natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
It is worth noting in this sense that in general the application of the MEOP in reference to an average price observed on comparable markets may be reliable to the extent a market price may be identified or deducted from other market indicators.
Ak táto trasa nebude obnovená po skončení platnosti dohody o letiskových službách, je nepravdepodobné, že marketingové služby budú mať aj naďalej kladný vplyv na dopravu cestujúcich nad rámec tohto skončenia platnosti.
Indeed, the structure of costs and revenues tend to differ quite significantly from one airport to another.
Najmä nízkonákladoví leteckí dopravcovia preukázali, že keď ide o otvorenie a ukončenie trás, veľmi citlivo reagujú na trhové podmienky, ktoré sa väčšinou menia veľmi rýchlo.
Those costs and revenues depend on the development of the airport, the state of the airport infrastructure, the number or aid carriers operating at the airport, the airport's capacity, the regulatory framework at national level, which may be different from one Member State to another, as well as the deficits and obligations incurred by the airport in the past.
Napríklad Taliansko v tejto veci uviedlo, že spoločnosť Germanwings sa rozhodla ukončiť činnosť na letisku Alghero len po jednom roku, takže jej dohoda so spoločnosťou So.Ge.A.AL nebola plnená počas celého obdobia platnosti (dopravca uzavrel s letiskom dohodu na tri roky), lebo neprinášala dostatočný objem dopravy na dosiahnutie prahu ziskovosti.
Moreover, the liberalisation of the air transport market complicates any purely comparative analysis.
Z dokumentov v spise tiež vyplýva, že spoločnosť Ryanair najmenej raz (v roku 2009) prehodnocovala svoju činnosť na letisku Alghero.
As can be seen in this case, commercial practices between airports and airlines are not always based exclusively on a published schedule of charges.
Pri uzatváraní transakcie, ktorá sa skúma v tejto veci, by sa teda obozretný súkromný subjekt v trhovom hospodárstve nespoliehal na to, že letecký dopravca predĺži prevádzku danej trasy po skončení platnosti dohody.
Rather, these commercial relations are very varied.
V neposlednom rade Komisia poznamenáva, že Taliansko nepoužilo tento prístup založený na začlenení konečnej hodnoty, ktorý použilo v rekonštrukcii analýzy ziskovosti ex ante dohôd z rokov 2006 a 2010, keď posudzovalo ziskovosť dohôd uzatvorených s inými leteckými dopravcami pôsobiacimi na letisku, hoci s prevádzkovateľom letiska boli uzatvorené marketingové dohody.
They include sharing risks with regard to passenger traffic and any related commercial and financial liability, standard incentive schemes and adapting the spread of risks during the term of the agreements.
Argumentácia Talianska v tejto súvislosti je založená na skutočnosti, že počet možných návštevníkov webových sídel iných spoločností ako spoločnosti Ryanair je výrazne nižší ako počet návštevníkov ryanair.com.
Consequently, one transaction cannot easily be compared with another based on a turnaround price or price per passenger.
So zreteľom na túto omnoho nižšiu obľúbenosť by nebolo relevantné kvantifikovať konečnú hodnotu v analýze ziskovosti dohôd s inými leteckými dopravcami.
In the course of the investigation Ryanair has claimed that in order to exclude an economic advantage that would not be obtained under normal market conditions the charges in the agreements with the airlines operating at Alghero airport have to be compared with charges paid by Ryanair at similar airports over an appropriate timeframe.
Komisia však poznamenáva, že do roku 2006 uzatvárala spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL marketingové dohody so spoločnosťou Ryanair a nie so spoločnosťou AMS.
[…] Airports have been selected by Ryanair as the most relevant comparators for the purposes of this analysis [103].
Konečná hodnota sa nepovažovala za faktor ovplyvňujúci budúce prínosy získané po ukončení platnosti marketingových dohôd, ktoré spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL uzatvorila so spoločnosťou Ryanair v rokoch 2002 a 2003.
[…] is ultimately owned by […], which is in turn owned by various local authorities from the […] area.
Z odôvodnení 428 až 449 je jasné, že jediný prínos, ktorý by obozretný súkromný subjekt v trhovom hospodárstve očakával na základe dohody o marketingových službách a na ktorý by kvantitatívne prihliadal pri rozhodovaní o tom, či uzatvoriť alebo neuzatvoriť takúto dohodu v spojení s dohodou o letiskových službách, by bol možný kladný vplyv marketingových služieb na počet cestujúcich, ktorí by využívali trasy, ktorých sa predmetné dohody týkajú, počas obdobia prevádzky týchto trás podľa ustanovení dohôd.
