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Indeed the Commission notes that all agreements subject to the investigation in this case are substantially different and result in different cash flows between So.Ge.A.A.AL and the carriers operating from Alghero airport.
Rozčlenenie verejného financovania podľa verejných akcionárov vrátane príspevkov spoločnosti SFIRS v období rokov 2007, 2009 a 2010 je uvedené v prílohe 1 (správa spoločnosti Accuracy) k tomuto listu, s. 40.
Distortion of competition and effect on trade
List Talianska z 22. októbra 2012.
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 [131].
Toto vymedzenie bolo vykonané článkom 3 ods. 8 legislatívneho dekrétu č. 163 z 12. apríla 2006 (Codice dei contratti pubblici relativi ai lavori, servizi e furniture).
For all practical purposes, a distortion of competition can thus be assumed as soon as a State grants a financial advantage to an undertaking in a liberalised sector where there is (at least potential) competition.
List Talianska z 8. mája 2014.
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 [132].
Vec T-128/89, Aéroports de Paris/Komisia, Zb.
Since the entry into force of the third package on the liberalisation of air transport on 1 January 1993 [133], air carriers can freely operate flights on intra-European connections.
2000, s.
As the Court of Justice observed,
II-3929.
‘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.’ [134].(550) The Commission has found that So.Ge.A.AL granted a selective advantage to Germanwings and Meridiana.
List Talianska z 18. februára 2014, príloha A.
Those airlines are active on a liberalised, competitive market and the advantage they received was liable to improve their competitive position on the market for air transport services to/from Alghero airport to the detriment of other Union air carriers.
Podlieha služobnému tajomstvu.
In this light, the Commission finds that the advantage granted to Germanwings and Meridiana is liable to distort competition and affect trade between Member States.
List Talianska z 18. februára 2014.
Conclusion on the agreements with the airlines
Citovaný rozsudok vo veci Aéroports de Paris.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the measures adopted by So.Ge.A.AL pursuant to the 2010 agreement with Meridiana and the 2007 agreement with Germanwings involved State aid to those airlines, amounting to approximately EUR 175174 and EUR 140482, respectively.
Pozri tiež usmernenia Komisie o uplatňovaní článkov 92 a 93 Zmluvy o ES a článku 61 Dohody o EHP na štátnu pomoc v sektore letectva, Ú. v. ES C 350, 10.12.1994, s. 5.
Since the aid involved in each of these agreements was put into effect without being authorised by the Commission, it constitutes unlawful State aid.
Pozri rozhodnutie Komisie z 21. marca 2012 vo veci C76/2002, Avantages consentis par la Région Wallonne et Brussels South Charleroi Airport à la companie aérienne Ryanair, a rozhodnutie Komisie z 25. apríla 2012 vo veci SA.33961, Plainte Air France – Aéroport de Nîmes.
Compatibility of aid to the airlines
Pozri rozsudok z 18. marca 1997 vo veci C-343/95, Cali & Figli/Servizi ecologici porto di Genova, Zb.
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that:
1997, s.
‘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.
I-1547; rozhodnutie Komisie z 19. marca 2003 vo veci N309/2002, Sûreté aérienne – Compensation des coûts à la suite des attentats du 11 septembre 2001, a rozhodnutie Komisie zo 16. októbra 2002 vo veci N438/2002, Subventions aux régies portuaires pour l'exécution de missions relevant de la puissance publique.
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.
Ú. v. EÚ C 244, 1.10.2004, s. 2.
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.’
Nariadenie Rady (ES) č. 659/1999 z 22. marca 1999 ustanovujúce podrobné pravidlá na uplatňovanie článku 93 Zmluvy o ES (Ú. v. ES L 83, 27.3.1999, s. 1).
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that:
Vymedzená v usmerneniach o leteckej doprave z roku 2014 ako oblasť s polomerom 100 kilometrov alebo približne 60 minút cesty autom, autobusom, vlakom alebo vysokorýchlostným vlakom z letiska.
‘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.’
Spoločnosti So.Ge.A.AL bola 10. mája 1995 udelená prvá „čiastočná“ koncesia na poskytovanie služieb obsluhy na základe zmlúv, ktoré sa mali podpísať s leteckými dopravcami.
As the agreements with Meridiana and Germanwings 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.
Vec C-280/00, Altmark Trans a Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg, Zb.
Compatibility assessment pursuant to 2005 Aviation Guidelines
2003, s.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines set out in point 79 several conditions to be complied with in order for start-up aid to be found compatible with the internal market under Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
I-7747.
The aid is paid to air carriers with a valid operating licence issued by a Member State pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92
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).
In this case the beneficiaries are air carriers as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 [135].
Nariadenie Európskeho parlamentu a Rady (ES) č. 1008/2008 z 24. septembra 2008 o spoločných pravidlách prevádzky leteckých dopravných služieb v Spoločenstve (Ú. v. EÚ L 293, 31.10.2008, s. 3).
