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The French Republic considers that, since 1997 and until 2043, the discounted value of the contributions actually paid and to be paid by France Télécom is EUR 13,5 billion. A competitively fair rate adjusted to take into account the non-common risks in the calculation, minus the contributions imposed on France Télécom and not on its competitors, would lead to a higher annual contribution for the same period, i.e. EUR 16,7 billion. Whilst considering the inclusion of these risks as irrelevant, the French authorities calculated that the difference (EUR 3,2 billion) would be largely offset by the exceptional flat-rate contribution of EUR 5,7 billion paid by France Télécom in 1997.
Francoska republika ocenjuje, da bi od leta 1997 do 2043 diskontirana vrednost prispevkov, ki bi jih podjetje France Télécom dejansko plačalo in ki bi jih moralo plačati, znašala 13,5 milijarde EUR. Enakovredna in konkurenčna stopnja, spremenjena tako, da se v izračunu upoštevajo tveganja, ki niso skupna, pri čemer se odštejejo prispevki, ki bremenijo podjetje France Télécom, njegovih konkurentov pa ne, bi za enako obdobje pomenila višji letni prispevek, in sicer 16,7 milijarde EUR. Ob upoštevanju vključitve navedenih tveganj, ki naj ne bi bila primerna, so francoski organi izračunali, da se razlika (3,2 milijarde EUR) vsaj pokrije z izrednim pavšalnim prispevkom v višini 5,7 milijarde EUR, ki ga je plačalo podjetje France Télécom leta 1997.
In the French Republic’s opinion, it can be considered, as in the La Poste decision [51], that this flat-rate contribution can be assimilated to a balance compensation that could offset the payment of the contributions associated with an adjusted rate including the contributions for non-common risks.
Francoska republika ocenjuje, da je mogoče ta pavšalni znesek izenačiti z doplačilom, s katerim naj bi se nadomestilo plačilo prispevkov, vezanih na spremenjeno stopnjo, ki vključuje prispevke za tveganja, ki niso skupna, kot je to obravnavano v odločbi o La Poste [51].
In this case, it appears that the amount of this balance compensation currently exceeds the amount resulting from the difference between the rate set by the 1996 reform and the adjusted rate indicated in Table 4 and that the amount of the balance compensation will never be used up in full by the divergence in rates.
V tem primeru se zdi, da znesek tega doplačila zdaj presega znesek, ki je posledica razlike med stopnjo, določeno z reformo iz leta 1996, in spremenjeno stopnjo, navedeno v preglednici 4, ter se da to doplačilo zaradi razlik v stopnjah ne bo nikoli porabilo v celoti.
Under these circumstances, the doubts expressed by the Commission in its decision initiating the procedure regarding the absence of a true level playing field between France Télécom and its competitors would be resolved.
V teh razmerah so se pojavili dvomi, ki jih je Komisija izrazila v sklepu o začetku postopka, in sicer da ni resnične konkurenčne pravičnosti med podjetjem France Télécom in njegovimi konkurenti.
For the French Republic, the reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for La Poste, introduced in 2006 and inspired by that of France Télécom in 1996, is perfectly comparable with the latter, with regard to the key aspects.
Francoska republika meni, da je reforma načina financiranja pokojnin javnih uslužbencev v podjetju La Poste, ki je bila uvedena leta 2006 in se je zgledovala po reformi za podjetje France Télécom iz leta 1996, v ključnih vidikih popolnoma primerljiva z reformo za podjetje France Télécom.
In view of this parallelism, there is no justification for the Commission to diverge from the precedent set with La Poste.
Ob upoštevanju te vzporednosti Komisija na noben način ne bi mogla utemeljiti odstopanja od precedensa v zadevi La Poste.
In particular, the Commission should accept that the exceptional flat-rate contribution imposed on France Télécom is taken into consideration in the analysis of the level playing field arising from the reform, considering it de facto as an advance on the payment of the contributions associated with the non-common risks.
Komisija mora zlasti priznati, da se izredni pavšalni prispevek, ki ga mora plačati podjetje France Télécom, upošteva pri analizi konkurenčne pravičnosti reforme, pri čemer se dejansko obravnava kot predujem za plačilo prispevkov, vezanih na tveganja, ki niso skupna.
On the other hand, the debates at the National Assembly and the Senate referring at the time to a 10-year period of financial cover for the reform apparently arose from ad hoc statements.
Nasprotno, razprave v narodni skupščini in senatu, na katerih se je govorilo o desetletnem obdobju finančnega kritja v okviru reforme, so temeljile na natančnih izjavah.
