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Any overcompensation of these costs will result in budgetary compensation through the budget entry for the following year’.
S cieľom identifikovať investície, ktoré sa k 15. aprílu 2002 ešte majú vykonať, Komisia previedla v roku 2002 investície plánované v rokoch 2001 a 2002 [158] a odpočítala z tejto sumy investície, ktoré sa k 15. aprílu 2002 už vykonali [159].
The Commission takes the view that these provisions are sufficient to conclude that the compensation paid for the security costs has been proportionate and has not been used to subsidise economic activities.
Tabuľka 13
Application of point 37 of the aviation guidelines
Náklady na investície, ktoré sa ešte majú vykonať k 15. aprílu 2002
As highlighted by point 37 of the aviation guidelines, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities does not lead to undue discrimination between airports.
(v miliónoch EUR)
As clarified by Belgium, the non-economic activities of the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi) are funded in a non-discriminatory manner by the Region.
Nadobudnutie nových pozemkov
Given this legal framework, the Commission takes the view that the relevant level for assessing the existence of discrimination in terms of the financing of certain non-economic services associated with the airport activities is the region, and not the Federal State.
Suma za nové pozemky
As the non-economic activities of the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi) are funded in a non-discriminatory manner by the Region, the Commission concludes that there is no undue discrimination between the airports.
Renovácia SABCA
The compensation paid for BSCA's activities associated with fire protection and security cannot therefore be qualified as State aid and is consequently excluded from the subsequent analysis.
Odpočty, regulácia a iné
Maintenance/ground traffic safety
Medzisúčet
In this section, the Commission examines whether the following services may escape the applicable State aid rules due to their non-economic nature:
Miestne technické a administratívne opravy
the ‘maintenance services’, as defined by Articles 12 and 19 of the schedule of conditions annexed to the Region/BSCA agreement;
Oplotenie areálu letiska
the ‘ground traffic safety services’, as defined by Article 25 of the schedule of conditions amended by Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006.
Prístupové návestidlá a taxi
As indicated in recital 71, the maintenance service is defined by Articles 12 and 19 of the schedule of conditions as ‘technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas, vehicle fleet, etc.’ [141], and as ‘maintenance of land, buildings and building facilities, and equipment forming part of the concession or placed at the disposal of the concession, such that they are always fit for their intended purpose’ [142].
Zákopové reflektory
As indicated in recitals 73 and 74, Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006 amended Article 3.2.2 of the Region/BSCA agreement and Article 25 of the schedule of conditions.
Rozšírenie staníc na letecké palivo
As a result of these amendments, the Region pays compensation to BSCA for the costs of the fire protection and ground traffic and airport site safety services.
Likvidácia odpadu
The Commission takes the view that these services, whether they involve routine maintenance of the airport site, maintenance of buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance or any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, do not fall within the public policy remit.
Odvodnenie, čistenie
These services differ in particular from the security services.
Energetické a telekomunikačné zariadenie
They are inherent in the commercial operation of the airport, which involves ensuring that the airport site, including its runways, is sufficiently well-maintained to enable the landing and take-off of aircraft under satisfactory safety conditions.
Technický tunel
No public policy remit is associated with this type of service.
Trať letových prevádzkových služieb
According to Belgium (see recital 237), when the Commission made its decision on 23 July 2008 on Leipzig/Halle airport, it recognised that operational safety services were non-economic activities [143].
Násypy v areáli
It is clear from the list of operational safety infrastructures provided by the German authorities that these infrastructures are essential for ground traffic safety, i.e.: uninterruptible power supply for aprons, transformer stations, runway lighting, apron lighting, etc.
Predlženie dráhy
The Commission disputes that it can be concluded from recitals 182 and 183 of the decision on Leipzig/Halle airport that the Commission has in the past taken the view that tasks comparable to maintenance and traffic safety, as defined in the Region/BSCA agreement, fall within the public policy remit, for the following reasons.
Parkovanie lietadiel a nabíjací podklad
Firstly, the maintenance and traffic safety costs defined in the Region/BSCA agreement are much broader than the operational safety investment costs referred to in the decision on Leipzig/Halle airport.
Navigačná podpora
The latter consist of the uninterruptible power supply for the aprons, transformer station, high voltage cables and runway lighting.