Ryanair noted that […]'s annual reports do not provide any indication of State funding, and that the airport has made profits every year since at least […].
Komisia sa domnieva, že všetky ostatné možné prínosy sú príliš neisté, aby ich bolo možné kvantifikovať a prihliadať na ne.
Ryanair's operations at […] Airport started in […].
Posúdenie prírastkových nákladov a príjmov
The airport has consistently been privately owned, which in Ryanair's view would suggest that the airport can be used as a comparator in the application of the MEO test.
Komisia musí so zreteľom na úvahy v odôvodneniach 398 až 450 na účely uplatnenia zásady súkromného subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve i) analyzovať každú dohodu o letiskových službách spoločne s marketingovou dohodou, ak existuje, vrátane prípadov, keď bola takáto dohoda podpísaná so spoločnosťou AMS, a ii) určiť prírastkové náklady a príjmy, ktoré by bolo možné odôvodnene očakávať od každej spoločnej transakcie, pričom sa zohľadní účinok marketingových dohôd na očakávané koeficienty zaťaženia.
According to Ryanair, the results from comparing the data on charges paid by Ryanair at Alghero airport with charges at comparable airports are mixed.
Dohody so spoločnosťou Ryanair
If it is assumed that no municipal tax is returned to the region, the charges payable by Ryanair at Alghero airport are, on average, lower than those at comparators on both a per-passenger and a per-aircraft basis.
Dohody o letiskových službách, ktoré spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL uzatvorila so spoločnosťou Ryanair, sú uvedené v tabuľke 7:
However, if it is assumed that a proportion of the municipal tax — specifically, 66 %, based on information provided by Ryanair — is returned to the region, average charges paid by Ryanair at Alghero airport are higher than at those paid at […] Airport, although still lower than those paid at […] Airport.
Tabuľka 7
Ryanair suggests that this could be partly explained by the lower GDP in Sardinia, compared with the GDP in […] and […].
Dohody o letiskových službách, ktoré spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL uzatvorila so spoločnosťou Ryanair
The Commission agrees that a benchmarking of airport charges cannot be excluded outright as a possible approach to assess the presence of aid to airlines.
(dátum podpisu)
However, the identification of a benchmark requires that a sufficient number of comparable airports providing comparable services under normal market conditions can be selected.
Obdobie, počas ktorého mala dohoda platiť
According to paragraph 54 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, an appropriate benchmark among airports whose managers behave as MEO has to be identified on the basis of available and relevant market prices.
Dohoda o letiskových službách z roku 2000
This benchmark should take into account indicators such as traffic volumes, type of traffic, the importance of freight and the relative importance of revenue stemming from the non-aeronautical activities of the airport, type and level of airport services provided, proximity of the airport to a large city, number of inhabitants in the catchment area of the airport, prosperity of the surrounding area (GDP per capita), and the different geographical areas from which passengers could be attracted.
(22. jún 2000)
In that respect the Commission notes that, even if some airports are privately owned or managed without social or regional considerations, the prices charged by these airports might be strongly influenced by the prices charged by other publicly subsidized airport managers as these latter prices are taken into account by airlines during their negotiations with the privately owned or managed airports.
22. jún 2000 – 21. jún 2010
In this case, the Commission notes that Ryanair itself considered that as Alghero airport is located on an island, with not many large cities or airports in proximity, it is difficult to find comparators with nearly identical characteristics.
Dohoda o letiskových službách z roku 2002
Ryanair further noted that the mixed results of the benchmarking exercise could be explained by the difference in GDP in Sardinia, compared with the GDP in the areas where potential comparator airports are located.
(25. január 2002)
Finally, the Commission notes that even if reliable comparators were available, a benchmarking exercise would in any event not have been possible in the present case.
1. január 2002 – 31. december 2012
Indeed, the arrangements under investigation include airport services and marketing agreements which lay down different ‘prices’, namely different airport charges, handling charges and the marketing fees.
Dohoda o letiskových službách z roku 2003
Some of those charges depend on the number of passengers, some on the number of turnarounds, whilst others are fixed.
(1. september 2003)
Therefore each of those agreements imply complex financial flows between the airport manager and the airlines (and their subsidiaries) operating at the airport, namely airport charges, handling fees and marketing fees.
