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In the allocation procedure in North Rhine-Westphalia, T-Systems applied for the frequencies for the service areas C, D and E which correspond to the multiplexes dedicated to commercial service broadcasters, and WDR for the frequencies for the service areas A and B, which were reserved for public service broadcasters.
V postopku dodelitve v Severnem Porenju-Vestfaliji je družba T-Systems zaprosila za frekvence za storitvena področja C, D in E, ki ustrezajo multipleksom, namenjenim komercialnim izdajateljem televizijskega programa, družba WDR pa za frekvence za storitveni področji A in B, ki sta bili rezervirani za javne izdajatelje televizijskega programa.
Since there was only one application for each of the five service areas, RegTP allocated the frequencies through the application procedure and did not need to launch the second stage of the frequency allocation procedure, i.e. the tender procedure.
Ker je za vsako od petih storitvenih področij prispela samo ena vloga, je RegTP dodelil frekvence po tako imenovanem postopku za obravnavanje vlog in mu ni bilo treba izvesti druge faze postopka za dodelitev frekvence, to je razpisnega postopka.
Since T-Systems and WDR were already operators of the ATT network and thus possessed a telecommunications authorisation, this requirement for allocating the frequencies through the application procedure was also met.
Ker sta bila T-Systems in WDR že operaterja v omrežju analognega prizemnega prenosa in sta tako imela telekomunikacijsko dovoljenje, je bila izpolnjena tudi ta zahteva za dodelitev frekvenc prek postopka za obravnavanje vlog.
The rights for operating the DVB-T network were granted for about twenty years until 31 December 2025.
Pravice za upravljanje omrežja DVB-T so bile dodeljene za približno dvajset let do 31. decembra 2025.
THE SUPPORT MEASURE IN DETAIL
PODROBNOSTI O UKREPU POMOČI
The subjectmatter of the notification is the financial assistance envisaged to be provided by LfM to CSBs for the digital terrestrial transmission of their programme channels in the areas of Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf/Ruhr.
Predmet priglasitve je finančna pomoč, ki jo želi LfM odobriti komercialnim izdajateljem televizijskega programa za digitalni prizemni prenos njihovih programskih kanalov na območjih Kölna/Bonna in Düsseldorfa/Ruhra.
The German authorities estimated that by means of the introduction of DVB-T in these areas, around 14 million inhabitants are able to receive DVB-T out of the overall population of around 18 million in the Land [33].
Nemški organi so ocenili, da lahko z uvedbo DVB-T sprejema DVB-T na teh območjih približno 14 milijonov prebivalcev od skupaj 18 milijonov v tej zvezni deželi [33].
The legal basis for this assistance is Section 40(1)(2) of the State Broadcasting Treaty (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag) and Section 88(3) of the Media Law of North Rhine-Westphalia, pursuant to which the Land media authorities and, in the present case, LfM are charged with promoting, among other things, the development of the technical infrastructure for broadcasting and projects for new broadcasting technologies out of their share of the licence fee (Rundfunkgebühr).
Pravna podlaga za to pomoč sta Oddelek 40(1)(2) Meddeželnega sporazuma o radiodifuziji (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag) in Oddelek 88(3) Zakona o medijih Severnega Porenja-Vestfalije, v skladu s katerima so organi za medije v zvezni deželi in v tem primeru LfM med drugim odgovorni za pospeševanje razvoja tehnične infrastrukture za radiodifuzijo in projekte za nove radiodifuzne tehnologije iz svojega deleža licenčnine.
LfM’s budget is essentially financed by the 2 % of the public service broadcasting licence fee collected in North Rhine-Westphalia in accordance with Section 40 read in conjunction with Section 55 of the State Broadcasting Treaty (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag), Sections 10 and 11 of the State Treaty on the Financing of Broadcasting (Rundfunkfinanzierungs-Staatsvertrag) and 116(1) of the Media Law of North Rhine-Westphalia [34].
