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The Commission therefore concludes that points 35-37 of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines are not fulfilled, because (i) the duration of the 2013 restructuring plan is unreasonably long, (ii) the plan does not restore the long-term viability of the Company within a reasonable timescale and is not based on realistic assumptions and (iii) the plan does not take into account the market situation with sufficiently variable scenarios.
Podľa zmluvy a ustálenej judikatúry Súdneho dvora je Komisia oprávnená rozhodnúť, že príslušný členský štát musí zrušiť alebo zmeniť pomoc, keď sa zistí, že je nezlučiteľná s vnútorným trhom.
According to points 38-42 of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines, a company receiving restructuring aid must provide compensatory measures for the distortion done by the State aid to competition.
Súdny dvor zároveň opakovane rozhodol, že povinnosť zrušiť pomoc nezlučiteľnú s vnútorným trhom, ktorú Komisia uložila svojím rozhodnutím členskému štátu, slúži na obnovenie predtým existujúcej situácie.
Those measures may comprise divestment of assets, reductions in capacity or market presence and reduction of entry barriers on the markets concerned and must refer to non-loss making routes or products.
V tejto súvislosti Súdny dvor potvrdil, že cieľ je dosiahnutý vtedy, keď prijímateľ vráti sumy poskytnuté v podobe neoprávnenej pomoci, a tým stratí výhodu, ktorú mal v porovnaní so svojimi konkurentmi na trhu, a obnoví sa situácia spred vyplatenia pomoci.
The Cypriot authorities have proposed compensatory measures, including discontinuing or reducing capacity of non-loss making routes, the sale of two LHR slots and the reduction of fleet and ASK.
V súlade s touto judikatúrou sa v článku 14 ods. 1 nariadenia Rady (ES) č. 659/1999 uvádza, že „kde sa prijímajú záporné rozhodnutia v prípadoch protiprávnej pomoci, Komisia rozhodne, že daný členský štát podnikne všetky potrebné opatrenia, aby vymohol pomoc od príjemcu […]“.
The Commission notes that the sale of two slots in LHR, a fully coordinated airport, can be considered as a sufficient reduction of entry barrier for competitors, especially given the fact that Cyprus Airways would abandon this airport altogether.
ZÁVER
The significant reduction of fleet is also a significant sign of reduction in capacity.
Pokiaľ ide o opatrenie 3, postup stanovený v článku 108 ods. 2 zmluvy sa stal bezpredmetným, keďže Cyprus opatrenie neimplementoval.
As regards the routes proposed as compensatory measures, the Commission has consistently accepted as compensatory measures abandoning or reducing capacity in non-loss making routes, that is to say routes which have a positive gross contribution, taking into account variable costs.
Podľa Komisie opatrenia 1, 2, 4 a 5 (účasť štátu na zvýšení kapitálu, pôžička na pomoc na záchranu, pomoc na reštrukturalizáciu a pomoc na podporu vzdelávania) v prospech Cyprus Airways predstavovali štátnu pomoc v zmysle článku 107 ods. 1 zmluvy a sú nezlučiteľné s vnútorným trhom, pretože neboli splnené príslušné podmienky usmernení na záchranu a reštrukturalizáciu z roku 2004 a nezistili sa žiadne iné dôvody zlučiteľnosti s vnútorným trhom.
However, the Commission observes that the route LCA-ATH, for which the Cypriot authorities proposed to reduce the capacity operated by Cyprus Airways as a compensatory measure, had a negative gross contribution and the Cypriot authorities did not provide evidence to support their argument that the part of the route relevant as compensatory measure (reduction of frequency by 4 flights a week) was non-loss making.
V prípade opatrení 1, 2, 4 a 5 sa Komisia domnieva, že Cyprus ich neoprávnene implementoval v rozpore s článkom 108 ods. 3 zmluvy.
Nevertheless, the Commission notes that the proposed 24 % reduction of ASK as compared to the 2012 capacity is higher than the reduction of ASK proposed in other airline restructuring cases.
Nakoniec Komisia uvádza, že Cyprus súhlasil s prijatím a oznámením tohto rozhodnutia v angličtine,
This means that, even if the reduction in the capacity of the LCA-ATH route (representing only 0,84 % of total ASK) would not be taken into account, the reduction of ASK would still be sufficiently high.
