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This Decision shall enter into force on 29 December 2010.
Ta sklep začne veljati 29. decembra 2010.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 13 December 2010.
V Frankfurtu na Majni, 13. decembra 2010
OJ L 115, 16.5.2000, p. 1.
UL L 115, 16.5.2000, str. 1.
Pursuant to the first sentence of Article 28.1 of the Statute of the ESCB the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB) is EUR 5000 million. The ECB’s capital was increased to EUR 5760652402,58 in accordance with Article 48.3 of the Statute of the ESCB as a consequence of Member States acceding to the Union and their national central banks joining the European System of Central Banks.
V skladu s prvim stavkom člena 28.1 Statuta ESCB znaša kapital Evropske centralne banke (ECB) 5 milijard EUR. Kapital ECB je bil povečan na 5760652402,58 EUR v skladu s členom 48.3 Statuta ESCB zaradi držav članic, ki so pristopile Uniji, in njihovih centralnih bank, ki so se pridružile Evropskemu sistemu centralnih bank.
on the scheme for consolidating the onerous debts of agriculture cooperatives and holdings implemented in Lazio Region (Italy) pursuant to Regional Law No 52/1994 and refinanced by Article 257 of Regional Law No 10 of 10 May 2001
o shemi konsolidacije velikih dolgov kmetijskih zadrug in kmetijskih podjetij, izvedene v deželi Lazio (Italija) v skladu z deželnim zakonom št. 52/1994 in ponovno financirane v skladu s členom 257 deželnega zakona št. 10 z dne 10. maja 2001
(notified under document C(2009) 4525)
(notificirano pod dokumentarno številko C(2009) 4525)
I. PROCEDURE
I. POSTOPEK:
By letter dated 11 September 2001, registered on 13 September 2001, the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty, of the text of Article 257 of Regional Law No 10 of 10 May 2001, amending Article 2 of Regional Law No 52 of 31 October 1994.
Z dopisom z dne 11. septembra 2001, registriranim 13. septembra 2001, je Stalno predstavništvo Italijanske republike pri Evropski uniji v skladu s členom 88(3) Pogodbe ES Komisiji poslalo besedilo člena 257 deželnega zakona št. 10 z dne 10. maja 2001, ki spreminja člen 2 deželnega zakona št. 52 z dne 31. oktobra 1994.
By letter dated 19 April 2002, registered on 22 April 2002, the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union sent the Commission the additional information it had requested from the Italian authorities concerning the above provisions by letter dated 9 November 2001.
Z dopisom z dne 19. aprila 2002, registriranim 22. aprila 2002, je Stalno predstavništvo Italijanske republike pri Evropski uniji v dopisu z dne 9. novembra 2001 Komisiji poslalo dodatne informacije, ki jih je zahtevala od italijanskih organov v zvezi z zgornjimi določbami.
After examining this information, the Commission asked the Italian authorities, by letter dated 17 June 2002, to send further information within four weeks.
Po preučitvi teh informacij so službe Komisije z dopisom z dne 17. junija 2002 italijanske organe prosile, naj v naslednjih štirih tednih pošljejo dodatne informacije.
As it had not received any reply by the deadline set in the letter of 17 June 2002, the Commission sent a new letter dated 19 August 2003 urgently asking for the information that had previously been requested.
Službe Komisije v roku, določenem v dopisu z dne 17. junija 2002, niso prejele odgovora, zato so z novim dopisom z dne 19. avgusta 2003 ponovno zaprosile za informacije.
By letter dated 23 October 2003, registered on 29 October 2003, the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union sent the Commission the additional information requested from the Italian authorities in the letter of 17 June 2002.
Z dopisom z dne 23. oktobra 2003, registriranim 29. oktobra 2003, je Stalno predstavništvo Italijanske republike pri Evropski uniji službam Komisije poslalo dodatne informacije, ki so se od italijanskih organov zahtevale v dopisu z dne 17. junija 2002.