Proračun LfM se financira predvsem z dvema odstotkoma naročnine na javno radiotelevizijo, zbrane v Severnem Porenju-Vestfaliji v skladu z Oddelkom 40 Meddeželnega sporazuma o radiodifuziji, branim v povezavi z Oddelkom 55 tega Sporazuma, oddelkoma 10 in 11 Meddeželnega sporazuma o financiranju radiodifuzije (Rundfunkfinanzierungs-Staatsvertrag) in Oddelkom 116(1) Zakona o medijih Severnega Porenja-Vestfalije [34].
The licence fees are collected from private households by the German TV licensing office (Gebühreinziehungszentrale) and transferred to the beneficiary organisations such as the LfM.
Naročnine nemških gospodinjstev zbira Nemški urad za zbiranje televizijskih naročnin (Gebühreinziehungszentrale) in jih prenaša prejemnim organizacijam, kot je LfM.
The directive on the financial support for DVB-T (Förderrichtlinie DVB-T) [35] issued on 19 November 2004 sets out the general terms of the financial assistance granted by LfM to the commercial broadcasters.
Direktiva o finančni podpori za DVB-T (Förderrichtlinie DVB-T) [35], izdana 19. novembra 2004, določa splošne pogoje finančne pomoči, ki jo LfM dodeli komercialnim izdajateljem televizijskega programa.
Article 2 of the directive states that the financial assistance concerns the transmission fees paid by the broadcasters to the network operator.
Člen 2 te direktive navaja, da finančna pomoč zadeva pristojbine za prenos, ki jih izdajatelji televizijskega programa plačajo omrežnemu operaterju.
In line with Article 3, beneficiaries may be those commercial broadcasters or media service providers which have received digital terrestrial transmission capacities.
V skladu s členom 3 so prejemniki lahko tisti komercialni izdajatelji televizijskega programa ali ponudniki medijskih storitev, ki so prejeli zmogljivosti za digitalni prizemni prenos.
Article 4 foresees that the financing is provided in the form of grants.
Člen 4 določa, da se sredstva zagotavljajo v obliki subvencij.
Article 5(1) limits the duration of the financing to five business years.
Člen 5(1) omejuje trajanje financiranja na pet poslovnih let.
Article 5(2) specifies that ‘The financing shall not exceed in average 30 % of the transmission fees payable for the operation of the network and is granted in a decreasing scale.
Člen 5(2) določa, da „sredstva v povprečju ne smejo preseči 30 % pristojbin za prenos, plačljivih za upravljanje omrežja, in so dodeljena po padajoči lestvici.
It starts in the first business year with 40 % of the transmission fees payable for the operation of the network and decreases by five percentage points each business year so that the share of financing amounts to just 20 % in the fifth business year.’ In addition, Article 5(3) provides that ‘The savings arising from the switch-off of analogue transmissions will be deduced from the funding’.
Sredstva v prvem poslovnem letu znašajo 40 % pristojbin za prenos, plačljivih za upravljanje omrežja, potem pa se vsako leto zmanjšajo za pet odstotnih točk, tako da znaša v petem poslovnem letu delež teh sredstev le 20 %.“ Poleg tega člen 5(3) določa, da „bodo prihranki, ki izhajajo iz izklopa analognih prenosov, odbiti od finančnih sredstev“.
The details concerning the concrete implementation of the directive on the financial support were set out in the notification.
Podrobnosti v zvezi s konkretnim izvajanjem Direktive o finančni podpori so bile opredeljene v priglasitvi.
In the case of the broadcasters of the programme channels Viva, Eurosport, CNN and Terra Nova (as of 1 July 2007, Tele5) which did not participate in the analogue terrestrial transmission, the envisaged financial support is the same: it decreases gradually by 5 % from 40 % of the DVB-T transmission fees in the first year to 20 % of the transmission fees in the fifth year, in line with Article 5(2) of the directive on financial support.
