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Italy had also not indicated any compensatory measures with respect to SIMPE or NGP. The Commission therefore doubted whether the condition of avoidance of undue distortions of competition was respected.
Italija ni navedla izravnalnih ukrepov ne za podjetje SIMPE ne za podjetje NGP, zaradi česar Komisija dvomi, da je upoštevan pogoj v zvezi s preprečevanjem neupravičenega izkrivljanja konkurence.
Similarly, it had no information concerning total restructuring costs or the beneficiary’s contribution, and this would be necessary to determine whether the aid was limited to the minimum in compliance with the Community guidelines.
Komisija prav tako ni imela na voljo nobenih informacij glede celotnih stroškov prestrukturiranja in o prispevku upravičenca, da bi lahko opredelila, ali je bila pomoč omejena na minimum v skladu s smernicami o pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah.
Finally, Italy had at the outset notified the capital contribution by Sviluppo Italia as aid but later claimed that it was granted on market terms and was not aid.
Končno je Italija vložek kapitala s strani agencije Sviluppo Italia sprva priglasila kot pomoč, v nadaljevanju pa je izjavila, da je ta skladen s trgom in da ne pomeni pomoči.
However, the Commission had doubts about this argument.
Komisija kljub temu dvomi o tej utemeljitvi.
Guidelines on national regional aid
Smernice o nacionalni regionalni pomoči
The Commission also assessed whether the aid could be considered compatible on the basis of the guidelines on national regional aid [7].
Komisija je ocenila tudi združljivost pomoči na podlagi smernic o nacionalni regionalni pomoči [7].
SIMPE is located in an area eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty, where the regional aid ceiling is 35 % nge (net grant equivalent) of the eligible investments.
Podjetje SIMPE se nahaja na območju, ki je upravičeno do regionalne pomoči v smislu člena 87(3)(a) Pogodbe, po katerem največji znesek regionalne pomoči znaša 35 % NED (neto ekvivalent dotacije) upravičenih naložb.
The measures were intended to enable SIMPE to carry out the investment projects on line CP3.
Namen zadevnih ukrepov je bil podjetju SIMPE omogočiti uresničitev naložbe v enoto CP3.
However, the Commission had no information that would allow it to assess whether the costs concerning the investments in line CP3 could be considered eligible for regional investment aid or whether the regional aid ceiling of 35 % had been respected.
Vendar Komisija nima informacij, s katerimi bi lahko ocenila, ali se stroški naložbe v enoto CP3 lahko štejejo za upravičene do regionalne pomoči za naložbo, in ali je bil upoštevan največ 35-odstotni znesek regionalne pomoči.
Regarding the aid measures, Italy again stated that the temporary participation by Sviluppo Italia in the capital of SIMPE does not qualify as State aid because it is in line with the market economy investor principle.
Italija je glede ukrepov pomoči ponovno zatrdila, da začasna udeležba agencije Sviluppo Italia v kapitalu podjetja SIMPE ne pomeni državne pomoči, saj je skladna z načelom zasebnega vlagatelja.
It maintained that the other two shareholders in SIMPE (NGP and La Seda de Barcelona) are required to buy the shares of Sviluppo Italia within a period of three to five years at a price equal to the nominal value plus annual interest on the basis of the official reference rate for medium- to long-term operations plus two percentage points.
Italija je izjavila, da sta se druga dva delničarja v podjetju SIMPE (podjetji NGP in La Seda de Barcelona) zavezala, da bosta v treh do petih letih kupila delnice agencije Sviluppo Italia po ceni, ki je enaka nominalni vrednosti z letnimi obrestmi na podlagi uradne referenčne mere za srednje- do dolgoročne posle, povečane za najmanj 2 odstotni točki.
In addition, this commitment is backed by guarantees provided by NGP in respect of its assets.
Poleg tega je ta zaveza zavarovana z garancijo podjetja NGP na podlagi lastnih nepremičnin.
According to Italy, any private investor would have invested with such guarantees of a return on capital.
Po mnenju Italije bi kateri koli zasebni subjekt izvedel podobno naložbo s tovrstnim jamstvom za vračilo kapitala.
Italy also stated that the other two measures were granted to SIMPE under a national scheme — Italian Law 181/89 — approved by the Commission (N 214/2003) [8] and that both the eligible costs and the aid intensity complied with the conditions of that scheme, i.e. maximum regional aid intensity of 35 % nge.
Italija je prav tako zatrdila, da sta bila druga dva ukrepa odobrena podjetju SIMPE na podlagi sheme pomoči, predvidene v italijanskem zakonu št. 181/89, ki jo je odobrila Komisija (N 214/2003) [8], in da so upravičeni stroški upoštevali pogoje intenzivnosti pomoči, določene v tej shemi, to je najvišja intenzivnost regionalne pomoči 35 % (NED).
