natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
The precise advantage granted would then appear to be selective as regards each individual airline.
informații privind bonitatea întreprinderilor FGAZ/FZG la momentul emiterii garanției de 100 % și al acordării fiecărui împrumut din structura de gestionare centralizată a lichidităților, pentru a permite Comisiei să determine echivalentul de numerar al garanției și al condițiilor avantajoase ale împrumuturilor acordate din structura de gestionare centralizată a lichidităților, în conformitate cu Comunicarea Comisiei cu privire la aplicarea articolelor 87 și 88 din Tratatul CE privind ajutoarele de stat sub formă de garanții, respectiv cu Comunicarea Comisiei privind revizuirea metodei de stabilire a ratelor de referință și de scont din 12 decembrie 2007;
Secondly, however, the Commission observes that even if the schedule of charges had been applied in the same way to each airline wishing to operate from Zweibrücken, any advantage conferred thereunder would still have to be considered selective.
suma totală (principalul și dobânzile de recuperare) care trebuie recuperată de la fiecare beneficiar;
As Advocate-General Mengozzi opined in the Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH case, accepting Germany's argumentation would amount to ‘radically denying the possibility of classifying as State aid the conditions on which a public undertaking offers its services where those conditions are applicable to all its contracting parties without distinction’ [104].
o descriere detaliată a măsurilor deja adoptate și a celor planificate în vederea conformării cu prezenta decizie;
Advocate-General Mengozzi further remarked that
documente care să demonstreze că beneficiarilor li s-a solicitat să ramburseze ajutorul.
‘in my opinion, the Commission correctly observed, such an exclusion would not appear to be in line with either the case-law of the Court according to which public interventions which affect all the traders of a particular economic sector without distinction can also be selective in nature, nor with the various precedents where selective benefits arising from the provision of goods or services by public (or private) undertakings at identical rates or on identical conditions for all operators carrying on a specific activity were regarded as selective’ [105].
Germania informează Comisia cu privire la evoluția măsurilor naționale luate în vederea punerii în aplicare a prezentei decizii până la finalizarea recuperării ajutorului menționat la articolul 1.
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 [106].
Germania transmite fără întârziere, la simpla solicitare a Comisiei, informații referitoare la măsurile deja întreprinse și la cele prevăzute în vederea respectării prezentei decizii.
For all practical purposes, a distortion of competition is thus assumed as soon as a State grants a financial advantage to an undertaking in a liberalised sector where there is, or could be, competition.
De asemenea, Germania furnizează informații detaliate privind cuantumurile ajutorului și ale dobânzilor de recuperare care au fost deja recuperate de la beneficiari.
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 [107].
Articolul 6
Since the entry into force of the third package on the liberalisation of air transport on 1 January 1993 [108], air carriers can freely operate flights on intra-European connections.
Prezenta decizie se adresează Republicii Federale Germania.
As the Court of Justice has observed,
Adoptată la Bruxelles, 1 octombrie 2014.
‘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’ [109].(394) The Commission has found that FGAZ/FZG and the Land Rhineland-Palatinate granted a selective advantage to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair.
Pentru Comisie
These airlines are active on a competitive, Union-wide market and the advantage they received was liable to improve their competitive position on that market.
Vicepreședinte
In this light, the Commission finds that the advantage granted to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair is liable to distort competition and affect trade between Member States.
Începând de la 1 decembrie 2009, articolele 87 și 88 din Tratatul CE au devenit articolul 107 și, respectiv, articolul 108 din Tratatul privind funcționarea Uniunii Europene (denumit în continuare „TFUE”).
For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that Germanwings, TUIFly, and Ryanair have received State aid, amounting to approximately EUR 1054985, EUR 232781, and EUR 464879, respectively.
Cele două serii de articole sunt identice în ceea ce privește conținutul.
The Commission notes that Germany has not advanced any arguments to show that the aid granted to TUIFly, Germanwings and Ryanair is compatible with the internal market.
În sensul prezentei decizii, trimiterile la articolele 107 și 108 din TFUE se interpretează, după caz, drept trimiteri la articolele 87 și 88 din Tratatul CE.
Following the case law of the Court of Justice [110], the Commission recalls that it is Germany's responsibility to indicate the legal basis on which a State aid measure could be found compatible with the internal market and to demonstrate that all required conditions are met.
De asemenea, TFUE a introdus anumite modificări terminologice, cum ar fi înlocuirea termenului „Comunitate” cu „Uniune” și a sintagmei „piață comună” cu „piață internă”.
In the opening decision the Commission requested Germany to provide information on whether compatibility could be established pursuant to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Terminologia din TFUE va fi folosită pe tot cuprinsul prezentei decizii.
Germany, however, did not make any submissions with a view to showing that the relevant conditions for compatible start-up aid under the 2005 Aviation Guidelines were met.
