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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof,
ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropskih skupnosti in zlasti člena 88(2)(1) Pogodbe,
Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provision cited above and having regard to their comments,
po pozivu zadevnim strankam, da podajo pripombe skladno z navedenim členom in ob informacijah, ki so jih te posredovale,
By letter dated 2 September 1997, registered on 5 September 1997, the Italian Permanent Representation at the European Union notified the Commission of Article 6 of Regional Law n. 27 of 1997 of the Sicilian Region, in accordance with Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty.
V pismu z dne 2. septembra 1997, prejetim 5. septembra 1997, je stalno predstavništvo Italije v Evropski uniji obvestilo Komisijo o členu 6 deželnega zakona št. 27 iz leta 1997 dežele Sicilija, ki je skladen s členom 88(3) Pogodbe ES.
By telex VI/41836 of 28 October 1997, Commission services asked the competent authorities to provide clarifications on the aid provided for by Article 6 and on Regional Law n. 27 of 1997.
S teleksom VI/41836 z dne 28. oktobra 1997 so službe Komisije pozvale pristojne organe, da predložijo pojasnila o načrtovani pomoči na podlagi člena 6 in deželnega zakona št. 27 iz leta 1997.
By letter dated 19 January 1998 the competent authorities sent some complementary information and indicated that the Law had already entered into force.
V pismu z dne 19. januarja 1998 so pristojni organi predložili dopolnilne informacije in sporočili, da je zakon že stopil v veljavo.
The notification was therefore transferred to the register of non notified aids under number NN 36/98, as communicated to Italy by letter SG(98)D/32328 of 3 April 1998.
Zato so obvestilo posredovali registru neprijavljene pomoči, pod številko NN 36/98, kot je bilo sporočeno Italiji v pismu SG(98)D/32328 z dne 3. aprila 1998.
However, the competent authorities also clearly indicated that no aid would be granted under the law before the termination of the procedure of Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Vsekakor so pristojni organi jasno naznanili, da z zakonom načrtovana pomoč ne bo dodeljena pred uspešno zaključenim postopkom iz člena 88(3) Pogodbe.
By telex VI/13937 of 31 May 2000 (anticipated in the English version by telex of 14 April 2000/VI/10442) Commission services asked the competent authorities to provide explanations regarding the provisions contained in Regional Law n. 27/1997 and a copy of the Law itself.
S teleksom VI/13937 z dne 31. maja 2000 (ki je sledil angleški različici teleksa 2000/VI/10442 z dne 14. aprila) so službe Komisije pozvale pristojne organe, da predložijo obrazložitve o določbah iz deželnega zakona št. 27/1997 in posredujejo kopijo teksta.
By letter dated 31 July 2002, registered on 5 August 2002, the competent authorities sent some complementary information regarding Article 5 of the Law.
V pismu z dne 31. julija 2002, vpisanim 5. avgusta 2002, so pristojni organi predložili dopolnilne informacije o členu 5 zakona.
By telex AGR 024925 of 22 October 2002 Commission services asked the competent authorities to provide explanations and clarifications regarding the complementary information lately sent and the measures contained in Regional Law n. 27/1997.
S teleksom AGR 024925 z dne 22. oktobra 2002 so službe Komisije pozvale pristojne organe, da predložijo obrazložitve in pojasnila o zadnjih dopolnilnih informacijah in o ukrepih iz deželnega zakona št. 27/1997.
In the same letter Commission services indicated that if the aid measures envisaged by Article 6 of Regional Law n. 27 of 1997 and, possibly, by other provisions of the same Law had not yet been put into effect and the competent authorities could assure that no aids had been paid and would be paid under Regional Law n. 27/1997 the competent authorities could consider the possibility of withdrawing the notification under examination.
