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By letters dated 10 April 2003, recorded as received on 15 April 2003, and 7 August 2003, recorded as received on 8 August 2003, the Italian Permanent Representation to the European Union forwarded to the Commission the additional information it had requested from the Italian authorities by letters of 13 November 2002 and 5 June 2003.
V pismu z dne 10. aprila 2003, prejetim 15. aprila 2003, in v pismu z dne 7. avgusta 2003, prejetim 8. avgusta 2003, je stalno predstavništvo Italije v Evropski skupnosti predložilo Komisiji dopolnilne informacije, ki jih je ta zahtevala od italijanskih organov v pismih z dne 13. novembra 2002 in 5. junija 2003.
By letter dated 2 October 2003 the Commission informed Italy of its decision to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty in respect of the aid concerned.
V pismu z dne 2. oktobra 2003 je Komisija obvestila Italijo o svoji odločitvi, da začne postopek iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe v zvezi s tovrstno pomočjo.
The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union [1].
Odločitev Komisije o začetku postopka je bila objavljena v Uradnem listu Evropske unije [1].
The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the aid in question.
Komisija je pozvala zainteresirane strani, da predložijo pripombe o zadevni pomoči.
The Commission has received no comments on the aid concerned from interested parties.
V tej zvezi Komisija ni prejela nobene pripombe.
The measure under consideration had been presented as a result of the adverse weather conditions, and in particular the hailstorms, which affected Piedmont in 2002 and damaged the peach and nectarine crops.
Zadevni ukrep je bil predložen zaradi škode, še zlasti tiste, ki jo je povzročila predvsem toča leta 2002 v Piemontu, pri čemer so bili poškodovani nasadi breskev in nektarin.
It consisted initially of the withdrawal from the market of 6000 tonnes of fruit (peaches and nectarines) to be made into compost.
V začetku je bil z ukrepom načrtovan umik 6000 ton sadja (breskev in nektarin) s trga, ki bi jih namenili kompostiranju.
According to the Italian authorities the measure should have qualified for the derogation provided for in Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
Po mnenju italijanskih organov naj bi bilo sadje upravičeno do izjem po členu 87(2)(b) Pogodbe.
The withdrawal operations took place on 25, 26, 27 and 30 September 2002. The quantities withdrawn amounted to 204,16 tonnes of peaches (value: EUR 18782) and 977,94 tonnes of nectarines (value: EUR 89970,48).
V dneh 25., 26., 27. in 30. septembra 2002. so s trga umaknili skupno 204,16 ton breskev (v vrednosti 18782 EUR) in 977,94 ton nektarin (v vrednosti 89970,48 EUR).
The total quantity withdrawn amounted therefore to 1182,10 tonnes of fruit.
Skupaj so umaknili 1182,10 ton sadja.
As the aid envisaged was EUR 0,092 per kilo withdrawn, the budget allocation set aside for the measure was EUR 108752.
Ob prispevku 0,092 EUR na umaknjen kilogram je znašala višina prispevka 108752 EUR.
According to the information contained in the notification, the producers to whom the measure would apply are members of the Asprofrut [2] organisation who, as a result of the abovementioned adverse weather conditions, incurred losses in excess of 30 % of their average historical production.
Glede na objavljene podatke, so zadevni proizvajalci, ki so člani združenja Asprofrut [2], zaradi neugodnih vremenskih razmer utrpeli škodo, ki presega 30 % dolgoletne povprečne proizvodnje.
The average regional production for the previous three years totalled 144692 tonnes (86059 tonnes of peaches and 58633 tonnes of nectarines).
Povprečna proizvodnja v regiji je znašala v zadnjih treh letih skupno 144692 ton (86059 ton breskev in 58633 ton nektarin).
In the light of the information contained in the notification it appears that the reason for the use of State aid is the fact that:
Iz posredovanih podatkov se lahko sklepa, da je bila zahteva po državni pomoči upravičena zaradi naslednjih dejavnikov:
Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables [3] provides for withdrawals in each marketing year representing a maximum of 10 % of products marketed by individual producer organisations, which may be increased by three percentage points on condition that the average remains at 10 % over three years;the producer organisations in the region had already had recourse to the three points increase within the authorised limits.
Uredba Sveta (ES) št. 2200/96 z dne 28. oktobra 1996 o skupni ureditvi trga za sadje in zelenjavo [3] določa za vsako tržno leto umik največ 10 % proizvodov, ki jih tržijo posamezne organizacije proizvajalcev, z možnim odmikom za največ tri odstotne točke, pod pogojem, da se upošteva srednja 10 % vrednost za obdobje treh let;organizacije proizvajalcev zadevne regije so že izrabile 3 odstotne točke odmika v okviru dovoljenih omejitev.
