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The Commission cannot therefore agree with the Greece’s contention that advancing the sum in question to Olympic Airways was the act of a prudent investor.
Zato se Komisija ne more strinjati s trditvijo Grčije, da je bilo izplačilo zadevnega zneska družbi Olympic Airways dejanje preudarnega vlagatelja.
The Commission must then consider whether, as the Greek authorities initially contended, the sum of EUR 130312459 can be considered to be a form of compensation to Olympic Airways by the State for the assets which had been taken from Olympic Airways and vested by the State in Olympic Airlines.
Komisija mora nato preučiti, ali je, kot je prvotno trdila Grčija, znesek v višini 130312459 EUR mogoče šteti za obliko državnega nadomestila družbi Olympic Airways za sredstva, ki so bila prenesena s te družbe in jih je država dodelila družbi Olympic Airlines.
In order to assess the validity of this argument, the Commission has to examine the value of the assets taken from Olympic Airways and transferred to Olympic Airlines.
Da bi lahko Komisija ocenila utemeljenost te trditve, mora preučiti vrednost sredstev, prenesenih z družbe Olympic Airways na družbo Olympic Airlines.
According to the valuation carried out by Olympic Airways management, the value of the assets transferred to Olympic Airlines amounted to EUR 130312459. If this were so, there would be no State aid in the transfer of the money to Olympic Airways, as no advantage would be conferred on Olympic Airways.
V skladu z vrednotenjem, ki ga je izvedla uprava družbe Olympic Airways, znašajo sredstva, prenesena na družbo Olympic Airlines, 130312459 EUR. Če bi to držalo, potem prenos tega zneska na družbo Olympic Airways ne bi pomenil državne pomoči, ker družba Olympic Airways ne bi bila deležna nobene ugodnosti.
The Commission finds it significant here that Olympic’s own auditors, Deloitte & Touche, expressed reservations in the annual accounts for the year ending 31 December 2003 with respect to the valuation of assets retained and transferred between Olympic Airways and Olympic Airlines.
V zvezi s tem se Komisiji zdi pomembno, da lastni revizorji skupine Olympic, družba Deloitte & Touche, v zaključnem računu na dan 31. decembra 2003 izražajo pridržke v zvezi z vrednotenjem sredstev, zadržanih in prenesenih med družbama Olympic Airways in Olympic Airlines.
The auditors stated that they were not in a position to confirm the value of goodwill, fixed assets at valuation and debtors and creditors transferred from the component companies to Olympic Airlines, and therefore did not express an opinion on them.
Kar zadeva dobro ime, ovrednotena osnovna sredstva ter dolžnike in upnike, prenesene z družb v skupini na družbo Olympic Airlines, revizorji navajajo, da ne morejo potrditi vrednosti teh postavk in zato ne podajajo mnenja o njih.
In the study they carried out for the Commission, the experts convincingly demonstrated that the assets transferred to Olympic Airlines had been overvalued.
Strokovnjaki so v študiji, izvedeni v imenu Komisije, prepričljivo dokazali, da so bila sredstva, prenesena na družbo Olympic Airlines, precenjena.
Accordingly, on the instructions of the Commission, the experts carried out their own valuation of the assets transferred, using accountancy techniques and standards which are accepted both in Greece and internationally.
V skladu z navodili Komisije so strokovnjaki tudi sami ovrednotili prenesena sredstva, pri čemer so uporabili računovodske metode in standarde, priznane v Grčiji in na mednarodni ravni.
The Commission concludes that the value of the assets transferred was overstated by approximately EUR 91,5 million.
Komisija ugotavlja, da je bila vrednost prenesenih sredstev precenjena za približno 91,5 milijona EUR.
Despite the fact that in order to obtain a completely accurate assessment of the amounts concerned there would have to be a full audit of all the assets and liabilities, therefore, the Commission can estimate that the amount overstated is in the order of EUR 91,5 million
Čeprav bi bilo treba za natančno vrednotenje zadevnih zneskov opraviti celovito revizijo vseh sredstev in obveznosti, lahko Komisija kljub temu ocenjuje, da gre za precenjen znesek v višini približno 91,5 milijona EUR.
Having decided this point, the Commission observes that the overvaluation is specific, as it expressly provides money directly to Olympic Airways, and that it confers an advantage on the company, as it is to be used ‘to cover severance payments and other expenses for the retirement, in whatever manner, of the employees, and to cover the financial obligations of Olympic Airways and Olympic Aviation in the course of the conversion and liquidation’ [24] in order to ‘cover its financial obligations’.
