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The discount rate was based on the discount rates of the German Bundesbank starting from 2008.
Štátna pomoc, ktorú Nemecko neoprávnene poskytlo v rozpore s článkom 108 ods. 3 zmluvy v prospech spoločností Germanwings, TUIFly a Ryanair/AMS prostredníctvom zmlúv o letiskových službách a zmlúv o marketingových službách uzatvorených 15. septembra 2006 (Germanwings), 1. apríla 2008 (TUIFly) a 22. septembra 2008/6. októbra 2008 [Ryanair/Airport Marketing Services („AMS“)] je nezlučiteľná s vnútorným trhom.
The Commission finds that the approach taken by Germany in estimating the passenger numbers, and calculating on that basis the expected incremental aviation and non-aviation revenues, is sound.
Článok 2
The same holds true with respect to the discount rates.
Úver poskytnutý spoločnosti FZG bankou Sparkasse Südwestpfalz nepredstavuje štátnu pomoc.
The Commission further notes Germany's disagreement that in calculating the incremental revenue only over the duration of the agreement, long-term gains are not taken into account.
Zmluva o letiskových službách, ktorú uzatvorila spoločnosť FZG so spoločnosťou Germanwings 30. júna 2008, nepredstavuje štátnu pomoc.
In response, the Commission refers to its reasoning developed in recitals 376 and 377, that it is indeed appropriate to take only the incremental costs and revenues generated over the duration of the agreement into account.
Článok 3
The Commission also takes note of Germany's submission that the marketing services agreement could not be regarded as only producing costs, but should be also viewed as generating income.
Nemecko vymôže od príjemcov pomoci nezlučiteľnú pomoc uvedenú v článku 1.
Germany did not propose any methodology to evaluate the specific incremental revenue generated by the marketing services agreement beyond increasing traffic (and thus also non-aeronautical revenues) at the airport.
Spoločnosti FGAZ a FZG sú spoločne zodpovedné za vrátenie štátnej pomoci, ktorú dostala niektorá z nich.
In any event, the Commission has already determined in recitals 347 et seq. that a MEO would take only the incremental revenue of the airport into account in evaluating the positive effects of the marketing services agreement.
Spoločnosti Ryanair a AMS sú spoločne zodpovedné za vrátenie štátnej pomoci, ktorú dostala niektorá z nich.
As regards incremental operating costs in particular, the Commission must base itself on the data provided by Germany and FGAZ/FZG as long as these appear reasonable, as it is not itself in a position to independently estimate those costs.
Sumy, ktoré sa majú vrátiť, sú:
The same is, in principle, true for the incremental investment costs, as Germany and FGAZ/FZG are in a better position to estimate which investment can be directly traced back to a particular airport services agreement.
pokiaľ ide o priame investičné granty poskytnuté spolkovou krajinou Porýnie-Falcko a združením ZEF v prospech spoločnosti FZG:
Having analysed the information provided by Germany, the Commission accepts the general calculation of the incremental costs as reasonable.
20564170 EUR poskytnutých od 12. decembra 2000 do 31. decembra 2009 mínus náklady na hasičské služby a náklady, na náhradu ktorých má prevádzkovateľ letiska nárok podľa § 8 ods. 3 zákona o leteckej bezpečnosti, v rozsahu, v akom boli kryté priamymi investičnými grantmi;
Furthermore, it appears reasonable that the hiring of additional staff to handle Germanwings and initial investments in renovating the terminal can be traced back to the first agreement with Germanwings, as that agreement was the trigger to forcefully develop commercial aviation at Zweibrücken.
pokiaľ ide o ročné kapitálové injekcie poskytnuté spolkovou krajinou Porýnie-Falcko a združením ZEF v prospech spoločnosti FGAZ:
As the expected discounted result is negative for the first Germanwings agreement as well as for the TUIFly and Ryanair agreements, the Commission finds that FGAZ/FZG did not act like a MEO in concluding those agreements.