V primeru izdajateljev televizijskega programa na programskih kanalih Viva, Eurosport, CNN in TerraNova (od 1. julija 2007 Tele5), ki niso sodelovali v analognem prizemnem prenosu, ostaja predvidena finančna podpora enaka: postopoma se vsako leto zmanjšuje za 5 odstotnih točk s 40 % pristojbin za prenos DVB-T v prvem letu na 20 % pristojbin za prenos v petem letu, v skladu s členom 5(2) Direktive o finančni podpori.
In the case of the RTL group and ProSiebenSat.1, the CSBs previously present on the analogue terrestrial platform, the notification does not foresee the application of the decreasing share of assistance provided in Article 5(2) of the directive on financial support.
V primeru skupine RTL in ProSiebenSat.1, komercialnih izdajateljev televizijskega programa, ki sta bila predhodno navzoča na analogni prizemni platformi, priglasitev ne predvideva uporabe padajočega deleža podpore iz člena 5(2) Direktive o finančni podpori.
In the case of these broadcasters which were allocated one entire multiplex each, the calculation of the subsidy is based on the difference between the overall amount of transmission fees in analogue and in digital mode in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as in other Länder of Northern Germany.
V primeru teh izdajateljev televizijskega programa, katerima je bil vsakemu dodeljen po en multipleks, temelji izračun subvencije na razliki med skupnim zneskom pristojbin za prenos v analognem in digitalnem načinu v Severnem Porenju-Vestfaliji ter v drugih zveznih deželah severne Nemčije.
According to the German authorities, thereby, the calculation method intends to take into account the savings arising from the switch-off of analogue transmissions as provided in Article 5(3) of the directive on the financial support.
Po navedbah nemških organov želi obračunska metoda tako upoštevati prihranke, ki izhajajo iz izklopa analognih prenosov, kot določa člen 5(3) Direktive o finančni podpori.
In the notification, the German authorities also provided information about the envisaged amount of funding based on the estimated DVB-T transmission fees.
V priglasitvi so nemški organi predložili tudi informacije o predvidenem znesku sredstev, ki temelji na ocenjenih pristojbinah za prenos DVB-T.
At the same time, they highlighted that the calculation of the public support would be based on the actual transmission fees charged by the network operator to the CSBs at the time the financing is granted.
Hkrati so poudarili, da naj bi izračun državne podpore temeljil na dejanskih pristojbinah za prenos, ki jih je omrežni operater zaračunal komercialnemu izdajatelju televizijskega programa ob odobritvi sredstev.
In accordance with the Federal Telecommunications Law (Telekommunikationsgesetz), transmission fees are only fixed by the regulatory authority BNetzA if the network operator is found to have significant market power at the relevant market.
V skladu z Zveznim zakonom o telekomunikacijah (Telekommunikationsgesetz) določa pristojbine za prenos regulativni organ BNetzA samo, če ugotovi, da ima omrežni operater precejšnjo tržno moč na upoštevnem trgu.
In July 2006, BNetzA has defined the relevant market for the transmission of broadcasting signals in line with the European regulations.
Julija 2006 je BNetzA opredelil upoštevni trg za prenos radiodifuznih signalov v skladu s predpisi Skupnosti.
As a result, the network operator concerning the CSBs, T-Systems was only considered to have significant market power in the market for terrestrial radio transmission over FM (terrestrische Radioübertragung via UKW) [36].
Posledično je bilo ugotovljeno, da je imel omrežni operater za komercialne izdajatelje televizijskega programa, T-Systems, večjo tržno moč le na trgu prizemnega radijskega prenosa prek FM [36].
Therefore, it remains free to fix the amount of the transmission fees for commercial broadcasters on the DVB-T platform.
Zato lahko prosto določa znesek pristojbin za prenos za komercialne izdajatelje televizijskega programa na platformi DVB-T.
In the notification, the German authorities estimated that the DVB-T transmission fees of a multiplex would amount to EUR 2,7 million per year.
V priglasitvi so nemški organi ocenili, da bi v primeru multipleksa pristojbine za prenos DVB-T znašale 2,7 milijona EUR letno.
