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Thus, the 150000 hectolitres of liqueur wines with a registered designation of origin marketed, on which an excise duty of EUR 214/hl is imposed, brings in more than EUR 32 million per year in excise revenue.
Tako bi 150000 hektolitrov prodanega desertnega vina z registrirano označbo porekla s trošarino v višini 214 EUR/hl predstavljalo več kot 32 milijonov EUR prihodkov od trošarin na leto.
With this special rate of EUR 214/hl imposed on liqueur wines, compared with EUR 54/hl for natural sweet wines, this sector paid an extra EUR 24 million in excise duties.
Zaradi te posebne stopnje na desertna vina, 214 EUR/hl namesto 54 EUR/hl za naravna sladka vina, je ta sektor obdavčen še za dodatnih 24 milijonov EUR trošarin.
According to France, this sum was also out of all proportion to the proposed level of aid.
Po navedbah Francije tudi tega zneska ni mogoče primerjati z višino predlagane pomoči.
According to the French authorities, no provision had ever been implemented providing for the use of funds collected under Article 402a of the General Tax Code for the benefit of French producers of liqueur wines.
Po navedbah Francije se nobena določba ni nikoli izvajala zato, da bi se sredstva, zbrana v skladu s členom 402a Splošnega zakonika o davkih, ponovno uporabila v korist nacionalnih proizvajalcev desertnih vin.
Thus, between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2000, the revenue collected was paid to the fonds de solidarité vieillesse (Old-Age Solidarity Fund).
Tako so se prihodki, prejeti med 1. januarjem 1995 in 31. decembrom 2000, nakazali v „solidarnostni sklad starostnega zavarovanja“.
Between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003, it was paid to a fund intended to finance the reduction of working hours.
Med 1. januarjem 2001 in 31. decembrom 2003 so se prihodki uporabili za sklad, namenjen financiranju skrajševanja delovnega časa.
Since 1 January 2004, this revenue has been paid into the national budget.
Od 1. januarja 2004 so se ti prihodki nakazali nazaj v državni proračun.
After examining this information, the Commission was of the opinion that it did not categorically dispel the doubts regarding the existence of a link between the tax collected and the aid.
Ko je Komisija preučila te informacije, je ocenila, da niso bile take vrste, da bi kategorično odpravile izražene dvome glede obstoja povezave med pobranim davkom in pomočjo.
The Commission took the view that the fact that the amount of aid (EUR 2,4 million) did not tally with the revenue from excise duties on liqueur wines (EUR 32 million) or with the additional excise duties imposed on liqueur wines compared with natural sweet wines (EUR 2,4 million) did not constitute reasonable proof of the absence of a link between the tax and the aid.
Komisija je namreč menila, da neobstoj neposredne povezave med zneskom pomoči (2,4 milijona EUR) in prihodki od trošarin na desertna vina (32 milijonov EUR) ali med zneskom pomoči (2,4 milijona EUR) in dodatnimi trošarinami, plačanimi na desertna vina v primerjavi z naravnimi sladkimi vini (24 milijonov EUR), ni bil zadosten dokaz za neobstoj povezave med dajatvijo in pomočjo.
It could not therefore be ruled out, at this stage of the procedure, that the aid could, at least in part, be used to provide compensation to French producers of liqueur wines that other Community producers could not receive.
Tako na tej stopnji postopka ni bilo mogoče izključiti možnosti, da bi lahko pomoč vsaj delno služila kot povrnitev škode francoskim proizvajalcem desertnih vin, tj. nadomestilo, do katerega drugi proizvajalci Skupnosti ne bi mogli biti upravičeni.
The Commission also took the view that it should comply with the Court's wish to allow third parties to put forward their arguments concerning a possible infringement of Article 90 of the Treaty.
Poleg tega je Komisija ocenila, da bi se bilo treba odzvati na zaskrbljenost, ki jo je izrazilo Sodišče, da se da možnost zainteresiranim tretjim osebam, da predložijo argumente v zvezi z morebitno kršitvijo člena 90 Pogodbe.
