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This public financing amounted to EUR 144 million in 2005 and EUR 167,5 million in 2006 [5].
Ta javna podpora je znašala 144 milijonov EUR za leto 2005 in 167,5 milijona EUR za leto 2006 [5].
Axens is the result of the merger, on 29 May 2001 (with retroactive effect from 1 January 2001), between Procatalyse SA (a wholly owned subsidiary of ISIS, which was in turn 52,8 %-owned at the time by IFP) and IFP’s industrial division, which was split off at the same time.
Družba Axens je nastala 29. maja 2001 (z učinkom za nazaj do 1. januarja 2001) z združitvijo družbe Procatalyse SA (hčerinska družba v 100-odstotni lasti družbe ISIS, v kateri je imela v zadevnem obdobju skupina IFP 52,8-odstotni delež) in industrijske uprave skupine IFP, ki je bila ob tej priložnosti oddana v zunanje upravljanje.
On 22 October 2001, IFP purchased from ISIS its stake in Axens.
Skupina IFP je 22. oktobra 2001 od družbe ISIS ponovno odkupila svoj delež v družbi Axens.
Currently, IFP therefore holds 100 % of the capital stock of Axens.
Zdaj ima torej skupina IFP v lasti 100 % kapitala družbe Axens.
Axens is active in the market for catalysts and technologies for the refining and petrochemicals industries.
Družba Axens je dejavna na trgu s katalizatorji ter tehnologijami za industrijske panoge, ki se ukvarjajo z rafiniranjem in petrokemičnimi izdelki.
Its consolidated turnover amounted to EUR 304,9 million in 2005 and EUR 308,45 million in 2006, about one third of which was accounted for by process licensing [6].
Njen konsolidiran promet je znašal 304,9 milijona EUR za leto 2005 in 308,45 milijona EUR za leto 2006, pri čemer je dejavnost licenciranja postopkov pomenila približno tretjino prometa [6].
It employed 636 people in 2006 [7].
Leta 2006 je bilo v družbi zaposlenih 636 oseb [7].
Its share of the world market for existing licensed refining units is estimated at 7 % [8].
Ocenjuje se, da ima 7-odstotni svetovni tržni delež obstoječih obratov za rafiniranje z licenco [8].
IFP holds directly and indirectly (through the financial holding company IFP Investissements) all the shares in several enterprises, including Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat.
Poleg tega ima skupina IFP neposredno in posredno (prek finančne holdinške družbe IFP Investissements) večinske deleže v več družbah, med drugim v družbah Beicip-Franlab in Prosernat.
In 2006, its turnover was EUR 42 million and it employs 166 people [9].
Leta 2006 je njen promet znašal 42 milijonov EUR, v njej pa je bilo zaposlenih 166 oseb [9].
Prosernat is a commercial enterprise acquired in 2001 as part of the transfer by ISIS of ownership of IFP Investissements to IFP.
Prosernat je gospodarska družba, pridobljena leta 2001, ko je družba ISIS družbo IFP Investissements prenesla na družbo IFP.
It provides consultancy and other services and supplies gas treatment and sulphur recovery plants.
Ta družba zagotavlja študije in storitve ter sklope naprav na področju predelave plina in razžveplanja.
In 2006, its turnover was EUR 49,9 million and it employs 71 people [10].
Leta 2006 je njen promet znašal 49,9 milijona EUR, v njej pa je bilo zaposlenih 71 oseb [10].
Earlier Commission decisions
Prejšnje odločbe Komisije
From 1944, when it was established, to the end of 2002, IFP collected the proceeds of a parafiscal charge on certain petroleum products.
Skupina IFP je od svoje ustanovitve leta 1944 do konca leta 2002 zaračunavala prihodek iz davkom podobne dajatve na nekatere naftne derivate.
