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Due to the role of the LfA in promoting the regional economy and on the basis of the information currently available, the Commission cannot exclude that the purpose of the investment was to bridge a difficult period for Schneider AG and to save jobs in the region.
Spričo naloge LfA, ki je pospeševanje regionalnega gospodarstva, in na podlagi predloženih informacij Komisija ne more izključiti možnosti, da je bil namen naložbe prebroditi težke čase, s katerimi se je spopadalo podjetje Schneider AG, in rešiti delovna mesta v regiji.
Further, it is unclear whether the higher interest rates were sufficient to compensate for the lack of collateral.
Poleg tega ni jasno, ali so višje obrestne mere zadostovale za izravnavo manjkajočih dodatnih jamstev.
Schneider AG was in a difficult financial situation at the time the loans were granted and it was not impossible that the laser technology might fail.
V času dodelitve posojil je bilo podjetje Schneider AG v težkem finančnem položaju, ni pa bilo mogoče izključiti možnosti, da laserska tehnologija ne bo uspešna.
But the question whether the increased interest rates were sufficient to counterbalance this risk is difficult to assess.
Težko je presoditi, ali so višje obresti zadostovale za kritje tega tveganja.
DECISION WITHOUT OBJECT
BREZPREDMETNA ODLOČBA
The Commission is of the opinion that the question whether the LfA loans qualified as state aid can be left open.
Po mnenju Komisije je mogoče vprašanje, ali gre pri posojilih LfA za državne pomoči, pustiti odprto.
Even if they had to be considered incompatible state aid, a negative decision ordering the aid's recovery would be without object since there is no undertaking existing any more which would have benefited, either directly or indirectly, from the alleged state aid.
Tudi če bi bila posojila označena kot nezdružljive državne pomoči, bi bila negativna odločba o vrnitvi pomoči brezpredmetna, saj ne obstaja nobeno podjetje več, ki je imelo neposredno ali posredno korist zaradi domnevne državne pomoči.
The formal beneficiary of the loans was Schneider AG.
Upravičenec posojila je bilo formalno gledano podjetje Schneider AG.
SE and SLT were created only after the loans had been granted, but there is no reason to exclude that they benefited from the loans.
SE in SLT sta bila ustanovljena šele po dodelitvi posojil, vendar ni razloga za izključitev možnosti, da sta imela koristi od posojil.
The insolvency proceedings against the three Schneider companies were initiated in March 2002, and all three companies were liquidated.
Stečajni postopki proti trem Schneiderjevim podjetjem so bili sproženi marca 2002, vsa tri podjetja pa so bila likvidirana.
The loan debt was included in the insolvent estate.
Posojilni dolg je bil vključen v stečajno maso.
The three companies' assets were sold by the insolvency administrator, under the supervision of the insolvency courts.
Premoženje vseh treh podjetij je prodal stečajni upravitelj pod nadzorom stečajnih sodišč.
The Commission considers that the market price was paid for the respective assets, as a result of which the benefit of the aid was not passed on to any of the purchasers.
Komisija je mnenja, da so bila posamezna premoženja prodana po tržni ceni, tako da prednost pomoči ni bila predana enemu izmed kupcev.
The assets owned by Schneider AG at the time of its liquidation consisted of trade marks.
Pri premoženju, katerega lastnik je bilo v času likvidacije podjetje Schneider AG, je šlo za blagovne znamke.
After a worldwide search for potential investors through an M&A consultant, the insolvency administrator sold the trade marks to the Chinese consumer electronics producer TCL for a purchase price of EUR 3,48 million. At the same time, a second consultant had been asked to value the trade marks.
Po tem, ko je stečajni upravitelj s pomočjo svetovalca M&A po vsem svetu iskal morebitne vlagatelje, je blagovne znamke prodal kitajskemu proizvajalcu zabavne elektronike TCL za 3,48 mio EUR. Hkrati je drug svetovalec po naročilu določil vrednost blagovnih znamk.
