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In the cases cited, the Commission approved the compensation paid to producers for losses of income because the losses of market share and the fall in consumption were caused not only by consumer alarm but also by exceptional factors that prevented normal trade in the products concerned (a series of measures taken by the authorities, combined with extraordinary behaviour on the part of consumers and the media).
V navedenih primerih je Komisija proizvajalcem priznala odškodnino za izgubo, če sta izguba tržnih deležev in padec porabe posledica ne le družbenega preplaha, ampak tudi izrednih dejavnikov, ki so ovirali običajno prodajo zadevnih proizvodov (javni ukrepi skupaj z zelo neobičajnim obnašanjem potrošnikov in sredstev obveščanja).
In the above-mentioned decisions, a direct and immediate link could be established between all the facts considered to comprise an exceptional occurrence and the losses suffered by the undertakings concerned.
V navedenih odločitvah se je vedno lahko opazila neposredna in takojšnja povezava med dejavniki, ki so se obravnavali kot sestavni deli izrednega dogodka, in izgubami, ki so jih utrpela podjetja.
The Italian authorities have so far been unable to offer convincing proof of a link between the losses of income suffered by agricultural producers and an exceptional occurrence, which would allow the Commission to approve the payment of compensation under Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
Italijanski organi, ki jih je Komisija pozvala, da dokažejo povezavo med izgubo dohodka, ki so jo utrpeli kmetijski proizvajalci, in obstojem izrednega dogodka, zato da bi lahko odobrila odškodnino za takšno izgubo v skladu s členom 87(2)(b) Pogodbe, do zdaj niso uspeli zagotoviti prepričljive obrazložitve.
The rapid spread of alarm among consumers, resulting in a serious disturbance of the market on which Italian poultry farmers operate, the loss of market share and, consequently, a reduction in the normal level of turnover, does not appear, on the basis of the information available, to constitute in itself an exceptional occurrence within the meaning of the Treaty.
Hitro širjenje družbenega preplaha, ki se je preoblikovalo v veliko motnjo trga, na katerem delujejo italijanski rejci, izgubo tržnih deležev in posledično zmanjšanje dobička glede na običajne razmere, samo po sebi ne predstavlja – na podlagi podatkov, ki so zdaj na voljo – izrednega dogodka v skladu s Pogodbo.
In addition, there is nothing to show that the national or Community authorities adopted measures to prevent sales.
Razen tega ni dokaza, ki bi kazal, da so nacionalni organi ali organi Skupnosti sprejeli ukrepe za zaustavitev prodaje.
Even were it to be concluded that the media impact in Italy was greater than in other European countries, because of public sensitivity to questions of food safety and the existence of a strand of public opinion that was very critical of livestock-rearing systems, this would still not demonstrate the exceptional nature of the event.
Tudi če se doseže sklep o obveznem priznavanju, da je bil „posreden“ vpliv v Italiji hujši kot v drugih evropskih državah zaradi občutljivosti prebivalstva v zvezi z varnostjo prehrane in obstoja gibanja z zelo kritičnim mnenjem glede proizvodnih sistemov na področju zootehnike, to zaenkrat ni dovolj za dokaz izredne narave zadevnega dogodka.
The Commission looked into why Italian producers had not taken advantage of the situation to increase their sales of poultry products abroad (or even in Italy), since Italy, unlike Belgium, was not one of the countries directly affected by the dioxin crisis.
Komisija se predvsem sprašuje, zakaj italijanski proizvajalci niso izkoristili takšnega položaja in povečali prodaje kmetijskih proizvodov v tujini (ali na nacionalnem ozemlju), ker Italija, v nasprotju z Belgijo, ni bila med državami, ki jih je neposredno prizadela dioksinska kriza.
Another aspect to be clarified is the statement by the Italian authorities that poultry farmers were forced to freeze unsold meat (4150,8 tonnes in June, 9271,3 tonnes in July and 2595,9 tonnes in August).
Drugi vidik, ki ga je treba pojasniti, je trditev italijanskih organov, po kateri so morali rejci zamrzniti neprodano meso (4150,8 tone v juniju, 9271,3 tone v juliju in 2595,9 tone v avgustu).
This does not serve to rule out the possibility that the poultry products remaining unsold during the crisis could have been sold at a later date, in which case the losses incurred would be less than those declared during examination of this case.
Na podlagi te trditve ni bilo mogoče izključiti možnosti, da bi lahko ta ukrep dopuščal poznejšo prodajo kmetijskih proizvodov, ki se niso prodali med krizo. V tem primeru bi bila izguba manjša od tiste, ki je bila prijavljena med preverjanjem zadeve.