The repayment of this charge was the subject of Commission Decision 96/615/EC of 29 May 1996 on the renewal, for the period 1993 to 1997, of the charge levied on certain oil products for the benefit of the Institut Français du Pétrole [11], which concluded that, pursuant to point 2.4 of the 1996 Community framework for State aid for research and development (the 1996 R & D framework) [12], the payment of the proceeds from a parafiscal charge for the benefit of IFP for the period 1993 to 1997 was not caught by Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Pobiranje tega davka je bilo obravnavano v Odločbi 96/615/ES Komisije z dne 29. maja 1996 o podaljšanju davka na nekatere naftne derivate v korist podjetju Institut français du pétrole za obdobje 1993–1997 [11], v kateri je bilo sklenjeno, da zaračunavanje prihodka iz davkom podobne dajatve v korist skupini IFP za obdobje 1993–1997 ni zajeto v členu 87(1) Pogodbe ES na podlagi točke 2.4 okvira Skupnosti za državno pomoč za raziskave in razvoj [12] iz leta 1996 (v nadaljevanju: okvir za R & R iz leta 1996).
On 3 October 1997, France notified to the Commission a new, substantially unchanged decree on the parafiscal charge levied on certain petroleum products for the benefit of IFP for the period 1998-2002.
Francija je 3. oktobra 1997 Komisijo obvestila o novi uredbi o davkom podobni dajatvi, ki se zaračuna za nekatere naftne derivate v korist skupini IFP, brez večjih sprememb, za obdobje 1998–2002.
In its decision of 4 February 1998 [13], the Commission raised no objection to its implementation for the period 1998-2002.
Komisija v svoji odločbi z dne 4. februarja 1998 [13] ni nasprotovala izvajanju te uredbe v obdobju 1998–2002.
Exclusive agreements between IFP and Axens
Izključni sporazumi med skupino IFP in družbo Axens
By letters dated 1 March and 18 May 2001 (hereinafter called ‘the 2001 letters’), France informed the Commission of a plan to reorganise the research activities of IFP in the fields of refining, petrochemicals and gas and asked the Commission to confirm that the plan would not lead to the analysis adopted by the Commission in its earlier decisions being called into question.
Francija je z dopisoma z dne 1. marca in 18. maja 2001 (v nadaljevanju: dopisa iz leta 2001) Komisijo obvestila o projektu reorganizacije dejavnosti glede raziskovalnih dejavnosti skupine IFP na področju rafiniranja, petrokemije in plina ter je od Komisije zahtevala, naj potrdi, da ta projekt ne ogroža analize, ki jo je sprejela Komisija v svojih prejšnjih odločbah.
The plan involved entrusting the management of marketing the results in the above fields to a commercial entity formed by merging IFP’s industrial division with Procatalyse, which was indirectly controlled by IFP and specialised in the industrial development, manufacture and sale of all chemical products.
Ta projekt je predvideval dodelitev upravljanja trženja rezultatov na zadevnem področju gospodarskemu subjektu, ki je bil ustanovljen z združitvijo industrijske uprave skupine IFP in družbe Procatalyse, ki jo posredno nadzira skupina IFP in je specializirana za industrijski razvoj ter izdelavo in prodajo vseh kemičnih izdelkov.
