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In 1997, the holding company Chart, a wholly owned EDF subsidiary, brought together its activities in the renewables sector, e.g. geothermal energy and wind power.
Leta 1997 je holdinška družba CHART, podružnica, ki je v 100 % lasti družbe EDF, združila svoje aktivnosti na področju obnovljivih virov energij, kot so geotermična in vetrna energija.
Its contribution to consolidated turnover that year was EUR 70 million.
Njen prispevek v konsolidiranem letnem prometu je torej bil 70 milijonov EUR.
Lastly, as an electricity producer and distributor, EDF was and still is in competition with suppliers of other substitute energy sources such as coal, oil and gas, both on its domestic market and on international markets.
Končno, kot proizvajalec in distributer električne energije je družba EDF, in bo še vnaprej, konkurent dobaviteljem ostalih nadomestnih virov energije, kot so premog, nafta in plin, tako na svojem nacionalnem trgu, kot na mednarodnih trgih.
In France, for example, EDF has launched a successful campaign to promote the use of electricity for heating.
V Franciji, na primer, je družba EDF uspešno izvedla kampanjo za spodbujanje uporabe elektrike za gretje.
It has thus increased its market share in comparison with its competitors who supply substitute energy sources such as oil or gas.
Na tak način je povečala svoj del trga v primerjavi s konkurenco, ki dobavlja nadomestne vire energije, kot so nafta ali plin.
In the steel industry, electric furnaces are in competition with gas and oil-fired furnaces.
V jeklarskem sektorju električne peči konkurirajo plinskim in naftnim pečem.
As far as the effect on trade in gas between Member States is concerned, it should be noted that as France has only small gas reserves it has always imported most of its supplies.
V pogledu vpliva na menjave plina med državami članicami je potrebno opozoriti, da, ker ima Francija le majhne rezerve plina, je bil le-ta vedno v pretežni meri uvožen.
The gas market has also been the subject of a liberalisation directive: Directive 98/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, which was to be transposed by all the Member States by August 2000.
Plinski trg je bil tudi predmet direktive o liberalizaciji, Direktive 98/30/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 22. junija 1998 o skupnih pravilih notranjega trga z zemeljskim plinom, sprejete v juniju 1998, ki je morala biti prestavljena v vsako državo članico pred avgustom 2000.
The Member States had to specify the eligible customers who could choose their supplier.
Države članice so morale določiti sprejemljive stranke, ki so imele možnost izbirati dobavitelja.
The definition of eligible customers was to result in an opening of the market equal to at least 20 % of annual national gas consumption immediately and then 28 % in 2003.
Določitev sprejemljivih strank je moralo privesti do takojšnjega odprtja plinskega trga z najmanj 20 % letne nacionalne porabe plina, potem pa 28 % v letu 2003.
A French parliamentary report [28] found that, according to government figures, the consumption of eligible customers who had changed suppliers accounted in early 2002 for around 25 % of the total consumption of eligible customers and 5 % of the total market, and that four new operators had entered the French market.
Francosko parlamentarno poročilo [28] navaja, da je po vladnih informacijah poraba izbranih strank, ki so menjale dobavitelja, predstavljala na začetku leta 2002 okoli 25 % skupne porabe izbranih strank in 5 % celotnega trga, ter da so se na francoskem trgu pojavili štirje novi operaterji.
It is therefore clear that, in 1997, EDF was already well established on certain markets in other Member States and that the aid resulting from the non-payment by EDF of corporation tax on some of the accounting provisions created free of tax for the renewal of the RAG inevitably affected trade between Member States.
Tako se zdi, da je bila družba EDF v letu 1997 že dobro zasidrana na določenih trgih ostalih držav članic, ter pomoč, ki je izhajala iz neplačevanja davka na dohodek pravnih oseb na del računovodskih zalog, ustvarjenih z oprostitvijo davka za prenovo RAG, ni mogla vplivati na menjave med državami članicami.
The unlimited State guarantee has also conferred on EDF an advantage which necessarily strengthens its position in relation to its competitors.
Neomejeno državno jamstvo v korist družbe EDF je prav tako ustvarilo gospodarsko korist, ki neizogibno krepi njen položaj v primerjavi s položajem njenih konkurentov.
In the light of the foregoing considerations, it necessarily affects trade between Member States within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty.
V luči predhodnih opažanj obvezno vpliva na menjave med državami članicami v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES.
The reform of the pension scheme for the electricity and gas industries reduces the costs borne by enterprises in those industries and therefore constitutes an advantage for the sector.