By letter dated 11 December 2003, the Commission informed Italy of its decision to initiate the procedure provided for by Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in relation the provisions of Article 257 of Regional Law No 10 of 10 May 2001 (hereinafter ‘Law No 10/01’) and the aid paid between 1 January 1998 and 20 May 2001 (the date of entry into force of Law No 10/01) under the aid scheme that was to have been refinanced by the budget allocation provided for in that article [1].
Komisija je z dopisom z dne 11. decembra 2003 obvestila Italijo o odločitvi, da bo sprožila postopek iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe ES v zvezi z določbami člena 257 deželnega zakona št. 10 z dne 10. maja 2001 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: zakon št. 10/01) in glede pomoči, dodeljenih med 1. januarjem 1998 in 20. majem 2001 (datum začetka veljavnosti zakona št. 10/01) v okviru sheme pomoči, ki naj bi se ponovno financirale iz sredstev proračuna, predvidenih v navedenem členu [1].
The Commission invited interested parties to submit comments.
Komisija je pozvala zainteresirane strani, naj o zadevi predložijo svoje pripombe.
The Commission did not receive any comments from interested parties.
Komisija ni prejela pripomb zainteresiranih strani.
Nevertheless, the Italian authorities met Commission staff to make clarifications in relation to the comments made by the Commission after the procedure under Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty was initiated.
Italijanski organi so se kljub temu sestali s službami Komisije zaradi razjasnitve pripomb, ki jih je Komisija podala po sprožitvi postopka iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe ES.
By e-mail dated 3 April 2009, the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union sent the Commission a letter from the Italian authorities summarising the discussions that took place at the meeting referred to in the previous paragraph.
Stalno predstavništvo Italijanske republike pri Evropski uniji je v elektronskem sporočilu z dne 3. aprila 2009 Komisiji poslalo dopis italijanskih organov, v katerem je povzeta razprava s srečanja iz prejšnjega odstavka.
The notified measure
Priglašeni ukrep
Article 257 of Law No 10/01 provides for an additional allocation of ITL 400 million (EUR 206583) as an interest-rate subsidy on 15-year loans intended to consolidate the onerous debts of agricultural cooperatives, groupings thereof and agricultural holdings pursuant to Regional Law No 52 of 31 October 1994 (hereinafter ‘Law No 52/94’), as amended by Law No 13 of 29 April 1996 (hereinafter ‘Law No 13/96’).
V členu 257 zakona št. 10/01 je predvidena dodelitev dodatnih 400 milijonov lir (206583 EUR) kot pomoč za plačilo obresti za 15-letna posojila z namenom konsolidacije velikih dolgov kmetijskih zadrug in njihovih konzorcijev ter kmetijskih gospodarstev v smislu deželnega zakona št. 52 z dne 31. oktobra 1994 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: zakon št. 52/94), spremenjenega z zakonom št. 13 z dne 29. aprila 1996 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: zakon št. 13/96).
Legal basis changed by the notified measure
Zakonodajna podlaga, spremenjena s priglašenim ukrepom
Law No 52/94, which constitutes the legal basis for the consolidation, provided for the following:
Zakon št. 52/94, ki je pravna podlaga za konsolidacijo, je določal naslednje:
aid to cooperatives and groupings thereof in the form of an interest-rate subsidy on 15-year loans intended to consolidate onerous debts resulting from loans not covered by public subsidies (Article 1(1));
pomoč zadrugam in njihovim konzorcijem v obliki pomoči za odplačilo obresti za 15-letna posojila z namenom konsolidacije velikih dolgov, ki izhajajo iz posojil, ki jih ne krijejo javni prispevki (člen 1(1));
aid to agricultural holdings in the form of an interest-rate subsidy on 15-year loans intended to consolidate onerous debts resulting from investments that had already been made (Article 1(2));
pomoč kmetijskim zadrugam v obliki pomoči za odplačilo obresti za 15-letna posojila z namenom konsolidacije velikih dolgov, ki izhajajo iz naložb, ki so bile že izvedene (člen 1(2));
aid in the form of grants to cooperatives and groupings thereof in the event of merger or absorption by another cooperative body, covering up to 50 % of the liabilities in the balance sheet of the aforementioned cooperatives or groupings thereof, for the purposes of discharging such liabilities (Article 4);
pomoč v obliki subvencij kmetijskim zadrugam in njihovim konzorcijem za združitev z drugo zadrugo ali za priključitev k njej, v višini do 50 % dolgov v proračunu zadrug ali njihovih konzorcijev, z namenom odprave teh dolgov (člen 4);
onerous debts were defined as those resulting from short-, medium- and long-term bank loans obtained without public aid and existing as at the date of entry into force of the law.