In the decision to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 88(2) of the Treaty, the Commission therefore asked France to provide information and additional figures in support of its position.
Komisija je v svojem sklepu o sprožitvi postopka iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe tako Francijo zaprosila, da predloži dodatne informacije in številke, s katerimi bi lahko podprla svoje argumente.
Initially, France was asked to specify whether the national authorities had already made an undertaking to producers of French liqueur wines to provide compensation, even partial, for the impact of the introduction of the tax in 1993.
Francija je bila najprej pozvana, da navede, ali se je država že obvezala do francoskih proizvajalcev desertnih vin, da bo zagotovila odškodnino ali nadomestilo, četudi delno, za posledice uvedbe davka leta 1993.
The Commission then asked France to provide figures for the sums collected under the tax on liqueur wines from French products and imported products respectively and for the sums collected, broken down by product (French or Community).
Komisija je nato od Francije zahtevala, naj predloži številke glede prejetih zneskov davka na desertna vina, ki izvirajo iz francoskih proizvodov in uvoženih proizvodov, in prejetih zneskov po posameznih proizvodnjah (francoska proizvodnja in proizvodnja Skupnosti).
Noting that Pineau des Charentes was, by far, the principal beneficiary of the notified aid, receiving 78 % of the total, followed by Floc de Gascogne with 17 %, then Pommeau de Normandie with 3 % and, finally, Macvin du Jura with 2 %, the Commission asked France to explain if these percentages coincided, for each of these products, with those for the revenue that the State received from the tax on liqueur wines.
Ker je Komisija ugotovila, da daleč največ priglašenih pomoči dobi Pineau de Charentes z 78 % zneskov, sledijo pa mu Floc de Gascogne s 17 %, nato Pommeau de Normandie s 3 % in nazadnje Macvin du Jura z 2 %, je Francijo zaprosila, naj pojasni, ali se ti odstotki za vsako od teh proizvodenj ujemajo z odstotki prihodkov, ki jih ima država z davkom na desertna vina.
Since most of the aid is for publicity measures, France was asked to explain whether this was representative of French Government policy in other agricultural sectors, in particular as regards quality products.
Ker je večina pomoči osredotočena na oglaševalske dejavnosti, je bila Francija pozvana, da pojasni, ali je ta izbira reprezentativna za izbiro, ki jo izvaja francoska država v drugih sektorjih kmetijske proizvodnje, zlasti v zvezi s kakovostnimi proizvodi.
The Commission asked France to provide the budget for aid for publicity campaigns in France for each of the four products concerned.
Poleg tega je Komisija Francijo zaprosila, da predloži proračun pomoči, namenjenih za oglaševalske akcije, ki se izvajajo v Franciji za vsako od štirih zadevnih proizvodenj.
France was also asked to provide explanations concerning any link between the revenue from the CVO and the resources from the national budget used to finance the aid.
Pozvala jo je tudi, naj v zvezi s financiranjem pomoči predloži pojasnila glede morebitne povezave med sredstvi, pridobljenimi iz OPČ, in sredstvi, ki izhajajo iz državnega proračuna.
By letter dated 10 January 2005, France submitted the following information and comments:
Z dopisom z dne 10. januarja 2005 je Francija poslala naslednje podatke in pripombe.
As regards publicity measures (see recital 30), the French authorities promised that the financing would not be provided for measures placing the emphasis on the French origin of the liqueur wines concerned.
V zvezi z oglaševalskimi dejavnostmi (glej uvodno izjavo (30)) so se francoski organi zavezali, da pri oglaševanju proizvodov v okviru financiranih ukrepov poudarek ne bo na francoskem poreklu zadevnih desertnih vin.
As regards the link between the tax on liqueur wines and the aid, France again underlined that there was no correlation between the revenue from excise duties and the amount of aid from the national budget.
