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Fourth, the complex regulatory framework for setting the tariffs and the settlement procedure demonstrate that the tariff system was based on a thorough analysis of the costs and revenues of the system, and an analysis of electricity demand.
Kao četvrto, složeni regulatorni okvir za utvrđivanje tarifa i postupak namire dokazi su da je tarifni sustav utemeljen na pomnoj analizi troškova i prihoda sustava te analizi potražnje za električnom energijom.
On this basis Spain concludes that the tariff system did not constitute State aid because it complied with the Altmark case-law.
Španjolska na toj osnovi zaključuje da tarifni sustav nije predstavljao državnu potporu jer je bio u skladu sa sudskom praksom u predmetu Altmark.
The scope of this Decision is confined to the supply of electricity to large and medium-sized undertakings by distributors at regulated tariffs, and does not cover the other activities carried on by distributors and pertaining to pure distribution.
Područje primjene ove Odluke ograničeno je na opskrbu električnom energijom velikih i srednjih poduzeća koju obavljaju distributeri po reguliranim tarifama i ne uključuje ostale djelatnosti koje obavljaju distributeri i koje se odnose na čistu distribuciju.
The latter are entirely independent, both legally and financially, from the activity of selling at regulated tariffs, and in any event, fall outside the scope of the opening decision, which raised doubts only about the compatibility with the internal market of the alleged advantage granted to distributors as a result of the low level of the regulated tariffs and the measures taken to compensate and refund the deficit in 2005.
Potonje su u potpunosti neovisne u pravnom i financijskom smislu, od djelatnosti prodaje po reguliranim tarifama i u svakom slučaju nisu obuhvaćene područjem primjene odluke o pokretanju postupka, što je pobudilo sumnju samo u pogledu usklađenosti s unutarnjim tržištem navodne prednosti omogućene distributerima kao posljedice niske razine reguliranih tarifa i mjera poduzetih za podmirivanje i refinanciranje deficita iz 2005.
EXISTENCE OF STATE AID PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 107(1) TFEU
POSTOJANJE DRŽAVNE POTPORE U SKLADU S ČLANKOM 107. STAVKOM 1. UFEU-A
A measure constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
Mjera predstavlja državnu potporu u smislu članka 107. stavka 1. UFEU-a ako su ispunjeni svi sljedeći uvjeti:
is granted by the State or through State resources;
dodjeljuje ju država ili se dodjeljuje kroz državna sredstva;
has an impact on intra-Community trade and is liable to distort competition within the Union.
utječe na trgovinu unutar Zajednice te bi mogla dovesti do narušavanja tržišnog natjecanja unutar Unije.
Since these conditions must be met cumulatively, the Commission will confine its assessment to the existence of an economic advantage conferred on the beneficiaries.
Budući da ti uvjeti moraju biti ispunjeni kumulativno, Komisija će ograničiti ocjenu na postojanje ekonomske prednosti za korisnike.
Existence of an economic advantage
Postojanje ekonomske prednosti
Undertakings are favoured within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU if they obtain an economic advantage which they would not otherwise obtain under market conditions.
Poduzeća su u prednosti u smislu članka 107. stavka 1. UFEU-a ako ostvare ekonomsku prednost koju inače ne bi ostvarila po tržišnim uvjetima.
In this respect, the Court of Justice of the European Union has held that, in specific cases, fees for services provided in return for obligations which Member States impose, which do not exceed annual uncovered costs and which are intended to ensure that the undertakings concerned do not make losses, do not constitute aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU but rather consideration for the services performed by the undertakings concerned [21].
Kad je riječ o tome, Sud Europske unije smatra da u posebnim slučajevima naknade za usluge pružene u zamjenu za obveze koje uvode države članice, koje ne premašuju godišnje nepodmirene troškove i koje su namijenjene osiguranju da predmetna poduzeća ne ostvaruju gubitke, ne predstavljaju potporu u smislu članka 107. stavka 1. UFEU-a, već naknadu za usluge koje pružaju predmetna poduzeća [21].
More specifically in the electricity sector, nor has the Commission taken the view, in its extensive decision-making practice in application of Article 107(1) and (3)(c) TFEU regarding the obligations imposed on distributors to purchase electricity from certain energy sources at a price above the market price, that compensation covering the difference between purchase costs and market prices entailed an economic advantage benefiting distributors.
