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As the Commission stated in its decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure, the aid is considered to be put into effect if the competent authority adopts an act which, under national law, can give rise to legitimate expectations, enforceable before a national court, that the aid will be granted.
Kot je Komisija navedla v odločitvi o sprožitvi formalnega postopka preiskave, se šteje, da pomoč začne veljati, če pristojni organ sprejme akt, ki po nacionalni zakonodaji vzbudi legitimna pričakovanja, izvršljiva pred nacionalnim sodiščem, da bo pomoč dodeljena.
Naturally, to exercise its competence under the Act of Accession and the EC Treaty, the Commission has to be able to verify whether this is the case.
Seveda mora biti Komisija sposobna preveriti, ali je temu res tako, če želi izvajati svojo pristojnost po Aktu o pristopu in Pogodbi ES.
Neither Poland nor the interested third parties have provided any evidence that SSN would be able to claim legitimate expectations before the national court on the grounds that a total capital injection of PLN 241 million was included in the 2003 restructuring plan agreed with ARP.
Niti Poljska niti zainteresirane tretje strani niso predložile nobenega dokaza, da bi lahko SSN legitimna pričakovanja uveljavljala pred nacionalnim sodiščem na podlagi tega, da je bila celotna dokapitalizacija v višini 241 milijona PLN vključena v načrt za prestrukturiranje 2003, dogovorjen z ARP.
In fact, two resolutions of the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting were necessary to implement this capital injection: the resolutions of 29 April 2004 (PLN 180 million) [23] and 24 December 2004 (PLN 61 million).
Dejansko sta bila za izvedbo te dokapitalizacije potrebna dva sklepa izredne skupščine delničarjev: sklep z dne 29. aprila 2004 (180 milijonov PLN) [23] in z dne 24. decembra 2004 (61 milijonov PLN).
Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty provides that any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods and affects trade between Member States is incompatible with the common market.
Člen 87(1) Pogodbe ES določa, da je vsaka pomoč, ki jo dodeli država članica, ali kakršna koli vrsta pomoči iz državnih sredstev, ki izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljala konkurenco z dajanjem prednosti posameznim podjetjem ali proizvodnji posameznega blaga in prizadene trgovino med državami članicami, nezdružljiva s skupnim trgom.
The Commission finds that all the measures described in Part 2.7 above were granted by the State or through State resources and, as they were granted to one particular undertaking, were selective.
Komisija ugotavlja, da je vse ukrepe, opisane v delu 2.7 zgoraj, dodelila država oziroma je bila dodeljena iz državnih sredstev, in ker so bili ukrepi namenjeni določenemu podjetju, so torej selektivni.
SSN is one of the biggest shipyards in Europe.
SSN je ena izmed največjih ladjedelnic v Evropi.
In recent years container vessels have represented over 60 % of the yard’s order book.
V zadnjih letih so kontejnerske ladje predstavljale več kot 60 % knjige naročil ladjedelnice.
SSN therefore competes actively with shipyards in Germany and Denmark.
SSN je zato aktivna konkurentka nemškim in danskim ladjedelnicam.
The continual subsidising of SSN, which allowed it to conclude contracts without fully evaluating or offsetting the risks involved, had a negative impact on other European shipyards with the capacity to produce container vessels.
Nenehno subvencioniranje SSN, ki ji je omogočilo sklepanje pogodb brez popolne ocene ali izravnave povezanih tveganj, je škodljivo vplivalo na druge evropske ladjedelnice, ki imajo zmogljivosti za proizvodnjo kontejnerskih ladij.
The Commission notes that SSN also operates in other cargo ship segments by offering products such as multipurpose vessels, chemical tankers and ro-ro ships (including ro-pax and con-ro) and competes in these segments with other European shipyards.
Komisija opaža, da je SSN dejavna tudi v drugih segmentih tovornih ladij, saj ponuja proizvode, kot so večnamenska plovila, tankerji za prevoz kemikalij in ro-ro ladje (vključno z ro-pax in con-ro), in v teh segmentih konkurira drugim evropskih ladjedelnicam.
