995 Europe Agreement, Article 1 of the Implementing Rules to Decision No 4/2000 of the EU-Romanian Association Council and the acquis communautaire, S.C.
Ks. johdanto-osan 87 ja 88 kappale.
European Food SA could never have entertained a legitimate expectation that the incentives granted under EGO 24 constituted compatible State aid, regardless of the subsequent actions of the Romanian Government after Decision No 244/2000 was adopted.
Asia C-39/94, SFEI ym., ECLI:EU:C:1996:285, 60 kohta; asia C-342/96, Espanja v. komissio, ECLI:EU:C:1999:210, 41 kohta.
The same reasoning obviously applies to Multipack and Starmill, which only obtained their PICs on 17 May 2002, two years after Decision No 244/2000 was adopted.
Välitystuomion 917 kohta.
Thus, the claimants cannot even validly claim a legitimate expectation that the EGO 24 scheme constituted lawful State aid, which the Commission considers irrelevant for the purposes of the present Decision.
Välitystuomion 928 kohta.
Therefore, any payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal must be recovered by Romania since that payment constitutes unlawful and incompatible State aid.
Välitystuomion 953 kohta.
As the five claimants, together with the other relevant EFDG companies constitute a single economic unit (see recital 91), the five claimants and the other relevant EFDG companies shall be jointly liable to repay the State aid received by any one of them to the Romanian state.
Välitystuomion mukaisesti maksettavat määrät, ks. johdanto-osan 27 kappale.
According to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 the aid to be recovered pursuant to a recovery decision shall include interest at an appropriate rate fixed by the Commission.
Välitystuomioistuin totesi, että kumoamalla erityisasetuksessa 24/1998 säädetyt kannustimet Romania rikkoi kantajien perustellun luottamuksen, ennen kuin se oli arvioinut Romanian toimien kohtuullisuuden tai läpinäkyvyyden (välitystuomion 725 ja 726 kohta; kohtuullisuutta tai läpinäkyvyyttä tarkasteltiin vain 727 kohdassa ja sen jälkeisissä kohdissa ja 837 kohdassa ja sen jälkeisissä kohdissa).
Interest shall be payable from the date on which the unlawful aid was at the disposal of the beneficiary until the date of its recovery.
Sen vuoksi on täysin perusteetonta esittää kantajien tapaan, että välitystuomioistuin totesi kahdenvälisen investointisopimuksen rikkomisen erityisasetuksessa 24/1998 säädettyjen investoijien velvoitteiden kohtuuttomuuden tai Romanian toimien riittämättömän läpinäkyvyyden vuoksi.
Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 provides that recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures under the national law of the Member State concerned, provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of the Commission’s decision.
Välitystuomion 953, 961, 971, 984, 1016, 1020 ja 1136 kohta.
To this effect and in the event of a procedure before national courts, the Member States concerned shall take all necessary steps which are available in their respective legal systems, including provisional measures, without prejudice to Union law.
Yhdistetyt asiat 106/87–120/87, Asteris, ECLI:EU:C:1988:457.
The Commission observes in this respect that Romania has already offset the amount of RON 337492864 (ca.
Yhdistetyt asiat 106/87–120/87, Asteris, ECLI:EU:C:1988:457, 23 kohta.
EUR 76 million [97]) against tax debts owed by one of the claimants, S.C. European Food SA.
Ks. komission päätös, annettu 16 päivänä kesäkuuta 2004, Alankomaiden myöntämä tuki Akzo-Nobelille kloorin kuljetusten vähentämiseksi (asia N 304/2003), tiivistelmä EUVL C 81, 2.4.2005, s. 4; ks. myös komission päätös, annettu 20 päivänä joulukuuta 2006, Alankomaiden myöntämä tuki autojenpurkuyhtiön uudelleensijoittaminen (Steenbergen), (asia N 575/05), tiivistelmä EUVL C 80, 13.4.2007, s. 1.
The Commission further observes that on 5 January 2015 the court-appointed executor seized RON 36484232 (ca.
Komissio katsoisi samasta syystä mitättömiksi EU:n sisäiset kahdenväliset investointisopimukset, joihin kanteen alaviitteessä 53 mainittu menettely perustuu.
