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Measures which affect trade and distort or threaten to distort competition: The payments made by ELGA in 2008 as part of the compulsory insurance scheme concerned numerous Greek animal products and products of plant origin, while those made in 2009 concerned several crops (see recital 13).
Ukrepi, ki vplivajo na trgovino in izkrivljajo ali bi lahko izkrivljali konkurenco: Odškodnine, ki jih je ELGA leta 2008 izplačala v okviru sheme obveznega zavarovanja, so se nanašale na več grških kmetijskih proizvodov rastlinskega in živalskega izvora, odškodnine, izplačane leta 2009, pa so se nanašale na več rastlinskih pridelkov (glej uvodno izjavo 13).
At the beginning of the procedure, therefore, the Commission noted that the payments in question gave local farmers an advantage over those elsewhere in the Union who did not receive similar support.
Komisija je posledično v fazi sprožitve postopka ugotovila, da zadevne odškodnine dajejo lokalnim proizvajalcem prednost pred drugimi proizvajalci iz Unije, ki ne prejemajo enake podpore.
The agricultural sector is open to competition at Union level and is consequently sensitive to any measure favouring production in a particular Member State.
Kmetijski sektor je odprt za konkurenco na ravni Unije, zato je občutljiv za vsak ukrep v korist proizvodnji v eni ali drugi državi članici.
The payments in question therefore threaten to distort competition in the internal market and to affect trade between Member States.
Zadevne odškodnine bi zato lahko izkrivljale konkurenco na notranjem trgu in vplivale na trgovino med državami članicami.
Measures which favour certain undertakings or the production of certain goods: Regarding the issue of whether the payments made by ELGA in the context of the compulsory insurance scheme against natural risks provided selective advantage, the Commission considered that, a priori, the selective nature of the measure results from the fact that the payments by ELGA were limited to certain agricultural production.
Ukrepi, ki dajejo prednost nekaterim podjetjem ali nekaterim proizvodnjam: Komisija je glede vprašanja, ali izplačila organizacije ELGA na podlagi obveznega zavarovanja pred naravnimi nesrečami pomenijo selektivno ugodnost, menila, da selektivnost ukrepa a priori izhaja iz dejstva, da je ELGA odškodnine izplačala samo nekaterim kmetijskim proizvajalcem.
The Commission took the view that it was arguable that the special characteristics of the agricultural sector and its particular dependence on certain climatic conditions, as well as its vulnerability to natural risks in Greece, makes it necessary to set up a State scheme which assures a minimum level of compensation based on the principle of solidarity.
Po mnenju Komisije bi bilo mogoče trditi, da je glede na posebne značilnosti kmetijskega sektorja, njegovo posebno odvisnost od določenih vremenskih razmer in njegovo občutljivost na naravne nesreče v Grčiji nujna uvedba državne sheme, ki zagotavlja minimalno nadomestilo na podlagi solidarnosti.
In so far as the payments by ELGA as part of the compulsory insurance scheme are financed from the income from the special insurance contribution, the Commission took the view that these could be considered as not giving those benefiting from them an undue advantage.
Ker se odškodnine, ki jih ELGA izplačuje na podlagi obveznega zavarovanja, financirajo iz prihodkov od posebnega prispevka za zavarovanje, bi se po mnenju Komisije morebiti lahko štelo, da upravičencem ne prinašajo neupravičene ugodnosti.
Nonetheless, this justification based on logic and the nature of the scheme could not cover additional financial interventions by the Greek State for the scheme in question (beyond financing through compulsory contributions).
Vendar pa taka utemeljitev, ki temelji na logiki in naravi sheme, ne bi mogla veljati za dodatno finančno pomoč Grčije za zadevno shemo (poleg financiranja z obveznimi prispevki).
However, the Commission did not have sufficient evidence that this was the case when it initiated the investigation procedure.
Vendar Komisija v fazi sprožitve postopka preiskave ni imela zadostnih dokazov za tako sklepanje.
In particular, the Commission doubted whether the measures in question had been financed without additional State intervention.
Zlasti je dvomila, da so se zadevni ukrepi financirali brez dodatne pomoči države.
For these reasons the Commission concluded, when it opened the procedure, that it could not rule out that the payments by ELGA in 2008 and 2009 as part of the compulsory insurance scheme fall under Article 107(1) of the Treaty and constitute State aid.
Komisija je zato v fazi sprožitve postopka ugotovila, da ni mogoče izključiti, da odškodnine, ki jih je ELGA v letih 2008 in 2009 izplačala na podlagi obveznega zavarovanja, spadajo na področje uporabe člena 107(1) Pogodbe in pomenijo državno pomoč.