Reforma pokojninskega sistema panožnih podjetij IEG zmanjšuje obveznosti, ki bremenijo podjetja v sektorju in tvorijo na tak način sektorsko gospodarsko korist.
Since European markets in electricity and gas exist, the grant of an advantage to enterprises in those industries in France necessarily affects trade between Member States.
Upoštevajoč obstoj evropskih trgov električne energije in plina, ima dodelitev ugodnosti sektorskim podjetjem v Franciji neizogiben učinek na menjave med državami članicami.
Consequently, since they fulfil the four criteria laid down in Article 87(1) of the Treaty, the unlimited State guarantee enjoyed by EDF, the non-payment by enterprises in the electricity and gas industries of some of the pension benefits corresponding to rights acquired in the past, and the non-payment by EDF of corporation tax on some of the accounting provisions created free of tax for the renewal of the RAG constitute State aid.
Na tak način in v kolikor so izpolnjeni štirje kriteriji, opredeljeni v členu 87(1) Pogodbe ES, neomejeno državno jamstvo, ki ga uživa družba EDF, neplačevanje dela pokojnin iz preteklosti s strani podjetij panoge IEG, in neplačevanje davka na dohodek pravnih oseb na del računovodskih zalog, ustvarjenih z oprostitvijo davka za prenovo RAG s strani EDF, tvorijo državno pomoč.
The compatibility of these measures in the light of the Treaty rules now has to be assessed.
Odslej je potrebno pregledati njihovo računovodstvo v luči predpisov Pogodbe ES.
Assessment of the compatibility of the State aid at issue in the light of the Treaty
Računovodska ocena državne pomoči, ki je v obravnavi, v luči Pogodbe ES
The unlimited State guarantee enjoyed by EDF constitutes State aid which enables the group to borrow on more favourable terms on the international financial markets.
Neomejeno državno jamstvo, ki ga uživa družba EDF predstavlja državno pomoč, ki združenju omogoča jemanje posojil na mednarodnem finančnem trgu pod bolj ugodnimi pogoji.
Article 87(1) of the Treaty provides that aid fulfilling the criteria laid down therein is in principle incompatible with the common market.
Člen 87(1) Pogodbe ES določa, da so pomoči, ki odgovarjajo kriterijem, ki jih opredeljuje, v načelu neskladne s skupnim trgom.
The exceptions to that rule, laid down in Article 87(2), are not applicable in the case in point because of the nature of the aid, which is not intended to achieve any of the objectives listed in that paragraph.
Izjeme te neskladnosti, predvidene v členu 87(2) Pogodbe ES, se posebej ne izvajajo zaradi narave pomoči, ki ni namenjena za doseganje ciljev, naštetih v omenjenem odstavku.
Neither does the aid measure in question qualify for the exceptions allowed by Article 87(3)(a) or (c), for aid to promote the economic development of certain regions, particularly since it corresponds to operating aid: it is not conditional on investments or on job creation as required by the guidelines on national regional aid [29].
Ukrep pomoči v obravnavi tudi ne izpolnjuje pogojev, predvidenih v členu 87(3)(a) in (c) za pomoči, namenjene favoriziranju gospodarskega razvoja v določenih regijah, še toliko bolj ne, ker odgovarja pomoči pri obratovanju. Kajti ni podrejena investicijam ali ustvarjanju delovnih mest, kot to predvidevajo glavne smernice glede državnih pomoči za regionalne namene [29].
Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty also allows an exception to be made for aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Člen 87(3)(c) Pogodbe ES prav tako predvideva izjemo glede pomoči, ki so namenjene za pomoč pri razvoju določenih aktivnosti, kadar le-te ne spreminjajo pogojev menjave v obsegu, ki je v nasprotju z interesi Skupnosti.
The aid measure under examination does not qualify for this exception.
V tem posebnem primeru ukrep pomoči, ki je v preučevanju, ne vstopa v okvir te izjeme.
As regards the exceptions allowed by Article 87(3)(b) and (d) of the Treaty, the aid measure under examination is not intended to promote the execution of a project of common interest, remedy a serious disturbance in the French economy or promote culture and heritage conservation.
Kar zadeva izjeme, predvidene v členu 87(3)(b) in (d) Pogodbe ES, ta posebni primer ukrepa pomoči v proučevanju ni namenjen spodbujanju izvedbe nekega projekta skupnega interesa, niti sanaciji težke motnje francoskega gospodarstva, niti spodbujanju kulture in ohranjanju dediščine.
The compatibility criteria set out in Article 87(2) and (3) of the Treaty are therefore not met.