Italy argued that, even if it had notified the aid as restructuring aid to NGP, the aid could therefore, in its view, be considered as regional aid to SIMPE under this scheme.
Italija utemeljuje, da četudi je pomoč priglasila kot pomoč za prestrukturiranje podjetja NGP, bi ta lahko veljala kot regionalna pomoč podjetju SIMPE v okviru takšne sheme.
The new restructuring plan
Nov načrt za prestrukturiranje
Italy argued that, if the Commission could not agree that the aid falls within scheme N 214/2003, it should, in the alternative, consider that the aid is compatible as restructuring aid.
Italija je trdila, da če se Komisija ne strinja z dejstvom, da pomoč spada v shemo N 214/2003, bi morala namesto tega pomoč šteti za združljivo kot pomoč za prestrukturiranje.
Italy claimed that the beneficiary of the aid is NGP, which qualifies as a firm in difficulty.
Italija izjavlja, da je upravičenec do pomoči podjetje NGP, ki bi lahko veljalo za podjetje v težavah.
Italy also submitted an amended restructuring plan for both NGP and SIMPE taking into account the new strategy of La Seda de Barcelona.
Italija je predstavila tudi spremenjen načrt za prestrukturiranje za podjetje NGP in tudi za podjetje SIMPE z upoštevanjem nove strategije podjetja La Seda de Barcelona.
In addition, SIMPE will continue to produce polyester polymer from lines CP1 and CP2 for Fidion, a company to which Montefibre has transferred its polyester fibre production.
Poleg tega bo podjetje SIMPE nadaljevalo s proizvodnjo polimera poliestra v enotah CP1 in CP2 za dobavo Fidionu, podjetju, na katerega je Montefibre preneslo svojo proizvodnjo poliestrskih vlaken.
NGP will remain in activity as a supplier of utilities and other services, such as research and laboratory services and treatment of waste water for the industrial businesses in Acerra, but will abandon all industrial production activities.
Podjetje NGP bo ohranilo dejavnost izvajanja komunalnih storitev in drugih storitev, npr. za raziskave, laboratorij in čiščenje odpadne vode za industrijska podjetja v Acerri, opustilo pa bo vse dejavnosti industrijske proizvodnje.
Of the original 270 NGP employees, the firm will keep 54, with 76 of them being transferred to SIMPE.
Podjetje naj bi obdržalo 54 od svojih 270 prvotnih uslužbencev, 76 pa naj bi prevzelo podjetje SIMPE.
The new restructuring plan includes investments of EUR 8,5 million by NGP for modernising the utilities infrastructure.
Nov načrt za prestrukturiranje predvideva naložbo 8,5 milijona EUR podjetja NGP za posodobitev infrastrukture za potrebe komunalnih storitev.
As regards SIMPE, the firm will undertake investments totalling EUR 40,4 million, of which EUR 22 million will be for changing over to the new raw material (PTA) in line CP3, as proposed in the original plan, and the remainder for developing a new ‘post-polymerisation’ process necessary to complete the PET production cycle and for adapting lines CP1 and CP2 also to the use of PTA.
Kar zadeva podjetje SIMPE, bo izvedlo naložbo 40,4 milijona EUR, od tega 22 milijonov za prehod na novo surovino (PTA) v enoti CP3, kot je bilo predvideno v prvotnem načrtu, ostalo pa za razvoj novega postopka postpolimerizacije, ki je potreben za dokončanje ciklusa proizvodnje PET in za prilagoditev enot CP1 in CP2 tudi za uporabo PTA.
Italy supplied a table with details of the restructuring costs and sources of financing for both NGP and SIMPE.
Italija je predložila podrobno tabelo stroškov prestrukturiranja in virov financiranja za podjetje NGP in tudi za podjetje SIMPE.
According to this table, the total restructuring costs amount to EUR 103,5 million.
Na podlagi te tabele znašajo skupni stroški prestrukturiranja 103,5 milijona EUR.
The new plan presents a range of scenarios — best case, intermediate and worst case — for NGP and SIMPE respectively.
Nov načrt vsebuje vrsto napovedi – optimističnih, zmernih in pesimističnih – za podjetji NGP in SIMPE.
NGP will become profitable — even under the worst case scenario — as early as 2009.
Podjetje NGP bo tudi po pesimistični napovedi postalo sposobno preživetja že v letu 2009.
As regards SIMPE, the results would not be positive until 2011 under a worst case scenario, by 2010 under the intermediate scenario; and as early as 2009 under the best case scenario.