PRIJALA TOTO ROZHODNUTIE:
The Commission therefore concludes that points 38-42 of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines are fulfilled.
Článok 1
Aid limited to the minimum: real contribution, free of aid
Formálne vyšetrovacie konanie podľa článku 108 ods. 2 zmluvy, ktoré sa začalo 6. marca 2013 v súvislosti s potenciálnymi ex gratia náhradami, ktoré Cyprus poskytol spoločnosti Cyprus Airways, sa stalo bezpredmetným, pretože Cyprus opatrenie zrušil.
According to points 43-45 of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines, beneficiaries of restructuring aid are expected to make a significant contribution to the 2013 restructuring plan from their own resources, which should be at least 50 % of the restructuring costs for large firms, such as Cyprus Airways, except for exceptional circumstances and in cases of particular hardship.
Toto konanie je týmto ukončené.
The own contribution must be real, that is to say, actual, excluding all future profits such as cash flow.
Článok 2
The Commission takes note of the updated amount of proposed own contribution of EUR 61,57 million.
Štátna pomoc vo výške aspoň 66 099 317,94 EUR (zložená z 31,33 mil. EUR vo forme účasti štátu na zvýšení kapitálu, 34,5 mil. EUR vo forme pôžičky na pomoc na záchranu a 269 317,94 EUR vo forme pomoci na podporu vzdelávania), ktorú Cyprus neoprávnene poskytol spoločnosti Cyprus Airways v rozpore s článkom 108 ods. 3 zmluvy, nie je zlučiteľná s vnútorným trhom.
This represents 41,8 % of the total restructuring costs of EUR 147,4 million and the restructuring aid would be adjusted to the realised own contribution, so that the sum of the two amounts covers only the restructuring costs.
Článok 3
The Commission observes that the proposed own contribution of 41,8 %, even if it were fully achieved, would be below the threshold of 50 % set by the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines.
Každá štátna pomoc okrem súm uvedených v článku 2, ktorú Cyprus poskytol alebo zamýšľa poskytnúť spoločnosti Cyprus Airways v rámci opatrenia 4, je nezlučiteľná s vnútorným trhom.
Moreover, the Commission observes that based on table 5 in recital 79, only the sale of assets worth EUR 55,67 million has actually been realised.
Článok 4
The sale of other proposed items, such as the spare parts and the Airbus A320, has not been fully realised and their values are not backed by an expert valuation.
Cyprus vymôže od prijímateľa pomoc uvedenú v článku 2, ktorá je nezlučiteľná s vnútorným trhom.
As regards the sale of spare parts, the actual proceeds until now (EUR 0,86 million) demonstrate that the original estimates of EUR 2,0 million in 2013 and EUR 1,1 million in 2014 were largely overestimated.
Vymôže od prijímateľa aj akúkoľvek ďalšiu pomoc uvedenú v článku 3.
In the absence of any expert valuation of the remaining spare parts to be sold and without any other evidence such as an agreement indicating clearly the future purchase commitment by the buyer, possible future proceeds from the spare parts sales cannot be taken into account as sufficiently real and actual own contribution.
Suma, ktorá sa má vymáhať, zahŕňa úroky, ktoré sa počítajú od dátumu, od ktorého bola pomoc prijímateľovi k dispozícii, až do jej skutočného vrátenia.
As regards the sale of the Airbus A320, which the Cypriot authorities in their submission of 11 May 2014 describe as ‘an old aircraft’, four out of the five offers submitted during 2014 have been withdrawn and in the case of the fifth offer the bidder has not responded to Cyprus Airways’ counter-proposal.
Úrok sa vypočíta ako zložený úrok v súlade s kapitolou V nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 794/2004 a nariadením Komisie (ES) č. 271/2008,ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa nariadenie (ES) č. 794/2004.
As the Cypriot authorities have not provided any expert valuation of the aircraft, the projected sales revenue of EUR 2,5 million cannot be accepted as a sufficiently real and actual own contribution.
