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In their comments, certain interested parties and the Hungarian authorities suggested that the PPAs should be assessed individually given the differences in their exact terms and conditions.
V svojih pripombah so nekatere zainteresirane stranke in madžarski organi predlagali, da bi se SNEE zaradi razlik v njihovih natančnih pogojih vrednotili individualno.
This Decision covers all PPAs between MVM and power generators that were in force when Hungary joined the EU (see recitals 44 and 45 above).
Ta odločba vključuje vse SNEE med MVM in proizvajalci električne energije, ki so veljali, ko se je Madžarska priključila EU (glej uvodni izjavi 44 in 45 zgoraj).
The Commission considers that the governing principles of the PPAs present similarities which, in a State aid procedure, justify their common assessment.
Komisija meni, da so si veljavna načela SNEE podobna, kar v postopku državne pomoči upravičuje njihovo skupno presojo.
As shown below, the Commission is of the view that the main advantage flowing from the PPAs is common to all of them, and that the decision on their conclusion in the period 1995-2001 followed the same policy objectives and the same type of solution.
Kot je prikazano spodaj, Komisija meni, da je glavna prednost, ki izhaja iz SNEE, skupna vsem in da odločitev o njihovi sklenitvi v obdobju 1995–2001 temelji na enakih političnih ciljih in enaki vrsti rešitve.
In concrete terms, they all provide for a purchase obligation on the part of MVM – for a duration covering a substantial part of the lifetime of the assets – of reserved capacities and a guaranteed quantity, with a pricing mechanism allowing the generators to cover their fixed and variable costs.
Konkretno vsi določajo obveznost nakupa – za čas trajanja, ki vključuje večji del življenjske dobe premoženja – rezerviranih zmogljivosti s strani MVM in zagotovljeno količino z mehanizmom določanja cen, ki omogoča proizvajalcem kritje fiksnih in variabilnih stroškov.
Furthermore, the other criteria for the existence of State aid also present similarities that justify their common assessment.
Tudi druga merila za obstoj državne pomoči predstavljajo podobne elemente, ki upravičujejo njihovo skupno presojo.
Their selectivity is based on the same principles; the question of whether the PPAs lead to a transfer of State resources requires largely the same assessment for each of them; and their affect on competition and trade also follows the same economic assessment and must also take into account the coexistence of the PPAs on the Hungarian market.
Njihova selektivnost temelji na enakih načelih; vprašanje, ali SNEE vodijo do prenosa državnih sredstev, zahteva enako presojo za vsakega izmed njih; njihov vpliv na konkurenco in trgovino pa tudi sledi enaki ekonomski presoji in mora hkrati upoštevati tudi soobstoj SNEE na madžarskem trgu.
The Commission is thus of the view that in order for this State aid decision to accurately reflect the reality of the Hungarian power generation market, the PPAs must be assessed jointly, with a single decision closing the procedure.
Komisija torej meni, da je treba za namene te odločbe o državni pomoči natančno osvetliti dejanski položaj madžarskega trga z električno energijo in izvesti skupno presojo SNEE z eno samo odločbo, ki bo zaključila ta postopek.
This comprehensive approach does not prevent the Commission from taking into account the differences that indeed exist between the PPAs in question.
Ta celostni pristop pa Komisiji ne preprečuje, da bi upoštevala razlike, ki dejansko obstajajo med zadevnimi SNEE.
This Decision thus sets out the differences between the PPAs where such differences are relevant for the purpose of this Decision.
Ta odločba torej opredeljuje razlike med SNEE, če so te razlike pomembne za namene te odločbe.
Below the Commission analyses each of the four cumulative criteria which comprise the definition of State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty: the involvement of state resources, the existence of an economic advantage, the selectivity of the advantage, and the impact on trade.
Spodaj Komisija analizira vsakega izmed štirih kumulativnih meril, ki vključujejo opredelitev državne pomoči v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES: vključevanje državnih sredstev, obstoj ekonomske prednosti, selektivnost prednosti in vpliv na trgovino.
In their comments, the interested parties argued (with reference to several assessment criteria) that the Commission should consider only the situation that prevailed when the PPAs were signed.
V svojih pripombah so zainteresirane stranke trdile (s sklicevanjem na več meril presoje), da bi morala Komisija upoštevati samo razmere, ki so prevladovale v času, ko so bili SNEE podpisani.
The findings of this analysis should then extend to the whole duration of the PPAs.
Ugotovitve te analize bi bilo nato treba razširiti na celotno trajanje SNEE.
In this regard, Budapest power plant refers to the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid [49].
