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Sugar produced over and above the ‘A + B’ quotas can neither benefit from internal support measures nor be freely marketed within the common market.
Sladkor, proizveden prek kvot „A + B“, ne more biti upravičen do notranjih ukrepov pomoči niti se ne more prosto tržiti na skupnem trgu.
As a result, refineries and the farms that normally supply them factor into their cultivation contracts acreages that produce no more than the ‘A + B’ quotas granted by the State to the refineries.
Iz tega sledi, da rafinerija in kmetijska gospodarstva, ki jo običajno oskrbujejo, v pogodbi o pridelovanju predvidijo površine za obdelavo, katerih pridelava ne presega kvot „A + B“, ki jih je rafineriji dodelila država.
In this context, it is difficult for a refinery to obtain supplies from a sugar beet production basin other than its own because of the limited quantity of sugar beet available for processing outside the cultivation contracts and because of the need for supply agreements between sugar processing companies. In the Mediterranean Basin, moreover, alternative sugar beet basins have to be situated sufficiently close by to guarantee the supply of a usable product.
V teh okoliščinah je težko, da bi se rafinerija lahko oskrbovala iz drugega bazena za pridelavo pese kot iz svojega, in sicer zaradi omejenih razpoložljivosti pridelka za predelavo zunaj pogodb o pridelovanju, potrebe po dogovorih v tem smislu med družbami za predelavo sladkorja in nazadnje, ker morajo biti alternativni bazeni za pridelavo pese, kar zadeva Sredozemlje, dovolj blizu, da se zagotovi oskrba z uporabnim pridelkom.
The Italian authorities were also willing to consider the possibility of the Villasor facility having been able to find its raw material for processing somewhere else, but the refinery is so far away from the production areas in continental Italy as to make it uneconomic to transport the sugar beet, quite apart from the fact that the raw material would arrive at its destination in an unusable condition.
Italijanski organi so želeli predvideti tudi možnost, da bi obrat iz Villasorja surovino za predelavo našel drugje, vendar pa so območja pridelave v celinski Italiji tako oddaljena, da prevoz pese postane negospodaren, poleg tega pa bi surovina na cilj prispela neuporabna.
The Italian authorities provided the Commission with simulations of the periods required for transporting sugar beet from an ‘alternative’ basin in continental Italy and of the costs of doing so.
Italijanski organi so Komisiji predložili simulacijo rokov in stroškov prevoza pese iz „alternativnega“ bazena v celinski Italiji.
The period required for transporting sugar beet to Sardinia would be in the region of 2,5 days as from the time of loading.
Prevoz pese na Sardinijo bi trajal 2,5 dneva od natovarjanja.
Given that the sugar beet necessarily has to be processed within 36 hours (1,5 days) of harvesting, it would arrive at its destination in an unusable condition.
Glede na to, da je treba predelavo pese nujno opraviti v šestintridesetih urah po spravilu (1,5 dneva), bi ta na cilj prispela v neuporabnem stanju.
The cost of such an operation, as calculated by the competent authorities, would be approximately EUR 10188000 for the two periods.
Stroški tega postopka, kot so jih izračunali pristojni organi, bi bili približno 10188000 EUR za obe obdobji.
With regard, specifically, to the drought and to the drought-related water management policy conducted in Sardinia, the Italian authorities indicated that a water emergency had been declared in 1995 and that a special administrator (Commissario Governativo per l'Emergenza Idrica) had been appointed, with special powers for managing water resources and for having urgent infrastructure work done.
Kar zadeva poseben vidik suše in politike gospodarjenja z vodo (povezane z zadnjo), ki se izvaja na Sardiniji, so italijanski organi navedli, da je bilo leta 1995 razglašeno stanje varčevanja z vodo in da je bil imenovan poseben komisar (Commissario Governativo per l'Emergenza Idrica), ki ima posebna pooblastila v zvezi z upravljanjem vodnih virov in izvajanjem najpomembnejših infrastrukturnih del.
