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LEGAL ASSESSMENT — COMPATIBILITY OF AID
Dohoda medzi spoločnosťou Ryanair a spoločnosťou Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH, ktorá nadobudla účinnosť 1. apríla 1999, nepredstavuje pomoc v zmysle článku 107 ods. 1 zmluvy.
THE APPLICABILITY OF THE 2014 AND 2005 AVIATION GUIDELINES
Dohoda medzi spoločnosťou Ryanair a spoločnosťou Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH zo 14. februára 2002 nepredstavuje pomoc v zmysle článku 107 ods. 1 zmluvy.
Article 107(3) of the Treaty provides for certain exemptions to the general rule set out in Article 107(1) of the Treaty that State aid is not compatible with the internal market.
„Dohoda medzi spoločnosťou Ryanair a spoločnosťou Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH – Dodanie lietadiel 6 až 18 – od roku 2005 do roku 2012“ zo 4. novembra 2005 nepredstavuje pomoc v zmysle článku 107 ods. 1 zmluvy.
In particular, Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty stipulates that: ‘aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest’, may be considered to be compatible with the internal market.
Článok 3
In that regard, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines provide a framework for assessing whether aid to airports may be declared compatible pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Sadzobníky letiskových poplatkov, ktoré nadobudli účinnosť 1. októbra 2001 a 1. júna 2006, nepredstavujú pomoc v zmysle článku 107 ods. 1 zmluvy.
According to the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission considers that the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid [124] applies to unlawful investment aid to airports.
Článok 4
In that respect, if the unlawful investment aid was granted before 4 April 2014, the Commission will apply the compatibility rules in force at the time when the unlawful investment aid was granted.
Toto rozhodnutie je určené Spolkovej republike Nemecko.
Accordingly, the Commission will apply the principles set out in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines in the case of unlawful investment aid to airports granted before 4 April 2014 [125].
V Bruseli 1. októbra 2014
According to the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission also considers that the provisions of the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid should not apply to cases of illegal operating aid to airports granted prior to 4 April 2014.
Za Komisiu
Instead, the Commission will apply the principles set out in the 2014 Aviation Guidelines to all cases concerning operating aid to airports (pending notifications and unlawful non-notified aid) even if the aid was granted before 4 April 2014 and the beginning of the transitional period [126].
podpredseda
The Commission has already concluded in recital 496 that the measures under assessment constitute unlawful State aid granted before 4 April 2014.
S účinnosťou od 1. decembra 2009 sa články 87 a 88 Zmluvy o ES stali článkami 107 a 108 Zmluvy o fungovaní Európskej únie (ďalej len „zmluva“).
DISTINCTION BETWEEN INVESTMENT AND OPERATING AID
Tieto dva súbory ustanovení sú v podstate totožné.
According to point 25(18) of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, investment aid is defined as ‘aid to finance fixed capital assets; specifically, to cover the “capital costs funding gap”’.
V zmluve sa zaviedli aj určité zmeny týkajúce sa terminológie, napríklad pojem „Spoločenstvo“ bol nahradený pojmom „Únia“ a pojem „spoločný trh“ pojmom „vnútorný trh“.
Moreover, according to that provision investment aid can relate both to an upfront payment (that is to say cover upfront investment costs) and to aid paid out in the form of periodic instalments (to cover capital costs, in terms of annual depreciation and costs of financing).
V tomto rozhodnutí sa používa terminológia zmluvy.
Operating aid, on the other hand, means aid covering all or part of the operating costs of an airport, defined as ‘the underlying costs of the provision of airport services, including categories such as costs of personnel, contracted services, communications, waste, energy, maintenance, rent, administration, etc., but excluding the capital costs, marketing support or any other incentives granted to airlines by the airport, and costs falling within a public policy remit’ [127].
Ú. v. EÚ C 12, 17.1.2009, s. 6.
In the light of those definitions, it can be considered that the capital increases and direct grants which were linked to investment projects constitute investment aid in favour of FFHG.
Ryanair je írska letecká spoločnosť a člen Európskej asociácie nízkonákladových leteckých spoločností.
In contrast, the part of the annual loss transfers used to cover FFHG's annual operating losses [128] of FFHG, net of the costs included in the EBITDA that fall within the public policy remit as established in Section 8.1.4.1 constitute operating aid in favour of FFHG.
Činnosť leteckej spoločnosti je spätá so sekundárnymi, regionálnymi letiskami.