Glede tega se elektrarna Budapest sklicuje na obvestilo Komisije o določitvi veljavnih pravil za oceno nezakonite pomoči [49].
In establishing the relevant time of assessment, the Commission must first take into account the Accession Act of Hungary to the EU, the Procedural Regulation and the Court's case law.
Pri določanju zadevnega časa presoje mora Komisija najprej upoštevati Akt o pristopu Madžarske k EU, Postopkovno uredbo in sodno prakso Sodišča.
The relevant part of Annex IV to the Accession Act reads as follows:
Zadevni del Priloge IV k Aktu o pristopu se glasi:
The relevant part of Article 1 of the Procedural Regulation reads as follows:
Zadevni del člena 1 Postopkovne uredbe se glasi:
“existing aid” shall mean:
‚veljavna pomoč‘ pomeni:
aid which is deemed to be an existing aid because it can be established that at the time it was put into effect it did not constitute an aid, and subsequently became an aid due to the evolution of the common market and without having been altered by the Member State.
pomoč, za katero se šteje, da je veljavna, ker je mogoče ugotoviti, da takrat, ko se je začela izvajati, ni bila pomoč, pozneje pa je postala pomoč zaradi razvoja skupnega trga in je država članica ni spremenila.
Where certain measures become aid following the liberalisation of an activity by Community law, such measures shall not be considered as existing aid after the date fixed for liberalisation.
Če nekateri ukrepi postanejo pomoč zaradi liberalizacije dejavnosti s pravnimi predpisi Skupnosti, se takšni ukrepi ne štejejo kot veljavna pomoč po datumu, določenem za liberalizacijo;
“new aid” shall mean all aid, that is to say, aid schemes and individual aid, which is not existing aid, including alterations to existing aid’.
‚nova pomoč‘ pomeni vsako pomoč, to je sheme pomoči ali individualno pomoč, ki ni veljavna pomoč, vključno s spremembami veljavne pomoči;“
It follows from the above provisions that measures which did not constitute State aid at the time they were granted can, in certain circumstances, become State aid measures within the meaning of Article 87 of the EC Treaty.
Iz zgornjih določb je razvidno, da lahko ukrepi, ki v času dodelitve niso predstavljali državne pomoči, v določenih okoliščinah postanejo državna pomoč v smislu člena 87 Pogodbe EU.
This is without prejudice to the classification of the measure becoming State aid as existing or new aid.
To ne vpliva na uvrstitev ukrepa, ki postane državna pomoč, med veljavno ali novo pomoč.
Although it is true that, in analysing the existence of State aid in a specific case, the Commission must assess the situation prevailing at the time the measure entered into force, this does not mean that the assessment of the four criteria in the definition of State aid should in all circumstances be limited only to the time at which the aid was granted.
Čeprav je res, da mora Komisija pri analizi obstoja državne pomoči v zadevnem primeru oceniti razmere, ki so prevladovale v času, ko je ukrep začel veljati, to ne pomeni, da mora biti presoja štirih meril pri opredelitvi državne pomoči v vseh okoliščinah omejena samo na čas, v katerem je bila pomoč dodeljena.
From Article 1(b)(v) of the Procedural Regulation, it clearly appears that there are exceptional circumstances, such as the evolution of the common market or the liberalisation of a sector, where substantial economic and legal changes take place in a sector or several sectors of the economy and where, owing to these changes, a measure that initially did not come within the scope of Article 87 of the Treaty may fall under State aid control.
Iz člena 1(b)(v) Postopkovne uredbe je razvidno, da obstajajo izjemne okoliščine, kot so razvoj skupnega trga ali liberalizacija sektorja, v katerih se odvijajo velike ekonomske in pravne spremembe v enem ali več sektorjih gospodarstva in kjer se lahko zaradi omenjenih sprememb ukrep, ki v začetku ni sodil v okvir člena 87 Pogodbe, prišteva pod nadzor državne pomoči.
When liberalising a sector of the economy, to keep all measures which did not qualify as State aid owing to the substantially different market conditions at the time they were granted, but which as of liberalisation meet all the criteria of State aid, would de facto perpetuate a large part of the pre-competitive market circumstances.
Pri liberalizaciji gospodarskega sektorja bi ohranitev vseh ukrepov, ki se ne štejejo za državno pomoč zaradi bistveno drugačnih tržnih pogojev v času, ko so bili dodeljeni, vendar od liberalizacije naprej izpolnjujejo vsa merila državne pomoči, dejansko pomenila ohranjanje znatnega dela predkonkurenčnih tržnih okoliščin.