In addition to the transfer of the greater part of IFP’s industrial division, including its existing customers and contracts, effected in exchange for a majority stake in the new subsidiary, the plan involved the signature by IFP and its subsidiary of the following agreements:
Poleg prenosa glavnega dela industrijske uprave skupine IFP, vključno s strankami in obstoječimi pogodbami, ki je bil opravljen v zameno za večinske deleže v novi hčerinski družbi, je projekt vključeval podpis naslednjih sporazumov in konvencije med skupino IFP in njeno hčerinsko družbo:
a 10-year exclusive framework licensing agreement under which the subsidiary may use IFP’s present and future intellectual property rights essentially in processes in its field of activity to provide engineering services to customers in connection with those processes and to transmit to them the right to use the related technologies in the form of patent licence sub-grants;
izključna pogodba o omejeni licenci za obdobje desetih let, na podlagi katere lahko hčerinska družba uporabi sedanjo in prihodnjo intelektualno lastnino skupine IFP, zlasti na področju postopkov na njenem področju delovanja, da bi strankam zagotovila inženirske storitve v zvezi s temi postopki in nanje prenesla pravico do uporabe s tem povezanih tehnologij v obliki podkoncesij za patentne licence;
a 10-year exclusive product licensing agreement under which the subsidiary may use IFP’s present and future technology in its field of activity to manufacture and sell to its customers catalysts, adsorbents, captation masses, equipment, and other products and software developed by IFP;
izključna pogodba za licence za izdelke za obdobje desetih let, na podlagi katere lahko hčerinska družba uporabi sedanjo in prihodnjo tehnologijo skupine IFP na svojem področju delovanja za izdelavo in prodajo katalizatorjev, adsorbentov, sistemov za zajetje, opreme, drugih izdelkov in programske opreme, ki jih je razvila skupina IFP, svojim strankam;
a 10-year industrial research agreement under which [IFP proposes to its subsidiary the results of its research in the field of refining and petrochemicals in order that it may, if it so wishes, pursue the research in a joint project with IFP and then exploit the said results.
konvencija o industrijskih raziskavah za obdobje desetih let, na podlagi katere [skupina IFP predloži svoji hčerinski družbi rezultate svojih raziskav na področju rafiniranja in petrokemije, da lahko hčerinska družba, če želi, sodeluje pri raziskavah s skupino IFP ter uporabi navedene rezultate.
Should the subsidiary not avail itself of this possibility, IFP can propose its results to other enterprises.
Če hčerinska družba ne uporabi te možnosti, lahko skupina IFP svoje rezultate ponudi drugim družbam.
Each partner bears the costs of its participation in the research project, and at project end IFP holds the ownership rights to the products and processes while its subsidiary holds the ownership rights to the industrialisation stages of the products and processes] [14].
Vsak partner krije stroške svojega sodelovanja pri projektu in rezultatih raziskovalnega projekta, pri čemer ima skupina IFP lastninsko pravico za izdelke in postopke, medtem ko ima hčerinska družba lastninsko pravico za stopnje industrializacije izdelkov in postopkov] [14].
The Commission took the view that the IFP reorganisation plan presented was in keeping with the conditions laid down in its decision of 4 February 1998 on the renewal, for the period 1998-2002, of the parafiscal charge levied on certain petroleum products and it informed France accordingly by letter D/52473 dated 19 June 2001.
Komisija je menila, da je predstavljeni projekt reorganizacije skupine IFP v skladu s pogoji iz odločbe z dne 4. februarja 1998 o podaljšanju zaračunavanja davkom podobne dajatve za nekatere naftne derivate za obdobje 1998–2002, ter je Francijo obvestila o tem z dopisom št. D/52473 z dne 19. junija 2001.
By letter dated 27 November 2002, France informed the Commission of the replacement, as from 1 January 2003, of the proceeds from the parafiscal levy by a budgetary allowance for IFP.
Francija je z dopisom z dne 27. novembra 2002 Komisijo obvestila, da bo od 1. januarja 2003 nadomestila prihodek iz davkom podobne dajatve s proračunskimi sredstvi v korist skupine IFP.
Exclusive agreements between IFP and Beicip-Franlab
Izključni sporazumi med skupino IFP in družbo Beicip-Franlab
An exclusive development, marketing and use agreement, signed on 28 May 2003, with retroactive effect from 1 January 2003, for a period of 10 years provides that [IFP will propose to Beicip-Franlab the results of its research into the algorithms, models and methodologies developed by IFP in the field of ‘Exploration–Deposits’ and that Beicip-Franlab may request permission from IFP to produce products on that basis.
Izključna konvencija o razvoju, trženju in uporabi, ki je bila podpisana 28. maja 2003, z učinkom za nazaj do 1. januarja 2003 za obdobje desetih let, določa, da [skupina IFP ponudi družbi Beicip-Franlab rezultate svojih raziskav na področju algoritmov, modelov ali metodologij, ki jih je razvila skupina IFP na področju „raziskav in nahajališč“, ter da lahko družba Beicip-Franlab od skupine IFP zahteva, da proizvede izdelke na tej podlagi.
