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Directiva 96/67/CE a Consiliului din 15 octombrie 1996 privind accesul la piața serviciilor de handling la sol în aeroporturile Comunității (JO L 272, 25.10.1996, p.
The Commission notes that the approach taken by Italy in estimating the passenger numbers, and calculating the expected incremental aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues, and incremental costs of the agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Air Italy, Air Vallée and bmibaby is the same as the one employed for the agreements with the other carriers.
36).
Consequently, the Commission concludes that those agreements were expected to be profitable for So.Ge.A.AL at the time they were signed.
A se vedea, în special, articolul 3 din Decretul ministerial nr. 521/1997.
The economic advantage identified in recital 534 was granted on a selective basis, as only Meridiana and Germanwings benefited from it.
Scrisoarea Italiei din 31 august 2011, anexele 7 și 23.
The advantage derives from airport services and marketing agreements negotiated individually by the two carriers which have not been concluded with the other carriers operating at the airport under the same terms.
Pentru defalcarea finanțării publice între acționarii publici, inclusiv contribuțiile din partea SFIRS pentru anii 2007, 2009 și 2010, a se vedea anexa 1 (raportul Accuracy) la scrisoarea menționată, p. 40.
Indeed the Commission notes that all agreements subject to the investigation in this case are substantially different and result in different cash flows between So.Ge.A.A.AL and the carriers operating from Alghero airport.
Scrisoarea Italiei din 22 octombrie 2012.
Distortion of competition and effect on trade
Definiția a fost pusă în aplicare prin articolul 3 alineatul (8) din Decretul legislativ nr. 163 din 12 aprilie 2006 („Codice dei contratti pubblici relativi ai lavori, servizi e furniture”).
A measure granted by a State is considered to distort or to threaten to distort competition when it is liable to improve the competitive position of the recipient compared to other undertakings with which it competes [131].
Scrisoarea Italiei din 8 mai 2014.
For all practical purposes, a distortion of competition can thus be assumed as soon as a State grants a financial advantage to an undertaking in a liberalised sector where there is (at least potential) competition.
Cauza T-128/89, Aéroports de Paris/Comisia, Rec., 2000, p.
The case law of the European Courts has established that any grant of aid to an undertaking exercising its activities in the internal market can be liable to affect trade between Member States [132].
II-3929.
Since the entry into force of the third package on the liberalisation of air transport on 1 January 1993 [133], air carriers can freely operate flights on intra-European connections.
Scrisoarea Italiei din 18 februarie 2014, anexa A.
As the Court of Justice observed,
Informația face obiectul obligației de păstrare a secretului profesional.
‘where an undertaking operates in a sector in which […] producers from various Member States compete, any aid which it may receive from the public authorities is liable to affect trade between the Member States and impair competition, inasmuch as its continuing presence on the market prevents competitors from increasing their market share and reduces their chances of increasing exports.’ [134].(550) The Commission has found that So.Ge.A.AL granted a selective advantage to Germanwings and Meridiana.
Scrisoarea Italiei din 18 februarie 2014.
Those airlines are active on a liberalised, competitive market and the advantage they received was liable to improve their competitive position on the market for air transport services to/from Alghero airport to the detriment of other Union air carriers.
Hotărârea în cauza Aéroports de Paris, citată anterior.
In this light, the Commission finds that the advantage granted to Germanwings and Meridiana is liable to distort competition and affect trade between Member States.
A se vedea, de asemenea, Orientările Comisiei privind aplicarea articolelor 92 și 93 din Tratatul CE și a articolului 61 din Acordul privind SEE ajutoarelor de stat din sectorul aviației (JO C 350, 10.12.1994, p. 5).
Conclusion on the agreements with the airlines
A se vedea Decizia Comisiei din 21 martie 2012 în cazul C76/2002 Avantages consentis par la Région Wallonne et Brussels South Charleroi Airport à la companie aérienne Ryanair și Decizia Comisiei din 25 aprilie 2012 în cazul SA.33961 Plainte Air France – Aéroport de Nîmes.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the measures adopted by So.Ge.A.AL pursuant to the 2010 agreement with Meridiana and the 2007 agreement with Germanwings involved State aid to those airlines, amounting to approximately EUR 175174 and EUR 140482, respectively.