Pokiaľ ide o opatrenie 4, Cyprus musí informovať Komisiu o tom, či poskytol akékoľvek dodatočné sumy k sumám, ktoré sú uvedené v článku 2 v kontexte tohto opatrenia, ako aj o presných poskytnutých sumách a dátumoch poskytnutia.
In addition, the Commission does not agree with the Cypriot authorities and considers that the transfer of a property to the Provident Fund cannot be considered as an actual and real own contribution.
Pokiaľ ide o opatrenie 5, Cyprus musí informovať Komisiu o dátumoch, ku ktorým boli jednotlivé sumy poskytnuté.
That is because, as confirmed by the Cypriot authorities and as identified in the Company’s annual accounts, the Provident Fund is controlled by Cyprus Airways, regardless of its legal status, its funds are ultimately at the disposal of the Company and its deficit is part of the restructuring costs.
informácie požadované podľa článku 4 ods. 4 a 5;
Therefore, by transferring an asset to the Provident Fund, Cyprus Airways does not bring any real own contribution to its restructuring costs.
celková suma (istina a úroky z vymáhanej sumy), ktorá sa má od prijímateľa vymôcť;
In light of the above, the Commission considers the level of actual and real own contribution as EUR 55,67 million, which is 37,8 % of the restructuring costs.
podrobný opis opatrení, ktoré už boli prijaté alebo sa plánujú prijať, na vykonanie tohto rozhodnutia;
The Cypriot authorities argue that the own contribution can be exceptionally lower than 50 % in case of particular hardship.
dokumenty potvrdzujúce, že sa prijímateľovi nariadilo vrátenie pomoci.
More specifically, they argue that a lower level of own contribution in case of Cyprus airways can be justified by the economic and financial crisis as well as the Turkish airspace ban putting additional burden on the Company.
Cyprus bude informovať Komisiu o pokroku dosiahnutom na základe vnútroštátnych opatrení prijatých na vykonanie tohto rozhodnutia až do úplného vrátenia pomoci uvedenej v článkoch 2 a 3.
The Commission takes note of the particular situation of the Cypriot economy and acknowledges that disposing assets in such a situation may not be an easy process.
Na požiadanie Komisie bezodkladne predloží informácie o opatreniach, ktoré sa už prijali alebo ktoré sa plánujú prijať, na vykonanie tohto rozhodnutia.
However, the Commission notes that Cyprus Airways operates in an international and liquid market, because the potential buyers of its assets, including aircraft, slots, spare parts, may come from any part of the world and may thus not be concerned by the situation in the Cypriot economy, as they can obtain financing easier and can transfer the assets or use them without any link to Cyprus.
Takisto poskytne podrobné informácie o sumách pomoci a úrokov, ktoré prijímateľ už vrátil.
Further, the Turkey overflight ban has been in place for many years and is not related in any way to the sale of airline-related assets which can be used elsewhere.
Článok 7
Finally, while the Commission has based on the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines accepted own contributions as low as 40 % of the restructuring costs, due to exceptional circumstances, this still exceeds the level of own contribution by Cyprus Airways.
V Bruseli 9. januára 2015
The Commission therefore concludes that points 43-45 of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines are not fulfilled.
Za Komisiu
The 2013 restructuring plan does not limit the aid to the minimum necessary, since it does not include a sufficiently high, real and actual own contribution to the restructuring costs of Cyprus Airways.
členka Komisie
Special conditions in relation to companies in assisted areas
SA.35888: Ú. v. EÚ C 152, 30.5.2013, s. 12; SA.37220 a SA.38225: Ú. v. EÚ C 117, 16.4.2014, s. 125.
The 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines provide that the conditions for authorising aid may be less stringent as regards the implementation of compensatory measures and the size of the beneficiary’s contribution, when justified by reasons of regional development and in particular if the beneficiary of the aid is located in an assisted region.
Pozri poznámku pod čiarou č. 1.
In the case of Cyprus, for the period 2007-13 as well as 2014-20, two regions covering together 50 % of the Cypriot population are eligible to receive regional investment aid under the derogation of article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty (the Western Zone and the Easter Zone).