INITIATION OF THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 88(2) OF THE TREATY
ZAČETEK POSTOPKA PO ČLENU 88(2) POGODBE
The Commission has initiated the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty because it doubted the compatibility of the scheme with the common market.
Komisija je začela postopek skladno s členom 88(2) Pogodbe zaradi pomislekov o združljivosti režima s skupnim trgom.
The first factor which led the Commission to doubt the compatibility of the aid with the common market was the fact that, according to the information provided by the Italian authorities during the exchange of correspondence with the Commission, it became increasingly clear that the difficult situation was not due to weather conditions but to the unfavourable development of trade, in other words a factor falling within the normal risks associated with farming (for example, in their letter of 7 August 2003 the Italian authorities said that the difficult situation was due more to market conditions than to a fall in production; in addition, the loss has been calculated in terms of turnover and not of production — see recital 13 below).
Prvi vidik, ki je pri Komisiji sprožil pomisleke o združljivosti pomoči s skupnim trgom, je dejstvo, da je od informacij, ki so jih italijanski organi posredovali Komisiji med dopisovanjem, vse bolj jasno izhajalo, da krizo niso sprožile vremenske razmere, temveč neugoden razvoj trgovine ali z drugimi besedami parameter, ki je običajni del tveganja pri opravljanju kmetijske dejavnosti (na primer, v pismu z dne 7. avgusta 2003 so italijanski organi izjavili, da je krizna situacija prej posledica trga kot zmanjšane proizvodnje; poleg tega je bila izgubo izračunana na podlagi prometa in ne proizvodnje – gl. uvodno opombo 13).
The second factor which led the Commission to doubt the compatibility of the aid with the common market was the fact that the Italian authorities, after referring to a loss in relation to average historical production, acknowledged that the loss had been calculated in relation to the turnover of the undertakings, while point 11.3 of the Community guidelines for State aid to the agricultural sector (hereafter called the guidelines) [4], which serve as a basis for the assessment of aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by adverse weather conditions, describes a method of calculating losses which concerns production losses (the ‘price’ factor is taken into consideration only when the loss at production level has been determined).
Drugi vidik, ki je pri Komisiji sprožil pomisleke o združljivosti pomoči s skupnim trgom, je dejstvo, da so italijanski organi najprej omenili izgubo glede na dolgoletno povprečno proizvodnjo, nato pa priznali, da je bila izguba izračunana glede na promet podjetij, medtem ko točka 11.3 usmeritev Skupnosti za državno pomoč v kmetijskem sektorju (v nadaljevanju „usmeritve“) [4], ki predstavlja osnovo za vrednotenje pomoči kmetovalcem zaradi izgube, ki so jo povzročile neugodne vremenske razmere, opisuje način izračunavanja izgub, ki zadeva izgubo pri proizvodnji (dejavnik „cena“ se upošteva samo po določitvi izgube na ravni proizvodnje).
The third factor which led the Commission to doubt the compatibility of the aid with the common market was the fact that, according to the estimates provided by the Italian authorities, the average production of peaches and nectarines in 2002 was going to be above that for the three previous years, while according to point 11.3.1 of the guidelines aid is permitted only if the damage reaches 20 % of normal production in the less-favoured areas and 30 % in other areas (as indicated in recital 9, the average regional production for the three years preceding the event relied on had totalled 144692 tonnes, 86059 tonnes for peaches and 58633 tonnes for nectarines; for 2002 it had been estimated at 147300 tonnes, 86300 tonnes for peaches and 61000 tonnes for nectarines).
Tretji vidik, ki je pri Komisiji sprožil pomisleke o združljivosti pomoči s skupnim trgom, je dejstvo, da naj bi bila, glede na oceno italijanskih organov, povprečna proizvodnja breskev in nektarin leta 2002 večja od proizvodnje v zadnjih treh letih, medtem ko se po točki 11.3.1 odobri pomoč v primeru, ko doseže škoda 20 % običajne proizvodnje na območjih z omejenimi možnostmi in 30 % na ostalih območjih (kot je navedeno v uvodni opombi 9 znaša povprečna proizvodnja v deželi v zadnjih treh letih pred omenjenim dogodkom skupno 144692 ton – 86059 ton breskev in 58633 ton nektarin; za leto 2002 je bila proizvodnja ocenjena na 147300 ton – 86300 ton breskev in 61000 ton nektarin).