He received several offers which were significantly lower than that made by TCL.
Prejel je veliko ponudb, ki pa so bile bistveno nižje od ponudbe TCL.
The Commission therefore considers that the trade marks were sold at their market price.
Komisija je zato mnenja, da so bile blagovne znamke prodane po tržni ceni.
SE's assets, consisting of the television production line and stocks, were sold by the insolvency administrator to TCL for a total purchase price of EUR 5745480. According to the information submitted by Germany, the insolvency administrator had conducted extensive discussions with a number of potential investors.
Premoženje SE, ki je bilo sestavljeno iz proizvodne linije televizijskih sprejemnikov in zalog, je stečajni upravitelj prodal TCL za ceno 5745480 EUR. Po informacijah, ki jih je predložila Nemčija, se je stečajni upravitelj izčrpno pogovarjal z vrsto morebitnih vlagateljev.
However, there was very limited interest in purchasing a television set production line tailor-made for Schneider AG which was already several years old, and no interest at all in the stock of television sets for which no guarantee and no service could be provided.
Vendar pa je za več let staro in posebej za podjetje Schneider AG narejeno proizvodno linijo televizijskih sprejemnikov obstajal precej slab interes; za zaloge televizijskih sprejemnikov, za katere nista bila mogoča prevzem garancije in ponudba servisne službe, pa sploh ni bilo interesentov.
TCL made the highest bid and is therefore considered to have paid the market price.
TCL je podal najvišjo ponudbo, ki se posledično obravnava kot tržna cena.
As regards SLT, the insolvency administrator had commissioned an M&A consultant who sent the purchase documentation to about 150 potential investors.
V primeru SLT je stečajni upravitelj svetovalca M&A pooblastil za pošiljanje prodajne dokumentacije okoli 150 morebitnim vlagateljem.
In-depth discussions took place with a number of potentially interested parties.
Potekali so temeljiti pogovori z vrsto morebitnih vlagateljev.
However, owing to technical problems linked to the development of the laser display technology, the actual interest turned out to be very limited.
Zaradi tehničnih težav pri razvoju tehnologije laserskega prikazovalnika je bilo zanimanje zelo majhno.
No higher bid than the one by LOS was submitted, not even when an attempt was made to sell the existing patents and the registrable patents separately.
Nobena ponudba ni bila višja od ponudbe LOS, čeprav se je poskusilo ločeno prodati obstoječe patente in patente v postopku registracije.
SLT's assets were sold in a two-step procedure to LOS for a total purchase price of EUR 6025000. The Commission therefore considers that the market price was paid also for the assets of SLT.
Premoženje SLT je bilo podjetju LOS prodano v dveh korakih za skupno prodajno ceno v višini 6 025 0000 mio EUR. Komisija je zato mnenja, da je bila tudi za premoženje SLT plačana tržna cena.
THE R&D PROJECTS
PROJEKTI R&R
Public funding is provided by the Land of Bavaria through the BFS.
Državno financiranje zagotavlja Zvezna dežela Bavarska preko BFS.
It thus stems from state resources and is imputable to the State.
Financiranje je torej izhajalo iz državnih sredstev in ga je treba pripisati državi.
The funding of the part of project 1 which was carried out by SLT and of project 2 provided an advantage to Schneider AG.
Podjetje Schneider AG je imelo koristi od financiranja dela projekta 1 in projekta 2, ki ga je izvedel SLT.
Since consumer electronics are traded between Member States, the measure threatens to distort competition and affects trade between Member States.
Ker se z zabavno elektroniko trguje med državami članicami, lahko ukrep izkrivlja konkurenco in prizadene trgovino med državami članicami.
The subsidisation of projects 1 and 2 therefore constitutes state aid.
Posledično gre pri finančni pomoči za projekt 1 in projekt 2 za državne pomoči.
As regards the financing of the ‘blue laser’ project which was carried out by the University of Würzburg, the Commission considers that the public funding does not qualify as state aid.
