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It fully agrees with the conclusions in the opening Decision.
Popolnoma se strinja z ugotovitvami v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka.
According to Viasat, satellite transmission is a much more cost-efficient distribution platform and the choice by the Government to favour the terrestrial network will lead to a reduction of consumer choice and lower quality of available products.
Družba Viasat meni, da je satelitski prenos stroškovno bolj učinkovita platforma in da bo odločitev vlade glede dajanja prednosti prizemnem omrežju omejila izbiro uporabnikov in znižala kakovost razpoložljivih storitev.
COMMENTS FROM SWEDEN
PRIPOMBE ŠVEDSKE
In its 29 October response, the Government takes the view that there has been no aid to Teracom in contravention of Sweden's obligations under the EC Treaty.
Vlada v odgovoru z dne 29. oktobra zagovarja stališče, da s pomočjo družbi Teracom niso bile kršene obveznosti Švedske po Pogodbi ES.
It maintains in particular that the opening Decision relied on incomplete and often inaccurate information.
Predvsem trdi, da je odločitev o sprožitvi postopka temeljila na nepopolnih in pogosto nenatančnih informacijah.
SVT's allegedly excessive transmission fee payments to Teracom
Domnevno previsoka plačila SVT družbi Teracom za prenos
According to the Government, SVT has not made and will not make any excessive payments to Teracom in return for transmission services on the analogue and the digital terrestrial network.
Po trditvah vlade SVT družbi Teracom ni preplačala storitev prenosa v analognem in digitalnem prizemnem omrežju in jih tudi ne bo.
In addition, the Government claims that the Commission's assessment in the opening Decision was based on inaccurate figures.
Vlada poleg tega trdi, da je ocena Komisije v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka temeljila na nenatančnih številnih podatkih.
First, in the opening Decision, the Commission looks at Teracom's costs in the digital terrestrial network (column 3 of Table 2) excluding VAT although all other figures in the same table included VAT.
Prvič, Komisija v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka obravnava stroške družbe Teracom za digitalno prizemno omrežje (stolpec 3 preglednice) brez DDV, čeprav je bil v drugih številčnih podatkih v tej preglednici vključen DDV.
According to these corrected figures, Teracom's accumulated profits will, by 2013, be significantly lower (SEK 23,7 million) than the amount indicated in the opening Decision (SEK 509,61 million).
V skladu s temi popravki bo skupni dobiček družbe Teracom do leta 2013 bistveno nižji (23,7 milijona SEK) od zneska, navedenega v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka (509,61 milijona SEK).
Table 3:
Preglednica 3
SVT's transmission fee payments from SVT 2002 to 2013
Plačila SVT za prenos od leta 2002 do leta 2013
Source: The 29 October response, p. 25.
Vir: Odgovor z dne 29. oktobra, str. 25.
Note, however, that the table still includes a number of errors which are explained and corrected in below.
Treba je opozoriti, da je v tej preglednici še vedno precej napak, ki so pojasnjene in popravljene v preglednici 4.
Payments from SVT to Teracom
Plačila SVT družbi Teracom
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in analogue
Stroški družbe Teracom za analogni prenos SVT brez DDV (2)
excl. VAT (2)
Stroški družbe Teracom za digitalni prenos SVT
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in digital
Skupni stroški družbe Teracom za prenos SVT
Teracom's predicted annual profits/losses
Predvideni letni dobiček/izguba družbe Teracom
Teracom's predicted accumulated profits/losses
Predvideni skupni dobiček/izguba družbe Teracom
Second, the Government maintains that the Commission's opening Decision is based on estimates of Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT made as early as 2001 (see columns 3 and 4 in Table 4 and Table 3 respectively).
Drugič, vlada trdi, da odločitev Komisije o sprožitvi postopka temelji na oceni stroškov družbe Teracom za prenos SVT, ki segajo v leto 2001 (glej stolpec 3 v preglednici in stolpec 4 v preglednici).