V zvezi s povezavo med davkom na desertna vina in pomočjo je Francija še enkrat poudarila, da ne obstaja povezava med prihodki od trošarin in zneskom pomoči, ki izhajajo iz nacionalnega proračuna.
The revenue from excise duties, including that from liqueur wines, is paid into the general state budget.
Prihodki od trošarin, vključno s tistimi od desertnih vin, se nakažejo v splošni državni proračun.
According to the French authorities, the public authorities take decisions on aid for certain economic sectors completely independently.
Po navedbah Francije javni organi sprejemajo odločitve na področju pomoči za nekatere gospodarske dejavnosti na popolnoma neodvisen način.
In this case, the aid is intended to remedy a number of structural handicaps affecting these wines, in particular a lack of awareness of the products among consumers, the small size and the dispersal of production facilities and the lack of means to improve market position.
V zadevnem primeru je namen pomoči odpraviti nekatere strukturne pomanjkljivosti, ki prizadenejo ta vina, zlasti slabo poznavanje pri potrošnikih, manjša velikost in razpršenost proizvodnih podjetij ter pomanjkanje sredstev, da si izborijo svoje mesto na trgu.
France confirmed that there is no legal text allowing compensation for the excise duties paid by producers of liqueur wines (see recital 50).
Francija je potrdila, da ne obstaja nobeno pravno besedilo, ki bi omogočalo nadomestitev trošarin, ki jih plačajo proizvajalci desertnih vin (glej uvodno izjavo (50)).
As regards the revenue from the release to the market of French liqueur wines and of imported liqueur wines (see recital 51), France first of all explained that the tax statistics (which are broken down by excise duty tariff) do not differentiate between French products and those from other Member States.
Glede številk o prihodkih, ki izhajajo iz sprostitve francoskih desertnih vin za porabo in iz uvoženih desertnih vin (glej uvodno izjavo (51)), je Francija najprej pojasnila, da davčna statistika (ki se izvede na podlagi trošarinskih stopenj) ne omogoča, da se francoski proizvodi ločijo od proizvodov drugega porekla Skupnosti.
In any event, according to the figures produced by the customs authorities, excise duties levied in 2003 on natural sweet wines and liqueur wines of all origins amounted to EUR 142,5 million, broken down as follows: EUR 25,2 million from natural sweet wines, subjected to a duty of EUR 54/hl on a volume of 467000 hl, and EUR 117,3 million from liqueur wines, subjected to a duty of EUR 214/hl on a volume of 548000 hl.
V vsakem primeru znaša po podatkih carinskih služb znesek trošarin, prejetih leta 2003 od naravnih sladkih vin in desertnih vin vseh porekel, 142,5 milijona EUR, ki je porazdeljen na naslednji način: 25,2 milijona EUR za kategorijo naravnih sladkih vin, podvrženih trošarinski stopnji v višini 54 EUR/hl, ali količina 467000 hl, in 117,3 milijona EUR za desertna vina, podvržena trošarinski stopnji v višini 214 EUR/hl, ali količina 548000 hl proizvoda.
In this latter figure, it is possible, on the basis of harvest declarations, to isolate liqueur wines produced in France. These break down as follows: 94477 hl of Pineau des Charentes, 2091 hl of Macvin du Jura, 5680 hl of Pommeau and 6057 hl of Floc de Gascogne.
V tem zadnjem sklopu je ob upoštevanju prijav pridelka mogoče ločiti proizvodnjo desertnih vin, proizvedenih v Franciji, ki znaša 94477 hl proizvodov za Pineau des Charentes, 2091 hl za Macvin du Jura, 5680 hl za Pommeau in 6057 hl za Floc de Gascogne.
France submitted a table showing the distribution of the planned aid between the four inter-branch organisations and the breakdown by volume of liqueur wines produced (see recital 52).