The first condition set forth by the 2005 Aviation Guidelines is therefore fulfilled.
List spoločnosti Ryanair z 22. júla 2011.
The aid is paid for routes linking a regional airport in category C or D to another EU airport
List spoločnosti Ryanair z 20. decembra 2013.
As of 2005 Alghero airport qualified as a category C regional airport pursuant to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
List spoločnosti Ryanair z 15. septembra 2009.
The aid was granted to airlines opening new routes from Alghero airport to other airports located in the Union.
List spoločnosti Ryanair z 15. decembra 2009.
The second condition is thus observed.
Listy spoločnosti Ryanair z 12. marca 2013 a 15. decembra 2009.
The aid will apply only to the opening of new routes or new schedules, which will lead to an increase in the net volume of passengers.
Assessing State aid to low cost carriers (Posúdenie štátnej pomoci v prospech nízkonákladových dopravcov), 26. október 2011, vypracoval pre spoločnosť Ryanair Simon Pilsbury, hlavný poradca v spoločnosti Oxera.
This aid must not encourage traffic simply to be transferred from one airline or company to another.
Správa spoločnosti Oxera, How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test?
In particular, it must not lead to a relocation of traffic which is unjustified with regard to the frequency and viability of existing services leaving from another airport in the same city, the same conurbation [136] or the same airport system [137], which serve the same or a similar destination under the same criteria
(Ako by sa malo pristupovať k dohodám spoločnosti AMS v rámci analýzy ziskovosti ako súčasť kritéria súkromného subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve?), vypracovaná pre spoločnosť Ryanair, 17. január 2014.
The aid was granted to encourage airlines to launch new routes from Alghero airport to one or more Union destinations, thereby leading to an increase in the net volume of passengers.
Správa spoločnosti Oxera, How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test? – Practical application (Ako by sa malo pristupovať k dohodám spoločnosti AMS v rámci analýzy ziskovosti ako súčasť kritéria súkromného subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve? – Praktické uplatňovanie), vypracovaná pre spoločnosť Ryanair, 31. január 2014.
There is no other airport in the same city or conurbation.
Správa spoločnosti Oxera, Economic MEOP assessment, Alghero Airport (Hospodárske posúdenie zásady súkromného subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve, letisko Alghero), vypracovaná pre spoločnosť Ryanair, 22. júl 2011.
In addition, none of the routes in question was served by a high-speed rail service.
Správa spoločnosti Oxera, Economic MEOP assessment: updated profitability analysis – Alghero Airport (Hospodárske posúdenie zásady súkromného subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve: aktualizovaná analýza ziskovosti – letisko Alghero), vypracovaná pre spoločnosť Ryanair, 12. marec 2013.
The third condition set forth by the 2005 Aviation Guidelines is thus fulfilled.
Vec C-41/90, Höfner a Elser, Zb.
The route receiving the aid must ultimately prove profitable, namely it must at least cover its costs, without public funding.
1991, s.
For this reason start-up aid must be degressive and of limited duration
I-1979, bod 21; vec C-160/91, Poucet a Pistre/AGF a Cancava, Zb.
Aid to Germanwings and Meridiana was limited to the duration of the agreements concluded with So.Ge.A.AL, namely one and three years respectively However, no condition was imposed in the agreements by which the routes operated by the carriers from Alghero airport had to be ultimately profitable on a stand-alone basis.
1993, s.
The Commission further notes that, while the amount of aid received by Germanwings as listed in Table 19 was degressive, Germanwings ceased operations at Alghero airport in 2007 and therefore never operated without public funding.
I-637, bod 17; vec C-35/96, Komisia/Taliansko, Zb.
The amount of aid must be strictly linked to eligible costs
1998, s.
Eligible costs are defined in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines 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’.
I-3851, bod 36.
Italy has not claimed that the financing to Germanwings and Meridiana was limited to cover eligible costs and that regular operating costs would not be subsidised.
Vec C-288/11 P, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen a Flughafen Leipzig-Halle/Komisia, Zb.
This condition is therefore not complied with.
2012, zatiaľ neuverejnené; pozri tiež vec T-128/89, Aéroports de Paris/Komisia, Zb.
The degressive aid may be granted for a maximum period of three years.
2000, s.
The amount of aid in any one year may not exceed 50 % of total eligible costs for that year and total aid may not exceed an average of 30 % of eligible costs
II-3929, potvrdená vecou C-82/01 P, Aéroports de Paris/Komisia, Zb.
The agreements with the airlines in question make no reference to the costs of the airlines and do not lay down that the aid must be limited to a certain percentage of the eligible costs.
2002, s.
The Commission therefore finds that this condition is not fulfilled.