IFP will hold all the ownership rights to the software products developed.
Skupina IFP ima vse lastninske pravice za razvito programsko opremo.
Exclusive agreements between IFP and Prosernat
Izključni sporazumi med skupino IFP in družbo Prosernat
A framework licensing agreement and an industrial research agreement between IFP and Prosernat were signed on 18 August 2003, with retroactive effect from 1 January 2002, for a period of 10 years. Under these agreements [IFP is to offer up the results of its research in the field of gas treatment and sulphur recovery technologies.
Sporazum o omejeni licenci in konvencijo o industrijskih raziskavah sta skupina IFP in družba Prosernat podpisali 18. avgusta 2003 z učinkom za nazaj do 1. januarja 2002 za obdobje desetih let, na njuni podlagi pa [skupina IFP ponudi rezultate svojih raziskav na področju tehnoloških postopkov predelave plina in razžveplanja.
IFP will hold the property rights to the correlations, processes and specific equipment associated with the processes.
Skupina IFP ima lastninske pravice za povezave, postopke in posebno opremo v zvezi s postopki.
If Prosernat is interested in marketing them, then it must itself perform, while at the same time preserving the associated property rights, the task of industrialising these processes, for which it may then be granted an exclusive licence] [14] Paraphrase of information covered by professional secrecy.
Če se družba Prosernat zanima za njihovo trženje, mora prevzeti odgovornost za industrializacijo teh postopkov, za katere lahko nato dobi izključno koncesijo za licenco, pri čemer se ohranijo s tem povezane lastninske pravice] [14] Povzetek infomacij, ki so poslovna skrivnost.
In consideration for the licence for the processes, Prosernat must pay a fee of […] [15] Information covered by professional secrecy.
Pri plačilu licence za postopke mora družba Prosernat plačati dajatev v višini […] [15] Informacija je poslovna skrivnost.
out of the annual turnover from sub-licensing royalties for the first four years.
za letni promet, ki je sestavljena iz dajatev iz naslova podlicenc za prva štiri leta.
This fee rate is to rise to […] [15] Information covered by professional secrecy. after the first four years.
Predvideno je, da bo ta stopnja dajatev po prvih štirih letih dosegla […] [15] Informacija je poslovna skrivnost. .
The fee rate for equipment is set on a case-by-case basis.
Stopnja dajatev za opremo se določi za vsak primer posebej.
IFP’s remuneration for Prosernat’s access to the results of the research work amounts to […] [15] Information covered by professional secrecy.
Plačilo skupini IFP za dostop družbe Prosernat do rezultatov raziskav znaša […] [15] Informacija je poslovna skrivnost.
of Prosernat’s global annual turnover.
letnega prometa družbe Prosernat.
In initiating the formal investigation procedure, the Commission expressed the following doubts about the French State’s support for the IFP group and about the justifications put forward at that time by France.
Komisija je ob sprožitvi formalnega postopka preiskave podvomila v posredovanje Francije v korist skupini IFP in dokazila, ki jih je tedaj predložila Francija.
First, the Commission considered that the conditions laid down in its earlier decisions were no longer met.
Komisija je zlasti ocenila, da pogoji iz prejšnjih odločb niso več izpolnjeni.
As a reminder, its earlier decisions were based on:
Opozoriti je treba, da so njene prejšnje odločbe temeljile na:
the fact that no direct aid was granted to IFP insofar as IFP was a non-profit-making research centre not engaged in a commercial activity.
neobstoju neposredne pomoči na ravni skupine IFP, če je bila skupina IFP neprofitni raziskovalni center, ki ni sodeloval pri gospodarski dejavnosti.