za velike dolgove veljajo dolgovi, ki izhajajo iz kratko-, srednje- in dolgoročnih bančnih posojil, pridobljeni brez državne pomoči in ki so obstajali na dan začetka veljavnosti zakona;
The Commission launched the investigation procedure under paragraph 2 of Article 88 (formerly Article 93) of the EC Treaty in relation to the aid provided for by the law in question [3], since it was not certain that this aid complied with the criteria used at the time as the basis for its analysis.
Komisija je sprožila postopek preverjanja iz člena 88(2) (prejšnji člen 93) Pogodbe ES v zvezi s pomočjo, ki jo določa zadevni zakon [3], ker ni bila prepričana, ali je pomoč v skladu z merili, ki so se uporabljala kot osnova za njeno analizo;
According to these criteria, the Commission considered this type of grant to be operating aid, which, in principle, could be considered compatible with the common market only if the following three conditions were satisfied:
Na podlagi teh meril je Komisija tovrstne subvencije štela kot pomoč za tekoče poslovanje, ki se lahko šteje kot združljiva s skupnim trgom le, če so izpolnjene naslednje tri zahteve:
such aid had to concern onerous debts resulting from loans taken out to finance investments that had already been made;
takšna pomoč je morala zadevati velike dolgove, izhajajoče iz posojil za financiranje naložb, ki so že bile izvedene;
the aggregate amount of any aid granted when the loan was taken out and the aid in question could not exceed the percentage generally authorised by the Commission, i.e.:
skupni znesek vseh pomoči, dodeljenih, ko je bilo posojilo najeto, in zadevnih pomoči, ni smel presegati odstotka, ki ga običajno odobri Komisija:
for investments in the primary agricultural sector: 35 % or 75 % in less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC [4];for investments in the sector of processing and marketing of agricultural products: 55 % (or 75 % in Objective 1 regions) for projects complying with the sectoral programmes or one of the objectives of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 [5] and 35 % (or 50 % in Objective 1 regions) for other products not excluded on the basis of the selection criteria under point 2 of the Annex to Commission Decision 90/342/EEC [6] (or Commission Decision 94/173/EEC [7];(c) the aid in question could be paid only following changes in the rates for the new loans taken out, so as to take account of variations in the cost of money (in such cases, the amount of aid had to be less than or equal to the cost of such changes) or had to concern agricultural holdings providing guarantees of viability, particularly in the event that the financial burdens resulting from the existing loans were such as to be detrimental to the holdings or lead them to bankruptcy.