JO C 216, 21.7.2012, p. 56.
Nor did the interested parties who submitted comments put forward any arguments demonstrating the compatibility of the State aid measure with the internal market.
Întrebarea cu solicitare de răspuns scris E-6470/08 din 2 decembrie 2008 adresată de Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) Comisiei privind subvențiile acordate aeroportului Zweibrücken de landul Renania-Palatinat.
The Commission nevertheless finds it useful to briefly consider whether the State aid in question could be considered compatible start-up aid.
Comunicarea Comisiei – Orientări privind ajutoarele de stat destinate aeroporturilor și companiilor aeriene (JO C 99, 4.4.2014, p. 3).
Applicable legal framework
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).
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that:
Orientări comunitare privind finanțarea aeroporturilor și ajutoarele la înființare acordate companiile aeriene cu plecare de pe aeroporturi regionale (JO C 312, 9.12.2005, 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.
JO C 113, 15.4.2014, p. 30.
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.
Regulamentul nr. 1 din 15 aprilie 1958 de stabilire a regimului lingvistic al Comunității Economice Europene (JO 17, 6.10.1958, p. 385/58).
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’ [111].
Decizia Comisiei din 22 decembrie 1993 – K (93) 3964/6 – Konver I – și Decizia Comisiei din 21 decembrie 1995 – K (95) 3208 – Konver II.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that:
Pentru landul Renania-Palatinat, proiectele de conversie au inclus proiectul „aeroportului militar Zweibrücken”.
‘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.’
Finanțarea din partea Uniunii a atins valoarea de 9 milioane EUR.
As the agreements with Germanwings, TUIFly, and Ryanair 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.
Toate distanțele sunt exprimate în kilometri pe șosea, pe baza rutei celei mai rapide.
Compatibility assessment pursuant to 2005 Aviation Guidelines
Sursa:
Given that the compatibility conditions for start-up aid enshrined in point 79 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines are cumulative, the Commission considers that it is only necessary to demonstrate that one of those conditions is not fulfilled in order to find that the aid to the airlines is not compatible.
site-ul maps.google.com, accesat la 25 iunie 2014.
The Commission starts its analysis with the condition set out in point 79(d) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Desel Consulting und Airport Research Center GmbH, „Fluggast- und Flugbewegungsprognose für den Flughafen Zweibrücken bis zum Jahr 2025”, Gutachten im Auftrag der Flughafen Zweibrücken GmbH, septembrie 2009, p. 56.
Point 79(d) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines requires, inter alia, that the amount of aid granted in any one year does not exceed 50 % of total eligible costs for that year and total aid does not exceed an average of 30 % of eligible costs.
informații protejate de obligația păstrării secretului profesional
Eligible costs are defined 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’ [112].
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).
In the opening decision the Commission observed that the agreements with Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair did not provide for any connection between the aid granted and the eligible costs.
Decizia 2012/21/UE a Comisiei din 20 decembrie 2011 privind aplicarea articolului 106 alineatul (2) din Tratatul privind funcționarea Uniunii Europene în cazul ajutoarelor de stat sub formă de compensații pentru obligația de serviciu public acordate anumitor întreprinderi cărora le-a fost încredințată prestarea unui serviciu de interes economic general (JO L 7, 11.1.2012, p. 3).
Germany was therefore asked to provide details on the relationship between the aid and the eligible costs.
Comunicarea Comisiei privind cadrul Uniunii Europene pentru ajutoarele de stat sub forma compensațiilor pentru obligația de serviciu public (2011) (JO C 8, 11.1.2012, p. 15).
Neither Germany nor the third parties commenting on the opening decision provided any such information.
Comunicare a Comisiei privind revizuirea metodei de stabilire a ratelor de referință și de scont din 12 decembrie 2007 (JO C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6).
In this light, and considering that the agreements with the airlines in question make no reference to the costs of the airlines, let alone the eligible costs, the Commission finds that the compatibility condition enshrined in point 79(d) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines is not fulfilled.
Comunicarea Comisiei privind aplicarea articolelor 87 și 88 din Tratatul CE ajutoarelor de stat sub formă de garanții (JO C 155, 20.6.2008, p. 10).
In conclusion, the aid to the airlines cannot be found to constitute compatible start-up aid, as at least one of the compatibility conditions is not fulfilled.
Transmisă ca anexa 8 la scrisoarea Germaniei din 27 ianuarie 2011.
The State aid granted to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair therefore constitutes unlawful and incompatible State aid that has to be recovered.
Prof. Dr. Heuer und Prof. Dr. Klophaus, unter Mitarbeit von Dr. Berster and Wilken, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft – und Raumfahrt, Januar 2006, „Regionalökonomische Bedeutung und Perspektiven des Flugplatzes Zweibrücken”, S. 146;
RECOVERY
Desel Consulting und Airport Research Center GmbH, „Fluggast- und Flugbewegungsprognose für den Flughafen Zweibrücken bis zum Jahr 2025”, Gutachten im Auftrag der Flughafen Zweibrücken GmbH, September 2009, p. 85.
