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Consequently, the Portuguese authorities state that Viniportugal’s advertising activities in other Member States of the European Union and also those conducted in third countries ought to be regarded as compatible with the common market in the light of Article 107(3)(c) of the TFEU and of the Guidelines for State aid for advertising.
Portugalski organi zato izjavljajo, da je treba oglaševalske dejavnosti, ki jih je Viniportugal izvajal v drugih državah članicah Evropske unije in tudi v tretjih državah, šteti za združljive z notranjim trgom z vidika člena 107(3)(c) PDEU in Smernic o državni pomoči za oglaševanje.
In support of their observations, the Portuguese authorities have provided examples and samples of advertising campaigns in the specialist foreign press.
Portugalski organi so v podporo tem pripombam predložili primere in vzorce oglaševalskih kampanj v tujem specializiranem tisku.
Funding of promotion and advertising campaigns for Portuguese wine in other Member States and third countries
Financiranje kampanj za promocijo in oglaševanje portugalskega vina na trgih drugih držav članic in tretjih držav
As regards the doubts raised by the Commission in relation to the funding of campaigns for the promotion and advertising of wine in other Member States and third countries, the Portuguese authorities point out that, in the period between 1997 and 2005, the revenue from the levying of the charge on products originating from other Member States represented only 15 % of the total revenue from that charge.
Portugalski organi v zvezi z dvomom, ki ga je Komisija izrazila o financiranju kampanj za promocijo in oglaševanje vina v drugih državah članicah in tretjih državah, poudarjajo, da so prihodki od pobiranja dajatve od proizvodov iz drugih držav članic v obdobju 1997–2005 obsegali samo 15 % skupnih prihodkov od te dajatve.
Annual revenue from levying the wine promotion charge (Annual average for the years 1998-2005) [12] [12]
Letni prihodki od pobiranja dajatve za promocijo vina (letno povprečje v letih 1998–2005) [12] [12]
Domestic wines and wine products
Nacionalna vina in proizvodi iz grozdja in vina
Wines and wine products from other Member States and third countries
Vina in proizvodi iz grozdja in vina iz drugih držav članic in tretjih držav
Total of average annual revenue (1998 to 2005)
Skupaj letni povprečni prihodki (1998–2005)
In this connection, the Portuguese authorities consider that imported products contribute only to the payment of a portion of the generic promotion of wine and wine products conducted in Portugal, which equally benefits domestic products and those from other Member States.
Portugalski organi v tem okviru menijo, da uvoženi proizvodi prispevajo le k plačilu dela splošne promocije vina in proizvodov iz grozdja in vina na Portugalskem, ki koristi enako nacionalnim proizvodom in proizvodom iz drugih držav članic.
Again, according to the Portuguese authorities, the remaining funding of generic promotions is provided by the portion of the levy payable on domestic products, which benefit to the same degree from the resulting advantages.
Ti organi tudi menijo, da je preostalo financiranje splošnih promocij zagotovljeno z delom dajatve, ki se pobere od nacionalnih proizvodov, ki so v enakem obsegu upravičeni do ugodnosti, ki izhajajo iz teh promocij.
Moreover, the Portuguese authorities stated that the average costs of the generic promotion of wine and wine products are far higher than the portion of the amount granted to Viniportugal from the charge on promotion levied on products from other Member States.
Po drugi strani so portugalski organi pojasnili, da so povprečni stroški splošne promocije vina in proizvodov iz grozdja in vina precej višji od dela zneska, ki ga Viniportugal dobi od dajatve za promocijo, pobrane od proizvodov iz drugih držav članic.
According to the Portuguese authorities, the support granted annually to Viniportugal in the period in question represented between 25 % and 45 % of the revenue from the charge on the promotion of wine (see recital 15 above).
Po mnenju portugalskih organov je pomoč, ki je bila vsako leto v zadevnem obdobju dodeljena združenju Viniportugal, obsegala od 25 do 45 % prihodkov od dajatve za promocijo vina (glej uvodno izjavo 15 zgoraj).
Of this amount, only 15 % derived from the collection of the charge on products imported from other Member States.
Od tega zneska je bilo le 15 % pobranih od proizvodov, uvoženih iz drugih držav članic.
The remaining 85 % came from revenue from the charge on domestic products [13].
Preostalih 85 % je izviralo iz prihodkov od dajatve na nacionalne proizvode.
Accordingly, Viniportugal’s activity is funded primarily by revenue from the charge levied on domestic products.