The fourth factor which led the Commission to doubt the compatibility of the aid with the common market was the choice of years used for determining the production for a normal year for the purpose of calculating the loss incurred.
Četrti vidik, ki je pri Komisiji sprožil pomisleke o združljivosti pomoči s skupnim trgom, je izbira let, ki so jih uporabili za določitev proizvodnje v običajnem letu zaradi izračuna utrpele izgube.
According to point 11.3.2 of the guidelines, the gross production in a normal year should be calculated by reference to the average gross production in the previous three years, excluding any year in which compensation was payable as a result of adverse weather conditions.
Skladno s točko 11.3.2 usmeritev se bruto proizvodnja običajnega leta izračunava na podlagi povprečne bruto proizvodnje v zadnjih treh tržnih letih, pri čemer so izključena leta, ko je bilo izplačano nadomestilo zaradi neugodnih vremenskih razmer.
The Italian authorities have calculated the loss incurred by reference to the three years preceding that of the adverse weather referred to above, whereas, by their own admission, while no specific compensation was granted in the peach and nectarine sectors, holdings producing these two types of fruit nevertheless obtained, over the three years in question, interest rate subsidies on loans granted to compensate for damage due to adverse weather representing at least 35 % of the gross production that could be marketed.
Italijanski organi so ocenili škodo, ki so jo utrpeli na osnovi zadnjih treh let pred nastopom zgoraj navedenih težav, medtem ko so po lastnem priznanju, kljub temu, da sicer ni bila odobrena nobena posebna odškodnina na področju breskev in nektarin, podjetja, ki proizvajajo ti dve vrsti sadja, vseeno pridobila v zadevnih treh letih subvencionirane obrestne mere za posojila, dodeljena kot odškodnina za utrpelo škodo zaradi neugodnih vremenskih razmer v višini najmanj 35 % bruto proizvodnje, ki bi šla v prodajo.
In view of this information it was difficult to imagine that the peach and nectarine crops had been spared the adverse weather conditions that had affected the entire holding and that, as a corollary, a farmer whose entire holding had been affected could have received aid for all his crops except peaches and nectarines.
Ob takih informacijah je bilo težko verjeti, da nasadov breskev in nektarin niso prizadele vremenske razmere, ki so poškodovale celotno podjetje, in da bi vrh tega kmetovalec, katerega podjetje je utrpelo škodo, prejel odškodnino za vse proizvode, razen za breskve in nektarine.
The fifth factor which led the Commission to doubt the compatibility of the aid with the common market was the appropriateness of the method of calculating the aid.
Peti vidik, ki je pri Komisiji sprožil pomisleke o združljivosti pomoči s skupnim trgom, je primernost načina izračuna pomoči.
In order to calculate the amount of aid payable (EUR 0,092 per kilo), the Italian authorities had used only the average market prices in September 2002 for fresh packaged products (EUR 0,5 per kilo for nectarines and EUR 0,45 per kilo for peaches) and not the average prices for the three years preceding that of the event excluding any year in which compensation had been paid as a result of adverse weather conditions, as prescribed in point 11.3.2 of the guidelines.
Da bi izračunali znesek pomoči za nakazilo (0,092 EUR na kg), so italijanski organi uporabili izključno povprečne cene na trgu septembra 2002 za sveži embaliran proizvod (0,5 EUR za kilogram nektarin in 0,45 EUR za kilogram breskev), ne pa povprečnih cen zadnjih treh let pred dogodkom, brez upoštevanja let, ko je bilo plačano nadomestilo zaradi neugodnih vremenskih razmer, kot predpisuje točka 11.3.2 usmeritev.
According to the Italian authorities this method was to help prevent overcompensation for losses incurred by farmers, given that the loss was due to the failure to sell the products and that the cost price per kilo of product could be estimated at approximately 50 % of the market price.
Po mnenju istih organov naj bi ta postopek onemogočal prekomerno kompenzacijo škode, ki so jo utrpeli kmetovalci, glede na to, da je škoda nastala zaradi neprodanih proizvodov in da bi ceno za kilogram proizvoda ocenili na približno 50 % tržne cene.
In view of this information the Commission could only find that point 11.3.2 of the guidelines appeared not to have been observed and conclude that the aid seemed to be intended to compensate for losses that were due not to a loss of production but to the unfavourable development of the market.
Ob takih informacijah je Komisija lahko samo ugotovila, da niso bile upoštevane določbe točke 11.3.2 usmeritev, in sklepala, da je videti, kot da je pomoč namenjena ne kompenziranju izgube zaradi zmanjšane proizvodnje, temveč izgube, ki je povezana z neugodnim stanjem na trgu.