Finally, the part of the annual loss transfers covering losses of FFHG that were not already included in the EBITDA (that is the annual depreciation of assets, costs of financing, etc.), minus costs falling within the public policy remit as established in Section 8.1.4.1, constitute investment aid.
Letecká spoločnosť v súčasnosti pôsobí v približne 160 európskych destináciách.
As explained earlier, it all cases only support granted after the Aéroports de Paris judgment on 12 December 2000 will be considered.
Spoločnosť Ryanair má homogénnu flotilu pozostávajúcu z 272 lietadiel typu Boeing 737-800 so 189 sedadlami.
COMPATIBILITY OF THE INVESTMENT AID PURSUANT TO THE 2005 AVIATION GUIDELINES
Pozri poznámku pod čiarou č. 2.
According to point 61 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission must examine whether the following cumulative conditions are met:
Nariadenie Rady (ES) č. 659/1999 z 22. marca 1999 ustanovujúce podrobné pravidlá na uplatňovanie článku 108 zmluvy o fungovaní Európskej únie (Ú. v. ES L 83, 27.3.1999, s. 1).
the construction and operation of the infrastructure meets a clearly defined objective of common interest (regional development, accessibility, etc.);
Ú. v. EÚ C 216, 21.7.2012, s. 1.
the infrastructure is necessary and proportional to the objective which has been set;
Oznámenie Komisie – Usmernenia o štátnej pomoci pre letiská a letecké spoločnosti (Ú. v. EÚ C 99, 4.4.2014, s. 3).
the infrastructure has satisfactory medium-term prospects for use, in particular as regards the use of existing infrastructure;
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).
all potential users of the infrastructure have access to it in an equal and non-discriminatory manner; and
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).
the development of trade is not affected to an extent contrary to the Union interest.
Ú. v.
In addition, State aid to airports — as any other State aid measure — must have an incentive effect and be necessary and proportional in relation to the aimed legitimate objective in order to be compatible.
EÚ C 113, 15.4.2014, s. 30.
Germany submitted that the investment aid in favour of FFHG complies with all the compatibility criteria contained in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Pojem „Fraport“ sa ďalej v tomto rozhodnutí používa na označenie spoločnosti „FAG“ pred zmenou obchodného mena, ako aj spoločnosti „Fraport AG“ po zmene obchodného mena.
The aid contributes to a clearly defined objective of common interest
Dôverné informácie.
The investment aid in favour of FFHG aimed at financing the further conversion of the former US military base into a civilian airport and substantially developing the infrastructure of the airport.
Podľa oddielu 7 ods. 3 kúpnej zmluvy sa táto časť nadobúdacej ceny môže znížiť, napríklad ak náklady vynaložené spoločnosťou FFHG na ochranu pred hlukom prekročia určitý strop.
Those measures provided a significant contribution to the regional development and connectivity of the Hunsrück region, and the creation of new jobs in an area economically hit by the closure of the US military base as well as the decongestion of Frankfurt Main airport.
Spolková krajina Hesensko vlastnila 45,24 % akcií spoločnosti Fraport, spoločnosť Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH (100 % vlastníkom je mesto Frankfurt nad Mohanom) vlastnila 28,89 % a Spolková republika Nemecko vlastnila 25,87 %.
The Hunsrück region, as pointed out by Germany, is surrounded by a number of areas (such as Landkreis Birkenfeld), which were marked as regions in need of support in the framework of the ‘Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’.
Wizz Air je maďarská letecká spoločnosť a člen Európskej asociácie nízkonákladových leteckých spoločností.
Indeed, in the period under consideration, Landkreis Birkenfeld was at least partly considered to be a region with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) below the Union average [129].
Skupinu Wizz Air tvoria tri prevádzkové spoločnosti, konkrétne Wizz Air Maďarsko, Wizz Air Bulharsko a Wizz Air Ukrajina.
The Commission considers that the development of Frankfurt Hahn airport also contributed significantly to the creation of new jobs in the Hunsrück region.
Obchodný model leteckej spoločnosti je spätý so sekundárnymi, regionálnymi letiskami.
As shown by Germany, taking into account all parts of the airport activities, Frankfurt Hahn airport created 3063 jobs in the Hunsrück region in 2012 out of which 74 % were full-time positions and 90 % of those employees also live in that region.
Letecká spoločnosť v súčasnosti pôsobí približne v 150 európskych destináciách.
Moreover, the development of Frankfurt Hahn airport had also positive indirect, induced and catalysing effects on the creation of jobs in the region as well as regional development in general through an increasing number of economic and touristic activities.