V istem pismu so službe Komisije pristojnim organom predočile možnost umika obravnavanega obvestila, če ukrepi pomoči iz člena 6 deželnega zakona št. 27 iz leta 1997 in morebitnih drugih določb istega zakona še ne bi bili sprejeti ali če bi lahko pristojni organi zagotovili, da po tem zakonu ni bila in ne bo dodeljena pomoč.
Not having received any reply to the above telex, by telex AGR 30657 of 20 December 2002, Commission services sent the Italian authorities a reminder inviting them to submit the requested information within one month and informing them that unless satisfactory replies to all the questions asked were received within this deadline, Commission services reserved the right to propose the Commission to issue an information injunction on the basis of Article 10(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty.
Ker na gornjo zahtevo niso prejeli odgovora, so službe Komisije s teleksom AGR 30657 z dne 20. decembra 2002 urgentno pozvale italijanske organe, da v enem mesecu predložijo zahtevane informacije, kajti če v navedenem roku ne prejmejo zadovoljivega odgovora na vsa zastavljena vprašanja, si službe Komisije pridržujejo pravico, da Komisiji predlagajo, naj v skladu s členom 10(3) Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 659/1999 z dne 22. marca 1999 o določitvi podrobnih pravil za uporabo člena 93 Pogodbe ES.
By letter of 10 July 2003 SG(2003)D/230470 the Commission notified Italy of its decision containing an information injunction in respect of Article 6 and Article 4 of Regional Law n. 27/1997, which it had adopted on 9 July 2003 (C(2003) 2054fin) on the basis of Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
V pismu z dne 10. julija 2003 SG (2003) D/230470 je Komisija Italiji sporočila sprejeto odločitev, ki je vsebovala ukaz, da podajo informacije o členih 6 in 4 deželnega zakona št. 27/1997, ki jo je sprejela 9. julija 2003 (C(2003) 2054 konč.) v skladu s členom 10(3) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999.
By the said information injunction the Commission had requested Italy to provide, within 20 working days from the notification of its decision, all the documents, information and data necessary to enable the Commission to establish whether the aids foreseen in the law had been granted and were compatible with the common market.
Z istim zahtevkom po informacijah je Komisija zahtevala, da v 20 delovnih dneh od prejema obvestila Italija predloži vse dokumente, informacije in potrebne podatke, s katerimi bi lahko ugotovili, če je bila zakonsko predvidena pomoč dodeljena in če je združljiva s skupnim trgom.
Besides inviting Italy to provide any other information deemed useful for the assessment of the above measures, the information injunction specified a list of information that Italy was requested to provide.
Poleg zahteve po predložitvi še morebitnih drugih informacij, za katere je menila, da bi ji koristile pri ocenitvi gornjih ukrepov, je ukaz po predložitvi informacij vseboval vrsto informacij, ki bi jih Italija morala posredovati.
Neither a reply to the above information injunction, nor a request for a prolongation of the deadline within which a reply had to be provided, were received by Commission services.
Službe Komisije niso prejele niti odgovora na navedene zahteve niti prošnje za podaljšanje veljavnosti roka, v katerem naj bi poslali odgovor.
By letter dated 17 December 2003 (SG(2003)D/233550), the Commission informed Italy that by its decision C(2003) 4473 fin of 16 December 2003 it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the Treaty in respect of the aid measures provided for by Article 4 (Advertising of Sicilian products) and by Article 6 (Cooperatives, cantine sociali) of Regional Law n. 27/1997.
S pismom z dne 17. decembra 2003 (SG(2003)D/233550), je Komisija informirala italijanske organe o sklepu C(2003) 4473 konč. z dne 16. decembra 2003, s katerim je začela postopek iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe ES o pomoči po členu 4 (oglaševanje sicilijanskih proizvodov) in po členu 6 (zadruge, zadružne kleti) deželnega zakona št. 27/1997.
The Commission Decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Odločitev Komisije, da začne s postopkom, je bila objavljena v Uradnem listu Evropske skupnosti.
The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments.
Komisija je pozvala zainteresirane strani, da podajo pripombe.