On this point too, the Commission has expressed doubts about the appropriateness of the basis for calculating the aid because the Italian authorities had not provided any details of deductions for costs not incurred by the farmer owing to the adverse weather or of any amounts received under an insurance policy and of any direct aid received, whereas these reductions are prescribed in points 11.3.2 and 11.3.6 of the guidelines.
Komisija je tudi izrazila pomisleke o primernosti osnove za izračun višine pomoči, saj italijanski organi niso predložili nikakršnih pojasnil o odbitku stroškov, ki jih kmetovalec zaradi nastalih težav ni kril, niti o morebitnem prejetem znesku v okviru zavarovalne police in o morebitni neposredno prejeti pomoči, medtem ko navedbo teh odbitkov predpisujeta točki 11.3.2 in 11.3.6 usmeritev.
The sixth factor which led the Commission to doubt the compatibility of the aid with the common market concerned compliance with point 11.3.8 of the guidelines, according to which, where aid is paid to a producer organisation, the amount must not exceed the actual loss incurred by the farmer.
Šesti vidik, ki je pri Komisiji sprožil pomisleke o združljivosti pomoči s skupnim trgom, je povezan s spoštovanjem določb iz točke 11.3.8 usmeritev, na podlagi katerih ne sme nakazana pomoč organizaciji proizvajalcev presegati dejanske škode, ki jo je utrpel kmetovalec.
The concept of actual loss was called into question in view of the doubts referred to above (loss of turnover and not of production; method of calculating losses not entirely reliable).
Pojem dejanske izgube je bilo treba ponovno preučiti ob upoštevanju zgoraj navedenih pomislekov (izguba na prometu in ne na proizvodnji, ne povsem zanesljiv postopek izračunavanja izgube).
In addition, since the Italian authorities have indicated that the producer organisation would pay the aid in full to the farmers, after deducting the costs it had incurred, the Commission has been unable, in the absence of fuller details, to determine whether the costs in question, whose nature remained to be specified, were not excessive, and if the aid paid to the producer organisation concerned had been transferred to the latter in proportion to the losses it had incurred.
Italijanski organi so obvestili, da bo organizacija proizvajalcev nakazala pomoč neposredno kmetovalcem po odbitku stroškov za poslovanje, zato Komisija v odsotnosti dodatnih pojasnil ni mogla ugotoviti, ali so bili zadevni stroški, katerih narava ni bila opredeljena, previsoki in je bila pomoč, nakazana zadevni organizaciji proizvajalcev, sorazmerna izgubi, ki so jo proizvajalci utrpeli.
The seventh factor which led the Commission to doubt the compatibility of the aid with the common market concerned the existence of a presumption of an infringement of the rules governing the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables established by Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.
Sedmi vidik, ki je pri Komisiji sprožil pomisleke o združljivosti pomoči s skupnim trgom, je obstoj domneve o kršitvi predpisov o skupni ureditvi trga sadja in zelenjave, kakor jih določa uredba (ES) št. 2200/96.
Given that the producer organisations in the region of Piedmont had already exhausted the withdrawal possibilities provided for in that Regulation (see recital 10), the grant of State aid for withdrawals that included an overrun of the possibilities set, would have been contrary to the rules governing the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables and would have disturbed the smooth operation of the common market.
Ker so organizacije proizvajalcev v Piemontu že izrabile možnosti umika, ki izhaja iz navedene uredbe (gl. uvodno opombo 10), bi bila dodelitev državne pomoči za umik, ki bi predstavljal preseganje veljavnih možnosti, v nasprotju s pravili o skupni ureditvi trga sadja in zelenjave, s čimer bi nastopile motnje v usklajenem delovanju skupnega trga.
According to point 3.2 of the guidelines, the Commission cannot, under any circumstances, approve an aid which is incompatible with the rules governing a common organisation of the market or which would interfere with its proper functioning.
Po točki 3.2 usmeritev ne more Komisija odobriti nikakršne pomoči, ki ne bi bila v skladu z določbami, ki urejajo skupno ureditev trga ali ki bi vplivala na njeno delovanje.
Lastly, the Commission has been unable, in the absence of adequate information, to determine whether the aid had already been paid and whether it could be aggregated with other aids with the same objectives.
Ob pomanjkanju zadostnih informacij Komisija ni mogla ugotoviti, ali je bila pomoč že nakazana in ali je taka vrsta pomoči združljiva s pomočjo, ki ima enake cilje.