Točnije u elektroenergetskom sektoru Komisija nije u svojoj dugotrajnoj praksi donošenja odluka primjenom članka 107. stavka 1. i članka 107. stavka 3. točke (c) UFEU-a u pogledu obveza uvedenih distributerima da nabavljaju električnu energiju iz određenih izvora po cijeni većoj od tržišne, uzela u obzir da ta naknada koja pokriva razliku između troškova nabave i tržišnih cijena predstavlja ekonomsku prednosti u korist distributera.
In those cases, the operators in question were acting under regulatory obligations as mere intermediaries in the electricity system and were compensated for their costs, without this compensation being held to entail an economic advantage, whereas, arguably, the legislation could have merely imposed a purchase obligation without cost compensation.
U tim su slučajevima predmetni operatori djelovali u skladu s regulatornim obvezama isključivo u ulozi posrednika u elektroenergetskom sustavu i primali su naknadu za svoje troškove, a da se pritom nije uzelo u obzir da će ta naknada dovesti do ekonomske prednosti, dok je zakonodavstvom nedvojbeno mogla biti uvedena obveza nabave bez naknade troškova.
The same is true, more specifically in the area of the supply of electricity at regulated tariffs, as regards compensation intended to finance differences between revenues and wholesale electricity procurement costs at regulated tariffs requested by eligible consumers [22].
Isto se događa, posebno u području opskrbe električnom energijom po reguliranim tarifama, i kad je riječ o naknadi namijenjenoj financiranju razlika između prihoda i troškova nabave električne energije na veleprodajnom tržištu po reguliranim tarifama koje su zatražili prihvatljivi potrošači [22].
It follows that compensation of the electricity purchase costs of distributors in the electricity sector does not necessarily imply an economic advantage within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Iz toga proizlazi da naknada troškova nabave električne energije distributera u elektroenergetskom sustavu ne predstavlja nužno ekonomsku prednost u smislu članka 107. stavka 1.
The alleged compensation to Spanish distributors for the costs of supply at regulated tariffs must be examined in the light of these precedents.
UFEU-a. Navodnu je naknadu španjolskim distributerima troškova opskrbe po reguliranim tarifama potrebno ispitati u smislu tih presedana.
The preliminary conclusion of the Commission decision opening the formal investigation was that there was an economic advantage over market conditions in favour of Spanish distributors on the basis of two arguments.
Privremeni je zaključak iz odluke Komisije o pokretanju formalnog istražnog postupka bio da postoji ekonomska prednost u odnosu na tržišne uvjete u korist španjolskih distributera na temelju dvaju argumenata.
First, distributors allegedly obtained a guaranteed profit margin on the activity of supply at the regulated tariff.
Kao prvo, distributeri su navodno ostvarili zajamčenu profitnu maržu od djelatnosti opskrbe po reguliranoj tarifi.
Second, by encouraging users to switch to the regulated market served by distributors, the tariffs allegedly increased the distributors' income.
Kao drugo, poticanjem korisnika na prelazak na regulirano tržište koje opskrbljuju distributeri, zbog tarifa je navodno došlo do povećanja prihoda distributera.
These two arguments can be subsumed into the single proposition that distributors' profit increased in proportion to their supplies of electricity at regulated tariffs in 2005.
Ta se dva argumenta mogu objediniti u jednostavnu rečenicu, a to je da je dobit distributera porasla razmjerno njihovom opskrbom električnom energijom po reguliranim tarifama u 2005.
The available description of the Spanish electricity system and the information supplied in the course of the proceedings, which is reflected in recitals 16, 19, 20, 57 and 58, does not lend support to this proposition.
Dostupni opis španjolskog elektroenergetskog sustava i tijekom postupka dostavljene informacije navedene u uvodnim izjavama 16., 19., 20., 57. i 58. ne predstavljaju potporu tom prijedlogu.
Whereas, for pure distribution, the remuneration received by distributors in 2005 included a profit margin, for supply at the regulated tariff distributors received only a reimbursement (‘recognition’) of costs without any profit margin.
Dok je u slučaju čiste distribucije naknada koju su distributeri dobili u 2005. uključivala profitnu maržu, u slučaju opskrbe po reguliranoj tarifi distributeri su dobili samo naknadu („priznavanje”) troškova bez profitne marže.
Similarly, the distributors' remuneration in respect of their pure distribution activities was independent of the number of customers on regulated tariffs and the quantity of electricity sold at the tariff, and therefore their revenue would not have increased if they had served a larger number of customers on regulated tariffs.