This would go against the precise intention of putting an end to such an uncompetitive situation on a market, i.e. the decision of the Member States to liberalise the given sector.
To bi bilo v nasprotju z jasno namero odpraviti takšne nekonkurenčne razmere na trgu, tj. s sklepom držav članic o liberalizaciji zadevnega sektorja.
The purpose of special provisions whereby a measure can become State aid is to avoid prolonging any measures which, although not constituting aid under previous economic and legal circumstances, might harm the interests of players in the new market conditions [50].
Namen posebnih določb, s katerimi lahko ukrep postane državna pomoč, je izogibanje podaljševanju vseh ukrepov, ki lahko škodujejo interesom akterjev v novih tržnih pogojih, čeprav ne predstavljajo pomoči v okviru prejšnjih gospodarskih in pravnih okoliščin [50].
The question of whether such State aid is to be classified as existing or new aid should be assessed separately once the Commission has established the existence or otherwise of State aid.
Vprašanje, ali je treba tovrstno pomoč uvrstiti med veljavno ali novo pomoč, je treba obravnavati ločeno po tem, ko bo Komisija določila obstoj državne pomoči ali pa se odločila kako drugače.
Hungary's economy underwent a drastic change in the 1990s.
Madžarsko gospodarstvo je v 90-tih letih prejšnjega stoletja doživelo korenito spremembo.
In joining the European Union, Hungary also joined the liberalised internal energy market.
S tem ko se je pridružila Evropski uniji, se je hkrati pridružila liberaliziranemu notranjemu trgu z električno energijo.
The competition rules of the Accession Act do not provide for any exception as regards the Hungarian energy market.
Pravila konkurence Akta o pristopu ne določajo izjem glede madžarskega trga z električno energijo.
In the light of this, contrary to the interested parties’ comments, the Commission is of the view that the PPAs, entered into in substantially different economic conditions (as recognised by the interested parties) before accession to the liberalised internal energy market, may very well become State aid in the new legal and economic circumstances.
Na podlagi tega in v nasprotju s pripombami zainteresiranih strank Komisija meni, da lahko SNEE, ki so bili sklenjeni v bistveno drugačnih gospodarskih pogojih (kot so to že ugotovile zainteresirane stranke) pred vstopom na liberalizirani notranji trg z električno energijo, v novih pravnih in gospodarskih okoliščinah predstavljajo državno pomoč.
To establish the existence of such aid, the four criteria of the existence of State aid within the measure should be assessed under the new economic and legal circumstances.
Da bi določili obstoj tovrstne pomoči, je treba oceniti štiri merila v okviru ukrepa v novih gospodarskih in pravnih okoliščinah.
The question of the relevant time of assessment should furthermore be assessed in the light of the Accession Act.
Vprašanje glede zadevnega časa presoje je treba oceniti v skladu z Aktom o pristopu.
Unlike in previous accessions, the Member States agreed to introduce specific provisions to the Accession Act whereby all aid measures applicable after accession and concluded after 10 December 1994 were to be notified to the Commission before accession and reviewed by it on the basis of the acquis communautaire.
Za razliko od prejšnjih pristopov so se države članice strinjale, da uvedejo posebne določbe k Aktu o pristopu, po katerih bo treba vse ukrepe pomoči, ki veljajo po pristopu in so bili sklenjeni po 10. decembru 1994, pred pristopom sporočiti Komisiji, ki jih bo pregledala na podlagi pravnega reda Skupnosti.
The vast majority of the countries that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 had, for historical reasons, a strong tradition of State interventionism.
Velika večina držav, ki se je EU pridružila 1. maja 2004, je imela zaradi zgodovinskih razlogov močno tradicijo državnega intervencionizma.
However, there may be measures that could not fulfil the four criteria of State aid before accession owing to the very different market conditions then prevailing.
Kljub temu pa lahko obstajajo ukrepi, ki pred pristopom niso izpolnjevali štirih meril državne pomoči zaradi zelo drugačnih tržnih pogojev, ki so takrat prevladovali.
However, with the new legal and economic conditions of post-accession, these conditions may very well become fulfilled.
V okviru novih gospodarskih in pravnih pogojev po pristopu so ti pogoji mogoče izpolnjeni.
The relevant articles of the Accession Act aim at ensuring undistorted competition on the internal market for the period after the date of entry into force of the Treaty.
Namen zadevnih členov Akta o pristopu je zagotavljanje neizkrivljene konkurence na notranjem trgu za obdobje po dnevu začetka veljavnosti Pogodbe.
