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The French authorities were asked to comment in particular on the special features of the CELF offer compared with those of other market operators, including SIDE.
Francoske oblasti so bile povabljene, naj bolj podrobno komentirajo posebnosti ponudbe zadruge CELF v odnosu do drugih akterjev na trgu, med katerimi je družba SIDE.
SIDE was asked to comment in particular on the notion of small orders and to indicate any special feature its offer might have compared with CELF's and those of the other market operators.
Družba SIDE je bila povabljena, naj komentira bolj podrobno pojem naročil na drobno in naj pojasni, kaj naj bi bila morebitna posebnost njene ponudbe v razmerju do tiste od zadruge CELF in drugih akterjev na trgu.
By letter dated 8 July 2002, SIDE asked for an extension in which to reply, which it was granted by letter dated 25 July 2002.
S pošto z dne 8. julija 2002 je družba SIDE zaprosila za podaljšanje roka za odgovor, ki ji je bil podeljen s pošto z dne 25. julija 2002.
The French authorities, which were to meet the Commission's services on 17 July 2002, also asked for an extension for their reply by letter dated 10 July 2002.
Francoske oblasti, ki bi se morale srečati s službami Komisije 17. julija 2002, so prav tako zaprosile za podaljšanje roka za odgovor s pošto z dne 10. julija 2002.
This was granted by letter dated 1 August 2002.
Dodeljen jim je bil dodaten rok s pošto z dne 1. avgusta 2002.
SIDE sent its reply to the Commission by letter dated 12 August 2002.
Družba SIDE je svoj odgovor naslovila na Komisijo s pošto z dne 12. avgusta 2002.
The French authorities sent their reply by letter dated 17 September 2002.
Francoske oblasti so svoj odgovor predale s pošto z dne 17. septembra 2002.
Having asked SIDE, by letter dated 19 September 2002, to say whether its reply contained confidential information, and having obtained a negative reply on 30 September 2002, the Commission, by letter dated 17 October 2002, sent SIDE's reply together with its annexes to the French authorities for comment.
Potem ko je Komisija s pošto z dne 19. septembra 2002 družbo SIDE prosila, naj ji sporoči, ali njen odgovor vsebuje zaupne podatke, in je prejela negativen odgovor 30. septembra 2002, je s pošto z dne 17. oktobra 2002 odgovor družbe SIDE, pospremljeno s prilogami, posredovala francoskim oblastem v komentar.
It also asked them some further questions on this occasion.
Ob tej priložnosti jim je prav tako postavila novo serijo dopolnilnih vprašanj.
By letter dated 30 October 2002, the Commission also asked SIDE some further questions, to which the company replied by letters dated 31 October 2002 and 9 December 2002.
S pošto z dne 30. oktobra 2002 je Komisija prav tako postavila serijo dopolnilnih vprašanj družbi SIDE, na katera je bilo odgovorjeno s poštama z dne 31. oktobra 2002 in z dne 9. decembra 2002.
SIDE informed the Commission, by letter dated 23 December 2002, following the Commission's request of 16 December 2002, that its replies contained no confidential information and could be sent to the French authorities for comment.
Družba SIDE je s pošto z dne 23. decembra 2002, ki je bila odgovor na vprašanje Komisije z dne 16. decembra 2002 Komisiji dala vedeti, da njeni odgovori ne vsebujejo nikakršnih zaupnih podatkov in da so lahko posredovani v komentar francoskim oblastem.
In the meantime, since the French authorities had not replied within the time limit, the Commission was obliged to send them a reminder by letter dated 27 November 2002.
V tem času, ko francoske oblasti niso odgovorile v dogovorjenem roku, je bila Komisija prisiljena nanje nasloviti opomin s pošto z datumom 27. november 2002.
By letter dated 19 December 2002, the French authorities again requested the Commission for an extension.
S pošto z dne 19. decembra 2002 so francoske oblasti prosile Komisijo za nov odlog.