26629000 EUR poskytnutých od roku 2000 do roku 2009 mínus náklady na hasičské služby a náklady, na náhradu ktorých má prevádzkovateľ letiska nárok podľa § 8 ods. 3 zákona o leteckej bezpečnosti, v rozsahu, v akom boli kryté ročnými kapitálovými injekciami, a mínus sumy poskytnuté pred 12 decembrom 2000;
The Airport could not have expected to cover at least the incremental costs brought about by any one of those agreements.
pokiaľ ide o 100 % záruku na úver poskytnutý spolkovou krajinou Porýnie-Falcko v prospech spoločnosti FZG:
As FGAZ/FZG thus did not behave like a MEO, its decision to conclude the agreements on those terms granted Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair an economic advantage.
peňažný ekvivalent hodnoty záruky, ktorý sa určí podľa oznámenia Komisie o uplatňovaní článkov 87 a 88 Zmluvy o ES na štátnu pomoc vo forme záruk;
In contrast, the second Germanwings agreement could have been expected to lead to a positive discounted result.
pokiaľ ide o účasť spoločnosti FGAZ na cash-poole spolkovej krajiny Porýnie-Falcko:
In concluding that agreement, FGAZ/FZG therefore did not grant an economic advantage to Germanwings.
peňažný ekvivalent výhodných úverových podmienok, ktorý sa určí v súlade s oznámením Komisie o revízii spôsobu stanovenia referenčných a diskontných sadzieb z 12. decembra 2007, mínus akákoľvek výhoda získaná pri úveroch, ktoré boli použité na pokrytie nákladov na hasičské služby a nákladov, na náhradu ktorých má prevádzkovateľ letiska nárok podľa § 8 ods. 3 zákona o leteckej bezpečnosti;
The economic advantage identified in recitals 376 et seq. was granted on a selective basis, as only airlines operating from Zweibrücken Airport benefited from it.
pokiaľ ide o zmluvu o letiskových službách uzatvorenú medzi spoločnosťami Germanwings a FZG 15. septembra 2006:
In this context, the argument advanced by Germany that the discounts on airport charges granted to airlines flying from Zweibrücken were not selective must be rejected.
sumu nezlučiteľnej pomoci;
Germany argued that the discounts were open to all airlines wishing to operate from Zweibrücken, which allegedly rendered them non-selective.
pokiaľ ide o zmluvu o letiskových službách uzatvorenú medzi spoločnosťami TUIFly a FZG 1. apríla 2008:
In response, the Commission first observes that the individual agreements concluded with the airlines diverge from the schedule of charges and from each other (see recitals 67 to 72), thus containing individually-negotiated conditions.
pokiaľ ide o zmluvu o letiskových službách a zmluvu o marketingových službách uzatvorené medzi spoločnosťami Ryanair a FZG 22. septembra 2008 a medzi spoločnosťou AMS a spolkovou krajinou Porýnie-Falcko 6. októbra 2008:
The precise advantage granted would then appear to be selective as regards each individual airline.
sumu nezlučiteľnej pomoci.
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.
Sumy, ktoré sa majú vrátiť, sú úročené odo dňa, keď boli dané k dispozícii príjemcom, až do ich skutočného vrátenia.
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].
Nemecko poskytne presné dátumy, kedy bola pomoc poskytnutá štátom daná k dispozícii príslušným príjemcom.
Advocate-General Mengozzi further remarked that
Úrok sa vypočíta ako zložený úrok v súlade s kapitolou V nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 794/2004 [119].
‘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].
Nemecko zruší všetky nevyplatené platby pomoci uvedenej v článku 1 s účinnosťou od dátumu prijatia tohto rozhodnutia.
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].
Článok 4
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.
Vrátenie pomoci uvedenej v článku 1 je bezodkladné a účinné.
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].
Nemecko zabezpečí, aby sa toto rozhodnutie vykonalo do štyroch mesiacov od dátumu jeho oznámenia.
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.
Článok 5
As the Court of Justice has observed,
Do dvoch mesiacov od oznámenia tohto rozhodnutia predloží Nemecko nasledujúce informácie:
‘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.
celkovú výšku pomoci, ktorá bola poskytnutá príjemcom, a najmä:
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.
sumu priamych investičných grantov, kapitálových injekcií a peňažného ekvivalentu výhodných úverov, ktoré pokrývali náklady na hasičské služby a náklady, na náhradu ktorých má prevádzkovateľ letiska nárok podľa § 8 ods. 3 LuftSiG;
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.