According to the Government, Teracom's actual costs have been significantly different from these estimates (see Table 4 below) and to support its statement, the Government submitted accurate figures.
Po trditvah vlade so bili dejanski stroški družbe Teracom bistveno drugačni od teh ocen (glej preglednico), v podporo tem trditvam je predložila pravilne številčne podatke.
The difference is most notable for Teracom's costs in the digital terrestrial network where the costs were originally estimated at SEK 160 million per year.
Razlika je najbolj očitna pri stroških družbe Teracom za digitalno prizemno omrežje, za katero so bili stroški prvotno ocenjeni na 160 milijonov SEK na leto.
This estimate was based on a coverage rate of the digital network of 98 % and on a complete functionality of the network as of 2002 including, for example, a regional breakdown (‘regional nedbrytbarhet’) of transmission signals and security enhancing measures (‘säkerhetsåtgärder’).
Ta ocena je temeljila na 98-odstotni stopnji pokritosti z digitalnim omrežjem in popolnem delovanju omrežja od leta 2002, vključno z regionalno razčlenitvijo („regional nedbrytbarhet“) prenosnih signalov in ukrepov za izboljšanje varnosti („säkerhetsåtgärder“).
It was, however, only during the course of 2005 that the digital terrestrial network was rolled out to this degree and that Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT via the digital platform started to correspond to the original estimates (see Table 4 below).
Vendar pa je bilo digitalno prizemno omrežje razvito do te stopnje šele med letom 2005 in šele takrat so stroški družbe Teracom za prenos SVT prek digitalne platforme začeli ustrezati prvotnim ocenam (glej preglednico).
The submitted figures which reflect Teracom's actual costs also address the concern the Commission expressed in the opening Decision that the costs of transmitting SVT were, in the initial phase of the roll-out, lower than SEK 160 million.
Predloženi podatki, ki izražajo dejanske stroške družbe Teracom, zadevajo tudi pomisleke, ki jih je Komisija izrazila v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka v zvezi s tem, da so bili stroški prenosa SVT v začetni fazi razvoja nižji od 160 milijonov SEK.
Third, the Government pointed out that SVT's transmission fee payments to Teracom as presented in the opening Decision (column 1 of Table 2 and Table 3 above) do not correspond to SVT's actual payments but refer to the funding that was intended to be transferred from the distribution account to SVT.
Tretjič, vlada je poudarila, da plačila SVT za prenos družbi Teracom, kot so bila predstavljena v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka (stolpec 1 preglednice in preglednice), ne ustrezajo dejanskim plačilom SVT, ampak zadevajo finančna sredstva, namenjena prenosu z distribucijskega računa na SVT.
These funds were at SVT's disposal to pay for terrestrial transmission, but there was no obligation for SVT to use these funds solely for that purpose.
Ta sredstva je imela SVT na voljo za plačilo prizemnega prenosa, vendar brez obveznosti, da jih mora uporabiti samo za ta namen.
The Government also pointed out to the Commission that, contrary to the original assumption, SVT is scheduled to receive SEK 384 million (excluding VAT) in 2006 from the distribution account instead of SEK 205 million (excluding VAT) as estimated in the opening Decision.
Vlada je Komisijo tudi opozorila, da naj bi v nasprotju s prvotno predpostavko SVT v letu 2006 po načrtih prejela 384 milijona SEK (brez DDV) z distribucijskega računa, in ne 205 milijonov SEK (brez DDV), kot je ocenjeno v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka.
Table 4 below presents SVT's actual payments to Teracom (columns 1a to 1c) and Teracom's actual costs of transmitting SVT (columns 2 to 4) for the period from 1999 to 2006.
V preglednici so prikazana dejanska plačila SVT družbi Teracom (stolpci od 1a do 1c) in dejanski stroški družbe Teracom za prenos SVT (stolpci od 2 do 4) za obdobje od leta 1999 do leta 2006.