Na podlagi te odločitve Komisija ugotavlja, da je precenitev posebna, saj se z njo denarna sredstva zagotavljajo izrecno in neposredno družbi Olympic Airways, tej družbi pa se daje tudi prednost, saj so ta sredstva namenjena „plačilu odpravnin in preostalih stroškov upokojevanja zaposlenih, v kakršni koli obliki, ter kritju finančnih obveznosti družb Olympic Airways in Olympic Aviation med postopkom preoblikovanja in likvidacije“ [24], da bi lahko družba „izpolnila svoje finančne obveznosti“.
The Commission observes incidentally that this provision was interpreted broadly, and that the sum in question was used to pay for general Olympic Airways operating costs: over EUR 51 million of the sum advanced was used to pay for aircraft leases.
Ob tej priložnosti Komisija ugotavlja, da se je ta določba razlagala široko in da je bil zadevni znesek uporabljen za splošne obratovalne stroške družbe Olympic Airways: več kot 51 milijonov EUR izplačanega zneska je bilo uporabljenih za najem letal.
The Commission also concludes that the measure distorts or threatens to distort competition and affects trade between Member States, as it involves a company which is in competition with other Community companies, especially since the entry into force of Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the ground handling market at Community airports, where ground handling is declared open to competition in airports with an annual threshold of 2 million passengers or 50000 tonnes of freight [25].
Komisija prav tako ugotavlja, da ukrep izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljal konkurenco in da vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami, saj se nanaša na družbo, ki konkurira drugim družbam Skupnosti, zlasti od začetka veljavnosti Direktive Sveta 96/67/ES z dne 15. oktobra 1996 o dostopu do trga storitev zemeljske oskrbe na letališčih Skupnosti, saj je konkurenca v zvezi s storitvami zemeljske oskrbe odprta na letališčih, katerih promet ni manjši od 2 milijonov potnikov ali 50000 ton tovora [25].
The Commission must therefore conclude that the amount by which the assets transferred to Olympic Airlines were overvalued and which has been paid to Olympic Airways amounts to a grant of State aid to Olympic Airways within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Komisija mora zato sklepati, da znesek, za katerega so bila sredstva, prenesena na družbo Olympic Airlines, precenjena, in ki je bil izplačan družbi Olympic Airways, pomeni državno pomoč družbi Olympic Airways v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe.
Has Olympic Airways (Olympic Airways Services) received State aid since December 2002?
Ali je družba Olympic Airways (Olympic Airways Services) prejemala državno pomoč po decembru 2002?
The experts have shown that since the date of the last Commission Decision concerning Olympic Airways (12 December 2002), and since the split from Olympic Airlines, Olympic Airways has received cash advances from the State, and its tax and social security liabilities to the State have increased.
Kot so dokazali strokovnjaki, je od datuma zadnje odločbe Komisije v zvezi z družbo Olympic Airways (od 12. decembra 2002) in odcepitve od družbe Olympic Airlines družba Olympic Airways od države prejemala denarna predplačila, njene davčne in socialnovarstvene obveznosti do države pa so se povečevale.
It is clear that the repayments of EUR 36945357 on the ABN Amro loan, the A340 finance lease payments of EUR 11774684 and the direct cash funding of EUR 8,2 million to Olympic Airways involved direct transfers of State resources to Olympic Airways.
Kar zadeva poplačila posojila banke ABN Amro Bank v višini 36945357 EUR, plačila za finančni najem letal A340 v višini 11774684 EUR in neposredna denarna plačila družbi Olympic Airways v višini 8,2 milijona EUR, je jasno, da so ti primeri vključevali neposredne prenose državnih sredstev družbi Olympic Airways.
For the reasons explained in paragraph 7, these measures are new illegal and incompatible aid measures, in so far as they are not a mere execution of guarantees that the Greek State had given previously.
Iz razlogov, navedenih v odstavku 7, so ti ukrepi novi nezakoniti in nezdružljivi ukrepi pomoči, če ne gre le za izvajanje jamstev, ki jih je predhodno zagotovila grška država.
As has already been explained in the examination of the ‘advance’ paid to Olympic Airways, even though the State has registered these amounts with the tax authorities as a claim against Olympic Airways, and even though they are recorded in Olympic Airways’ books as tax liabilities, the State stands little or no realistic chance of ever securing their repayment, and thus cannot be said to have been acting in a rational or commercial manner when the payments were made.