Kar zadeva podjetje SIMPE, bodo po pesimističnih napovedih rezultati pozitivni šele v letu 2011, po zmernih napovedih v letu 2010, po optimističnih pa že v letu 2009.
COMMENTS BY THIRD PARTIES
PRIPOMBE ZAINTERESIRANIH STRANI
NGP supported the comments made by Italy.
Podjetje NGP pritrjuje pripombam, ki jih je izrazila Italija.
The International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee (CIRFS), one of the original complainants, noted that, if the aid is intended mainly for the PET market, it is of no relevance to synthetic fibre production.
Comité International de la Rayonne et des Fibres Synthétiques (CIRFS), eden od prvotnih pritožnikov in predstavnik industrije sintetičnih vlaken, je izjavil, da če je pomoč prvenstveno namenjena trgu s PET, ni pomembna za sektor proizvodnje sintetičnih vlaken.
Under Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty, any aid granted by a Member State or through state resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods is, insofar as it affects trade between Member States, incompatible with the common market.
V smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES je vsaka pomoč, ki jo dodeli država članica, ali kakršna koli vrsta pomoči iz državnih sredstev, ki izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljala konkurenco z dajanjem prednosti posameznim podjetjem ali proizvodnji posameznega blaga, nezdružljiva s skupnim trgom, če prizadene trgovino med državami članicami.
Under the settled case law of the Court, the criterion of trade being affected is met if the beneficiary firm carries out an economic activity involving trade between Member States.
V skladu s konsolidirano sodno prakso Skupnosti velja merilo, da pomoč prizadene trgovino, če upravičeno podjetje opravlja gospodarsko dejavnost, ki vključuje trgovanje med državami članicami.
The grant and the loan were provided to SIMPE by the Ministry of Industry and the Region of Campania, two public authorities.
Subvencijo in posojilo sta podjetju SIMPE dodelila Ministrstvo za proizvodne dejavnosti in regija Campagna, ki sta državna organa.
The measures are thus financed through state resources and imputable to the State.
Ukrepi so se torej financirali z državnimi sredstvi in se jih pripisuje državi.
The grant confers an advantage on the beneficiary. The loan also confers an advantage as it was granted at an interest rate below the reference rate for healthy businesses and no market economy investor would have granted assistance under these conditions.
Subvencija pomeni prednost za podjetje enako kot posojilo, ki je dodeljeno po obrestni meri, nižji od referenčne mere za zdrava podjetja in ki jih noben vlagatelj na trgu ne bi dodelil pod takšnimi pogoji.
As regards the capital contribution provided to SIMPE by Sviluppo Italia, Italy first notified the measure as State aid but then later claimed that it was not aid as it was in line with the market economy investor principle and did not confer an advantage on the firm.
Italija je glede kapitala, ki ga je agencija Sviluppo Italia vložila v podjetje SIMPE, ukrep sprva priglasila kot državno pomoč, v nadaljevanju pa je izjavila, da ne gre za pomoč, saj je skladna z načelom tržnega vlagatelja in podjetju ne prinaša nobene koristi.
However, contrary to the view of the Italian authorities, the Commission considers that the temporary participation by Sviluppo Italia in the capital of SIMPE constitutes aid within the meaning of Article 87(1).
Komisija v nasprotju s trditvami italijanskih organov meni, da začasni poseg agencije Sviluppo Italia v kapital podjetja SIMPE pomeni pomoč v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe.
Sviluppo Italia is a public development agency and therefore capital injections by this agency are imputable to the State and constitute state aid, unless it can be established that Sviluppo Italia behaved like a private investor operating under market economy conditions.
Sviluppo Italia je javna agencija, zato se njen kapitalski vložek pripisuje državi in pomeni državno pomoč, razen če se lahko ugotovi, da je agencija Sviluppo Italia ravnala kot zasebni vlagatelj, ki posluje v okviru tržnega gospodarstva.
In this respect the Commission notes that the participation by Sviluppo Italia in the capital of SIMPE was part of the restructuring plan of NGP.
Komisija v tem smislu ugotavlja, da je udeležba agencije Sviluppo Italia v kapitalu podjetja SIMPE del načrta za prestrukturiranje podjetja NGP.
As NGP was a firm in difficulty and as SIMPE was created only for the purposes of the restructuring of NGP, it can be considered that Sviluppo Italia decided to acquire shares in a firm in difficulty.
Glede na to, da je bilo podjetje NGP v težavah in da je bilo podjetje SIMPE ustanovljeno izključno z namenom prestrukturiranja podjetja NGP, je mogoče ugotoviti, da je agencija Sviluppo Italia sklenila odkupiti delnice podjetja v težavah.