Slično tomu, naknada distributerima u pogledu njihovih djelatnosti čiste distribucije nije ovisila o broju kupaca po reguliranim tarifama i količini prodane električne energije po određenoj tarifi, stoga u slučaju opskrbe većeg broja kupaca po reguliranim tarifama ne bi došlo do porasta njihovih prihoda.
It follows that the information gathered during the proceedings does not support the assertion that sales of electricity at regulated tariffs increased the profits of Spanish distributors in 2005 because they enjoyed a guaranteed profit margin.
Iz toga proizlazi da informacije prikupljene tijekom postupka ne potkrjepljuju tvrdnju da je zbog prodaje električne energije došlo do rasta dobiti španjolskih distributera zato što im je profitna marža bila zajamčena.
On the question whether the recognition of supply costs and compensation thereof provided distributors with an economic advantage which they would otherwise not have obtained under market conditions, it must be stressed that the recognition of the costs incurred in the form of collection rights granted to the five undertakings designated by Article 24 of Royal Decree-Law 5/2005, namely Iberdrola, SA, Unión Eléctrica Fenosa, SA, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico SA, Endesa, SA and Elcogás, SA. was not remuneration for their distribution activity.
Kad je riječ o pitanju bi li priznavanjem troškova opskrbe i naknadom za njih distributerima bila omogućena ekonomska prednost koju inače ne bi ostvarili po tržišnim uvjetima, potrebno je naglasiti da priznavanje troškova nastalih u obliku prava naplate koja je dobilo pet poduzeća određeno člankom 24. Kraljevskog zakonskog dekreta 5/2005, odnosno društva Iberdrola, S.A., Unión Eléctrica Fenosa, S.A., Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico S.A., Endesa, S.A. i Elcogás, S.A., nije predstavljalo naknadu za njihovu djelatnost distribucije.
As already explained in recitals 29 and 30, although Elcogás SA, which did not own any subsidiaries, was not operating in the distribution sector in 2005 (or in later years), the undertakings in questions were designated by virtue of their existing right to receive stranded costs, possibly taking into account their generation activity, but not their distribution activity at regulated tariffs.
Kako je ranije objašnjeno u uvodnim izjavama 29. i 30., iako društvo Elcogás S.A., koje nema društva kćeri u vlasništvu, nije poslovalo u sektoru distribucije u 2005. (ni u kasnijim godinama), navedena poduzeća određena su zbog njihova postojećeg prava na naknadu naslijeđenih troškova, uz moguće uzimanje u obzir njihove proizvodne djelatnosti, ali ne i njihove djelatnosti distribucije po reguliranim tarifama.
Second, even assuming that the collection rights that reflect the obligation for the five undertakings referred to above to prefinance the deficit in the electricity system for 2005 could be interpreted as compensation for the costs of distribution for the four undertakings that operated in the distribution sector at regulated tariffs, account should be taken of the actual conditions under which distributors were obliged to carry on this fully regulated activity.
Kao drugo, čak i uz pretpostavku da se prava naplate koja predstavljaju obvezu pet prethodno navedenih poduzeća na pretfinanciranje deficita u elektroenergetskom sustavu iz 2005. mogu tumačiti kao naknada troškova distribucije četirima poduzećima koja su poslovala u sektoru distribucije po reguliranim tarifama, potrebno je uzeti u obzir stvarne uvjete po kojima su distributeri bili obvezni obavljati tu u potpunosti reguliranu djelatnost.
As already described in recitals 54-55, distributors could make neither profits nor losses, could not choose how to procure electricity, could not select their customers, could not determine the sales price or offer any additional services yielding a profit margin.
Kako je ranije opisano u uvodnim izjavama 54. do 55., distributeri nisu mogli ostvariti ni dobit ni gubitke, nisu mogli birati ni način nabave električne energije ni kupce, niti su mogli određivati prodajne cijene niti su mogli nuditi dodatne usluge kojima se ostvaruje profitna marža.
The distributors themselves, and also the vertically integrated groups to which they belonged, had no economic interest, whether direct or indirect, in engaging in the supply of electricity at the regulated tariff.
Sami distributeri i vertikalno integrirane grupacije kojima su pripadali nisu imali ni izravan ni neizravan ekonomski interes za uključivanje u opskrbu električne energije po reguliranoj tarifi.
A vertically integrated group would rather have an interest in serving end-users on free-market terms, as its supply division would have made a profit on such sales, which would not be the case if users were supplied by the group's distributor at regulated tariffs.