In addition, the Commission was not in a position to establish the quantities of meat remaining unsold due to the fall in demand caused by the fear of dioxin or the extent of overproduction based on an incorrect estimate of demand over the summer.
Razen tega Komisija ni mogla določiti količine neprodanega mesa zaradi upada povpraševanja, ki ga je povzročil strah pred prisotnostjo dioksina, in obsega prekomerne proizvodnje zaradi nepravilne ocene povpraševanja med poletjem.
In the light of the above, the Commission could not rule out that the aid was intended simply to improve the financial situation of producers without in any way contributing to the development of the sector and, moreover, that since the aid was granted solely on the basis of price, quantity or unit of production it was to be regarded as constituting operating aid within the meaning of point 3.5 of the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture sector (hereafter referred to as the ‘guidelines’) and, therefore as being incompatible with the common market.
Na podlagi zgoraj navedenega Komisija ne more izključiti možnosti, da ne gre le za pomoč, namenjeno le za izboljšanje finančnega položaja proizvajalcev, ne da bi ta prispevala k razvoju sektorja, ampak tudi za pomoč, odobreno le na podlagi cene, količine ali proizvodne enote, z drugimi besedami za pomoč, primerljivo s pomočjo za tekoče poslovanje, ki je zato nezdružljiva s skupnim trgom v smislu točke 3.5 Smernic Skupnosti o državni pomoči v kmetijskem sektorju (v nadaljevanju „Smernice“).
The Commission accordingly expressed doubts about the existence of a link between the loss of income suffered by Italian poultry farmers and an exceptional occurrence and about whether the aid could meet the requirements for approval under Article 87(2)(b) or Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty (since, as regards the latter subparagraph, the aid did not appear to facilitate the development of a particular economic activity) or those for approval under one of the points of the guidelines.
Komisija je zato podvomila v obstoj povezave med izgubo dohodka, ki so ga utrpeli proizvajalci v italijanskem perutninskem sektorju, in obstojem izrednega dogodka ter v dejstvo, da bi lahko ta pomoč izpolnila pogoje za odobritev v smislu člena 87(2)(b) ali v smislu člena 87(3)(c) Pogodbe (v zvezi s tem je treba omeniti, da ta pomoč ne pripomore k razvoju nekaterih gospodarskih dejavnosti) in za razglasitev združljivosti z eno od točk Smernic.
OBSERVATIONS SUBMITTED BY ITALY
UGOTOVITVE ITALIJE
In their letter dated 24 October 2001, registered on 26 October 2001, the Italian authorities pointed out, among other things, that the fall in the consumption of poultry products in June, July, August and, to a lesser extent, up until December 1999 had not been questioned in the decision to initiate the procedure.
V pismu z dne 24. oktobra 2001 (vpisanim v evidenco 26. oktobra 2001) so italijanski organi predvsem poudarili, da upad porabe perutninskih proizvodov v mesecih juniju, juliju, avgustu in v blažji obliki do konca decembra 1999 ni bil vključen v razpravo o odločitvi za sprožitev postopka.
According to the Italian authorities, since the losses caused by a fall in sales and prices were not questioned by the Commission, they only had to establish a link between those losses and the dioxin crisis.
Glede na to, da Komisija ni podvomila v izgubo v prodaji in znižanje cen, so italijanski organi menili, da je treba le dokazati povezavo med to izgubo in dioksinsko krizo.
They claim that such a link is proven by the fact that the first news about dioxin in poultry was broadcast at 7 p.m. on 28 May 1999 and the sudden downturn in sales occurred from June 1999 onwards (29 % fall compared with June 1998).
To povezavo naj bi dokazalo dejstvo, da so se prve novice o „piščancu z dioksinom“ razširile 28. maja 1999 ob 19.00, nenaden upad prodaje pa se je začel v mesecu juniju 1999 (prodaja se je znižala za 29 % glede na junij leta 1998).
They affirm that the consumption trend in Italy closely followed the public alarm triggered by the media, with a sharp drop in sales when the news concerning dioxin was first broadcast, a resumption of sales in July, when media interest declined, and a further reduction in August following news of the European Union decision to double the maximum permissible level of dioxin in certain products.
Trend porabe v Italiji je bil sorazmeren s stopnjo družbenega preplaha, ki so ga povzročila sredstva obveščanja, prodaja se je zelo zmanjšala v obdobju prvega širjenja podatkov o dioksinu, julija se je nato povečala, ko je zanimanje medijev oslabelo, in se ponovno zmanjšala avgusta, potem ko je bila objavljena odločitev Evropske unije o podvojitvi najvišjega dovoljenega odmerka dioksina v nekaterih proizvodih.
