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France has added that ‘… Furthermore, CCIs regularly conduct and finance lobbying actions to improve the attractiveness of their areas and promote new facilities. They also conduct specific actions to promote tourism through their participation in various regional and departmental structures in this area, particularly through the regional and departmental tourism committees provided for by Articles L.131-4 and L.132-3 of the Tourism Code … A policy of developing the attractiveness of an area requires a series of simultaneous actions to attract capital, markets, businesses, talent, students and tourists who will support local businesses and the region … This attractiveness also has an international dimension. Low-cost airlines with their websites can contribute to this policy … Lastly, the region’s inhabitants are themselves demanding new routes, a diverse offer and, more specifically, “low-cost” services so that they can more easily travel to Europe at the lowest cost’.
Francuska je dodala sljedeće: „[…] Nadalje, trgovačke i industrijske komore redovito vode i financiraju lobiranja u korist atraktivnosti njihove regije te promidžbe nove opreme. Te komore vode i posebne turističke promidžbene radnje sudjelujući u raznim strukturama na razini regije i departmana u tom području, posebno s pomoću turističkih odbora na razini regija i departmana, koji su predviđeni člancima L131-4 i L132-3 Turističkog zakonika. […] Za potrebe razvoja atraktivnosti neke regije potrebno je istodobno poduzeti cijeli niz radnji kako bi se privukao kapital, tržišta, poduzetnici, talenti, studenti i turisti od kojih žive poduzetnici i regija. […] Atraktivnost se dobiva i otvaranjem prema inozemstvu. Niskotarifni zračni prijevoznici mogu svojim web-mjestima sudjelovati u tom razvoju. […] Naposljetku, sami stanovnici regije mogu zahtijevati nove linije, raznoliku ponudu i, konkretnije, ‚niskotarifne’ usluge kako bi bili jednostavnije i povoljnije povezani s Europom”.
France’s aforementioned statements also indicate that, for a chamber of commerce and industry such as the CCI, a commercial activity such as the operation of Nîmes airport is not pursued in the interests of profitability, but as a necessary counterpart to the general interest tasks with which this body is invested by law.
U prethodno navedenim tvrdnjama Francuske istaknuto je i da se trgovačka i industrijska komora, poput komore CCI, pri komercijalnoj djelatnosti, poput upravljanja Zračnom lukom Nîmes, ne vodi izgledima za profitabilnost, nego djeluje u svrhu potrebnog sudjelovanja u zadatcima od općeg interesa za koje je taj subjekt zakonom ovlašten.
In the light of all the above, chambers of commerce and industry such as the CCI must be regarded as public authorities and all their decisions, just like those of the national government or local and regional authorities, must be regarded as ‘imputable to the state’, within the meaning of the case-law on State aid, with their resources constituting state resources.
S obzirom na prethodno navedeno, trgovačke i industrijske komore, poput komore CCI, potrebno je smatrati javnim tijelima čije se sve odluke, kao i odluke središnje državne uprave ili regionalnih i lokalnih tijela, moraju smatrati „pripisivima državi” u smislu sudske prakse o državnim potporama, a čija sredstva predstavljaju državna sredstva.
Contrary to what the Operators maintain in their comments, it is irrelevant in this respect that chambers of commerce and industry are managed by persons elected by traders and business leaders and representatives.
Suprotno onome što su Upravitelji tvrdili u svojim primjedbama, u tom je pogledu malo važno što trgovačkim i industrijskim komorama upravljaju osobe koje su izabrali trgovci, direktori poduzeća ili zastupnici poduzeća.
Chambers of commerce and industry are, in this respect, like local and regional authorities, which are managed by local elected officials independent of the state (in the strict sense), and not by officials appointed by other public authorities.
Naime, trgovačke i industrijske komore u tom su pogledu nalik regionalnim i lokalnim tijelima te njima upravljaju lokalni izabrani predsjednici neovisni o državi (u užem smislu), a ne dužnosnici koje su imenovala druga javna tijela.
Moreover, national parliaments are also composed of elected representatives.
Međutim, nacionalni se parlamenti jednako tako sastoje od izabranih zastupnika.
However, these parliaments form one of the basic public authorities in a democratic state.
Ipak, parlamenti predstavljaju jedno od ključnih javnih tijela demokratske države.
The degree of control exercised by the state (in the strict sense) over the activities of chambers of commerce and industry is entirely irrelevant as these bodies are themselves public authorities.
Razina kontrole koju provodi država (u užem smislu) nad djelatnostima trgovačkih i industrijskih komora jednako tako nije relevantna jer su one same javna tijela.