informácie o úverovej bonite spoločností FGAZ/FZG pri vydaní 100 % záruky a pri každom poskytnutí úveru z cash-poolu s cieľom umožniť Komisii určiť peňažný ekvivalent záruky a výhodných podmienok úverov poskytnutých z cash-poolu v súlade s oznámením Komisie o uplatňovaní článkov 87 a 88 Zmluvy o ES na štátnu pomoc vo forme záruk a oznámením Komisie o revízii spôsobu stanovenia referenčných a diskontných sadzieb z 12. decembra 2007, v príslušnom poradí;
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.
celkovú sumu (istinu a úroky z vymáhania), ktorú má vrátiť každý príjemca;
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.
podrobný opis opatrení, ktoré sa už prijali a ktoré sa plánujú prijať na dosiahnutie súladu s týmto rozhodnutím;
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.
dokumenty preukazujúce, že príjemcom bolo nariadené pomoc vrátiť.
In the opening decision the Commission requested Germany to provide information on whether compatibility could be established pursuant to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Nemecko bude Komisiu priebežne informovať o vývoji prijímania vnútroštátnych opatrení na vykonanie tohto rozhodnutia dovtedy, kým nebude pomoc uvedená v článku 1 v plnej výške vrátená.
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.
Na jednoduché požiadanie Komisie bezodkladne poskytne informácie o opatreniach, ktoré sa už prijali a ktoré sa plánujú prijať na dosiahnutie súladu s týmto rozhodnutím.
Nor did the interested parties who submitted comments put forward any arguments demonstrating the compatibility of the State aid measure with the internal market.
Takisto poskytne podrobné informácie o sumách pomoci a úrokoch z vymáhania, ktoré príjemcovia už vrátili.
The Commission nevertheless finds it useful to briefly consider whether the State aid in question could be considered compatible start-up aid.
Článok 6
Applicable legal framework
Toto rozhodnutie je určené Spolkovej republike Nemecko.
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that:
V Bruseli 1. októbra 2014
‘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.
Za Komisiu
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.
podpredseda
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].
S účinkom od 1. decembra 2009 sa články 87 a 88 Zmluvy o ES stali článkami 107 a 108 Zmluvy o fungovaní Európskej únie (ďalej len „ZFEÚ“).
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that:
Uvedené dva súbory článkov sú vo svojej podstate totožné.
‘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.’
Na účely tohto rozhodnutia sa prípadnými odkazmi na články 107 a 108 ZFEÚ rozumejú odkazy na články 87 a 88 Zmluvy o ES.
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.
ZFEÚ priniesla aj niektoré zmeny terminológie, napríklad nahradenie termínu „Spoločenstvo“ termínom „Únia“ a termínu „spoločný trh“ termínom „vnútorný trh“.
Compatibility assessment pursuant to 2005 Aviation Guidelines
V tomto rozhodnutí sa bude používať terminológia ZFEÚ.
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.
Ú. v. EÚ C 216, 21.7.2012, s. 56.
The Commission starts its analysis with the condition set out in point 79(d) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Otázka na písomné zodpovedanie E-6470/08 z 2. decembra 2008, ktorú predložila Komisii Hiltrud Breyerová (Verts/ALE) a ktorá sa týka subvencovania letiska Zweibrücken spolkovou krajinou Porýnie-Falcko.
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.
Oznámenie Komisie – Usmernenia o štátnej pomoci pre letiská a letecké spoločnosti (Ú. v. EÚ C 99, 4.4.2014, s. 3).
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].
Uplatňovanie článkov 92 a 93 Zmluvy o ES a článku 61 Dohody o EHP na štátnu pomoc v odvetví leteckej dopravy (Ú. v. ES C 350, 10.12.1994, s. 5).
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.
Usmernenia Spoločenstva týkajúce sa financovania letísk a štátnej pomoci na začatie činnosti pre letecké spoločnosti s odletom z regionálnych letísk (Ú. v. EÚ C 312, 9.12.2005, s. 1).
Germany was therefore asked to provide details on the relationship between the aid and the eligible costs.
Ú. v.
Neither Germany nor the third parties commenting on the opening decision provided any such information.
EÚ C 113, 15.4.2014, s. 30.
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.
Nariadenie č. 1 z 15. apríla 1958 o používaní jazykov v Európskom hospodárskom spoločenstve (Ú. v.