On 9 January 2003, the Commission sent SIDE's reply of 23 December 2002 to the French authorities for comment.
januarja 2003 je Komisija naslovila na francoske oblasti odgovor družbe SIDE z dne 23. decembra 2002 v komentar.
By letter dated 17 January 2003, the French authorities replied to the Commission's questions of 17 October 2002.
S pošto z dne 17. januarja 2003 so francoske oblasti odgovorile na vprašanja Komisije z dne 17. oktobra 2002.
By letter dated 4 February 2003, the French authorities asked the Commission for a further extension (concerning the request for comments on SIDE's second reply, dated 23 December 2002).
S pošto z dne 4. februarja 2003 so francoske oblasti prosile Komisijo za nov odlog, ki se nanaša na zahtevo po komentarjih na drugi odgovor družbe SIDE z dne 23. decembra 2002.
By letter dated 11 February 2003, the Commission granted the requested extension in part.
Komisija je deloma ugodila prošnji za odlog s pošto z dne 11. februarja 2002.
By letter dated 11 March 2003, the French authorities sent their reply to the Commission.
S pošto z datumom 11. marec 2003 so francoske oblasti na Komisijo naslovile svoj odgovor.
In the meantime, SIDE was received by the Commission's services at its request and was able to explain its view of the case from the beginning at a meeting held on 4 March 2003.
V tem času je bila družba SIDE na svojo prošnjo sprejeta pri službah Komisije in je lahko na sestanku dne 4. marca 2003 predstavila svoj pogled na zadevo vse od njenega začetka.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURES IN QUESTION: AID AIMED AT MAINTAINING A PARTLY NON-PROFITABLE ACTIVITY
II/ OPIS OBRAVNAVANIH UKREPOV: PODPORA NAMENJENA OHRANJANJU DELOMA NEDONOSNE DEJAVNOSTI
The Ministry of Culture decided in 1980, in accordance with the general policy guidelines of the French Government on promoting books and literature in French, to grant aid to export agencies accepting any type of order, irrespective of the amount and whether it was profitable.
Ministrstvo za kulturo se je leta 1980 odločilo, v skladu z usmeritvami splošne politike francoske vlade glede promocije knjig in literature v francoskem jeziku, da bo podelilo podpore izvoznim posrednikom, ki bodo sprejeli vsak tip naročil, ne glede na njihov znesek in donosnost.
The measures were introduced to alleviate the effects of market failure and to foster the ‘small non-profitable orders’ activity in the export agency market.
Ti ukrepi so bili izvedeni z namenom, da bi olajšali nepopolnost trga in da bi promovirali ohranitev dejavnosti „nedonosnih naročil na drobno“ na trgu trgovskega posredovanja.
The French authorities explain that small bookshops, established in basically non-French-speaking areas, and sometimes difficult of access and/or remote, were experiencing serious supply difficulties, since their orders could not be met by the traditional distribution channels when the quantities of books ordered were insufficient or when the unit price of the books ordered was not high enough to make the service profitable.
Francoske oblasti razložijo, da so majhne knjigarne, ki se nahajajo na predvsem nefrankofonskih območjih in ki so včasih težko dosegljive in/ali oddaljene, naletele na resne težave pri preskrbi, ker njihovo povpraševanje ni moglo biti zadovoljeno preko tradicionalnega distribucijskega pretoka, ko so bile količine naročenih del nezadostne ali še ko skupna cena naročenih knjig ni bila dovolj visoka, da bi storitev lahko bila donosna.
The operating grants in question were intended to encourage firms to approach such customers (bookshops, not final consumers), whom it had not been possible to serve under a ‘normal’ commercial relationship based solely on profit.
Obravnavane subvencije za poslovanje so nameravale spodbuditi podjetja, da bi posredovala pri takih strankah (knjigarne in ne končni porabniki), ki ne bi mogle biti postrežene znotraj „normalnega“ trgovskega razmerja, osnovanega izključno na dobičku.
The aid in question was designed therefore to allow export agencies to meet all orders from booksellers established abroad in basically non-French-speaking areas, irrespective of amount, profitability and destination.
