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This is in particular the case when the high number of bids submitted, the switching rate of customers, and the outcome of the tenders organised in 2006 are considered.
To zlasti velja, če se upoštevajo veliko število predloženih ponudb, nihajoče število strank in rezultat javnih razpisov, organiziranih leta 2006.
Commission notes in this respect that, according to the complainants themselves, already during the transitional period in 2001-2004, foreign operators were active in the Finnish infrastructure market, including Sweden’s Skanska AB and NCC AB through their Finnish subsidiaries.
Komisija ugotavlja, da so bili v zvezi s tem po navedbah pritožnikov na finskem trgu infrastrukture že v prehodnem obdobju 2001–2004 dejavni tuji izvajalci, zlasti švedski družbi Skanska AB in NCC AB v njunih finskih podružnicah.
Furthermore, foreign undertakings have competed for the EUR 630 million contract to build a highway between Muurla and Lohja; Estonian contractors, among others, have competed for Finnish maintenance contracts.
Poleg tega so tuja podjetja konkurirala za naročilo v vrednosti 630 milijonov EUR za izgradnjo daljinske ceste med mestoma Muurla in Lohja; med drugim so za finska naročila za vzdrževanje konkurirali tudi estonski izvajalci.
The development of prices for road maintenance services (cf. Section 5.10) has been for the benefit of the Finnish tax payers and the economy as a whole.
Razvoj cen storitev cestnega vzdrževanja (glej oddelek 5.10) je bil koristen za finske davkoplačevalce in celotno gospodarstvo.
Convincing evidence to that effect, which has not been contested by the complainants, has been provided by the Finnish authorities.
Prepričljiv dokaz za to, ki ga pritožniki niso ovrgli, so zagotovili finski organi.
The Commission therefore concludes that the aid measures related to the transitional period do not appear to have affected competition and trade to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Komisija zato ugotavlja, da ukrepi pomoči v prehodnem obdobju očitno niso vplivali na konkurenco in trgovino v obsegu, ki bi nasprotoval skupnemu interesu.
It is against this background that the necessity and proportionality of the aid will have to be assessed, within the overall balancing test that is called for under Article 87(3)(c).
Na podlagi tega je treba oceniti nujnost in sorazmernost pomoči v okviru splošne uravnoteženosti, ki jo določa člen 87(3)(c) Pogodbe ES.
Project that is in the interest of the Community as a whole
Projekt, ki je v interesu celotne Skupnosti
The common interest invoked by the Finnish authorities is the effective opening of the State segment of the Finnish road service market to competition, combined with the preservation of the industrial potential of the ‘Road Production’ section of the Road Service (Tieliikelaitos’ predecessor), and allowing it to transform into a competitive undertaking while avoiding from the forced lay-offs of existing employees at least during the transitional period.
Skupni interes, ki ga uveljavljajo finski organi, je učinkovito odpiranje finskega državnega trga cestnih storitev za konkurenco, ki bo ohranil industrijski potencial oddelka za „proizvodnjo cest“ službe za ceste (predhodnik podjetja Tieliikelaitos) ter omogočil, da se preoblikuje v konkurenčno podjetje, ter hkrati preprečil, da vsaj v prehodnem obdobju sedanji zaposleni ne bi bili na čakanju.
The Commission considers that such a project can indeed serve the common interest of the Community.
Komisija meni, da lahko tak projekt dejansko koristi skupnim interesom Skupnosti.
As correctly mentioned by the Finnish authorities, the opening of closed national markets to competition at European level constitutes a positive development and an important policy objective of the Community.
Kot ustrezno navajajo finski organi, odpiranje zaprtih nacionalnih trgov za konkurenco na evropski ravni predstavlja pozitiven razvoj in pomemben cilj politike Skupnosti.
The Commission considers that the liberalisation of the road service market and the preservation of Tieliikelaitos’ industrial tool were intimately linked.