Kot je bilo pojasnjeno že v okviru preučitve „predplačila“, izplačanega družbi Olympic Airways, ima država, tudi če te zneske evidentira kot terjatve do družbe Olympic Airways pri davčnih organih in se navedeni zneski v poslovnih knjigah družbe Olympic Airways evidentirajo kot davčne obveznosti, malo ali nobene resnične možnosti za izterjavo teh zneskov, zato ni mogoče trditi, da je država z izvedbo teh plačil ravnala razumno ali poslovno ustrezno.
Olympic Airways’ (Olympic Airways Services’) difficult and deteriorating tax and social security situation has already been described.
Položaj družbe Olympic Airways (Olympic Airways Services), kar zadeva njene davčne in socialnovarstvene obveznostmi, je slab in se še slabša, kakor je bilo že opisano.
At the end of 2004 the estimated liability was EUR 627 million, so that in the period covered by the present Decision Olympic Airways’ liability to the State has increased by EUR 354 million.
Ob koncu leta 2004 so bile te obveznosti ocenjene na 627 milijonov EUR, kar pomeni, da so se obveznosti družbe Olympic Airways do države v obdobju, na katero se nanaša ta odločba, povečale za 354 milijonov EUR.
With regard to Olympic Airways’ mounting tax liabilities, it is the State itself, through the tax administration, which tolerates the constant deferral and non-payment of various taxes and charges owed by Olympic Airways.
Kar zadeva naraščajoče davčne obveznosti družbe Olympic Airways, je država tista, ki prek davčne uprave dopušča nenehno odlaganje in neplačevanje različnih davkov in dajatev, ki jih dolguje družba Olympic Airways.
Social security contributions are collected by IKA, a public body established by Greek law [26] which has been made responsible, under State supervision, for managing the social security system and collecting mandatory social security contributions.
Za obračunavanje prispevkov za socialno varnost je pristojen javni organ IKA, ustanovljen z grško zakonodajo [26], ki je pod nadzorom države pristojen za upravljanje sistema socialnega varstva in obračunavanje obveznih prispevkov za socialno varnost.
It has the right to conclude settlement agreements for late payments of debts [27], but is not required to do so.
Ta organ lahko sklepa dogovore o poravnavi za pozna plačila dolgov [27], ni pa k temu zavezan.
The ever-increasing tax liability of Olympic Airways to the State is therefore, clearly imputable to the State.
Vse večje davčne obveznosti družbe Olympic Airways do države se zato lahko nedvomno pripišejo državi.
The Commission must now consider whether this forbearance involves a transfer of State resources.
Komisija mora preučiti, ali to dopuščanje neplačevanja vključuje prenos državnih sredstev.
The concept of State aid encompasses not only positive benefits but also measures that reduce normal charges; so that the State’s failure to act to enforce its claims clearly does involve such a transfer.
Ker se za državno pomoč štejejo ne le prejemki, ampak tudi ukrepi, s katerimi se zmanjšajo običajne dajatve, to neukrepanje Grčije v zvezi z izterjavo dolgov očitno vključuje tak prenos.
Having established that a transfer of resources imputable to the State has taken place, the Commission must determine whether this aid distorts competition.
Komisija je ugotovila obstoj prenosa sredstev, ki ga je mogoče pripisati državi, zdaj pa mora ugotoviti še, ali ta pomoč izkrivlja konkurenco.
The Commission takes the view that both the grants of direct aid and the State’s failure to act to collect outstanding debts give Olympic Airways a significant commercial advantage over its competitors.
Po mnenju Komisije je bila z dodelitvijo neposredne pomoči in neukrepanjem države v zvezi z izterjavo neporavnanih dolgov družbi Olympic Airways zagotovljena precejšnja poslovna prednost pred njenimi konkurenti.
In its dealings with Olympic Airways the State has not been acting in a rational and commercial manner.
Država v zvezi z družbo Olympic Airways ni ravnala razumno in poslovno ustrezno.
As explained in paragraph 209, there is accordingly a distortion of competition within a liberalised sector of the internal market.
Kot je navedeno v odstavku 209, je to privedlo do izkrivljanja konkurence v liberaliziranem sektorju notranjega trga.
The Commission must therefore conclude that both the forbearance of the State concerning Olympic Airways’ unpaid and mounting tax and social security liabilities and the payments made by the State in Olympic Airways’ place constitute State aid to Olympic Airways within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Komisija mora zato skleniti, da tako državno dopuščanje neplačevanja in naraščanja davčnih in socialnovarstvenih obveznosti kot tudi plačila, ki jih je država izvajala namesto družbe Olympic Airways, pomenijo državno pomoč v smislu člena 87(1) Pogodbe.
