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For instance, in the context of the public consultation of interested parties on a draft Regulation in the ports sector, ‘all stakeholders stressed the need for a stable and fair level playing field … for inter-port (competition between ports) … competition in the EU’ [61].
Stoga su u okviru javnih konzultacija zainteresiranih strana o uredbi o lučkom sektoru „sve zainteresirane strane naglasile potrebu za stabilnim i pravednim uvjetima […]” međulučkog „tržišnog natjecanja u Europskoj uniji (tržišno natjecanje među lukama) […]” [61].
Likewise, the ports, and especially the inland ports and more generally inland waterway transport of which they form a constituent part, are in competition with other forms of transport.
Luke, a posebno unutarnje luke i općenito promet vodenim putovima čiji su dio, u tržišnom su natjecanju i s drugim oblicima prometa.
In so far as other solutions exist or could exist to transport freight in the overseas regions, the measure can, even for these ports located far from metropolitan France or other European ports, lead to a distortion of competition and have an impact on trade between Member States.
Ako postoje ili bi mogli postojati drugi načini za otpremanje dobara u prekomorske regije, mjera može, jednako za luke udaljene od kontinentalnog dijela Francuske ili drugih europskih luka, dovesti do narušavanja tržišnog natjecanja te imati učinak na trgovinu među državama članicama.
It is true that the attractiveness of a port is measured by a number of parameters, in particular its connections with the hinterland [62], but the price of the services provided by the port (port charges and other fees paid by shipowners) is nevertheless a factor in the relative competitiveness of the ports [63].
Čak i ako je točno da se privlačnost luka procjenjuje prema više parametara, a posebno njezina povezanost sa zaleđem [62], cijena usluga koje pružaju luke (lučke pristojbe i druge nameti koje plaćaju vlasnici plovila) čini element konkurentnosti luka [63].
Contrary to the arguments put forward by the French authorities and certain interested parties, the fact that this aspect is more or less important in relation to other factors of the competitiveness of ports does not permit the conclusion that the measure at issue does not affect competition, since the measure may influence the prices practised by the ports and, all other things being equal, this price will be decisive in the shipowners' choice of a route or a logistics solution involving one port rather than another.
Suprotno onom što francuska nadležna tijela i neke zainteresirane strane naglašavaju, iz činjenice da je taj element više ili manje važan u pogledu drugih elemenata konkurentnosti luka ne može se zaključiti da predmetna mjera nema učinak na tržišno natjecanje jer ta mjera može utjecati na cijene koje primjenjuju luke te ako je sve ostalo isto, ta je cijena vlasniku plovila odlučujući čimbenik pri odabiru rute ili logističkog rješenja, odnosno luke.
Moreover, it should be pointed out that European ports also compete to attract operators (or concessionaires) providing shipowners with certain port services, where the port authority does not provide these services directly itself.
Nadalje, potrebno je naglasiti da su europske luke jednako tako u tržišnom natjecanju kako bi privukle operatere (ili koncesionare) koji vlasnicima plovila pružaju određene lučke usluge ako lučka uprava ne pruža izravno te usluge.
The level of the fee charged by the ports in exchange for land and infrastructure (port equipment) being made available to concessionaires also plays a role in the choice made by concessionaires to establish themselves in one port rather than another, and in the choice of the resources to be used there.
Iznos naknade koju luke traže u zamjenu za stavljanje zemljišta i infrastrukture (lučka oprema) na raspolaganje koncesionarima jednako tako ima veliku ulogu u odluci koncesionara o luci koju će odabrati te u odabiru sredstava koje će tamo upotrebljavati.
More generally, the ports are in competition with other economic operators on the financing and investment market; all other things being equal, the measure confers an advantage on the ports in relation to investors, compared to other operators not benefiting from the measure (the ports represent a more lucrative investment).
Općenito gledano, luke su u tržišnom natjecanju s drugim gospodarskim operaterima na tržištu financiranja i ulaganja; ako je sve ostalo isto, mjerom se lukama daje prednost kod ulagača u usporedbi s drugim operaterima koji nisu korisnici mjere (oni su unosnije ulaganje).
In addition, as the measure at issue constitutes an aid scheme which applies to ports of very different size, geographical location, type (inland port, seaport) or activities, it is not necessary, in order to establish that the measure examined is State aid, to demonstrate individually that that measure results for each port in a distortion of competition and an effect on trade.