Such reasoning is not to be found in either the explanatory memorandums to the draft laws or the acts in question or the texts adopted to implement them.
Takšno sklepanje ni navedeno niti v obrazložitvah osnutkov zakonov niti v zadevnih zakonih ali besedilih, sprejetih za njihovo uporabo.
The legislature’s intention in 1996 was apparently to set the costs for France Télécom retirement pensions at a level equivalent to that of the competitors and not to render the reform void for a 10-year period, as would appear from the reasoning that the Commission could adopt if it relies on out-of-context declarations.
Cilj zakonodajalca leta 1996 je bila določitev stroškov za pokojnine podjetja France Télécom na ravni, ki je enaka ravni pri konkurentih, in ne preprečiti učinka reforme za desetletno obdobje, kot bi lahko Komisija navedla v obrazložitvi, ki bi jo sprejela na podlagi izjav zunaj konteksta.
The parliamentary work seems to indicate unequivocally that the amount of the contribution was fixed as a flat rate, without any link to the burden that the State will in fact have to assume.
Parlamentarna dela so nedvomno pokazala, da je treba znesek prispevka določiti pavšalno in brez povezave s stroški, ki jih bo morala država dejansko prevzeti.
Likewise, in its Decision No 96-385 DC of 30 December 1996, the Constitutional Council pointed out that the flat-rate contribution of FRF 37,5 billion was justified by the State financing of the retirement pensions of the civil servants, without constituting compensation, whereas, on the other hand, the payments to the State budget would not be earmarked for a specific expenditure and would contribute to the general conditions for the balance of this budget, in accordance with Article 18 of the Ordinance of 2 January 1959 on the Organic Law relating to Finance Bills (ordonnance organique du 2 janvier 1959 relative aux lois de finances).
Tudi Ustavni svet je v odločbi št. 96-385 DC z dne 30. decembra 1996 poudaril, da je pavšalni prispevek v višini 37,5 milijarde FRF utemeljen na podlagi prevzema pokojnin javnih uslužbencev s strani države, ne da bi to pomenilo protidajatev, tako da po drugi strani vplačila v državni proračun ne bi bila namenjena posebnemu izdatku in bi prispevala k splošnim pogojem za ravnovesje tega proračuna v skladu s členom 18 sistemskega odloka z dne 2. januarja 1959 o finančnih zakonih.
For the French Republic, the precise amount of the exceptional contribution was established by the Finance Act 1997, taking account not of a 10-year period during which this contribution would be used to ‘repay’ the State, but on the contrary, depending on the effect on the balance-sheet structure of France Télécom, which was to remain tolerable.
Za Francosko republiko je bil natančen znesek izrednega prispevka opredeljen v finančnem zakonu za leto 1997, pri čemer ta ni bil določen ob upoštevanju desetletnega obdobja, v katerem bi se ta prispevek državi povrnil, ampak ob upoštevanju učinka na strukturo bilance stanja podjetja France Télécom, ki je morala ostati sprejemljiva.
Its amount would not be gauged using the logic of compensation of costs to the State, but taking account of the contributive capacity of the undertaking.
Znesek se ne bi smel določati na podlagi nadomestil stroškov državi, ampak ob upoštevanju plačilne sposobnosti podjetja.
The way in which this contribution was managed dissociated from the retirement benefits actually paid since 1997 confirms its flat-rate nature.
Način, na katerega se je ta prispevek upravljal ločeno od pokojninskih dajatev, ki so bile dejansko plačane od leta 1997, potrjuje njegovo pavšalno naravo.
In this way, the figures supplied by the French Republic show that, between 1997 and 2006, the pensions paid to the civil servants of France Télécom via the account earmarked for pensions amounted to EUR […] billion, while the public body managing the exceptional contribution of France Télécom transferred an amount of EUR 3,4 billion to that account. For the same period, the balance not financed by contributions paid amounted to EUR 1,2 billion. Moreover, in 1997, it was estimated that this fund would exist for 17 to 25 years, without any relation to the 10-year period on which the Commission bases the reasoning that it appears to wish to adopt.
Tako iz podatkov, ki jih je predložila Francoska republika, izhaja, da so se med letoma 1997 in 2006 pokojnine, izplačane javnim uslužbencem podjetja France Télécom prek posebnega pokojninskega računa, zvišale na […] milijard EUR, medtem ko je javni zavod za upravljanje izrednega prispevka podjetja France Télécom na zadevni račun vrnil 3,4 milijarde EUR. V istem obdobju se je znesek, ki se ni financiral iz plačanih prispevkov, zvišal na 1,2 milijarde EUR. Poleg tega je bilo leta 1997 ocenjeno, da naj bi ta sredstva trajala od 17 do 25 let, kar ni povezano z desetletnim obdobjem, na katerem temelji obrazložitev Komisije, ki jo ta želi sprejeti.