1. september 2003 – 1. september 2014
Therefore the Commission considers that a comparison between the airport charges charged by So.Ge.A.AL to the airlines operating at Alghero airport with the airport charges payable at comparator airports would not provide any useful indication for the purpose of applying the MEOP.
Dohoda o letiskových službách z roku 2006
In order for such a benchmarking exercise to produce reliable results, it would be necessary that at least comparable arrangements are found at the comparator airports, which should include in particular similar marketing payments and handling fees.
(3. apríl 2006)
Given the specificity and complexity of the arrangements at stake, the Commission considers that such benchmarking exercise cannot be carried out, notably also given that the prices charged for handling services and marketing services are rarely made public and would therefore not be readily available for the purpose of such exercise.
1. január 2006 – 31. december 2010
Neither has Ryanair provided such data for the two comparators.
Dohoda o letiskových službách z roku 2010
In any event, even if it would be assumed that a benchmarking exercise could be carried out with similar arrangements in force at comparable airports, which would lead the Commission to conclude that the ‘prices’ in question are equivalent or even superior to the ‘market price’, the Commission could not conclude on this basis that the arrangements under investigation are market-conform if it would turn out that at the moment the arrangements in question were entered into by the airport manager, the later could have reasonably expected that they would result in incremental costs in excess of incremental revenues.
(20. október 2010)
Indeed, a MEO would not have had any interest in offering its goods or services at ‘market price’ if this was expected to result in incremental losses.
1. január 2010 – 31. december 2013
Therefore the Commission considers that the airline arrangements at airports put forward by Ryanair as allegedly relevant comparators cannot constitute an appropriate benchmark to establish the market price for services provided by So.Ge.A.AL to the different airlines at Alghero airport.
Žiadny z týchto obchodných plánov sa však netýka osobitne konkrétnej dohody, ktorú spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL uzatvorila s leteckými dopravcami pôsobiacimi na letisku Alghero alebo so spoločnosťou AMS.
In the absence of an identifiable market benchmark, the Commission considers that the ex ante incremental profitability analysis is the relevant criterion for the assessment of arrangements concluded by the airport with individual airlines.
Okrem toho sa nevzťahujú na celé obdobie platnosti dohôd spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL s týmito leteckými dopravcami.
In this analysis, all the relevant incremental revenues and costs associated with the transaction must be taken into account.
Ako je uvedené vyššie, Taliansko rekonštruovalo analýzu ziskovosti ex ante dohôd so spoločnosťou Ryanair na základe prírastkových nákladov a príjmov, ktoré mohol súkromný subjekt v trhovom hospodárstve konajúci namiesto spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL odôvodnene očakávať v čase uzatvorenia každej z týchto dohôd v priebehu vyšetrovaného obdobia, t. j. v období rokov 2000 – 2010, ako je zhrnuté v tabuľke 8.
The various elements (discounts to airport charges, marketing grants, other financial incentives) must not be assessed separately.
Na základe týchto analýz mohla spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL v čase uzatvorenia dohôd odôvodnene očakávať, že dohody so spoločnosťou Ryanair budú pre letisko ziskové.
Indeed, as stated in the Charleroi judgment: ‘It is […] necessary, when applying the private investor test, to envisage the commercial transaction as a whole in order to determine whether the public entity and the entity which is controlled by it, taken together, have acted as rational operators in a market economy.
Obchodný plán spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL z roku 2000 bol použitý v rekonštruovanej analýze očakávanej ziskovosti dohôd o letiskových službách z rokov 2000, 2002 a 2003 a obchodné plány z rokov 2004 a 2009 boli použité v rekonštruovanej analýze dohôd o letiskových službách z rokov 2006 a 2010.
The Commission must, when assessing the measures at issue, examine all the relevant features of the measures and their context […]’ [104].
Z obchodných plánov spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL však nebolo možné vyvodiť všetky prírastkové príjmy a náklady spojené s každou dohodou so spoločnosťou Ryanair.
The expected incremental revenues must include in particular the revenues from airport charges, taking into account the discounts as well as the traffic expected to be generated by the agreement, and the non-aeronautical revenues expected to be generated by the additional traffic.
V prípade kategórií prírastkových príjmov a nákladov, ktoré nebolo možné vyvodiť z obchodných plánov, vychádzalo Taliansko vo svojej analýze prírastkových ziskov dohôd, ktoré spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL uzatvorila so spoločnosťou Ryanair, z ustanovení dohôd o letiskových službách a marketingových dohôd.