By letters dated 10 February 2004 registered on 13 February 2004, the Italian Permanent Representation at the European Union, on behalf of Regione Siciliana asked Commission services for a prolongation of 20 working days to provide the information requested by the Commission in its Decision C(2003) 4473 fin of 16 December 2003, in respect of Article 4 (Advertising of Sicilian products) of Regional Law n. 27/1997.
V pismu z dne 10. februarja 2004, prejetim 13. februarja 2004, je stalno predstavništvo Italije v Evropski skupnosti v imenu regije Sicilije prosilo Komisijo, da za 20 delovnih dni podaljša rok za predložitev informacij, ki jih je Komisija zahtevala z Odločbo C(2003) 4473 konč. z dne 16. decembra 2003, sklicujoč se na člen 4 (oglaševanje sicilijanskih proizvodov) deželnega zakona št. 27/1997.
In the same letter the Italian authorities announced their intention to withdraw the notification of the aid measure concerned by Article 6 (Cooperatives, cantine sociali) which, as indicated in their letter, had not been not implemented.
Istočasno so italijanski organi izrazili namero, da umaknejo objavo ukrepa o pomoči po zakonu 6 (zadruge, zadružne kleti) ki ga niso izvajali, kot je bilo navedeno v pismu.
By telex AGR 05312 of 23 February 2004 Commission services confirmed that the prolongation requested by Italy had been granted with effect from 13 February 2004.
S teleksom AGR 05312 z dne 23. februarja 2004 so službe Komisije potrdile podaljšanje, ki ga je zahtevala Italija s 13. februarjem 2004.
By letter dated 18 February 2004, registered on 26 February 2004 the Italian Permanent Representation sent a request for a prolongation of 20 working days with regard to the same aid measure.
V pismu z dne 18. februarja 2004, prejetim 26. februarja 2004, je stalno italijansko predstavništvo prosilo za podaljšanje za 20 delovnih dni za isti ukrep pomoči.
By letter of 24 February 2004, registered on 1 March 2004, later confirmed by letter dated 12 March 2003, registered on 17 March 2003, the Italian authorities informed the Commission of the withdrawal of the notification of the aid measure concerned by Article 6 (Cooperatives, cantine sociali) of Regional Law n. 27/1997 which, as indicated in their letters, had not been and would not be implemented.
V pismu z dne 24. februarja 2004, prejetim 1. marca 2004 in zatem potrjenim še s pismom z dne 12. marca 2003, prejetim 17. marca 2003, so italijanski organi obvestili Komisijo o umiku obvestila o ukrepu pomoči iz člena 6 (zadruge, zadružne kleti) deželnega zakona št. 27/1997, ki ga niso in ne bodo izvajali, kot je bilo navedeno v pismu.
By telex AGR 07074 of 11 March 2004 the Italian authorities were informed that, since the Commission Decision concerned had been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 24 February 2004 and the deadline for third parties to submit comments in its respect would expire on 24 March 2004, no prolongation to submit the information requested and/or comments beyond that date would be granted.
S teleksom AGR 07074 z dne 11. marca 2004 so bili italijanski organi obveščeni, da ni bilo odobreno podaljšanje za predložitev informacij in/ali pripomb po 24. marcu 2004, ker je bil sklep o začetku postopka že objavljen v Uradnem listu Evropske skupnosti z dne 24. februarja 2004 in je bil rok za predložitev pripomb tretjih v zvezi s tem določen za isti datum.
By the same telex Commission services acknowledged the withdrawal of Article 6 (Cooperatives, cantine sociali) of Regional Law n. 27/1997.
V istem teleksu so službe Komisije sprejele umik obvestila po členu 6 (zadruge, zadružne kleti) deželnega zakona št. 27/1997.
The Commission received comments from Italy in respect of Article 4 (Advertising of Sicilian products) of Regional Law n. 27/1997 by letter dated 15 March 2004, registered on 18 March 2004.