Qualification of the measures as illegal aid
Opredelitev ukrepov kot nezakonite pomoči
The Commission considered that, since the aid was granted and paid without prior notification to the Commission, it is illegal aid within the meaning of Article 1(f) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
Komisija je menila, da so pomoči, ki so bile dodeljene in izplačane brez predhodne priglasitve, nezakonite pomoči v smislu člena 1(f) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999.
Preliminary assessment of the compatibility of the aid
Predhodna presoja združljivosti pomoči
On the basis of the information provided, the compensation for most of the crops concerned appeared to involve damage of a minimum threshold of 30 %, taking into consideration loss of production or deterioration in quality for certain products suffered during the year concerned due to a combination of more than one negative meteorological phenomenon and, for some crops, also due to plant diseases.
Iz predloženih informacij je bilo razvidno, da so se nadomestila, predvidena za večino zadevnih nasadov, nanašala na škodo, ki je dosegla 30-odstotni minimalni prag, upoštevajoč proizvodne izgube oziroma poslabšanje kakovosti nekaterih pridelkov v zadevnem letu kot posledice skupka različnih neugodnih vremenskih razmer, pri nekaterih vrstah nasadov pa tudi kot posledice rastlinskih bolezni.
The information transmitted by the Greek authorities did not supply any details about the method used to calculate this compensation.
Informacije, ki so jih poslali grški organi, ne vsebujejo podatkov o načinu izračuna zadevnih nadomestil.
Therefore the Commission has doubts whether the aid could be said to be compatible with Chapter V.B of the guidelines.
Komisija je zato dvomila, da bi bile lahko te pomoči razglašene za združljive s poglavjem V.B Smernic.
The interested parties which made comments are the European Liaison Committee for the Agricultural and Agri-Food Trade (CELCAA), the European Association of Cereals, Rice, Feedstuffs, Oilseeds, Olive Oil, Oils and Fats and Agrosupply Trade (COCERAL), and a third interested party which asked for its identity to be treated confidentially.
Zainteresirane strani, ki so predložile pripombe, so Evropski odbor za povezavo agroživilske industrije (v nadaljnjem besedilu: CELCAA), Evropski odbor za žita, krmo, plodove oljk, oljčno olje, oljke, maščobe in živilskopredelovalno industrijo (v nadaljnjem besedilu: COCERAL), ter tretja zainteresirana stran, ki je zaprosila za zaupno obravnavo svoje identitete.
The interested parties, being independent traders (the third interested party) and, in the case of CELCAA and COCERAL, being charged with protecting the interests of independent traders, feel that this aid, while initially granted to farmers, in reality went to agricultural cooperatives and their associations which, because only they handle agricultural products, compete with the independent traders.
V primeru neodvisnih trgovcev (tretja zainteresirana stran) ter glede odborov CELCAA in COCERAL, katerih cilj je zavarovati interese neodvisnih trgovcev, zainteresirane strani menijo, da so prvotno dodeljene pomoči dejansko končale pri kmetijskih zadrugah in njihovih združenjih, ki sami izvajajo celoten postopek trženja kmetijskih proizvodov in zato konkurirajo neodvisnim trgovcem.
According to the interested parties, Greece failed to provide evidence to show that the payments in question were granted to compensate for losses caused by adverse climatic conditions.
Zainteresirane strani navajajo, da Grčija ni predložila dokazov, ki bi kazali na to, da so bile zadevne odškodnine izplačane za škodo, ki je bila posledica slabih vremenskih razmer.
The Greek authorities failed to submit an analytic description of the climatic conditions concerned based on appropriate meteorological information, as called for by the guidelines.
Grški organi niso predložili analitičnega opisa vrste zadevnih vremenskih razmer, da bi v skladu s Smernicami podkrepili ustrezne meteorološke podatke.
In the opinion of the interested parties the Greek authorities had specified neither the method of calculating the payments in question nor the minimum threshold of losses.
Grški organi po mnenju zainteresiranih strani niso pojasnili niti uporabljenega načina izračuna zadevnih odškodnin niti minimalnega praga nastale škode.
In addition, these payments were limited to certain agricultural products, while other producers who were excluded from these payments had also suffered production losses.
Poleg tega so bile zadevne odškodnine dodeljene samo za nekatere kmetijske proizvode, čeprav so tudi pridelovalci drugih pridelkov, za katere se zadevne odškodnine niso izplačale, utrpeli škodo na svojih pridelkih.
The interested parties also thought that the granting of these payments has had an impact on the price of the final products since the price of the products fell as result of these payments.