The expected incremental costs must include in particular all the incremental operating and investment costs that would not be incurred absent the agreement such as incremental personnel, equipment and investment costs induced by the presence of the airline at the airport as well as the costs of the marketing grants and other financial incentives.
Tabuľka 8
On the contrary, costs which the airport would have to incur anyway independently from the arrangement with the airline should not be taken into account in the MEOP assessment.
Čisté súčasné hodnoty peňažných tokov očakávaných od dohôd so spoločnosťou Ryanair na základe správy o zásade súkromného subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve z roku 2014 [108]
The Commission also notes in this context that price differentiation (including marketing support and other incentives) is a standard business practice.
Čistá súčasná hodnota počas trvania dohody (v mil. EUR) [109]
There can be various reasons for not offering the same conditions to all airlines.
Dohoda o letiskových službách z roku 2000
In particular, it can be rational to offer specific financial incentives (including in the form of marketing grants) and specific discounts to the published airport charges to airlines that bring a high number of passengers to the airport.
[4 – 8] [110]
Those favourable conditions can be objectively justified by the expected additional traffic, in view of the non-aeronautical revenues brought about by that additional traffic [105] and also because, even if the margin per passenger generated by the airport charges paid by the airline is reduced by the discounts and financial incentives, this margin may be significant in absolute terms in light of the numbers of passengers at stake.
Dohoda o letiskových službách z roku 2002
For the purposes of assessing whether such discounts and financial incentives confer an economic advantage, it must be determined whether, when the airport manager took the decision to offer them, it could reasonably expect this decision to be profitable, or in other words, to lead to a higher profit (or lower losses) than would be achieved in the counterfactual situation.
[3 – 6]
Besides, the Commission notes that the agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with the airlines operating at the airport were part of the long term strategy of the airport.
[9 – 12]
It is evident from So.Ge.A.AL's business plans (see recitals 59-75) that it relied on low-costs airlines as major growth driver and that it was expected to reverse previous declines and return to viability once it was awarded the comprehensive concession for the management of Alghero airport.
Predpoklady, na ktoré sa prihliadalo na účely rekonštruovanej analýzy ziskovosti, sú opísané v odôvodneniach 459 až 471.
Therefore, the condition mentioned at recital 399 is satisfied by all contracts under assessment.
Príjmy z leteckej činnosti
It results from all that precedes that for each agreement under investigation, if it can be established that at the time when it was concluded, a MEO guided by profitability prospects and acting in lieu of So.Ge.A.AL could have expected the future incremental costs to be generated by the agreement to be offset by future incremental revenues, then this agreement complies with the MEOP and does not constitute State aid.
Taliansko prihliadalo na rôzne kategórie príjmov z leteckej činnosti, konkrétne na príjmy z poplatkov, ako sú poplatky za pristátie, pozemnú obsluhu a predaj leteniek.
On the joint assessment of the ASAs with Ryanair and marketing agreements with AMS
Ak boli k dispozícii, používali sa poplatky stanovené v dohodách o leteckých službách.
In the 2012 Decision, the Commission considered that for the purpose of application of the MEOP, the ASAs with Ryanair and the marketing services agreements with Ryanair and AMS and their financial consequences had to be assessed together as one single measure.
V prípade poplatkov, ktoré neboli uvedené v dohodách o leteckých službách, boli predpoklady založené na fakturačných údajoch, ktoré poskytla spoločnosť Ryanair.
Ryanair did not dispute that the marketing agreements concluded directly between Ryanair and So.Ge.A.AL in 2002 and 2003 should be assessed together with the 2002 and 2003 ASAs.
Taliansko však vysvetlilo, že fakturačné údaje spoločnosti Ryanair týkajúce sa poplatkov zodpovedajú zverejneným poplatkom spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL za všetky letiskové služby okrem obsluhy.
However, Ryanair rejected the preliminary conclusion of the Commission that Ryanair and AMS must be considered as a single entity and a given ASA entered into by So.Ge.A.AL and Ryanair, and a marketing service agreement entered into by So.Ge.A.AL and AMS at the same time should be assessed jointly for the purpose of assessment of the existence of an economic advantage.
Spoločnosti Ryanair bola poskytnutá zľava z poplatkov za obsluhu so zreteľom na rozsah činnosti tohto dopravcu na letisku, čo bolo uvedené aj v dohodách o letiskových službách.