Moreover, Sviluppo Italia’s capital injection was combined, as part of the same operation, with two other measures which qualify as State aid under Article 87(1), namely a direct grant from the Region of Campania and the Ministry of Industry and a soft loan from the Ministry of Industry.
Poleg tega se je vložek kapitala agencije Sviluppo Italia kot del istega posla kombiniral z drugima dvema ukrepoma, ki veljata za državno pomoč v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe, torej z neposredno subvencijo regije Campagna in Ministrstva za proizvodne dejavnosti ter ugodnim posojilom, ki ga je dodelilo Ministrstvo za proizvodne dejavnosti.
In previous decisions [10] the Commission has found that the market economy investor principle is respected in the case of public capital injections where the firm in question is a healthy firm.
V prejšnjih odločbah [10] je Komisija ugotovila, da je bilo načelo zasebnega vlagatelja upoštevano v primeru, ko je bil vložek javnega kapitala namenjen zdravemu podjetju.
The market economy investor principle can also be fulfilled even if the firm is in difficulty. In this case, however, the State has to provide capital on the same terms as a private investor would do for such a high-risk firm: namely at a much higher interest rate than for healthy firms and with a clear prospect of a return to viability.
Načelo zasebnega vlagatelja je lahko izpolnjeno tudi, če je podjetje v težavah: vendar mora biti v tem primeru državni kapital vložen pod enakimi pogoji, pod kakršnimi bi jih vložil zasebni vlagatelj v podjetje s tako visokim tveganjem – torej po veliko višji obrestni meri od tiste, ki velja za zdrava podjetja in z jasno vizijo ponovne vzpostavitve sposobnosti preživetja.
The Italian authorities have not provided evidence that a private investor would be prepared to acquire shares in the same circumstances.
Italijanski organi niso dokazali, da bi bil zasebni vlagatelj v enakih okoliščinah pripravljen odkupiti delnice.
In fact, there is no evidence that the return on capital on the terms contracted by Sviluppo Italia (i.e. two percentage points above the reference rate) would be sufficient to trigger the interest of a private investor, bearing in mind that NGP had ceased activity and that there was no certainty (other than the fact that the investment was being supported by state aid) of a return to viability.
Pravzaprav niso dokazali, da bi bil donos kapitala pod pogoji, ki jih je določila agencija Sviluppo Italia (torej vsaj 2 odstotni točki več glede na referenčno mero), zadosten, da bi vzbudil zanimanje zasebnega vlagatelja, glede na to, da je podjetje NGP opustilo dejavnosti in da ni bilo nobenega zagotovila (razen dejstva, da je bila naložba podprta z državno pomočjo) za ponovno vzpostavitev sposobnosti preživetja.
In this respect, it should also be noted that La Seda de Barcelona acquired the participation in SIMPE only nine months after the capital injection by Sviluppo Italia and after the other forms of aid had been granted.
V tem smislu tudi velja ugotovitev, da je podjetje La Seda de Barcelona pridobilo delež v podjetju SIMPE samo devet mesecev po ukrepu agencije Sviluppo Italia in potem, ko so bile dodeljene druge oblike pomoči.
The Commission therefore concludes that the capital contribution by Sviluppo Italia conferred an advantage on the firm.
Komisija kljub temu sklepa, da je kapital, ki ga je vložila agencija Sviluppo Italia, podjetju prinesel korist.
NGP and its successor SIMPE produce polyester polymer.
Podjetje NGP in njegov naslednik podjetje SIMPE proizvajata polimere poliestra.
As this product is widely traded across the European Union, the measures threaten to distort competition and to affect trade between Member States.
Ker je ta izdelek v široki prodaji po vsej Evropski uniji, obstaja tveganje, da bo ukrep izkrivljal konkurenco in vplival na trgovino med državami članicami.
The Commission thus concludes that the grant, the loan and the capital injection by Sviluppo Italia constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty and that their compatibility has thus to be assessed accordingly.
Komisija torej sklepa, da subvencija, posojilo in kapitalski vložek agencije Sviluppo Italia pomenijo državno pomoč v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES, in da je torej treba oceniti njihovo združljivost.
In its decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure, the Commission questioned whether the aid could be considered compatible under the Community guidelines on state aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty and under the guidelines on national regional aid.
Komisija je v odločitvi, da sproži uradni postopek, navedla dvome o združljivosti pomoči s smernicami Skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah in s smernicami o državni regionalni pomoči.
Following the comments submitted by Italy, the Commission notes, however, that all the elements concerning a restructuring process seem to be present in this case.