Nadalje, s obzirom na to da je predmetna mjera potpora koja se primjenjuje na luke različite po veličini, zemljopisnom položaju, vrsti (unutarnja luka, morska luka) ili djelatnostima koje obavljaju, nije potrebno individualno dokazati da navedena mjera dovodi do narušavanja tržišnog natjecanja i utjecaja na trgovinu da bi se utvrdilo je li promatrana mjera državna potpora.
It suffices in this respect to mention that the French authorities and interested parties accept that certain large ports, such as the ports of Le Havre, Rouen or Marseilles, are in competition with other ports of the European Union, so that the measure has an impact on commerce and affects trade.
U tom pogledu dovoljno je spomenuti da francuska nadležna tijela i zainteresirane strane priznaju da su neke velike luke poput luke Havre, Rouen i Marseille u tržišnom natjecanju s drugim lukama Europske unije te da stoga mjera ima učinak na trgovinu i da utječe na razmjenu.
The comments of the port of Rotterdam are also on these lines.
Primjedbe luke Rotterdam isto idu u tom smjeru.
Moreover, the alleged fact that similar State aid measures exist in other Member States and the behaviour of the Commission concerning these possible measures have no bearing on the classification of the measure concerned as State aid [64], since the corporate tax exemption of the French ports has the consequence of improving their competitive situation in relation to a reference situation in which they would be taxed under the normal conditions of the corporate tax system [65].
Nadalje, navedena činjenica da slične mjere državnih potpora postoje u drugim državama članicama te stav Komisije o tim mogućim mjerama nemaju utjecaj na kvalifikaciju predmetne mjere kao državne potpore [64] jer posljedica oslobođenja francuskih luka od plaćanja poreza na dobit dovodi do poboljšanja njihova položaja u tržišnom natjecanju u pogledu referentnog položaja u kojem bi bile oporezivane u normalnim uvjetima sustava poreza na dobit [65].
Similarly, the existence of different corporate tax rates in the Member States is just a consequence of the lack of harmonisation of direct taxation between Member States and merely reflects the sovereign choices of the Member States to use tax to finance certain services — or a certain level of services — to taxpayers.
Nadalje, postojanje različitih stopa poreza na dobit u državama članicama samo je posljedica izravne neusklađenosti poreznog sustava među državama članicama te samo odražava odluku država članica da određene usluge, ili jedan dio usluga, financiraju nametanjem poreza poreznim obveznicima.
For the rest, it is not necessary for the distortion of competition or the effect on trade to be significant or substantial.
Nadalje, narušavanje tržišnog natjecanja ili utjecaj na razmjenu ne mora biti znatno ili veliko.
Thus the alleged fact that the traffic in which there is competition is small, far from demonstrating the absence of distortion of competition, tends to prove that a competitive relationship, of greater or lesser intensity, does exist between French ports and other ports of the Union.
Navedenom činjenicom da bi razmjena u tržišnom natjecanju bila slabija ne dokazuje se nepostojanje narušavanja tržišnog natjecanja, već se nastoji dokazati da zapravo postoji više ili manje intenzivan odnos tržišnog natjecanja između francuskih luka i drugih luka Europske unije.
Likewise, the fact that the combined activity of the small French ports accounts for only 1 % of the total traffic of the Union does not mean that their market share on one or more markets relevant to an analysis of the distortions of competition is of the same order.
Nadalje, činjenica da ukupna djelatnost malih francuskih luka čini tek 1 % ukupnog prometa Unije ne znači da je njihov tržišni udio na jednom ili više odgovarajućih tržišta za analizu narušavanja tržišnog natjecanja jednak tome.
In addition, the Decision of 11 April 2016, cited by the French authorities and the interested parties, concerns the compatibility of an investment aid measure, which means that the measure in question is recognised as State aid affecting competition and trade between Member States.
Nadalje, odluka od 11. travnja 2016. koju spominju francuska nadležna tijela i zainteresirane strane odnosi se na spojivost potpore s ulaganjem, što implicira da je predmetna mjera kvalificirana kao državna potpora koja utječe na tržišno natjecanje i razmjenu među državama članicama.
Furthermore, even if the ‘small ports’, as defined by France [66], account for only a small proportion of the traffic of the Union, the fact that the beneficiary undertaking is of modest size does not in itself exclude distortion or threat of distortion of competition in the internal market, especially where the activity of the beneficiaries is located in border areas.