Komisija meni, da sta bili liberalizacija trga cestnih storitev in ohranitev industrijskega potenciala podjetja Tieliikelaitos tesno povezani.
Firstly, it notes that the adoption of the liberalisation legislation was directly linked to the adoption of a provision guaranteeing that Tieliikelaitos could not lay-off personnel — although at that time the company had a serious problem of overstaffing.
Prvič, Komisija ugotavlja, da je bilo sprejetje zakonodaje o liberalizaciji neposredno povezano s sprejetjem določbe, ki zagotavlja, da zaposleni v podjetju Tieliikelaitos ne bodo na čakanju – čeprav se je podjetje že takrat srečevalo s težavo prevelikega števila zaposlenih.
Secondly, as is evident from the evolution of the market, there was ample scope for Tieliikelaitos to play a significant role in the competitive landscape and offer road services that adequately met the demand by the various customers, in terms of both price and quality.
Drugič, kot je razvidno iz razvoja trga, je bilo podjetju Tieliikelaitos zadostno omogočeno, da je imelo pomembno vlogo v konkurenčnem okolju in da je nudilo cestne storitve, ki ustrezno izpolnjujejo zahteve različnih strank glede cene in kakovosti.
The examined State aid package, by relieving Tieliikelaitos from the extra personnel costs it had to bear due to inherited liabilities from the time when the respective services were part of the public administration system (in-house services), would enable the company to operate freely in the liberalised market and to make the necessary adjustments to respond to market and other technological developments that affect the company’s viability in the long term.
Preučeni paket državne pomoči bi s tem, ko bi podjetje Tieliikelaitos razbremenil dodatnih stroškov za osebje, ki jih je imelo zaradi obveznosti iz obdobja, ko so bile zadevne storitve del sistema javne uprave (notranje službe), podjetju omogočil, da prosto deluje na liberaliziranem trgu ter se ustrezno prilagodi odzivu na trg in doseže tehnološki razvoj, ki bi vplival na dolgoročno preživetje podjetja.
The Commission further notes that the complainants do not challenge in substance the argument by the Finnish authorities that opening the market to competition is in the common interest of the Community.
Komisija poleg tega ugotavlja, da pritožniki bistveno ne nasprotujejo utemeljitvi finskih organov, da je odpiranje trga konkurenci skupni interes Skupnosti.
Nor do they contend that there was no link between the opening of the market and the preservation of staff at Tieliikelaitos.
Prav tako ne nasprotujejo temu, da ni bilo povezave med odpiranjem trga in ohranitvijo osebja v podjetju Tieliikelaitos.
They essentially argue that the desired results could also have been achieved without aid.
Pritožniki dokazujejo le, da bi se lahko želeni rezultati dosegli brez pomoči.
Necessity and proportionality of the aid measures, no effect on competition and trade contrary to the common interest
Nujnost in sorazmernost ukrepov pomoči brez vpliva na konkurenco in trgovino, ki je v nasprotju s skupnimi interesi
In order to assess whether the relevant aid measures are necessary and proportionate to the objective of common interest identified above, it is appropriate to distinguish first between the various aid measures.
Da se oceni, ali so zadevni ukrepi pomoči potrebni in sorazmerni z navedenim ciljem skupnega interesa, je treba najprej razlikovati med različnimi ukrepi pomoči.
As set out in Section 6.3.2 of the present decision, State aid might have been granted to Tieliikelaitos by the Finnish government in relation to the land and gravel sites.
Kot je navedeno v oddelku 6.3.2 te odločbe, so finski organi podjetju Tieliikelaitos morda dodelili državno pomoč za zemljo in gramozni teren.
The Commission acknowledges that if the Finnish authorities were to introduce competition in the road and ferry services, they had to transform Tieliikelaitos into a separate entity and to provide it either with the assets necessary to perform its tasks or with the capital necessary to buy these assets.
Komisija priznava, da bi morali finski organi, če bi želeli uvesti konkurenco za cestne in trajektne storitve, podjetje Tieliikelaitos preoblikovati v ločen subjekt in mu zagotoviti sredstva, potrebna za izvajanje nalog, oziroma kapital, potreben za nakup teh sredstev.