The French Republic considers that France Télécom would have been evicted from the market without the reform, with contribution rates reaching 77 % of the gross index-related salary in 2010 and provisioning in its accounts for retirement liabilities for the civil servants working for it.
Francoska republika meni, da podjetje France Télécom brez reforme ne bi moglo zavzeti položaja na trgu glede na stopnje prispevkov, ki so leta 2010 dosegle 77 % bruto plače po razredih, in rezervacijo v njegovih računovodskih izkazih za obveznosti iz naslova pokojnin zaposlenih javnih uslužbencev.
The reform was therefore a decisive stage in adapting to the liberalisation of the market, in accordance with a Union objective, adapted to this and limited to the minimum necessary.
Reforma je bila torej odločilna pri prilagajanju na liberalizacijo trga v skladu s ciljem Unije ter je bila temu prilagojena in omejena na najnujnejše.
Without this reform, France Télécom would have left the market and could not have made the necessary investments, in particular to allow unbundled access to the local loop, without ruling out a potential risk of bankruptcy, so the reform would not have had a negative impact on competitors.
Brez te reforme bi podjetje France Télécom izstopilo s trga in ne bi moglo izvesti potrebnih naložb, zlasti za razvezavo krajevne zanke, ne da bi bilo mogoče izključiti tveganje stečaja, tako da reforma ne bi negativno vplivala na konkurenco.
In addition, according to the French Republic, the reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of France Télécom and, in particular, the imposition of the payment of an exceptional contribution, did not cost the State between 1997 and 2006 but in fact generated net revenue exceeding EUR 9,1 billion for the French State, according to the estimates of the French authorities [52].
Poleg tega Francoska republika meni, da reforma načina financiranja pokojnin podjetja France Télécom in zlasti uvedba plačila izrednega prispevka med letoma 1997 in 2006 nista povzročili stroška za državo, ampak sta po ocenah francoskih organov dejansko ustvarili neto prejemek Francoske republike, višji od 9,1 milijarde EUR [52].
If a calculation of the return on the exceptional contribution were to be made, the French Republic considers that a discount rate of 7 % should be applied.
Francoska republika meni, da je treba pri morebitnem izračunu donosa izrednega prispevka ohraniti 7-odstotno diskontno stopnjo.
On average for 1996, the rate on 15-year fungible French Treasury bonds (hereinafter ‘OATs’) stood at 6,9 %.
Za leto 1996 so se obrestne mere zamenljivih državnih obveznic do 15 let v povprečju povišale na 6,9 %.
For its part, France Télécom floated bond issues between November 1991 and November 1997 at the comparable average rate of 7 %.
Podjetje France Télécom je med novembrom 1991 in novembrom 1997 izdajalo obveznice po povprečni 7-odstotni stopnji.
Finally, the sequestration of the amounts demanded by the Commission in application of its decision on the application of business tax to France Télécom [53], then the payment of these amounts, should lead to the Commission to consider its decision to have been executed, in accordance with its 2007 Notice on the subject [54].
Nazadnje, zaradi določitve začasnega upravljanja zneskov, ki jih je zahtevala Komisija na podlagi odločbe o uporabi davka od dohodka za podjetje France Télécom [53], in nato plačila teh zneskov mora Komisija svojo odločbo upoštevati kot izvedeno v skladu z obvestilom v zvezi s tem iz leta 2007 [54].
Consequently, there is no cause to examine the cumulated effect of these aids.
Zato skupnega učinka teh pomoči ni treba preučiti.
Article 107(1) of the TFEU provides that: ‘Save as otherwise provided in the Treaties, 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, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the internal market.’
Člen 107(1) PDEU določa, da: „Razen če Pogodbi ne določata drugače, je vsaka pomoč, ki jo dodeli država članica, ali kakršna koli vrsta pomoči iz državnih sredstev, ki izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljala konkurenco z dajanjem prednosti posameznim podjetjem ali proizvodnji posameznega blaga, nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom, kolikor prizadene trgovino med državami članicami.“
The application of the cumulative conditions of this Article to the facts of the case is examined in Sections 6.1.1 to 6.1.5.
Uporaba skupnih pogojev iz tega člena za dejstva v obravnavanem primeru je preučena v oddelkih od 6.1.1 do 6.1.5.
