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The measures therefore distort or threaten to distort competition and may affect trade between the Member States.
Zato zadevni ukrepi izkrivljajo ali lahko izkrivijo konkurenco ter lahko prizadenejo trgovino med državami članicami.
Such measures are in principle prohibited under Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Takšni ukrepi so načelno prepovedani v skladu z istim členom 87(1) Pogodbe.
They may only be deemed compatible with the common market if they qualify for one of the derogations provided for in the Treaty.
Te ukrepe se lahko obravnava kot združljive s skupnim trgom, samo če so lahko deležni enega od odstopanj, ki jih predvideva Pogodba.
The aid to aquaculture and fisheries undertakings must be analysed in the light of the 1997 Guidelines, as was done in the course of the preliminary investigation.
V zvezi s pomočmi, ki koristijo ribogojnicam in ribiškim podjetjem, se morajo ukrepi analizirati z vidika smernic iz leta 1997, kot je že bilo narejeno v predhodni preiskavi.
The Commission initiated the formal investigation procedure for certain measures adopted to assist fish farmers after the events of December 1999 because it had not been able to establish that overall, with the cumulative effect of the different aid measures, including those which it had already approved, there had not been over-compensation for the damage suffered.
Komisija je začela uradni postopek preiskave nekaterih ukrepov, sprejetih v korist ribogojcev po dogodkih decembra 1999, ker se ni mogla prepričati, ali je bila s kopičenjem različnih pomoči, med katerimi so bile pomoči, ki jih je Komisija že pozitivno ocenila, kompenzacija škode na splošno prekomerna.
The formal investigation procedure related to the following aid measures:
Komisija opozarja, da je uradni postopek preiskave zadeval naslednje ukrepe pomoči:
exemption from social security contributions during the first quarter of 2000 (for one, two, or three months according to the damage suffered),
oprostitev socialnih prispevkov v prvem četrtletju 2000 (za en, dva ali tri mesece glede na utrpelo škodo),
reduction of financial charges for fish farmers directly affected by the storm or the oil pollution,
finančne olajšave za ribogojce, ki jih je neposredno prizadelo neurje ali izlitje nafte,
exemption from State fees for the year 2000 for concessions in the six departments affected by the events (Atlantic coast departments from Finistère to Gironde).
oprostitev državnih pristojbin za leto 2000 za koncesije v šestih departmajih, ki sta jih prizadela ta dogodka (departmajih na atlantski obali od Finistère do Gironde).
Going by the additional information provided, in the case of the exemption from social security contributions and the reduction of financial charges, the procedure set up by France, with the creation of a compensation unit in each department concerned, with representatives of the State services concerned, banking establishments and professionals, really was designed to avoid risks of over-compensation.
V zvezi z oprostitvijo socialnih prispevkov in finančnimi olajšavami je bil glede na dobljene dodatne informacije namen postopka, vzpostavljenega v Franciji, ki je v vsakem zadevnem departmaju ustanovila departmajski center za nadomestilo škode, kjer so zastopane različne zadevne državne službe, bančne ustanove in strokovnjaki, ravno preprečiti tveganje za prekomerno kompenzacijo.
France points out that investigating each case individually ensured that the aid was adjusted to the situation of each undertaking, thereby avoiding over-compensation.
Francija opozarja, da so departmajski centri za nadomestilo škode obravnavali vsak primer posebej in da je ta preiskava omogočila prilagoditi odobrene pomoči glede na položaj podjetij in preprečiti prekomerno kompenzacijo.
In view of this information the Commission finds that France established an appropriate procedure allowing over-compensation to be avoided.
Komisija na podlagi teh informacij ugotavlja, da je Francija uvedla ustrezen postopek, s katerim je preprečila prekomerno kompenzacijo utrpele škode.
It therefore finds that the only objective of this aid was indeed to compensate for damage suffered as a result of the two exceptional occurrences, the storm of December 1999 and the wreck of the Erika.
Zato meni, da je bil dejansko edini namen teh pomoči nadomestiti škodo, ki je nastala zaradi dveh izrednih dogodkov, neurja in brodoloma Erike decembra 1999.
The exemption from social-security contributions and the reduction of financial charges must therefore be deemed compatible with the common market under Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
Oprostitev socialnih prispevkov in finančne olajšave je torej treba razglasiti kot združljive s skupnim trgom na podlagi člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe.
The exemption from State fees will be analysed in section C.1 below, since the measure was applied to all French fish-farmers, contrary to the information at the Commission’s disposal prior to initiation of the formal investigation procedure.