Compatibility of aid granted to Olympic Airlines
Združljivost pomoči, dodeljene družbi Olympic Airlines
Having reached the conclusion that Olympic Airlines has received State aid since it was established, the Commission must now examine the measures in favour of Olympic Airlines in the light of Article 87(2) and (3) of the Treaty, which provide for exemptions to the general incompatibility declared in Article 87(1).
Komisija je ugotovila, da je družba Olympic Airlines po ustanovitvi prejemala državno pomoč, zdaj pa mora preučiti ukrepe, sprejete v korist družbe Olympic Airlines, z vidika člena 87(2) in (3) Pogodbe, v katerem so določene izjeme od splošnega pravila o nezdružljivosti iz člena 87(1).
The exemptions in Article 87(2) of the Treaty cannot apply in the present case: the aid does not have a social character and is not granted to individual consumers, nor does it make good the damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences, nor is it granted to the economy of certain areas of the Federal Republic of Germany affected by the division of Germany.
Izjem iz člena 87(2) Pogodbe v tem primeru ni mogoče uporabiti: ta ukrep pomoči ni socialnega značaja, se ne dodeljuje posameznim potrošnikom, ni namenjen povrnitvi škode zaradi naravnih nesreč ali izjemnih dogodkov niti ni dodeljen gospodarstvu nekaterih območij Zvezne republike Nemčije, ki jih je prizadela delitev Nemčije.
Further exemptions to the general prohibition on State aid are set out in Article 87(3).
Druge izjeme od splošne prepovedi državne pomoči so določene v členu 87(3).
The exemptions in Articles 87(3)(b) and 87(3)(d) do not apply in this case: the aid does not promote the execution of an important project of common European interest or remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State, nor does it promote culture and heritage conservation.
Izjeme iz členov 87(3)(b) in 87(3)(d) se v tem primeru ne uporabljajo: zadevni ukrep ni namenjen pospeševanju izvedbe pomembnega projekta skupnega evropskega interesa, odpravljanju resne motnje v gospodarstvu države članice ali pospeševanju kulture in ohranjanju kulturne dediščine.
Article 87(3)(a) and (c) of the Treaty provide for the exemption of aid intended to promote the economic development of areas where the standard of living is abnormally low or where there is serious underemployment.
Člen 87(3)(a) in (c) Pogodbe vsebuje izjeme v zvezi s pomočjo za pospeševanje gospodarskega razvoja območij, kjer je življenjska raven izjemno nizka ali kjer je podzaposlenost velika.
Greece is a region falling in its entirety within the scope of Article 87(3)(a).
Grčija je regija, ki v celoti spada na področje uporabe člena 87(3)(a).
With regard to aviation services the Commission considers that the objectives of regional aid are as a rule achieved more easily through the imposition of public service obligations.
Kar zadeva letalske storitve, Komisija meni, da je cilje regionalne pomoči navadno lažje doseči z uvedbo obveznosti javne službe.
Public service obligations are imposed by the Greek State on companies offering services between islands and between the mainland and the islands, and on some ‘thin’ routes services are contracted out by the State to an airline that receives compensation for providing them.
V Grčiji obveznosti javne službe uvaja država za družbe, ki opravljajo storitve med otoki ter med celinskim delom Grčije in otoki, v nekaterih primerih, na tako imenovanih linijah z redkim prometom, pa lahko država te storitve odda zunanjemu ponudniku storitev, ki za njihovo opravljanje prejema nadomestilo.
In general the Commission considers that compensation for public service obligations is necessary, targeted support, and that provided that the operator is chosen by a transparent and non-discriminatory procedure and does not receive overcompensation such State support does not as a rule give rise to issues of incompatible State aid.
Komisija meni, da gre pri teh nadomestilih na splošno za nujno in ciljno usmerjeno podporo, in če je ponudnik izbran na podlagi preglednega in nediskriminacijskega postopka ter ne prejema prevelikega nadomestila, taka državna podpora navadno ne vzbudi pomislekov v zvezi z nezdružljivo državno pomočjo.
This was the case with the contracts operated by Olympic Aviation.
To je veljalo za pogodbe družbe Olympic Aviation.
Under the terms of the restructuring, these routes are now operated by Olympic Airlines as the ‘successor’ company.
V skladu s pogoji prestrukturiranja zdaj na teh linijah polete opravlja družba Olympic Airlines kot družba „naslednica“.
Having regard to the limited information at its disposal, the Commission cannot rule out the possibility that the manner in which the public service contracts were transferred from Olympic Aviation to Olympic Airlines failed to comply with the procedures laid down for public service obligations by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes [28].