According to Ryanair, the ASAs concluded with Ryanair and the marketing services agreements concluded with AMS would be separate and independent, they would relate to different services and would not be subject to any contractual or other link between them justifying their consideration as a single set of measures.
Spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL na účely získania prírastkových príjmov z leteckej činnosti doplnila informácie o cestujúcich a spiatočných letoch spoločnosti Ryanair z dohôd o letiskových službách o informácie získané z obchodných plánov.
That view was supported by AMS.
V dohodách o letiskových službách z rokov 2000, 2002 a 2003 neboli uvedené žiadne projekcie dopravy.
In that sense, the Commission notes that there are several indications clearly pointing towards the fact that the agreements are to be evaluated as one single measure since they were concluded within the framework of a single transaction.
Prognózy dopravy pre analýzu dohôd z rokov 2000, 2002 a 2003 boli preto vyvodené z obchodného plánu spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL z roku 2000, ktorý obsahoval projekcie objemu dopravy spoločnosti Ryanair na letisku.
First, the agreements were concluded by the same parties at the same time:
Hoci v dohodách o letiskových službách z rokov 2006 a 2010 boli stanovené určité cieľové hodnoty objemu dopravy pre spoločnosť Ryanair, Taliansko vysvetlilo, že v týchto cieľových hodnotách neboli vyjadrené očakávania spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL týkajúce sa celkovej úrovne objemu dopravy spoločnosti Ryanair na letisku.
For the purpose of the application of State aid rules, AMS and Ryanair are considered to be a single undertaking, in the sense that AMS acts in the interest and under the control of Ryanair.
Spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL považovala tieto cieľové hodnoty skôr za minimálne zmluvné záväzky spoločnosti Ryanair.
For the present agreements, this can also be inferred from the fact that the respective marketing agreement states in its preamble that ‘AMS has the exclusive license to offer marketing services on the travel website www.ryanair.com, the website of the Irish low fares airline Ryanair.’
Projekcie dopravy pre dohody o letiskových službách z rokov 2006 a 2010 boli preto založené na obchodných plánoch, ktoré spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL vypracovala v čase najbližšom času pred dátumom podpísania dohôd o letiskových službách z rokov 2006 a 2010 (konkrétne projekcie dopravy sú založené na obchodných plánoch spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL z rokov 2004 a 2009).
Therefore, if So.Ge.A.AL intended to promote a Ryanair destination and the surrounding regions, then this can only be done via AMS;
So zreteľom na skutočnosť, že obchodné plány spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL nepokrývajú celé obdobie jej zmluvných dohôd s leteckými dopravcami, v záujme rozšírenia analýzy ziskovosti na celé obdobie platnosti dohôd so spoločnosťou Ryanair boli v dvoch krokoch vypracované predpoklady leteckej dopravy (rotácií) a odletov cestujúcich na roky, ktoré neboli pokryté v obchodných plánoch.
The respective agreements in all cases were concluded on the same dates.
Najskôr bol odhadnutý počet spiatočných letov spoločnosti Ryanair aktualizovaním počtu spiatočných letov v poslednom roku uvedenom v obchodnom pláne, pričom sa predpokladal ročný nárast spiatočných letov o 19 %.
Second, the preambles of the 2006 and 2010 marketing agreements with AMS state that the ‘website www.ryanair.com provides a unique opportunity for targeting millions of potential Ryanair passengers and presents extensive information about airports, cities and regions that Ryanair operates to’.
Príjmy z iných ako leteckých činností
This indicates that the purpose of the marketing agreement is not generally to promote Sardinia, but more specifically to maximise ticket sales for the Ryanair destination Alghero.
Predpoklady pre príjmy z iných ako leteckých činností vychádzali z obchodných plánov, ktoré spoločnosť So.Ge.A.AL vypracovala v čase najbližšom k dátumu podpísania jednotlivých dohôd o letiskových službách, ako je uvedené v tabuľke 9:
Indeed, the preambles state that So.Ge.A.AL is to target Ryanair passengers in order to promote tourism and business opportunities in the region, and in particular Alghero airport as a destination.
Tabuľka 9
Third, the marketing agreements with AMS state in their first section, entitled ‘Purpose of the Agreement’, that they are ‘rooted in the Ryanair's commitment to operate on routes between Alghero and EU destinations’ (the 2006 agreement mentions London-Stansted, Barcelona Gerona, Frankfurt Hahn, Pisa, Liverpool and Rome).
Predpoklady očakávaných príjmov z iných ako leteckých činností