Na tak način kriteriji skladnosti, navedeni v členu 87(2) in (3) Pogodbe ES, niso izpolnjeni.
The French authorities consider that, in its assessment, the Commission has not taken account of EDF's status and the constraints attached thereto, such as the principle of specialisation and the ban on arbitration clauses.
Francoski organi oblasti so mnenja, da Komisija v svoji presoji statusa družbe EDF ni upoštevala pritiskov, s katerim je povezan, kot je na primer načelo specialnosti in prepoved razsojevalnih klavzul.
These are provisions of French administrative law that have nothing to do with the issue of State aid.
Gre za določila francoskega upravnega prava, ki so popolnoma neodvisna od vprašanja državnih pomoči.
It is the French authorities that decided to confer such status on EDF.
Francoski organi oblasti so tisti, ki so odločili o podelitvi tega statusa družbi EDF.
The status derives from an act passed by the French Parliament, which can therefore be amended at any time by the same procedure.
To izhaja iz zakona, ki ga je sprejel Parlament; torej ga je možno v vsakem trenutku spremeniti po isti poti.
The Commission notes, however, that the principle of specialisation has not prevented some diversification of EDF's activities.
Komisija pa vendar ugotavlja, da to načelo specialnosti ni predstavljalo ovire pri določenih spremembah dejavnosti družbe EDF.
Under Article 86(2) of the Treaty, undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest are subject to the rules of the Treaty, and in particular the rules on competition, insofar as the application of such rules does not obstruct the performance, in law or in fact, of the particular tasks assigned to them.
V smislu člena 86(2) Pogodbe ES so podjetja, ki so zadolžena za upravljanje storitve splošnega gospodarskega interesa, dolžna spoštovati predpise Pogodbe ES, zlasti predpise o konkurenci, v kolikor izvedba teh predpisov ne škodi izpolnjevanju posebne naloge po pravu ali po dejanju, ki jim je dodeljena.
The Commission does not dispute the fact that EDF has to fulfil public service obligations.
Komisija ne spodbija, da so obveznosti javnih storitev v pristojnosti družbe EDF.
On that account and pursuant to Article 86 of the Treaty, EDF could receive financial compensation or enjoy certain prerogatives derogating from the generally applicable rules of law.
V tem smislu in na temelju člena 86 Pogodbe ES, bi lahko družba EDF prejela finančno kompenzacijo ali uživala določene čezmerne posebne pravice splošnega prava.
However, such financial measures or prerogatives must be proportionate to what is necessary in order to compensate for the additional costs incurred by EDF as a result of those public service obligations.
Vendar pa morajo biti ti finančni ukrepi, ali te posebne pravice v sorazmerju s tem, kar je potrebno za kompenzacijo dodatnih stroškov, s katerimi te naloge javnih storitev bremenijo družbo EDF.
The State guarantee enjoyed by EDF, insofar as it covers all EDF's activities and is unlimited in time, is disproportionate.
Sicer pa je državno jamstvo, ki ga uživa družba EDF, v kolikor pokriva vse dejavnosti družbe EDF in je časovno neomejeno, videti nesorazmerno.
The Commission consequently takes the view that it creates an undue distortion of competition.
Komisija je torej mnenja, da jamstvo ustvarja neprimerno omejevanje konkurence.
The French authorities have not relied on Article 86(2) of the Treaty, but they have stressed the fact that EDF performs public service tasks.
Francoski organi oblasti se niso sklicevali na uporabo člena 86(2) Pogodbe ES, ampak so poudarili dejstvo, da družba EDF izvaja nalogo javne storitve.
They have not, however, indicated in detail EDF's specific public service obligations or their cost.
Francoski organi oblasti pa vendarle niso natančno navedli, katere so specifične obveznosti javne storitve družbe EDF, niti njenih izdatkov.
There is therefore no way of checking whether or not the scope of the State's commitment towards EDF corresponds to the cost of its public service tasks.
Torej je nemogoče preveriti, če obseg državnih obveznosti do družbe EDF odgovarja ali ne, izdatkom naloge javne storitve.
The Commission stresses in this connection the difficulty of correctly estimating the value of a general guarantee that is unspecified in amount and unlimited in time.
V tem pogledu Komisija opozarja na težavo pri pravilnem ocenjevanju vrednosti splošnega jamstva, ki ni opredeljeno z zneskom in je časovno neomejeno.
In the light of the information at its disposal, the Commission considers it impossible to examine whether the conditions formulated by the Court of Justice in Altmark [30] and the criteria for the application of Article 86(2) of the Treaty are fulfilled in the case in point.