I-9297, a vec T-196/04, Ryanair/Komisia, Zb.
The period during which start-up aid is granted to an airline must be substantially less than the period during which the airline undertakes to operate from the airport in question
2008, s. II-3643.
The Commission notes that no condition was imposed that the routes opened by the carriers be viable after the period when their operation is subsidised.
Veci C-159/91 a C-160/91, Poucet/AGV a Pistre/Cancave, Zb.
The aid payments must be linked to the net development of the number of passengers transported
1993, s.
The Commission notes that there is a clear link between the number of passengers carried and the amount of aid.
I-637.
In particular, the agreements with Germanwings and Meridiana set out success fees to be paid by So.Ge.A.AL if the airlines met the stipulated traffic targets.
Usmernenia o leteckej doprave z roku 2014, bod 29.
Any public body which plans to grant start-up aid to an airline for a new route, whether or not via an airport, must make its plans public in good time and with adequate publicity to enable all interested airlines to offer their services.
Vec C-364/92, SAT Fluggesellschaft/Eurocontrol, Zb.
The notification must in particular include the description of the route as well as the objective criteria in terms of the amount and the duration of the aid
1994, s.
In the course of the investigation Italy claimed that the airport's intention to conclude agreements with airlines interested in opening new routes departing from Alghero airport had been sufficiently advertised among the potential interested carriers.
I-43; usmernenia o leteckej doprave z roku 2014, bod 34.
However, no evidence was provided in that respect.
Rozhodnutie Komisie z 19. marca 2003 vo veci N 309/2002, už citované.
In particular, no indication exists that Alghero airport made its intention to grant aid to the airlines, and the conditions of the granting of such aid, known in good time and with adequate publicity.
Pozri najmä vec C-364/92, SAT Fluggesellschaft/Eurocontrol, Zb.
The procedure for selection of the air carriers was therefore not sufficiently clear to ensure the non-discriminatory treatment of applicants of interested carriers.
1994, s.
When submitting its application, any airline which proposes a service to a public body offering to grant start-up aid must provide a business plan showing, over a substantial period, the viability of the route after the aid has expired.
I-43, bod 30, a vec C-113/07 P, Selex Sistemi Integrati/Komisia, Zb.
The public body should also carry out an analysis of the impact of the new route on competing routes prior to granting start-up aid
2009, s.
Neither Italy nor interested parties have provided evidence in the investigation that carriers had to provide a business plan for the routes in question beforehand to demonstrate the viability of the route in question on a standalone basis after a certain period.
I-2207, bod 71; usmernenia o leteckej doprave z roku 2014, bod 35.
Neither has So.Ge.A.AL claimed to have carried out an assessment of the impact of the new routes in question on other routes.
Pozri vec C-172/03, Wolfgang Heiser/Finanzamt Innsbruck, Zb.
This condition is therefore not observed.
2005, s.
States must ensure that the list of routes receiving aid is published annually for each airport, in each instance indicating the source of public funding, the recipient company, the amount of aid paid and the number of passengers concerned
I-01627, bod 36 a citovanú judikatúru.
There is no indication that Alghero airport published yearly the list of routes receiving public financing, indicating the source of financing, the air carrier, the amount of aid actually paid and the number of passengers carried.
Usmernenia o leteckej doprave z roku 2014, bod 37.
Where applicable, appeal procedures must be provided for at Member State level to ensure that there is no discrimination in the granting of aid
List Talianska z 10. júna 2014, príloha 22.
Italy has not claimed that appeal procedures were in place to deal with complaints regarding the granting of the aid to carriers operating routes from Alghero airport.
Pozri usmernenia o leteckej doprave z roku 2014, bod 37.
Penalty mechanisms must be implemented in the event that a carrier fails to keep to the undertakings that it gave in relation to an airport when the aid was paid.
Vec C-482/99, Francúzsko/Komisia (Stardust Marine), Zb.
A system for recovering aid or for seizing a guarantee initially deposited by the carrier will allow the airport to ensure that the airline honours its commitments
2002, s.
The Commission notes that the agreements with the carriers lay down a system of penalties in case the airlines to not observe the traffic targets stipulated therein.
I-4397.
This condition is thus fulfilled.
Spojené veci T-267/08 a T-279/08, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Zb.
Start-up aid cannot be combined with other types of aid granted for the operation of a route, such as aid of a social nature granted to certain categories of passengers and compensation for discharging public services.
2011, zatiaľ neuverejnené, bod 108.
In addition, such aid cannot be granted when access to a route has been reserved for a single carrier under Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, and in particular paragraph 1(d) of that Article.
Rozsudok súdu zo 6. marca 2002 v spojených veciach T-127/99, T-129/99 a T-140/99, Diputación Foral de Álava a. i./Komisia, Zb.