Spoločnosť Wizz Air má homogénnu flotilu pozostávajúcu z 34 lietadiel Airbus A 320 so 180 sedadlami, s priemerným vekom nižším ako tri roky.
According to the information provided by Germany, Frankfurt Hahn airport contributes significantly to the development of incoming (~ 33 % of passengers corresponding to approximately 1 million passengers in 2005) and outgoing tourism (~ 67 % of passengers) in the Land Rhineland-Palatinate.
Notárska listina notára Jürgena Scherzera (register listín č. 268/2000) z 24. novembra 2000.
As pointed out by Germany, 88 % of the incoming passengers stay at least one night in the region and generated approximately 5,7 million overnight stays in 2005.
Uznesenie valného zhromaždenia akcionárov z 3. mája 2000.
Since 88 % of incoming tourists from Frankfurt Hahn stay at least one night and more than 80 % of those even stay two to 10 days, they generate a total turnover of about EUR 133,7 million per year.
Majetkový výbor spoločnosti Fraport je výbor vytvorený dozornou radou, ktorý sleduje hospodársky rozvoj majetku spoločnosti.
Moreover, incoming tourism generated around 11000 jobs in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Alebo, inými slovami, pomer dlhu k vlastnému kapitálu 96 %.
The aided investments at issue also helped to improve the accessibility of the area.
Výročné správy holdingových spoločností spolkovej krajiny Porýnie-Falcko z rokov 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004.
Nevertheless, the duplication of unprofitable airports (or the creation of additional unused capacity) does not contribute to an objective of common interest.
Ročný poplatok za obrat, ktorý má platiť spoločnosť Ryanair v prípade frekvencie do šesť letov denne, bol obmedzený stropom vo výške […] EUR.
In this case, the Commission takes the view that the investment aid does not lead to such a duplication which would diminish the medium-term prospects for the use of existing infrastructure at other, neighbouring airports.
Spis č. V/21-1011/1.
Indeed, there are no other airports within 100 kilometres or 60 minutes travelling time from Frankfurt Hahn airport.
Príloha 3: Spoločnosť FFHG dostávala […] % províziu z každej letenky predanej (v hotovosti alebo kreditnou kartou) alebo vydanej pri letenkovej prepážke spoločnosti FFHG, […] % províziu za nadmernú batožinu vydanú spoločnosťou FFHG, […] EUR za každú predplatenú letenku spracovanú spoločnosťou Ryanair a […] % províziu za každý prenájom auta objednaný prostredníctvom spoločnosti FFHG.
The closest airports to Frankfurt Hahn are Frankfurt Main airport, which is located at 115 kilometres distance or 1 hour 15 minutes traveling time by car, and Luxembourg airport, which is located 1 hour and 30 minutes travelling time (111 kilometres) away.
Vyplýva to aj z bodu 68 kritéria hospodárskeho subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve, ktoré v mene spolkovej krajine Porýnie-Falcko predložila spoločnosť PwC.
Frankfurt Main airport is an international hub airport with a wide variety of destinations and is predominantly served by network carriers offering connecting traffic, whereas Frankfurt Hahn airport serves low-cost point-to-point flights.
Spis č. V/20-1011/1.
Traffic at Frankfurt Main airport has continuously increased since 2000, from 49,4 million passengers in 2000 to approximately 58 million in 2012.
Vec C-482/99, Francúzsko/Komisia („Stardust Marine“), Zb.
However, during that period growth has been affected by congestion problems and capacity constraints.
2002, s.
As pointed out by Germany, the capacity limits of Frankfurt Main airport were constantly exceeded.
I-4397, bod 51 a nasl.
Therefore, according to Germany, especially in the light of its 24 hour operating licence, Frankfurt Hahn airport played an important role in providing additional capacity in order to relieve the congestion at Frankfurt Main airport.
Rozsudok vo veci Stardust Marine, bod 51 a nasl.
In fact, until 2009 Fraport was the majority shareholder of FFHG, the operator of Frankfurt Hahn airport (2,7 million passengers in 2013, around 4 million passengers in 2007 at its peak) and the operator of Frankfurt-Main airport (58 million passengers and 2,1 million freight), and was as such pursuing a diversification strategy.
Pozri oznámenie Komisie o prvkoch štátnej pomoci pri predaji pozemkov a budov verejnoprávnymi orgánmi, bod II.2.