Obravnavane podpore so torej imele cilj omogočiti izvoznim posrednikom, da bi oskrbovali vsa naročila, ki bi prihajala iz knjigarn na tujem na predvsem nefrankofonskih območjih, ne glede na njihov znesek, donosnost in namembni kraj.
The aim was to ensure, as part of France's policy of supporting cultural diversity, the optimum distribution of books in the French language, thus promoting the dissemination of French literature throughout the world.
Namen je bil, da bi se, glede na francosko politiko podpiranja kulturne raznolikosti, zagotovila optimalna distribucija knjig v francoskem jeziku, in da bi se tako spodbujalo razširjanje literature v francoskem jeziku po celem svetu.
The aid mechanism chosen by the French authorities, the Small Orders programme, consisted in an operating grant intended to offset the extra cost of handling small orders of FRF 500 (i.e. approximately EUR 76) or less.
Mehanizem podpore, ki so ga francoske oblasti obdržale, imenovan „Program naročila na drobno“, je vseboval eno subvencijo za poslovanje, ki je imela za cilj nadomestiti povišane stroške pri obravnavi naročil na drobno v znesku manjšem ali enakem od 500 francoskih frankov (FRF), kar je okrog 76 eurov.
Two other funding systems, direct aid to booksellers and direct aid to publishers, had been considered but had finally been rejected, as they were thought by the French authorities to be less efficient and more costly.
Načrtovana sta bila še dva druga sistema financiranja, ki sta bila sestavljena iz neposrednih podpor knjigarnam ali iz neposrednih podpor založnikom, toda te alternativne rešitve so bile nazadnje izločene, ker so francoske oblasti presodile, da so premalo učinkovite in predrage.
The system challenged by SIDE had seemed the most rational economically and the safest as regards the use of public funds.
Sistem, ki mu je družba SIDE ugovarjala, se jim je zdel z ekonomskega vidika še najbolj pameten in zanesljiv glede na uporabo javnih sredstev.
Under the Small Orders programme, the undertaking receiving the grants had to promise to provide the Book and Reading Directorate in the Ministry of Culture with all information concerning the general activity of the firm (overall turnover, financial accounts, provisional budgets, copies of the proceedings validating these figures, the auditor's report where appropriate, and a summary salary scale), and any documents relating to the activity to be subsidised, in particular the grant utilisation account, substantiating that the services giving rise to the grant awarded the previous year had been carried out.
V skladu s „Programom naročila na drobno“, se je moralo podjetje, ki je prejemalo subvencije, obvezati, da bo sporočilo Vodstvu za knjigo in branje Ministrstva za kulturo vse podatke, ki se nanašajo na splošno dejavnost podjetja (celotni promet, finančna poročila, začasni proračuni, kopije odločitev, ki potrjujejo te podatke, če je potrebno, poročilo računovodje in povzetek plačilne lestvice), kot tudi vse dokumente, ki se nanašajo na subvencionirano dejavnost, zlasti stroške subvencioniranja zaposlitev, ki upravičujejo izvajanje storitve, ki ji je bila prejšnje leto dodeljena subvencija.
In practice, only one firm, CELF, had qualified under the Small Orders programme.
V praksi je samo eno podjetje, zadruga CELF, prejemalo „Program naročila na drobno“.
Every year it had to justify the extra costs incurred by the small orders service in support of its application for a grant for the following year [12].
Podjetje je moralo vsako leto upravičiti povišane stroške, ki jih je ustvarilo s storitvijo „naročila na drobno“ v podporo svoji vlogi za pridobitev podpore za naslednje leto [12].
Specifically, one quarter of the grant awarded the previous year was paid at the start of the year, the balance being awarded in the autumn, after the authorities had examined the provisional budget of the recipient firm and the changes recorded in the first part of the financial year.
Konkretno je bila četrtina podpore, dodeljene prejšnje leto, plačana na začetku leta, ostanek pa je bil dodeljen šele potem, ko so javne oblasti pregledale začasne proračune podjetja, ki je prejemalo podporo, in zabeležile nihanja v prvem delu izvajanja dejavnosti.