Pomoc pri palivovom hangári
The maintenance and traffic safety costs defined in the Region/BSCA agreement ‘include routine maintenance of the airport site, technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance and any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, except for commercial areas of the airport zone’.
Riadiaca veža
Secondly, the Commission points out that, contrary to Belgium's argument, the Commission did not conclude that the operational safety tasks referred to in the Leipzig/Halle decision constitute tasks falling within the public policy remit.
Budovy kancelárií a nakladacie priestory
It indicates that ‘in the present case independently [of] whether the Commission was to accept the approach advanced by the German authorities that none of the costs should be considered as State aid, the final assessment of the measure would not change’ (emphasis added).
Komisia potom zachovala výlučne časť týchto investícií, ktoré považuje za späté s hospodárskymi činnosťami.
As a result, in those recitals the Commission neither confirmed nor contradicted Germany's position that certain tasks, including operational safety tasks, fell within the public policy remit, but instead indicated that it did not need to take a position, given that, assuming that the measure did constitute aid, this would be authorised.
Vylúčené teda boli:
Thirdly, the Commission points out that, in the General Court's judgment on the Commission decision on Leipzig/Halle airport, contrary to Belgium's argument, the Court did not confirm this alleged Commission position in paragraph 225 of its judgment.
oplotenie časti areálu letiska, ku ktorej je prístup po policajnej kontrole a kde sa nachádzajú najmä lietadlá (pozri vysvetlenie v odôvodnení 365),
The Court in fact reproduced recitals 182 and 183 of the Commission decision in order to recall the latter's position and concluded that the Commission had considered that it did not have to reach a definitive conclusion on this question (namely if it were to accept the German authorities' argument that none of the costs should be considered as State aid).
riadiaca veža (pozri vysvetlenie v odôvodnení 365),
Their funding does not therefore escape the applicable State aid rules.
Komisia dospela k investičnému plánu takto:
Flight tracking and recording, provisional flight planning and marshalling
Tabuľka 14 Náklady na investície na činnosti hospodárskej povahy, ktoré Komisia zohľadnila pri výpočte čistej súčasnej hodnoty pomoci z roku 2002 (v miliónoch EUR) Hospodárska časť (%)
In this section, the Commission examines whether the following services, the provision of which was entrusted to BSCA and for which BSCA receives compensation under Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008, may escape the applicable State aid rules due to their non-economic nature:
Podľa výpočtov Komisie investície na činnosti hospodárskej povahy, ktoré sa pôvodne plánovali, predstavovali 89690000 EUR, čo je 97 % pôvodne plánovaných investícií.
flight tracking and recording [145] and flight planning [146],
K týmto investíciám je potrebné pripočítať náklady na údržbu a náklady na prevádzku SOWAER, ktoré sa vzťahujú na hospodárske činnosti letiska Charleroi, tak ako ich predpokladal subjekt región/SOWAER [160].
The Commission takes the view that the services covered by this compensation are activities inseparable from the economic activity of the airport operator BSCA.
A + B
These services cannot be included within the security services intended to combat acts of unlawful interference or within any activity falling within the public policy remit.
Je takisto vhodné pripočítať časť subvencie na protipožiarnu ochranu a údržbu, ktorá sa vzťahuje na hospodárske činnosti.
The Commission therefore concludes that flight tracking and recording, flight planning and marshalling constitute economic services.
Komisia sa domnieva, že 10 % výdavkov kompenzovaných subvenciou na protipožiarnu ochranu a údržbu, ako sa uvádza v obchodnom pláne BSCA z roku 2002, je hospodárskej povahy.
As the capital increase, which was covered by the formal investigation procedure, was subscribed by SOWAER to the benefit of BSCA in 2002, i.e. after the ADP judgment [148], it falls under the Commission's control of State aid (see recital 346).
Tabuľka 16
In order to determine whether a State measure constitutes aid, it is necessary to establish whether the recipient undertaking receives an economic advantage that it would not have obtained under normal market conditions.
Časť subvencie na protipožiarnu ochranu a údržbu, ktorá sa vzťahuje na hospodárske činnosti
The presence of an economic advantage can be ruled out where the measures in question constitute economic operations carried out by public bodies or undertakings under normal market conditions [149].