EUR 8,1 million [98]) from Romania’s Ministry of Finance and subsequently transferred RON 34004232 (ca.
Julkisasiamiehen ratkaisuehdotus, annettu 28 päivänä huhtikuuta 2005 yhdistetyissä asioissa C-346/03 ja C-529/03, Atzori ECLI:EU:C:2005:256, 198 kohta.
EUR 7,56 million) in equal parts to three of the five claimants, and kept the remainder as compensation for execution costs.
Asia T-384/08, Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki AE Chartofylakeiou v. komissio, ECLI:EU:T:2011:650 ja asia T565/08, Corsica Ferries v. komissio, ECLI:EU:T:2012:415, 23, 114 ja 120–131 kohta.
Between 5 February and 25 February 2015, the court-appointed executor seized a further RON 9197482 (ca.
Ks. analogisesti myös asia C-111/10, komissio v. neuvosto, ECLI:EU:C:2013:785, 44 kohta.
EUR 2 million) [99] from the bank accounts of the Ministry of Finance.
Asia C-119/05, Lucchini, ECLI:EU:C:2007:434, 59 kohta.
In addition, the Commission takes note of the fact that the Romanian authorities have voluntarily transferred RON 472788675 (ca.
Asia C-280/00, Altmark Trans, ECLI:EU:C:2003:415, 84 kohta.
EUR 106,5 million [100]) (including the costs of court appointed executor of RON 6028608) into a blocked account in the name of the five claimants.
Asia T-351/02, Deutsche Bahn AG v. komissio, ECLI:EU:T:2006:104, 101 kohta.
Those sums, as well as any further payments to the claimants in fulfilment of the Award which have taken or will take place, must be recovered by Romania.
Asia T-288/97, Friuli Venezia Giulia, ECLI:EU:T:2001:115, 41 kohta.
Accordingly, the Commission,
Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston asetus (EU) N:o 1219/2012, annettu 12 päivänä joulukuuta 2012, jäsenvaltioiden ja kolmansien maiden välisiä kahdenvälisiä investointisopimuksia koskevista siirtymäkauden järjestelyistä (EUVL L 351, 20.12.2012, s. 40).
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
SEUT-sopimuksen 3 artiklan 1 kohdan e alakohta.
Article 1
Asia C-129/12, Magdeburger Mühlenwerke, ECLI:U:C:2013:200, 40 kohta.
The payment of the compensation awarded by the arbitral tribunal established under the auspices of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) by award of 11 December 2013 in Case No ARB/05/20 Micula a.o. v Romania [101] to the single economic unit comprising Viorel Micula, Ioan Micula, S.C.
Välitystuomion 148 kohdassa on englanninkielinen käännös säännöksestä, jolla alkuperäisen raaka-ainekannustin myönnetään (investointeihin kannustamiseen tarkoitettu mekanismi, jonka kumoaminen johti korvausten myöntämiseen välitystuomiossa).
Multipack, European Drinks SA, Rieni Drinks SA, Scandic Distilleries SA, Transilvania General Import-Export S.R.L., and West Leasing S.R.L constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty which is incompatible with the internal market.Article 2
Käännöksen mukaan 6 §:n 1 momentin b kohdassa määrätään seuraavaa: ”Privately held companies, Romanian legal entities, as well as small or family business, authorised pursuant to the Decree-Law no.
Romania shall not pay out any incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 and shall recover any incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 which has already been paid out to any one of the entities constituting the single economic unit benefiting from that aid in partial implementation or execution of the arbitral award of 11 December 2013, as well as any aid paid out to any one of the entities constituting the single economic unit benefiting from that aid in further implementation of the arbitral award of 11 December 2013 that the Commission has not been made aware of or that is paid out after the date of this Decision.
54/1990 concerning the organisation and operation of free initiative-based economic activities that are headquartered and conduct business within the disadvantaged region, will be granted the following advantages for their new investments in the these regions: […] refunds of customs duties on raw materials, spare parts and/or components necessary of achieving the investor’s own production in that region.
Multipack, European Drinks SA, Rieni Drinks SA, Scandic Distilleries SA, Transilvania General Import-Export S.R.L., and West Leasing S.R.L shall be jointly liable to repay the State aid received by any one of them.