For example product and chemical tankers constituted about 8 % of the order book of European shipyards at the end of 2006.
Konec leta 2006 so na primer tankerji za prevoz proizvodov in kemikalij predstavljali okoli 8 % knjige naročil evropskih ladjedelnic.
In particular, German and Romanian shipyards are active in these segments.
V teh segmentih so zlasti dejavne nemške in romunske ladjedelnice.
On the basis of the foregoing, the Commission concludes that the State aid granted to SSN affected trade between Member States.
Na podlagi zgoraj navedenega Komisija sklepa, da je državna pomoč za SSN vplivala na trgovino med državami članicami.
Lastly, the Commission needs to determine whether the measures granted to SSN conferred an undue advantage and thereby distorted or threatened to distort competition.
Komisija mora določiti, ali so ukrepi, dodeljeni SSN, podjetju dodelili neupravičeno prednost in tako izkrivljali ali bi lahko izkrivljali konkurenco.
The Commission notes that the Polish authorities contested the classification of loans from KPS and guarantees from KUKE as State aid, claiming that the measures passed the market investor test.
Komisija upošteva, da so poljski organi nasprotovali uvrstitvi posojil s strani KPS in garancij KUKE med državno pomoč, saj naj bi ukrepi zadovoljili preskus tržnega vlagatelja.
Poland did not contest the classification as State aid of the other measures covered by this Decision.
Poljska ni nasprotovala uvrstitvi drugih ukrepov, ki jih zajema ta odločba, med državno pomoč.
The Commission will explain below why the consistent failure to enforce public-law debts does not pass the market economy creditor test.
Komisija bo v nadaljevanju pojasnila, zakaj vztrajno neizvrševanje dolgov po javnem pravu ne zadovolji preskusa upnika v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The Commission will then assess in detail the measures contested by Poland.
Komisija bo nato podrobno ocenila ukrepe, ki jih spodbija Poljska.
Finally, the Commission will consider the circumstances under which the measures covered by this Decision were granted and their impact on competition.
Na koncu bo Komisija obravnavala okoliščine, pod katerimi so bili dodeljeni ukrepi iz te odločbe, in vpliv pomoči na konkurenco.
Non-enforcement of public-law liabilities
Neizvrševanje obveznosti po javnem pravu
It is established case-law [24] that consistent non-enforcement of public-law debts can constitute State aid, as will be discussed in more detail below.
Iz sodne prakse [24] izhaja, da lahko stalno neizvrševanje dolgov po javnem pravu pomeni državno pomoč; to bo podrobneje obravnavano v nadaljevanju.
The Commission considers that no market economy creditor would agree to such a prolonged deferral of payment of its claims.
Komisija meni, da takšnega podaljšanega odloga obveznosti ne bi sprejel noben upnik v tržnem gospodarstvu.
Furthermore, Poland has not provided any evidence that the relevant tax authority has taken any steps to enforce its public law claims on SSN, in particular through enforcement proceedings or under bankruptcy law.
Poleg tega Poljska ni predložila nobenega dokaza, da je zadevni davčni organ sprejel ukrepe za izvrševanje terjatev po javnem pravu od SSN, zlasti s pomočjo prisilne izterjave ali Zakona o stečaju.
Finally, this non-enforcement conflicts with the Polish authorities’ assertion that SSN has been regularly paying its public-law liabilities since 1 May 2004 and has not benefited from deferrals and repayment schedules in respect of these liabilities.
To neizvrševanje nasprotuje trditvi poljskih organov, da je SSN svoje obveznosti po javnem pravu od 1. maja 2004 redno plačevala in da v zvezi s temi obveznostmi ni imela koristi od odlogov in časovnih razporedov poplačil.