S cieľom určiť výstupné peňažné toky, ktoré sa majú zohľadniť pri výpočte čistej súčasnej hodnoty pomoci z roku 2002, Komisia sčítala posledné riadky tabuľky 14, tabuľky 15 a tabuľky 16.
In this case it must be determined whether, in similar circumstances, a private operator, having regard to the foreseeability of obtaining a return and leaving aside all social, regional policy and sectoral considerations, would have taken part in the same operations as the entity granting the measure (hereinafter ‘the market economy operator test’).
Tabuľka 17
The presence of an economic advantage can also be ruled out where the measures in question constitute financial compensation granted to the undertakings concerned in order to enable them to operate a service of general economic interest, provided that such compensation satisfies all the conditions set out in the Altmark judgment [150].
Výstupné peňažné toky do roku 2015, ktoré Komisia zohľadňuje pri výpočte čistej súčasnej hodnoty pomoci z roku 2002
The Commission will now proceed to analyse the measures concerned in turn, in the light of the conditions of the Altmark judgment and the market economy operator test.
Na výpočet čistej súčasnej hodnoty projektu je vhodné určiť očakávané príjmy.
Application of the Altmark judgment conditions
Tieto očakávané príjmy tvorí pohyblivá časť koncesných poplatkov BSCA, ako bola stanovená v článku 11 ods. 1 dohovoru medzi SOWAER a BSCA z roku 2002, čo je 35 % leteckých príjmov BSCA so stropnými hodnotami, ktoré sa postupom času menia.
It is firstly necessary to examine Belgium's argument, set out in Section 5.1.1.1(c)(ii), according to which the subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities — assuming that some of these services are economic in nature — allegedly does not constitute an advantage for BSCA under the Altmark judgment [151].
Od roku 2015 sa v dohovore medzi SOWAER a BSCA z roku 2002 plánovala revízia týchto súm.
As established in Section 6.1.1, the Commission considers that some of the services for which the subsidy is paid are not economic in nature (for example, firefighting and security services) and will exclude from its analysis the part of the subsidy compensating for the costs of those services.
Komisia stanovila predpoklad, že stropná hodnota sa od roku 2015 zruší (ak by Komisia stanovila hypotézu, že sa stropná hodnota zachová po roku 2015, vypočítala by nižšiu čistú súčasnú hodnotu pomoci v porovnaní s tým, čo vypočítala teraz).
However, the Commission considers that other services for which the subsidy is paid are economic in nature, such as maintenance and repair of infrastructures operated commercially, and even marshalling.
Tabuľka 18
The Commission takes the view that Belgium is committing a manifest error of assessment in qualifying these services as services of general economic interest.
Vstupné peňažné toky do roku 2015, ktoré Komisia zohľadňuje pri výpočte čistej súčasnej hodnoty pomoci z roku 2002
As recalled by paragraph 47 of the Communication from the Commission on the application of the European Union State aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest [152], generally speaking, a ‘particular public service task’ implies the supply of services which, if it were considering its own commercial interest, an undertaking would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions.
Komisia vypočítala čisté peňažné toky (vstupné mínus výstupné) zohľadnené Komisiou pri výpočte čistej súčasnej hodnoty pomoci z roku 2002 ako rozdiel medzi posledným riadkom tabuľky 18 a tabuľky 17.
In paragraph 50 of said Communication, the Commission also considers that the services to be classified as services of general economic interest must be addressed to citizens or be in the interest of society as a whole.
Tabuľka 19
In the present case, the economic services identified are not supplied in the interest of citizens, but only to enable BSCA to provide an airport service.
Čisté peňažné toky (vstupné mínus výstupné) do roku 2015, ktoré Komisia zohľadňuje pri výpočte čistej súčasnej hodnoty pomoci z roku 2002
They are indissociable from the economic activity of operating the airport.
Diskontná sadzba, ktorá sa zohľadňuje pri výpočte čistej súčasnej hodnoty pomoci z roku 2002
Furthermore, BSCA was not chosen in a procedure meeting the requirements of the fourth Altmark condition.
Ako sa vysvetľuje v odôvodnení 424, s cieľom určiť diskontnú sadzbu Komisia odhadla priemerné vážené náklady na kapitál pre SOWAER v momente poskytnutia pomoci.