Therefore, in the present case, taking into consideration the process undertaken by the Finnish authorities to open road services to competition, the possible State aid in relation to the land and gravel sites can be considered as a proportionate measure.
Zato se lahko v primeru, da upoštevamo proces odpiranja cestnih storitev za konkurenco, ki so ga začeli finski organi, morebitna državna pomoč za zemljo in gramozni teren šteje za sorazmeren ukrep.
The Commission concludes that, should there be State aid in relation to land and gravel sites, this State aid is necessary and proportionate.
Komisija ugotavlja, da je bila morebitna dodeljena državna pomoč za zemljo in gramozni teren potrebna in sorazmerna.
The various Staff adjustment measures described above in Section 5.5 provided incentives to Tieliikelaitos’ employees to leave the company.
Različni prilagoditveni ukrepi za osebje, opisani v oddelku 5.5, so zaposlene v podjetju Tieliikelaitos spodbudili k temu, da ga zapustijo.
Such measures were clearly necessary to the objective sought, in view of Tieliikelaitos’ overstaffing, which is not contested by the complainants.
Takšni ukrepi so bili brez dvoma potrebni za uresničitev želenega cilja, saj je imelo podjetje Tieliikelaitos preveliko število zaposlenih, česar pritožniki ne poskušajo ovreči.
They were also manifestly proportionate, since the State financed only 50 % of the respective expenditure (EUR 20,1 million were financed by the State and EUR 20 million by the undertaking).
Nedvomno so bili tudi sorazmerni, saj je država financirala le 50 % zadevnih izdatkov (20,1 milijona EUR je financirala država in 20 milijonov EUR podjetje).
Since their effect was largely dependent on whether the relevant staff would seize the opportunity of leaving the company, they were not sufficient to compensate the significant costs of Tieliikelaitos’ overstaffing.
Ker je bil vpliv ukrepov zelo odvisen od tega, ali bo zadevno osebje izkoristilo možnost zapustitve podjetja, niso bili zadostni, da bi nadomestili velike stroške, ki jih je podjetje Tieliikelaitos imelo zaradi prevelikega števila zaposlenih.
Funding of Special services projects
Financiranje posebnih storitvenih projektov
As has been described above, Special service projects provided an activity to part of Tieliikelaitos’ excess staff.
Kot je opisano, so posebni storitveni projekti zagotovili zaposlitev odvečnemu osebju podjetja Tieliikelaitos.
Had not such projects been put in place, it is clear that, in view of the fact that Staff adjustment measures could only solve part of the overstaffing problem, Tieliikelaitos would have either maintained the remaining excess staff temporarily without work or would have affected it to maintenance contracts.
Če takšni projekti ne bi bili uvedeni, bi moralo v podjetju Tieliikelaitos glede na to, da je bilo s prilagoditvenimi ukrepi za osebje mogoče rešiti le del težav prevelikega števila zaposlenih, preostalo odvečno osebje začasno ostati brez dela ali se preusmeriti na naročila za vzdrževanje.
Both such options would have been detrimental to the objective of common interest aimed at through the measure.
Obe možnosti bi negativno vplivale na cilj skupnega interesa, ki naj bi ga uresničil ukrep.
Maintaining the staff concerned inactive would have wasted human capital accumulated in the period prior to liberalisation, in terms of specific skills and know-how.
Če bi bilo zadevno osebje brez dela, bi to pomenilo neizkoriščanje posebnih spretnosti ter znanja in izkušenj človeškega kapitala iz obdobja pred liberalizacijo.
Affecting the staff to maintenance contracts would have prevented Tieliikelaitos’ from progressively adapting its way of working in order to deliver the relevant road services in a cost-effective way.
Preusmeritev osebja na naročila za vzdrževanje bi podjetju Tieliikelaitos preprečilo, da svoje delovanje postopno prilagodi tako, da bo lahko učinkovito opravljal ustrezne cestne storitve.
