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It would also seem appropriate for a normal private operator to ask for a study of, in particular, the market space available in the industry at the time, based on existing figures for landings and local demand and to require a plan explaining how the activity was to be restructured as well as what measures were contemplated to avoid the recurrence of the heavy losses of the past and to boost productivity (new investments, new marketing strategy, etc.).
Prav tako se zdi primerno, da bi običajni zasebni subjekt zahteval študijo predvsem o tržnem prostoru, ki je bil takrat na voljo v sektorju, na podlagi obstoječih vrednosti iztovarjanj in lokalnega povpraševanja ter načrt, ki bi pojasnjeval, kako bo dejavnost prestrukturirana, kateri so predvideni ukrepi za preprečitev ponavljanja preteklih velikih izgub in za povečanje produktivnosti (nove naložbe, nova tržna strategija itd.).
However the business plan does not contain any of these elements.
Vendar poslovni načrt ne vključuje nobenega od teh elementov.
Moreover, it is based on a number of assumptions and factual elements which are taken for granted but are not explained or justified and sometimes seem to be highly hypothetical or unlikely.
Poleg tega načrt temelji na številnih predvidevanjih in dejstvih, ki se obravnavajo kot samoumevna, vendar niso pojasnjena ali utemeljena in se včasih zdijo zelo hipotetična ali neverjetna.
It is for instance difficult to accept the assumption that the turnover of the auctioning activities will increase by 10 % during the next five years, although in the period before the restructuring the landings and turnover had been steadily decreasing, the market had become highly competitive and the fish quotas were on a decreasing trend.
Težko je na primer sprejeti predpostavko, da se bo prihodek od dejavnosti, povezanih z dražbo, v naslednjih petih letih povečal za 10 %, čeprav so se v obdobju pred prestrukturiranjem iztovarjanja in prihodki stalno zmanjševali, trg je postal zelo konkurenčen, pri čemer so se zmanjševale tudi ribolovne kvote.
There are furthermore no explanations concerning the calculation of the social and outsourcing costs and of the water and energy costs.
Prav tako niso pojasnjeni izračuni socialnih stroškov in stroškov zunanjega izvajanja ter stroškov za vodo in električno energijo.
Moreover, in the business plan these costs are indicated as remaining absolutely constant over the nine years following the creation of AGVO.
Poleg tega je v poslovnem načrtu navedeno, da se ti stroški v devetih letih od ustanovitve družbe AGVO ne bodo spreminjali.
This seems however hardly possible, especially when the turnover is expected to double in the same period.
Vendar se to zdi malo verjetno, zlasti ker se pričakuje, da se bo prihodek v tem obdobju podvojil.
As a result, the financial plan and the business plan not only appear to be very short and incomplete, they also lack credibility.
Zato se finančni in poslovni načrt ne zdita le zelo kratka in nepopolna, vendar sta tudi premalo verodostojna.
A normal private investor would not have relied on them in order to invest BEF 250 million in a loss-making undertaking in a shrinking market [22].
Običajni zasebni vlagatelj se na podlagi takih načrtov ne bi odločil vložiti 250 milijonov BEF v podjetje, ki ustvarja izgubo, in na trgu, ki se krči [22].
Even if it were accepted that the financial and the business plan were complete and reliable, quod non, the Commission observes that a private investor would still not have invested the same amount as the City.
Tudi če bi bilo mogoče potrditi, da sta bila finančni in poslovni načrt popolna in zanesljiva, kar pa nista bila, Komisija ugotavlja, da zasebni vlagatelj še vedno ne bi vložil takega zneska kot ga je mesto.
Indeed, on the basis of the financial plan and the business plan, it appears that a smaller amount of capital would have been sufficient.
Iz finančnega in poslovnega načrta je razvidno, da bi zadostoval tudi manjši znesek kapitala.
Given the low return on capital, a normal private operator would not have invested such an amount when it was not necessary.
Glede na majhen donos kapitala običajni zasebni subjekt ne bi po nepotrebnem vložil takega zneska.
The Belgian authorities consider that the decision to pursue the on-going fish auction activities was more rational than closing down.
Belgijski organi menijo, da je odločitev o izvajanju tekočih dejavnosti dražbe rib bolj smiselna kot zaprtje dražbe.
However, the Belgian authorities do not give any indication relating to the costs of winding up these activities and neither do they explain why closing down was not a rational decision.
Vendar belgijski organi ne navajajo nobenih informacij v zvezi s stroški zaključitve teh dejavnosti in dejansko ne pojasnjujejo, zakaj zaprtje ni razumna odločitev.