Luxembourg airport, which is the nearest airport to Frankfurt Hahn but still around 111 kilometres or 1 hour 30 minutes traveling time by car away, had around 1,7 million passengers in 2008 and experienced a rapid growth to 2,2 million in 2013.
Bod 33 usmernení v oblasti letectva z roku 2005.
Even though Luxembourg airport is slightly smaller than Frankfurt Hahn airport in terms of passenger traffic, its freight activity is substantially larger with 674000 tonnes in 2013.
Vec T-128/89, Aéroports de Paris/Komisia, Zb.
It offers a variety of scheduled flights to European capitals and charter flights to leisure destinations.
2000, s.
That selection of destinations to a large extent meets the needs of the employees of the financial and international institutions located in Luxembourg.
II-3929, potvrdený rozsudkom vo veci C-82/01 P, Aéroports de Paris/Komisia, Zb.
Saarbrücken airport is located around 128 kilometres away from Frankfurt Hahn airport which amounts to over 2 hours traveling time by car.
2002, s.
In addition, Frankfurt Hahn is served mainly by low-cost carriers (Ryanair) and freight constitutes a rather important element in its business model whereas Saarbrücken airport offers mainly scheduled flights to national destinations and has only limited air freight transport.
I-9297.
With regard to Zweibrücken airport, Germany emphasised that the distance of 127 km to Frankfurt Hahn airport translates into a travelling time of 1 hour and 27 minutes by car or around 4 hours by train.
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.
Moreover, Germany submitted that, looking at passenger and air freight traffic between 2005 and 2012, no relationship of substitution between the airports can be deduced.
2011, s.
The Commission observes that there is a certain overlap in the activities of both Frankfurt Hahn and Zweibrücken airports, as Zweibrücken airport also engaged in handling air freight and the destinations served by Zweibrücken airport are predominantly for charter traffic.
II-1311, najmä body 93 – 94; potvrdené rozsudkom vo veci C-288/11 P, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen a Flughafen Leipzig/Halle/Komisia, Zb.
In that regard, the Commission notes that freight is usually more mobile than passenger transport [130].
2012, zatiaľ neuverejnený.
Comments from the industry suggest that up to a half-day of trucking time (that is to say, up to 12 hours driving time by trucks) would in general be acceptable for freight forwarders to transport their goods [131].
Vec C-458/03, Stadtwerke Brixen AG, Zb.
Moreover, charter traffic is also, in general, less time sensitive and may accept traveling times of up to 2 hours by car.
2005, s.
At the same time it should be noted that, before Zweibrücken entered the market in 2006, Frankfurt Hahn airport was already a well-established airport with more than 3 million passengers and channelling 123000 tonnes of freight.
I-08585, bod 67.
In view of the historical development of the two airports, their geographical location and the free capacity available at Frankfurt Hahn airport at the time when Zweibrücken airport entered the commercial aviation market in 2006, the Commission concludes that it is rather the opening of Zweibrücken airport which constituted an unnecessary duplication of infrastructure.
Vec C-340/04, Carbotermo, Zb.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the investments into Frankfurt Hahn airport do not constitute a duplication of existing non-profitable infrastructure.
2006, s.
On the contrary, Frankfurt Hahn airport has played an important role in decongesting Frankfurt Main airport without limiting the latter's plans to expand.
I-04137, bod 36 a nasl.
Without the investments into Frankfurt Hahn airport there was in fact a risk that the region would be underserved in terms of its transport needs.
Nariadenie Rady (EHS) č. 2408/92 z 23. júla 1992 o prístupe leteckých dopravcov Spoločenstva k letovým trasám v rámci Spoločenstva (Ú. v. ES L 240, 24.8.1992, s. 8).
In the light of the considerations in recitals 512 to 523, the Commission therefore concludes that the investment aid directed at the construction and operation of infrastructure at Frankfurt Hahn airport meets a clearly defined objective of common interest, namely regional economic development, creation of jobs and improvement of the accessibility of the region.
Vec C-379/98, Preussen-Elektra, Zb.
According to Germany, the investments were undertaken according to the needs (and were thus proportionate) and the constructed infrastructure was necessary for the airport in order to serve the connectivity and the development of the region and to decongest Frankfurt Main airport.
2001, s.
Based on the information provided by Germany, the Commission agrees that the financed investments were necessary and proportionate to the objective of common interest.
I-2099, bod 58.
Indeed, without those investments the conversion of the former U.S. base into a fully functioning civil aviation airport could not have been completed.
Spoločný program Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur (GRW) Gesetz“ zo 6. októbra 1969 (BGBl.