Consequently, the purpose of the relevant articles of the Accession Act is to avoid distortions of competition on the common market due to incompatible State aid measures after accession.
Posledično je namen zadevnih členov Akta o pristopu preprečevanje izkrivljanja konkurence na skupnem trgu zaradi neskladnih ukrepov državne pomoči po pristopu.
In this regard, it is irrelevant whether in the 1990s when the measure was granted, it actually fulfilled all the criteria of State aid or not.
V tem pogledu ni pomembno, ali je ukrep v 90-tih letih, ko je bil dodeljen, dejansko izpolnjeval vsa merila za državno pomoč ali ne.
Consequently, the relevant time for the assessment of the criteria for the existence of aid as to be the time period following the date Hungary joined the EU and the liberalised internal energy market.
Zadevni čas za oceno meril za obstoj pomoči je časovno obdobje, ki je sledilo po dnevu, ko je Madžarska vstopila v EU in na liberalizirani notranji trg z električno energijo.
Any other approach would lead to a situation where the economic conditions of the pre-accession and pre-liberalisation period (corresponding, in the case of most new Member States, to a transition period following the communist regime) could be perpetuated long after the country's accession to the European Union.
Kakršen koli drug pristop bi vodil do položaja, kjer bi se gospodarski pogoji iz obdobja pred pristopom in liberalizacijo (ki je v večini primerov novih držav članic sovpadalo s tranzicijskim obdobjem po komunističnem režimu) ohranili še dolgo po vstopu države v Evropsko unijo.
Measures which might not have constituted State aid before accession could be maintained and even prolonged as long as the Member State wished, even if they constituted State aid under post-accession conditions, as they would not fall under the Commission's State aid control.
Ukrepi, ki morda niso predstavljali državne pomoči pred pristopom, bi se lahko ohranili in celo podaljšali po želji države članice, četudi bi predstavljali državno pomoč v okviru popristopnih pogojev, saj ne bi bili pod nadzorom državne pomoči Komisije.
This is precisely the intention of the interested parties’ comments in this regard.
Ravno to je namen pripomb zainteresiranih strank v tem pogledu.
All the interested parties’ arguments concerning the relevant time of assessment aim to show that the economic and legal assessment of the PPAs in the context of the present State aid procedure should be based only on the circumstances that prevailed at the time of the signature of the PPAs (i.e. between 1995 and 2001), and to lead to the conclusion that the PPAs, because of those legal and economic circumstances, do not constitute State aid.
Namen vseh argumentov, ki se nanašajo na zadevni čas presoje, je pokazati, da bi morala gospodarska in pravna ocena SNEE v okviru trenutnega postopka glede državne pomoči temeljiti samo na okoliščinah, ki so prevladovale v času sklepanja SNEE (tj. med letoma 1995 in 2001) ter pripeljati do sklepa, da SNEE zaradi omenjenih pravnih in gospodarskih okoliščin ne predstavljajo državne pomoči.
They argue that the market economy operator test and the criteria of distortion of competition and effect on trade should be analysed in the economic context of the mid-1990s, that the Commission should take into account MVM's obligations at that time (security of supply) and the model of the energy sector prevailing at that time (‘Single Buyer’ model, etc.).
Trdijo, da je treba preskus subjektov tržnega gospodarstva, merila izkrivljanja konkurence in učinek na trgovino analizirati v ekonomskem okviru sredine 90-tih let, da mora Komisija upoštevati obveznosti MVM v tem času (varnost dobave) in model energetskega sektorja, ki je prevladoval v tem obdobju („model pooblaščenega kupca“ itd.).
In their view, the result of the assessment under these circumstances should prevail until the end date of the PPAs (2024 for the longest contract), irrespective of such changes as Hungary's accession to the EU and the subsequent mandatory liberalisation of the energy market.
Rezultat ocene v okviru teh okoliščin naj bi po njihovem mnenju prevladoval do dneva zaključka SNEE (2024 za najdaljšo pogodbo), ne glede na spremembe, kot so pristop Madžarske k EU in posledična obvezna liberalizacija trga z električno energijo.
The Commission cannot agree with this line of argument.
Komisija se ne more strinjati s tem argumentom.
The Commission is of the view that the relevant articles of the Accession Act aim precisely at avoiding such situations, by requiring the immediate application of State aid rules to the players of the economy.
Komisija meni, da je cilj zadevnih členov Akta o pristopu ravno preprečevanje tovrstnih situacij na podlagi zahteve po takojšnjem izvajanja pravil o državni pomoči pri ekonomskih akterjih.