In addition to the timeframe covered in the opening Decision, the table includes the years 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Poleg časovnega okvira, zajetega v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka, ta preglednica vključuje leta 1999, 2000 in 2001.
According to the Government, these figures allow the Commission to verify that for the entire period since the launch of the digital terrestrial network in April 1999 SVT has not made any excessive payments to Teracom.
Po trditvah vlade lahko Komisija na podlagi teh številčnih podatkov preveri, da v celotnem obdobju od uvedbe digitalnega prizemnega omrežja aprila 1999 SVT družbi Teracom ni plačala previsokih zneskov.
The information relating to these additional years also addresses the concern raised by the Commission in the opening Decision, namely that SVT received extra funds during the initial phase of the roll-out of the digital terrestrial network (from 1997 until 2001) i.e., before the distribution account was created.
Informacije o dodatnih letih zadevajo tudi pomislek, ki ga je Komisija izrazila v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka, in sicer da je SVT prejela dodatna finančna sredstva v začetni fazi razvoja digitalnega prizemnega omrežja (od leta 1997 do leta 2001), torej pred uvedbo distrubucijskega računa.
The Government made clear that SVT received, during this period, in total SEK 300,3 million for technical renewal (‘teknisk förnyelse’).
Vlada je pojasnila, da je SVT v tem obdobju prejela skupaj 300,3 milijona SEK za tehnično posodobitev („teknisk förnyelse“).
Out of this amount, SEK [...] million was spent on digital terrestrial transmission services (SEK [...] million in 2000 and SEK [...] million in 2001).
Od tega zneska je bilo […] milijona SEK porabljenih za storitve digitalnega prizemnega prenosa ([…] milijona SEK leta 2000 in […] milijona leta 2001).
These figures are included in Table 4 (column 1b) and are considered in the calculation of Teracom's profits and losses in its dealings with SVT.
Ti podatki so vključeni v preglednico (stolpec 1b) in so upoštevani pri izračunu dobička in izgub družbe Teracom pri poslovanju s SVT.
Based on Teracom's actual costs and fees, Table 4 illustrates, for every year between 1999 and 2006, Teracom's profits or losses in its dealings with SVT (column 5).
V preglednici so na podlagi dejanskih stroškov in plačil družbe Teracom za vsa leta od 1999 do 2006 prikazani dobiček ali izgube pri poslovanju s SVT (stolpec 5).
It appears that, in every year except 2005, SVT's total payments for analogue and digital transmission to Teracom (column 1c) have been lower than Teracom's total costs of transmitting SVT (column 4).
Videti je, da je bil vsa leta, razen 2005, skupni znesek plačil SVT družbi Teracom za analogni in digitalni prenos (stolpec 1c) nižji od skupnih stroškov družbe Teracom za prenos SVT (stolpec 4).
Over the period as a whole, Teracom has in fact made losses on transmitting SVT in the order of SEK 149,5 million.
V celotnem obdobju je imela družba Teracom dejansko izgubo pri prenosu SVT v višini 149,5 milijona SEK.
Table 4:
Preglednica 4
SVT's actual transmission fees and Teracom's actual transmission costs from 1999 until 2006 (excluding VAT)
Dejanska plačila SVT za prenos in dejanski stroški prenosa družbe Teracom od leta 1999 do leta 2006 (brez DDV)
SVT's analogue fees
Plačila SVT za analogni prenos
SVT's digital fees
Plačila SVT za digitalni prenos
SVT's total fees
Skupna plačila SVT
The Government has provided the Commission with explanations regarding the losses Teracom made on SVT transmissions during the period 1999 to 2006.
Vlada je Komisiji predložila pojasnila v zvezi z izgubami družbe Teracom pri prenosu SVT v obdobju od leta 1999 do leta 2006.
First, according to the Government, Teracom's pricing in the digital terrestrial network was based on the actual number of viewers (the so-called penetration rate), which, during the initial phase of the roll-out, was below expectations.