The construction of passenger and freight facilities, aprons and modernisation of taxiways had to be carried out in order to further develop civil flight operations.
I, s. 1861), ktorý bol naposledy zmenený článkom 8 zákona zo 7. septembra 2007 (BGBl.
Hence, the constructed infrastructure was necessary for the airport in order to serve the connectivity and the development of the region.
I, s. 2246).
Also, the infrastructure project was undertaken only to the extent it was necessary to attain the goals set: while the infrastructure was built for a maximum passenger traffic of around 4 to 5 million passengers and 500000 tonnes of freight, the traffic statistics displayed in Tables 1 and 2 show that the passenger traffic steadily increased until 2007 to reach a record of 4 million passengers (following by a decline to 2,7 million in 2013 for the reasons set out in recital 532) and that the freight volume increased to more than 500000 tonnes of freight in 2011.
Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn – Regionaloekonomische Effekte, ZFL Studie, 03/2007.
This means that the expected traffic demand largely corresponded to the actual demand and that the investments were not disproportionately large.
Príspevok Nemecka, september 2014.
While it is important to avoid that the investment constitutes a duplication of an existing unprofitable infrastructure, that is not the case here.
Oxera, „Ako by sa malo pristupovať k dohodám so spoločnosťou AMS v analýze ziskovosti v rámci kritéria súkromného subjektu v trhovom hospodárstve? – praktické uplatňovanie“, 31. januára 2014, pripravené pre spoločnosť Ryanair.
As already explained in recitals 516 to 523, there are no other airports within 100 kilometres distance and 60 minutes travelling time, and even if a wider catchment area was to be considered there are no duplications effects.
Spoločnosť Oxera objasnila, že uvedené odhady na roky 1999 a 2004 boli upravené tak, aby odzrkadľovali dátumy začatia a skončenia platnosti dohody z roku 1999, teda apríl 1999 a marec 2004.
The closest airport is Frankfurt Main airport, which Frankfurt Hahn airport was intended to decongest.
Spoločnosť Oxera objasnila, že odpisovanie bolo modelované neutrálnym spôsobom z hľadiska čistej súčasnej hodnoty.
In the light of those considerations, the Commission considers that this compatibility condition is met.
Podľa spoločnosti Oxera tento prístup zabezpečil, že súčet diskontovanej súčasnej hodnoty odpisov počas životnosti majetku sa rovnal pôvodnej sume kapitálových výdavkov.
Germany submitted that before the decision to further develop the airport infrastructure was taken, traffic forecast studies were conducted by external experts in order to identify the traffic potential for Frankfurt Hahn airport.
Spoločnosť Oxera uviedla, že údaje sú uvedené v nominálnom vyjadrení.
The information submitted shows that at that time the external experts forecasted significant growth from 0,3 million passengers in 2000 to up to 3,8 million passengers by 2010 (see Figures 2, 3 and 4).
Spoločnosť Oxera objasnila, že uvedené odhady na roky 2002 a 2017 boli upravené tak, aby odzrkadľovali dátumy začatia a skončenia platnosti dohody so spoločnosťou Ryanair z roku 2002, teda február 2002 a február 2017.
With regard to freight development, the experts projected a development from 151000 tonnes in 2001 to up to 386000 tonnes in 2010 (see Figure 5), with the growth in the freight business between 2006 and 2010 coming from the freight flights diverted from Frankfurt Main airport due to curfew.
Veci T-228 a 233/99, DEP – Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale/Komisia, Zb.
However, those projections could only be fulfilled if the investments were undertaken to the planned extent.
2003, s.
The Commission notes that those traffic forecasts (see recital 531) were confirmed by the actual traffic development at Frankfurt Hahn airport (see Tables 1 and 2).
II-00435, bod 314.
In 2007 Frankfurt Hahn airport served around 4 million passengers.
Rozsudok vo veci Stardust Marine, body 33 – 34.
Following a period of significant growth, air traffic in Germany and the Union in recent years has been negatively affected by the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09, which resulted in a decrease in passenger air transport in Germany in 2009.
Smernica Komisie 2006/111/ES zo 16. novembra 2006 o transparentnosti finančných vzťahov členských štátov a verejných podnikov a o finančnej transparentnosti v niektorých podnikoch (Ú. v.
The passenger development at Frankfurt Hahn airport was further impacted by the introduction of an air passenger tax in Germany in 2011.
EÚ L 318, 17.11.2006, s.
Currently Frankfurt Hahn airport serves around 2,7 million passengers p.a.
17).