Upoštevajoč informacije, s katerimi razpolaga, je komisija mnenja, da preiskava spoštovanja pogojev, formuliranih v sodbi Altmark [30], ter kriterijev izvajanja člena 86(2) Pogodbe ES, v tem posebnem primeru ni možno.
The French authorities argue that the Commission's action deprives Article 295 of the Treaty of its effectiveness.
Francoski organi oblasti so mnenja, da dejanje Komisije iz člena 295 Pogodbe ES odvzema koristen učinek.
In support of their argument, they cite the Advocate General's Opinion in Cases C-367/98, C-483/99 and C-503/99 concerning golden shares.
Kot podkrepitev svoje trditve citirajo zaključni govor generalnega odvetnika v zadevah C-367/98, C-483/99 in C-503/99, ki se nanašajo na „specifična dejanja“ (golden shares).
However, in its judgments the Court of Justice did not follow that interpretation of Article 295 of the Treaty [31].
Vendar pa Sodišče v svojih sodbah ni sledilo takemu tolmačenju člena 295 Pogodbe ES [31].
In accordance with Article 295, the Community is neutral with regard to the system of property ownership in the Member States.
Na temelju tega člena je Skupnost nevtralna, kar zadeva režim lastnine v državah članicah.
No provision of the Treaty is an impediment to complete or partial State ownership of enterprises.
Nobeno določilo Pogodbe ES države ne ovira pri tem, da ima v lasti del ali celotna podjetja.
But, at the same time, the competition rules must apply in the same way to private and public enterprises.
Toda predpisi o konkurenci se morajo izvajati istočasno in na enak način v privatnih podjetjih in v javnih podjetjih.
The Court of Justice has consistently held that Article 295 does not have the effect of exempting the Member States' systems of property ownership from the fundamental rules of the Treaty [32].
V bistvu, po stalnem tolmačenju zakonov Sodišča, člen 295 nima takega učinka, da bi se režimi lastnine, obstoječi v državah članicah, izmikali osnovnim predpisom Pogodbe ES [32].
That case-law was upheld by the judgment delivered by the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 6 March 2003 in West LB [33].
Tako tolmačenje zakonov je potrdila sodba West LB Sodišča prve stopnje Evropskih skupnosti z dne 6. marca 2003 [33].
According to that judgment, Article 295 of the Treaty cannot be held to restrict the scope of the concept of State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
V smislu te sodbe se ne bi moglo smatrati, da člen 295 Pogodbe ES omejuje obseg pomena državne pomoči v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES.
The application of the competition rules to undertakings, irrespective of the property systems to which they are subject, does not have the effect of restricting the protection under Article 295 of the Treaty and of leaving the Member States hardly any latitude in the management of public undertakings, in the retention of shareholdings which they have in those undertakings, or in recourse to considerations other than purely profit-making criteria.
Izvajanje konkurenčnih predpisov v podjetjih, neodvisno od lastninskega režima, kateremu so podrejena, nima za cilj omejiti zaščitno področje člena 295 Pogodbe ES in povzročiti, da države članice praktično nimajo več nobene svobode pri upravljanju z javnimi podjetji, v ohranjanju finančnih udeležb, ki jih imajo v njih, ali celo pri razmišljanju še o ostalih možnostih razen izključno dobičkonosnih kriterijev.
Where the interests to which that line of argument relates might conflict with the application of the competition rules, they are taken into account by Article 86(2) of the Treaty since it provides that undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest may escape the application of the competition rules if those rules obstruct the performance, in law or in fact, of the particular tasks assigned to those undertakings.
Kajti, če domnevamo, da so lahko interesi, ki jim sledijo ti argumentu, v nasprotju z izvajanjem konkurenčnih predpisov, so upoštevani v členu 86(2) Pogodbe ES, v kolikor to določilo predvideva, da se lahko podjetja, zadolžena za upravljanje storitev splošnega gospodarskega interesa, izognejo izvajanju konkurenčnih predpisov, če so slednji neuspešni pri izvrševanju posebne naloge, ki je bila dodeljena tem podjetjem, tako pri pravicah kot pri dejanjih.
In the present case, the fact that EDF's capital is owned by the State is not called into question in the slightest: the unlimited State guarantee is linked not to the system of ownership of EDF but to its legal status.
V sedanjem primeru državno lastništvo kapitala družbe EDF sploh ni predmet razprave: kajti neomejeno državno jamstvo ni vezano na režim lastništva družbe EDF, ampak na njen pravni status.