It was agreed that if the amount of aid was not fully utilised, the balance would be deducted from the planned grants for the following year.
Dogovorjeno je bilo, da se v primeru, ko znesek podpore ni bil v celoti porabljen, preostanek vsote odbije od podpor predvidenih za naslednje leto.
It should be explained that the aid was abolished in 2002 (see Annex I, table showing the trend of aid granted since 1980, in euro).
Treba je točneje pojasniti, da so bile podpore znižane leta 2002 (glej v prilogi I tabelo, ki prikazuje spreminjanje podpor podeljenih od leta 1980 v eurih).
COMMENTS FROM SIDE AND INTERESTED THIRD PARTIES
III/ PRIPOMBE DRUŽBE SIDE IN PRIZADETIH TRETJIH OSEB
REASONS FOR SIDE'S INTERVENTION
A/ Razlogi za posredovanje družbe SIDE
The object of SIDE [13], under Article 2 of its articles of association, is: ‘the sale in France and abroad of books, newspapers and magazines and all cultural products, publishing, the setting-up or acquisition and running of any similar business and, more generally, any industrial, commercial or financial operation, whether in movable or immovable assets, that can be linked directly or indirectly to the object of the company or is likely to facilitate its expansion or development’.
V skladu s členom 2 njenih statutov je cilj družbe SIDE [13],: „Prodaja, v Franciji in na tujem, knjig, tiska, vseh kulturnih proizvodov, založništvo, ustanovitev ali pridobitev ter izkoriščanje vseh trgovinskih sredstev in bolj na splošno vse industrijske, trgovinske in finančne operacije, premičninske in nepremičninske, ki se lahko posredno ali neposredno nanašajo na družbene cilje ali so sposobne olajšati njihovo širitev ali razvoj“.
By letter dated 20 March 1992, SIDE lodged a complaint [14] with the Commission, following a refusal by the Ministry of Culture to grant it the aid described in Part II.
S pošto z datumom 20. marec 1992 je družba SIDE Komisiji predložila pritožbo [14], kot odgovor na zavrnitev Ministrstva za kulturo njene prošnje za podelitev podpor opisanih v delu II.
Basically, SIDE is asking the Commission to take a decision putting an end to the distortions of competition which it is suffering from on the market for the export of French-language books, the disturbances complained of being caused by the aid granted exclusively to CELF.
Družba SIDE je Komisijo v glavnem prosila, naj sprejme odločbo, ki bi naredila konec izkrivljenju konkurence, katerega žrtev je tožnica na trgu za izvoz knjig v francoskem jeziku. Razkrite težave naj bi izvirale iz podpor, ki so bile dodeljene izključno zadrugi CELF.
SIDE states that it refused to be granted the disputed aid, which it had been offered by the Ministry of Culture at a meeting held on 26 September 1996.
Družba SIDE opozori, da je odklonila odobritev spornih podpor, ki ji jih je ponudilo Ministrstvo za kulturo na sestanku dne 26. septembra 1996.
It explains that it could not accept this late offer, which was made suddenly after the judgment of the Court of First Instance on 18 September 1995.
Družba SIDE razloži, da ni mogla sprejeti to zapoznelo ponudbo, ki se je pojavila ravno ob pravem času po sodbi Sodišča z dne 18. septembra 1995.
It did not wish to benefit from a programme whose compatibility with Community law might be questioned by the Commission. It also explained that the offer had been made simply to get it to undertake to terminate the proceedings which it had itself initiated.
Družba razloži, da ni hotela pridobiti programa, v katerega združljivost s pravnimi predpisi Skupnosti bi Komisija lahko podvomila, in da so ji vrh tega to ponudili samo zato, da bi zaključila postopek, ki ga je sama izzvala.
SIDE also says it was convinced that the activity of export agent did not require any aid.