A se vedea hotărârea din 18 martie 1997 în cauza C-343/95, Cali & Figli/Servizi Ecologici Porto di Genova, Rec., 1997, p.
Since the aid involved in each of these agreements was put into effect without being authorised by the Commission, it constitutes unlawful State aid.
I-1547, Decizia Comisiei din 19 martie 2003 în cazul N309/2002 Sûreté aérienne – Compensation des coûts à la suite des attentats du 11 septembre 2001 și Decizia Comisiei din 16 octombrie 2002 în cazul N438/2002 Subventions aux régies portuaires pour l'exécution de missions relevant de la puissance publique.
Compatibility of aid to the airlines
JO C 244, 1.10.2004, p. 2.
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that:
Regulamentul (CE) nr. 659/1999 al Consiliului din 22 martie 1999 de stabilire a normelor de aplicare a articolului 108 din Tratatul privind funcționarea Uniunii Europene (TFUE) din Tratatul CE (JO L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1).
‘the Commission will apply the principles set out in these guidelines to all notified start-up aid measure in respect of which it is called upon to take a decision from 4 April 2014, even where the measures were notified prior that date.
Definită de orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației drept zona de pe o rază de 100 de kilometri sau la circa 60 de minute de mers cu mașina, cu autobuzul, cu trenul sau cu trenul de mare viteză de aeroport.
In accordance with the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid, the Commission will apply to unlawful start-up aid to airlines the rules in force at the time when the aid was granted.
La 10 mai 1995, întreprinderii So.Ge.A.AL i-a fost atribuit contractul de concesiune „parțială” pentru furnizarea de servicii de handling, pe baza contractelor care urmau să fie încheiate cu transportatorii aerieni.
Accordingly, it will not apply the principles set out in these guidelines in the case of unlawful start-up aid to airlines granted before 4 April 2014.’
Cauza C-280/00, Altmark Trans și Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg, Rec., 2003, p.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that:
I-7747.
‘the Commission will assess the compatibility of […] start-up aid granted without its authorisation and which therefore infringes Article 88(3) of the Treaty [now Article 108(3) of the Treaty], on the basis of these guidelines if payment of the aid started after the guidelines were published in the Official Journal of the European Union.’
Decizia 2005/842/CE a Comisiei din 28 noiembrie 2005 privind aplicarea articolului 86 alineatul (2) din Tratatul CE la ajutorul de stat, sub forma compensației pentru obligația de serviciu public, acordat anumitor întreprinderi cărora le-a fost încredințată prestarea unui serviciu de interes economic general (JO L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 67).
As the agreements with Meridiana and Germanwings were concluded after the publication of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines in the Official Journal on 9 December 2005, those guidelines constitute the applicable legal basis for the assessment of their compatibility with the internal market.
Regulamentul (CE) nr. 1008/2008 al Parlamentului European și al Consiliului din 24 septembrie 2008 privind normele comune pentru operarea serviciilor aeriene în Comunitate (JO L 293, 31.10.2008, p. 3).
Compatibility assessment pursuant to 2005 Aviation Guidelines
Scrisoarea companiei aeriene Ryanair din 22 iulie 2011.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines set out in point 79 several conditions to be complied with in order for start-up aid to be found compatible with the internal market under Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Scrisoarea companiei aeriene Ryanair din 20 decembrie 2013.
The aid is paid to air carriers with a valid operating licence issued by a Member State pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92
Scrisoarea companiei aeriene Ryanair din 15 septembrie 2009.
In this case the beneficiaries are air carriers as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 [135].
Scrisoarea companiei aeriene Ryanair din 15 decembrie 2009.
The first condition set forth by the 2005 Aviation Guidelines is therefore fulfilled.
Scrisorile companiei aeriene Ryanair din 12 martie 2013 și 15 decembrie 2009.
The aid is paid for routes linking a regional airport in category C or D to another EU airport
Evaluarea ajutoarelor de stat acordate transportatorilor low cost, 26 octombrie 2011, elaborată pentru Ryanair de Simon Pilsbury, consultant în domeniul managementului în cadrul Oxera.