The Accession Act does provide for exceptions for certain sectors of the economy (e.g. provisions on transport), but no exception whatsoever is provided for operators on the electricity market.
Akt o pristopu določa izjeme za določene gospodarske sektorje (npr. uredbe o transportu), vendar za akterje na trgu z električno energijo ne določa izjem.
The acquis communautaire, including Directive 96/92/EC, thus applies to all contractual conditions of the Hungarian electricity market immediately as of accession.
Pravni red Skupnosti, vključno z Direktivo 96/92/ES, se tako od pristopa uporablja za vse pogodbene pogoje madžarskega trga z električno energijo.
In its assessment of the PPAs, the Commission thus takes the view that, by joining the liberalised internal energy market, Hungary agreed to apply the principles of that market's economy to all the players on its existing market, including all existing commercial relations.
V svoji oceni SNEE Komisija meni, da se je Madžarska ob vstopu na liberalizirani notranji trg z električno energijo strinjala, da bo uporabljala načela zadevnega tržnega gospodarstva pri vseh akterjih na njenem obstoječem trgu, vključno z vsemi obstoječimi trgovinskimi odnosi.
The Commission must therefore assess whether, as of the day on which Hungary joined the European Union, the measure meets the criteria for the existence of State aid.
Komisija mora torej oceniti, ali od dneva, ko se je Madžarska pridružila Evropski uniji, ukrep izpolnjuje merila za obstoj državne pomoči.
As an introduction to the assessment of the existence of an advantage, it is useful to note that most of the power generators acknowledged in their comments that they could not have invested in those plants without the guarantees offered by the PPAs.
Kot uvod v presojo glede obstoja prednosti je treba poudariti, da večina proizvajalcev električne energije v svojih pripombah priznava, da brez zagotovila, ki so ga nudili SNEE, ne bi mogli investirati v navedene elektrarne.
However, the banks refused the decrease of both the reserved capacities and the guaranteed off-take’ [52].
Vendar pa so banke zavrnile zmanjšanje tako rezerviranih zmogljivosti kot tudi zagotovljena količina odjema“ [52].
In this regard, […] (as facility agent for the twelve banks, lenders of nearly […] to Csepel power plant) argues that ‘The view of the Banks is that the PPA is part of a package of closely related commercial agreements that secured and still secure the Facility Agreement that provides the financing for the project at market conditions.
V zvezi s tem […] (kot agent za odobrena sredstva v imenu dvanajstih bank, posojilodajalcev skoraj […] elektrarni Csepel) trdi, da je „stališče bank da SNEE predstavljajo del svežnja tesno povezanih trgovinskih sporazumov, ki so varovali in še vedno varujejo Sporazum o odobrenih sredstvih, ki zagotavlja financiranje projekta po tržnih pogojih.
Thus, any change of the PPAs would automatically affect the Banks and, owing to the contractual mechanisms available to the Banks to protect their financial interests, in turn endanger the Csepel II Project as a whole’.
Vsaka sprememba SNEE bi torej samodejno vplivala na banke in zaradi pogodbenih mehanizmov, ki so banki na voljo za zaščito njihovih finančnih interesov, ogrožala celoten projekt Csepel II“.
[…] (as facility agent for the nine banks, lenders of nearly […] to AES-Tisza) argues that ‘The principal basis for this financing was the existence of the PPA along with the other pertinent project documents (e.g. the Fuel Supply Agreement).
[…] (kot agent za odobrena sredstva v imenu devetih bank, posojilodajalcev skoraj […] AES-Tisza) trdi, da je „bila osnova za tovrstno financiranje obstoj SNEE skupaj z drugimi ustreznimi projektnimi dokumenti (npr. Sporazum o dobavi goriva).
[…] The PPAs provide stability to demand risk (volume of electricity sold and pricing).’‘The demand stability feature […] is critical in giving banks the necessary security to provide long-term financing in an immature market’.
[…] SNEE zagotavljajo stabilnost pri tveganju glede povpraševanja (količina prodane električne energije in določanje cen)“„Element stabilnosti pri povpraševanju […] je ključen in daje bankam potrebno zagotovilo za omogočanje dolgoročnih financiranj na uveljavljajočem se trgu.“
In order to assess the existence of an advantage under the PPAs, the Commission first carried out a preliminary analysis to determine what line of reasoning to follow in the assessment.
Da bi ocenila obstoj prednosti v okviru SNEE, je Komisija najprej izvedla predhodno analizo, da bi ugotovila, katerim smernicam naj sledi pri presoji.