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 [113] when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market.
Acordul de servicii aeroportuare între Ryanair și FZG din 22 septembrie 2008, secțiunea 3.
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 [114].
Oxera, „How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test?”
In this context, the Court has stated that that objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [115].
(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?), redactat pentru Ryanair la 17 ianuarie 2014.
Following that case-law, Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 [116] 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’.
Analiza elaborată de Oxera pentru Ryanair, „How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test? – Practical application” (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.
Therefore, the State aid mentioned above (see recitals 282, 297, 318, 320, 395 and 405, taking into account recitals 198 to 200) must be reimbursed to Germany, insofar as it has been paid out.
a se vedea, de asemenea, cauza T-128/89 Aéroports de Paris/Comisia, Rec., 2000, p.
Table 9 indicates the approximate recovery amounts.
II-3929, confirmată de cauza C-82/01P Aéroports de Paris/Comisia, Rec., 2002, p.
Table 9
I-9297 și cauza T-196/04 Ryanair/Comisia („hotărârea Charleroi”), Rep., 2008, p.
Information about the approximate amounts of aid received, to be recovered and already recovered
II-3643.
Identity of the beneficiary
Cauzele C-159/91 și C-160/91, Poucet/AGV și Pistre/Cancave, Rec., 1993, p.
Total approximate amount of aid received (in EUR)
I-637.
Total approximate amount of aid to be recovered [117] (in EUR)
Hotărârea Leipzig-Halle, punctele 42-43.
(Principal)
Cauza C-170/83 Hydrotherm, Rec., 1984, p.
Total amount already reimbursed (in EUR)
I-2999, punctul 11.
Principal
A se vedea, de asemenea, cauza T-137/02, Pollmeier Malchow/Comisia, Rec., 2004, p.
Recovery interest [118]
II-3541, punctul 50.
Direct Investment Grants
Desfășurarea în comun a unei activități economice este evaluată, în mod normal, prin analizarea existenței unor legături funcționale, economice și organice între entități.
Capital Injections
Hotărârea Leipzig/Halle, punctul 95.
100 % Guarantee
A se vedea, de asemenea, cauza C-205/03 P FENIN/Comisia, Rec., 2006, p.
Cash-Pool Participation
I-6295, punctul 26.
To take account of the actual advantage received by the airline and its subsidiaries under the agreements, the amounts indicated in Table 9 may be adjusted, according to the supporting evidence provided by Germany, based on (i) the difference between, on the one hand, actual payments as presented ex post, that were made by the airline with regard to the airport charges (including the landing fee, the passenger fee and ground handling services under the airport services agreement), and on the other hand the forecasted cash flows (ex ante) on these items of income and shown in Table 8, and (ii) the difference between, on the one hand, the actual marketing payments as presented ex post which were paid to the airline or its subsidiaries under marketing services agreements and, other the other hand, the marketing costs as foreseen ex ante, corresponding to the amounts indicated in Table 8,
A se vedea procesul-verbal al consiliului de supraveghere al întreprinderii FGAZ din 2 octombrie 2006, din care rezultă că aeroportul este remunerat pentru furnizarea de servicii utilizatorilor militari.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Cauza C-364/92 SAT Fluggesellschaft/Eurocontrol, Rec., 1994, p.
Article 1
I-43.
The State aid, unlawfully put into effect by Germany in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty in favour of Flugplatz GmbH Aeroville Zweibrücken (‘FGAZ’)/Flughafen Zweibrücken GmbH (‘FZG’) between 2000 and 2009 by means of direct investment grants, annual capital injections, the grant of a 100 % guarantee on a bank loan free of charge, and allowing FGAZ to participate in Land Rhineland-Pfalz's cash-pool, is incompatible with the internal market.
Cauza C-118/85, Comisia/Italia, Rec., 1987, p. 2599, punctele 7 și 8 și cauza C-30/87 Bodson/Pompes funèbres des régions libérées, Rec., 1988, p. 2479, punctul 18.
The State aid, unlawfully put into effect by Germany in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty in favour of Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair/AMS by means of the airport services agreements and marketing services agreements concluded on 15 September 2006 (Germanwings), 1 April 2008 (TUIFly), and 22 September 2008/6 October 2008 (Ryanair/Airport Marketing Services (‘AMS’)) is incompatible with the internal market.
Cauza C-343/95 Cali & Figli/Servizi Ecologici Porto di Genova, Rec., 1997, p.
Article 2
I-1547, Decizia nr.
The loan granted to FZG by Sparkasse Südwestpfalz does not constitute State aid.