The transmission fees of one programme channel were thus estimated at EUR 0,675 million per year and at EUR 3375 million over the entire five year period of the scheme [37].
Tako so bile pristojbine za prenos enega programskega kanala ocenjene na 0,675 milijona EUR letno in na 3,375 milijona EUR za celotno petletno obdobje sheme [37].
These figures are lower than the analogue terrestrial transmission fees per programme channel.
Te številke so nižje od pristojbin za analogni prizemni prenos na programski kanal.
Based on these data, the overall financial support granted to the individual programme channels Viva, Eurosport, CNN and Terra Nova (as of 1 July 2007, Tele5) was envisaged to amount to a total of EUR 4050000. The level of financing foreseen over the five years per programme channel is shown in Table 2.
Na podlagi teh podatkov je bila načrtovana skupna finančna podpora, dodeljena posameznim programskim kanalom Viva, Eurosport, CNN in TerraNova (od 1. julija 2007 Tele5) v znesku 4050000 EUR. Stopnja financiranja, predvidena za vsak programski kanal v petletnem obdobju, je prikazana v tabeli 2.
Estimated transmission fees and funding for Viva, Eurosport, CNN, TerraNova (Tele5)
Ocenjene pristojbine za prenos in sredstva za Vivo, Eurosport, CNN, TerraNovo (Tele5)
Transmission fees per programme channel
Pristojbina za prenos na programski kanal
Amount of funding
Znesek sredstev
year
Leto 2
Total amount per programme channel
Skupni znesek na programski kanal
In the case of the RTL group and ProSiebenSat.1, the calculation provided in the notification is shown in Table 3.
Pri skupini RTL in ProSiebenSat.1 je izračun iz priglasitve predstavljen v tabeli 3.
The other Länder of Northern Germany taken into account are jointly referred to as ‘North’ in the notification [38].
Druge upoštevane zvezne dežele severne Nemčije so v priglasitvi skupaj imenovane „Sever“ [38].
Calculation by the German authorities of ‘additional costs’ for ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL [39] [39]
Izračun nemških organov glede „dodatnih stroškov“ za ProSiebenSat.1 in RTL [39] [39]
NRW
SPV
‘North’
„Sever“
Analogue programme channels/Transmission fees in EUR per year
Analogni programski kanali/ letna pristojbina za prenos v EUR
2,2 million
2,2 milijona
3,9 million
3,9 milijona
0,8 million
0,8 milijona
4,6 million
4,6 milijona
Digital programme channels/transmission fees in EUR per year
Digitalni programski kanali/ letna pristojbina za prenos v EUR
2,7 million
2,7 milijona
3,3 million
3,3 milijona
Differences in fees analogue/digital
Razlike v pristojbinah analogno/digitalno
0,5 million
0,5 milijona
+ 0,6 million
+ 0,6 milijona
1,9 million
1,9 milijona
+ 1,3 million
+ 1,3 milijona
Overall balance
Skupaj
+ 0,1 million
+ 0,1 milijona
0,6 million
0,6 milijona
Based on this calculation, LfM does not intend to grant a subsidy to the RTL group.
Na podlagi tega izračuna LfM ne namerava dodeliti subvencije skupini RTL.
On the one hand, the RTL group is found to have a positive overall balance.
Po eni strani je za skupino RTL ugotovljeno, da ima pozitivno skupno bilanco.
On the other hand, the notification states that the RTL group has explicitly renounced the financing in the context of the negotiations concerning the return of the analogue licences.
Po drugi strani pa priglasitev navaja, da se je skupina RTL izrecno odpovedala financiranju v okviru pogajanj, ki zadevajo vračilo analognih dovoljenj.
As concerns ProSiebenSat1, it is considered to incur ‘additional expenses’ of up to EUR 600000 per year and the German authorities foresee a funding of up to EUR 550000 per year over the duration of five years (up to EUR 2,75 million in total).