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.
ES 17, 6.10.1958, s. 385/58).
The State aid granted to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair therefore constitutes unlawful and incompatible State aid that has to be recovered.
Rozhodnutie Komisie z 22. decembra 1993 – K (93) 3964/6 – Konver I- a rozhodnutie Komisie z 21. decembra 1995 – K (95) 3208 – Konver II.
RECOVERY
Pre Porýnie-Falcko projekty prestavby zahŕňali projekt „vojenské letisko Zweibrücken“.
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.
Financovanie Úniou dosiahlo výšku 9 miliónov EUR.
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].
Všetky vzdialenosti v cestných kilometroch na základe najrýchlejšej trasy.
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].
Zdroj:
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’.
maps.google.com, z 25. júna 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.
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, s. 56.
Table 9 indicates the approximate recovery amounts.
Predmetom povinnosti služobného tajomstva
Table 9
Spojené veci T-443/08 a T-455/08 Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG a Flughafen Leipzig Halle GmbH/Komisia (ďalej len: „rozsudok vo veci Lipsko/Halle“), Zb.
Information about the approximate amounts of aid received, to be recovered and already recovered
2011, s.
Identity of the beneficiary
II-1311, najmä body 93 – 94;
Total approximate amount of aid received (in EUR)
potvrdené rozsudkom vo veci C-288/11 P Mitteldeutsche Flughafen a Flughafen Leipzig-Halle/Komisia, 2012, ECLI:EU:C:2012:821.
Total approximate amount of aid to be recovered [117] (in EUR)
Rozhodnutie Komisie 2005/842/ES z 28. novembra 2005 o uplatňovaní článku 86 ods. 2 Zmluvy o ES na štátnu pomoc vo forme náhrady za služby vo verejnom záujme udeľovanej niektorým podnikom povereným poskytovaním služieb všeobecného hospodárskeho záujmu (Ú. v. EÚ L 312, 29.11.2005, s. 67).
(Principal)
Rozhodnutie Komisie 2012/21/EÚ z 20. decembra 2011 o uplatňovaní článku 106 ods. 2 Zmluvy o fungovaní Európskej únie na štátnu pomoc vo forme náhrady za službu vo verejnom záujme udeľovanej niektorým podnikom povereným poskytovaním služieb všeobecného hospodárskeho záujmu (Ú. v. EÚ L 7, 11.1.2012, s. 3).
Total amount already reimbursed (in EUR)
Oznámenie Komisie o rámci Európskej únie pre štátnu pomoc vo forme náhrady za služby vo verejnom záujme (2011) (Ú. v. EÚ C 8, 11.1.2012, s. 15).
Principal
Oznámenie Komisie o revízii spôsobu stanovenia referenčných a diskontných sadzieb z 12. decembra 2007 (Ú. v. EÚ C 14, 19.1.2008, s. 6).
Recovery interest [118]
Oznámenie Komisie o uplatňovaní článkov 87 a 88 Zmluvy o ES na štátnu pomoc vo forme záruk (Ú. v. EÚ C 155, 20.6.2008, s. 10).
Direct Investment Grants
Predložené ako príloha 8 k vyjadreniu Nemecka z 27. januára 2011.
Capital Injections
Prof.
100 % Guarantee
Dr. Heuer und Prof.
Cash-Pool Participation
Dr. Klophaus, unter Mitarbeit von Dr. Berster a Wilken, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft – und Raumfahrt, január 2006, „Regionalökonomische Bedeutung und Perspektiven des Flugplatzes Zweibrücken“, S. 146;
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,
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, s. 85.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Zmluva o letiskových službách medzi spoločnosťami Ryanair a FZG z 22. septembra 2008, oddiel 3.
Article 1
Spoločnosť Oxera, „Ako by sa malo pristupovať k zmluvám so spoločnosťou AMS pri analýze ziskovosti v rámci kritéria subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve?“ vypracované pre spoločnosť Ryanair, 17. januára 2014.
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.
Spoločnosť Oxera, „Ako by sa malo pristupovať k zmluvám so spoločnosťou AMS pri analýze ziskovosti v rámci kritéria subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve? – praktické uplatňovanie“vypracované pre spoločnosť Ryanair, 31. januára 2014.