In addition, Belgium has not provided any evidence that the amount of the subsidy was determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs that a typical undertaking, well run and adequately equipped, would have incurred in order to meet the necessary public service requirements.
Tento odhad vychádzal z týchto údajov a predpokladov:
Belgium's arguments are actually insufficient for the following reasons:
pomer medzi dlhom a vlastným kapitálom 30 % SOWAER [162], a teda časť dlhu pri financovaní (rD) vo výške 23 %,
Belgium indicates that the ratios mentioned in the Communication referred to above in recital 410 demonstrate BSCA's efficient management (see recital 253), without, however, indicating the nature and value of those ratios.
náklady pred zdanením dlhu (kD) rovnajúce sa priemerným váženým nákladom pred zdanením dlhu SOWAER v roku 2002, čo je od 4,9 % do 5,5 %,
Belgium adds that this sound management enabled private investors to be attracted in 2009 during BSCA's partial privatisation.
riziková prirážka (Δk) 5,51 % [163],beta [164] medzi 0,91 a 1,23 [165],
However, the Commission stresses that, although investors did decide to participate in BSCA's capital (while obtaining a right of veto over important decisions), this may have been due to the existence of the aid, allowing them to expect that BSCA would attract a significant volume of traffic and therefore generate high profits, rather than due to sound management.
pokiaľ ide o náklady na vlastný kapitál, náklady pred zdanením kapitálu bez rizika (rf) medzi 5,16 % a 5,37 % [166],
It can also be pointed out in this regard that private investors may take holdings in mismanaged companies that they hope to turn around once they have or share control of the company in question, as is the case with BSCA's private investor who has obtained a right of veto over important decisions.
daňová sadzba (t) 40,2 %.
It also cannot be concluded, as Belgium has done, that the airport is well run simply due to the fact that the turnover or traffic at Charleroi airport is on the increase (see recital 254).
Na základe týchto údajov a predpokladov je Komisia schopná vypočítať priemerné vážené náklady na kapitál (C) podľa tohto klasického vzorca:
This increase in turnover and traffic may stem from the aid, which enables BSCA to offer very favourable conditions to airlines and thus attract traffic.
C = (1 – rD) × kE + rD × kD
Lastly, Belgium's argument that ‘it is clear from the financing mechanism put in place that, by definition, the compensation paid to BSCA is less than the market price of all the services entrusted to it, insofar as this compensation was capped in 2006 for the fire and ground traffic and airport site safety services and in 2010 for the security services’ (see recital 255), also does not prove that BSCA is efficiently managed, but only that there may be no overcompensation.
kde náklady na kapitál (kE) sú dané modelom oceňovania aktív (MEDAF) podľa vzorca:
In conclusion, at least the first and fourth conditions of the Altmark judgment are not satisfied.
Na základe tohto vzorca a predchádzajúcich predpokladov sa Komisia domnieva, že diskontná sadzba 9 % predstavuje primeranú sadzbu.
The Commission cannot therefore rule out, under the Altmark judgment, that the Region's subsidy for the services associated with the airport activities constitutes an advantage.
Výsledok výpočtu čistej súčasnej hodnoty
Application of the market economy operator test
Súčasné čisté peňažné toky uvedené v tabuľke 19 pri sadzbe 9 % predstavujú čistú súčasnú hodnotu – 83,7 milióna EUR.
As regards identifying the entity granting the measure, the Commission considers that the actions of (i) the Region, as owner of the airport zone land, on the one hand, and (ii) SOWAER, a company under the exclusive control of the Region, as concession-holder of the airport zone land, owner of the infrastructures built on the airport zone land, and holder of the tasks delegated by the Region, on the other hand, must be assessed together where they involve the same activity and the same airport.
Selektívnosť
Under these circumstances, SOWAER appears to be an intermediary of the Region in this context.
Pri uplatňovaní dohovorov z roku 2002 sa subjekt región – SOWAER rozhodol sprístupniť BSCA pozemky a infraštruktúru letiska Charleroi a zaviazal sa k rozvoju tejto infraštruktúry v súlade s investičným programom pripojeným k dohovoru medzi SOWAER a BSCA z roku 2002 a k vykonávaniu údržby a opráv, ako aj k poskytnutiu subvencie BSCA na niektoré služby spojené s prevádzkou letiska, a to za koncesný poplatok, ktorý je nižší ako koncesný poplatok vyžadovaný súkromným hospodárskym subjektom v trhovom hospodárstve.