Therefore, the Commission considers that the funding of Special services projects through State aid may meet the criterion of necessity of the aid to a common interest objective.
Zato Komisija meni, da lahko financiranje posebnih storitvenih projektov z državno pomočjo izpolnjuje merilo nujnosti pomoči za dosego cilja skupnega interesa.
As regards the proportionality of that measure, the Commission notes that there was no overcompensation for the work carried out in the Special service projects.
V zvezi s sorazmernostjo tega ukrepa Komisija ugotavlja, da nadomestila za delo, opravljeno pri posebnih storitvenih projektih, ni bilo previsoko.
Convincing evidence to that effect was submitted by the Finnish authorities (see above, Section 5.5).
Finski organi so v zvezi s tem predložili prepričljive dokaze (glej oddelek 5.5).
There was naturally a limit as to the amount of work that could be done through Special service projects, this limit residing in the State’s actual need for such services to be provided.
Količina dela, ki je bila opravljeno s posebnimi storitvenimi projekti, je bila omejena, pri čemer je bila odvisna od dejanske potrebe države po opravljanju takšnih storitev.
The Commission concludes from the various data submitted by the Finnish authorities that the Special services project only absorbed a part of Tieliikelaitos’ overstaffing-related costs.
Komisija na podlagi različnih podatkov, ki so jih predložili finski organi, ugotavlja, da so posebni storitveni projekti nadomestili le del stroškov podjetja Tieliikelaitos, ki jih je imelo podjetja zaradi prevelikega števila zaposlenih.
As mentioned above in Chapter 5.3, on average, Tieliikelaitos had during the transitional period, still 100 employees more than the optimum number, in spite of the Staff adjustment measures and the Special service projects.
Kot je bilo navedeno v poglavju 5.3, je imelo podjetje Tieliikelaitos v prehodnem obdobju kljub prilagoditvenim ukrepom za osebje in posebnim storitvenim projektom povprečno še vedno 100 zaposlenih več od optimalnega števila.
For the same reasons set out above in relation with Special service projects, it was not in the common interest for Tieliikelaitos to maintain this extra staff inactive.
Zaradi enakih razlogov, kot so bili navedeni v zvezi s posebnimi storitvenimi projekti, podjetju Tieliikelaitos ni bilo v skupnem interesu, da je to dodatno osebje brez dela.
The ability not to overburden tendered contracts, where it was submitting bids to open tender, with the costs related to redundant staff was indeed essential if Tieliikelaitos was to adapt to a competitive market.
Če se je podjetje želelo prilagoditi konkurenčnemu trgu, je bilo bistvenega pomena, da se naročila, oddana po odprtem postopku, za katera je podjetje Tieliikelaitos predložilo ponudbe, ne preobremenijo s stroški, nastalimi s presežnim osebjem.
Therefore the respective financial burden was compensated through the negotiated contracts.
Zato se je zadevno finančno breme nadomestilo z naročili, oddanimi po postopku s pogajanji.
As regards the negotiated contracts, their existence was linked to the gradual nature of the liberalisation process as devised by Finland.
Postopek oddajanja naročil s pogajanji je povezan s postopnim procesom liberalizacije, ki ga je načrtovala Finska.
These contracts represented at the beginning of the period a large portion of Tieliikelaitos’ activity, which then gradually decreased.
Ta naročila so na začetku obdobja predstavljala velik delež dejavnosti podjetja Tieliikelaitos, ta pa se je nato postopno zmanjševal.
Not taking into account the additional costs borne by the undertaking as a result of its overstaffing would have led to significant deterioration of its financial situation.
Neupoštevanje dodatnih stroškov, ki jih je imelo podjetje zaradi prevelikega števila zaposlenih, bi povzročilo znatno poslabšanje njegovega finančnega položaja.
In the light of the above considerations, the Commission considers that the aid mechanism linked with negotiated contracts was necessary.