Oprostitev državnih pristojbin bo analizirana v oddelku C.1 spodaj, ker je ta ukrep koristil vsem ribogojcem v Franciji, kar je v nasprotju z informacijami, ki jih je Komisija poznala pred začetkom uradnega postopka preiskave.
France informed the Commission in its letter of 21 June 2000 that the marine aquaculture concessions and the water intake authorisations in the departments concerned were exempt from payment of the State fee for the year 2000.
Francija je namreč v pismu z dne 21. junija 2000 obvestila Komisijo, da so bile koncesije za morska gojišča in dovoljenja za zajemanje vode v zadevnih departmajih oproščena plačila državne pristojbine za leto 2000.
Since France made no further mention of this exemption in its subsequent letters to the Commission, which described in detail the content of the measures implemented, the Commission asked France by letter of 21 June 2001 whether the exemption had in fact been applied, and if so asked France to supply the relevant information.
Ker Francija te oprostitve ni več omenila v naslednjih pismih, poslanih Komisiji, kjer je podrobno opisala vsebino izvedenih ukrepov, je Komisija v pismu z dne 21. junija 2001 Francijo vprašala, ali je bila ta oprostitev dejansko uporabljena, in v tem primeru od nje zahtevala ustrezne informacije.
In its reply of 13 August 2001 France stated that the fish farmers of the departments of Finistère, Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique, Vendée, Charente-Maritime and Gironde had in fact been granted exemption from the State fee payable in 2000, without mentioning that these departments were not the only ones to which the exemption had been applied.
Francija je v svojem odgovoru z dne 13. avgusta 2001 navedla, da „so bili ribogojci iz departmajev Finistère, Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique, Vendée, Charente-Maritime in Gironde dejansko oproščeni plačila državne pristojbine za leto 2000“, pri čemer ni omenila, da je področje uporabe te oprostitve obsegalo več kot samo teh šest departmajev.
Not until it responded to the initiation of the formal investigation procedure did France state that the measure was a general one applying to all French fish farmers, like the reduction in social security contributions.
Francija je šele v odgovoru na začetek uradnega postopka preiskave pojasnila, da je bil to splošen ukrep, ki se je torej uporabil za vse ribogojce v Franciji, enako kot zmanjšanje socialnih prispevkov.
Additional measures in favour of all fish farmers and all fishermen
Dodatni splošni ukrepi v korist vseh ribogojcev in ribičev
The exemption from State fees for the year 2000 and the reduction in social security charges from 15 April to 15 July 2000 were applied to all fish farmers of mainland France and the overseas departments.
Oprostitve državnih pristojbin za leto 2000 in zmanjšanja socialnih prispevkov za obdobje od 15. aprila do 15. julija 2000 so bili deležni vsi ribogojci v Franciji in čezmorskih departmajih.
According to France these measures were introduced to compensate for the loss of turnover suffered by the whole industry throughout the territory as a result of the deterioration of the consumer image of farmed shellfish after the wreck of the Erika.
Po mnenju Francije so se ti ukrepi uvedli za nadomestilo izpada prometa, ki so ga vsi ribogojci na celotnem ozemlju utrpeli zaradi poslabšanja podobe gojenih školjk med potrošniki po brodolomu tankerja Erika.
A study carried out for the Ofimer concluded that, following this event, turnover had fallen by EUR 7,7 million against the previous year.
Glede na študijo, opravljeno za OFIMER, bi moral izpad prometa zaradi tega dogodka znašati 7,7 milijona eurov v primerjavi s preteklim letom.
The exemption from State fees, with a value of EUR 3,81 million, and the reduction in social security charges, with a value of EUR 3,35 million, would thus partially compensate for this loss of revenue.
Oprostitev državnih pristojbin v višini 3,81 milijona eurov in zmanjšanje socialnih prispevkov v višini 3,35 milijona eurov bi torej omogočila delno nadomestitev izgub prihodkov.
The total value of the aid for all France was thus EUR 7,16 million, less than the estimated loss (EUR 7,7 million).
Splošna pomoč za vso Francijo torej znaša 7,16 milijona eurov, kar je manj od ocenjene škode (7,7 milijona eurov).
On the basis of the information provided the Commission does not contest that the farmed shellfish market suffered temporarily.
Komisija na podlagi dobljenih informacij ne spodbija dejstva, da je prišlo do trenutnega poslabšanja razmer na trgu gojenih školjk.
However, as already noted in the Commission decision initiating the formal investigation procedure, this market deterioration must be put in perspective — there was no sudden and extreme customer disaffection.