Prvič, po trditvah vlade je družba Teracom oblikovala cene za digitalno prizemno omrežje na podlagi dejanskega števila gledalcev (tako imenovane gostote priključkov), ki je bilo v začetni fazi razvoja pod pričakovanim.
Second, to give broadcasters an incentive to start digital terrestrial transmissions, Teracom was initially not able to charge transmission fees which would fully cover its costs.
Drugič, družba Teracom postajam sprva ni mogla zaračunavati prenosa po cenah, ki bi popolnoma pokrile njene stroške, da bi jih spodbudila k digitalnemu prizemnemu prenosu.
Finally, Teracom's costs as presented in include imputed costs such as the owner's required rate of return.
Nazadnje, stroški družbe Teracom, prikazani v preglednici, vključujejo prisojene stroške, kot je lastnikova zahtevana stopnja donosa.
Such imputed costs are not considered losses under accountancy rules.
Taki prisojeni stroški se po računovodskih pravilih ne obravnavajo kot izgube.
The Government has also submitted Teracom's actual prices and costs of transmitting broadcasters other than SVT in the analogue and the digital terrestrial network, in particular the costs and prices of Sweden's main commercial broadcaster, TV4, which is also the only other broadcaster present in the analogue terrestrial network.
Vlada je predložila tudi dejanske cene in stroške družbe Teracom za prenos drugih postaj poleg SVT v analognem in digitalnem prizemnem omrežju, predvsem stroške in cene za glavno švedsko komercialno postajo, TV4, ki je tudi edina druga postaja v analognem prizemnem omrežju.
To the extent that the data indicate that SVT has paid higher transmission fees than TV4, these price differences can, according to the Government, be explained by the special requirements for SVT's transmissions, for example, SVT's higher coverage rate and greater capacity utilisation, the regional breakdown of SVT's transmission signals and security enhancing measures.
Kolikor podatki kažejo, da je SVT plačevala višje cene za prenos kot TV4, so po trditvah vlade razlog za te razlike v ceni posebne zahteve za prenos SVT, na primer višja stopnja pokritosti SVT in večja uporaba zmogljivosti, regionalna razčlenitev prenosnih signalov SVT in ukrepi za izboljšanje varnosti.
The alleged credit guarantee issued in favour of Teracom
Domnevno državno poroštvo, izdano v korist družbe Teracom
According to the Government, a credit guarantee was never issued.
Po trditvah vlade kreditno poroštvo ni bilo izdano.
The Government concedes, however, that in February 2002 Parliament adopted a Decision authorizing the Government to issue a credit guarantee.
Vendar pa vlada priznava, da je februarja 2002 parlament sprejel sklep, s katerim jo je pooblastil za izdajo kreditnega poroštva.
As indicated by the Government, it is important to note that, according to the Swedish Constitution, only the Government, but not Parliament, can make financial commitments towards third parties (such as Teracom) with respect to funds belonging to the State budget.
Kot je navedla vlada, je treba opozoriti, da lahko po švedski ustavi samo vlada, in ne parlament, prevzame finančne obveznosti do tretjih strank (kot je Teracom) v zvezi s sredstvi iz državnega proračuna.
However, the Government cannot make such commitments without Parliament's prior approval.
Vendar pa vlada ne more prevzeti takih obveznosti, če tega prej ne odobri parlament.
Also, in the case at hand, the Government had requested that the National Debt Office be charged with the task of issuing the guarantee.
V tem primeru je vlada tudi zaprosila, naj se Urad za javni dolg zadolži za izdajo poroštva.
According to the Government, once parliamentary approval was given, the Government, in June 2002, by decision, asked the National Debt Office to issue a credit guarantee in favour of Teracom and decide upon a fee to charge Teracom for the risks involved and the administrative costs.
