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According to established case-law, the effects of the measure are decisive and relevant in determining the existence of an advantage and, in the case of indirect beneficiaries, this was confirmed by the Court in its judgement in the case Germany v Commission.
V skladu z uveljavljeno sodno prakso so učinki ukrepa odločilni in pomembni za opredelitev obstoja prednosti, kar je pri posrednih upravičencih potrdilo tudi Sodišče v svoji sodbi v zadevi Nemčija proti Komisiji.
In Decision 2006/513/EC quoted by Italy, the Commission did not deny the presence of an indirect advantage in favour of certain beneficiaries (the network operators) it simply excluded them from the recovery obligation since it was not possible to establish whether there had been a transfer of State resources.
V Odločbi 2006/513/ES, ki jo navaja Italija, Komisija ni zanikala obstoja posredne prednosti v korist določenih upravičencev (omrežnih operaterjev) in jih je zgolj izključila iz obveznosti vračila, ker ni bilo mogoče ugotoviti, ali je prišlo do prenosa državnih sredstev.
The Commission also disagrees with the arguments put forward by Mediaset and RAI which maintain that terrestrial broadcasters and satellite broadcasters are not in a comparable situation because terrestrial operators must achieve digitisation within a legal deadline and have to bear the cost of simulcast — hence the measure in question does not provide a selective advantage.
Komisija se prav tako ne strinja z argumenti, ki sta jih predstavili družba Mediaset in javna radiotelevizija RAI, ki trdita, da prizemni izdajatelji televizijskega programa in satelitski izdajatelji televizijskega programa niso v primerljivem položaju, ker morajo prizemni operaterji doseči signalizacijo v zakonskem roku in kriti stroške hkratnega prenosa, zato zadevni ukrep ne zagotavlja selektivne prednosti.
The main reason for imposing digitisation on terrestrial operators is that terrestrial transmission occupies a very high value portion of the frequency spectrum.
Glavni razlog za naložitev digitalizacije prizemnim operaterjem je, da prizemni prenos zasede zelo velik del frekvenčnega spektra.
Essentially, the large amount of frequency needed for analogue transmission has created a technical barrier to entry by new competitors onto the terrestrial transmission market, which has helped preserve the duopoly of RAI and Mediaset.
Velika količina frekvence, ki je potrebna za analogni prenos, je v bistvu ustvarila tehnično oviro za vstop novih konkurentov na trg prizemnega prenosa, kar je pripomoglo k ohranitvi duopola javne radiotelevizije RAI in družbe Mediaset.
This intensive use of a scarce resource — the frequency spectrum — by terrestrial operators justifies the difference in the obligations that have been imposed on them compared with operators on other platforms.
Ta intenzivna uporaba omejenega vira, frekvenčnega spektra, s strani prizemnih operaterjev utemeljuje razliko v zvezi z obveznostmi, ki so jim bile naložene v primerjavi z operaterji na drugih platformah.
Broadcasters are not entitled to use the frequencies but they do expect the national regulatory authorities to allocate and assign radio frequencies on objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate criteria.
Izdajatelji televizijskega programa nimajo pravice uporabljati frekvence, od nacionalnih regulativnih organov pa pričakujejo, da dodeljujejo in razporejajo radijske frekvence na podlagi objektivnih, preglednih, nediskriminatornih in sorazmernih meril.
Secondly, the burden of proof of the proportionality of the measure lies with the Member State.
Drugič, dokazno breme o sorazmernosti ukrepa nosi država članica.
Italy, however, has not provided a clear estimate of the costs of switchover and nor has it given precise indications of the proportionality of the benefits derived by the broadcasters from the measure.
Italija pa ni predložila niti jasne ocene stroškov prehoda niti ni natančno navedla sorazmernost koristi, ki so jih imeli izdajatelji televizijskega programa od ukrepa.
Network operators
Omrežni operaterji
To the extent that broadcasting requires the use of transmission services provided by network operators, the development of digital terrestrial TV could also provide an indirect advantage to network operators.
Ker radiodifuzija zahteva uporabo storitev prenosa, ki jih zagotavljajo omrežni operaterji, bi lahko razvoj digitalne prizemne televizije dal posredno prednost tudi omrežnim operaterjem.
It can be considered that a broadcaster's willingness to pay for transmission services depends, inter alia, on the additional revenue that can be achieved through its presence on a particular platform, which, in turn, depends on the number of viewers present on that platform.
Lahko bi rekli, da je pripravljenost izdajatelja televizijskega programa, da plača za storitve prenosa med drugim odvisna od dodatnega prihodka, ki ga lahko doseže s svojo prisotnostjo na posebni platformi, kar je spet odvisno od števila gledalcev, ki so prisotni na tej platformi.