Zato naj bi se dejavnost združenja Viniportugal financirala predvsem s prihodki od dajatve, pobrane od nacionalnih proizvodov.
The Portuguese authorities add that, during that same period, Viniportugal’s expenditure on measures for the generic promotion of wine in Portugal represented on average 32 % of that association’s total expenditure.
Portugalski organi dodajajo, da so v istem obdobju izdatki združenja za ukrepe za splošno promocijo vina na Portugalskem obsegali povprečno 32 % vseh izdatkov tega združenja.
Viniportugal’s expenditure (annual average of the years 1998-2005) [14] [14]
Izdatki združenja Viniportugal (letno povprečje v letih 1998–2005) [14] [14]
Measures for promotion and advertising in other Member States and third countries
Ukrepi za promocijo in oglaševanje v drugih državah članicah in tretjih državah
Measures for generic promotion in Portugal
Ukrepi za splošno promocijo na Portugalskem
Total average expenditure per year (1998 to 2005)
Skupaj povprečni izdatki na leto (1998–2005)
Bearing in mind that the contribution of products from other Member States to Viniportugal’s activities represented only 15 % of the total revenue of that association from the charge on promotion, the Portuguese authorities conclude that the contribution of those products was therefore limited to funding only part of the generic promotion measures which Viniportugal conducted in Portugal.
Ker prispevek od proizvodov iz drugih držav članic za dejavnosti združenja Viniportugal obsega komaj 15 % skupnih prihodkov tega združenja od dajatve za promocijo, portugalski organi sklepajo, da je bil prispevek od teh proizvodov omejen na financiranje komaj dela stroškov ukrepov za splošno promocijo, ki jih je Viniportugal izvajal na Portugalskem.
These measures which, according to the Portuguese authorities, are likely to benefit domestic products and those imported from other Member States in equal measure, were funded on the one hand by the contribution of products of other Member States and on the other by the contribution of domestic products.
Ti ukrepi, ki po mnenju portugalskih organov lahko koristijo nacionalnim proizvodom in tudi proizvodom iz drugih držav članic, so se financirali, po eni strani, s prispevkom od proizvodov iz drugih držav članic in, po drugi strani, s prispevkom od nacionalnih proizvodov.
The remainder of the contribution levied on domestic products for Viniportugal’s activity was intended to fund all the measures for the promotion and advertising of Portuguese wines in other Member States and in third countries, thus being the only source of funding of these activities.
Preostali del prispevka, pobranega od nacionalnih proizvodov – za dejavnosti združenja Viniportugal –, je bil namenjen financiranju vseh ukrepov za promocijo in oglaševanje portugalskih vin v drugih državah članicah in tretjih državah, kar pomeni, da je bil edini vir financiranja teh dejavnosti.
The Portuguese authorities therefore conclude that there is no discriminatory treatment between domestic wines and wine products and those originating from other Member States, insofar as (i) both contribute towards the funding of activities for the generic promotion of wine and wine products and these activities equally benefit domestic products and those imported from other Member States; (ii) the promotion and advertising campaigns conducted by Viniportugal in other Member States and third countries and which exclusively benefit Portuguese wine are solely funded with the proportion of revenue from the charge levied on domestic wines and wine products.
Skratka, portugalski organi izjavljajo, da ni diskriminacije med nacionalnimi vini in proizvodi iz grozdja in vina ter vini in proizvodi iz drugih držav članic, in sicer (i) ker oboji prispevajo k financiranju dejavnosti splošne promocije vina in proizvodov iz grozdja in vina na Portugalskem ter ker te dejavnosti koristijo enako nacionalnim proizvodom in proizvodom, uvoženim iz drugih držav članic; (ii) ker se promocijske in oglaševalske kampanje, ki jih Viniportugal izvaja v drugih državah članicah in tretjih državah ter so namenjene izključno portugalskim vinom, financirajo izključno z delom prihodkov od dajatve, pobrane od nacionalnih vin in proizvodov iz grozdja in vina.
According to the Portuguese authorities, the mechanism for funding the aid measures in question must, therefore, be deemed compatible with Articles 107 and 110 of the TFEU.
Po mnenju portugalskih organov je torej treba mehanizem financiranja zadevnih pomoči šteti za združljiv s členoma 107 in 110 PDEU.
Articles 107 to 109 of the TFEU are applicable to the production of, and trade in, products in the wine sector by virtue of Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/99 [15] on the common organisation of the wine market.