The Belgian authorities further try to justify the rationality of the decision taken in 2001 to inject BEF 250 million in AGVO by means of the decision to privatise the fish auction.
V nadaljevanju poskušajo belgijski organi utemeljiti razumnost odločitve iz leta 2001 o vložitvi 250 milijonov BEF v družbo AGVO z odločitvijo o privatizaciji dražbe rib.
They submit that the current privatisation was part of the restructuring plan decided in 2001 and that no privatisation of the fish auction was possible without the restructuring.
Belgijski organi navajajo, da je bila sedanja privatizacija del načrta za prestrukturiranje, oblikovanega leta 2001, in da privatizacija dražbe rib ni mogoča brez prestrukturiranja.
The Commission points out that according to consistent case law and practice, in order to examine whether or not the State has adopted the conduct of a prudent investor operating in a market economy, it is necessary to place oneself in the context of the period during which the financial support measures were taken in order to assess the economic rationality of the State’s conduct, and thus to refrain from any assessment based on a later situation [23].
Komisija opozarja, da je v skladu s stalno sodno prakso za preučitev, ali je država ravnala kot preudaren vlagatelj, ki deluje pod pogoji tržnega gospodarstva, potrebna umestitev v obdobje, v katerem so bili sprejeti ukrepi finančne podpore, da se oceni gospodarska racionalnost ravnanja države in s tem prepreči kakršna koli ocena na podlagi poznejših razmer [23].
The Belgian authorities claim that the current privatisation forms part of the restructuring decision of 2001 and that the rationality of the decision to restructure the fish auction must be assessed in the light of the privatisation procedure.
Belgijski organi trdijo, da je zdajšnja privatizacija del odločitve o prestrukturiranju iz leta 2001 in da je treba racionalnost odločitve o prestrukturiranju dražbe rib oceniti ob upoštevanju postopka privatizacije.
However, the various documents submitted by the Belgian authorities do not support their claim.
Vendar različni dokumenti, ki so jih predložili belgijski organi, njihove trditve ne podpirajo.
In particular, this intention to privatise the fish auction is not mentioned in the decision to restructure the fish auction, the business plan nor in the financial plan.
V odločitvi za prestrukturiranje, niti v poslovnem ali finančnem načrtu, namera o privatizaciji dražbe rib ni navedena.
Nothing in those documents indicates that the decision to invest EUR 6200000 in the fish auction was (among others) motivated or justified by the fact that this investment would make it possible to privatise the fish auction after a certain amount of time.
V zadevnih dokumentih ni nobenega dokaza, da je bila odločitev o naložbi 6200000 EUR v dražbo rib (med drugim) sprejeta ali upravičena na podlagi dejstva, da bo ta naložba po določenem času omogočila privatizacijo dražbe rib.
Their claim is also hard to reconcile with AGVO’s articles of association that indicate that AGVO is established for an indefinite time, that the City has the intention to control AGVO and that subsidiaries or companies in which AGVO holds shares must be controlled by AGVO (and thus by the City).
Njihovo trditev je tudi težko uskladiti s statutom družbe AGVO, v katerem je navedeno, da je družba AGVO ustanovljena za nedoločen čas, da namerava mesto nadzirati družbo AGVO in da mora hčerinske družbe ali družbe, od katerih ima družba AGVO koristi, nadzirati družba AGVO (in s tem mesto).
Moreover, one would expect that the decision to privatise would be contemplated once the fish auction were again profitable in order to obtain a better price for the fish auction, that is to say a price which would make it possible to recover at least the additional BEF 250 million investment.
Poleg tega bi se pričakovalo, da bi se privatizacija obravnavala po tem, ko bi dražba rib spet postala donosna, da bi se zanjo pridobila boljša cena oziroma cena, s katero bi se lahko povrnila vsaj dodatna naložba v višini 250 milijonov BEF.
However, not only was privatisation not mentioned in either the financial or the business plan, the decision to privatise was not even taken when the fish auction had become profitable.
Ne le, da privatizacija ni navedena v finančnem in poslovnem načrtu, poleg tega tudi odločitev o privatizaciji ni bila sprejeta takrat, ko je bila dražba rib donosna.
It was on the contrary taken after two years of heavy losses affecting both AGVO and EVO and after the Commission had started its investigation.
Ravno nasprotno, sprejeta je bila po dveh letih velikih izgub na ravni družb AGVO in EVO ter po tem, ko je Komisija sprožila postopek preiskave.
This all seems to indicate that privatisation played no part in the restructuring decision taken by the City in 2001.
Namera o privatizaciji torej verjetno ni del odločbe o prestrukturiranju, ki jo je mesto sprejelo leta 2001.