Vlada trdi, da je, potem ko je parlament to odobril, junija 2002 s sklepom zaprosila Urad za javni dolg, naj izda kreditno poroštvo v korist družbe Teracom in določi pristojbino, ki se zaračuna družbi Teracom za zadevno tveganje in upravne stroške.
The Government emphasises, however, that this decision specified that the National Debt Office had to consider the EC rules on State aid to see whether a credit guarantee would be compatible with those rules, and, if it was not, to gather the information necessary for a notification under Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Vendar pa vlada poudarja, da je ta sklep določal, da mora Urad za javni dolg proučiti pravila ES o državni pomoči in preveriti, ali je kreditno poroštvo združljivo s temi pravili, ter, če ne bi bilo, zbrati potrebne informacije za priglasitev v skladu s členom 88(3) Pogodbe.
In addition, the National Debt Office had to make a risk assessment of any State guarantee.
Poleg tega je moral Urad za javni dolg opraviti ocene tveganja vseh državnih poroštev.
Importantly, prior to a decision by the National Debt Office concerning the amount of the credit guarantee, the time period and the amount of the fee and prior to establishing that the credit guarantee would not conflict with EC State aid rules, the credit guarantee could not be issued.
Pomembno je, da kreditnega poroštva ne bi bilo mogoče izdati pred odločitvijo Urada za javni dolg glede zneska kreditnega poroštva, časovnega okvira in zneska pristojbine ter pred ugotovitvijo, da kreditno poroštvo ni v nasprotju s pravili ES o državni pomoči.
In addition, the National Debt Office found that it could not be excluded that a State guarantee would constitute State aid.
Poleg tega je Urad za javni dolg ugotovil, da ni mogoče izključiti možnosti, da bi državno poroštvo pomenilo državno pomoč.
According to the Government, after the National Debt Office had reported its view on 1 October 2002, no actions were taken by the Government, the National Debt Office or by Teracom.
Vlada trdi, da po predložitvi stališča Urada za javni dolg 1. oktobra 2002 vlada, Urad za javni dolg in Teracom niso ukrepali.
According to the Government, the conditional shareholder contribution in the form of a capital injection does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty.
Po trditvah vlade pogojni delniški vložek v obliki dokapitalizacije ni državna pomoč v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES.
The Government notes first that the opening Decision is based on partly inaccurate information, which makes Teracom's economic and financial situation look worse than in reality.
Vlada najprej ugotavlja, da odločitev o sprožitvi postopka temelji na delno nenatančnih informacijah, zaradi katerih je gospodarsko in finančno stanje družbe Teracom videti slabše, kot je v resnici.
Teracom's solvency was not as low as indicated in the opening Decision and Teracom had made losses only in 2001 and 2002 and not in 2003.
Solventnost družbe Teracom ni bila tako slaba, kot je navedeno v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka, in ta družba je imela izgube samo v letih 2001 in 2002, ne pa v letu 2003.
According to the Government, the Commission, in the opening Decision, made a wrong assessment of Teracom's economic and financial situation at the time of the capital injection.
Po trditvah vlade je Komisija v odločitvi o sprožitvi postopka napačno ocenila gospodarsko in finančno stanje družbe Teracom v času dokapitalizacije.
The Government emphasises that at the end of June 2003, when it injected capital into Teracom, the company's financial and economic situation had changed considerably compared with the time period which provided the basis for the National Debt Office's negative opinion on the proposal to grant a State guarantee to Teracom.
Vlada poudarja, da je bilo konec junija 2003, ko je dokapitalizirala družbo Teracom, njeno finančno in gospodarsko stanje bistveno drugačno kot v obdobju, na katerem je temeljilo negativno mnenje Urada za javni dolg glede predloga za odobritev državnega poroštva družbi Teracom.
As indicated by the Government, over the course of 2002 Teracom had taken various steps to remedy its financial and economic problems.
Po navedbah vlade je družba Teracom v letu 2002 izvedla različne ukrepe, da bi odpravila svoje finančne in gospodarske težave.