The refunds will be made based on the approval by the regional development agencies of the companies’ production sales documents.
The sums to be recovered are those resulting from the implementation or execution of the award of 11 December 2013 (principal and interest).
The funds necessary for the refund of the customs duties will be provided to the Agency for Regional Development from the Regional development Fund.
The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of the beneficiaries until their actual recovery.
In case of unprivileged regions belonging to two or more administrative-territorial units, the funds necessary for the refund of the customs duties will be provided by the National Agency for Regional Development from the National Development Fund [the ”Raw Materials Incentive” or ”Raw Materials Facility”].
Romania shall provide the exact dates on which the aid provided by the state was put at the disposal of the respective beneficiaries.
Liittymisasiakirjassa mainitaan kolme olemassa olevan tuen luokkaa:ennen 10 päivää joulukuuta 1994 täytäntöönpannut tukitoimenpiteet;liittymisasiakirjan lisäyksessä luetellut tukitoimenpiteet;tukitoimenpiteet, joita uuden jäsenvaltion valtiontuen valvontaviranomainen on arvioinut ennen liittymispäivää ja jotka on todettu yhteisön säännöstön mukaisiksi ja joita komissio ei ole vastustanut sillä perusteella, että toimenpiteen soveltuvuudesta yhteismarkkinoille olisi vakavia epäilyksiä, 2 kohdassa esitetyn menettelyn mukaisestiPäätös panna välitystuomio täytäntöön ei kuulu yhteenkään näistä luokista.
The interest shall be calculated on a compound basis in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 [102].
Vaikka katsottaisiin, että välitystuomion täytäntöönpanolla ainoastaan palautetaan kantajille erityisasetuksessa 24/1998 annetut oikeudet samanlaisiksi kuin ne olisivat, jos niihin kuuluvia kannustimia ei olisi kumottu ennen niiden suunniteltua päättymisajankohtaa, tätä takautuvaa palautettua tukea olisi pidettävä uutena tukena, joka alkaa Romanian liittymisestä unioniin.
Romania shall ensure that no further payments of the aid referred to in Article 1 shall be effected with effect from the date of adoption of this Decision.
Ks. myös yhdistetyt asiat T-80/06 jaT-182/09, Budapesti Erömü, ECLI:EU:T:2012:65, 54 kohta.
Article 3
Asia T-68/03, Olympiaki Aeroporia Ypiresies AE v. komissio, ECLI:EU:T:2007:253, 34 kohta.
Recovery of the aid referred to in Article 1 shall be immediate and effective.
Asia C-225/91, Matra v. komissio, ECLI:EU:C:1993:239, 41 kohta.
Romania shall ensure that this Decision is implemented within four months following the date of notification of this Decision.
Alueellisia valtiontukia koskevat suuntaviivat vuosille 2007–2013 (EUVL C 54, 4.3.2006, s. 13).
Article 4
Vuoden 2007 aluetukisuuntaviivat, 76 kohta.
Within two months following notification of this Decision, Romania shall submit the following information:
Komission päätös asiassa N 2/07, tiivistelmä EUVL C 73, 30.3.2007, s. 15.
the total amount of aid received by each entity mentioned in Article 1 of this Decision;
Komission päätös asiassa SA 38364, tiivistelmä EUVL C 233, 18.7.2014, s. 1.
a detailed description of the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision;
Asia C-70/72, komissio v. Saksa, ECLI:EU:C:1973:87, 13 kohta.
documents demonstrating that the beneficiaries have been ordered to repay the aid.
Yhdistetyt asiat C-278/92, C-279/92 ja C-280/92, Espanja v. komissio, ECLI:EU:C:1994:325,75 kohta.
Romania shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the national measures taken to implement this Decision until recovery of the aid referred to in Article 1 has been completed.
Asia C-75/97, Belgia v. komissio, ECLI:EU:C:1999:311, 64–65 kohta.
It shall immediately submit, on simple request by the Commission, information on the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision.
Asia C-148/04, Unicredito Italiano, ECLI:EU:C:2005:774, 104–111 kohta.