The situation of chambers of commerce and industry is therefore different from that of ‘traditional’ public undertakings, with regard to which the Court of Justice stated in the Stardust Marine judgment: ‘Even if the state is in a position to control a public undertaking and to exercise a dominant influence over its operations, actual exercise of that control in a particular case cannot be automatically presumed. A public undertaking may act with more or less independence, according to the degree of autonomy left to it by the state … Therefore, the mere fact that a public undertaking is under state control is not sufficient for measures taken by that undertaking, such as the financial support measures in question here, to be imputed to the state. It is also necessary to examine whether the public authorities must be regarded as having been involved, in one way or another, in the adoption of those measures’.
Situacija trgovačkih i industrijskih komora razlikuje se od situacije „klasičnih” javnih poduzetnika u pogledu kojih je Sud u presudi Stardust Marine izjavio sljedeće: „Naime, čak i ako država može nadzirati javnog poduzetnika i vršiti dominantni utjecaj na njegove radnje, stvarno se izvršenje tog nadzora u određenom slučaju ne može automatski pretpostaviti. Javni poduzetnik može djelovati manje ili više neovisno s obzirom na stupanj autonomije koji mu je država ostavila. […] Stoga sama činjenica da je javni poduzetnik pod državnim nadzorom nije dovoljna da bi se mjere koje je taj poduzetnik poduzeo, poput dotičnih mjera financijske potpore, pripisale državi. Valja ispitati i je li potrebno javna tijela smatrati uključenima na bilo koji način u donošenje tih mjera”.
In the case of a measure taken by a public undertaking that has the primary vocation of carrying out an economic activity, it must be determined whether the public authorities controlling that undertaking, for example due to the capital share that they hold in said undertaking, are involved in the measure in question.
Naime, ako je mjeru poduzeo javni poduzetnik, čiji je glavni cilj provesti gospodarsku djelatnost, potrebno je utvrditi jesu li javna tijela koja nadziru tog poduzetnika, na primjer zbog udjela u kapitalu koji imaju u tom poduzetniku, poduzela dotičnu mjeru.
The situation of a chamber of commerce and industry is different in that such a body is itself part of the public administration, or an ‘intermediate state authority’, and therefore a public authority created by law to satisfy general interests.
Situacija trgovačke i industrijske komore razlikuje se jer je taj subjekt dio javne uprave ili „posredničko tijelo države” te je stoga javno tijelo osnovano zakonom u svrhu ispunjenja općih interesa.
As a result, in order to determine whether a decision of a chamber of commerce and industry is imputable to the state (as broadly defined by the case-law on State aid), it is not necessary to determine whether another public authority (for example, the state in the strict sense or a local authority) has been involved in the decision in question.
Prema tome, kako bi se utvrdilo je li odluka trgovačke i industrijske komore pripisiva državi (u širem smislu sudske prakse u području državnih potpora), nije potrebno utvrditi je li neko drugo javno tijelo (na primjer, država u užem smislu ili lokalna vlast) bilo uključeno u dotičnu odluku.
This approach has previously been taken by the Commission in its decision-making practice.
Taj je pristup Komisija već usvojila u svojoj praksi donošenja odluka.
Accordingly, the Commission stated with regard to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Var that, owing to its status as a public body under French law, it pursues its activity in a defined geographical area, is managed by elected members and has tax resources collected from undertakings registered in the Register of Trade and Companies, and therefore falls within the category of ‘public authorities’ within the meaning of Commission Directive 2000/52/EC. It is not therefore necessary to determine whether the measure is imputable to the state within the meaning of the Stardust Marine case-law.
Stoga je Komisija u pogledu Trgovačke i industrijske komore Var tvrdila sljedeće: „s obzirom na svoj status javne ustanove uređene francuskim pravom ona svoju djelatnost obavlja na određenom zemljopisnom području, njome upravljaju izabrani članovi te ona raspolaže poreznim sredstvima koje prima od poduzetnika upisanih u registar trgovine i društava te tako pripada kategoriji ‚javnih tijela’ u smislu Direktive Komisije 2000/52/EZ. Stoga nije potrebno utvrditi pripisivost mjere državi u smislu sudske prakse Stardust Maritime”.
This analysis also applies to the CCI in this case.
Ta analiza vrijedi i za komoru CCI u ovom predmetu.
On the subject of the imputability to the state of the agreements covered by the formal investigation procedure and signed by the CCI, the Operators have maintained that the Commission should prove in concreto the state’s involvement (in the strict sense) in the measures in question.