Vertikalno integrirana grupacija radije bi imala interes za opskrbu krajnjih korisnika po uvjetima slobodnog tržišta jer bi njezina divizija za opskrbu od takve prodaje ostvarivala dobit, što ne bi bio slučaj da se korisnike opskrbljuje distributer grupacije po reguliranim tarifama.
It follows that a comparison with the terms of supply under free market conditions disregards the different legal and factual situation between free-market suppliers and distributors supplying at regulated tariffs.
Iz toga proizlazi da se u usporedbi s uvjetima opskrbe po uvjetima slobodnog tržišta zanemaruju različite pravne i činjenične okolnosti opskrbljivača na slobodnom tržištu i distributera koji obavljaju opskrbu po reguliranim tarifama.
Whereas the State can, in principle, impose purchase and selling prices and other trading conditions on distributors in an electricity system, this does not mean that the compensation of costs incurred by the latter confers on them an economic advantage which they would not otherwise obtain under market conditions.
Iako država u načelu distributerima u elektroenergetskom sustavu može uvesti nabavne i prodajne cijene i ostale uvjete trgovanja, to ne znači da im je naknadom troškova omogućena ekonomska prednost koju ne bi inače ostvarili po tržišnim uvjetima.
Indeed, tariff regulation further backed with an obligation to supply leaves no freedom to decide on the most fundamental drivers of supply, such as prices and output.
Doista, regulacija tarifa dodatno osigurana obveznom opskrbom ne omogućuje slobodu odlučivanja o najosnovnijim čimbenicima opskrbe, poput cijena i proizvodnje.
It is not only under hypothetical market conditions, i.e. in the absence of regulatory constraints regarding such fundamental parameters, that distributors would be able to charge a much higher, cost-covering tariff to end-customers.
Distributeri bi mogli krajnjim kupcima naplaćivati znatno višu tarifu za pokrivanje troškova ne samo po hipotetskim tržišnim uvjetima, odnosno zbog nepostojanja regulatornih ograničenja u pogledu tih osnovnih parametara.
Moreover, and even more importantly, in the Spanish electricity system in 2005, as in every electricity system, the distributor — or the operator of the high-voltage network for energy-intensive consumers — is simply an intermediary which physically connects the user to the network, as a necessary condition for the supply of electricity.
Štoviše i još važnije, u španjolskom je elektroenergetskom sustavu u 2005., kao i u svakom elektroenergetskom sustavu, distributer – ili operator visokonaponske mreže za energetski intenzivne potrošače – samo posrednik koji fizički povezuje korisnika s mrežom, što je nužan uvjet za opskrbu električnom energijom.
Given the absence of a hypothetical alternative distribution network in Spain in 2005, the distributors in question were designated and supplied both the free market and the regulated market.
S obzirom na nepostojanje hipotetske druge distribucijske mreže u Španjolskoj u 2005., predmetni su distributeri određeni te su opskrbljivali slobodno i regulirano tržište.
Distributors play an essential role because they make the supply of electricity possible, regardless of the specific regulatory arrangements or policy, or of whether the competitive conditions governing supply are based on market mechanisms or regulation.
Distributeri imaju važnu ulogu jer omogućavaju opskrbu električnom energijom, neovisno o posebnim regulatornim mjerama ili politici ili o tome temelje li se uvjeti tržišnog natjecanja kojima je opskrba uređena na tržišnim mehanizmima ili regulaciji.
In a regulated tariff system, such as the Spanish system in 2005, in the ordinary course of business, a shortfall of resources in the system's overall accounts one year would usually be recouped the following year through higher tariffs and/or access charges for end-users, whereas cost decreases might result in a surplus, allowing lower tariffs or charges thereafter.
U reguliranom tarifnom sustavu, poput španjolskoga u 2005., u uobičajenom tijeku poslovanja nedostatak sredstava u ukupnoj bilanci sustava iz jedne godine u pravilu bi se nadoknadio sljedeće godine višim tarifama i/ili naknadama za pristup za krajnje korisnike, dok bi smanjenje troškova dovelo do viška zbog kojeg bi potom bile moguće niže tarife ili naknade.
However, in the absence of the earmarking of specific categories of revenues to costs, the increase (decrease) in revenues and/or costs may not result in a corresponding deficit or surplus benefiting distributors.
Međutim, u izostanku odvajanja posebnih kategorija prihoda za troškove, povećanje (smanjenje) prihoda i/ili troškova možda neće dovesti do odgovarajućeg deficita ili viška u korist distributera.