It sold off three of its subsidiaries, reduced costs by laying off a significant part of its workforce (20 %), merged subsidiaries, shut down parts of its operations and concentrated its business on fewer locations and reduced investments compared with 2000 and 2001.
Prodala je tri hčerinske družbe, zmanjšala stroške z odpuščanjem precejšnjega dela zaposlenih (20 %), združila hčerinske družbe, ukinila del svojih dejavnosti, osredotočila dejavnost na manj lokacij in zmanjšala naložbe v primerjavi z letoma 2000 in 2001.
In addition, the market for digital terrestrial television was developing favourably, with growing demand for digital television subscriptions, in particular during the autumn of 2002.
Poleg tega se je trg digitalne prizemne televizije ugodno razvijal in povpraševanje po digitalnih televizijskih naročniških priključkih je raslo, zlasti jeseni leta 2002.
For Teracom, this led to a significant increase in annual subscription sales from approximately 100000 at the end of 2001 to approximately 140000 at the end of 2002.
Zaradi tega se je družbi Teracom bistveno povečala letna naročniška prodaja s približno 100000 ob koncu leta 2001 na približno 140000 ob koncu leta 2002.
These cost-cutting measures and the sales increase during the second half of 2002 significantly improved Teracom's financial and economic situation and, in fact, the company was already making profits in the first three months of 2003 — before the Government made its proposal to Parliament.
Ti ukrepi za zmanjševanje stroškov in povečanje prodaje v drugi polovici leta 2002 so bistveno izboljšali finančno in gospodarsko stanje družbe Teracom, ki je dejansko že imela dobiček v prvih treh mesecih leta 2003 – preden je vlada predložila predlog parlamentu.
The Government explains that, when the National Debt Office communicated its negative opinion to it, the Government decided to conduct a more in-depth analysis of Teracom's economic and financial position — instead of the snapshot type of analysis which the National Debt Office had carried out.
Vlada pojasnjuje, da se je, potem ko ji je Urad za javni dolg sporočil svoje negativno mnenje, odločila, da bo opravila bolj poglobljeno analizo gospodarskega in finančnega stanja družbe Teracom – namesto presečne analize, ki jo je opravil Urad za javni dolg.
Similarly to what a private shareholder would have done, the Government assessed Teracom's short- and long-term economic and financial position based on Teracom's business plans for the years 2003 to 2005, on its financial forecasts for the period 2003 to 2010 and on comparisons with other companies and other shareholders in the same and similar industries.
Vlada je, podobno kot bi napravil zasebni delničar, ocenila kratkoročno in dolgoročno gospodarsko ter finančno stanje družbe Teracom na podlagi njenih poslovnih načrtov za leta od 2003 do 2005, njenih finančnih napovedi za obdobje od leta 2003 do 2010 in primerjav z drugimi družbami in delničarji v tem sektorju ter sorodnih sektorjih.
It concluded that a conditional shareholder contribution in the form of a capital injection amounting to SEK 500 million would improve Teracom's solvency and allow Teracom to subsequently generate enough profits to pay back the injection within a reasonable time.
Ugotovila je, da bi pogojni delniški vložek v obliki dokapitalizacije v višini 500 milijonov SEK izboljšal solventnost družbe Teracom in ji omogočil, da kasneje ustvari dovolj dobička, da bo lahko ta vložek v primernem času odplačala.
The Government maintains that, in this situation, the shareholder capital injection did not constitute State aid.
Vlada trdi, da v tem primeru delniška dokapitalizacija ni bila državna pomoč.
According to the Government, a private investor would, in the same situation, have been prepared to contribute capital because Teracom's long-term financial forecasts were positive.
Po trditvah vlade bi bil zasebni vlagatelj v enakih okoliščinah pripravljen prispevati kapital, ker so bile dolgoročne finančne napovedi družbe Teracom pozitivne.