SA.27573 (2012/MX) – Schéma programov pre neustálu odbornú prípravu pre jednotlivé podniky – Cyprus, schválená rozhodnutím komisára pre kontrolu štátnej pomoci, uverejnená v cyperskom úradnom vestníku č. 8025 z 21. novembra 2008.
Finally, they argued that the economic recession of the Cypriot economy should a fortiori merit the treatment of Cyprus as an assisted area.
Rozhodnutie Komisie z 3. mája 2005 vo veci N69/2005 (Ú. v. EÚ C 191, 5.8.2005, s. 4) a rozhodnutie Komisie 2008/137/ES zo 7. marca 2007 – Štátna pomoc C 10/06 (ex N555/05) – Cyprus Airways Public Ltd. – Plán reštrukturalizácie (Ú. v. EÚ L 49, 22.2.2008, s. 25).
The Commission notes that Cyprus Airways has its seat in Nicosia, which is not situated in any of the two assisted areas of Cyprus.
Rozhodnutie Komisie z 27. júna 2012 vo veci SA.32523 (11/N) (Ú. v. EÚ C 230, 1.8.2012, s. 1).
Larnaca airport, arguably the main centre of Cyprus Airways’ operations, is also not situated in one of those assisted areas.
ATH: Athens, SKG: Thessaloniki, HER: Heraklion-Crete, RHO: Rhodes, LED: St.
In addition, the Commission notes that, in order to ensure a level playing field, the status of an assisted area can only be established by a Commission decision, according to the criteria of the applicable Regional Aid Guidelines, and not based on other territorial characteristics or an economic recession.
Petersburg.
Thus, the Commission cannot accept less stringent conditions as regards the criteria for the aid.
FCO: Rome Fiumicino, VIE: Vienna, LHR: London Heathrow, STN: London-Stansted.
‘One time, last time’ principle
LON: spoločné označenie pre letiská v londýnskom regióne.
Point 73 Section 3.3 of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines stipulates that rescue and/or restructuring aid should be granted only once and ‘where less than 10 years have elapsed since the rescue aid was granted or the restructuring period came to an end or implementation of the restructuring plan has been halted (whichever is the latest), the Commission will not allow further rescue or restructuring aid.’
AMS: Amsterdam Schiphol, CDG: Paris Charles de Gaulle, SVO: Moscow Sheremetyevo, SOF: Sofia, FRA: Frankfurt am Main, MUC: Munich, ZRH: Zurich, TLV: Tel Aviv, BEY: Beirut.
This condition is known as the ‘one time, last time’ principle.
Ponúkané sedadlokilometre.
An exception to the ‘one time, last time’ principle is provided for in point 73(c) of Section 3.3 [please confirm]:
V reštrukturalizačnom pláne z roku 2013 sa trasy, ktoré mali pozitívny hrubý príspevok na náklady spoločnosti, t. j. príjmy mínus variabilné náklady, považovali za ziskové trasy.
in exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances.’
Nariadenie Komisie (ES) č. 800/2008 zo 6. augusta 2008 o vyhlásení určitých kategórií pomoci za zlučiteľné so spoločným trhom podľa článkov 87 a 88 zmluvy (Ú. v. EÚ L 214, 9.8.2008, s. 3).
The Commission has approved restructuring aid to Cyprus Airways in 2007 on the basis of a restructuring plan.
Oznámenie Komisie – Usmernenia Spoločenstva o štátnej pomoci na záchranu a reštrukturalizáciu firiem v ťažkostiach (Ú. v. EÚ C 244, 1.10.2004, s. 2), ktorého platnosť bola predĺžená v roku 2009 (Ú. v. EÚ C 156, 9.7.2009, s. 3) a v roku 2012 (Ú. v. EÚ C 296, 2.10.2012, s. 3).
Cyprus Airways is therefore in principle not eligible for further restructuring aid at present according to the ‘one time, last time’ principle and the Commission raised doubts as to whether exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances within the meaning of point 73(c) exist in this case.
Táto úroveň je nižšia než úroková sadzba, ktorá bola nahlásená v notifikácii pomoci na záchranu, pozri odôvodnenie 29.