The Italian authorities also indicated that Sardinia’s regional development plan for 2000 to 2006 provided for specific measures for cultivating sugar beet.
Italijanski organi so tudi navedli, da so bili v načrtu za regionalni razvoj Sardinije za obdobje 2000–2006 predvideni posebni ukrepi za gojenje pese.
These measures included hydro-agricultural land development, the acquisition of irrigation equipment and installations by farms and the introduction of more modern machinery and of machinery for protecting plants and facilitating their fertilisation.
Med temi ukrepi so bili vodno-kmetijska ureditev zemljišč, nabava namakalne opreme in naprav na kmetijskih gospodarstvih, uvedba sodobnejših naprav ter uvedba naprav za gnojenje in zaščito rastlin.
GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE
OPIS RAZLOGOV ZA SPROŽITEV POSTOPKA
The Commission initiated the procedure laid down by Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty because it doubted that the measure was compatible with Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty, according to which aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences is compatible with the common market.
Komisija je sprožila postopek iz člena 88(2) Pogodbe ES, ker je dvomila o združljivosti ukrepa s členom 87(2)(b) Pogodbe, v katerem se za združljive s skupnim trgom štejejo pomoči za povrnitev škode, ki so jo povzročile naravne nesreče ali drugi izjemni dogodki.
Because they constitute exceptions from the general principle of the incompatibility of State aid with the common market, laid down by Article 87(1) of the Treaty, the Commission has a restrictive interpretation of the notion of ‘natural disaster’ contained in Article 87(2)(b).
Kar zadeva odstopanja od splošnega načela nezdružljivosti državnih pomoči s skupnim trgom, določenega v členu 87(1) Pogodbe, Komisija omejevalno razlaga pojem „naravna nesreča“ iz člena 87(2)(b).
Until now, the Commission has accepted that earthquakes, avalanches, landslides and floods may constitute natural disasters.
Doslej je Komisija kot naravne nesreče priznala potrese, snežne in zemeljske plazove ter poplave.
The Commission has consistently held that adverse weather conditions such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought cannot of themselves be regarded as natural disasters within the meaning of Article 87(2)(b).
Komisija je vedno menila, da vremenskih pojavov, kot so slana, toča, zmrzal, deževje ali suša, kot takih ni mogoče šteti za naravne nesreče v smislu člena 87(2)(b).
However, because of the damage that such events may cause to agricultural production or the means of agricultural production, the Commission has accepted that such events may be treated as natural disasters once the level of damage reaches a certain threshold (which has been fixed at 20 % of normal production in less-favoured regions and 30 % in other regions).
Vendar pa je Komisija glede na škodo, ki jo ti pojavi lahko povzročijo za kmetijsko pridelavo ali za sredstva za kmetijsko pridelavo, priznala, da so ti dogodki enaki naravnim nesrečam, kadar višina škode doseže določen prag (ki je bil določen na 20 % običajne pridelave v regijah z omejenimi možnostmi in na 30 % v drugih regijah).
Point 11.3 of the Guidelines [14] states that aid designed to make good losses resulting from adverse weather conditions may only be paid for farmers or to a producer organisation of which the farmer is a member.
V točki 11.3 Smernic [14] je določeno, da se lahko pomoč za nadomestilo izgub, ki so posledica slabih vremenskih razmer, izplača samo kmetovalcem ali združenjem pridelovalcem, v katera so kmetovalci včlanjeni.
The Commission regards the aid that comes under point 11.3 as being compatible with the common market under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, provided that certain conditions are complied with.
Komisija šteje pomoči, ki spadajo pod točko 11.3, za združljive s skupnim trgom na podlagi člena 87(3)(c) Pogodbe, če so izpolnjeni nekateri pogoji.
The Commission has consistently held that the provisions of point 11.3 of the Guidelines are not applicable to agricultural processing undertakings that, in its view, have the flexibility necessary for managing their supplies.