U pogledu pripisivosti državi ugovora obuhvaćenih formalnim istražnim postupkom koje je sklopila komora CCI Upravitelji su tvrdili da je Komisija trebala in concreto dokazati uključenost države (u užem smislu) u predmetne mjere.
Moreover, according to the Operators, the state’s supervision (in the strict sense) of the CCI is insufficient for the decisions to sign the agreements in question to be imputable to the state.
Usto, prema mišljenju Upravitelja, nadzor koji provodi država (u užem smislu) nad komorom CCI nije dovoljan da joj se pripišu odluke o sklapanju predmetnih ugovora.
In the light of the above, this argument does not stand up as the CCI is itself a public authority whose decisions are necessarily imputable to the state within the meaning of the case-law on State aid, regardless of the role played in its decisions by other public authorities, in particular the state in the strict sense.
S obzirom na prethodno navedeno ta je tvrdnja bespredmetna jer je CCI javno tijelo čije su odluke nužno pripisive državi u smislu sudske prakse o državnim potporama, neovisno o ulozi drugih javnih tijela u tim odlukama, a osobito države u užem smislu.
Ryanair’s comments on this point are substantially similar to those of the CCI.
Primjedbe društva Ryanair u tom su pogledu u bitnome slične primjedbama komore CCI.
Ryanair has disputed the imputability to the state of the various measures in question, by arguing that the state (in the strict sense) did not have any influence over the decisions of the chambers of commerce and industry, but simply had a supervisory role whereby measures such as the agreements in question did not require its approval.
Ryanair je osporavao pripisivost državi različitih predmetnih mjera navodeći da država (u užem smislu) nije utjecala na odluke trgovačkih i industrijskih komora, nego je samo imala ulogu nadzornog tijela, s obzirom na to da mjere, poput predmetnih ugovora, nisu zahtijevale njezino odobrenje.
Ryanair has also cited a Council of State opinion that suggests that chambers of commerce and industry are independent from the state in the strict sense.
Nadalje, Ryanair je citirao mišljenje Državnog vijeća kojim je htio dokazati neovisnost trgovačkih i industrijskih komora u odnosu na državu u užem smislu.
According to this opinion, the fact that chambers of commerce and industry ‘answer to the state, in so far as any public body must technically answer to a legal person, does not in itself imply any subordination’.
Prema tom mišljenju, činjenica da su trgovačke i industrijske komore „povezane s državom, s obzirom na to da sve javne ustanove moraju biti tehnički povezane s pravnom osobom, ne podrazumijeva da su podređene državi”.
For all the reasons given in the above recitals, this argument is without merit as there is no need to ascertain whether any public authorities, other than the CCI, are involved in the latter’s decisions, as it has been proven that the chamber of commerce is part of the public administration.
Iz svih razloga navedenih u prethodnim uvodnim izjavama taj argument nije relevantan jer nije potrebno preispitati jesu li druga javna tijela, osim komore CCI, eventualno uključena u njezine odluke s obzirom na to da je trgovačka i industrijska komora dokazano dio javne uprave.
Ryanair has also mentioned the fact that not all the resources of chambers of commerce and industry come from taxes, but that they partly come from revenue generated by their economic activities, such as the operation of airports.
Nadalje, Ryanair je iznio činjenicu da sva sredstva trgovačkih i industrijskih komora ne proizlaze iz poreza, nego dijelom iz prihoda nastalih njihovim gospodarskim djelatnostima, poput upravljanja zračnim lukama.
This argument also does not stand up.
Ta je argumentacija jednako tako bespredmetna.
In fact, numerous public authorities are in the same situation, in that they pursue economic activities, either directly or through bodies that they control (for example, credit activities or the provision of postal or transport services) and use the revenue from those activities to finance themselves.
Naime, brojna javna tijela nalaze se u istom položaju jer obavljaju gospodarske djelatnosti, izravno ili putem tijela koja kontroliraju (na primjer, kreditne djelatnosti ili pružanje poštanskih ili prijevoznih usluga), te se financiraju tako nastalim prihodima.
The pursuit of economic activities by a body does not call into question its status as a public authority.
Međutim, činjenica da bilo koji subjekt obavlja gospodarske djelatnosti ne može dovesti u pitanje njegov status javnog tijela.
On the contrary, as indicated in recital 261, the fact that a body is at least partly funded by taxes tends to indicate that this body should be regarded as a public authority.
Naprotiv, kao što je navedeno u uvodnoj izjavi 261., činjenica da je neki subjekt barem djelomično financiran porezima uglavnom znači da se taj subjekt smatra javnim tijelom.