Francija je poslala razpredelnico, ki ponazarja razdelitev predvidenih pomoči med štiri medpanožne organizacije in razdelitev proizvedenih količin za vsako zadevno desertno vino (glej uvodno izjavo (52)).
Designation
Označbe
Volumes produced
Proizvedena količina
Percentage of production
Odstotki proizvedenih količin
Percentage of planned aid
Odstotki predvidene pomoči
France noted that the share of each liqueur wine in total production and the percentage of planned aid are close, although they do not coincide totally.
Francija ugotavlja, da se delež posameznega desertnega vina v skupni proizvodnji in odstotek predvidene pomoči bistveno ne razlikujeta, vendar se popolnoma ne ujemata.
It stressed that the distribution of planned aid was the result of discussions between the beneficiary inter-branch organisations and had not been imposed by the public authorities.
Poudarja, da je razdelitev načrtovanih pomoči rezultat dogovora med upravičenimi medpanožnimi organizacijami, ne pa izbire, ki bi jo določili javni organi.
As regards the Commission's question about the budget for publicity measures (see recital 53), France provided figures showing that, particularly for quality wines psr, the sums devoted to publicity measures represent between 50 % and 74 % of the overall budget available to the inter-branch organisations.
Kar zadeva vprašanje Komisije o proračunu, namenjenemu oglaševalskim dejavnostim (glej uvodno izjavo (53)), je Francija poslala podatke, ki navajajo, da se zlasti v sektorju kakovostnega vina, pridelana na določenem pridelovalnem območju, oglaševalskim dejavnostim nameni med 50 % in 74 % skupnega proračuna, ki ga imajo na voljo medpanožne organizacije.
France forwarded, for each of the four inter-branch organisations concerned, the share of the budget assigned to publicity campaigns in France.
Francija je za vsako od štirih zadevnih medpanožnih organizacij predložila delež proračuna, namenjenega oglaševalskim akcijam v Franciji.
The authorities stated that this allocation would remain unchanged if the aid scheme were approved and was the result of a free choice by the inter-branch organisations concerned.
Ta razdelitev, ki naj bi ostala enaka, če bo program pomoči odobren, bo tudi plod proste izbire medpanožnih organizacij.
Liqueur wines with a registered designation of origin
Desertna vina z reg. označbo porekla
2003 promotional budget (EUR)
Proračun v letu 2003 za promocijo
Promotion in France
Od tega za promocijo v Franciji
Planned aid (EUR 2,4 million/year) (EUR)
Načrtovane pomoči (2,4 mio EUR/leto)
As regards the possible relation between the revenue from the CVO and the resources from the national budget used to finance the aid, France provided the following table:
Francija je v zvezi z morebitno povezavo med sredstvi, pridobljenimi iz OPČ, in sredstvi, ki izhajajo iz državnega proračuna, za financiranje pomoči poslala naslednjo razpredelnico:
Designation of origin
Označbe porekla
Volume (hl)
Količine
Rate of CVO
Stopnja OPČ
Revenue from the CVO allocated for promotion (EUR)
Prihodki od OPČ, namenjene promociji
Aid from the national budget for promotion (EUR)
Pomoč iz nacionalnega proračuna za promocijo
EUR 0,25/bottle
0,25 EUR na stekl.
EUR 30,79/hl
30,79 EUR/hl
France confirmed that the publicity measures would receive private financing covering at least 50 % of eligible costs.
Francija je potrdila, da se bodo oglaševalske dejavnosti delno financirale iz zasebnih sredstev v višini najmanj 50 % upravičenih stroškov.
For the purposes of comparing planned aid and revenue from excise duties, estimated on the basis of volumes harvested, France provided the following figures:
Za primerjavo med načrtovano pomočjo in prihodki od trošarin, ocenjenih na podlagi proizvedenih količin, je Francija predložila naslednje številke:
Estimated revenue from excise duties/year (EUR)
Ocenjeni prihodki od trošarin/leto
Planned aid (EUR)
Predvidena pomoč
Aid/excise duties
Pomoč/trošarine
France stressed that this latter table was particularly significant, because it showed that the aim was not to compensate for the burden of excise duties by means of aid, since there was no quantitative correlation between the two.