As of 2005 Alghero airport qualified as a category C regional airport pursuant to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Analiza elaborată de Oxera pentru Ryanair, „Cum ar trebui să fie tratate contractele încheiate cu întreprinderea AMS în cadrul analizei profitabilității ca parte a testului operatorului economic privat în economia de piață?”, 17 ianuarie 2014.
The aid was granted to airlines opening new routes from Alghero airport to other airports located in the Union.
Analiza elaborată de Oxera pentru Ryanair, „Cum ar trebui să fie tratate contractele încheiate cu întreprinderea AMS în cadrul analizei profitabilității ca parte a testului operatorului economic privat în economia de piață? – Aplicare practică”, 31 ianuarie 2014.
The second condition is thus observed.
Raportul Oxera elaborat pentru Ryanair, „Evaluare privind respectarea principiului operatorului economic privat în economia de piață, aeroportul Alghero”, 22 iulie 2011.
The aid will apply only to the opening of new routes or new schedules, which will lead to an increase in the net volume of passengers.
Raportul Oxera elaborat pentru Ryanair, „Evaluare privind respectarea principiului operatorului economic privat în economia de piață: analiză a profitabilității actualizată, aeroportul Alghero”, 12 martie 2013.
This aid must not encourage traffic simply to be transferred from one airline or company to another.
Cauza C-41/90 Höfner și Elser, Rec., 1991, p.
In particular, it must not lead to a relocation of traffic which is unjustified with regard to the frequency and viability of existing services leaving from another airport in the same city, the same conurbation [136] or the same airport system [137], which serve the same or a similar destination under the same criteria
I-1979, punctul 21; cauza C-160/91 Poucet și Pistre/AGF și Cancava, Rec., 1993, p.
The aid was granted to encourage airlines to launch new routes from Alghero airport to one or more Union destinations, thereby leading to an increase in the net volume of passengers.
I-637, punctul 17; cauza C-35/96 Comisia/Italia, Rec., 1998, p.
There is no other airport in the same city or conurbation.
I-3851, punctul 36.
In addition, none of the routes in question was served by a high-speed rail service.
Cauza C-288/11 P Mitteldeutsche Flughafen și Flughafen Leipzig-Halle/Comisia, 2012, nepublicată încă în Repertoriu; a se vedea, de asemenea, cauza T-128/89 Aéroports de Paris/Comisia, Rec., 2000, p.
The third condition set forth by the 2005 Aviation Guidelines is thus fulfilled.
II-3929, confirmată de cauza C-82/01P Aéroports de Paris/Comisia, Rec., 2002, p.
The route receiving the aid must ultimately prove profitable, namely it must at least cover its costs, without public funding.
I-9297 și cauza T-196/04 Ryanair/Comisia, Rep., 2008, p.
For this reason start-up aid must be degressive and of limited duration
II--3643.
Aid to Germanwings and Meridiana was limited to the duration of the agreements concluded with So.Ge.A.AL, namely one and three years respectively However, no condition was imposed in the agreements by which the routes operated by the carriers from Alghero airport had to be ultimately profitable on a stand-alone basis.
Cauzele C-159/91 și C-160/91, Poucet/AGV și Pistre/Cancave, Rec., 1993, p.
The Commission further notes that, while the amount of aid received by Germanwings as listed in Table 19 was degressive, Germanwings ceased operations at Alghero airport in 2007 and therefore never operated without public funding.
I-637.
The amount of aid must be strictly linked to eligible costs
Orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației, punctul 29.
Eligible costs are defined in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines as the ‘additional start-up costs incurred in launching the new route or frequency […] which the air operator will not have to bear once it is up and running’.
Cauza C-364/92 SAT Fluggesellschaft/Eurocontrol, Rec., 1994, p.
Italy has not claimed that the financing to Germanwings and Meridiana was limited to cover eligible costs and that regular operating costs would not be subsidised.
I-43; Orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației, punctul 34.
This condition is therefore not complied with.
Decizia Comisiei din 19 martie 2003 în cazul N 309/2002, citată anterior.
The degressive aid may be granted for a maximum period of three years.
A se vedea, în special, cauza C-364/92 SAT Fluggesellschaft/Eurocontrol, Rec., 1994, p.