V primeru financiranja projekta „Modri laser“ Univerze v Würzburgu pa po mnenju Komisije pri državnem financiranju ni šlo za državno pomoč.
The project concerned fundamental research which was designed to generally increase scientific and technical knowledge.
Projekt je zadeval temeljno raziskovanje s ciljem splošnega razširjanja znanstvenega in tehničnega znanja.
According to point 2.2 of the 1986 Community framework for state aid for research and development (applicable in 1994 at the time of grant), the funding of fundamental research is not normally considered state aid.
Po točki 2.2 okvira Skupnosti za raziskave in razvoj iz leta 1986 (ki je veljal leta 1994 v času finančne pomoči) financiranje temeljnega raziskovanja običajno ni označeno kot državna pomoč.
In particular, the project was not carried out for Schneider.
Projekt ni bil izveden za podjetje Schneider AG.
The funding request had been made independently by the University of Würzburg and the grants were disbursed directly to the university.
Prošnjo za financiranje je samostojno vložila Univerza v Würzburgu, podpora pa je bila izplačana neposredno Univerzi.
Germany informed the Commission that the results of the university's research were not relevant for Schneider AG, which had its own scientific approach to solving the issues related to the blue laser.
Kot je Komisiji sporočila Nemčija, rezultati univerzitetnega raziskovanja za podjetje Schneider AG niso bili pomembni, saj je imelo podjetje lastno zamisel za reševanje težav v zvezi z modrim laserjem.
Schneider AG continued its research and development activities independently of the blue laser project and did not use the results of the university's project for its own technical solution.
Podjetje Schneider AG je s svojimi raziskovalnimi in razvojnimi dejavnostmi nadaljevalo neodvisno od projekta „Modri laser“ in rezultatov univerzitetnega projekta ni uporabilo za lastno tehnično rešitev.
The association of both projects had been done by the BFS in the hope of synergies which did not take place.
Projekta sta bila združena na željo BFS, ki si je iz tega obetal sinergije, do katerih pa nazadnje ni prišlo.
DEROGATION UNDER ARTICLE 87(3) OF THE EC TREATY
IZJEMA PO ČLENU 87(3) POGODBE ES
The R&D grants fall to be assessed under the Community framework for state aid for research & development (‘R&D framework’) of 1986 and 1996, which allows state aid for fundamental research, (basic) industrial research and precompetitive development.
Subvencije za R&R je treba oceniti po okviru Skupnosti za državne pomoči za raziskave in razvoj (v nadaljevanju „okvir Skupnosti za R&R“) iz leta 1986 oziroma 1996, po katerem so dovoljene državne pomoči za temeljno raziskovanje, industrijsko (temeljno) raziskovanje in predkonkurenčni razvoj.
Stage of R&D — Aid intensity
Stopnja R&R – intenzivnost pomoči
Project 1 can be qualified as a project of basic industrial research within the meaning of Annex 1 to the R&D framework of 1986.
Projekt 1 je mogoče označiti kot industrijsko temeljno raziskovanje v smislu Priloge 1 k okviru Skupnosti za R&R iz leta 1986.
The research activities were focused on acquiring, through original theoretical and experimental work, entirely new knowledge in the field of the projecting of large, high-resolution colour images for different applications and on elaborating the scientific and technological bases for the individual components of a future laser display system.
Cilj raziskovalnih dejavnosti je bil z novim teoretičnim in eksperimentalnim delom pridobiti popolnoma novo znanje na področju projekcije večjih barvnih slik visoke ločljivosti za različna področja uporabe ter razviti znanstvene in tehnološke podlage za posamezne komponente prihodnjega sistema laserskega prikazovalnika.
The BFS subsidised the project to the tune of 48,98 %, i.e. below the ceiling of 50 % allowed for basic industrial research.