If that status has intrinsic features that distort competition, then the status itself must be examined in the light of the State aid rules.
Če so s tem statusom bistveno povezani elementi, ki ustvarjajo omejevanje konkurence, mora biti ta isti status predan v preiskavo predpisov o državni pomoči.
The Member States are free to choose the legal status of undertakings but must, in their choice, observe the rules of the Treaty.
Države članice lahko svobodno izbirajo pravni status podjetij, vendar morajo pri svoji izbiri spoštovati predpise Pogodbe ES.
In this respect, the Commission's action is in line with the principle of equal treatment.
V tem smislu je dejanje Komisije skladno z načelom enake obravnave.
The Commission has no objection whatsoever to the public ownership of EDF's capital or the public enterprise status itself.
Komisija na noben način ne postavlja v ponovno obravnavo javnega karakterja kapitala družbe EDF, niti ne spodbija statusa podjetij EPIC kot takega.
It merely examines the effect of the exemption from administration and compulsory liquidation proceedings and the role of the State as the guarantor of last resort of all EDF's debts, including those associated with activities not covered by its public service obligations.
Komisija preiskuje le učinek izjeme pri postopku sanacije in sodne likvidacije, kot tudi vlogo države kot garanta kot zadnje možnosti za vse dolgove družbe EDF, vključno s tistimi, ki so vezani na dejavnosti, ki ne izhajajo iz obveznosti javne storitve.
The unlimited State guarantee enjoyed by EDF thus constitutes State aid that is incompatible with the Treaty rules.
Neomejeno državno jamstvo, ki ga uživa družba EDF tako predstavlja državno pomoč, ki ni v skladu s predpisi Pogodbe ES.
In the decision to propose appropriate measures which it adopted in October 2002, the Commission already requested the French authorities to withdraw it.
Komisija je že zahtevala ukinitev pomoči v svoji odločbi, sprejeti v oktobru 2002, o predlogu koristnega ukrepa.
In their letter dated 11 November 2003, the French authorities notified the following draft legislative provision to the Commission: ‘The public enterprises Electricité de France and Gaz de France are hereby converted (…) into limited companies governed (…) by the rules applicable to commercial enterprises’. They explain that the effect of converting EDF into a limited company will be to make it subject to the ordinary rules applicable to companies under administration or compulsory liquidation.
V pismu z dne 11. novembra 2003 so francoski organi oblasti Komisiji predložili osnutek naslednjega zakonskega določila: „Javne nacionalne ustanove Electricité de France in Gaz de France se preoblikujejo (…) v delniško družbo, ki jo upravljajo (…) uporabna določila za komercialne družbe.“ Francoski organi oblasti navajajo, da bo imelo preoblikovanje družbe EDF v delniško družbo za posledico podrejanje splošnemu pravu, ki se uporablja za podjetja v sanaciji ali sodni likvidaciji.
The Commission considers that making EDF subject to the ordinary law on bankruptcy will have the effect of withdrawing the unlimited State guarantee which it enjoyed.
Komisija meni, da bo imelo podrejanje družbe EDF splošnemu pravu stečaja za posledico ukinitev neomejenega državnega jamstva, katerega je uživala.
In a letter dated 16 December 2003, the French Government confirmed its intention to ‘table before Parliament the measures for converting the legal form of EDF, currently a public enterprise, into a legal form governed by the ordinary rules so that those measures can be put into effect by 1 January 2005’.
V pismu z dne 16. decembra 2003 je Francoska vlada potrdila, da je „Parlamentu predlagala določila, ki se nanašajo na preoblikovanje pravne oblike družbe EDF, ki je trenutno javna ustanova, v pravno obliko splošnega prava, da bi s tem omogočila izvajanje pred 1. januarjem 2005“.
On the basis of that information, the Commission takes the view that the unlimited State guarantee enjoyed by EDF must be effectively withdrawn by 1 January 2005.
Na osnovi te informacije je Komisija smatrala, da mora biti neomejeno državno jamstvo, ki ga družba EDF uživa, odpravljeno na učinkovit način pred 1. januarjem 2005.
Such a deadline is sufficient and reasonable given the legislative and regulatory changes that have to be made.
Tak rok zadostuje in je razumen, če upoštevamo potrebne modifikacije zakonov in predpisov.
The Commission notes that the current pension scheme for the electricity and gas industries in fact constitutes a barrier to entry into the French electricity and gas markets.
Komisija ugotavlja, da sedanji pokojninski sistem panoge podjetij IEG v bistvu ustvarja pregrado na vstopu francoskih trgov električne energije in plina.