Measures contested by Poland as passing the market economy investor test
Ukrepi, za katere Poljska trdi, da zadovoljujejo preskus vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu
KPS loans
Garancije KUKE
With regard to the assistance from KPS in the form of working capital loans, the Commission cannot accept Poland’s argument that these loans were free of State aid.
V zvezi s pomočjo KPS v obliki posojil za obratni kapital Komisija ne more sprejeti argumenta Poljske, da ta posojila niso vsebovala državne pomoči.
The Commission notes that the interest rate charged by KPS was more or less at the level of the reference rate.
Komisija upošteva, da je bila obrestna mera, ki jo je zaračunal KPS, bolj ali manj na ravni referenčne stopnje.
It also notes that SSN had been in a very precarious financial situation for several years.
Komisija tudi opaža, da je bila SSN več let v zelo negotovem finančnem stanju.
SSN was not able to obtain any other external financing of its production with State support, in the form of either KPS participation or guarantees.
SSN razen državne podpore ni bila sposobna pridobiti nobenega drugega zunanjega financiranja proizvodnje, bodisi v obliki udeležbe KPS ali jamstev.
Its working capital was financed from advance payments fully covered by KUKE guarantees, or from KPS loans.
Njen obratni kapital je bil financiran z avansi, ki so bili v celoti kriti z garancijami KUKE, ali s posojili KPS.
It can therefore not be considered that the interest rate charged by KPS fully reflected the risk borne by KPS.
Zato ni mogoče skleniti, da je obrestna mera, ki jo je zaračunal KPS, v celoti odražala tveganje na strani KPS.
It is true that KPS requested collateral but the value of this collateral is questionable; it should be recalled that KUKE required similar collateral and, in view of the liabilities/assets ratio of SSN, it is unlikely that KPS was able to obtain first-rank claims on the yard’s assets as collateral.
Res je, da je KPS zahteval zavarovanje, vendar vrednost tega zavarovanja ostaja vprašljiva; treba je upoštevati, da je KUKE zahtevala podobno zavarovanje, glede na razmerje med sredstvi in obveznostmi SSN pa se zdi verjetno, da KPS ni uspel pridobiti prvovrstnega zavarovanja na sredstva ladjedelnice.
In any event Poland has not provided detailed information enabling the Commission to assess the real value of the required collateral.
V vsakem primeru Poljska ni predložila podrobnih informacij, ki bi Komisiji omogočile ocenitev dejanske vrednosti zahtevanega zavarovanja.
Furthermore, the Commission does not see any difference between the loans granted by KPS and the loans granted by ARP, the owner of KPS.
Poleg tega Komisija ne vidi razlike med posojili KPS in posojili ARP, lastnice KPS.
It is difficult to agree with the Polish authorities’ argument that the loans granted by ARP constitute State aid, whereas the loans granted by its subsidiary, KPS, are compatible with the market economy investor principle.
Težko se je strinjati z argumentom poljskih organov, da posojila ARP pomenijo državno pomoč, medtem ko so posojila njene hčerinske družbe KPS združljiva z načelom vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The Commission cannot accept Poland’s argument that the loans provided by KPS in a consortium with Bank Handlowy SA and Bank Pekao SA (measures 3 and 4 in Table 3, recital 201) were granted on market terms and that because KPS and the banks participated in the consortium and provided financing ‘on analogous terms’, the contribution of KPS did not contain State aid.
Komisija ne more sprejeti argumenta Poljske, da so bila posojila KPS v konzorciju z Bank Handlowy S.A. in Bank Pekao S.A. (ukrepa 3 in 4 v preglednici 3, uvodna izjava 201), dodeljena po tržnih pogojih ter da prispevek KPS ni vseboval državne pomoči, ker so KPS in banki sodelovali v konzorciju in nudili financiranje „pod podobnimi pogoji“.
The Commission notes that when the consortium provided the loans, SSN was a company in difficulty.
Komisija upošteva, da je bila SSN v času, ko je konzorcij zagotovil posojila, podjetje v težavah.