BFS je financiral 48,98 % vrednosti projekta, tj. intenzivnost pomoči je pod pragom 50 %, ki velja za industrijsko temeljno raziskovanje.
The Commission considers that the R&D aid had an incentive effect because the project would not have been carried out without public support.
Komisija zastopa stališče, da je imela pomoč za R&R spodbujevalni učinek, saj projekta brez državne podpore ne bi bilo mogoče izpeljati.
The project involved a very high technical and economic risk and the technology was very innovative: it required very basic research and a high amount of input.
Projekt je spremljalo zelo veliko tehnično in gospodarsko tveganje, tehnologija je bila zelo inovativna, potrebna sta bila temeljno raziskovanje in velik vložek.
This was confirmed by an external study commissioned by the BFS before deciding on the aid grant.
To je bilo potrjeno v zunanji študiji, ki jo je naročil BFS, še preden se je odločil glede dodelitve finančne pomoči.
The consulted experts were of the opinion that, in view of the high complexity and the demanding overall aim of the project, it could only be carried out if substantial support was provided.
Vprašani strokovnjaki so bili mnenja, da je projekt zaradi velike kompleksnosti in postavljenih zahtevnih ciljev mogoče izpeljati le z znatno podporo.
The highest technical risk was estimated to be the exact reproduction of the image.
Za veliko tehnično tveganje je veljalo natančno reproduciranje slike.
The experts further confirmed that this completely new technology contained a high number of single issues which could only be tackled through an intensive, concentrated and financially well-equipped R&D project.
Poleg tega so strokovnjaki potrdili, da je ta povsem nova tehnologija odprla vrsto posameznih problemov, ki jih je bilo mogoče rešiti le v okviru intenzivnega, koncentriranega in finančno dobro podprtega projekta R&R.
As regards project 2, Germany claims that the project must also be qualified as a project of industrial research.
V zvezi s projektom 2 je Nemčija trdila, da je tudi ta projekt treba označiti za temeljno raziskovanje.
Germany argues that, despite the misleading subtitle of the project ( ‘Systemintegration und Prototypen’), the activities carried out during the project were such as to fall under the above definition.
Po navedbah Nemčije so dela v okviru tega projekta kljub zavajajočemu podnaslovu („Integracija sistema in prototipi“) povsem ustrezala zgoraj omenjeni opredelitvi.
Germany explained that the aim of the project was to further elaborate on the individual components of the technology.
Nemčija je pojasnila, da je bil cilj projekta nadaljnji razvoj posameznih komponent tehnologije.
Therefore, in the eyes of the BFS, the project was entirely classified as industrial research.
Zaradi tega je bil projekt po mnenju BFS v celoti industrijsko raziskovanje.
Furthermore, the first prototype was developed a couple of months after the end of project 2 and the prototype was for professional use and not for consumer use, which had been the aim of the project.
Poleg tega je bil prvi prototip razvit nekaj mesecev po zaključku projekta 2, pri čemer je bil prototip primeren za industrijsko in ne za komercialno uporabo, kot je bilo prvotno načrtovano.
The actual precompetitive research was carried out only after project 2 and without further public funding.
Dejansko predkonkurenčno raziskovanje je sledilo šele po projektu 2 in brez nadaljnjega javnega financiranja.
The Commission is more convinced that the project should rather be qualified as a project of precompetitive development — at least partially.
Komisija opozarja, da je bil projekt vsaj delno predkonkurenčni razvoj.
Pursuant to points 5.5 and 5.9 of the R & D framework of 1996, the funding would be limited to 25 %, or would have to represent the weighted average of the permissible aid intensities.
Financiranje bi bilo omejeno na 25 % ali pa bi moralo v skladu s točko 5.5 in točko 5.9 okvira Skupnosti za R&R iz leta 1996 ustrezati tehtanemu povprečju dovoljenih intenzivnosti pomoči.
The Commission considers that the integration of individual components into an overall system could fall under the definition of precompetitive development.