Komisija je prejela pripombe italijanskih organov v zvezi s členom 4 (oglaševanje sicilijanskih proizvodov) Regionalnega zakona št. 27/1997 v pismu z dne 15. marca 2004 (vpisanem 18. marca 2004).
In accordance with the Decision to open the procedure, the current decision only concerns the State aids provided for by Article 4 (Advertising of Sicilian products) of Regional Law n. 27/1997 in favour of Annex I agricultural products which may have been and which may be granted from the entry into force of the Community Guidelines for State aid for advertising of products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty and of certain non-Annex I products, (hereafter the advertising guidelines), i.e . from 1 January 2002.
Skladno s sklepom o začetku postopka se zadevni sklep nanaša izključno na državno pomoč po členu 4 (oglaševanje sicilijanskih proizvodov) deželnega zakona št. 27/1997 v korist kmetijskih proizvodov iz priloge I Pogodbe, ki je lahko obstajala ali je lahko bila odobrena po začetku veljavnosti usmeritev Skupnosti za državno pomoč za oglaševanje proizvodov, kot izhaja iz Priloge I, kot tudi za oglaševanje nekaterih proizvodov, ki niso vključeni v to prilogo, (v nadaljevanju: „usmeritve o oglaševanju“), to je s 1. januarjem 2002.
As the notification of Article 6 (Cooperatives, cantine sociali) of Regional Law n. 27/1997 was withdrawn by Italy by letter of 24 February 2004, registered on 1 March 2004, there is no reason to describe and assess the aid measures provided for by Article 6.
Glede na to, da je bila objava o členu 6 (zadruge, zadružne kleti) deželnega zakona št. 27/1997 umaknjena s strani Italije s pismom z dne 24. februarja 2004, prejetim 1. marca 2004, ni več razloga, da bi opisovali in ocenjevali ukrepe pomoči, ki se izvajajo po istem členu 6.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AIDS
PODROBEN OPIS UKREPOV POMOČI
Article 4 (Propaganda prodotti siciliani) amends Article 17 of Regional Law No 14/1966 and envisages that ‘(1) Advertising campaigns are implemented directly by the Regional Ministry or through the Institute for Foreign Trade or through specialised bodies, or through Consortia established by the Ente Fiera del Mediterraneo and by the Ente Fiera di Messina or by these entities and one or more Chambers of Commerce of the Region on the basis of the programmes indicated in Article 15.
S členom 4 (oglaševanje sicilijanskih proizvodov) se spremeni člen 17 deželnega zakona št. 14/1966 in se načrtuje naslednje: „1. Oglaševalske akcije izvaja neposredno odbor, lahko pa se izvajajo tudi prek Inštituta za zunanjo trgovino, kot tudi strokovnih združenj ali prek konzorcijev, ki so jih ustanovili Zavod za sredozemski sejem in Zavod za sejme iz Messine ali se oblikuje navedeni in ena ali več regijskih gospodarskih zbornic, na osnovi programov iz 15. člena.
The said programmes may have three-year duration.
Navedeni programi so lahko triletni. 2.
With the exclusion of the consortia indicated above, if the implementation of the programmes is entrusted to bodies outside the national or the regional administration, the rules on entrusting the services of the public administration will apply’.
Z izključitvijo konzorcijev iz prejšnje alinee, je potrebno vsakokrat, ko se izvajanje programov zaupa organom, ki ne spadajo pod državno ali deželno upravo, poskrbeti, skladno s predvideno zakonodajo o delovanju služb javne uprave“.
Despite repeated requests from Commission services, and the information injunction issued by the Commission by its Decision of 9 July 2003, the Italian authorities had not provided the information which could help the Commission to dispel the doubts that Article 4 may provide for State aids within the meaning of article 87(1) of the EC treaty and, if the case, to allow the Commission to conclude that these aids may be considered compatible with the common market.