za naložbe v primarni kmetijski sektor: 35 % ali 75 % na območjih z omejenimi možnostmi v smislu Direktive Sveta 75/268/EGS [4];za naložbe v sektor predelave ali trženja kmetijskih proizvodov: 55 % (ali 75 % na območjih cilja 1) za projekte v skladu s sektorskimi programi ali z enim od ciljev iz člena 1 Uredbe Sveta (EGS) št. 866/90 [5] in 35 % (ali 50 % na območjih cilja 1) za druge projekte, ki ne bodo izključeni na podlagi izbirnih kriterijev iz točke 2 Priloge k Odločbi Komisije 90/342/EGS [6] (ali Odločbi Komisije 94/173/EGS [7];(c) zadevna pomoč se je lahko dodelila le po spremembi obrestnih mer za nova najeta posojila, da so se upoštevale spremembe obrestnih mer (v teh primerih je morala biti višina pomoči nižja ali enaka strošku takšnih sprememb), ali pa je morala zadevati kmetijska podjetja, ki so nudila garancije finančne sposobnosti, predvsem v primeru, ko je bilo finančno breme zaradi obstoječih posojil tako, da bi lahko škodovalo podjetjem ali jih celo prisililo v stečaj.
After the procedure had been initiated, the Italian authorities amended Law No 52/94 by means of Law No 13/96, on the basis of which the Commission was able to close the procedure by declaring the aid, as modified by that law, to be compatible with the common market [8].
Po sprožitvi postopka so italijanski organi zakon št. 52/94 spremenili z zakonom št. 13/96, na podlagi katerega je Komisija odločila, da je pomoč, spremenjena z navedenim zakonom, v skladu s skupnim trgom, s čimer je lahko zaključila postopek [8].
The changes made to the scheme by Law No 13/96 were as follows:
Spremembe sheme, vpeljane z zakonom št. 13/96 so:
the aid of up to 50 % of the liabilities entered in the balance sheet of cooperatives in the event of merger or absorption was cancelled;
odpravljena je bila pomoč v višini do 50 % dolgov v proračunu zadrug v primeru združitve z drugo zadrugo ali priključitve k njej;
the aid for the consolidation of the onerous debts of cooperatives and groupings thereof (Article 1(1) of Law No 52/94) and aid for holdings (Article 1(2)) may be granted only to consolidate debts resulting from the carrying out of investments;
pomoč za konsolidacijo velikih dolgov zadrug in konzorcijev (člen 1(1) zakona št. 52/94) in pomoč kmetijskim gospodarstvom (člen 1(2)) se lahko dodeli le za konsolidacijo dolgov, nastalih zaradi izvedbe naložb;
this aid may concern only a part (share) of the investment, namely 80 % for cooperatives and 65 % for agricultural holdings;
ta pomoč lahko zadeva le en del naložbe (kvoto), tj. 80 % za zadruge in 65 % za kmetijska gospodarstva;
the aid must be granted within the limits of the rates generally authorised by the Commission, as regards the aggregate amount of any aid granted when the loan was taken out and the aid in question, i.e. 35 % (75 % in less-favoured areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC) for investments in the primary agricultural sector and 55 % for investments in the sector of processing and marketing of agricultural products;
pomoč se dodeli v okviru omejitev obrestnih mer, ki jih Komisija običajno odobri, in sicer glede na skupni znesek vseh pomoči, dodeljenih, ko je bilo posojilo najeto, in zadevnih pomoči: 35 % (75 % na območjih z omejenimi možnostmi iz Direktive 75/268/EGS) za naložbe v primarni kmetijski sektor in 55 % za naložbe v sektor predelave ali trženja kmetijskih proizvodov;
the aid in question may concern only agricultural holdings or cooperatives providing guarantees of viability, particularly in the event that the financial burdens resulting from the existing loans are such as to be detrimental to the holdings or lead them to bankruptcy.
zadevne pomoči lahko zadevajo le kmetijska podjetja ali zadruge, ki nudijo garancije finančne sposobnosti, predvsem v primeru, ko je finančno breme zaradi obstoječih posojil tako, da bi lahko škodovalo podjetjem ali jih celo prisililo v stečaj.
The aid scheme, which was approved in the light of these changes, remained unchanged until the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for by Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in relation to the provisions of Article 257 of Law No 10/01.
Shema pomoči, odobrena z upoštevanjem teh sprememb, je ostala nespremenjena do odločitve Komisije, da bo sprožila postopek iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe ES v zvezi z določbami iz člena 257 zakona št. 10/01.