Členi od 107 do 109 PDEU so se začeli uporabljati za proizvodnjo in trženje vinogradniško-vinarskih proizvodov na podlagi člena 71 Uredbe (ES) št. 1493/1999 [15] o skupni ureditvi trga za te proizvode.
According to Article 107(1) of the TFEU, subject to any derogations provided for by that Treaty, 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 shall, insofar as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the common market.
V skladu s členom 107(1) PDEU je, razen če Pogodbi ne določata drugače, 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, nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom, kolikor prizadene trgovino med državami članicami.
For a measure to fall within the scope of Article 107(1) of the TFEU, the following four conditions must therefore all be met: 1. the measure must be funded by the State or through State resources, 2. it must relate selectively to certain undertakings or production sectors, 3. it must entail an economic benefit for beneficiary undertakings, and 4. it must affect intra-Community trade and distort, or threaten to distort, competition.
Da bi ukrep spadal na področje uporabe člena 107(1) PDEU, morajo biti torej izpolnjeni naslednji štirje kumulativni pogoji: 1. financirati ga mora država ali se mora financirati iz državnih sredstev; 2. selektivno mora zadevati nekatera podjetja ali sektorje proizvodnje; 3. vsebovati mora gospodarsko prednost za podjetja prejemnike; 4. prizadeti mora trgovino med državami članicami Skupnosti in izkrivljati konkurenco ali groziti, da jo bo izkrivljal.
In the decision to initiate the formal examination procedure, the Commission raised doubts as regards the following questions: first, as regards the compatibility with Article 107 of the TFEU of the promotion measures on markets of other Member States and third countries; secondly, as regards compatibility with Article 107 of the TFEU of the training measures organised by the IVV, and thirdly, as regards the compatibility with Article 110 of the TFEU of the funding, by means of the parafiscal charge, of promotion measures on markets of other Member States and third countries.
Komisija je v odločitvi o sprožitvi formalnega postopka preiskave izrazila dvom o naslednjih vprašanjih: prvič, o združljivosti promocijskih ukrepov na trgih drugih držav članic in tretjih držav s členom 107 PDEU; drugič, o združljivosti usposabljanj, ki jih je organiziral IVV, s členom 107 PDEU, ter tretjič, o združljivosti financiranja promocijskih ukrepov na trgih drugih držav članic in tretjih držav z davkom podobno dajatvijo s členom 110 PDEU.
The Commission is accordingly restricting its examination to these questions.
Komisija zato preučitev omejuje na ta vprašanja.
The aid which is the subject of this examination procedure have been funded by means of the parafiscal charge for the promotion of wine.
Pomoč, ki je predmet tega postopka preiskave, je bila financirana z davkom podobno dajatvijo, imenovano dajatev za promocijo vina.
As regards the question whether the revenue from the parafiscal charges can be regarded as State resources, it should be pointed out that no distinction must be made, in the case of State resources, between cases where aid is granted directly by the State and those where aid is granted via public or private bodies designated or created by the State [16].
Kar zadeva vprašanje, ali je prihodek od davkom podobne dajatve mogoče šteti za državna sredstva, je treba opozoriti, da se ne sme razlikovati med državnimi sredstvi v primerih, ko pomoč neposredno dodeli država, in primerih, ko pomoč dodelijo javni ali zasebni organi, ki jih imenuje ali ustanovi država [16].
On 15 July 2004, the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in its judgment in Pearle [17] (Case C-345/02), held that obligatory contributions collected by an intermediary body from all the undertakings of a certain business sector can only be regarded as not being State resources if the following four conditions have all been met:
Sodišče Evropskih skupnosti je 15. julija 2004 v sodbi, izdani v zadevi Pearle [17], razsodilo, da se obvezni prispevki, ki jih pobere organ, ki deluje kot posrednik za vsa podjetja v poklicnem sektorju, ne smejo šteti za državna sredstva, če so izpolnjeni naslednji štirje kumulativni pogoji:
The measure in question is established by the professional body that represents the undertakings and the employees of a business sector and does not serve as an instrument for the implementation of policies established by the State;
zadevni ukrep sprejme poklicna organizacija, ki zastopa podjetja in delavce v poklicnem sektorju, ter se ne uporablja kot instrument za izvajanje politike, ki jo opredeli država;
The goals of the measure in question are fully financed by the contributions of the undertakings of the sector;
tako opredeljeni cilji se v celoti financirajo s prispevki podjetij v sektorju;
The method of financing and the percentage/amount of the contributions are established in the professional body of the business sector by representatives of employers and employees, without any State interference;
način financiranja in odstotni delež/znesek prispevkov določijo predstavniki delodajalcev in delavcev v poklicni organizaciji sektorja brez posredovanja države;
The contributions are obligatorily used for the financing of the measure, without the possibility for the State to intervene.
prispevki se obvezno uporabljajo za financiranje ukrepa, ne da bi država lahko posredovala.