Komisija torej na podlagi pripomb, ki jih je predložila Italija, ugotavlja, da so predstavljeni vsi elementi, povezani z načrtom za prestrukturiranje.
At the time the aid was granted, NGP was a firm in difficulty.
V obdobju, v katerem je bila pomoč dodeljena, je bilo podjetje NGP v težavah.
The aid was granted with the aim of restoring the viability of the firm on the basis of a restructuring plan that the Italian authorities were committed to implement (see the terms of the accordo di programma in point 15 above).
Pomoč je bila dodeljena za ponovno vzpostavitev sposobnosti preživetja podjetja na podlagi načrta prestrukturiranja, ki so se ga italijanski organi obvezali uresničiti (glej pogoje dogovora, točka 15 zgoraj).
Further, even if, according to the Italian authorities, the aid was granted to SIMPE (and not NGP), SIMPE was created only for the purposes of the restructuring of NGP and is thus part of this restructuring plan.
Tudi če je bila po trditvah italijanskih organov pomoč dodeljena podjetju SIMPE (in ne podjetju NGP), je bilo podjetje SIMPE ustanovljeno izključno z namenom prestrukturiranja podjetja NGP in je torej del načrta prestrukturiranja.
Finally, both NGP and SIMPE benefit from the aid.
Končno sta pomoč prejeli tako podjetje NGP kot tudi SIMPE.
The Commission also notes that, given the potential for distortion of competition that aid for the restructuring of firms in difficulty entails, the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty contain specific criteria designed to ensure that the granting of aid is limited to the minimum required to restore a firm’s viability, while limiting distortions of competition by the obligation imposed on the beneficiary to adopt compensatory measures.
Komisija tudi ugotavlja, da glede na možen učinek izkrivljanja konkurence, ki ga ima pomoč za prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah, smernice Skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah vsebujejo posebna merila, ki zagotavljajo, da se dodelitev pomoči omeji na najnižjo vsoto, ki je potrebna za obnovo sposobnosti preživetja podjetja, s čimer se hkrati omeji izkrivljanje konkurence zaradi obveznosti upravičenca, da sprejme izravnalne ukrepe.
These criteria could be sidestepped should the measures be assessed, instead, under the guidelines on national regional aid, which in any event cannot apply to firms in difficulty [11].
Ta merila bi bilo mogoče obiti, če bi se ukrepi ocenjevali v smislu smernic o nacionalni regionalni pomoči, ki pa jih vsekakor ni mogoče uporabiti za podjetja v težavah [11].
For the reasons explained above, the Commission concludes that the compatibility of the aid is to be assessed under the Community guidelines on state aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (the Community guidelines).
Komisija zaradi zgoraj navedenih razlogov sklepa, da je treba združljivost pomoči ocenjevati v smislu smernic Skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice).
According to Section 2.1 of the Community guidelines, the Commission considers a firm to be in difficulty where it is unable, whether through its own resources or with the funds it is able to obtain from its owner/shareholder or creditor, to stem losses which, without outside intervention by the public authorities, will almost certainly condemn it to go out of business in the short or medium term.
Komisija v skladu s poglavjem 2.1 smernic meni, da je podjetje v težavah, ko ni zmožno z lastnimi sredstvi ali s sredstvi, ki jih lahko pridobi od svojih lastnikov/delničarjev ali upnikov, preprečiti izgube, ki bi brez zunanjega posredovanja državnih organov kratkoročno ali srednjeročno skoraj gotovo ogrozile obstoj družbe.
The usual signs of a firm in difficulty are increasing losses, diminishing turnover, growing stock inventories, excess capacity, declining cash flow, mounting debt, rising interest charges and falling or nil asset value.
Običajni znaki podjetja v težavah so naraščajoče izgube, upadanje prometa, kopičenje zalog, presežki prostih zmogljivosti, padanje denarnih tokov, naraščajoči dolgovi in stroški obresti, pa tudi zmanjševanje čiste vrednosti sredstev.
In acute cases the firm may already have become insolvent or may be the subject of collective insolvency proceedings.
V težjih primerih je lahko podjetje že postalo plačilno nesposobno ali je že v postopku v primeru insolventnosti.
A newly created firm is not eligible for rescue and restructuring aid even if its financial position is insecure.
Novo ustanovljeno podjetje ni upravičeno do pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje, tudi če je njegov finančni položaj negotov.
A firm will normally be considered as newly created for the first three years following the start of operations in the relevant field of activity.
Podjetje načeloma velja za novo ustanovljeno prva tri leta po začetku poslovanja na zadevnem področju.