Vendar, kot je že navedla v sklepu o začetku uradnega postopka preiskave, je to poslabšanje razmer na trgu treba relativizirati; nenadnega in nepričakovanega zmanjšanja naklonjenosti potrošnikov ni bilo.
The Commission notes that in 1999 the value of aquaculture products (shellfish and fish) for the whole of France was EUR 502 million (2000 Ofimer report).
Komisija ugotavlja, da je letna vrednost proizvodov ribogojnega sektorja (gojenja školjk in ribogojstva) v celotni Franciji leta 1999 znašala 502 milijona eurov (poročilo za leto 2000 OFIMER).
The table giving this figure does not indicate the relative shares of fish and shellfish.
Tabela, kjer je prikazana ta vrednost, ne prikazuje deleža ribogojstva.
The loss of turnover following the deterioration of the image of shellfish can therefore be estimated as 7,7/281 or 2,7 % of the value of the previous year’s production.
Izpad prometa zaradi poslabšanja podobe školjk je torej lahko ocenjen v odstotkih na 7,7/281 oziroma 2,7 % vrednosti proizvodnje v preteklem letu.
The compensation of a value of EUR 7,16 million would therefore be 7,16/281 or 2,5 % of turnover.
Odobrene odškodnine v znesku 7,16 milijona eurov torej pomenijo 7,16/281 oziroma 2,5 % prometa.
The Commission considers that small-scale losses must be categorised as costs to be borne by undertakings in the normal course of their activity.
Komisija meni, da je treba škodo manjšega obsega všteti v kategorijo stroškov, ki jih morajo podjetja nositi v okviru svojega normalnega delovanja.
Any economic activity is subject to various greater and lesser risks (price fluctuation of production factors, fluctuation of the sales price of production, possible increase in charges, etc.) resulting from a wide variety of unforeseen circumstances.
Vsaka gospodarska dejavnost je namreč podvržena različnim večjim ali manjšim tveganjem (nihanje cene proizvodnih dejavnikov, nihanje prodajne cene proizvodnje, morebitno povečanje nekaterih stroškov itd.) zaradi najrazličnejših nepredvidenih dogodkov.
It considers that when such risks lead to small-scale losses they cannot give rise to an entitlement to compensation because that would mean that traders could claim compensation whenever they suffered the impact of any unforeseen event.
Komisija meni, da ta tveganja, kadar povzročijo manjšo škodo, ne dajejo pravice do nadomestila, ker bi zaradi tega a contrario morali upoštevati, da bi gospodarski subjekti lahko zahtevali takšno nadomestilo od trenutka, ko bi utrpeli posledice kakršnega koli nepredvidenega dogodka.
For example, in line with this general approach, the Commission considers that in the agriculture sector losses must exceed a threshold of 30 % (20 % in less-favoured areas) for aid to be deemed compatible with the common market under Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
Komisija za primer in v skladu s to smernico meni, da se v kmetijstvu zahteva prag izgub v višini 30 % (20 % v revnih območjih), da se pomoč lahko razglasi za združljivo s skupnim trgom na podlagi člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe.
The social security contribution reduction and State fee exemption measures, intended to compensate for a loss of turnover of only 2,7 % cannot therefore in principle be deemed compatible with the common market under Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
Zato ukrepi zmanjšanja socialnih prispevkov in oprostitve državnih pristojbin, namenjeni odobritvi nadomestila za izpad prometa v višini samo 2,7 %, načelno ne morejo biti razumljeni kot združljivi s skupnim trgom na podlagi člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe.
Nor do these aid measures correspond to any of the derogations provided for in the 1997 guidelines.
Poleg tega ti ukrepi pomoči ne ustrezajo nobenemu odstopanju, predvidenemu v smernicah za leto 1997.
They must therefore in principle be deemed incompatible with the common market.
Torej se jih mora načelno razumeti kot nezdružljive s skupnim trgom.
However, the Commission notes that the measures applied to fish farmers in the Atlantic coast departments from Finistère to Gironde were intended to compensate for damage directly linked to one of the events of December 1999, the wreck of the Erika or the storm.
Vendar Komisija v zvezi z ukrepi, uporabljenimi za ribogojce v departmajih na atlantski obali od Finistère do Gironde, ugotavlja, da so bili namenjeni nadomestilu škode in neposredno povezani z enim od dveh dogodkov decembra 1999, tj. brodolomom tankerja Erika.
These aid measures must be evaluated in conjunction with the other aid measures granted following those events.
Te ukrepe pomoči se torej lahko na splošno oceni skupaj z drugimi pomočmi, dodeljenimi zaradi teh dogodkov.