INITIATION OF THE PROCEDURE UNDER ARTICLE 88(2) OF THE EC TREATY
ZAČETEK POSTOPKA V SKLADU S ČLENOM 88(2) POGODBE ES
The Commission launched the procedure provided for by Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in relation to the provisions of Article 257 of Law No 10/01 and the aid paid between 1 January 1998 and 20 May 2001 (the date of entry into force of Law No 10/01) under the aid scheme that was to have been refinanced by the budget allocation provided for in that article, since it had doubts as to the compatibility with the common market of the aid in question, particularly as regards the following aspects:
Komisija je sprožila postopek iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe ES v zvezi z določbami deželnega zakona 257 in pomočmi, dodeljenimi med 1. januarjem 1998 in 20. majem 2001 (datum začetka veljavnosti zakona št. 10/01) v okviru sheme pomoči, ki jih je bilo treba ponovno financirati iz sredstev proračuna, predvidenih v navedenem členu, ker je bila v dvomih glede skladnosti zadevnih pomoči s skupnim trgom, predvsem glede naslednjih dejstev:
the allocation under Article 257 of Law No 10/01 was to have served to fund an aid scheme for the consolidation of the onerous debts of agricultural holdings and cooperatives, as approved by the Commission in 1996 on the basis of special conditions concerning the rescue and restructuring of firms in difficulty which could be applied to the agricultural sector instead of the provisions of the 1994 Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty [9] (hereinafter ‘the 1994 Guidelines’), as expressly provided for in the latter;
dodelitev, predvidena v členu 257 zakona št. 10/01, bi morala biti namenjena financiranju sheme pomoči za konsolidacijo velikih dolgov kmetijskih gospodarstev in zadrug, ki jo je Komisija odobrila leta 1996 na podlagi posebnih pogojev glede reševanja in prestrukturiranja podjetij v težavah, ki so se lahko uporabljala za kmetijski sektor namesto določb iz smernic Skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah iz leta 1994 [9] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice iz leta 1994), ki so to izrecno predvidevale;
the 1994 Guidelines were replaced by the 1997 Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty [10] (hereinafter ‘the 1997 Guidelines’), which laid down new conditions applicable to the agricultural sector. The scheme should have been brought into line with these new conditions with effect from 1 January 1998 but none of the information available made it possible to establish whether this had taken place;
smernice iz leta 1994 so nadomestile smernice skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah iz leta 1997 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice iz leta 1997) [10], v katerih so določeni novi pogoji za kmetijski sektor; shema bi morala biti usklajena s temi novimi pogoji od 1. januarja 1998, vendar na podlagi informacij, ki so bile na voljo, ni bilo mogoče ugotoviti uskladitve;
the 1997 Guidelines were in turn replaced by the 1999 Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (hereinafter ‘the 1999 Guidelines’), to which the scheme in question should similarly have been brought into line;
smernice iz leta 1997 so nato nadomestile smernice skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah iz leta 1999 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice iz leta 1999), s katerimi bi zadevna shema tudi morala biti usklajena;
none of the information in question made it possible to establish whether the scheme in question had been brought into line with the conditions of the 1999 Guidelines;
na podlagi informacij, ki so bile na voljo, ni bilo mogoče ugotoviti, ali je bila shema usklajena s pogoji iz smernic iz leta 1999;
in this context, the compatibility with the common market of the aid granted between 1 January 1998 and 20 May 2001 (date of entry into force of Law No 10/01) and the manner of use of the allocation provided for by Article 257 of Law No 10/01 appeared doubtful.
na podlagi teh dejstev se je skladnost s skupnim trgom za pomoči, dodeljene med 1. januarjem 1998 in 20. majem 2001 (datum začetka veljavnosti zakona št. 10/01), in načine izvedbe dodelitev iz člena 257 zakona št. 10/01, zdela dvomljiva.