Glede na navedeno Komisija meni, da je bil mehanizem pomoči, povezan z naročili, oddanimi po postopku s pogajanji, potreben.
As regards the proportionality condition, a procedure was organised in order to limit risks of overcompensation.
V zvezi s pogojem sorazmernosti je bil organiziran postopek, ki naj bi omejil tveganje za čezmerna nadomestila.
The Commission considers that the annual expenditure adjustment procedure described above at the beginning of Section 5.3 was appropriate in this regard.
Komisija meni, da je bil letni postopek prilagoditve izdatkov, opisan na začetku oddelka 5.3, primeren.
Preferential loan and overall conclusion on necessity and proportionality
Prednostno posojilo in splošne sklepne ugotovitve o nujnosti in sorazmernosti
As regards finally the preferential loan granted to Tieliikelaitos, the Commission notes firstly that it yields a net advantage for the undertaking of EUR 7,2 million, which is approximately 8 % of the overall amount of aid granted to Tieliikelaitos.
V zvezi s prednostnim posojilom, dodeljenim podjetju Tieliikelaitos, Komisija najprej ugotavlja, da to podjetju prinaša neto koristi v vrednosti 7,2 milijona EUR, kar je približno 8 % celotnega zneska pomoči, dodeljenega podjetju Tieliikelaitos.
When adding this aid amount to the amount represented by the above-mentioned aid measures, Tieliikelaitos received from the State directly or indirectly EUR 92,8 million. This manifestly did not compensate the structural disadvantage borne by Tieliikelaitos, which was estimated at EUR 157 million. As such, Tieliikelaitos made a significant contribution from its own resources in order to solve the overstaffing problem it inherited from pre-liberalization time.
Če ta znesek prištejemo znesku, ki ga predstavljajo navedeni ukrepi pomoči, je podjetje Tieliikelaitos od države neposredno ali posredno prejelo 92,8 milijona EUR. To očitno ni nadomestilo strukturne pomanjkljivosti podjetja Tieliikelaitos, ki je bila ocenjena na 157 milijonov EUR. Podjetje Tieliikelaitos je, da bi rešilo težavo prevelikega števila zaposlenih, ki je izhajala iz obdobja pred liberalizacijo, prispevalo tudi veliko lastnih sredstev.
In this regard, one should mention in particular EUR 20 million that were allocated by Tieliikelaitos for financing severance packages.
V zvezi s tem je treba omeniti zlasti 20 milijonov EUR, ki jih je podjetje Tieliikelaitos uporabilo za financiranje odpravnin.
In the light of the financial statements of Tieliikelaitos, it appears that the undertaking could have faced difficulties, had it contributed much more from its own resources to the personnel adjustment measures.
Iz finančnih izkazov podjetja Tieliikelaitos je razvidno, da bi podjetje lahko imelo težave, če bi prispevalo več lastnih sredstev za prilagoditvene ukrepe za osebje.
Tieliikelaitos’ operating profit/turnover ratio during the transitional period stood at a low level of 2,4 % whereas for its competitors the average indicator was 4,5 %.
Razmerje med dobičkom iz poslovanja in prometom podjetja Tieliikelaitos v prehodnem obdobju je bilo dokaj nizko, tj. 2,4 %, pri čemer je bil povprečni kazalnik njegovih konkurenčnih ponudnikov 4,5 %.
As staff reduction measures were not completed during the transitional period, the respective indicator was even worse in 2005 (1,6 %).
Ker ukrepi zmanjševanja števila osebja niso bili zaključeni v prehodnem obdobju, je bil zadevni kazalnik leta 2005 še slabši (1,6 %).
In 2005 the undertaking had to bear the financial cost of reducing its staff number by more than 400 persons without any State support.
Leta 2005 je podjetje krilo finančne stroške zmanjšanja števila osebja za več kot 400 oseb brez državne podpore.
The operating profit indicator improved again in 2006 (2,2 %) and continues to improve.