Since the measure has an effect on the numbers of consumers for digital terrestrial television services, there might also be an indirect positive impact on network operators.
Ker ukrep vpliva na število uporabnikov za storitve digitalne prizemne televizije, lahko obstaja tudi posreden pozitiven vpliv na omrežne operaterje.
It is not possible, however, to be certain that the measure has already influenced the choice of broadcasters as regards their presence on the various transmission platforms or to quantify the price which broadcasters would have been prepared to pay in the absence of the aid.
Ni pa mogoče z gotovostjo trditi, da je ukrep že vplival na izbiro izdajateljev televizijskega programa glede njihove prisotnosti na različnih prenosnih platformah, niti s številkami opredeliti ceno, ki bi jo bili izdajatelji televizijskega programa pripravljeni plačati, če pomoči ne bi bilo.
Moreover, ownership links between broadcasters and network operators in the digital terrestrial platform means that distinguishing between the two types of beneficiaries is less relevant — a point on which Italy also agrees.
Poleg tega lastniške povezave med izdajatelji televizijskega programa in omrežnimi operaterji na digitalni prizemni platformi pomenijo, da je razlikovanje med tema dvema vrstama upravičencev manj pomembno, s čimer se strinja tudi Italija.
If, however, the measure in question were repeated over time and consistently favoured the change-over by current analogue viewers to the digital terrestrial platform, it would affect the size of audiences on the different platforms to a point where it would also influence the choice of broadcasters as regards their presence in a given platform.
Če bi bil zadevni ukrep večkrat ponovljen in če bi stalno dajal prednost prehodu sedanjih analognih gledalcev na digitalno prizemno platformo, bi toliko vplival na velikost gledalstva na različnih platformah, da bi vplival tudi na izbiro izdajateljev televizijskega programa v zvezi z njihovo prisotnostjo na določeni platformi.
Hence, a possible repetition of the measure would give the digital terrestrial network operators an advantage over the satellite network operators.
Zato bi morebitna ponovitev ukrepa dala operaterjem digitalnega prizemnega omrežja prednost pred satelitskimi omrežnimi operaterji.
Finally, there are network operators who do not simply sell transmission services to the broadcasters but market the provision of TV services directly to the public.
Nazadnje, obstajajo omrežni operaterji, ki ne le prodajajo storitve prenosa izdajateljem televizijskega programa, temveč neposredno tržijo zagotavljanje televizijskih storitev javnosti.
This is the case, for instance, with the ‘triple play’ cable operator Fastweb, which is also a pay-TV provider.
To na primer drži pri kabelskem operaterju Fastweb, ki ponuja „storitve trojček“ in je tudi ponudnik plačljive televizije.
In this case, the network operator enjoys an advantage similar to that enjoyed by broadcasters, as described in recitals 84 to 88.
V tem primeru ima omrežni operater podobno prednost, kot jo imajo izdajatelji televizijskega programa, kot je bilo opisano v točkah 84–88.
Producers of decoders
Proizvajalci sprejemnikov
As already pointed out in the decision to initiate the procedure, the indirect advantage for decoder producers is the possibility of selling a larger amount of decoders than they would have done without the measure.
Kot je že bilo poudarjeno v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka, je posredna prednost za proizvajalce sprejemnikov možnost prodaje več sprejemnikov, kot bi jih prodali, če ukrepa ne bi bilo.
The advantage that the measure provides to terrestrial broadcasters and cable pay–TV operators is selective.
Prednost, ki jo ukrep zagotavlja prizemnim izdajateljem televizijskega programa in kabelskim operaterjem plačljive televizije, je selektivna.
Not all broadcasters can profit indirectly from the measure.
Vsi izdajatelji televizijskega programa ne morejo imeti posredne koristi od ukrepa.
There are broadcasters that are present only on the satellite platform, which will not be able to take advantage of the increased number of digital TV viewers brought about by the subsidy.
Obstajajo izdajatelji televizijskega programa, ki so prisotni le na satelitski platformi in ne bodo mogli imeti koristi od večjega števila gledalcev digitalne televizije, ki je posledica subvencije.
There will also be a selective advantage for the decoder manufacturing sector.
Obstajala bo tudi selektivna prednost za proizvodni sektor sprejemnikov.
In the decision to initiate the procedure, the Commission considered that the advantage granted to broadcasters and operators of terrestrial networks to be detrimental to broadcasters using different technological platforms or broadcasters that cannot transmit at the moment.
V odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka je Komisija menila, da prednost za izdajatelje televizijskega programa in operaterje prizemnih omrežij škoduje izdajateljem televizijskega programa, ki uporabljajo različne tehnološke platforme, ali izdajateljem televizijskega programa, ki trenutno ne morejo prenašati.
DTT broadcasting does not only compete with other free-to-air analogue offers but also with pay-TV: the aid allows the T-DVB and C-DVB operators to enter the pay-TV markets at a lower cost and to compete with existing operators (such as Sky Italia).
Radiodifuzija DTT ne tekmuje samo z drugimi brezplačnimi analognimi ponudbami, temveč tudi s plačljivo televizijo: pomoč omogoča operaterjem T-DVB in C-DVB, da vstopijo na trge plačljive televizije z nižjimi stroški in tekmujejo z obstoječimi operaterji (kot je na primer družba Sky Italia).
This in confirmed by the conclusions of the AGCOM Report, according to which the subsidy is decisive in developing the audience of broadcasters using T-DVB and by AGCM's investigation which stresses the importance of the principle of technological neutrality.
To potrjujejo sklepi poročila organa AGCOM, v skladu s katerimi je subvencija odločilna pri razvoju gledalstva izdajateljev televizijskega programa, ki uporabljajo tehnologijo T-DVB, in preiskava organa AGCM, ki poudarja pomen načela tehnološke nevtralnosti.
After receiving the comments from Italy and the interested parties, the Commission maintains its view that the selective advantages provided by the grant can distort competition.
Po prejetju pripomb Italije in zainteresiranih strank Komisija še vedno meni, da lahko selektivne prednosti, ki jih zagotavlja subvencija, izkrivljajo konkurenco.
First, the arguments that terrestrial and satellite operators do not compete on the same pay-TV market and that the cost of the decoder has only a marginal impact on the consumer's choice between the two different platforms are disputable.
Prvič, argumenti, da prizemni in satelitski operaterji ne tekmujejo na istem trgu plačljive televizije in da ima strošek sprejemnika le neznaten vpliv na izbiro uporabnika med dvema različnima platformama, so sporni.
Hence the conclusion implied by these arguments, i.e. that the measure does not distort competition, must be rejected.
Zato je treba ugotovitev, ki izhaja iz teh argumentov, tj. da ukrep ne izkrivlja konkurence, zavrniti.
For the application of Article 87(1) it is sufficient that aid threatens to distort competition by granting a selective advantage.
Za uporabo člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES zadostuje možnost, da pomoč lahko izkrivlja konkurenco z dajanjem selektivne prednosti.
Even if the pay-TV digital terrestrial offer is for the moment not comparable with the pay-TV offer available on satellite, either in terms of type of service (pay-per-view vs. monthly subscriptions) or in terms of economic size (satellite TV collected almost 95 % of revenues from subscribers in 2005), there is a certain degree of substitutability between the two.
Tudi če digitalna prizemna ponudba plačljive televizije trenutno ni primerljiva s ponudbo plačljive televizije, ki je na voljo prek satelita, bodisi v smislu vrste storitve („plačilo po ogledu“ v primerjavi z mesečnimi naročninami) ali v smislu gospodarske velikosti (satelitska televizija je imela skoraj 95 % vseh prihodkov iz naslova naročnin v letu 2005), obstaja med tema dvema ponudbama določena stopnja zamenljivosti.
Once the digital terrestrial platform has successfully launched and established pay-TV services — also thanks to the subsidised decoders — it will be able to compete with similar services provided on alternative platforms.
Ko bo digitalna prizemna platforma uspešno vzpostavila in uveljavila storitve plačljive televizije, tudi zaradi subvencioniranih sprejemnikov, bo lahko tekmovala s podobnimi storitvami, ki se zagotavljajo na alternativnih platformah.
It is therefore clear that, depending on the state of development of pay-TV markets, the television offer on the digital terrestrial platform may be a competitor to the one on satellite.
Zato je jasno, da je glede na stanje razvoja trgov plačljive televizije televizijska ponudba na digitalni prizemni platformi lahko konkurenčna ponudbi na satelitski platformi.
In addition, the subsidies came at a critical point in time, i.e. when many analogue terrestrial TV viewers must face the transition to digital TV and have the choice between investing in the equipment for receiving satellite or terrestrial transmissions.
Poleg tega so bile subvencije dodeljene v kritičnem času, tj. ko se morajo številni gledalci analogne prizemne televizije soočiti s prehodom na digitalno televizijo in imajo na izbiro naložbo v opremo za sprejem satelitskih ali prizemnih prenosov.