In accordance with the first paragraph of point 2.4 of the 1996 R & D framework, public financing of R & D activities by public non-profit-making higher education or research establishments is not normally covered by Article 87(1) of the Treaty;
V skladu s prvim pododstavkom točke 2.4 okvira za R & R iz leta 1996 javno financiranje dejavnosti na področju raziskav in razvoja, ki jih izvajajo neprofitne visokošolske ustanove ali javne raziskovalne ustanove, običajno ni predvideno v določbah iz člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES;
the fact that no indirect aid was granted to firms acquiring the findings of IFP studies insofar as the potential advantage resulting from the transfer of the findings was available without discrimination to all firms.
neobstoju posredne pomoči za podjetja, ki pridobijo raziskave skupine IFP, če je bila možnost prednosti zaradi prenosa rezultatov na voljo vsem podjetjem brez razlikovanja.
In this connection the Commission had noted that IFP transferred its research findings to firms in four different ways: dissemination in the public domain, services invoiced at cost price, collaborative research and sale of licences.
V zvezi s tem je Komisija ugotovila, da je skupina IFP prenesla rezultate svojih raziskav podjetjem na štiri načine: razširjanje na javnem področju, zagotavljanje storitev, zaračunanih v skladu z dejanskimi stroški skupine IFP, skupne raziskave in prodaja licenc.
In the latter two cases, the Commission considered that, while firms did not bear the total costs of research, this advantage was available without discrimination to all firms, irrespective of nationality;
V zadnjih dveh primerih je upoštevala, da je, če podjetja ne krijejo vseh stroškov raziskav, ta prednost na voljo brez razlikovanja vsem podjetjem, ne glede na njihovo narodnost;
the fact that no indirect aid was granted to firms in which IFP held shares insofar as IFP collaborated with those firms on the same terms and conditions as with other firms in which it did not hold shares.
neobstoju posredne pomoči za družbe, v katerih je imela delež skupina IFP, če bi skupina IFP sodelovala s temi podjetji pod enakimi pogoji kot z drugimi podjetji, v katerih nima deleža.
Because of the involvement of other shareholders, IFP’s minority shareholdings in firms active in its research field and its collaboration with those firms on the same terms and conditions as with other firms in which it did not hold shares, the Commission concluded that the firms in question did not receive more favourable treatment.
Komisija je zaradi vključenosti drugih delničarjev, manjšinskega deleža skupine IFP v družbah, ki so dejavne na njenem področju raziskav, in sodelovanja s temi podjetji pod enakimi pogoji kot z drugimi podjetji, v katerih nima svojega deleža, ugotovila, da ta podjetja niso bila ugodneje obravnavana.
The Commission found that, since 2001 on the other hand, IFP had been taking an increasingly structured and up-front commercial approach thanks to the creation, in the market for refining and petrochemicals technologies, of Axens and the conclusion with it of exclusive research and licensing agreements.
Komisija je ugotovila, da skupina IFP od leta 2001 sodeluje pri poslovni dejavnosti, ki je vedno bolj strukturirana in vedno bolj pomembna, ker je bila na trgu tehnoloških postopkov rafiniranja in petrokemije ustanovljena družba Axens ter so bili s to družbo sklenjeni izključni sporazumi o raziskavah in licencah.
Thus, this commercial subsidiary, majority held by IFP, has preferential access to the R & D work conducted by IFP in its field of activity.
Ta gospodarska hčerinska družba, ki je v večinski lasti skupine IFP, ima prednostni dostop do dejavnosti raziskav in razvoja, ki jih izvaja skupina IFP na svojem področju dejavnosti.
Consequently, in its decision to initiate the procedure the Commission took the view that the reasons justifying the 1996 and 1998 decisions were no longer valid and that the first paragraph of point 2.4 of the 1996 R & D framework was no longer applicable to Axens’s field of activity.
Zato je Komisija v svoji odločbi o sprožitvi postopka ocenila, da razlogi za odločbi iz leta 1996 in 1998 niso več utemeljeni ter da prvi pododstavek točke 2.4 okvira za R & R iz leta 1996 ne velja na področju dejavnosti družbe Axens.
Hence it concluded as to the existence of State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty in favour of IFP and its subsidiary Axens.