They add that, from September onwards, with the media paying increasingly less attention to the matter, the consumption of poultry products gradually returned to its normal level.
Od meseca septembra je zanimanje za dogodek v sredstvih javnega obveščanja upadlo in poraba perutninskih proizvodov se je postopno uredila.
Consequently, the Italian authorities believe there is an undeniable link between consumer concern following news broadcasts about dioxin in Belgium and the fall in consumption and prices.
Zato italijanski organi menijo, da ni mogoče zanikati povezave med družbenim preplahom, ki se je razširil po objavi podatkov o dioksinu v Belgiji, ter padcem porabe in cene.
It therefore remains to be proven that the dioxin crisis in Italy can be regarded as an exceptional occurrence within the meaning of Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
Zato je treba še vedno dokazati, da se lahko dioksinska kriza, ki se je pojavila v Italiji, obravnava kot izreden dogodek v smislu člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe.
The Commission is said to have already recognised the exceptional character of the dioxin crisis in Belgium, in view of the nature and extent of the restrictions imposed to safeguard public health.
Komisija je že priznala, da je dioksinska kriza izreden dogodek v primeru krize, ki je izbruhnila v Belgiji, ob upoštevanju narave in razsežnosti omejitev, uvedenih za zaščito javnega zdravja.
While Italy may not have been directly affected by the dioxin crisis, according to the Italian authorities there is no question that the effects of the crisis went beyond national borders and also affected neighbouring countries, including Italy.
Res je, da dioksinska kriza Italije ni neposredno prizadela; vseeno italijanski organi menijo, da ni mogoče zanikati dejstva, da je vpliv krize segel prek nacionalnih meja in prizadel tudi bližnje države, kot je Italija.
The Italian authorities argue that an ‘exceptional occurrence’ within the meaning of Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty is any unforeseeable event or any event that is difficult to predict, such as a natural disaster.
Italijanski organi menijo, da je izreden dogodek v smislu člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe vsak nepredvidljiv ali težko predvidljiv dogodek, kot so naravne nesreče.
Therefore, it is the event in itself that should be assessed, rather than the measures adopted to cope with the resulting crisis, which are simply a consequence of the event.
Zato se mora obravnavati dogodek sam po sebi in ne ukrepi, sprejeti za soočanje s kriznim položajem, ki so le posledica dogodka samega.
They state that, in the case of BSE in the United Kingdom, the Commission had accepted the exceptional nature of the event because of the ban on meat exports, but especially because of the fall in the consumption of beef and veal caused by the uncertainty and fear aroused by the news concerning BSE.
Razen tega je Komisija v primeru BSE v Združenem kraljestvu priznala izreden značaj dogodka, pri čemer se je sklicevala na prepoved izvoza mesa, zlasti pa na padec porabe govejega mesa zaradi negotovosti in strahu, ki so ju sprožili podatki o BSE.
The Italian authorities claim that the same situation arose in Italy in 1999 following the dioxin scare.
Enak položaj je nastal v Italiji leta 1999 po preplahu zaradi dioksina.
The ban on UK exports did not contribute to any major extent to the fall in consumption, since, even without the ban, consumers abroad would in any case have reduced their consumption of beef and veal (just as consumers in the UK did), thus preventing producers from finding other outlets abroad for their products.
Prepoved izvoza v Združenem kraljestvu ni imela velikega vpliva na padec porabe, ker so tuji porabniki tudi brez te prepovedi v vseh primerih (tako kot angleški porabniki) zmanjšali porabo govejega mesa, kar je preprečilo kakršno koli drugo možnost za prodajo teh proizvodov v tujini.
In the case of dioxin in 1999, it should be added that all non-member countries banned imports of poultrymeat from the EU at the time of the crisis.
V primeru dioksina iz leta 1999 je treba dodati, da so vse tretje države v istem obdobju prepovedale uvoz perutninskega mesa s poreklom iz EU.
The Italian authorities argue that the reason why Italian producers neither turned to foreign markets nor exploited the Italian market is related to the transnational character of the event, which went well beyond the borders of Belgium.
Razlog, zakaj se italijanski proizvajalci niso usmerili na druge tuje trge ali zakaj niso uporabili italijanskega trga, leži zato v nadnacionalnosti dogodka, ki je v veliki meri segel prek meja Belgije.
The incomes of certain Italian poultry undertakings over the period June-August 1999 clearly attests, according to the Italian authorities, to this fall in prices and sales.