Aid granted by the State through State resources
Pomoč, ki jo odobri država iz državnih sredstev
The 1990 Law and the 1996 Law originate from the French State.
Zakona iz leta 1990 in 1996 je sprejela Francoska republika.
They provide for the measure by which France Télécom pays the Public Treasury compensation for the payment and servicing of the pensions granted to the civil servants of France Télécom made by the State.
Zakona določata ukrep, v skladu s katerim podjetje France Télécom v državno blagajno vplača protidajatev za obračunavanje in izplačevanje odobrenih pokojnin javnim uslužbencem podjetja France Télécom s strani države.
Since, pursuant to the 1996 Law, the compensation paid by France Télécom to the Public Treasury is less than in the original wording of the 1990 Law, the aid is granted to France Télécom with the resources of the French State.
Kadar je na podlagi zakona iz leta 1996 protidajatev, ki jo podjetje France Télécom povrne državni blagajni, manjša, kot bi bila v skladu s prvotnim zakonom iz leta 1990, se pomoč podjetju France Télécom odobri iz državnih sredstev.
Favouring certain undertakings
Dajanje prednosti nekaterim podjetjem
The provisions of the 1990 Law defined the arrangements applicable to France Télécom, a public operator with legal personality.
Določbe zakona iz leta 1990 opredeljujejo sistem, ki se uporablja za javnega operaterja France Télécom s statusom pravne osebe.
The 1996 Law on the national company France Télécom amends these arrangements with provisions applicable to France Télécom in accordance with the conditions it defines only for this company.
Zakon iz leta 1996 v zvezi z državnim podjetjem France Télécom spreminja navedeni sistem z določbami, ki veljajo za podjetje France Télécom, na podlagi sprememb, ki jih opredeljuje samo za to podjetje.
The object of the arrangements introduced by the 1990 Law is to determine a specific compensation for the principles and amounts of the employer’s contribution for the pensions paid by France Télécom to the French State.
Cilj sistema, uvedenega z zakonom iz leta 1990, je določitev posebne protidajatve, kar zadeva elemente in zneske prispevkov delodajalca za pokojnine, ki jih podjetje France Télécom plačuje Francoski republiki.
Therefore the compensation payable by France Télécom in accordance with the 1990 Law in its original wording, which was applied between 1991 and 1996, in the same way as the different compensation introduced by the 1996 Law, which has been applied since 1997, is a specific measure which concerns only France Télécom, thereby fulfilling the condition of selectivity, contrary France Télécom’s argument.
Oba prispevka, in sicer protidajatev, ki jo mora plačati podjetje France Télécom in je določena z zakonom iz leta 1990 v prvotni obliki ter se je uporabljala med letoma 1991 in 1996, ter drugačen prispevek, uveden z zakonom iz leta 1996 in se uporablja od leta 1997, sta posebna ukrepa, ki zadevata le podjetje France Télécom, s čimer je izpolnjen pogoj selektivnosti, kar je v nasprotju s trditvami podjetja France Télécom.
Economic advantage distorting or threatening to distort competition
Gospodarska prednost, ki izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljala konkurenco
It should be determined whether the measures establishing the amount of compensation in question favour France Télécom.
Ugotoviti je treba, ali ukrepi, na podlagi katerih se določa znesek zadevnega nadomestila, zagotavljajo prednost podjetju France Télécom.
The question of whether the amendments introduced in Article 30 of the 1990 Law by the 1996 Law constitute aid because they confer an economic advantage on France Télécom must be seen in the light of the nature and the overall structure of the pensions arrangements in question and the effects this has had on France Télécom, and not the causes or objectives of the amendments.
Vprašanje, ali pomenijo spremembe člena 30 zakona iz leta 1990, uvedene z zakonom iz leta 1996, pomoč v smislu gospodarske prednosti za podjetje France Télécom, je treba presoditi glede na naravo in organizacijo zadevnega pokojninskega sistema ter posledične učinke za podjetje France Télécom in ne glede na vzroke ali cilje sprememb.
The objective pursued by amending the 1990 Law is not therefore relevant, in principle, for assessing its effects, contrary to the French Republic’s argument.
Cilj spremembe zakona iz leta 1990 torej načeloma ni primeren za presojo učinkov, kar je v nasprotju s trditvami Francoske republike.
The logic of the pension arrangements applicable
Logika veljavnega pokojninskega sistema
The funding by the State of the payment and servicing of the pensions granted to the civil servants of France Télécom results from the application of the Civilian and Military Retirement Pensions Code, which alone applies to the former civil servants in question.