By lowering the cost of the investment in the equipment for terrestrial TV (the decoder), the subsidies have a clear impact on this choice.
Z znižanjem stroška naložbe v opremo za prizemno televizijo (sprejemnik) subvencije jasno vplivajo na to izbiro.
In view of the costs of switching between platforms once the choice is made, the subsidies might also have a rather prolonged distortion effect.
Zaradi stroškov prehoda med platformami, ko je izbira narejena, imajo lahko subvencije dokaj dolg učinek izkrivljanja.
It should also be recalled that, in the AGCM's measure in which it assessed the existence of possible conflict of interest in order to decide whether the subsidy for the decoders in question caused a conflict of interest in favour of companies owned by the Prime Minister, it examined the pay-TV market rather than emphasising the market separation between terrestrial and satellite television.
Prav tako je treba opozoriti, da je organ AGCM v ukrepu, v katerem je ocenil obstoj možnega navzkrižja interesov za odločitev, ali je subvencija za zadevne sprejemnike povzročila navzkrižje interesov v korist družb, ki jih ima v lasti predsednik vlade, proučil trg plačljive televizije in ni poudaril tržne ločitve med prizemno in satelitsko televizijo.
In point 52, it stated that Mediaset, Telecom Italia, Sky and Fastweb could be considered potential competitors on the pay-TV market, despite the different type of offer by pay-TV.
V točki 52 je navedel, da je mogoče družbe Mediaset, Telecom Italia, Sky in Fastweb šteti za morebitne konkurente na trgu plačljive televizije kljub različnim vrstam ponudbe plačljive televizije.
Nor is the argument put forward by Italy and Mediaset that the selective nature and competition-distorting effect of the measure are the result of Sky's business choice to use NDS acceptable, because the wording of the legislation excluded satellite decoders from the measure, even if satellite operators had wanted to use decoders with the relevant open technology.
Argument, ki sta ga navedli Italija in družba Mediaset, da sta selektivna narava in učinek izkrivljanja konkurence posledica poslovne izbire družbe Sky, da uporablja tehnologijo NDS, je prav tako nesprejemljiv, saj je besedilo zakonodaje iz ukrepa izključilo satelitske sprejemnike, tudi če so satelitski operaterji hoteli uporabljati sprejemnike z ustrezno odprto tehnologijo.
Nor is it relevant that, after the amendments made to the 2006 Finance Act to allow the subsidising of all ‘interoperable’ decoders irrespective of the platform, Sky Italia did not switch from closed technology decoders to decoders that could be subsidised.
Prav tako ni pomembno, da po spremembah finančnega zakona za leto 2006, ki so omogočile subvencioniranje vseh „medobratovalnih“ sprejemnikov ne glede na platformo, družba Sky Italia ni zamenjala sprejemnikov zaprte tehnologije s sprejemniki, ki bi lahko bili subvencionirani.
In fact, this strategy could depend on many factors, such as previous investments by the company or opting to await the Commission's decision on the compatibility of this new measure.
Ta strategija bi lahko bila dejansko odvisna od številnih dejavnikov, kot so predhodne naložbe družbe ali odločitev, da se počaka na odločitev Komisije o združljivosti tega novega ukrepa.
Indirect confirmation that access to the pay-TV market at the reduced cost is distorting competition is given in Deutsche Bank's research (p. 18 et seq.), which analyses the financial scenarios for Mediaset resulting from the development of transmitting soccer matches on pay-per-view TV as a function of the customers that would not be acquired by Sky Italia affecting the growth rates of DTH pay-TV.
Posredna potrditev, da dostop do trga plačljive televizije z znižanimi stroški izkrivlja konkurenco, je bila podana v raziskavi, ki jo je izvedla Deutsche Bank (str. 18 in naslednje) in v kateri so analizirani finančni scenariji za družbo Mediaset, ki so posledica prenašanja nogometnih tekem na plačljivi televiziji kot dejavnika za uporabnike, ki ga družba Sky Italia ne bi pridobila, kar vpliva na stopnjo rasti plačljive televizije DTH.
Furthermore, the figures provided by Sky Italia — aimed at showing that the growth rate of Sky Italia subscribers is influenced by the sale of subsidised decoders — also tend to support the view that there is a degree of competition within the pay-TV market.
Poleg tega številke, ki jih je predložila družba Sky Italia z namenom, da pokaže, da na stopnjo rasti naročnikov družbe Sky Italia vpliva prodaja subvencioniranih sprejemnikov, prav tako podpirajo stališče o obstoju določene stopnje konkurence na trgu plačljive televizije.