In addition, the Belgian authorities have indicated that the future private partner will take over the goodwill of EVO and can choose the assets he wishes to take over (i.e. to take or leave employees, machinery, fish slates, etc.).
Belgijski organi so tudi navedli, da bo prihodnji zasebni partner prevzel dobro ime družbe EVO in bo lahko izbral premoženje, ki ga želi prevzeti (zaposlene, stroje, ribje tablice itd.)
He will not have to take over the liabilities of EVO.
Ne bo pa mu treba prevzeti obveznosti družbe EVO.
In such circumstances, it is hard to understand why a similar approach could not have been taken in 2001/02 (without investing an additional BEF 250 million).
V takšnem položaju je težko razumeti, zakaj enak pristop ni bil mogoč v letih 2001–2002 (brez naložbe dodatnih 250 milijonov BEF).
Moreover, if all this had been part of the restructuring plan of the fish auction in 2002, no private investor would have agreed to invest BEF 250 million in the fish auction with a view to reselling it later, as he could not reasonably expect on the basis of the business plan to be able to recoup this investment by the mere sale of the business a few years later.
Če bi bilo poleg tega vse to del načrta za prestrukturiranje dražbe rib leta 2002, noben zasebni vlagatelj ne bi vložil 250 milijonov BEF v dražbo rib, ki bi jo nameraval pozneje ponovno prodati, ker na podlagi poslovnega načrta ne bi mogel razumno pričakovati, da se mu bo naložba povrnila le s prodajo dobrega imena dražbe čez nekaj let.
In this regard, the Court has held that a private investor pursuing a structural policy — whether general or sectoral — and guided by prospects of viability in the long-term could not reasonably allow itself, after years of continuous losses, to make a contribution of capital that is linked to the sale of the undertaking, which removes any hope of profit, even in the longer term [24].
V zvezi s tem je Sodišče presodilo, da se zasebni vlagatelj, ki upošteva strukturno politiko, globalno ali sektorsko, in ga vodijo pričakovanja za dolgoročno donosnost, ne bi razumno odločil, da bo po letih stalnih izgub prispeval kapital, povezan s prodajo podjetja, ki niti dolgoročno ne dopušča upanja o dobičku [24].
The Belgian authorities add that restructuring followed by privatisation will allow recovery of the investments through the rent to be charged for the fish auction buildings.
Belgijski organi dodajajo, da se bo s prestrukturiranjem, ki mu bo sledila privatizacija, omogočila povrnitev naložb z najemnino, ki se bo zaračunala za stavbe dražbe rib.
However, this argument is not convincing either.
Vendar tudi ta argument ni prepričljiv.
This might have allowed the City already to recover from 2002 part of the considerable amount of money spent for the Ostend fish auction before its restructuring or at least to cover the financial burden of the repaying the bank loans instead of running the very high risk — especially in light of the earlier poor performance of the auction — of increasing the losses that would need to be recovered at a later stage.
Tako bi si lahko mesto že od leta 2002 morda povrnilo pomemben znesek denarja, ki ga je namenilo za dražbo rib v Ostendeju pred njenim prestrukturiranjem, ali bi vsaj krilo finančno breme odplačevanja bančnih posojil, namesto da se je, zlasti ob upoštevanju neuspešnosti dražbe v preteklosti, izpostavilo zelo visokemu tveganju povečanja izgub, ki jih bo treba pozneje povrniti.
The Belgian authorities further stress that the decision to restructure the fish auction was not taken lightly, as the decision was first rejected by the public authority monitoring the City (toezichtautoriteit) because there was not enough likelihood that the fish auction could become viable.
Belgijski organi nadalje poudarjajo, da odločitev o prestrukturiranju dražbe rib ni bila nepremišljena, saj jo je najprej zavrnil javni organ, ki nadzira mesto („toezichtautoriteit“), ker ni bilo dovolj možnosti, da bi bila dražba rib sposobna preživeti.
Indeed, the documents provided to the Commission show that the decision to restructure the auction was first rejected because, on the basis of a first financial plan, cumulated losses of BEF 190 million were to be expected after five years.
Dokumenti, predloženi Komisiji, dejansko dokazujejo, da je bila odločitev o prestrukturiranju dražbe najprej zavrnjena, ker je bilo na podlagi prvega finančnega načrta pričakovati, da bodo po petih letih nastale izgube v vrednosti 190000000 BEF.
Instead of making the decision more rational this element reveals that from the start the intention to restructure the fish auction and provide it with fresh additional capital was not even based on the idea that the fish auction would become profitable again after a certain period.