Tako je ugotovila, da gre za državno pomoč v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES za skupino IFP in njeno hčerinsko družbo Axens.
Moreover, insofar as IFP had majority shareholdings in two other commercial subsidiaries, Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat, and insofar as IFP had signed exclusive agreements with those subsidiaries, the Commission could not rule out the existence of State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty in the fields of activity of the subsidiaries Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat.
Poleg tega Komisija, če ima skupina IFP večinske deleže v dveh drugih gospodarskih hčerinskih družbah, tj. v družbah Beicip-Franlab in Prosernat, ter če je skupina IFP podpisala izključne sporazume s tema dvema hčerinskima družbama, ni mogla izključiti obstoja državne pomoči v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES na področjih dejavnosti hčerinskih družb Beicip-Franlab in Prosernat.
Secondly, the Commission analysed the compatibility of the aid in the light of the various Treaty provisions.
Drugič, Komisija je analizirala združljivost pomoči ob upoštevanju različnih določb Pogodbe.
The Commission accordingly invited France to submit its comments and:
Komisija je zato pozvala Francijo, da predloži svoje pripombe o naslednjih točkah:
furnish evidence of the extent to which IFP and its subsidiaries can be considered separate entities the relationship between which is market driven;
elementih, na podlagi katerih je mogoče ugotoviti, v katerem primeru je mogoče skupino IFP in njene hčerinske družbe obravnavati kot ločene subjekte, katerih odnosi so tržno usmerjeni;
draw a clear distinction, in conformity with Commission Directive 80/723/EEC of 25 June 1980 on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings [16], between the economic and the non-economic activities of IFP and its subsidiaries so as to make clear what proportion of the public subsidy supports the group’s commercial activities;
jasni opredelitvi gospodarskih in negospodarskih dejavnosti skupine IFP in njenih hčerinskih družb v skladu z Direktivo 80/723/EGS Komisije z dne 25. junija 1980 o preglednosti finančnih odnosov med državami članicami in javnimi podjetji [16], da bi se pojasnilo, kolikšen delež javne subvencije je namenjen gospodarskim dejavnostim skupine;
provide precise proof that any aid is compatible with the Community rules on R & D aid.
natančnem dokazilu, da so te morebitne pomoči združljive s pravili Skupnosti na področju pomoči za R & R.
COMMENTS FROM FRANCE ON THE INITIATION OF THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
PRIPOMBE FRANCIJE O SPROŽITVI FORMALNEGA POSTOPKA PREISKAVE
On the background to the current procedure
Ozadje postopka, ki še poteka
First, France states that the IFP financing arrangements have formed the subject matter of two Commission decisions finding that no State aid is involved within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Francija zlasti poudarja, da je bila shema financiranja skupine IFP obravnavana v dveh odločbah Komisije, v katerih je bilo sklenjeno, da ni šlo za državno pomoč v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe ES.
Secondly, it recalls that the 2001 reorganisation resulted in the conversion into a subsidiary of IFP’s commercial activities in the field of refining and petrochemicals, these having been previously carried on in part internally by IFP’s industrial division and for the rest by Procatalyse, an enterprise indirectly controlled by IFP.
Drugič, poudarja, da je reorganizacija leta 2001 povzročila prenos gospodarskih dejavnosti skupine IFP na področju rafiniranja in petrokemije, ki jih je prej delno notranje izvajala industrijska uprava IFP, delno pa družba Procatalyse, ki je bila pod posrednim nadzorom skupine IFP, na hčerinske družbe.
The aim of the reorganisation was to refocus IFP’s activities on the general interest mission entrusted to it by the State of supporting research and development in the field of hydrocarbons and new energy and environment technologies.
Ocenjuje, da je bil cilj te reorganizacije preusmeritev dejavnosti skupine IFP na nalogo splošnega interesa, ki jo določi država, tj. pomoč za raziskave in razvoj na področju ogljikovodikov ter novih tehnoloških postopkov na področju energije in okolja.