Likewise, the CCI’s argument that it operates Nîmes airport as a private investor within the meaning of the applicable case-law is without merit, as the measures in question were adopted by a public authority and are therefore necessarily imputable to the state.
Usto, argument komore CCI prema kojem ona upravlja Zračnom lukom Nîmes „u skladu s načelom privatnog ulagača u smislu primjenjive sudske prakse” nije relevantan jer su dotične mjere donijele javne vlasti i stoga su nužno pripisive državi.
In conclusion, the various agreements signed by the CCI and covered by this assessment are imputable to the state and involve the use of state resources.
Zaključno, različiti ugovori sklopljeni s komorom CCI koji su predmet ovog ispitivanja pripisivi su državi te podrazumijevaju uporabu državnih sredstava.
VTAN operating period (2007-2011)
Razdoblje upravljanja društva VTAN (2007. – 2011.)
The various agreements subject to the formal investigation procedure and signed from 2007 onwards were signed by VTAN.
Različite ugovore potpisane od 2007. koji su predmet formalnog istražnog postupka sklopilo je društvo VTAN.
In terms of its ownership, VTAN is a subsidiary of a privately owned group.
U pogledu vlasništva, VTAN je društvo kći grupe privatnog kapitala.
This point was particularly highlighted by certain third parties to dispute the involvement of state resources in the various agreements, as well as the imputability of these measures to the state.
To su osobito isticale određene treće osobe kako bi osporile uključenost državnih sredstava u različite ugovore i pripisivost tih mjera državi.
This argument could possibly be accepted in a traditional concession arrangement in which the conceding owner places its assets at the disposal of a concession-holder in return for fair remuneration, without intervening in any way in the concession-holder’s commercial policy and without financing its operation.
Taj bi se argument mogao eventualno prihvatiti u klasičnom poimanju koncesije prema kojem vlasnik koncedent svoju imovinu stavlja na raspolaganje koncesionaru za pravednu naknadu a da pritom ne intervenira u komercijalnu politiku koncesionara i ne financira njegovo upravljanje.
However, this is not the arrangement applicable in this case.
Međutim, takav se sustav ne može primijeniti u ovom slučaju.
For a number of reasons detailed in the following recitals, VTAN’s conduct towards Ryanair and AMS must not be considered in isolation from that of the SMAN, which is the group of public authorities acting as concession authority in terms of granting and implementing the public service delegation.
Naime, određeni broj razloga iznesenih u sljedećim uvodnim izjavama upućuje na to da ponašanje društva VTAN prema društvima Ryanair i AMS ne treba promatrati zasebno od ponašanja sindikata SMAN, koji okuplja javna tijela i nastupa kao koncedent pri dodjeli i provedbi prijenosa ovlasti za obavljanje javnih usluga.
On the one hand, VTAN’s commercial policy towards Ryanair and AMS was largely influenced by a framework established by the SMAN, which framework led VTAN to deviate from the normal conduct of an airport operator free to decide its commercial policy and motivated by the prospect of profits.
Naime, s jedne strane, na komercijalnu politiku društva VTAN u pogledu društava Ryanair i AMS uvelike je utjecao okvir koji je utvrdio sindikat SMAN i koji je naveo društvo VTAN da se udalji od uobičajenog ponašanja upravitelja zračne luke koji slobodno vodi svoju komercijalnu politiku i koji se vodi izgledima za profitabilnost.
On the other hand, state resources from the SMAN were used to finance the airport’s operation, and therefore the advantages granted to Ryanair and AMS, the existence of which will be proven further on.
S druge strane, financiranje upravljanja zračnom lukom i, prema tome, prednosti dodijeljene društvima Ryanair i AMS, koje će biti dokazane u nastavku, osigurano je iz državnih sredstava preko sindikata SMAN.
With regard to the SMAN’s influence over VTAN’s commercial policy towards Ryanair and AMS, it should firstly be noted that the CDSP entrusted VTAN not only with the airport’s operation but also with ‘the development of traffic’.
U pogledu utjecaja sindikata SMAN na komercijalnu politiku društva VTAN u pogledu društava Ryanair i AMS najprije valja napomenuti da je ugovorom CDSP društvu VTAN povjereno ne samo upravljanje Zračnom lukom, nego i „razvoj prometa”.
This provision is not an empty phrase.
Ta odredba nije beznačajna.
In fact, France and the Operators have recognised that the CDSP entrusted VTAN with the task of ‘economic and tourism development of the area’, which ‘requires (i) an increase in passenger flows, generating income and jobs for the regional economy …; and (ii) the development of the enterprise zone situated adjacent to the airport’.