Despite having commented extensively on that point following the opening of two formal investigation procedures, the Cypriot authorities were not able to justify why Cyprus Airways was faced with exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances, which would merit further restructuring aid.
Rozhodnutie Komisie z 22. februára 2006 vo veci N 464/2005, pomoc na reštrukturalizáciu v prospech AB Kauno ketaus liejykla (Ú. v. EÚ C 270, 7.11.2006, s. 2), rozhodnutie Komisie z 18. júla 2001 vo veci NN 92/1999, opatrenia v prospech Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG – Sachsen (Ú. v. ES C 328, 23.11.2001, s. 5), rozhodnutie Komisie z 1. júna 2005 vo veci N 584/2004, pomoc na reštrukturalizáciu v prospech AB Vingriai (Ú. v. EÚ C 187, 30.7.2005, s. 15), rozhodnutie Komisie 2010/3/ES zo 6. novembra 2008 o štátnej pomoci C 19/05 (ex N 203/05), ktorú Poľsko poskytlo v prospech Stocznia Szczecińska (Ú. v. EÚ L 5, 8.1.2010, s. 1).
In particular, the Turkey overflight ban was introduced in 1974 and Cyprus has put in place an approved scheme for compensation of the additional costs incurred by any affected airlines, including Cyprus Airways (see recital 23 above).
Cyperské orgány však nikdy neposkytli údaje, ktoré by odôvodňovali toto tvrdenie.
Thus, this event cannot qualify as exceptional and unforeseeable circumstance and the Cypriot authorities did not bring forward new evidence in that respect.
PASYPI-PALPU (celocyperský zväz pilotov leteckých spoločností), SYNIKA (odborový zväz zamestnancov Cyprus Airways), ASYSEKA (nezávislý odborový zväz zamestnancov v Cyprus Airways Group), SIDIKEK PEO (odborový zväz zamestnancov pološtátnych, obecných a komunálnych podnikov Cypru), SYPKKA (odborový zväz palubných sprievodov Cyprus Airways).
For similar reasons, the operation of an ‘illegal’ airport in the northern part of Cyprus also cannot be considered as exceptional and unforeseeable circumstance, as the possibility for tourists to travel to and from the northern part of Cyprus has been in place at least since 2004.
Pozri napríklad vec C-305/89, Taliansko/Komisia („ALFA Romeo“), Zb.
The Commission also disagrees with the Cypriot authorities that the entry of any competitor, either a low-cost or full-service airline, can be considered as an exceptional and unforeseeable circumstance, given that Cyprus Airways operates in a liberalised sector and provided that its competitors are operating legally.
1991, s. I-1603, body 18 a 19; vec T-16/96, Cityflyer Express/Komisia, Zb.
As regards the allegation that the Cypriot State is subsidising competitors of Cyprus Airways, the Commission did not receive any substantiation of this allegation.
1998, s. II-757, bod 51; spojené veci T-129/95, T-2/96 a T-97/96, Neue Maxhütte Stahlwerke a Lech-Stahlwerke/Komisia, Zb.
At any rate, the Commission stresses that it cannot be argued that the State needs to provide State aid to Cyprus Airways in order to offset the harmful effects of an alleged measure that the State is claimed to have introduced itself, and qualify the latter as exceptional and unforeseeable circumstance.
1999, s. II-17, bod 104; spojené veci T-268/08 a T-281/08, Land Burgenland a Rakúsko/Komisia, Zb.
As regards the unrest in the Middle East, the Commission considers that such a situation cannot be considered as exceptional, given the persistent unrest in parts of the region for many decades.
2012, s. II-0000, bod 48.
Thus, even a significant drop in traffic would have a relatively small (even if ‘not negligible’) impact, that is to say it would affect at maximum 10 % of the total revenues of Cyprus Airways.
1993, s. I-2097, bod 20.
As regards the deterioration of the Greek and Cypriot economies, the Commission acknowledges those events, as well as the possible drop in the average fare for the Greek flights.
Cyprus Airways neuverejnila finančné výkazy od prvej polovice roka 2012.
However, the Commission recalls that Cyprus Airways expanded its domestic flights in Greece between 2011 and 2013, and was thus consciously increasing its exposure to the Greek market.