Kljub pogostim zahtevam služb Komisije in ukazu, da Komisiji poda informacije iz njenega sklepa z dne 9. julija 2003, italijanski organi niso predložili informacij, ki bi Komisiji odpravile dvom, da lahko člen 4 vključuje državno pomoč po členu 87(1) Pogodbe ES in, če je tako, da bi lahko ocenila, ali je tovrstna pomoč združljiva s skupnim trgom.
Moreover it was not clear whether the aids concerned had already been granted or not.
Poleg tega ni bilo jasno, če je bila zadevna pomoč že dodeljena.
In its Decision to open the procedure envisaged by Article 88(2) of the Treaty on the measure under examination, the Commission noted that at that stage of the procedure, due to the lack of information from the Italian authorities, the Commission did not know whether Article 4 of Regional Law n. 27/1997 provided for the introduction or the modification of State aids for promotion and/or advertising of Annex I agricultural products.
V odločitvi, da začne postopek po členu 88(2) Pogodbe o zadevnih ukrepih, je Komisija pripomnila, da na tej stopnji postopka in ob pomanjkanju informacij, ki jih italijanski organi niso poslali, ni vedela, ali je člen 4 deželnega zakona št. 27/1997 načrtoval uvedbo ali popravek državne pomoči za promocijo in/ali oglaševanje kmetijskih proizvodov iz priloge I Pogodbe.
Moreover the Commission expressed doubts on their compatibility with the common market, as due to the lack of replies from the Italian authorities, it was entirely unclear to the Commission whether the measures which were to be financed under Article 4 of the law would be compatible with the rules which are currently applicable to these types of aid measures, i.e. with the rules set out in the Community Guidelines for State aid for advertising.
Komisija je tudi izrazila pomisleke o združljivosti ukrepov pomoči s skupnim trgom, saj ob pomanjkanju informacij italijanskih organov Komisiji ni bilo jasno, ali so bili ukrepi financiranja na podlagi člena 4 zakona združljivi s sedaj veljavnimi predpisi za tovrstno pomoč oziroma s predpisi, ki jih določajo usmeritve Skupnosti za pomoč pri oglaševanju.
Also given the modalities of implementation of the advertising and promotion campaigns and programmes envisaged by Article 4 and reported above at recital 21, the Commission expressed doubts that the State aid measures possibly provided therein would be implemented in compliance with EU public procurement rules.
Poleg tega je ob upoštevanju načinov izvajanja programov ter oglaševalskih in promocijskih akcij iz člena 4, ki so opisani v uvodni izjavi 21, Komisija podvomila, da bodo morebitni predvideni ukrepi državne pomoči izvedeni skladno s predpisi Skupnosti, to je z javnimi razpisi.
In particular regarding the direct selection of the entities and bodies in charge of the advertising campaigns the Commission had doubts that a contract for pecuniary interest would be concluded in writing between the contracting authority and the service providers selected, and, that in this case, the strict conditions of the Teckal judgement would be met.
V zvezi z neposredno izbiro ustanov in združenj, zadolženih za izvedbo oglaševalskih akcij, je Komisija podvomila v sklenitev pisne zavezujoče pogodbe med pogodbeno stranko z izbranim izvajalcem, in tudi v to, da bi v tem primeru izpolnjevali stroge zahteve, ki jih je določila razsodba primera Teckal.
If those conditions were not met, the Commission had doubts that the selection of the intermediaries would be done following the rules of Council Directive 92/50/EEC if applicable, and, in any case, in accordance with the principles of the EC Treaty, in particular those of equal treatment and transparency, by ensuring a ‘sufficient degree of advertising’ as requested by the Court of Justice.
V kolikor takih zahtev ne bi izpolnila, je Komisija dvomila, da bi potekala izbira posrednikov skladno s pravili, ki jih določa Direktiva Sveta 92/50/EGS, torej vsekakor v skladu z načeli, ki jih določa Pogodba, še zlasti tistimi o enaki obravnavi in transparentnosti, s čimer bi zagotovili „zadostno stopnjo obveščanja javnosti“, kot zahteva Sodišče.
COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES
PRIPOMBE TRETJIH
No comments from interested parties were received.
Komisija ni prejela pripomb tretjih.
The Commission received comments from Italy, on behalf of Regione Siciliana, by letter dated 15 March 2004, registered on 18 March 2004.
Komisija je prejela pripombe Italije, natančneje dežele Sicilije, v pismu z dne 15. marca 2004, prejetim 18. marca 2004.
In this letter the Italian authorities confirmed the withdrawal of the notification of Article 6 of Regional Law n. 27/97 and communicated their observations regarding Article 4.
V pismu so italijanski organi potrdili umik obvestila o členu 6 deželnega zakona št. 27/1997 in sporočili pripombe v zvezi s členom 4.
In particular the Italian authorities indicated that the modification introduced by Article 4 (Propaganda prodotti siciliani) to Article 17 of Regional Law n. 14/1966, regarding the implementation of advertising campaigns through Consortia established by the Ente Fiera del Mediterraneo and by the Ente Fiera di Messina or by these entities and one or more Chambers of Commerce of the Region, was not applied as the said consortia were not established.
Italijanski organi so še posebno poudarili, da sprememba, vpeljana s členi od 4 (oglaševanje sicilijanskih proizvodov) do 17 deželnega zakona št. 14/1966, v zvezi z izpeljavo oglaševalskih akcij konzorcijev, ki jih ustanovita Zavod za sredozemski sejem in Zavod za sejme iz Messine ali se oblikujejo med navedenima zavodoma in eno ali več regijskimi gospodarskimi zbornicami, ni bila uporabljena, saj omenjeni konzorciji niso bili ustanovljeni.
According to the information provided, the promotional programmes are implemented directly by the Regional Ministry or through the Institute for Foreign Trade (conventions drafted in the years 1993-1998, and 1999-2001-2003 in the context of the Agreements between the Ministry of production Activities and the Regions).
Iz prejetih informacijah je razvidno, da izvaja promocijske akcije neposredno odbor, lahko pa se izvajajo tudi prek Inštituta za zunanjo trgovino (podpisani dogovori v letih 1993–1998 in 1999–2001–2003 na podlagi sporazuma med ministrstvom za proizvodne dejavnosti in deželami).
The responsible subjects select the projects submitted for financing on a yearly basis and procure the necessary services for their implementation on the basis of the applicable rules, within the respect of market rules, except where exclusivity contracts with the organisers exist.
Odgovorni izberejo med letno predstavljenimi projekti tiste, ki jih bodo financirali, in jih oddajo v izvršitev pristojnim službam v skladu z zadevnimi veljavnimi predpisi ob upoštevanju tržnih zakonitosti, razen v primeru pogodb o ekskluzivi med organizatorji.
The competence of the Regional Ministry concerns not only the agri-food sector but also other sectors (crafts, publishing, textile, etc.)
Pristojnosti odbora ne zadevajo samo kmetijsko-živilskega, temveč tudi druge sektorje (obrt, založništvo, tekstilni sektor itd.).
Regarding the sector under examination the activities which are financed at the rate of 100 % of the expenses by public funds are the following ones:
Dejavnosti, ki jih obravnavani sektor financira 100 % iz javnih skladov, so naslednje:
participation to trade fairs and exhibitions in Italy and abroad: expenses which are directly linked to the organisation of the stand, the setting-up, the connection to water and electricity, inclusion in the catalogue of the trade fair, related publicity, interpreting services, transport and insurance costs;
sodelovanje na razstavah in sejmih v Italiji in tujini: neposredni izdatki za najem razstavnega prostora, ureditev stojnice, vodovodne in električne napeljave, vpis v uradni prireditveni katalog, s tem povezano oglaševanje, prevajalske storitve, prevoz in zavarovanje;