Dobički nekaterih italijanskih perutninskih podjetij v obdobju od junija do avgusta 1999 po mnenju italijanskih organov jasno kažejo to znižanje cen in zmanjšanje prodaje.
The existence of aid
Obstoj pomoči
Under Article 87(1) of the Treaty, any aid granted by a Member State or through state resources in any form whatsoever that distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods is, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, incompatible with the common market.
V smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe je, če vpliva na izmenjavo med državami članicami, s skupnim trgom nezdružljiva tista pomoč, ki jo v kakršni koli obliki odobrijo države ali se izplačuje iz državnih virov in ki zaradi dajanja prednosti nekaterim podjetjem ali proizvajalcem izkrivlja konkurenco ali pomeni nevarnost za njeno izkrivljanje.
Article 19 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat lays down that, save as otherwise provided in that Regulation, Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty apply to the production of and trade in the products covered by that Regulation.
Člen 19 Uredbe Sveta (EGS) št. 2777/75 z dne 29. oktobra 1975 o skupni tržni ureditvi za perutninsko meso, ob upoštevanju določb, ki nasprotujejo zgoraj navedeni uredbi, določa, da se členi 87, 88 in 89 Pogodbe uporabljajo za proizvodnjo in trženje proizvodov, zajetih v tej uredbi.
The planned measure provides for the payment of public funds (totalling ITL 20 billion) to certain undertakings and is granted on a selective basis to poultry farmers presumed to have suffered losses resulting from the dioxin crisis.
Načrtovani ukrep predvideva izplačilo javne pomoči nekaterim podjetjem, zadevna pomoč (ki znaša 20 milijard ITL) pa se na podlagi selekcije odobri rejcem, za katere se predvideva, da so utrpeli izgube zaradi dioksinske krize.
In addition, this measure favours certain products (poultry products) and, in view of Italy’s share of total EU poultry production (13,2 %), is likely to affect trade.
Razen tega predvideni ukrep podpira nekatere vrste proizvodnje (na področju vzreje perutnine) in lahko vpliva na izmenjavo, ob upoštevanju deleža, ki ga ima Italija v skupni proizvodnji perutnine v Uniji (13,2 %).
In 2001, gross Italian poultry production amounted to 1134000 tonnes out of an EU-15 total of 9088000 tonnes.
Leta 2001 je bruto proizvodnja perutnine v Italiji znašala 1134000 ton od skupno 9088000 ton v EU-15.
The measure under examination therefore constitutes state aid as defined in Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Zato se zadevni ukrep vključi v opredelitev državne pomoči v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe.
The prohibition on state aid is not absolute.
Prepoved odobritve državne pomoči ni brezpogojna.
In this case, the Italian authorities invoked the derogations provided for in Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty, under the terms of which aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences can be considered to be compatible with the common market.
V zadevnem primeru se italijanski organi sklicujejo na izjeme iz člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe. Pogodba določa, da se lahko kot združljivi s skupnim trgom v smislu člena 87(2)(b), obravnavajo ukrepi, namenjeni za odpravo škode, ki so jo povzročile naravne nesreče ali drugi izredni dogodki.
Since the Treaty gives no definition of ‘exceptional occurrence’, it must be verified whether the dioxin crisis in Italy can be treated as an exceptional occurrence within the meaning of Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
„Izreden dogodek“ ni opredeljen v Pogodbi, zato je treba še vedno preveriti, ali se lahko „dioksinska kriza“ v Italiji izenači z izrednim dogodkom v smislu člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe.
In accordance with the Community guidelines for state aid in the agricultural sector, in assessing aid to compensate for losses caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences, because they constitute exceptions from the general principle of the incompatibility of state aid with the common market enshrined in Article 87(1) of the Treaty, the Commission has consistently held that the concepts of natural disaster and exceptional occurrence found in Article 87(2)(b) must be interpreted restrictively.
V skladu s Smernicami Skupnosti o državni pomoči v kmetijskem sektorju je Komisija pri ocenjevanju pomoči, namenjene za nadomestilo izgub zaradi naravnih nesreč ali izrednih dogodkov, logično menila, da je treba pojma „naravna nesreča“ in „izreden dogodek“ iz člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe razlagati omejeno, če spadata med izjeme glede na splošno načelo nezdružljivosti državne pomoči s skupnim trgom, ki ga določa člen 87(1).
Hitherto the Commission has accepted that earthquakes, avalanches, landslides and floods may constitute natural disasters.
Do zdaj je Komisija kot naravne nesreče obravnavala potrese, snežne in zemeljske plazove in poplave.