Komisija glede na omejene razpoložljive informacije v zvezi z načinom prenosa teh javnih naročil za storitve z družbe Olympic Aviation na družbo Olympic Airlines ne more izključiti možnosti, da se postopki, ki jih določa Uredba Sveta (EGS) št. 2408/92 z dne 23. julija 1992 o dostopu letalskih prevoznikov Skupnosti do letalskih prog znotraj Skupnosti [28], pri obveznosti javne službe niso upoštevali.
But in any event Greece cannot invoke the exemption in Article 87(3)(a) in respect of the sums granted to Olympic Airlines since its establishment.
Vendar Grčija nikakor ne more uveljavljati izjeme iz člena 87(3)(a) za zneske, dodeljene družbi Olympic Airlines po njeni ustanovitvi.
Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty provides for the exemption of aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest, and the Commission must now consider whether this provision can apply to the present case.
Kar zadeva izjemo iz člena 87(3)(c) Pogodbe, ki se nanaša na pomoč za pospeševanje razvoja določenih gospodarskih dejavnosti, kadar taka pomoč ne spreminja trgovinskih pogojev v obsegu, ki bi bil v nasprotju s skupnimi interesi, mora Komisija preučiti možnost uporabe te določbe v obravnavanem primeru.
In carrying out this examination the Commission has to have regard to the applicable guidelines on State aid in the aviation sector [29] and State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty [30].
Pri tej preučitvi mora Komisija upoštevati veljavne smernice v zvezi z državno pomočjo v letalskem sektorju [29] in o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah [30].
With regard to the aid granted to Olympic Airlines by means of the reduced cost of aircraft leases, the Commission will refer once again to the guidelines on State aid to the aviation sector.
V zvezi s pomočjo, dodeljeno družbi Olympic Airlines z znižanjem stroškov za najem letal, se Komisija znova sklicuje na smernice o državni pomoči v letalskem sektorju.
Paragraph 14 of the guidelines states that ‘Direct aids aimed at covering operating losses are, in general, not compatible with the common market and may not benefit from an exemption’ from the general prohibition of State aid.
Te smernice v točki 14 določajo, da neposredna pomoč za kritje izgub iz poslovanja navadno ni združljiva s skupnim trgom in da izjeme od splošne prepovedi državne pomoči za tako pomoč ni mogoče uporabiti.
The guidelines go on to specify that direct operational subsidisation of air routes can only be accepted in the case of public service obligations and of aid having a social character granted to individual consumers.
Smernice v nadaljevanju določajo, da je neposredna pomoč za tekoče poslovanje letalskih prog sprejemljiva samo v primeru obveznosti javne službe in pri pomoči socialnega značaja, ki se dodeli posameznim potrošnikom.
In the present case the aid granted to Olympic Airlines, either directly by the Greek State through its leases or indirectly via Olympic Airways, cannot fall within either of the acceptable categories of operational subsidisation of air routes.
V tem primeru pomoč, ki jo je družbi Olympic Airlines dodelila grška država neposredno z najemi ali posredno prek družbe Olympic Airways, ne spada v nobeno od obeh kategorij sprejemljive pomoči za tekoče poslovanje letalskih prog.
It is also settled law that new aid cannot be compatible with the common market as long as aid which has previously held to be unlawful has not been repaid, since the cumulative effect of the aid measures would be to distort competition in the common market to a significant extent [31].
Poleg tega ustaljena sodna praksa v zvezi z državno pomočjo določa, da nova pomoč ne more biti združljiva s skupnim trgom, dokler pomoč, ki je predhodno veljala za nezakonito, ni poplačana, ker bi združeni učinki vseh pomoči znatno izkrivljali konkurenco na skupnem trgu [31].
For the reasons set out above, Olympic Airlines is the successor to Olympic Airways’ flight division, and therefore its successor for the purposes of recovery, so that new aid to Olympic Airlines cannot be compatible as long as the earlier aid remains unrecovered.
Ker je družba Olympic Airlines iz zgoraj navedenih razlogov naslednica oddelka za polete družbe Olympic Airways in zato tudi naslednica za namene izterjave, nova pomoč, dodeljena družbi Olympic Airlines, ne more biti združljiva, dokler predhodna pomoč ni povrnjena.
Additionally, the grant of aid is an infringement of previous commitments given by Greece not to grant any further aid to Olympic Airways, and by extension to successor companies (Article 1(e) of the 1994 Decision).
Poleg tega Grčija z dodelitvijo pomoči krši svoje pretekle zaveze, da družbi Olympic Airways ne bo več dodeljevala pomoči (člen 1(e) odločbe iz leta 1994), posledično pa to velja tudi za njene družbe naslednice.