The distortion of competition does not only occur at the level of broadcasters but possibly also at the level of network operators.
Izkrivljanje konkurence ne nastaja samo na ravni izdajateljev televizijskega programa, temveč tudi na ravni omrežnih operaterjev.
In December 2005, there were some 4,8 million satellite TV viewers in Italy but only 3,5 million subscribers to Sky.
Decembra 2005 je bilo v Italiji okoli 4,8 milijona satelitskih televizijskih gledalcev, vendar samo 3,5 milijona naročnikov družbe Sky.
The remaining 1,3 million viewers were therefore interested in the free-to-air offer available on satellite.
Preostalih 1,3 milijona gledalcev je bilo tako zainteresiranih za brezplačno ponudbo, ki je na razpolago na satelitski platformi.
This is an indication that for consumers, free-to-air satellite can be an alternative to digital terrestrial and cable TV and can equally serve the purpose of facilitating the switchover to digital TV.
To nakazuje, da je za uporabnike brezplačna satelitska radiodifuzija alternativa digitalni prizemni in kabelski televiziji in lahko prav tako služi namenu olajšanja prehoda na digitalno televizijo.
By excluding the satellite platform from the subsidies in question and by targeting them selectively at digital terrestrial and cable decoders, the measure may well push viewers towards broadcasters that use terrestrial and cable network operators rather than the satellite operators.
Z izločitvijo satelitske platforme iz zadevnih subvencij in s selektivnim usmerjanjem subvencij na digitalne prizemne in kabelske sprejemnike lahko ukrep usmeri gledalce k izdajateljem televizijskega programa, ki uporabljajo prizemne in kabelske omrežne operaterje, ne pa satelitske operaterje.
EFFECT ON TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
VPLIV NA TRGOVINO MED DRŽAVAMI ČLANICAMI
The broadcasting and network services markets are open to international competition.
Trgi radiodifuzijskih in omrežnih storitev so odprti za mednarodno konkurenco.
By selectively favouring certain broadcasters or network operators, competition is distorted at the expense of economic operators that could be from other Member States.
S selektivnim dajanjem prednosti določenim izdajateljem televizijskega programa ali omrežnim operaterjem se izkrivlja konkurenca v škodo gospodarskih subjektov, ki lahko prihajajo iz drugih držav članic.
The examples of satellite operators, or of one of the complainants, Sky TV, are very clear in this respect.
V zvezi s tem so zelo jasni primeri satelitskih operaterjev ali primer enega od pritožnikov, družbe Sky TV.
The measure in question therefore favours certain companies with respect to competitors in the common market.
Zadevni ukrep zato daje prednost določenim družbam glede na konkurente na skupnem trgu.
The conclusion by the Commission that distortion of competition between television broadcasters and between network operators is capable of affecting trade between Member States was not challenged by any of the interested parties.
Ugotovitve Komisije, da izkrivljanje konkurence med izdajatelji televizijskega programa in med omrežnimi operaterji lahko vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami, ni izpodbijala nobena od zainteresiranih strank.
The Commission therefore confirms the conclusion of the decision to initiate the procedure that the measure affects trade among Member States.
Komisija zato potrjuje ugotovitev iz odločitve o sprožitvi postopka, da ukrep vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami.
In summary, although the main beneficiaries derive only an indirect benefit from the measure in question, the Commission considers that the measure constitutes State aid for pay-TV operators using T-DVB, which above all allows them to create a customer base and thus provide new services and enter the pay-TV market at a low cost.
Če povzamemo, čeprav imajo glavni upravičenci samo posredno korist od navedenega ukrepa, Komisija meni, da ukrep pomeni državno pomoč za operaterje plačljive televizije, ki uporabljajo tehnologijo T-DVB, ki jim omogoča predvsem oblikovanje baze strank in tako zagotavljanje novih storitev ter vstop na trg plačljive televizije ob nizkih stroških.
This also applies to cable operators that provide pay-TV services and are therefore pay-TV operators.
To velja tudi za kabelske operaterje, ki zagotavljajo storitve plačljive televizije in so zato operaterji plačljive televizije.
The Commission deems that the measure in question constitutes indirect aid because the aid scheme's main effect has been to provide an indirect advantage to those beneficiaries indicated, despite the fact that they did not have a direct link with the companies producing the subsidised good.
Komisija meni, da je zadevni ukrep posredna pomoč, ker je bil glavni učinek sheme pomoči zagotovitev posredne prednosti navedenim upravičencem, čeprav niso bili neposredno povezani z družbami, ki proizvajajo subvencionirani izdelek.