Nadalje, ako „male luke”, kako ih definira Francuska [66] čine samo jedan mali dio prometa Unije, činjenica da je poduzetnik koji upotrebljava mjeru mali poduzetnik ne isključuje sama po sebi narušavanje ili prijetnju narušavanja tržišnog natjecanja na unutarnjem tržištu, posebno kada se djelatnosti korisnika mjere obavljanju u graničnim zonama.
The observations of the Bayonne Pays Basque CCI, concessionaire of the commercial port of Bayonne and the fishing port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz/Ciboure, which are ‘small ports’ according to the definition proposed by France, illustrate moreover the perception held by those ports close to a border of the existence of actual cross-border competition [67].
Primjedbe CCI Bayonne Pays Basque, koncesionara trgovačke luke Bayonne i ribarske luke Saint-Jean-de-Luz/Ciboure, „malih luka” prema definiciji koju je predložila Francuska, objašnjavaju percepciju tih luka koje se nalaze blizu granice o postojanju učinkovitog međugraničnog tržišnog natjecanja [67].
Although the Commission recognises, in certain cases [68], that it is possible that an advantageous measure does not affect trade between Member States, it does not base its recognition only on the size of the beneficiary undertaking, but on an individual assessment of several criteria [69].
Ako Komisija u nekim slučajevima priznaje [68] da mjera koja donosi prednost ne mora imati utjecaj na trgovinu među državama članicama, ona se u tu svrhu ne temelji samo na veličini poduzetnika korisnika mjere, nego na individualnoj procjeni više kriterija [69].
The Commission does not exclude the possibility that in the particular case of certain ports — those fulfilling the conditions laid down by its decision-making practice, in particular — the measure at issue may be considered to have no effect on trade.
Komisija ne isključuje da u posebnom slučaju pojedinih luka, a poglavito onih koje ispunjavaju uvjete nametnute praksom odlučivanja, predmetna mjera nema učinak na trgovinu.
However, for the more systematic reasons set out above, the measure examined, as a general corporate tax exemption scheme for all the beneficiaries mentioned by the ministerial decisions of 1942 and 1943, affects trade within the Union and distorts or may distort competition.
Međutim, zbog ranije navedenih sustavnih razloga analizirana mjera, kao sustav općeg oslobođenja od plaćanja poreza na dobit za sve korisnike navedene u ministarskim odlukama iz 1942. i 1943., utječe na trgovinu unutar Europske unije te narušava ili može narušiti tržišno natjecanje.
Consequently, the Commission concludes that the tax exemption in favour of the autonomous ports (some of which are now classified as major seaports), maritime chambers of commerce, chambers of commerce and industry managing port installations, municipalities which are concessionaires of public equipment owned by the State in the seaports, and undertakings to which they may have entrusted the operation of that equipment constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Prema tome, Komisija zaključuje da oslobođenje od plaćanja poreza u korist nezavisnih luka (koje su dijelom postale velike morske luke), pomorskih gospodarskih komora, industrijskih i gospodarskih komora koje upravljaju lučkom infrastrukturom, zajednica koncesionara javne opreme koja je u državnom vlasništvu u morskim lukama te poduzetnika koji mogu dobiti tu opremu na upravljanje čini državnu potporu u smislu članka 107. stavka 1.
Compatibility of the measure with the internal market
UFEU-a. 5.2. Spojivost potpore s unutarnjim tržištem
It is for the Member State concerned to demonstrate that a State aid measure can be regarded as compatible with the internal market.
Na pojedinim je državama članicama da dokažu da se mjere državne potpore mogu smatrati spojivima s unutarnjim tržištem.
As a basis for the compatibility of the measure, the French authorities rely only on compensation for certain tasks carried out by the ports, referring to Article 106(2) TFEU, and on Article 107(3)(a) TFEU; certain interested parties also invoke Articles 93 (coordination of transport) and Article 107(3)(b) TFEU (important projects of European interest).
Francuska nadležna tijela za temelj spojivosti mjere pozivaju se samo na naknadu za neke zadaće koje obavljaju luke, navedenu u članku 106. stavku 2. UFEU-a te članku 107. stavku 3. točki (a) UFEU-a, dok se neke zainteresirane strane pozivaju i na članke 93.
First, Article 106(2) TFEU provides that compensation for carrying out public service tasks can be declared compatible with the internal market if it meets certain conditions [70].
(koordinacija prometa) i članak 107. stavak 3. točku (b) UFEU-a (važni projekti od zajedničkog europskog interesa). (96) Prvo, u članku 106. stavku 2.