N309/02 a Comisiei din 19 martie 2003, decizia N438/02 a Comisiei din 16 octombrie 2002, „Ajutor acordat ca sprijin pentru funcțiile autorităților publice în sectorul portuar belgian” ( JO C 284, 21.11.2002).
Article 3
N309/02 a Comisiei din 19 martie 2003.
Germany shall recover the incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 from the beneficiaries.
A se vedea, în special, cauza C-364/92, SAT Fluggesellschaft/Eurocontrol, Rec., 1994, p.
FGAZ and FZG shall be jointly liable to repay the State aid received by either of them.
I-43, punctul 30 și cauza C-113/07 P, Selex Sistemi Integrati/Comisia, Rep., 2009, p.
Ryanair and AMS shall be jointly liable to repay the State aid received by either of them.
I-2207, punctul 71.
The sums to be recovered are as follows:
A se vedea, printre altele, cauza C-172/03 Wolfgang Heiser/Finanzamt Innsbruck, Rec., 2005, p.
in respect of the annual capital injections granted by the Land Rhineland-Palatinate and the ZEF in favour of FGAZ:
Zweibrücken nu este inclus pe lista Publicației de informații aeronautice militare din Germania (MIL AIP Germania), care conține o listă a tuturor aeroporturilor militare din Germania.
EUR 26629000 granted between 2000 and 2009, minus the costs of fire brigade services and the costs for which the airport operator is entitled to reimbursement pursuant to §8(3) Luftsicherheitsgesetz to the extent that they were covered by the annual capital injections, and minus those sums granted before 12 December 2000;
Cauza C-482/99 Franța/Comisia („Stardust Marine”) , Rec., 2002, p.
in respect of the 100 % guarantee on the loan granted by the Land Rhineland-Palatinate in favour of FZG:
I-4397.
in respect of the participation of FGAZ in the cash-pool of Land Rhineland-Palatinate:
Cauza C-39/94 Syndicat français de l'Express international (SFEI) și alții/La Poste și alții, Rec., 1996, p.
the cash-equivalent of the advantageous loan conditions, to be determined pursuant to the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates of 12 December 2007, minus any advantage received on loans that were used to cover the costs of fire brigade services and the costs for which the airport operator is entitled to reimbursement pursuant to §8(3) Luftsicherheitsgesetz;
I-3547, punctul 60 și cauza C-342/96 Regatul Spaniei/Comisia Comunităților Europene, Rec., 1999, p.
in respect of the airport services agreement concluded between Germanwings and FZG on 15 September 2006:
I-2459, punctul 41.
the amount of incompatible aid;
Cauza 173/73, Republica Italiană/Comisia Comunităților Europene, Rec., 1974, p. 709, punctul 13.
in respect of the airport services agreement concluded between TUIFly and FZG on 1 April 2008:
Cauza C-482/99 Franța/Comisia („Stardust Marine”), Rec., 2002, p.
in respect of the airport services agreement and marketing services agreements concluded between Ryanair and FZG on 22 September 2008 and between AMS and the Land Rhineland-Palatinate on 6 October 2008:
I-4397, punctul 69.
the amount of incompatible aid.
Cauza 40/85 Belgia/Comisia, Rec., 1986, p.
The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of the beneficiaries until their actual recovery.
I-2321.
the total amount of aid received by the beneficiaries, and in particular:
II-127.
the amount of direct investment grants, capital injections, and the cash-equivalent of advantageous loans that covered the costs of fire brigade services and costs for which the airport operator is entitled to reimbursement pursuant to §8(3) LuftSiG;
JO C 119, 22.5.2002, p. 22.
information on the creditworthiness of FGAZ/FZG when the 100 % guarantee was issued and when each loan from the cash-pool was provided, with a view to enabling the Commission to determine the cash-equivalent of the guarantee and the advantageous conditions of the cash-pool loans in line with the Commission Notice on the application of Article 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees and Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates of 12 December 2007, respectively;
Punctul 173 din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
the total amount (principal and recovery interests) to be recovered from each beneficiary;
Punctul 172 din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
a detailed description of the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision;
Punctul 25 litera (v) din orientările din 2014 privind sectorul aviației.
documents demonstrating that the beneficiaries have been ordered to repay the aid.
Exprimat în profit înainte de deducerea dobânzilor și a impozitului și de includerea deprecierii și a amortizării (denumit în continuare „EBITDA”).
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
În același timp, în cadrul procedurii oficiale de investigare în cazul SA.26190, Germania a afirmat că deciziile companiilor aeriene de a părăsi Saarbrücken nu au fost justificate niciodată prin trimitere la infrastructura aeroportului Saarbrücken.
Done at Brussels, 1 October 2014.
Comisia nu este în măsură să evalueze motivațiile exacte care au determinat TUIFly să își transfere activitatea de la Saarbrücken la Zweibrücken.