Obračunavanje in izplačevanje odobrenih pokojnin javnim uslužbencem podjetja France Télécom s strani države temelji na uporabi zakonika o civilnih in vojaških pokojninah, ki se uporablja za zadevne nekdanje uslužbence.
Neither the 1990 Law nor the 1996 Law changed the status of these civil servants or the principle of the State funding the payment of their pension.
Zakona iz leta 1990 in 1996 ne spreminjata niti statusa teh javnih uslužbencev niti načela plačevanja pokojnin s strani države.
This funding seems to arise from the principle whereby employees with civil servant status serve the common good independently and in the public interest.
Zdi se, da to plačevanje izhaja iz načela, v skladu s katerim javni uslužbenci, zaposleni na podlagi kadrovskih predpisov, delujejo neodvisno za javno blaginjo splošnega pomena.
This is not the case where these civil servants work for an undertaking providing a paid-for service, with the aim of serving the interests and benefit of this undertaking, in competition with other undertakings which provide the same services.
To pa ne velja, če javni uslužbenci delajo za podjetje, ki opravlja storitve za plačilo v interesu in v korist tega podjetja ter predstavlja konkurenco drugim podjetjem, ki opravljajo enake storitve.
In this perspective, the payment of compensation to the State, provided for by the 1990 Law, both in its original wording and after the amendments introduced by the 1996 Law, constitutes an exception to the principle of funding by the French State.
V tem smislu je plačilo protidajatve državi, ki ga predvideva zakon iz leta 1990 tako v svoji prvotni obliki kot tudi po spremembah, uvedenih z zakonom iz leta 1996, izjema pri načelu plačevanja s strani Francoske republike.
This exception is justified by the nature and overall structure of the arrangements applicable to the pensions of the civil servants employed by France Télécom.
Ta izjema je utemeljena na podlagi narave in organizacije sistema, ki velja za pokojnine javnih uslužbencev, zaposlenih v podjetju France Télécom.
In fact, the French State is obliged to effect the payment and servicing of the pensions granted, under the Civilian and Military Retirement Pensions Code, to the civil servants of France Télécom, who are covered by the general status of civil servants of the French State and not by the ordinary law on social security benefits.
Francoska republika mora na podlagi zakonika o civilnih in vojaških pokojninah obračunavati in izplačevati odobrene pokojnine javnim uslužbencem podjetja France Télécom, za katere veljajo splošni kadrovski predpisi za javne uslužbence Francoske republike in splošno pravo dajatev za socialno varnost.
Even in the absence of the payment of compensation by France Télécom, the French State would still be bound to honour its pension commitments to the civil servant staff concerned, unless it amended these commitments unilaterally.
Tudi če podjetje France Télécom protidajatve ne plača, mora Francoska republika vseeno zagotoviti sredstva za pokojninske obveznosti v razmerju do javnih uslužbencev na podlagi zadevnih kadrovskih predpisov, razen če bi enostransko spremenila navedene obveznosti.
On the contrary, making available State-trained civil servants to France Télécom with no compensation for pensions paid or to be paid would confer a clear advantage on the latter.
Nasprotno, dodelitev državnih uslužbencev podjetju France Télécom brez protidajatve v zvezi s pokojninami, ki se izplačajo ali se bodo izplačale, pomeni za navedeno podjetje jasno prednost.
Since France Télécom’s competitors do not employ staff with civil servant status for whom the French State would be under a similar financial obligation, the logic of the arrangements for funding pensions and the payment of compensation for France Télécom introduced by the law is not transferable to them.
Dokler konkurenti podjetja France Télécom ne zaposlujejo javnih uslužbencev na podlagi kadrovskih predpisov, za katere bi imela Francoska republika podobno finančno obveznost, logike sistema financiranja pokojnin in plačevanja protidajatev za podjetje France Télécom, uvedenega z zakonom, ni mogoče uporabiti.
This is shown by the fact that, since the status of the staff employed by the competitors differs with regard to the risks of non-payment of wages covered by the ordinary law on social security benefits, the French authorities appear to consider that the payment of social security contributions to cover the risk is justified in their case.
To dokazuje dejstvo, da čeprav se položaj oseb, zaposlenih pri konkurentih, razlikuje glede tveganj za neplačilo prejemkov v okviru splošnega prava za dajatve socialne varnosti, francoski organi menijo, da je plačilo prispevkov za socialno varnost za kritje tega tveganja v njihovem primeru upravičeno.