In this respect, the French authorities and certain interested parties consider that the measure at issue is compatible with the internal market because it allows compensation for certain tasks financed by the ports which constitute an exercise of the official powers of a public authority.
UFEU-a navodi se da se naknada za obavljanje zadaća od javnog interesa može smatrati spojivom s unutarnjim tržištem ako ispunjava određene uvjete [70]. Zbog toga francuska nadležna tijela i neke zainteresirane strane smatraju da je predmetna mjera spojiva s unutarnjim tržištem jer omogućuje naknadu za neke zadaće koje financiraju luke koje su u nadležnosti javnog tijela.
However, the Commission would point out that the measure at issue, which links the amount of aid to the profits made, is not linked or limited to the net costs of the public service tasks [71].
Međutim, Komisija primjećuje da predmetna mjera, koja povezuje iznos potpore i ostvarenu dobit, nije ni povezana ni ograničena neto iznosima troškova obavljanja zadaća od javnog interesa [71].
Nor does it derive from a clear mandate given to the beneficiaries of the measure to carry out such tasks [72].
Mjera ne proizlazi ni iz jasnog naloga korisnicima mjere za obavljanje tih zadaća [72].
Consequently, the measure cannot be regarded as public service compensation compatible with the internal market and is not compatible on the basis of Article 106(2) TFEU.
Prema tome, mjera se ne može smatrati naknadom za obavljanje javnih usluga spojiva s unutarnjim tržištem i nije spojiva na temelju članka 106. stavka 2. UFEU-a.
Although, as the representatives of managers of French inland ports stress, the inland ports play a major role in the development of multimodal transport, not all the investments made by the ports are covered by Article 93 TFEU, which is limited to aids which meet the needs of coordination of transport.
Ako unutarnje luke, kako to naglašavaju predstavnici upravitelja unutarnjih francuskih luka, imaju važnu ulogu u razvoju multimodalnog prometa, tada nisu sva lučka ulaganja obuhvaćena člankom 93. UFEU-a koji je ograničen na potpore koje odgovaraju potrebama koordinacije prometa.
The corporate tax exemption does not constitute investment aid, but operating aid which is not targeted at investment.
Nadalje, oslobođenje od plaćanja poreza na dobit nije potpora za ulaganje, nego potpora za funkcioniranje koja nije usmjerena na ulaganje.
The measure favours undertakings making the most profit and therefore having greater capacity to accumulate profit and hence to finance investments.
Mjera u povlašteni položaj stavlja poduzetnike koji ostvaruju veću dobit te stoga imaju veću mogućnost akumulirati dobit i time financirati ulaganja.
Nor is the measure targeted at the reimbursement of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service, as pointed out above.
Mjera nije usmjerena ni na naknadu za ispunjavanje određenih obveza koje su svojstvene konceptu pružanja javnih usluga kako je prethodno navedeno.
Moreover, the advantage derived from a tax exemption pure and simple is not limited to the amount needed for coordination of transport or for reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service, and therefore does not guarantee compliance with the principle of proportionality.
Nadalje, prednost stečena oslobođenjem od plaćanja poreza nije ograničena na iznos potreban za osiguravanje koordinacije prometa ni naknade za ispunjavanje određenih obveza koje su svojstvene konceptu pružanja javnih usluga te stoga ne jamči poštovanje načela proporcionalnosti.
It has no clearly identified incentive effect either, in particular because the exemption is more beneficial to the most profitable ports, which therefore have the most resources — and the least need of incentives.
Nema ni jasno određeni poticajni učinak, posebno zato što oslobođenje od poreza donosi korist najunosnijim lukama koje stoga imaju više sredstava i manju potrebu za poticajima.
Consequently, Article 93 TFEU is not applicable.
Prema tome, članak 93. UFEU-a nije primjenjiv.
Third, according to Article 107(3)(b) TFEU, aid to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest can also be declared compatible with the internal market.
Treće, u skladu s člankom 107. stavkom 3. točkom (b) UFEU-a i potpore za promicanje provedbe važnog projekta od zajedničkog europskog interesa mogu se smatrati spojivima s unutarnjim tržištem.
The representatives of the managers of French inland ports consider in general that the corporate tax exemption comes within the scope of this article.
Zbog toga predstavnici upravitelja unutarnjih francuskih luka općenito smatraju da je oslobođenje od plaćanja poreza na dobit obuhvaćeno tim člankom.
For the same reasons as above, it is not possible to concur with this reasoning.
Međutim, zbog istih se razloga takvo razmišljanje ne može primijeniti.