Consequently, in order to determine whether or not the measures defined in Section 3.1 give BSCA an economic advantage, the Commission will consider that the entity granting the measure is the group consisting of the Region and SOWAER (hereinafter ‘Region-SOWAER’).
Komisia konštatuje, že pomoc sa udeľuje výlučne BSCA.
As a result, the Commission considers that it must examine together the commitments of the Region-SOWAER where they alter the economics of the concession (provision of the infrastructures, including development of the investment programme and funding of the major repairs, concession fee, subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities where these services are economic in nature) and where they are virtually simultaneous and linked.
Podľa Belgicka však [167] neexistuje nijaká diskriminácia na úrovni regiónu, pokiaľ ide o subvenciu na niektoré služby spojené s prevádzkou letiska [168].
the decision of the Walloon Government of 3 April 2003 to build a terminal with a larger capacity than originally planned (3 million passengers instead of 2 million) and to provide for larger capacity car parks (hereinafter ‘the 2003 investment decision’),
Predovšetkým pokiaľ ide o výhodu poskytovanú z toho dôvodu, že koncesný poplatok je nižší ako koncesný poplatok, ktorý by vyžadoval súkromný subjekt za sprístupnenie infraštruktúry, poskytovanie služieb a subvenciu, je vhodné preskúmať či pomoc poskytuje BSCA selektívnu výhodu.
the service agreement of 4 April 2006 between SOWAER and BSCA and the amendment of 10 March 2006 to the Region/BSCA agreement (hereinafter ‘the 2006 agreements’),
Z toho hľadiska len skutočnosť, že by región mal poskytovať subvenciu ostatným letiskám, ktoré riadi nediskriminačným spôsobom, nie je dostačujúca.
The Commission will also apply the market economy operator test to BSCA's capital increase subscribed by SOWAER in December 2002.
To Belgicko nepreukázalo.
If any of these measures constitutes an advantage, the Commission will examine whether that advantage is selective.
Aj keby to Belgicko mohlo preukázať, Komisia konštatuje, že aj za týchto okolností by toto opatrenie nepredstavovalo selektívnu výhodu pre BSCA, lebo toto opatrenie by bolo prospešné najmä pre hospodársky sektor (konkrétne sektor správy letísk) a nešlo by teda o pomoc vo všeobecnosti [169].
Application of the market economy operator test to the measures involving the provision of the infrastructure, including new investments and major repairs, and the granting of a subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities
Najmä prevádzkovatelia ostatných spôsobov dopravy takúto výhodu nemajú.
2002 agreements
Komisia preto dospela k záveru, že toto opatrenie poskytuje BSCA selektívnu výhodu.
General principles applicable to the four measures
Investičné rozhodnutie z roku 2003
As highlighted by point 51 of the aviation guidelines, the analysis of conformity with the market economy operator test should be based on sound ex ante profitability prospects for the entity granting the financing [153].
Náklady investičného rozhodnutia z roku 2003 pre región – SOWAER teda zodpovedajú dodatočným nákladom v porovnaní s nákladmi, ktoré sa plánovali v investičnom programe v roku 2002.
The Commission notes that the Region did not supply any business plan proving the expected return for the Region and/or SOWAER from the scheduled investments when the binding decisions were made on each investment.
S cieľom preskúmať, či trhový subjekt prijal investičné rozhodnutie z roku 2003, je vhodné zistiť, či je súčasná čistá hodnota opatrenia z roku 2003 pozitívna.
The absence of a business plan suggests that the Region and/or SOWAER were not acting according to a market economy operator logic when they adopted the measures granted to BSCA.
Rozdiely medzi plánom z roku 2003 a 2002 sa týkajú predpokladov z hľadiska investícií a očakávaného počtu cestujúcich.
The Commission also notes that the reports supplied in support of the Walloon Government's decisions justify the need for these investments through the positive impact of the airport's development on the economy and employment situation in Charleroi and its region [154].
Pokiaľ ide o investície, Komisia konštatuje rozdiel pri položkách „nový terminál“ a „parkovisko“, a to z hľadiska ich výšky, ako aj dátumov týchto investícií.