The Commission has already pronounced those other aid measures (application of the agricultural disasters scheme, aid for rebuilding equipment and stock, advances on the compensation to be paid by the IOPCF) compatible with the common market (letter of 11 December 2001), or is pronouncing them so in this decision (social security contributions relief for the first quarter of 2000 and reduction of financial charges — see Section B).
Gre za pomoči, za katere je Komisija v pismu z dne 11. decembra 2001 že izrazila pozitivno mnenje o njihovi združljivosti s skupnim trgom (izvedba sistema za odpravo posledic škode v kmetijstvu zaradi naravnih nesreč, pomoč pri obnovi materiala in zalog, predplačilo za odškodnine FIPOL), ali pomoči, o katerih Komisija izraža pozitivno mnenje v tej direktivi (zmanjšanje socialnih prispevkov za prvo četrtletje 2000 in finančne olajšave – glej oddelek B).
Since these measures have been or are now being pronounced compatible with the common market under Article 87(2)(b), an additional compensation worth 2,5 % of turnover must be incorporated in the total aid received by the fish farmers (the percentage of 2,5 %, corresponding to EUR 7,16 million/EUR 281 million, was calculated for France as a whole; the same percentage may be taken as the average for each farm).
Ker so bile te pomoči razglašene kot združljive s skupnim trgom na podlagi člena 87(2)(b), je treba znesek dodatnega nadomestila v višini 2,5 % prometa vključiti v splošno pomoč, ki so jo prejeli ribogojci (ta 2,5-odstotni delež oziroma 7,16 milijona eurov/281 milijonov eurov je bil izračunan na nacionalni ravni; isti odstotni delež se lahko kot povprečje uporabi za vsak obrat).
Given this low relative value and the fact that the other aid did not fully compensate for the damage suffered, the risk of over-compensation is avoided.
Poleg tega se, ob upoštevanju te nizke relativne vrednosti in ker druge pomoči ne nadomestijo celotne nastale škode, prepreči tveganje prekomerne kompenzacije.
Losses, and aid allocations to compensate for them, should have been assessed for each individual aquaculture holding to establish whether the value of damage suffered by each undertaking (with the addition of the loss of turnover resulting from the deterioration in the image of shellfish, estimated at 2,7 %) was significant.
Ocena izgub in dodelitev pomoči za njihovo nadomestitev bi se morali izvesti na ravni vsakega posameznega obrata, da bi preverili, ali je znesek celotne škode, ki jo je utrpelo vsako od podjetij, potem ko se ji prišteje izpad prometa zaradi poslabšanja podobe školjk v višini 2,7 %, velik.
This was not the method France adopted, since the scheme applied to all producers in the area concerned (Atlantic coast departments from Finistère to Gironde).
Metoda Francije ne ustreza tej shemi, ker se uporablja za vse proizvajalce na zadevnem območju (v departmajih na atlantski obali od Finistère do Gironde).
However, in this case the Commission finds France’s method acceptable and considers that it was reasonable to use it to facilitate administration, given the large area and the number of undertakings affected by the events.
Vendar lahko Komisija v tem primeru oceni, da je ta metoda sprejemljiva in da se jo je dalo razumno uporabiti za lažje administrativno vodenje zaradi razširjenega območja, kjer so ti dogodki vplivali, in velikega števila prizadetih podjetij.
Therefore the State fee exemption and social security relief cannot be deemed compatible with the common market under Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty when applied to the aquaculture holdings outside the departments affected by the events.
Iz tega sledi, da se ti ukrepi oprostitve državnih pristojbin in zmanjšanja socialnih prispevkov ne morejo razumeti kot združljivi s skupnim trgom na podlagi člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe, kadar so jih bila deležna ribogojna podjetja zunaj departmajev, ki sta jih prizadela zadevna dogodka.
They can however be deemed compatible with the common market when applied to the undertakings in the Atlantic coast departments from Finistère to Gironde.
Nasprotno se jih da razumeti kot združljive s skupnim trgom, kadar so jih bila deležna podjetja v departmajih na atlantski obali od Finistère do Gironde.
The nationwide social security contribution relief applied to French fisherman was, according to France, intended to compensate for the depressed market for fisheries products.
Namen splošnega zmanjšanja socialnih prispevkov v korist ribičev na celotnem ozemlju Francije je bil po mnenju Francije kompenzirati mrtvilo na trgu ribiških proizvodov.
The relief was for the period 15 April to 15 October 2000.
To zmanjšanje velja za obdobje od 15. aprila do 15. oktobra 2000.
Data used by the Commission
O podatkih, ki jih je uporabila Komisija
The Commission was not convinced by the data submitted by France, particularly in view of other information derived from Ofimer (information on the website of this public institution [4]), and decided to initiate a formal investigation procedure.