The measure notified does not seem to meet all these conditions.
Zdi se, da priglašeni ukrep ne izpolnjuje vseh teh pogojev.
The wine promotion charge was established by the Portuguese authority by means of a Decree-Law (see recital (11) as an instrument for the implementation of a policy established by the Portuguese Government, namely the promotion of wine.
Tako imenovano dajatev za promocijo vina je uvedel portugalski organ na podlagi zakonskega odloka (glej uvodno izjavo 11) kot instrument za izvajanje politike, ki jo je opredelila portugalska vlada, in sicer promocije vina.
Moreover, the Portuguese authorities, in its legislative capacity, has the possibility of intervening in the determination of the financial arrangements of the measure and the use of the contributions.
Portugalski organ ima poleg tega kot zakonodajalec možnost posredovati pri opredelitvi finančnih pogojev ukrepa in uporabe prispevkov.
In the present case, the Portuguese State’s intervention in this sense emerges clearly from the provisions of Decree-Laws No 137/95 of 14 June 1995 and No 119/97 of 15 May 1997.
V tej zadevi táko posredovanje portugalske države jasno izhaja iz določb zakonskih odlokov št. 137/95 z dne 14. junija 1995 in št. 119/97 z dne 15. maja 1997.
Since conditions (a), (c) and (d) of the Pearle judgment are not met, the revenue from the wine promotion charge must therefore regarded as ‘State resources’.
Ker pogoji (a), (c) in (d) iz sodbe Pearle niso izpolnjeni, se prihodki od tako imenovane dajatve za promocijo vina torej štejejo za „državna sredstva“.
Existence of a selective advantage
Obstoj selektivne prednosti
It ought thus to be checked whether the mechanism being analysed ‘distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or certain products’.
Tako je treba preveriti, ali obravnavani mehanizem „izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljal konkurenco z dajanjem prednosti posameznim podjetjem ali proizvodnji posameznega blaga“.
The existence of aid must be established at the level of potential beneficiaries of the promotion of wine and its funding.
Obstoj pomoči je treba ugotoviti na ravni morebitnih upravičencev do promocije vina in njenega financiranja.
Thus to constitute an aid within the meaning of Article 107, the compensation granted using State resources must secure an economic advantage which it would not have obtained under normal market conditions and this advantage must be selective.
Da bi bilo nadomestilo, dodeljeno iz državnih sredstev, pomoč v smislu člena 107, mora zagotoviti gospodarsko prednost, ki je ne bi bilo mogoče dobiti v običajnih tržnih razmerah, ta prednost pa mora biti selektivna.
The criterion of selectivity is met where the abovementioned advantage is reserved for some undertakings or a business sector.
Merilo selektivnosti je izpolnjeno, ko je navedena prednost namenjena le nekaterim podjetjem ali enemu sektorju dejavnosti.
This condition is therefore met in the present case, where the wine and wine products sector is clearly identified.
Ta pogoj je torej izpolnjen v tej zadevi, v kateri je sektor vina in proizvodov iz grozdja in vina jasno opredeljen.
On the initiation of the formal examination procedure, the Commission identified as beneficiaries economic operators which are recipients of the services provided by the IVV and Viniportugal.
Komisija je ob sprožitvi postopka preiskave kot upravičence opredelila gospodarske subjekte, ki so prejeli storitve, ki sta jih opravljala IVV in Viniportugal.
Irrespective of whether the funding of the IVV’s activities represents a State aid in favour of that body, the question also arises of the possible qualification of the services provided by that body to the wine sector as ‘State aid’ within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the TFEU.
Neodvisno od vprašanja, ali je financiranje dejavnosti IVV državna pomoč za ta organ, se postavlja tudi vprašanje morebitne opredelitve storitev, ki jih je opravljal ta organ v vinskem sektorju, kot državne pomoči v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
There is no doubt that the operators in the sector in question (producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers, etc.) are undertakings conducting an economic activity.