Without State support the yard could not obtain any financing on the market in the form of either a guarantee or participation in the financing, as in the measures in question.
Brez državne podpore ladjedelnici na trgu ne bi uspelo pridobiti financiranja v obliki jamstev ali udeležbe v financiranju, kot je bilo to v zadevnih ukrepih.
Since no external financing was provided other than that from the consortium with KPS, it seems that the banks were willing to provide financing to the yard only because of the involvement of KPS in the transaction.
Ker ni bilo na voljo nobenega zunanjega financiranja razen financiranja konzorcija s KPS, se zdi, da sta banki ladjedelnici zagotovili financiranje samo zato, ker je pri transakciji sodeloval KPS.
Furthermore the Commission notes that the rate of interest charged by KPS on the loans to SSN was similar to the reference rate for Poland at the time when the loans were granted.
Poleg tega Komisija opaža, da je bila obrestna mera, ki jo je KPS zaračunal za posojila za SSN, podobna referenčni stopnji za Poljsko v času dodelitve posojil.
According to the Commission notice on the method for setting the reference and discount rates [25] the reference rate announced by the Commission is a floor rate which may be increased in situations involving a particular risk (for example, an undertaking in difficulty, or where the security normally required by banks is not provided).
Kot je bilo navedeno v Obvestilu Komisije o metodi določanja referenčnih in diskontnih stopenj [25], je referenčna stopnja, ki jo je določila Komisija, najnižja obrestna mera, ki se lahko poviša v primerih, ki vključujejo posebno tveganje (na primer podjetje v težavah ali kadar ni dovolj poroštev, ki jih običajno zahtevajo banke).
In this case the interest rate was not increased to take account of the precarious situation of SSN.
V tem primeru obrestna mera ni bila zvišana, da bi se upoštevalo negotovo stanje SSN.
Finally, the Commission notes that KPS was established as a government-controlled fund with a public policy objective and its financing was fully provided or guaranteed by the State through ARP.
Komisija upošteva, da je bil KPS ustanovljen kot sklad pod nadzorom vlade s cilji javne politike, financiranje zanj pa je bilo v celoti zagotovljeno ali zajamčeno s strani države preko ARP.
According to the document ‘A strategy for the shipbuilding sector (maritime construction shipyards) in Poland 2006-2010’, KPS ‘was founded to organise the financing of shipyard production until the shipyards are taken over by private investors’.
V skladu z dokumentom „Strategija za ladjedelniški sektor (ladjedelnice za pomorske gradnje) na Poljskem med letoma 2006 in 2010“ je bil KPS „ustanovljen za ureditev financiranja ladjedelniške proizvodnje, dokler nadzora ne bi prevzeli zasebni investitorji“.
The strategy, the objectives of which are not only economic, but also social and macroeconomic [26], gives KPS, along with ARP, the State Treasury and other relevant public bodies, a variety of powers.
Strategija, ki je namenjena doseganju ne le gospodarskih, temveč tudi socialnih in makroekonomskih [26] ciljev, daje KPS različna pooblastila, skupaj z ARP, finančnim ministrstvom in drugimi pristojnimi javnimi organi.
The financial links of KPS to ARP and the State Treasury are clear and KPS acts rather like a vehicle for the transfer of assets earmarked in the State budget to shipyards in Poland, including SSN.
Finančne povezave KPS z ARP in finančnim ministrstvom so jasne, in KPS deluje kot nekakšen mehanizem za prenos sredstev, določenih s strani državnega proračuna za ladjedelnice na Poljskem, vključno s SSN.
In view of these factors, the Commission concludes that KPS did not act as a market economy investor when it granted working capital loans to SSN.
V luči teh dejavnikov Komisija sklepa, da KPS ni deloval kot vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu, ko je SSN dodelil posojila za obratni kapital.
KUKE guarantees
Garancije KUKE
In its comments following the adoption of the decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure, Poland submitted that the advance payment guarantees extended by KUKE to SSN did not constitute State aid.