To pa ne dokazuje razumnosti odločitve, temveč razkriva, da namera o prestrukturiranju dražbe rib in dodelitev novega kapitala že na začetku nista temeljili na predpostavki, da bo dražba po nekem obdobju ponovno postala donosna.
Moreover, it makes the second financial plan appear even less complete and reliable, as no explanation is given as to how it was possible to come to such different results in the first and the second plan.
Poleg tega se zdi drugi finančni načrt še manj popoln in zanesljiv, ker ni nikjer pojasnjeno, kako so take razlike med rezultati prvega in drugega načrta sploh mogoče.
It is thus even less likely that a private investor would have taken the decision to invest an additional BEF 250 million in the auction under the same circumstances.
Zato je še manj verjetno, da bi zasebni vlagatelj v enakih okoliščinah vložil v dražbo dodatnih 250 milijonov BEF.
On the basis of the above elements, the Commission concludes that the decision to invest BEF 250 million in the auction would not have been taken under the same circumstances by a normal private investor.
Komisija je na podlagi navedenih dejstev sklenila, da se običajen zasebni vlagatelj v enakih okoliščinah ne bi odločil vložiti 250 milijonov BEF v dražbo.
This is also confirmed by the documents provided to the Commission.
To potrjujejo tudi dokumenti, predloženi Komisiji.
They show that one of the reasons why it was decided to restructure the auction instead of winding it up was of a political and social nature, since the restructuring would help maintain employment in a city where unemployment rates were over 12 % [25], a reason that a private investor would not have taken any account of [26].
Iz teh dokumentov je razvidno, da je odločitev, da se bo dražba prestrukturirala in ne zaprla, temeljila tudi na razlogu politične in socialne narave, in sicer, da bo prestrukturiranje pripomoglo k ohranjanju zaposlenosti v mestu, v katerem so bile stopnje brezposelnosti višje od 12 % [25], takega razloga pa zasebni vlagatelj ne bi upošteval [26].
Consequently, this action provides AGVO with an advantage compared to its competitors and thus favours this undertaking within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the TFEU.
Zaradi tega ukrepa je družba AGVO v boljšem položaju v primerjavi z njenimi tekmeci in uživa prednost v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
Land and buildings
Zemljišče in stavbe
According to Article 30 of its articles of association, since its establishment AGVO has had the exclusive right to use, free of charge, the land and buildings of the Ostend fishing port.
V skladu s členom 30 statuta ima družba AGVO od svoje ustanovitve izključno pravico do brezplačne uporabe zemljišča in stavb v ribiškem pristanišču Ostende.
In 2004, various buildings and infrastructures located in the Ostend fishing port and representing, according to the City’s records of that time, 57500 m2, were contributed to AGVO by granting it full ownership.
Leta 2004 je bilo družbi AGVO dodeljeno popolno lastništvo nad različnimi stavbami in infrastrukturami, ki se nahajajo v ribiškem pristanišču Ostende in glede na takratno evidenco mesta obsegajo 57500 m2.
According to the municipal accounts, this property had at that time a book value of EUR 14891524. The Commission has not received information that would allow it to determine the market value of the real estate at the time it was transferred to AGVO.
Glede na občinske računovodske izkaze je bila takratna knjigovodska vrednost tega premoženja 14891524 EUR. Komisija ni prejela informacij, na podlagi katerih bi lahko določila tržno vrednost nepremičnine v času, ko je bila prenesena na družbo AGVO.
The Belgian authorities submit that the decision to transfer the ownership of the real estate to AGVO could never be viewed as State aid as it merely concerned a transfer of real estate between two public authorities as AGVO does not participate in commercial activities.
Belgijski organi navajajo, da odločitve o prenosu lastništva nad nepremičninami družbi AGVO ni mogoče obravnavati kot državno pomoč, ker je to bil le prenos nepremičnine med dvema javnima organoma, saj družba AGVO ne sodeluje v trgovinskih dejavnostih.
However, as shown in point 10.1.1 of this Decision, AGVO participates directly and indirectly through its subsidiaries in commercial activities and must therefore be considered to be an undertaking.
Kot je navedeno v točki 10.1.1 tega sklepa, pa družba AGVO prek svojih hčerinskih družb neposredno in posredno sodeluje v trgovinskih dejavnostih, zato jo je treba obravnavati kot podjetje.
Accordingly, the decision to transfer the ownership of the real estate to AGVO cannot be viewed as a mere transfer of real estate between two public authorities, especially since the real estate concerned is largely used for the economic activities concerned (rental services, operation of the fish auction, managing the fishing port).