Komisija je vedno menila, da se določbe točke 11.3 Smernic ne uporabljajo za agro-industrijske predelovalne obrate, ki imajo po njenem mnenju potrebno prožnost za upravljanje svoje oskrbe.
This may of course result in additional raw material costs and/or a loss of profitability, but it does not warrant the direct application of the rules applicable to agricultural production.
To lahko seveda vključuje dodatne stroške za surovine in/ali nižjo donosnost, vendar pa ne more upravičiti neposredne uporabe pravil, ki se uporabljajo za kmetijsko pridelavo.
Since the Italian authorities have proposed no other legal basis for the assessment and possible approval of the aid, the Commission could not, at this stage of the procedure, exclude the possibility of the anticipated aid constituting operating aid, that is to say a form of aid that seeks to relieve enterprises of the costs they would normally have to bear as part of their day-to-day management or normal activities.
Ker italijanski organi niso predlagali drugih pravnih podlag za preučitev in morebitno odobritev pomoči, Komisija na tej stopnji postopka ni mogla izključiti, da predvidena pomoč pomeni pomoč za tekoče poslovanje ali z drugimi besedami pomoč, ki naj bi podjetje razbremenila stroškov, ki bi jih navadno moralo nositi samo v okviru tekočega upravljanja ali običajnih dejavnosti.
Moreover, the information provided by the Italian authorities and the information available to the Commission appeared to suggest that Sadam ISZ and the companies to which it belonged directly or indirectly — in particular, Società Adriatica Marchigiana (SAM) [15] and FINBIETICOLA Spa [16] — could have absorbed the reduction in the facility’s profitability.
Poleg tega naj bi podatki, ki so jih poslali italijanski organi, in podatki, ki jih je imela Komisija, kazali, da bi bile družba Sadam ISZ in družbe, ki jim je ta neposredno ali posredno pripadala – zlasti SAM [15] in FINBIETICOLA Spa [16] –, sposobne kriti zmanjšanje donosnosti tega obrata.
Finally, even if it had been considered acceptable (which was not the case at this stage of the procedure) to apply to Sadam ISZ the principle governing the payment of compensation under point 11.3 of the Guidelines, the reference period chosen by the Italian authorities for calculating the aid would have been incorrect.
Nazadnje, podredno, tudi če bi bilo uporabo načela nadomestila iz točke 11.3 Smernic za družbo Sadam ISZ mogoče šteti za sprejemljivo (quod non, na tej stopnji postopka), naj bi bilo referenčno obdobje, ki so ga italijanski organi izbrali za izračun pomoči, napačno.
When the procedure was initiated, the Commission received comments from Sadam ISZ [17], the President of Sardinia Region [18] and Brumar Srl [19].
Komisija je ob sprožitvi postopka prejela pripombe družbe Sadam ISZ [17], predsednika regije Sardinije [18] in družbe Brumar Srl [19].
Sadam ISZ
Družba Sadam ISZ
In its comments, Sadam ISZ repeated the reasons, expressed in points 12 to 36 of the letter initiating the formal investigation procedure, that had led the Italian authorities to consider granting the aid: the exceptional nature of the drought; the impossibility of obtaining supplies from other basins due to the particular structure of the organisation of the market in sugar; the impossibility of obtaining suitable transport due to the refinery’s island location; and the importance of the agricultural sugar processing industry for Sardinia’s economy.
Družba Sadam ISZ v svojih pripombah povzema razloge, navedene v točkah od 12 do 36 dopisa o sprožitvi formalnega postopka preiskave, na podlagi katerih so italijanski organi nameravali dodeliti pomoč: izjemna narava suše, nezmožnost oskrbe iz drugih bazenov zaradi posebne strukture ureditve trga s sladkorjem, nezmožnost prevoza, povezana z otoškim položajem rafinerije, pomen agro-industrijskega sektorja sladkorja za gospodarstvo otoka. Daje tudi informacije o razvoju lastništva družbe, ki je trenutno v izključni lasti skupine Eridania Sadam.