The amount of aid in any one year may not exceed 50 % of total eligible costs for that year and total aid may not exceed an average of 30 % of eligible costs
I-43, punctul 30 și cauza C113/07 P Selex Sistemi Integrati/Comisia, Rep., 2009, p.
The agreements with the airlines in question make no reference to the costs of the airlines and do not lay down that the aid must be limited to a certain percentage of the eligible costs.
I-02207, punctul 71; orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației, punctul 35.
The Commission therefore finds that this condition is not fulfilled.
Cauza C-172/03 Wolfgang Heiser/Finanzamt Innsbruck, Rec., 2005, p.
The period during which start-up aid is granted to an airline must be substantially less than the period during which the airline undertakes to operate from the airport in question
I-01627, punctul 36 și jurisprudența citată.
The Commission notes that no condition was imposed that the routes opened by the carriers be viable after the period when their operation is subsidised.
Orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației, punctul 37.
The aid payments must be linked to the net development of the number of passengers transported
Scrisoarea Italiei din 10 iunie 2014, anexa 22.
The Commission notes that there is a clear link between the number of passengers carried and the amount of aid.
A se vedea Orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației, punctul 37.
In particular, the agreements with Germanwings and Meridiana set out success fees to be paid by So.Ge.A.AL if the airlines met the stipulated traffic targets.
Cauza C-482/99 Franța/Comisia („Stardust Marine”), Rec., 2002, p.
Any public body which plans to grant start-up aid to an airline for a new route, whether or not via an airport, must make its plans public in good time and with adequate publicity to enable all interested airlines to offer their services.
I-4397.
The notification must in particular include the description of the route as well as the objective criteria in terms of the amount and the duration of the aid
Hotărârea în cauzele conexate T-267/08 și T-279/08, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 2011, nepublicată încă în Repertoriu, punctul 108.
In the course of the investigation Italy claimed that the airport's intention to conclude agreements with airlines interested in opening new routes departing from Alghero airport had been sufficiently advertised among the potential interested carriers.
Hotărârea Curții de Justiție din 6 martie 2002 în cauzele conexate T-127/99, T-129/99, T-140/99 Diputación Foral de Álava ș.a./Comisia, Rec., 2002, p.
However, no evidence was provided in that respect.
II-1330, punctul 142.
In particular, no indication exists that Alghero airport made its intention to grant aid to the airlines, and the conditions of the granting of such aid, known in good time and with adequate publicity.
Hotărârea în cauza Stardust Marine, citată anterior.
The procedure for selection of the air carriers was therefore not sufficiently clear to ensure the non-discriminatory treatment of applicants of interested carriers.
Scrisoarea Italiei din 18 februarie 2014, anexa 17.
When submitting its application, any airline which proposes a service to a public body offering to grant start-up aid must provide a business plan showing, over a substantial period, the viability of the route after the aid has expired.
Cauza C-39/94 Syndicat français de l'Express international (SFEI) și alții/La Poste și alții, Rec., 1996, p.
The public body should also carry out an analysis of the impact of the new route on competing routes prior to granting start-up aid
I-3547, punctul 60 și cauza C-342/96 Regatul Spaniei/Comisia Comunităților Europene, Rec., 1999, p.
Neither Italy nor interested parties have provided evidence in the investigation that carriers had to provide a business plan for the routes in question beforehand to demonstrate the viability of the route in question on a standalone basis after a certain period.
I- 2459, punctul 41.
Neither has So.Ge.A.AL claimed to have carried out an assessment of the impact of the new routes in question on other routes.
Hotărârea pronunțată în cauza Altmark, citată anterior.
This condition is therefore not observed.
Cauza 173/73, Republica Italiană/Comisia Comunităților Europene, Rec., 1974, p. 709, punctul 13.
States must ensure that the list of routes receiving aid is published annually for each airport, in each instance indicating the source of public funding, the recipient company, the amount of aid paid and the number of passengers concerned
Hotărârea în cauza Stardust Marine, citată anterior, punctul 69.
There is no indication that Alghero airport published yearly the list of routes receiving public financing, indicating the source of financing, the air carrier, the amount of aid actually paid and the number of passengers carried.
Cauza C-305/89, Italia/Comisia („Alfa Romeo”), Rec.