V svojih pripombah po sprejetju odločitve o sprožitvi formalnega postopka preiskave je Poljska navedla, da garancije za predplačila KUKE za SSN niso državna pomoč.
The Commission cannot accept this assertion.
Komisija te trditve ne more sprejeti.
Firstly, the Commission recalls that the KUKE advance payment guarantees are guaranteed by the State Treasury and handled in a separate bank account under the name of ‘Interes Narodowy’.
Prvič, Komisija se sklicuje na to, da za garancije za predplačila KUKE jamči finančno ministrstvo in da se te garancije prelivajo na ločen bančni račun pod nazivom „Interes Narodowy“.
If this account does not contain sufficient funds, KUKE can either draw loans from the State Treasury or benefit from State Treasury loan guarantees.
Če na tem računu ni dovolj sredstev, lahko KUKE črpa sredstva iz posojil finančnega ministrstva ali pa koristi jamstva za posojilo finančnega ministrstva.
Secondly, the Commission recalls its decision of 18 July 2007 in case N 105/2007 [27], in which it approved as free of State aid the scheme under which KUKE operates its programme of export insurance guaranteed by the State Treasury.
Drugič, Komisija se sklicuje na odločbo z dne 18. julija 2007 v zadevi N 105/2007 [27], kjer je kot shemo brez državne pomoči odobrila shemo, s katero KUKE vodi svoj program izvoznega zavarovanja, za katerega jamči finančno ministrstvo.
This scheme currently covers the type of production guarantees that SSN has been receiving for years.
Ta shema zdaj zajema vrsto jamstev za proizvodnjo, ki jih SSN prejema že zadnjih nekaj let.
The Commission notes that the scheme explicitly excludes [28] companies in financial difficulty within the meaning of the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty.
Komisija upošteva, da shema izrecno izključuje [28] podjetja v finančnih težavah v smislu Smernic za državne pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah.
The main feature of the scheme is that the guarantee premiums are determined on the basis of a risk assessment.
Glavna značilnost sheme je, da se premije jamstva določijo na podlagi ocene tveganja.
For example the guarantee premium for a company belonging to the highest risk category corresponds to […] % p.a. for guarantees of under two years and […] % p.a. for guarantees of over two years.
Na primer, premija jamstva za podjetje, ki spada v kategorijo največjega tveganja, znaša […] % na leto za jamstva za manj kot dve leti in […] % na leto za jamstva za več kot dve leti.
The base premium is […] % p.a.
Osnovna premija je […] % na leto.
By comparison, the guarantees to SSN were provided by KUKE for a premium of 2 % p.a. if the guarantee did not exceed PLN 35 million and for a premium of 1 % p.a. if the guarantee exceeded this amount.
Za primerjavo: jamstva za SSN je dala KUKE proti premiji v višini 2 % na leto, če jamstvo ni preseglo 35 milijonov PLN, in proti premiji v višini 1 % na leto, če je jamstvo preseglo ta znesek.
It is clear that SSN is not eligible for guarantees covered by the scheme described above which was approved by the Commission as free of aid.
Zato je jasno, da SSN ni upravičena do jamstev, ki jih zajema zgoraj opisana shema in ki jih je Komisija odobrila kot jamstva brez državne pomoči.
Hence the guarantees granted to SSN are not free of aid.
Jamstva za SSN torej niso jamstva brez državne pomoči.
In addition it is obvious that the guarantee premium charged to SSN is well below the base premium used for guarantees to healthy companies and several times lower than the premium charged to high-risk companies which are still eligible under the scheme described above.
Poleg tega je očitno, da je premija jamstva, zaračunana SSN, precej nižja od osnovne premije, ki se uporablja za jamstva za zdrava podjetja, in nekajkrat nižja od premije, ki se zaračuna tveganim podjetjem, ki pa so še vedno upravičena po zgoraj opisani shemi.
The Commission concludes that the guarantee premium paid by SSN does not correspond to a market premium and therefore these guarantees constitute State aid.