It also provided information about the changing ownership of Sadam ISZ, which is at present owned exclusively by the Eridania Sadam group, with Finbieticola’s share having also been transferred to the Eridania Sadam group in October 2004 since Sviluppo Italia SpA’s withdrawal in December 2003.
Od umika družbe Sviluppo Italia SpA decembra 2003 je namreč delež družbe Finbieticola oktobra 2004 prav tako prešel na skupino Eridania Sadam.
Sadam ISZ provided a copy of the agreement concluded between the various private and public authorities with a view to guaranteeing the continued production of sugar beet in Sardinia.
Družba Sadam ISZ je predložila kopijo sporazuma, sklenjenega med različnimi zasebnimi in javnimi organi za zagotovitev kontinuitete pridelave sladkorne pese na Sardiniji.
Within this framework, Sardinia region committed itself to taking every initiative necessary for recommencing investment in the sugar beet sector — in particular, in water resource management — and to losing no time in obtaining the Commission’s authorisation of the aforesaid EUR 3,5 million in aid to offset the losses due to the drought.
V tem okviru se regija Sardinija zavezuje, da bo sprejela vse potrebne pobude za ponoven začetek naložb v sektorju pese, zlasti v zvezi z upravljanjem vodnih virov, in da bo čim prej dobila odobritev Komisije v zvezi s pomočjo v višini 3,5 milijona, priglašeno kot nadomestilo za izgube zaradi suše.
Sadam ISZ considers that what it produces has no influence at all on the development of the European market, not only because it represents only 0,2 % of that market but also because 98 % of its production is intended for the Sardinian market, covering almost 50 % of that market’s needs, whereas the Eridania Sadam group produces 35 % of Italian sugar, equal to 1,7 % of European sugar, and has 23 % of the national market, equal to 2,15 % of the European market.
Družba Sadam ISZ meni, da njena proizvodnja nima nobenega vpliva na razvoj evropskega trga, ne samo zato, ker pomeni le 0,2 % trga, ampak tudi, ker je 98 % te proizvodnje namenjene sardinskemu trgu, s čimer pokriva skoraj 50 % njegovih potreb, medtem ko skupina Eridania Sadam proizvede 35 % italijanskega sladkorja, kar je enako 1,7 % evropskega sladkorja, in ima 23 % nacionalnega trga, kar je enako 2,15 % evropskega trga.
President of Sardinia Region
Predsednik regije Sardinije
The President of Sardinia Region emphasised the quite exceptional nature of the situation characterising the years 2001-2002, stating that it could in no way constitute a precedent applicable in the future to other situations.
Predsednik regije Sardinije poudarja popolnoma izjemno naravo razmer, ki so zaznamovale leti 2001 in 2002 ter ki ne morejo nikakor „pomeniti precedenčnega primera, ki bo v prihodnosti lahko uporabljen za druge okoliščine“.
The region’s President stressed the bad effects that closure of the only Sardinian refinery would have on the island’s economy, given the need for rational management of agricultural production as a whole (with sugar beet an important rotation crop) and given the importance of the sugar beet industry in Sardinia, the number of farms concerned (1300 employing approximately 5000 people) and the number of permanent and seasonal employees at the refinery (83 and almost 200, respectively), not counting the jobs created by the sugar beet industry (for hauliers, enterprises responsible for growing and harvesting the sugar beet and undertakings tasked with handling the facilities).
Predsednik regije poudarja negativne posledice, ki bi jih imelo zaprtje edine sardinske rafinerije na gospodarstvo otoka glede na pomen sektorja pese na Sardiniji, število zadevnih kmetijskih gospodarstev (1300, na katerih je zaposlenih približno 5000 ljudi), število stalno zaposlenih (83) in sezonskih delavcev v rafineriji (skoraj 200), brez upoštevanja delovnih mest, ki izhajajo iz te dejavnosti (tretje osebe, zadolžene za gojenje in pobiranje pese, prevozniki, podjetja za ravnanje z napravami), ter glede na racionalno upravljanje kmetijske pridelave v celoti, ker je pesa pomembna kultura kolobarjenja.