Kazalnik dobička iz poslovanja se je leta 2006 izboljšal (2,2 %) in se še naprej izboljšuje.
It therefore seems that the own contribution of Tieliikelaitos to removing the respective structural disadvantage had a negative impact on the undertaking’s profitability and hence its competitive position.
Kot kaže, je lastni prispevek podjetja Tieliikelaitos za odpravo zadevne strukturne pomanjkljivosti negativno vplival na donosnost podjetja in s tem na njegov konkurenčni položaj.
Furthermore, it must be recalled that the aid measure package does not seem to have had any lasting impact on the structure of competition (Cf. Section 5.10).
Poleg tega je treba opozoriti tudi na to, da paket ukrepov pomoči očitno ni dolgotrajno vplival na strukturo konkurence (glej oddelek 5.10).
In this regard, the Commission notes that the Finnish authorities had designed the aid package to Tieliikelaitos in a way that limited possible distortions of competition.
V zvezi s tem Komisija ugotavlja, da so finski organi paket pomoči za podjetje Tieliikelaitos pripravili tako, da je bilo morebitno izkrivljanje konkurence omejeno.
In particular this concerns the approach chosen with respect to the structure of the opening balance sheet of Tieliikelaitos (not distributing the entire stock of financial assets as equity) in order to align it with the balance sheets of private undertakings in the sector.
To zadeva zlasti pristop, izbran za strukturo začetne bilance stanja podjetja Tieliikelaitos (celotno stanje finančnih sredstev ni bilo razporejeno kot kapital), ki naj bi se uskladila z bilancami stanja zasebnih podjetij v sektorju.
This also concerns the efforts to limit as much as possible the differences between the margins of negotiated and tendered contracts, inter alia, through the annual expenditure adjustment procedure.
To zadeva tudi prizadevanje za čim večje zmanjševanje razlik med maržami naročil, oddanimi po postopku s pogajanji, in naročil, oddanimi po odprtem postopku, med drugim tudi z letnim postopkom prilagajanja izdatkov.
The Commission also notes that the Road Administration carried out a number of measures to facilitate entry of new market players.
Komisija prav tako ugotavlja, da je cestna uprava izvedla več ukrepov, s katerimi je želela olajšati vstop novih akterjev na trg.
To reduce possible barriers to market entry which could be caused for instance by the complexity of tender documents, the Road administration arranged briefings for contractors and prepared the procurement programmes and tendering rules involving to the extent possible all the interested parties.
Za zmanjšanje morebitnih ovir za vstop na trg, ki jih lahko povzroči na primer zapletenost razpisne dokumentacije, je cestna uprava organizirala predstavitve za izvajalce ter pripravila programe javnih naročil in pravila za javne razpise, vanje pa je vključila čim več zainteresiranih strank.
The Road administration’s procurement strategy has been prepared by taking into account the opinions of actors in the sector about e.g. how big the maintenance contracts should be.
Pripravila je tudi strategijo javnega naročanja cestne uprave, pri čemer je upoštevala mnenje akterjev v sektorju o tem, kako obsežna naj bodo naročila za vzdrževanje.
Offer fees paid (5000 EUR per offer) with respect to offers meeting the minimum requirements set by the Road Administration also were conducive to the entry of new market players.
Plačila za ponudbe (5000 EUR na ponudbo), ki izpolnjujejo minimalne zahteve, ki jih je uvedla cestna uprava, so prav tako spodbujala vstop novih akterjev na trg.
In 2006 the Ministry of Trade and Industry blocked Tieliikelaitos’ negotiations with several cities about setting up joint ventures that would combine the technical service units of the cities with Tieliikelaitos local service units.
Leta 2006 je Ministrstvo za trgovino in industrijo preprečilo pogajanja podjetja Tieliikelaitos z več mesti o ustanovitvi mešanih družb, ki bi združevale mestne enote za tehnične storitve z enotami podjetja Tieliikelaitos za lokalne storitve.