Francija poudarja, da je ta zadnja razpredelnica posebej pomembna, saj iz nje ni razviden namen, da bi breme trošarin izravnali s pomočjo, ker ni nobene količinske povezave.
According to Article 87(1) of the Treaty, save as otherwise provided in this Treaty, any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods shall, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the common market.
V skladu s členom 87(1) Pogodbe je, razen če ta pogodba ne določa drugače, pomoč, ki jo dodeli država članica, ali kakršna koli vrsta pomoči iz državnih sredstev, ki izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljala konkurenco z dajanjem prednosti posameznim podjetjem ali proizvodnji posameznega blaga, nezdružljiva s skupnim trgom, če prizadene trgovino med državami članicami.
For a measure to fall within the scope of Article 87(1) of the Treaty, the following four conditions must all be met: (1) the measure must be financed by the state or through state resources, (2) it must selectively concern certain undertakings or production sectors, (3) it must involve an economic advantage for the beneficiary undertakings, (4) it must affect intra-Community trade and distort or threaten to distort competition.
Da bi ukrep spadal na področje uporabe člena 87(1) Pogodbe, morajo biti hkrati izpolnjeni naslednji štirje pogoji: (1) ukrep mora financirati država ali se mora financirati iz državnih sredstev, (2) ukrep mora selektivno zadevati določena podjetja ali sektorje proizvodnje, (3) vsebovati mora gospodarsko prednost za upravičena podjetja, (4) prizadeti mora trgovino med državami članicami Skupnosti in izkrivljati konkurenco ali groziti, da jo bo izkrivljal.
In this case, the Commission considers that these conditions are met:
V zadevnem primeru Komisija meni, da so ti pogoji izpolnjeni. Tako:
The research, technical assistance and quality-product development measures will be financed entirely by the state from its budgetary resources.
Raziskovalne dejavnosti, ukrepe tehnične podpore in razvoja kakovostne proizvodnje bo v celoti financirala država iz svojih proračunskih sredstev.
On the other hand, the promotion and publicity measures will be financed partly by the state and partly (minimum of 50 %) by the trade organisations concerned from resources drawn primarily from the ‘compulsory voluntary levy’ (CVO) imposed on their members.
Na drugi strani bo oglaševalske in promocijske dejavnosti deloma financirala država in deloma (najmanj 50 %) zadevne medpanožne organizacije s sredstvi, pridobljenimi zlasti z obveznimi prostovoljnimi članarinami (OPČ) svojih članov.
The Commission considers that the budget allocated to promotion and publicity measures is made up entirely of state resources, on the basis of the arguments set out below.
Komisija meni, da proračun, namenjen za promocijske in oglaševalske dejavnosti, v celoti sestavljajo državna sredstva na podlagi ugotovitev, predstavljenih spodaj.
The Commission has always taken the view that compulsory contributions from undertakings in a sector that are allocated to funding financial support measures are parafiscal charges and therefore constitute state resources when those contributions are imposed by the state or when the proceeds of those contributions pass through a body established by law.
Na podlagi stalne prakse Komisije so obvezni prispevki podjetij določenega sektorja, ki so namenjeni financiranju ukrepa finančne podpore, izenačeni z davkom podobnimi dajatvami in tako predstavljajo državna sredstva, kadar te prispevke uvede država ali kadar gre prihodek od teh prispevkov prek organa, ustanovljenega z zakonom.
In this case, the French Government made the levies compulsory as part of an extension of inter-trade agreements.
V zadevnem primeru je obveznost plačevanja članarin določila francoska vlada v okviru postopka za podaljšanje medpanožnih sporazumov.
The agreements were extended by means of a decree published in the Journal officiel de la République française.