The region’s President pointed out the importance attached by the regional administration to the sugar beet industry and its commitment to safeguarding the industry.
Predsednik regije opozarja na pomen, ki ga je regionalna uprava pripisala sektorju pese, in svojo zavezanost ohranitvi tega sektorja.
Brumar Srl
Družba Brumar Srl
In its conclusion, Brumar Srl considered that aid should be granted both to sugar beet producers (to offset the losses sustained due to the failed harvest caused by the drought) and to the workers who had not been employed by the processing facilities.
Brumar Srl v sklepu meni, da bi bilo treba pomoč dodeliti pridelovalcem pese za škodo, utrpelo zaradi neobstoja pridelka zaradi suše, in delavcem, ki jih predelovalni obrati niso najeli.
V. COMMENTS MADE BY ITALY
V. PRIPOMBE ITALIJE
The Italian authorities sent their comments when the procedure was initiated by letters dated 13 October 2004 and 7 April 2005 and submitted their comments in response to the letter from Brumar Srl by letter dated 17 May 2005.
Italijanski organi so pripombe poslali ob sprožitvi postopka z dopisoma z dne 13. oktobra 2004 in 7. aprila 2005, pripombe v odgovor na dopis družbe Brumar Srl pa so predložili z dopisom z dne 17. maja 2005.
The Italian authorities contested Brumar Srl’s comments in their entirety, deeming them to be of no relevance at all to the case in question, given that the Villasor refinery had never imported sugar from the countries listed by Brumar Srl and given that the increase in the prices of white sugar applied to Italy’s production as a whole and related to the marketing year 2003, postdating the years for which the aid was to be granted. Finally, the authorities contested the calculations of the presumed profits made in 2003 by Italian sugar companies in general and by the Eridania Sadam group in particular. The Eridania Sadam group, of which Sadam ISZ is a part, produced 34 % of Italian sugar in 2003.
Italijanski organi v celoti izpodbijajo pripombe družbe Brumar Srl in menijo, da so te v obravnavanem primeru neupoštevne, ker rafinerija iz Villasorja ni nikoli uvažala sladkorja iz držav, ki jih navaja družba Brumar Srl, ker povišanje cen belega sladkorja velja za celotno italijansko proizvodnjo in se nanaša na tržno leto 2003, ki je poznejše od let, za kateri bi pomoč morala biti odobrena, in nazadnje izpodbijajo izračune v zvezi z domnevnimi dobički, ki naj bi jih leta 2003 imela italijanska sladkorna podjetja na splošno in zlasti skupina Eridania Sadam: skupina Eridania Sadam, katere del je družba Sadam ISZ, je leta 2003 proizvedla 34 % italijanskega sladkorja.
In their letter of 13 October 2004, the Italian authorities acknowledged that the Commission had been most thorough in presenting all the factors in the case and all the data supplied during the phase prior to the investigation procedure being initiated, particularly in relation to the legal basis, the compensatory nature of the measure proposed, the means of calculating the aid, the legal basis important for authorising the measure, the interdependence of the sugar beet industry’s agricultural and industrial components, the impossibility of obtaining supplies from other production basins for Sardinia-based processing, and the importance of the sugar beet industry for Sardinia’s economy.
Italijanski organi v dopisu z dne 13. oktobra 2004 priznavajo, da je Komisija izčrpno predstavila vse elemente iz spisa in vse podatke, predložene med fazo pred sprožitvijo formalnega postopka preiskave, zlasti pravno podlago, kompenzacijsko naravo predlaganega ukrepa, načine izračuna pomoči, pomembno pravno podlago za odobritev ukrepa, medsebojno odvisnost med kmetijsko in industrijsko komponento sektorja pese, nezmožnost oskrbe iz drugih bazenov za pridelavo za predelovalno dejavnost na Sardiniji in pomen navedenega sektorja za gospodarstvo otoka.