Zainteresirane strani so še menile, da je dodelitev zadevnih odškodnin vplivala na oblikovanje cen končnih proizvodov, saj so se zaradi teh odškodnin znižale cene zadevnih proizvodov.
This aid therefore gave the producers concerned an economic advantage by allowing them to market those products not affected by adverse weather under conditions which distorted competition.
Te pomoči so tako zadevnim proizvajalcem prinesle gospodarsko prednost, saj so lahko dele svojih pridelkov, ki jih niso prizadele neugodne vremenske razmere, prodali pod pogoji, ki so izkrivljali konkurenco.
Moreover, the private marketers (such as traders, flour and feedstuff millers, poultry and pig farmers) were forced to pursue a price policy imposed by the agricultural cooperatives and their associations, thus putting these cooperatives into a monopoly position.
Po drugi strani so bili zasebni akterji na področju trženja (kot so trgovci, mlini za moko, mlini za krmo, perutninarji, prašičerejci itd.) prisiljeni slediti politiki oblikovanja cen, ki so jo vsilili kmetijske zadruge in njihova združenja, te zadruge pa so se znašle v monopolnem položaju.
Also, the coverage offered by ELGA regarding the risks to which the agricultural sector is exposed had to respect the principles of proportionality and equality.
Poleg tega bi se morali pri zavarovanju, ki ga ELGA ponuja za tveganja, ki jim je izpostavljen kmetijski sektor, upoštevati načeli sorazmernosti in enakosti.
According to the interested parties, it is not acceptable that the payments made by ELGA in 2008 and 2009 were three and four times, respectively, the total insurance contributions for the same years.
Po mnenju zainteresiranih strani ni sprejemljivo, da so bile odškodnine, ki jih je ELGA izplačala v letih 2008 in 2009, trikrat oziroma štirikrat višje od skupnega zneska prispevkov za zavarovanje za isti leti.
According to the interested parties, by taking out the new loan for 2009 ELGA excessively ‘mortgaged’ its income for the next 10 years, given that it was already obliged to pay back the loan it had taken out for 2008, for which it had ‘mortgaged’ its insurance contributions in advance for the following years.
Po navedbah zainteresiranih strani je ELGA novo posojilo, ki ga je najela za leto 2009, čezmerno zavarovala s prihodki v naslednjih desetih letih, saj jo je bremenilo že plačilo posojila, ki ga je najela za leto 2008 in ki ga je zavarovala s prispevki iz zavarovanja za naslednja leta.
The interested parties also pointed to the two additional loans ELGA took out in 2009, i.e. a loan of EUR 350 million with the Bank of Piraeus and a loan of EUR 112 million with the Agricultural Bank of Greece and the National Bank of Greece.
Zainteresirane strani opozarjajo tudi na obstoj še dveh drugih posojil, ki jih je ELGA najela leta 2009, in sicer posojilo v višini 350 milijonov EUR, ki ga je najela pri Pirejski banki, ter posojilo v višini 112 milijonov EUR, ki ga je najela pri grški kmetijski banki in grški narodni banki.
The interested parties also thought that the loans of EUR 444 million and EUR 415 million represent income additional to that from the insurance contributions and paid under Greek law in the form of loans guaranteed by the Greek State.
Zainteresirane strani so prav tako menile, da posojili v višini 444 milijonov EUR in 415 milijonov EUR pomenita dodatne prihodke poleg prispevkov za zavarovanje, ki naj bi se po zakonu izplačali v obliki posojil, najetih s poroštvom grške države.
Those loans should therefore be considered as State resources.
Ti posojili bi se zato morali šteti za državna sredstva.
V. OBSERVATIONS BY GREECE
V. PRIPOMBE GRČIJE
Specific observations concerning compensation aid granted in 2008 and 2009
Splošne pripombe glede pomoči v obliki nadomestil, dodeljenih v letih 2008 in 2009
According to the Greek authorities the compensation aid paid out by ELGA in 2008 and 2009 does not constitute State aid.
Po navedbah grških organov pomoči v obliki nadomestil, ki jih je ELGA izplačala v letih 2008 in 2009, niso državna pomoč.
The insurance scheme in question is financed from compulsory special contributions paid by the farmers.
Financiranje zadevne zavarovalne sheme je zagotovljeno s posebnimi obveznimi prispevki, ki jih plačujejo kmetje.
Since this insurance scheme is governed by the principle of social solidarity, the compulsory special contributions need not be strictly proportionate to the insured risk and the benefits paid need not necessarily be proportionate to the income of the insured person [10].