By letter dated 2 July 2004, registered on 7 July 2004, the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union sent the Commission the comments made by the Italian authorities following initiation of the procedure under Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in relation to the provisions of Article 257 of Law No 10/01 and the aid paid between 1 January 1998 and 20 May 2001 (the date of entry into force of that Regional Law) under the aid scheme that was to have been refinanced by the budget allocation provided for in that article.
Z dopisom z dne 2. julija 2004, registriranim 7. julija 2004, je Stalno predstavništvo Italijanske republike pri Evropski uniji Komisiji poslalo pripombe, ki so jih italijanski organi pripravili po sprožitvi postopka iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe ES v zvezi z določbami člena 257 zakona št. 10/01 in glede pomoči, dodeljenih med 1. januarjem 1998 in 20. majem 2001 (datum začetka veljavnosti navedenega deželnega zakona) v okviru sheme pomoči, ki naj bi bila ponovno financirana iz sredstev proračuna, predvidenih v tem členu.
In that letter, the Italian authorities first announced the withdrawal of the notification of Article 257 of Law No 10/01 and the launching of the procedure to repeal it, while stating that no implementing measures had been adopted and no aid had been paid pursuant to that article.
V tem dopisu so italijanski organi najprej napovedali umik priglasitve člena 257 zakona št. 10/01 in sprožitev postopka njegove razveljavitve ter izjavili, da ni bil sprejet noben izvedbeni ukrep niti ni bila dodeljena nobena pomoč v skladu s tem členom.
The Italian authorities also stressed that, in the letter approving Law No 52/94, the Commission had stated that the aid in question complied with the criteria applicable thereto and could thus benefit from the exemption under paragraph 3(c) of Article 92 (now Article 87) of the EC Treaty, as they were measures intended to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas, without adversely affecting trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest, and had not made reference to the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty.
Italijanski organi tudi poudarjajo, da je Komisija v dopisu, v katerem je odobrila zakon št. 52/94, menila, da so zadevne pomoči v skladu z merili, ki veljajo zanje, in se lahko zanje uporablja odstopanje iz člena 92(3)(c) (zdaj člen 87) Pogodbe ES, saj so pomenile ukrepe za pomoč pri razvoju določenih gospodarskih dejavnosti ali določenih gospodarskih območij, kadar takšne pomoči ne spreminjajo trgovine med državami članicami v obsegu, ki bi bil v nasprotju s skupnimi interesi, poleg tega pa se tudi niso sklicevale na Smernice skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah.
In their opinion, as emerges from the correspondence with the Commission between 1994 and 1996, it was clear that the objective of Law No 52/94 was to avoid situations whereby, when making investments, agricultural holdings were faced with interest rates much higher than market rates as a result of fluctuations in the cost of money, thereby placing them in difficulty.
Po njihovem mnenju, kot izhaja iz dopisovanja s Komisijo med leti 1994 in 1996, je jasno, da je bil cilj zakona št. 52/94 preprečiti, da bi se kmetijska podjetja pri izvajanju naložb zaradi nihanj obrestnih mer soočila z veliko višjimi obrestnimi merami v primerjavi s tržnimi merami, kar bi podjetja pahnilo v težave.
Furthermore, Lazio regional authority always guaranteed that the viability of the beneficiary holdings would be checked, with particular reference to the recovery plans that the latter were required to submit pursuant to Law No 52/94 and amendments thereto.
Poleg tega je dežela Lazio vedno zagotavljala preverjanje finančne sposobnosti upravičenih podjetij, predvsem na podlagi načrtov obnovitve, ki so jih podjetja morala predložiti v skladu z zakonom št. 52/94 in njegovimi spremembami.
In this context, the Italian authorities asserted that the aid under Law No 52/94 could benefit from the exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.
Z upoštevanjem teh dejstev italijanski organi menijo, da je pomoč, predvidena z zakonom št. 52/94, upravičena do odstopanja iz člena 87(3)(c) Pogodbe ES.