Ni dvoma, da so gospodarski subjekti v zadevnem sektorju (proizvajalci, predelovalci, trgovci na debelo, trgovci na drobno itd.) podjetja, ki opravljajo gospodarsko dejavnost.
According to the case law of the Court of Justice, interventions which, in various ways, mitigate the charges which are normally included in the budget of an undertaking and which, without therefore being subsidies in the strict sense of the word, are of the same character and have the same effect [18].
V skladu s sodno prakso Sodišča se kot pomoči štejejo predvsem ukrepi, ki v različnih oblikah zmanjšujejo stroške, ki običajno bremenijo proračun podjetja, in so zato, ne da bi bili subvencije v pravem pomenu besede, iste narave in imajo enake učinke. [18]
Accordingly, the question whether and, if appropriate, to what extent the activities funded by these ‘State resources’, namely the services offered to the sector by the IVV and the promotion campaigns organised by Viniportugal, constitute an economic advantage for the operators in the sector ought secondly to be answered.
Zato je treba odgovoriti na vprašanje, ali, in če je potrebno, v kolikšni meri dejavnosti, ki se financirajo iz teh „državnih sredstev“, in sicer storitve, ki jih sektorju ponuja IVV, in promocijske kampanje, ki jih organizira Viniportugal, pomenijo gospodarsko prednost za subjekte v sektorju.
As regards the services of the IVV, it should be ascertained, on the one hand, whether and, if appropriate, to what extent, the economic operators in the wine sector in Portugal should have had to bear the costs of the abovementioned services in the absence of services provided by the IVV, and whether they constitute normal charges on the budget of an undertaking.
Glede storitev IVV je treba vedeti, ali, in če je potrebno, v kolikšni meri bi gospodarski subjekti v vinskem sektorju na Portugalskem, če ne bi bilo storitev, ki jih opravlja IVV, morali nositi stroške navedenih storitev, in če so to stroški, ki običajno bremenijo proračun podjetja.
To that end, a distinction should be made between three different groups of services:
Za ta namen je treba razlikovati med tremi skupinami storitev:
Services of the IVV as a general coordinator of the sector
Storitve IVV kot splošnega koordinatorja v sektorju
The Commission is of the view that the services and activities of the IVV as a general coordinator of the wine sector, and particularly those of supervision, monitoring, certification, audit and management of the mechanisms of the market, are a consequence of the application of the requirements laid down by Community and domestic legislation and, as such, do not constitute activities normally a charge included in the budget of an undertaking but rather activities arising from the essential functions of the State.
Komisija meni, da so storitve in dejavnosti IVV kot splošnega koordinatorja v vinskem sektorju, in sicer zlasti storitve spremljanja, nadzora, certificiranja, revizije in upravljanja tržnih mehanizmov, posledica izpolnjevanja zahtev, določenih v zakonodaji Skupnosti in nacionalni zakonodaji, kot take pa niso dejavnosti, ki običajno bremenijo proračun podjetja, temveč so dejavnosti, ki spadajo med bistvene naloge države.
However, as regards the funding of the organisation of training schemes from which economic operators in the sector have been able to benefit, it seems clear that an advantage in their favour is involved here, since training is an activity whose cost is normally included in the budget of undertakings.
Vendar, kar zadeva financiranje organizacije usposabljanj, ki so jih lahko bili deležni gospodarski subjekti v sektorju, se zdi jasno, da gre za prednost za te subjekte, saj je usposabljanje dejavnost, ki običajno bremeni proračun podjetij.
According to the information provided by the Portuguese authorities when the procedure was initiated, all the training organised by the IVV, with the exception of the general training ‘Sistema de Informação e Gestão Vitivinícola – 2000’, whose cost was EUR 367,12, was co-financed by the European Social Fund and not, therefore, financed by revenue from the parafiscal charge.
Glede na podatke, ki so jih portugalski organi predložili po sprožitvi postopka, so se vsa usposabljanja, ki jih je organiziral IVV, razen usposabljanja v splošnem interesu „Sistema de Informação e Gestão Vitivinícola – 2000“, ki je stalo 367,12 EUR, sofinancirala iz Evropskega socialnega sklada in se torej niso financirala iz prihodkov od davkom podobne dajatve.
For that reason, this training does not come within the scope of the present investigation procedure.
Ta usposabljanja zato niso predmet tega postopka preiskave.