Odločitve o prenosu lastništva nad nepremičninami družbi AGVO torej ni mogoče obravnavati le kot prenos nepremičnine med dvema javnima organoma, zlasti ker se zadevna nepremičnina uporablja predvsem za gospodarske dejavnosti (storitve najema, vodenje dražbe rib, upravljanje ribiškega pristanišča).
The Commission considers that a normal private operator would not agree to a transfer of ownership of buildings of such value without obtaining a reasonable price for it.
Komisija meni, da običajni zasebni subjekt ne bi pristal na prenos lastništva nad stavbami take vrednosti, ne da bi se za to določila razumna cena.
The Belgian authorities stated that the buildings were in very poor condition and that, therefore, the book value of the buildings was overestimated.
Belgijski organi so navedli, da so bile stavbe v zelo slabem stanju in da je bila knjigovodska vrednost stavb previsoko ocenjena.
Moreover, they argued that the costs for renovation, to be paid by AGVO, were of such magnitude that the transfer of ownership could be viewed as a null operation.
Poleg tega so trdili, da so bili stroški obnove, ki naj bi jih krila družba AGVO, tolikšni, da bi se lahko prenos lastništva obravnaval kot nični ukrep.
However, the Belgian authorities have not provided the Commission with evidence showing that the book value of the assets in question had been overestimated, nor has the Commission received any evidence showing that the renovation costs would be equal to the actual value of the property rights in the buildings involved.
Vendar belgijski organi Komisiji niso predložili dokazov, da je bila knjigovodska vrednost premoženja previsoko ocenjena, in Komisija tudi ni prejela nobenih dokazov, da so bili stroški obnove enakovredni dejanski vrednosti lastninskih pravic do zadevnih stavb.
The information available to the Commission shows on the contrary that the Belgian authorities’ argument cannot be accepted.
Informacije, ki jih ima Komisija na voljo, nasprotno kažejo, da utemeljitev belgijskih organov ni sprejemljiva.
First and foremost, prior to the transfer of ownership and since its establishment AGVO had been granted the exclusive right to use, free of charge, the lands and buildings of the fishing harbour, including the fish auction.
Najprej je treba poudariti, da je imela družba AGVO pred prenosom lastništva in od svoje ustanovitve izključno pravico do brezplačne uporabe zemljišča in stavb v ribiškem pristanišču, vključno z dražbo rib.
The articles of association do not contain any specific obligation concerning mandatory renovation works to be undertaken by AGVO.
Statut ne vsebuje nobenih posebnih obveznosti, ki bi družbo AGVO zavezovale k obnovi.
According to Article 3 of the articles of association, AGVO has the right to undertake, should it wish to do so, any maintenance, repair or modernisation works on the buildings [27] but the articles of association do not contain any provision that would put AGVO under the obligation to renovate certain buildings.
V skladu s členom 3 statuta ima družba AGVO pravico, da lahko po želji na stavbah opravi kakršna koli vzdrževalna dela, popravila ali nadgradnjo [27], vendar statut ne vsebuje nobene določbe, ki bi družbo AGVO zavezovala k obnovi določenih stavb.
AGVO has thus had the lands and buildings of the fishing port at its disposal since its establishment without having to pay any rent or any other kind of remuneration.
Družba AGVO je torej imela od svoje ustanovitve na voljo zemljišče in stavbe ribiškega pristanišča, ne da bi morala za to plačevati najemnino ali kako drugo nadomestilo.
A private operator would not have agreed to grant exclusive usage rights to an undertaking without receiving a proper remuneration.
Zasebni subjekt se ne bi strinjal z dodelitvijo izključnih pravic do uporabe podjetju, ne da bi za to prejel ustrezno nadomestilo.
The Deed of Transfer by means of Contributing Immovable Property, of 30 December 2004, by which the right of ownership of the buildings was transferred from the City to AGVO, does not contain any particular conditions or obligations for AGVO regarding specific renovation works either.
Listina o prenosu z dodelitvijo nepremičnin z dne 30. decembra 2004, s katero je bila pravica do lastništva nad stavbami z mesta prenesena na družbo AGVO, prav tako ne vsebuje nobenih posebnih pogojev ali obveznosti za družbo AGVO v zvezi z obnovo.
In fact, it is a general deed whereby the City hands over all rights and obligations in respect of the buildings concerned to AGVO.
Dejansko zadeva splošno dejanje, s katerim preda mesto družbi AGVO vse pravice in obveznosti v zvezi z zadevnimi stavbami.
The responsibilities imposed on AGVO in the deed do not seem to be of such a nature as to justify that no payment would be required for taking the ownership of the buildings.
Obveznosti, ki jih listina nalaga družbi AGVO, se ne zdijo takšne, da bi upravičile brezplačen prevzem lastništva nad stavbami.