The Italian authorities consider that the aid measure would have no impact on intra-Community trade, as its effects would not be felt beyond the region. Ninety-eight per cent of what is produced by the Villasor refinery is absorbed by the local market and is not therefore in competition with the production of other Community undertakings, whether in continental Italy’s market or in the Community or international market.
Italijanski organi menijo, da ukrep pomoči ne vpliva na trgovino v Skupnosti, saj naj bi svoje učinke izčrpal na regionalni ravni: 98 % proizvodnje rafinerije iz Vallisorja absorbira lokalni trg, tako da ne pride v konkurenco z drugimi podjetji Skupnosti, naj bo to na trgu celinske Italije, ali na trgu Skupnosti, ali mednarodnem trgu.
The Italian authorities consider that the Commission, in accordance with its Draft Communication on new guidelines for the evaluation of State aid with limited effects on intra-Community trade, should attach greater importance to the economic impact of the intervention concerned, in view in particular of its limited impact on trade.
Italijanski organi menijo, da bi morala Komisija v skladu s svojim „Osnutkom Sporočila: Nove smernice za oceno državnih pomoči, ki imajo omejene učinke na trgovino v Skupnosti“ nameniti večji pomen gospodarskim učinkom zadevnega posredovanja, ob upoštevanju zlasti njegovega šibkega vpliva na trgovino.
According to the Italian authorities, the Commission’s statement [20] to the effect that Italy has an important position in sugar production should at least be seen in relation to the references to Italy’s being only the fourth largest EU sugar producer and to the Eridania Sadam group’s having, in this context, a market share of slightly more than 1,5 % of the European market, while Sadam ISZ’s production amounted to 0,06 % (data for the marketing year 2002).
Po mnenju italijanskih organov bi bilo treba trditev Komisije [20], da ima „Italija pomemben položaj v proizvodnji sladkorja“, navezati vsaj na navedbo, da je Italija šele četrta evropska proizvajalka sladkorja in da ima v teh okoliščinah skupina Eridania Sadam tržni delež na evropskem trgu, ki je nekoliko večji od 1,5 %, medtem ko je proizvodnja družbe Sadam ISZ enaka 0,06 % (podatki iz tržnega leta 2002).
Regarding the legal basis for the measure, the Italian authorities cite a series of previous decisions by the Commission (in particular, State aid cases N 83/2000, N 185/2000, N 657/02 and N 729/02), in which the Commission authorised aid in the agricultural and agricultural processing sector on the basis of Article 87(2)(b) of the Treaty and in the light of the implementation criteria specified in point 11.3 of the Guidelines, maintaining that, in the case in question, the implementation criteria had been met.
Kar zadeva pravno podlago za odobritev ukrepa, italijanski organi navajajo niz predhodnih odločb Komisije, v katerih je ta odobrila pomoči v kmetijskem in agro-industrijskem sektorju na podlagi člena 87(2)(b) Pogodbe in meril za uporabo, določenih v točki 11.3 Smernic (ter zlasti državne pomoči N 83/2000, N 185/2000, N 657/02 in N 729/02), ter trdijo, da so v tem primeru pogoji za uporabo navedenih meril izpolnjeni.
The Italian authorities also draw the Commission’s attention to point 3.4 of the Guidelines which stipulates that the fact that an aid measure is not in all points comparable to one of the possible cases listed in the Guidelines themselves does not exonerate the Commission from carrying out an examination on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the principles set out in Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty and the Community’s common agricultural and rural development policies.
Italijanski organi Komisijo tudi opozarjajo na točko 3.4 Smernic, v kateri je določeno, da dejstvo, da se ukrep pomoči ne ujema v vseh točkah s primeri, predvidenimi v samih Smernicah, Komisije ne oprošča preučitve za vsak primer posebej, pri čemer mora upoštevati načela iz členov 87, 88 in 89 Pogodbe, skupno kmetijsko politiko in politiko Skupnosti za razvoj podeželja.