Ker ta zavarovalna shema deluje po načelu socialne solidarnosti, po eni strani posebni obvezni prispevki niso strogo sorazmerni z zavarovanim tveganjem, po drugi strani pa znesek izplačanih dajatev ni nujno sorazmeren s prihodki zavarovanca.
Therefore, according to the Greek authorities, these payments are genuine compensation given in order to make good damage to agricultural production due to adverse climatic conditions, in line with Greek law regarding agricultural insurance paid by ELGA.Moreover, according to the Greek authorities, ELGA is capable of paying its financial obligations at maturity using the system of compulsory insurance.
Zato gre po mnenju grških organov v tem primeru za dejanska nadomestila za škodo, ki je v kmetijski proizvodnji nastala zaradi slabih vremenskih razmer, v skladu z grško zakonodajo o kmetijskih zavarovanjih, ki jih izplačuje ELGA.Grški organi še navajajo, da je ELGA sposobna v roku poravnavati svoje finančne obveznosti v okviru sheme obveznega zavarovanja.
This capability is reinforced by the adoption of the new Law No 3877/2010 concerning the protection and insurance system for agricultural activities, which envisages additional sources of finance for ELGA.
Njena sposobnost se je še povečala z izvajanjem zakona št. 3877/2010 o sistemu zaščite in zavarovanja kmetijske dejavnosti, ki določa dodatne vire financiranja v korist organizacije ELGA.
This Law therefore, in most cases, increases the special insurance contribution (from 3 % to 4 % for damage to crops and from 0,5 % to 0,75 % for damage to animal production).
Navedeni zakon tako večinoma zvišuje prispevek za posebno zavarovanje (od 3 % do 4 % za škodo na rastlinskih pridelkih in od 0,50 % do 0,75 % za škodo na živalskih proizvodih).
In addition, it establishes a voluntary insurance for losses not covered by the compulsory insurance, as well as a general insurance to be paid to ELGA by natural persons not practising farming as their main occupation and by legal persons the majority of whose shares do not belong to full-time farmers.
Določa tudi prostovoljno zavarovanje za izgube, ki niso krite z obveznim zavarovanjem, in splošno zavarovanje, ki ga bodo morale v korist organizacije ELGA plačevati fizične osebe, katerih glavna dejavnost ni kmetovanje, in pravne osebe, ki niso v večinski lasti oseb, katerih glavna dejavnost je kmetovanje.
However, even if the compensation aid were to be regarded as State aid, the Greek authorities consider that it is compatible with Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty and with the guidelines.
Tudi če bi bilo treba pomoči v obliki nadomestil šteti za državne pomoči, so te po mnenju grških organov združljive s členom 107(3)(c) Pogodbe in Smernicami.
The Greek authorities have provided the Commission with detailed data concerning all aid granted by ELGA in 2008 and 2009, indicating the name and tax number of each farmer concerned, the department in which the parcel is situated, the type of crop, the unit of measurement of the crop and the number of units used, the amount of aid and the date when it was granted, a description of the damage and its level compared to normal production.
Grški organi so službam Komisije predložili podrobne podatke o vsaki pomoči, ki jo je ELGA dodelila v letih 2008 in 2009, skupaj z navedbo imena in davčne številke zadevnega kmeta, prefekture, v kateri leži zemljišče, vrste pridelka, merske enote pridelka in števila uporabljenih enot, zneska pomoči in datuma njene dodelitve, opisa škode in njene višine glede na običajno proizvodnjo.
With regard to the compensation aid in 2008 and 2009 for damage which led to the destruction of more than 30 % of normal crop production, the Greek authorities take the view that all conditions laid down in paragraphs 124 to 130 of the guidelines as well as in Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products [11] (‘Exemption Regulation’) are met.
Grški organi menijo, da pomoči v obliki nadomestil, ki so bile v letih 2008 in 2009 dodeljene za škodo, ki je uničila več kot 30 % običajne rastlinske pridelave, izpolnjujejo vse pogoje iz točk 124 do 130 Smernic in člena 11 Uredbe o izjemah Komisije (ES) št. 1857/2006 z dne 15. decembra 2006 o uporabi členov 87 in 88 Pogodbe pri državni pomoči za majhna in srednje velika podjetja, ki se ukvarjajo s proizvodnjo kmetijskih proizvodov [11] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: uredba o izjemah).
In the opinion of the Greek authorities the aid in question was paid to the farmers concerned or to the organisations to which they are affiliated, in line with the guidelines and the abovementioned Exemption Regulation.
Po mnenju grških organov so bile sporne pomoči zadevnim proizvajalcem ali organizacijam proizvajalcev, v katere so vključeni, dodeljene v skladu s Smernicami in navedeno uredbo o izjemah.