Also, in accordance with the rules of proportionality, such aid cannot be combined with other aid granted to cover the same costs, including aid paid in another State
2002, s.
Italy confirmed that the aid in question was not granted for the start-up of routes subject to PSOs under Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008.
II-1330, bod 142.
However, Italy has not confirmed that the aid was not combined with other aid to cover the same costs.
Rozsudok vo veci Stardust Marine, citovaný.
Therefore, the aid to the airlines cannot be found to constitute compatible start-up aid under the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
List Talianska z 18. februára 2014, príloha 17.
The State aid implemented for Meridiana and Germanwings therefore constitutes unlawful and incompatible State aid that must be recovered.
Vec C-39/94, Syndicat français de l'Express international (SFEI) a. i./La Poste a. i., Zb.
CONCLUSION
1996, s.
Therefore, the Commission finds that:
I-3547, bod 60, a vec C-342/96, Španielske kráľovstvo/Komisia Európskych spoločenstiev, Zb.
Italy implemented investment aid to Alghero airport in violation of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
1999, s.
The investment aid is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty;
I-2459, bod 41.
Italy implemented operating aid to Alghero airport in violation of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Vec 173/73, Talianska republika/Komisia Európskych spoločenstiev, Zb.
The operating aid is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty;
1974, s. 709, bod 13.
The airport services (or handling) agreements and the marketing agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Ryanair, Air One/Alitalia, Volare, bmibaby, Air Vallée and Air Italy do not constitute State aid;
Rozsudok vo veci Stardust Marine, citovaný, bod 69.
The handling and marketing agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Meridiana and Germanwings constitute unlawful and incompatible State aid.
Vec C-305/89, Taliansko/Komisia (ALFA Romeo), Zb.
RECOVERY
1991, s.
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 [138] when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market.
I-1603, bod 23; vec T-296/97, Alitalia/Komisia, Zb.
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 [139].
2000, s.
In that 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 [140].
II-03871, bod 84.
Following that case-law, Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/99 [141] 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.’
Vec 40/85, Belgicko/Komisia, Zb.
Therefore, the State aid mentioned in Table 19 implemented for Meridiana and Germanwings must be reimbursed to Italy insofar as it has been paid out.
1986, s.
Regarding the amounts to be recovered, the Commission will consider the ex ante analysis of expected incremental costs and revenues of the agreements as set out in Table 19, with the following additional considerations:
I-2321.
For each agreement or combination of agreements at stake, the annual aid amount to recover should correspond to the annual negative incremental cash flow at the time when the decision was taken to sign the agreement, for each year of application of the contract.
Rozsudok vo veci Stardust Marine, citovaný, bod 71.
Those negative cash flows correspond to the amount of financing needed for the net present value of the agreement to be positive, thus for the agreement to be market conform.
Vec C-124/10 P, Európska komisia/Électricité de France (EDF), Zb.
The Commission considers that the timeframe to take into consideration for the profitability analysis for Germanwings is 2007.
2012, ešte nezverejnená, bod 85.
As mentioned in recital 117, Germanwings operated from Alghero airport only in 2007.
Komisia nezaujala v tomto rozhodnutí definitívne stanovisko k tomuto bodu.
Indeed, the effective advantage received by the airline company is limited to the effective duration of the agreements at stake, as once the agreement has been terminated, Germanwings has not received any more advantage from the airport.
Pozri oznámenie Komisie členským štátom (Ú. v. ES C 307, 31.11.1993, s. 3), bod 36.
Table 23 indicates the indicative recovery amounts (negative incremental flows) with the corresponding reductions for the Germanwings agreement which has not run its full duration.
Pozri napríklad vec C-372/97, Taliansko/Komisia, Zb.
Table 23
2004, s.
Information about the indicative amounts of aid received, to be recovered and already recovered
I-3679, bod 44.
Identity of the beneficiary
Ú. v. ES C 119, 22.5.2002, s. 22.
Total indicative amount of aid received (in EUR)
Bod 25 písm. v) usmernení o leteckej doprave z roku 2014.
Total indicative amount of aid to be recovered (in EUR)
Pozri napríklad rozhodnutie Komisie vo veci SA.34586 – Grécko – modernizácia letiska Chania, odôvodnenie 49.
(Principal)
Rekonštrukcia starého terminálu uvedená v tabuľke 5 vyššie sa týka rozšírenia/výstavby nového terminálu, a preto je zahrnutá v opise pomoci pre nový terminál.
Total amount already reimbursed (in EUR)
Ako je stanovené v Programma di Intervento „Investimenti“ programu Programma di sviluppo per l'affidamento della gestione quarantennale, ktorý bol schválený v septembri 2005.
Principal
Body 137 a 113 usmernení o leteckej doprave z roku 2014.
Recovery interest
Body 137 a 120 usmernení o leteckej doprave z roku 2014.