Za ProSiebenSat.1 velja, da bo imel „dodatne stroške“ v znesku do 600000 EUR letno, in nemški organi predvidevajo financiranje v znesku do 550000 EUR letno v petletnem obdobju (skupaj do 2,75 milijona EUR).
This represents around 28 % of the overall DVB-T transmission fees paid by ProSiebenSat.1 in North Rhine-Westphalia.
To pomeni približno 28 % celotnih pristojbin za prenos DVB-T, ki jih plača ProSiebenSat.1 v Severnem Porenju-Vestfaliji.
In line with the above calculations for both groups of broadcasters, LfM’s total budget for subsidising the DVB-T transmission of the CSBs over five years is estimated at EUR 6,8 million.
V skladu z zgornjimi izračuni je petletni skupni proračun za subvencioniranje prenosa DVB-T pri komercialnih izdajateljih televizijskega programa ocenjen na 6,8 milijona EUR.
LfM grants the financial assistance described above only to programme channels of CSBs.
LfM dodeljuje zgoraj opisano finančno pomoč samo programskim kanalom komercialnih izdajateljev televizijskega programa.
The PSBs finance the costs of DVB-T transmission out of the licence fee income accruing to them.
Javni izdajatelji televizijskega programa financirajo stroške prenosa DVB-T s prejetim prihodkom iz naročnine.
According to the information submitted by the German authorities, WDR has at its disposal a project budget of about EUR 40,8 million for the period from 2001 until 2008 to cover the costs of the switchover.
Po informacijah, ki so jih predložili nemški organi, ima WDR na voljo projektni proračun v znesku približno 40,8 milijona EUR za obdobje med letoma 2001 in 2008, da pokrije stroške preklopa.
In the case of ZDF, the budget to achieve the countrywide switchover to DVB-T amounted for the period from 2001 to 2004 to EUR 36,8 million and to EUR 33,2 million between 2005 and 2008.
Pri ZDF je znesek proračuna za preklop na DVB-T po vsej državi znašal 36,8 milijona EUR za obdobje med letoma 2001 in 2004 ter 33,2 milijona EUR za obdobje med letoma 2005 in 2008.
The financing directive entered into force retroactively as of 3 May 2004.
Direktiva o financiranju je z učinkom za nazaj začela veljati 3. maja 2004.
However, by decision of the Media Commission (Medienkommission) of LfM, the German authorities have undertaken not to implement the financing until the Commission’s approval according to the State aid rules.
Vendar pa so se z odločitvijo Komisije LfM za medije nemški organi zavezali, da financiranja ne bodo izvedli, dokler Komisija ne izda svoje odobritve v skladu s pravili o državni pomoči.
Accordingly, no financing has been granted to the commercial broadcasters under the measure.
Tako do zdaj komercialnim izdajateljem televizijskega programa še niso bila dodeljena nobena finančna sredstva v skladu z ukrepom.
GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
RAZLOGI ZA SPROŽITEV URADNEGA POSTOPKA PREISKAVE
In the opening decision, the Commission took the preliminary view that the subsidies envisaged by LfM appear to meet all the criteria of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty and thus to constitute State aid.
V odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka je Komisija zavzela predhodno stališče, da je bilo glede subvencij LfM videti, da izpolnjujejo vse pogoje iz člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES in tako pomenijo državno pomoč.
The Commission considered that the measure appears to be granted through State resources and is imputable to the State.
Za ukrep je bilo videti, da je odobren iz državnih sredstev in ga je mogoče pripisati državi.
It was found that the subsidy appears to constitute an advantage for commercial broadcasters as direct beneficiaries and may also benefit indirectly the network operator T-Systems.
Videti je bilo, da pomeni prednost za komercialne izdajatelje televizijskega programa kot neposredne prejemnike in bi lahko pomenil posredno korist tudi za omrežnega operaterja T-Systems.
The opening decision also raised doubts whether the procedures for the allocation of broadcasting and network licences could have minimised or eliminated the selective economic advantage deriving from the subsidy and could have prevented a distortion of competition.