Spojené veci T-102/07, Freistaat Sachsen/Komisia, a T-120/07, MB Immobilien a MB System/Komisia, Zb.
The available evidence in the 2013 restructuring plan and the information provided by competitors suggests that the total passenger traffic in the Cypriot market has increased since 2009 while the market share of Cyprus Airways has been reduced.
2010, s. II-585, bod 106.
In addition, other airlines operating in the region have also been confronted with the economic crisis, but have adjusted their pricing policy and network, in order to remain in the market.
Pozri rozhodnutie Komisie 2008/716/ES z 2. apríla 2008 o štátnej pomoci C 38/07 (ex NN 45/07) poskytnutej Francúzskom v prospech spoločnosti Arbel Fauvet Rail SA, bod 35 (Ú. v. EÚ L 238, 5.9.2008, s. 27).
In fact, Ryanair pointed that it has even achieved growth in those markets.
(Ú. v. EÚ L 301, 30.10.2012, s. 29) odôvodnenie 93; rozhodnutie Komisie z 29. júla 2014 vo veci SA.36874 (2013/N) o pomoci na reštrukturalizáciu pre LOT Polish Airlines S. A., zatiaľ neuverejnené, odôvodnenie 241.
In the light of the above, the Commission considers that Cyprus Airways, despite acknowledging the risks through explicit, albeit ‘generic’, statements in the annual reports in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and despite the options available, failed to make the necessary adjustments to its business, in order to avoid the effect of the economic deterioration in its main markets and to profit from new markets, as its competitors did.
V rozhodnutí Komisie z 22. februára 2006 vo veci N 464/2005, pomoc na reštrukturalizáciu v prospech AB Kauno ketaus liejykla, citovanom aj cyperskými orgánmi Komisia schválila dlhšie obdobie reštrukturalizácie, ktoré okrem iného vychádzalo zo 46 % zníženia kapacity.
Those effects can therefore not qualify as an exceptional and unforeseeable circumstance, but should rather be attributed to the poor management and performance of Cyprus Airways.
Cyprus Airways bude znižovať svoju kapacitu iba o 35 %.
The Commission therefore concludes that the exception of point 73(c) of Section 3.3 of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines is not fulfilled and that restructuring aid to Cyprus Airways would breach the ‘one time, last time’ principle.
Pozri napríklad rozhodnutie Komisie z 9. júla 2014 vo veci SA.34191 (2012/C), pokiaľ ide o opatrenia zavedené Lotyšskom pre A/S Air Baltic Corporation (airBaltic), zatiaľ neuverejnené, odôvodnenie 185; alebo rozhodnutie Komisie z 29. júla 2014 vo veci SA.36874 (2013/N) o pomoci na reštrukturalizáciu pre LOT Polish Airlines S. A., zatiaľ neuverejnené, odôvodnenie 234.
Conclusion
Plne koordinované letiská sú vymedzené v článku 2 písm. g) nariadenia Rady (EHS) č. 95/93 z 18. januára 1993 o spoločných pravidlách prideľovania prevádzkových intervalov na letiskách Spoločenstva (Ú. v. ES L 14, 22.1.1993, s. 1).
In view of the above, the Commission finds that Cyprus has unlawfully implemented measures 1, 2, 4 and 5 in favour of Cyprus Airways, in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Podľa článku 3 ods. 4 nariadenia (EHS) č. 95/93 tieto letiská, prinajmenšom počas určitých období, čelia kapacitným obmedzeniam.
The Commission also considers that measures 1, 2, 4 and 5 and the 2013 restructuring plan do not meet the conditions of the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines.
Pozri rozhodnutie Komisie z 9. júla 2014 vo veci SA.34191 (2012/C), pokiaľ ide o opatrenia zavedené Lotyšskom pre A/S Air Baltic Corporation (airBaltic), zatiaľ neuverejnené, odôvodnenie 194; rozhodnutie Komisie z 9. júla 2014 vo veci SA.32715 (2012/C), pokiaľ ide o spoločnosť Adria Airways d. d., zatiaľ neuverejnené, odôvodnenie 143; rozhodnutie 2013/151/EÚ odôvodnenie 130.