Vrh tega družba SIDE pravi, da je prepričana, da dejavnost izvoznega posredništva ne potrebuje nobene podpore.
It therefore challenges the need for the Small Orders programme.
Zato spodbija uporabnost „Programa naročila na drobno“.
However, it no longer rules out all possibility of using it in future, ‘so that its business can be run on a level playing field’, but only assuming that a mechanism which is clearly compatible with the Treaty rules is adopted by the French authorities.
Kljub temu ne izključuje več vsake možnosti, da bi v prihodnje imela dostop do njega „tako da se bodo njene dejavnosti izvajale v razmerah nepopačene konkurence“, toda izključno pod pogojem, da bodo francoske oblasti sprejele mehanizem, ki bo jasno združljiv s predpisi Pogodbe.
SIDE states that ‘on the export agency market, operators whose turnover is basically generated by intermediaries such as bookshops and not end-users are regarded as “general” exporters’.
Družba SIDE opozori, da „se na trgu izvoznega posredništva upošteva kot ‚splošne‘ izvoznike tiste posredovalce, ki realizirajo promet v glavnem s poslovanjem z vmesnimi členi, kot so knjigarne, in ne s končnimi uporabniki“.
The only general agencies, in its view, are CELF and SIDE.
Zanjo sta edina splošna posrednika zadruga CELF in družba SIDE.
It also explains that there are exporting booksellers, who sell direct to end-users.
Družba jasno razloži, da sicer obstajajo izvozni knjigarnarji, ki prodajajo neposredno končnim uporabnikom.
At a meeting on 4 March 2003, SIDE informed the Commission that it operates basically in western Europe.
Družba SIDE je na sestanku dne 4. marca 2003 Komisiji dala vedeti, da v glavnem posreduje v Zahodni Evropi.
It also operates in the markets of eastern Europe, but not widely on account of the programme A l'est de l'Europe [15], from which CELF benefits.
Prav tako deluje na trgih Vzhodne Evrope, toda malo zaradi programa „Na Vzhod Evrope“ [15], ki ga je deležna zadruga CELF.
It also operates in North America and South-East Asia.
Družba SIDE deluje prav tako v Severni Ameriki in v Jugovzhodni Aziji.
It used to operate in Argentina, before the current crisis hit that country.
Delovala je tudi v Argentini pred sedanjo krizo, ki je nastopila v tej državi.
It explained that it did not want to operate in Africa, since there are few interested customers in those territories, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Družba SIDE je pojasnila, da ne želi posredovati v Afriki, ker je na teh območjih malo takih odjemalcev, še posebej v črni Afriki.
It does not operate either in countries not covered by Coface [16].
Prav tako ne bo posredovala na območjih, ki niso pokrita z zavarovanjem COFACE [16].
SIDE disputes the French authorities' argument that large orders are profitable, whereas ‘small orders’ are not, which is the reason why they have to be subsidised in order to be met.
Družba SIDE oporeka tezi francoskih oblasti, ki trdi, da so večja naročila donosna, medtem ko naj „naročila na drobno“, ne bi bila, kar naj bi upravičilo, da se jih subvencionira, v primeru, da se jih izvaja.
It even adds, lastly, that small orders overall are more profitable to process than larger ones.
Končno tudi doda, da so „naročila na drobno“ v celoti bolj donosna kot pomembnejša naročila.
The notions ‘small orders’ and ‘profitability thresholds’, it explains, are arguments put forward by the French Government to try and justify the aid granted specifically for the operation of CELF under the cover of aid for processing small orders of French books for abroad, when in fact it is just a simple operating aid.
Družba SIDE pojasni, da sta pojma „naročila na drobno“ in „pragovi donosnosti“ dokaza, na katera se opira francoska vlada zato, ker poskuša upravičiti podporo, ki jo je dodelila izključno za delovanje zadruge CELF pod krinko podpore za ravnanje z naročili na drobno francoskih knjig, ki so namenjene za tujino, medtem ko dejansko gre za preprosto podporo delovanju.