Odločitev o sprožitvi postopka je tudi sprožila dvome o tem, ali so bili postopki za dodelitev radiodifuznih in omrežnih dovoljenj taki, da so čim bolj zmanjšali ali odpravili selektivno gospodarsko prednost, ki izhaja iz subvencije, ter s tem preprečili izkrivljanje konkurence.
The Commission considered that the measure constitutes sectoral aid and appears to distort competition among the different transmission platforms (terrestrial, cable, satellite).
Komisija je menila, da je ukrep pomenil sektorsko pomoč in da je zanj videti, da izkrivlja konkurenco med različnimi platformami prenosa (prizemno, kabelsko in satelitsko).
It was noted that the measure may also distort competition among commercial broadcasters.
Navedla je tudi, da bi ukrep lahko izkrivil konkurenco med komercialnimi izdajatelji televizijskega programa.
In view of the international competition both among broadcasters and network operators, it was considered that the measure may affect trade between Member States.
Glede na mednarodno konkurenco med izdajatelji televizijskega programa in omrežnimi operaterji je Komisija menila, da bi ukrep lahko vplival na trgovino med državami članicami.
The Commission also expressed doubts as to the compatibility of the measure with the EC Treaty.
Komisija je tudi izrazila dvome o združljivosti ukrepa s Pogodbo ES.
The opening decision found that the conditions for the application of Articles 87(3)(c), 87(3)(d) and 86(2) of the EC Treaty do not seem to be met.
V odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka je ugotovila, da pogoji za uporabo členov 87(3)(c), 87(3)(d) in 86(2) Pogodbe ES niso bili videti izpolnjeni.
In particular, the Commission considered that there appears to be no indication that in the market situation prevailing in North Rhine-Westphalia, the measure could be deemed to be appropriate, necessary and proportionate to overcome any specific market failure which may hamper the switchover to digital television.
Komisija je predvsem menila, da ni videti nobenega kazalnika, da bi v razmerah na trgu, ki prevladujejo v Severnem Porenju-Vestfaliji, ta ukrep lahko štel za ustreznega, potrebnega in sorazmernega za premagovanje kakršne koli specifične tržne nepopolnosti, ki bi lahko ovirala preklop na digitalno televizijo.
The opening decision took the view that the financial support is not related to any particular cultural content.
V odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka je bilo predstavljeno mnenje, da finančna podpora ni bila povezana z nobeno posebno kulturno vsebino.
The Commission also called into question whether the measure might be considered as a compensation for a service of general economic interest.
Komisija je tudi podvomila, da lahko ukrep šteje kot nadomestilo za storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena.
Finally, the Commission initiated the formal investigation procedure also in order to give Germany and interested parties the opportunity to submit their comments on its provisional assessment of the measure described and to make available to the Commission any relevant information related to the measure.
Na koncu je Komisija sprožila formalni postopek preiskave tudi zato, da bi Nemčiji in zainteresiranim strankam dala možnost, da predložijo svoje pripombe o njenih začasnih ocenah opisanega ukrepa in dajo Komisiji na voljo vse ustrezne informacije, povezane z ukrepom.
COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES [40]
PRIPOMBE ZAINTERESIRANIH STRANK [40]
ANGA (Verband Privater Kabelnetzbetrieber e. V.), the association of private cable network operators stressed that the financial support for DVB-T transmission distorts competition between the different means of transmission to the detriment of cable operators.
ANGA (Verband Privater Kabelnetzbetrieber e.V.), združenje zasebnih operaterjev kabelskih omrežij, je poudarila, da je finančna podpora za prenos DVB-T izkrivljala konkurenco med različnimi načini prenosa v škodo kabelskih operaterjev.
They submitted that the introduction of DVB-T has already led to a loss of customers for cable operators in the Länder concerned.
Menila je, da je uvedba DVB-T že pripeljala do izgube strank za kabelske operaterje v zadevnih zveznih deželah.