The Greek authorities confirmed in particular that:
Grški organi so zlasti potrdili:
in no case did the aid exceed the real losses suffered by the farmers;
da znesek pomoči v nobenem primeru ni presegel zneska dejanskih izgub, ki so jih utrpeli proizvajalci;
regarding the intensity of the aid, the Greek authorities have confirmed that the conditions laid down in Article 11 of the Exemption Regulation were respected, since the compensation paid by ELGA did not exceed 74,8 % of the reduction in revenue from the sale of the product due to adverse climatic conditions;
v zvezi z intenzivnostjo pomoči so grški organi potrdili, da so se upoštevali pogoji iz člena 11 uredbe o izjemah, saj ELGA ni izplačala nobenega nadomestila, ki bi bilo večje od 74,8 % zmanjšanja prihodkov od prodaje pridelka zaradi slabih vremenskih razmer;
the maximum amount of loss eligible for aid was reduced by all amounts paid out by an insurance scheme and costs not incurred because of the adverse climatic event;
od najvišjega zneska izgub, ki so bile upravičene do pomoči, so se odšteli vsi zneski, prejeti na podlagi zavarovalne sheme, in stroški, ki niso nastali zaradi neugodnega vremenskega pojava;
the calculation of loss was made at the level of the individual holding;
izgube so se izračunale na ravni posameznega gospodarstva;
the decision to grant the aid in question and the payment of that aid took place within the deadlines laid down in Article 11(10) of the Exemption Regulation, i.e. three and 4 years after the loss, respectively; and
odločitev o dodelitvi zadevnih pomoči in izplačilo navedenih pomoči sta bila izvedena v treh oziroma štirih letih po izgubi, kot je predpisano v členu 11(10) uredbe o izjemah;
the aid in question was not combined with other State aid or with the financial contributions allocated by the Member States or the Union for the same eligible costs.
zadevne pomoči se niso kumulirale niti z drugimi državnimi pomočmi niti s finančnimi prispevki, ki so jih države članice ali Unija dodelile v zvezi z istimi upravičenimi stroški.
The producers concerned did not receive aid to compensate for the same loss based on more than one legal text; therefore this aid was granted either pursuant to the guidelines or to the Exemption Regulation, or to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2007 of 20 December 2007 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid in the sector of agricultural production [12] (‘de minimis Regulation’), or to the Communication of 22 January 2009 for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (‘Temporary Community Framework Communication’) [13].
Zadevni proizvajalci teh pomoči niso prejeli kot povračilo za isto škodo na podlagi več kot enega pravnega predpisa, zato so bile pomoči dodeljene bodisi na podlagi Smernic bodisi na podlagi uredbe o izjemah bodisi na podlagi Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 1535/2007 z dne 20. decembra 2007 o uporabi členov 87 in 88 Pogodbe ES pri pomočeh de minimis v sektorju kmetijske proizvodnje [12] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: uredba de minimis) bodisi Sporočila z dne 22. januarja 2009 za ukrepe državnih pomoči v podporo dostopu do financiranja ob trenutni finančni in gospodarski krizi (v nadaljnjem besedilu: sporočilo o začasnem okviru Skupnosti) [13].
With regard to the method of calculating normal production, the Greek authorities presented information on the method used and confirmed that the conditions laid down in paragraph 128 of the guidelines, which state that in case an alternative method is used, it should be representative and not based on abnormally high yields, have been met.
Grški organi so v zvezi z načinom izračuna običajne proizvodnje predložili informacije o uporabljeni metodi in potrdili, da so izpolnjeni pogoji iz točke 128 Smernic, v skladu s katerimi mora biti ob uporabi drugega možnega načina ta reprezentativen in ne sme temeljiti na neobičajno visokih donosih.
In particular, the losses resulting from adverse climatic conditions have been evaluated at the level of the individual holding by agronomists, based on estimates made on site, as provided for in the ELGA insurance regulation.
Natančneje, oceno izgub zaradi slabih vremenskih razmer agronomi izvedejo na ravni posameznega gospodarstva na podlagi ocen na kraju samem, kot je določeno s pravilnikom o zavarovanju organizacije ELGA.
During the on-site inspection the evaluating agronomist measures the area of the parcel using all appropriate means (tape measure, parcel identification map, GPS) and, in the case of crop sites with trees, counts the number of trees.
Agronom ocenjevalec med pregledom na kraju samem izmeri obseg zemljišča z vsemi ustreznimi sredstvi (trak, zemljiški kataster, instrument GPS), če gre za drevesne nasade, pa prešteje število dreves.