Po mnenju Komisije bi vključitev posameznih komponent v celotni sistem lahko spadala v opredelitev predkonkurenčnega razvoja.
Furthermore, the first prototype was finalised just a few months after the end of project 2, which is an indicator that the project was aimed at the creation of an initial prototype.
Poleg tega je bil prvi prototip izdelan le nekaj mesecev po zaključku projekta 2, kar govori v prid dejstvu, da je bil cilj projekta razvoj prvega prototipa.
However, a further analysis of the question would be without object since any incompatible aid would not distort the market any more.
Nadaljnja analiza vprašanja bi bila brezpredmetna, saj morebitne nezdružljive pomoči ne bi več izkrivljale trga.
The R&D grants were provided to Schneider AG.
Finančno pomoč za R&R je prejelo podjetje Schneider AG.
SE and SLT were set up only later.
SE in SLT sta bila ustanovljena šele pozneje.
It is highly unlikely that the television set producer SE benefited from the R&D aid for research into laser technology, which was entirely spent in the approved manner.
Malo verjetno je, da je imel proizvajalec televizijskih sprejemnikov SE koristi od pomoči za R&R za raziskave laserske tehnologije, ki je bila v celoti uporabljena na dogovorjen način.
SLT might have benefited from the aid.
SLT je morda prejel koristi od pomoči.
However, the companies have since been liquidated, the R&D grants were included in the insolvent estate and the assets were sold at their market price (see paragraph 36).
V vsakem primeru so bila podjetja medtem likvidirana, finančna pomoč za R&R je bila priključena stečajni masi, premoženje pa je bilo prodano po tržni ceni (glej odstavek 36).
The Commission considers that the technological and economic risk of project 2 was still very high and that SLT would not have been in a position to carry out the project without the support of the BFS.
Komisija je mnenja, da je bilo tehnološko in gospodarsko tveganje pri projektu 2 še zelo veliko in da SLT projekta brez podpore BFS ne bi mogel izpeljati.
Like the first project before it, the second project had a highly innovative character and required a significant amount of input.
Tako kot že prvi projekt je imel tudi drugi projekt zelo inovativen značaj in je zahteval znaten vložek.
The Commission concludes that the R&D aid for project 1 amounting to EUR 6498468,68 and 50 % of the R&D aid for project 2, i.e. EUR 1275826,60, were compatible with the Community's state aid rules.
Komisija je sklenila, da sta bili pomoč za raziskave in razvoj v višini 6498468,68 EUR za projekt 1 in 50 % pomoči za raziskave in razvoj za projekt 2, tj. 1275826,60 EUR, združljivi s predpisi o pomoči Skupnosti.
As regards the three loans totalling EUR 12,8 million and 50 % of the R&D aid for project 2, the Commission considers that the information available is not sufficient for it to reach a conclusive assessment.
Glede treh posojil v skupni višini 12,8 mio EUR in 50 % pomoči za raziskave in razvoj za projekt 2 je Komisija mnenja, da predložene informacije ne zadostujejo za dokončno presojo.
However, the decisive questions as to whether the loans constituted state aid and how far project 2 was a project of industrial research can be left open.
Odločilno vprašanje, ali gre pri posojilih za državne pomoči in v kolikšni meri je projekt 2 služil industrijskemu raziskovanju, pa lahko ostane odprto.
Any incompatible state aid could not be recovered since, following the liquidation of all actual or potential beneficiaries and the sale of their assets at their market price, the aid would no longer distort the market.
Vračila morebitnih nezdružljivih državnih pomoči ni mogoče zahtevati, saj po likvidaciji vseh dejanskih ali morebitnih upravičencev in po odprodaji njihovega premoženja po tržnih cenah pomoč trga ne izkrivlja več.