For instance, as shown in recital 27, graph 1, whereas the energy prices implicit in regulated tariffs were generally below wholesale market prices in most months of 2005, the opposite is true in the period from November 2006 to December 2007, without this being reflected in increased profits for distributors' activity of supply at regulated tariffs.
Primjerice, kako je navedeno u uvodnoj izjavi (27), dijagramu 1., dok su cijene električne energije uključene u regulirane tarife bile u pravilu niže od tržišnih cijena u većini mjeseci 2005., obratno vrijedi za razdoblje od studenoga 2006. do prosinca 2007. i to se nije odrazilo na povećanu dobit od djelatnosti opskrbe po reguliranim tarifama distributera.
This is consistent with the regulatory set-up of the system, whereby distributors would not bear the costs of imbalances in the system's costs and revenues as a whole or in part, just as they would never make a profit on this activity, and any surplus arising from sales of electricity at regulated tariffs would be used to cover other system costs.
To je u skladu s regulatornom strukturom sustava prema kojoj distributeri ne bi u cijelosti ili djelomično snosili troškove neuravnoteženosti troškova i prihoda sustava, kao i što nikad ne bi ostvarili dobit od te aktivnosti, a svaki bi višak od prodaje električne energije po reguliranim tarifama bio upotrijebljen za podmirivanje ostalih troškova sustava.
Distributors acted as financial intermediaries of the electricity system in that they centralised all the financial flows, both incoming (regulated revenues from tariffs and access charges) and outgoing (all the general costs of the system).
Distributeri su imali ulogu financijskih posrednika elektroenergetskog sustava tako da su predstavljali središte svih ulaznih (regulirani prihodi od tarifa i naknada za pristup) i izlaznih (svi opći troškovi sustava) financijskih tokova.
The electricity system's regulated revenues and costs in 2005, as described in recitals 19, 20 and 28, include a wide variety of market-driven and policy-driven regulated costs, such as costs of electricity purchases, including from renewable sources, additional electricity generation costs in the Spanish islands and transport and distribution costs, etc., without the earmarking of specific revenues to certain costs.
Regulirani prihodi i troškovi elektroenergetskog sustava u 2005. prema opisu iz uvodnih izjava 19., 20. i 28. uključuju vrlo raznolike regulirane troškove koji su uvjetovani tržištem i politikom, poput troškova nabava električne energije, uključujući nabavu iz obnovljivih izvora, dodatne troškove proizvodnje električne energije na španjolskim otocima itd., bez odvajanja određenih prihoda za određene troškove.
Regulated revenues never became the property of distributors, with the exception of the remuneration for pure distribution, which was retained by them after deduction of all other system costs.
Regulirani prihodi nikada nisu postali vlasništvo distributera, uz iznimku naknade za čistu distribuciju koju su distributeri zadržali nakon odbitka svih ostalih troškova sustava.
Any deficit in the accounts such as the one that occurred in 2005, regardless of its causes, would therefore appear in the distributors' accounts, without them having any leeway to decide either on the level of regulated revenues and costs or on the financing of specific costs with specific revenues.
Svaki bi se deficit u bilanci poput onoga iz 2005., neovisno o njegovim uzrocima, stoga pojavio u bilancama distributera, a oni nemaju slobodu odlučivanja o razini reguliranih prihoda i troškova ili o financiranju određenih troškova određenim prihodima.
Therefore, the classification of the 2005 deficit as ‘distributors' losses’ does not seem justified because the deficit is not imputable to action on the part of distributors, but rather to the regulatory provisions establishing the right of end-users to be supplied at regulated tariffs and, to a certain extent, to the regulatory and policy choices made to support electricity production from renewable sources and cogeneration, for instance.
Stoga se klasifikacija deficita iz 2005. kao „gubitaka distributera” ne čini opravdanom jer se deficit ne može pripisati djelovanju distributera, već regulatornim odredbama kojima se utvrđuje pravo krajnjih korisnika na opskrbu po reguliranim tarifama i, u određenoj mjeri, regulatornim i političkim odlukama, primjerice o potpori proizvodnji električne energije iz obnovljivih izvora i kogeneracije.
It follows that the financing of the deficit in the electricity system's accounts through the mechanisms described in recitals 29 to 32 is not a way to absorb the distributors' specific losses but rather the system's overall losses.
Iz toga proizlazi da financiranje deficita u bilanci elektroenergetskog sustava mehanizmima opisanima u uvodnim izjavama 29. do 32. nije način za apsorbiranje određenih gubitaka distributera, već ukupnih gubitaka sustava.