Exceptional occurrences that have hitherto been accepted by the Commission include war, internal disturbances or strikes and, with certain reservations and depending on their extent, major nuclear or industrial accidents and fires that result in widespread loss.
Med izredne dogodke sodijo vojna, notranji nemiri in stavke ter, z določenimi omejitvami in glede na razsežnost, večje jedrske ali industrijske nesreče in požari, ki povzročajo velike izgube.
On the other hand, the Commission did not accept that a fire at a single processing plant which was covered by normal commercial insurance could be considered as an exceptional occurrence.
Po drugi strani Komisija kot izredni dogodek ni priznala požara, ki izbruhne v samo enem predelovalnem obratu in ga krije običajno poslovno zavarovanje.
As a general rule, the Commission does not accept that outbreaks of animal or plant diseases can be considered to constitute natural disasters or exceptional occurrences. However, in one case the Commission did recognise the very widespread outbreak of a completely new animal disease as an exceptional occurrence.
Na splošno Komisija ne priznava izbruha bolezni živali ali rastlin za naravno nesrečo ali izreden dogodek, čeprav je Komisija v enem primeru kot izredni dogodek dejansko priznala zelo razširjen izbruh dotlej neznane bolezni živali.
Given the inherent difficulties in foreseeing such events, the Commission will continue to evaluate proposals to grant aid in accordance with Article 87(2)(b) on a case-by-case basis, having regard to its previous practice in this field.
Zaradi težavnega predvidevanja takšnih dogodkov bo Komisija še naprej posamezno ocenjevala predloge za dodelitev pomoči v skladu s členom 87(2)(b) Pogodbe in upoštevala svojo preteklo prakso na tem področju.
Such a case-by-case analysis is particularly necessary in such a sensitive sector as poultry farming, where any market measure could conflict with measures laid down under the common organisation of the market.
Takšna analiza vsakega posameznega primera je zlasti potrebna v okviru pomoči, odobrene v občutljivem sektorju, kot je perutninski, v katerem lahko vsak ukrep, ki posega na trg, nasprotuje ukrepom, ki jih določa skupna ureditev trga.
Generally speaking, the Commission cannot accept that the chemical contamination of foodstuffs intended for human consumption constitutes, in itself, an exceptional occurrence within the meaning of Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty.
Komisija na splošno ne more sprejeti, da je kemična okužba živilskih proizvodov, namenjenih za človeka, kot v tem primeru, izreden dogodek v smislu člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe.
In fact, the risk of contamination is a consequence of a failure to guarantee the highest quality standards throughout the food chain.
Nasprotno, nevarnost okužbe je posledica dejstva, da se višja kakovost ne zagotavlja v celotni živilski verigi.
In the case of the dioxin crisis in Belgium, numerous elements had to be taken into account before it could finally be established that this crisis constituted an exceptional occurrence.
V primeru dioksinske krize v Belgiji se je za priznanje krize kot izrednega dogodka upoštevalo številne elemente.
The Commission first of all looked at the scope of the measures adopted to deal with the crisis and protect human health, including a ban on the marketing and retail sale of poultrymeat, a ban on the trade in and the export to third countries of certain animal products intended for human and animal consumption and the imposition of a series of conditions, including the monitoring, the traceability and the control of the products concerned.
Komisija je upoštevala predvsem obsežnost ukrepov, izvršenih za boj proti krizi in zaščito človeškega zdravja, med katerimi so bili prepoved dajanja na trg in prodaje perutninskega mesa na drobno, prepoved izmenjave in izvoza nekaterih proizvodov živalskega izvora, ki so namenjeni za človeka in živali, v tretje države, uvedba pogojev, ki vključujejo spremljanje, sledljivost in nadzor zadevnih proizvodov.
The crisis was declared to be an exceptional occurrence on the basis of two facts, namely the announcement made by the Belgian authorities, along with the emergency measures subsequently adopted and the consequent impossibility of marketing production, which created a crisis situation for Belgian producers.
Razglasitev izrednega dogodka je zato temeljila na dveh elementih, in sicer objavi belgijskih organov in posledičnim sprejetjem nujnih ukrepov ter nezmožnosti prodaje proizvodnje, ki je belgijske proizvajalce potisnila v krizo.
This crisis situation, by its nature and its effects on the operators concerned, differed sharply from the usual situation and the conditions under which the market normally operates.
Takšna kriza se je, zaradi svojih značilnosti in vpliva na vpletene proizvajalce, jasno razlikovala od običajnih razmer in se ni uvrščala med običajne razmere za delovanje trga.