COMMENTS BY ITALY
PRIPOMBE ITALIJE
By letter dated 16 January 2004, recorded as received on 19 January 2004, the Italian Permanent Representation to the European Union forwarded to the Commission a letter from the Italian authorities in which the latter submitted their comments on the aid concerned following the initiation of the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty.
V pismu z dne 16. januarja 2004, prejetim 19. januarja 2004, je stalno predstavništvo Italije v Evropski skupnosti predložilo Komisiji pismo italijanskih organov, v katerem ti posredujejo pripombe v zvezi z začetkom postopka o zadevni pomoči na podlagi člena 88, odstavek 2 Pogodbe.
With regard to the deduction of costs not incurred by the farmer (see recital 17 above), the Italian authorities have stressed that since the problem was not one of non-production, all the stages of cultivation had been completed and their costs had been incurred.
Kar zadeva odbitke stroškov, ki jih kmetovalec ni kril (gl. uvodno opombo 17), so italijanski organi poudarili, da, kolikor ne gre za problem v zvezi z izostalo proizvodnjo, so bile vse stopnje kmetovanja izpeljane z zadevnimi stroški.
With regard to the need to avoid overcompensation for the loss incurred (see recitals 15 and 16), the Italian authorities said that, leaving aside the inappropriateness of the method of calculation used, they considered that they had provided figures which made it highly unlikely that there would be any over-compensation. They reiterated also that, in view of the disproportion between the amount of the aid and the market price used, and the fact that the cost price corresponds to around half the market price, it was difficult to consider that the losses in the sector were too small for aid to be granted.
V izogib prekomerni kompenzaciji izgub (gl. uvodni opombi 15 in 16) so italijanski organi izjavili, da so, ne glede na uporabo neprimerne metode za izračun, predložili dovolj številčnih podatkov, na podlagi katerih se možnost prekomerne kompenzacije zdi zelo malo verjetna, in so pri tem še poudarili, da je bilo ob obstoječih razlikah med zneskom pomoči in uporabljeno tržno ceno ter ob dejstvu, da nakupna cena ustreza približno polovici navedene tržne cene, težko pomisliti, da bi bile izgube na tem področju tako skromne, da se pomoč ne bi mogla dodeliti.
Lastly, with regard to compliance with point 11.3.8 of the guidelines (see recital 18 ), the Italian authorities said that the aid would be allocated in relation to the loss incurred (determined on the basis of the quantity delivered) by the members of the producer organisation, and that they would have seen to it that the share of the aid retained by the producer organisation was intended to cover solely the costs it had incurred.
Kar nazadnje zadeva spoštovanje določb iz točke 11.3.8 usmeritev (gl. uvodno opombo 18), so italijanski organi izjavili, da se bo pomoč razdelila na podlagi škode, ki so jo člani organizacije proizvajalcev dejansko utrpeli in da bodo poskrbeli, da se del pomoči, ki jo organizacija zadrži, nameni izključno kritju dejanskih stroškov.
The letter sent on 16 January 2004 by the Italian Permanent Representation to the European Union also contains the reactions of the producer organisation which could have qualified for the aid (Asprofrut).
Pismo, ki ga je stalno predstavništvo Italije v Evropski skupnosti posredovalo 16. januarja 2004, vsebuje tudi reakcijo organizacije proizvajalcev, ki bi bila lahko uvrščena med prejemnike pomoči (Asprofrut).
The latter states that 2002 was a particularly difficult year, mainly on account of the weather conditions in the region in August and the storms that affected the countries of central Europe at the same time which are among its usual clients.
Slednja izjavlja, da je bilo tržno leto 2002 še posebno težavno zlasti zaradi klimatskih razmer v regiji meseca avgusta in zaradi neugodnih vremenskih razmer nad srednjo Evropo, od koder običajno prihajajo njihove stranke, v istem času.
It emphasised that it had applied to the Region, and had been authorised, to withdraw from the market a product that was not damaged by hail, and in compliance with Community marketing rules, although it had been regraded as an industrial product on account of the deterioration that had occurred between the date of submission of the application for withdrawal and the start of the actual withdrawal operations.
Poudarja, da so na deželno upravo naslovili zahtevek, ki je bil odobren, glede umika s trga proizvoda, ki ga toča ni poškodovala in je bil skladen s tržnimi predpisi Skupnosti, čeprav je bil uvrščen na nižjo stopnjo industrijskega proizvoda zaradi poslabšanja kakovosti v času med predložitvijo vloge za umik in začetkom postopka umika.
V. ASSESSMENT OF THE AID
V. OCENITEV POMOČI