Podaljšanje sporazumov se opravi s sprejetjem odloka, objavljenega v Uradnem listu Republike Francije.
These levies therefore require an act adopted by the public authorities to take their full effect.
Za polni učinek teh članarin je tako potreben akt javnega organa.
However, case law of the Court of Justice suggests that, when the nature of a state aid is being assessed, it must also be decided whether the state is responsible for the measure concerned.
Vendar pa sodna praksa Sodišča Evropskih skupnosti določa, da je treba pri ugotavljanju narave državne pomoči nekega ukrepa preveriti tudi, ali se navedeni ukrep lahko obravnava kot ukrep, ki ga lahko pripišemo državi.
Recent case law has provided a framework that should be examined here.
Najnovejša sodna praksa je zagotovila elemente, ki bi jih bilo primerno preučiti na tem mestu.
The Court declared that certain measures financed by the members of trade organisations through resources levied from their members did not fall within the scope of Article 87(1) of the Treaty, since (a) contributions were compulsorily allocated to financing the measures; (b) neither the organisation nor the public authorities had power, at any time, freely to dispose of those resources; (c) the members of the trade organisation concerned had exclusive responsibility for the measure, which did not form part of government policy.
Sodišče je navedlo, da nekateri ukrepi, ki jih financirajo člani medpanožnih organizacij s sredstvi, ki jih organizacije poberejo od svojih članov, niso spadali na področje uporabe člena 87(1) Pogodbe, glede na to, da (a) so se članarine obvezno namenile za financiranje ukrepa; (b) javni organi ali oblasti niso nikoli imeli možnosti prosto razpolagati s temi sredstvi; (c) so bili za ukrep izključno odgovorni člani zadevne medpanožne organizacije in ni bil del državne politike (…).
This case law implies that, when the role played by the state is purely and simply that of an intermediary, because it does not intervene in policy choices made by the trade and at no time disposes of the resources collected, which are compulsorily allocated to the measures in question, the criterion of state responsibility is not met.
Iz te sodne prakse tako izhaja, da se zadevni ukrepi ne morejo pripisati državi, kadar ima država zgolj vlogo preprostega posrednika, ker ne posega v opredelitev politične izbire strokovnjakov in v nobenem trenutku ne more razpolagati z zbranimi sredstvi, ki se obvezno namenijo za zadevne ukrepe.
The measures can therefore be considered not to be state aid.
Na podlagi tega dejstva tako ukrepov ne moremo opredeliti kot državno pomoč.
Nevertheless, this case does not meet the criteria stipulated in the Pearle judgment.
V zadevnem primeru tako merila, določena v sodbi Pearle, niso izpolnjena.
In particular, the fact that the state contributes 50 % to the financing of these promotion/publicity measures clearly shows that they form part of government policy, and, consequently, the funds used to finance them should be regarded, in their totality, as public resources allocated to measures for which the state is responsible.
Dejstvo, da država prispeva 50 % k financiranju teh promocijskih in oglaševalskih dejavnosti, jasno kaže, da so te dejavnosti del državne politike in da je tako treba sredstva, uporabljena za njihovo financiranje, v celoti obravnavati kot javna sredstva, namenjena ukrepom, ki se lahko pripišejo državi.
Selective nature
Selektivnost
The measures benefit exclusively French producers of liqueur wines and are therefore selective.
Ukrepi so izključno namenjeni francoskim proizvajalcem desertnih vin in so torej selektivni.
Existence of an advantage
Obstoj prednosti
Producers of liqueur wines enjoy an economic advantage in the form of funding for various measures (research projects, technical assistance, the development of quality products, promotion and publicity).
Proizvajalci desertnih vin prejmejo gospodarsko prednost v obliki financiranja različnih dejavnosti (raziskovalni projekti, tehnična podpora, razvoj kakovostnih proizvodov, promocija in oglaševanje).
This advantage improves the competitive position of the beneficiaries.
Ta prednost izboljšuje konkurenčni položaj prejemnikov.