The Commission accordingly concludes that the formal investigation procedure initiated under Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the three loans and part of project 2 no longer serves any purpose,
Zato je Komisija sklenila, da je formalni postopek preiskave v zvezi s tremi posojili in delom projekta 2, sprožen po členu 88(2) Pogodbe ES, brezpredmeten –
The aid granted to Schneider AG, Türkheim, in the amount of EUR 6498468,68 for the research project ‘Laser-Display-Technologie’ and in the amount of EUR 1275826,60 for the R&D project ‘Laser-Display-Technologie — Systemintegration und Prototypen’ is compatible with the common market.
Pomoč v korist Schneider AG, Türkheim, v višini 6498468,68 EUR za raziskovalni projekt „Tehnologija laserskega prikazovalnika“ in pomoč v višini 1275826,60 EUR za projekt R&R „Tehnologija laserskega prikazovalnika – Integracija sistema in prototipi“ sta združljivi s skupnim trgom.
The formal investigation procedure is closed in so far as it concerned the loans from the Bayrische Landesanstalt für Aufbaufinanzierung totalling EUR 12,8 million and the grant of EUR 1275826,60 for the R&D project ‘Laser-Display-Technologie — Systemintegration und Prototypen’.
Formalni postopek preiskave v zvezi s posojili Bayrische Anstalt für Aufbaufinanzierung v višini skupaj 12,8 mio EUR in s subvencijo v višini 1275826,60 EUR za raziskovalni projekt „Tehnologija laserskega prikazovalnika – Integracija sistema in prototipi“, je ustavljen.
Done at Brussels, 16 May 2006.
V Bruslju, 16. maj 2006.
OJ C 46, 22.2.2005, p. 12.
UL C 46, 22.2.2005, str. 12.
Some submissions received during and after the period concerned cannot be considered formal comments (being mainly unrelated press articles without further comments and an offer to provide case-related consultancy services to the Commission without any actual comments).
Nekaterih odgovorov, ki so prispeli med ali po obdobju preiskave, ni bilo mogoče upoštevati kot formalna stališča (v glavnem je šlo za časopisne članke brez komentarjev in brez povezave s primerom ter za – prav tako brez dodatnih pojasnil – ponudbo svetovanja glede primera Komisiji).
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Including a grant for the ‘blue laser’ project carried out by the University of Würzburg.
Vključno s subvencijo za projekt „Modri laser“, ki ga je izvedla Univerza v Würzburgu.
Including the grant for the ‘blue laser’ project carried out by the University of Würzburg.
Vključno s subvencijo za projekt „Modri laser“, ki ga je izvedla Univerza v Würzburgu.
The table contains only the costs of the research carried out by Schneider AG, and not the EUR 0,26 million grant for the ‘blue laser’ project carried out by the University of Würzburg and associated with the Schneider project at the BFS ' s request.
Ta razpredelnica prikazuje le stroške za raziskovalne dejavnosti podjetja Schneider AG; upoštevana ni finančna pomoč v višini 0,26 mio EUR za projekt „Modri laser“, ki ga je izvedla Univerza v Würzburgu in ki je bil na željo BFS povezan s Schneiderjevim projektom.
As a first step, a joint venture was set up to which SLT's assets were transferred.
Prvi korak je bila ustanovitev skupnega podjetja, na katerega je bilo preneseno premoženje SLT.
LOS owned 60 % and the insolvent estate 40 % of the joint venture.
V skupnem podjetju je imel LOS 60-odstotni delež, 40 % pa je pripadalo stečajni masi.
The purpose of this intermediate step, which lasted one year, was to try to find a strategic investor who would purchase the 40 % owned by the insolvent estate.
Ta vmesni korak, katerega trajanje je bilo eno leto, naj bi omogočil, da bi našli strateškega vlagatelja, ki bi iz stečajne mase prevzel 40 % podjetja.
No such investor was found, and LOS was able to acquire 100 % ownership.
Takšnega vlagatelja niso našli, LOS pa je lahko pridobil 100 % podjetja.
OJ C 83, 11.4.1986, p. 2.
UL C 83, 11.4.1986, str. 2.