Where applicable, appeal procedures must be provided for at Member State level to ensure that there is no discrimination in the granting of aid
1991, p.
Italy has not claimed that appeal procedures were in place to deal with complaints regarding the granting of the aid to carriers operating routes from Alghero airport.
I-1603, punctul 23; cauza T-296/97, Alitalia/Comisia, Rec., 2000, p.
Penalty mechanisms must be implemented in the event that a carrier fails to keep to the undertakings that it gave in relation to an airport when the aid was paid.
II-03871, punctul 84.
A system for recovering aid or for seizing a guarantee initially deposited by the carrier will allow the airport to ensure that the airline honours its commitments
Cauza 40/85 Belgia/Comisia, Rec., 1986, p.
The Commission notes that the agreements with the carriers lay down a system of penalties in case the airlines to not observe the traffic targets stipulated therein.
I-2321.
This condition is thus fulfilled.
Hotărârea în cauza Stardust Marine, citată anterior, punctul 71.
Start-up aid cannot be combined with other types of aid granted for the operation of a route, such as aid of a social nature granted to certain categories of passengers and compensation for discharging public services.
Cauza C-124/10P Comisia Europeană/Électricité de France (denumită în continuare hotărârea EDF), 2012, nepublicată încă în Repertoriu, punctul 85.
In addition, such aid cannot be granted when access to a route has been reserved for a single carrier under Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, and in particular paragraph 1(d) of that Article.
Comisia nu ia o poziție definitivă cu privire la acest aspect în prezenta decizie.
Also, in accordance with the rules of proportionality, such aid cannot be combined with other aid granted to cover the same costs, including aid paid in another State
A se vedea comunicarea Comisiei către statele membre (JO C 307, 31.11.1993, p. 3), punctul 36.
Italy confirmed that the aid in question was not granted for the start-up of routes subject to PSOs under Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008.
A se vedea, de exemplu, cauza C-372/97, Italia/Comisia, Rec., 2004, p.
However, Italy has not confirmed that the aid was not combined with other aid to cover the same costs.
I-3679, punctul 44.
Therefore, the aid to the airlines cannot be found to constitute compatible start-up aid under the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
JO C 119, 22.5.2002, p. 22.
The State aid implemented for Meridiana and Germanwings therefore constitutes unlawful and incompatible State aid that must be recovered.
Punctul 25 litera (v) din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
CONCLUSION
A se vedea, de exemplu, decizia Comisiei în cazul SA.34586 – Grecia – Modernizarea aeroportului Chania, considerentul 49.
Therefore, the Commission finds that:
„Reconstrucția” vechiului terminal menționat în tabelul 5 de mai sus se referă la extinderea/construcția noului terminal și este inclusă, prin urmare, în descrierea ajutorului pentru noul terminal.
Italy implemented investment aid to Alghero airport in violation of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Astfel cum este prevăzut de „Programma di Intervento «Investimenti»” din cadrul „Programma di sviluppo per l'affidamento della gestione quarantennale”, aprobat în septembrie 2005.
The investment aid is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty;
Punctele 137 și 113 din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
Italy implemented operating aid to Alghero airport in violation of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Punctele 137 și 116 din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
The operating aid is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty;
Punctele 137 și 124 din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
The airport services (or handling) agreements and the marketing agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Ryanair, Air One/Alitalia, Volare, bmibaby, Air Vallée and Air Italy do not constitute State aid;
Punctele 137 și 125 din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
The handling and marketing agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Meridiana and Germanwings constitute unlawful and incompatible State aid.
Punctele 137 și 131 din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
RECOVERY
A se vedea, de exemplu, cauza C-278/00 Grecia/Comisia, Rec., 2004, p.
In accordance with the Treaty and the Court of Justice's established case-law, the Commission is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter aid [138] when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market.
I-03997, cauza C-482/99 Franța/Comisia, Rec., 2002, p.
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation [139].
I-04397 și cauzele conexate C-328/99 și C-399/00 Italia și SIM 2 Multimedia/Comisia, Rec., 2003, p.
In that 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 [140].
I-04035, punctul 33.
Following that case-law, Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/99 [141] laid down 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.’
Hotărârea Stardust Marine, citată anterior, punctele 52 și 53.