SIDE maintains there is no profitability threshold for the type of activity concerned.
Družba SIDE zagotavlja, da ne obstaja prag donosnosti za tak tip dejavnosti.
Economies of scale can of course be achieved when several copies of the same title are ordered at once.
Točneje navaja, da se ekonomije obsega prav gotovo lahko uresničijo, če je več izvodov z istim naslovom naročenih istočasno.
This is why its scale of discounts provides for an additional discount of 5 % for each order of 10 copies or more.
To je razlog, zaradi katerega tabela cen družbe SIDE predvideva dodatne popuste v višini 5 % za vsak naslov naročen v desetih ali več izvodih.
It states that the processing cost and profitability for all orders are the same, since only the number of order lines entered by one person in one day and the quantity of books for each line are significant.
Družba SIDE trdi, da imajo vsa naročila popolnoma enake stroške obravnave in donosnost, saj sta pomembni samo število prevzetih vrst na eno osebo na dan, kot tudi količina knjig na vsako naročeno vrsto.
The total amount of the invoice issued has no influence on costing the service.
Jasno pove, da je celotni znesek izstavljene fakture brezpredmeten za ocenitev stroškov storitve.
A person entering 1000 lines in one day takes exactly the same time as an order from a customer containing two or 100 lines, the only difference being that the customer has to be identified for each order from a different customer, which only takes a few seconds.
Družba razloži, da oseba, ki prevzame v enem dnevu tisoč vrst naročenih knjig porabi približno točno toliko časa, kot naročilo stranke, ki vsebuje dva ali sto vrst. Edina razlika je v tem, da bo morala pri vsakem naročilu identificirati stranko, na katero se nanaša, kar pa ne traja več kot nekaj sekund.
The amount of turnover generated during a given period does not depend, therefore, on the number of customers but only on the number of lines entered during that period.
Znesek prometa uresničenega v danem obdobju torej ni odvisen od števila strank, ampak je izključno odvisen od števila nabavljenih vrst v tem istem obdobju.
SIDE also states that, just like CELF, it accepts all orders sent to it whatever their amount, the solvency of the customer being its only selection criterion.
Družba SIDE prav tako pove, da sprejme, tako kot zadruga CELF, vsa naročila, ki so naslovljena nanjo, ne glede na njihov znesek. Edini kriterij pri izbiri predstavlja za družbo SIDE plačljiva zmogljivost stranke.
Some orders, however, may contain requests for works that are not listed and consequently require special searches; this type of order accounts for about 4,5 % of its business.
Vendar družba SIDE jasno pove, da lahko nekatera naročila vsebujejo povpraševanje po delih, ki niso na seznamu, kar implicira posebno iskanje; ta tip naročil se približuje 4,5 % njene dejavnosti.
SIDE therefore considers that the aid granted to CELF for processing small orders enables that organisation to offer customers particularly attractive discounts, which SIDE cannot do itself.
Družba SIDE zato meni, da podpore, ki so dodeljene zadrugi CELF za obravnavanje naročil na drobno, omogočajo zadrugi, da odjemalcem predlaga še posebej privlačne popuste, ki jih sama ne more ponuditi.
Apart from challenging the principle that there are extra costs which justify the aid in question, SIDE highlights certain errors in the data from CELF's cost accounts, produced by the French authorities and used by the Commission in support of Decision 1999/133/EC.
Družba SIDE, poleg tega, da spodbija samo načelo obstoja povišanih stroškov, ki bi upravičili sporne podpore, opaža tudi nekatere napake, ki jih vsebujejo podatki iz izračuna stroškov zadruge CELF, ki so jih predložile francoske oblasti in jih je Komisija uporabila v podporo odločbe 1999/133/ES.
Thus it rejects the idea that there are extra costs associated with the tele-transmission of small orders, as identified in Decision 1999/133/EC.
Tako spodbija obstoj povišanih stroškov, ki bi bili vezani na dostavo na daljavo naročil na drobno, takšnih ki izhajajo iz odločbe 1999/133/ES.