Naime, Francuska i Upravitelji priznali su da je ugovorom CDSP društvo VTAN zaduženo za zadatak „gospodarskog i turističkog razvoja područja”, koji „zahtijeva i. povećanje priljeva putnika, stvaranje prihoda i novih radnih mjesta za regionalno gospodarstvo […] te ii. razvoj poslovne zone kraj Zračne luke”.
The CDSP therefore constrained and influenced VTAN’s commercial policy towards the airlines, particularly as the development of traffic is not in itself the ultimate goal of a private airport operator entirely free to decide its commercial policy.
Tako se ugovorom CDSP obvezuje društvo VTAN i utječe na njegovu komercijalnu politiku prema zračnim prijevoznicima, tim više što sam razvoj prometa nije konačan cilj koji nastoji ostvariti privatni upravitelj zračne luke koji sasvim slobodno vodi svoju komercijalnu politiku.
The goal of such a private operator is in fact to maximise its profitability.
Naime, cilj koji takav privatni upravitelj nastoji ostvariti jest što veća profitabilnost zračne luke.
However, maximising profitability is not compatible in all circumstances with the development of traffic.
Međutim, povećanje profitabilnosti nije uvijek u skladu s razvojem prometa.
As a result, under certain conditions, the requirements of airlines likely to use the airport are such that signing an agreement with them may degrade the airport operator’s profitability.
Stoga su u određenim uvjetima zahtjevi zračnih prijevoznika koji bi mogli poslovati u zračnoj luci takvi da bi se sklapanjem ugovora s njima mogla narušiti profitabilnost upravitelja zračne luke.
In such a case, a private operator entirely free to decide its commercial policy would prefer to refrain from such agreements, and give up the associated traffic, rather than degrade its profitability.
U tom bi okviru privatni upravitelj koji slobodno vodi svoju komercijalnu politiku radije odustao od takvih ugovora i odgovarajućeg prometa, nego da naruši svoju profitabilnost.
Conversely, an operator bound by a traffic development objective would be ready to conclude such agreements, particularly if it were to receive, from the conceding owner, a subsidy ensuring the operation’s financial stability with a reasonable profit margin.
Međutim, upravitelj koji je obvezan ciljem razvoja prometa bio bi spreman sklapati takve ugovore, osobito ako bi od vlasnika koncedenta primio subvenciju koja bi osigurala financijsku ravnotežu upravljanja s razumnom profitnom maržom.
It should be noted that, when VTAN became the airport operator and throughout the period of the various agreements in question, Ryanair was the only airline offering scheduled flights from Nîmes airport.
Valja napomenuti da je u trenutku kada je VTAN postao upravitelj Zračne luke i tijekom razdoblja u kojem su sklopljeni različiti predmetni ugovori Ryanair bio jedini prijevoznik koji je nudio redovne letove u Zračnoj luci Nîmes.
If VTAN had refused to sign some of these agreements for profitability reasons, it would have run the risk of Ryanair withdrawing routes, reducing frequencies or even terminating all activity from Nîmes airport.
Da je društvo VTAN zbog profitabilnosti odbilo sklapanje nekih od tih ugovora, riskiralo bi da Ryanair zatvori linije, smanji broj letova ili prekine svu djelatnost u Zračnoj luci Nîmes.
Such a choice by VTAN would have clearly clashed with the traffic development objective imposed on it by the CDSP.
Takva bi odluka društva VTAN izravno bila u suprotnosti s ciljem razvoja prometa koji joj je nametnut ugovorom CDSP.
As a result, through the CDSP, the SMAN influenced VTAN’s conduct towards Ryanair and AMS.
Stoga je SMAN preko ugovora CDSP utjecao na ponašanje društva VTAN prema društvima Ryanair i AMS.
It is not only the CDSP that should be taken into account in this respect, but also the invitation to tender process that led to the airport’s operation being awarded to Veolia Transport.
U tom pogledu nije dovoljno uzeti u obzir samo ugovor CDSP, nego i postupak javnog natječaja kojim je upravljanje Zračnom lukom dodijeljeno društvu Veolia Transport.
Accordingly, the SMAN’s invitation to tender notice indicated that one of the aims of the delegation was to ‘promote the airport by developing traffic, services and the enterprise zone’.
Tako je u oglasu o javnom natječaju sindikata SMAN navedeno da je jedan od predmeta prijenosa ovlasti bio „promicanje čvorišta razvojem prometa, usluga i poslovne zone”.
It also stated that one of the tender selection criteria was ‘the commercial development policy’.
Usto je navedeno da je jedan od kriterija za odabir ponude bio „politika komercijalnog razvoja”.