The measure at issue is not targeted at the execution of an important project of European interest and is not proportionate to the costs of such a project.
Predmetna mjera nije usmjerena na provedbu važnog projekta od zajedničkog europskog interesa i nije proporcionalna troškovima takvog projekta.
It is an advantage benefiting the ports merely in so far as they make profits, the fact that they contribute to an important project of common European interest being irrelevant in this respect.
Radi se o prednosti koju luke imaju samo zbog toga što stvaraju dobit, a činjenica da pridonose važnom projektu od zajedničkog europskog interesa u tom pogledu nije važna.
Fourth, in accordance with Article 107(3)(a) TFEU, aid to promote ‘the economic development … of the regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU, in view of their structural, economic and social situation’ may be considered compatible with the internal market.
Četvrto, u skladu s člankom 107. stavkom 3. točkom (a) UFEU-a spojivima s unutarnjim tržištem mogu se posebno smatrati potpore namijenjene stavljanju u povoljniji položaj „gospodarskog razvoja […] regija iz članka 349. UFEU-a s obzirom na njihovo strukturno, gospodarsko i socijalno stanje”.
This stipulation is invoked by the French authorities and several overseas interested parties with regard to the ports located overseas.
Na tu se odredbu pozivaju francuska nadležna tijela i više prekomorskih zainteresiranih strana pri razmatranju prekomorskih luka.
However, the measure at issue is not targeted at the regions in question.
Međutim, predmetna mjera nije usmjerena na te regije.
Even if the measure benefited only the ports located in the regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU, its objective is in any event not the economic development of those regions, or compensation for their structurally unfavourable situation, since it is confined to granting a sectoral advantage to a specific type of undertaking in the transport sector, whatever the undertaking's activities.
Čak i da mjera donosi koristi samo lukama koje se nalaze u regijama iz članka 349. UFEU-a, njezin cilj nisu gospodarski razvoj tih regija i uravnotežavanje njihova nepovoljnog strukturnog stanja jer mjera donosi sektorsku prednost jednoj specifičnoj vrsti poduzetnika u prometnom sektoru, bez obzira na djelatnosti koje obavljaju ti poduzetnici.
France does not show that the measure has an effect on the cost of imported goods, and in this respect it can be noted that certain overseas ports make profits, pay dividends to the State [73] and therefore prima facie have margins available to reduce the amount of the port charges if they are seen as a handicap for the economic development of the regions concerned; thus the corporate tax exemption may have an impact on various financial flows (in particular dividends), but not necessarily on the cost of the goods imported.
Francuska nije dokazala da bi mjera utjecala na troškove uvezene robe te je u tom pogledu moguće primijetiti da neke prekomorske luke ostvaruju dobit i plaćaju dividende državi [73] te da bi stoga a priori mogle smanjiti iznos lučkih pristojbi ako ih smatraju smetnjom gospodarskom razvoju tih regija; na taj način oslobođenje od plaćanja poreza na dobit može utjecati na različite financijske tokove (posebno dividende), no ne nužno i na troškove uvezene robe.
In this respect, France does not argue that the ports are in a particularly unfavourable situation in relation to other undertakings located in the regions referred to in Article 349.
Francuska se u tom pogledu ne slaže da se luke nalaze u posebno nepovoljnom položaju u odnosu na druge poduzetnike koji se nalaze u regijama iz članka 349.
The very nature of the measure and its functioning (an advantage reserved to certain undertakings, without considering their activity, proportional to the profits made rather than to needs, and not limited to a clearly defined objective the attainment of which requires a financial incentive) clearly distinguish it from the tax schemes constituting operating aid referred to by the interested parties and accepted by the Commission.
Sama narav mjere i njezino funkcioniranje (prednost samo nekim poduzetnicima bez obzira na djelatnost kojom se bave, prednost proporcionalna ostvarenoj dobiti, a ne potrebama i koja nije ograničena na jasno definiran cilj čije bi postignuće impliciralo financijski poticaj) u suprotnosti su s poreznim odredbama potpore za funkcioniranje koje su navele zainteresirane strane i koje je prihvatila Komisija.
Tax measures to assist investment or zero rating of VAT are general measures, with a scope covering undertakings located in the regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU without discrimination.
Mjere porezne potpore za ulaganja ili PDV po nultoj stopi zapravo su opće mjere čije područje primjene bez diskriminacije obuhvaća poduzetnike koji se nalaze u regijama iz članka 349. UFEU-a.