Komisija sklepa, da premija jamstva, zaračunana SSN, ne ustreza tržni premiji in da zato ta jamstva pomenijo državno pomoč.
Thirdly, pursuant to the Commission notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees [29], for an individual State guarantee not to constitute State aid, the borrower must not be in financial difficulty.
Tretjič, da posamezno jamstvo države v skladu z Obvestilom Komisije o uporabi členov 87 in 88 Pogodbe ES za državno pomoč v obliki poroštev [29] ne bi pomenilo državne pomoči, prejemnik sredstev ne sme biti v finančnih težavah.
This is clearly not the case here.
Tukaj pa temu očitno ni tako.
Pursuant to the same notice, when the borrower is in financial difficulty the aid element of the guarantee might be as high as the amount covered by that guarantee.
V skladu z istim Obvestilom je lahko element pomoči, ko je prejemnik sredstev v finančnih težavah, enako visok kot znesek, ki ga to jamstvo krije.
In the light of the above, the Commission concludes that KUKE did not act as a market economy operator when it extended guarantees to SSN.
V luči zgoraj navedenega Komisija sklepa, da KUKE ni delovala kot udeleženka v tržnem gospodarstvu, ko je SSN dodelila garancije.
Distortion of competition caused by the State aid to SSN
Izkrivljanje konkurence zaradi državne pomoči za SSN
The Commission finds that, thanks to its full reliance on State backing, SSN engaged in anti-competitive practices such as pricing below production costs and did not suffer the consequences that such practices normally entail, namely exit from the market.
Komisija meni, da je popolno opiranje na državno pomoč SSN omogočilo izvajanje protikonkurenčnih praks, kot je oblikovanje cen pod proizvodnimi stroški, ne da bi pri tem utrpela posledice, ki jih takšne prakse običajno povzročijo, in sicer izstop s trga.
Furthermore, the Commission notes that the main, persistent problem of SSN was that it concluded contracts which proved to be loss-making because of the continued strengthening of the zloty against the dollar, which is the prevailing currency in the shipbuilding business, and rising world prices for steel plates.
Poleg tega Komisija upošteva, da je bil glavni dolgotrajni problem SSN sklepanje pogodb, ki so prinašale izgube, saj se je vrednost zlota v primerjavi z dolarjem, ki je v ladjedelništvu prevladujoča valuta, nenehno zviševala in so se cene jeklenih plošč na svetovnem trgu zvišale.
These external factors were identified as major threats to the operation of the yard as far back as the restructuring plan of 2002, then again in the new restructuring plan of 2006 and finally during the privatisation attempt in 2008.
Ti zunanji dejavniki so bili kot glavne grožnje poslovanju ladjedelnice opredeljeni že v načrtu za prestrukturiranje 2002 in nato v novem načrtu za prestrukturiranje 2006 ter nazadnje med poskusom privatizacije leta 2008.
Although the yard’s management was aware of these dangers, the yard continued to conclude contracts without taking measures to mitigate these risks, or only taking measures with limited impact.
Čeprav se je uprava ladjedelnice teh groženj zavedala, je ladjedelnica še naprej sklepala pogodbe brez sprejetja ukrepov za zmanjšanje tveganja ali pa zgolj s sprejetjem ukrepov z omejenim učinkom.
This business practice continued in the period of unprecedented boom in the shipbuilding market between 2004 and 2008, when shipbuilding prices rose to unprecedented levels.
Ta poslovna praksa se je nadaljevala med izrednimi dogodki na ladjedelniškem trgu med letoma 2004 in 2008, ko so se ladjedelniške cene dvignile na rekordne ravni.
As a result of this practice, the yard managed to maintain operation and employment, but at the cost of vast losses on its regular shipbuilding production.
Posledično je ladjedelnica uspela zadržati dejavnost in število zaposlenih, vendar na račun velikih izgub v redni ladjedelniški proizvodnji.