Komisije podatki, ki jih je predložila Francija, niso prepričali, zlasti zaradi drugih informacij iz OFIMER (informacije, ki so na voljo na spletni strani tega javnega organa [4], zato se je odločila začeti uradni postopek preiskave.
In a memo of 5 March 2002 responding to the initiation of the formal investigation procedure, France stated that the information provided in its memo of 5 April 2001 was the definitive data for the period concerned. It considered that the Commission should not have based its assessment on information found on the Ofimer website.
Francija je v sporočilu z dne 5. marca 2002 v odgovor na začetek uradnega postopka preiskave navedla, da so informacije v sporočilu z dne 5. aprila 2001 dokončni podatki o zadevnem obdobju; po njenem mnenju se Komisija ne bi smela opirati na informacije na spletni strani OFIMER.
The Commission rejects this argument.
Komisija zavrača ta argument.
Ofimer is a public institution answerable to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and one of its functions is, as the notice on its website states, the daily monitoring of developments on the fisheries and aquaculture market.
OFIMER je namreč javni organ pod okriljem ministrstva za kmetijstvo in ribolov in ena od njegovih nalog je vsakodnevno spremljanje razvoja trga morskih in ribogojnih proizvodov, kot je napisano v predstavitvi na njegovi spletni strani.
For this purpose it has an economic observatory.
V ta namen ima opazovalnico gospodarstva.
The fish-auction network gathers sales data from all the French auctions in order to pass it on in summary form to the industry’s operators.
Meddražbena mreža zbira podatke o prodaji na vseh francoskih dražbah, da jih v sestavljeni obliki pošlje nazaj nastopajočim v verigi.
It was in just such summary data that the Commission was interested, since they allowed the partial data provided by France to be placed in their general context for the purposes of analysing the aid scheme.
Komisijo so zanimali ravno tovrstni sestavljeni podatki, ker so ji omogočili ponovno postavitev delnih podatkov, ki ji jih je Francija predložila za analizo tega sistema pomoči, v njihov splošni okvir.
The Commission cannot accept that the Ofimer data differs significantly from the definitive data established some time later.
Komisija ne more sprejeti, da se podatki OFIMER zelo razlikujejo od dokončnih statističnih podatkov, pripravljenih nekoliko kasneje.
The methodology used by the Ofimer economic observatory to gather this information is described in the institution’s annual reports [5].
Metodologija, ki jo opazovalnica gospodarstva OFIMER uporablja za zbiranje teh informacij, je opisana v letnih poročilih tega organa [5].
On the basis of the fish-auction network’s contributions, Ofimer sends local operators (auctions, producers’ organisations, wholesale traders) a daily memo and a weekly memo publishing quantity and price data for the main auctions and the most representative species of French supply.
OFIMER tako zaradi meddražbene mreže lokalnim nosilcem dejavnosti (dražbam, organizacijam proizvajalcev, trgovcem z ribami) ponuja dnevna in tedenska poročila s podatki o količinah in ceni za glavne dražbe in najznačilnejše vrste v francoski ponudbi.
In addition, at the beginning of each month an ‘advance’ memo gives the accumulated sales data from the beginning of the year for the most representative auctions and the main species and at the end of each quarter a summary memo on sales is drawn up and made available on the institution’s website.
Poleg tega vsak mesec v „izpopolnjenem“ sporočilu predstavi podatke o celotni prodaji od začetka leta za najznačilnejše dražbe in glavne vrste ter na začetku vsakega četrtletja pripravi sestavljeno poročilo o prodaji, ki je na voljo na spletni strani organa.
The method of collecting this information shows that Ofimer data is reliable.
Način zbiranja teh informacij kaže, da so podatki OFIMER zanesljivi.
There is no concrete evidence that this data is misleading.
Noben konkreten element ne kaže, da bi bili ti podatki varljivi.
Furthermore, the Commission has found nothing in the documents it has consulted on the website to correct or contradict the data it has used. Had it done so it would naturally have taken this into account.
Poleg tega Komisija v drugih dokumentih na tej spletni strani ni našla podatkov, ki bi popravljali tiste, ki jih je uporabila, ali jim nasprotovali; če bi se to zgodilo, bi to seveda upoštevala.
Further more by making this data available to the public on its website, Ofimer gives the data official status.
Poleg tega so zato, ker so javnosti dani na voljo na spletni strani javnega organa OFIMER, uradni.
There is no reason to doubt its credibility.
Nobenega razloga ni, da bi dvomili o njihovi verodostojnosti.