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To the negative price of EUR 57 million, which is perceived as operating aid enabling the losses of Sernam Xpress to be covered for the years from 2005 to 2008 [35], is added the write-off of Sernam SA debts to SNCF amounting to EUR 38,5 million (see recital 27).
K negativni ceni v višini 57 milijonov EUR, ki je bila zasnovana kot pomoč za tekoče poslovanje, s katero naj bi pokrili izgube družbe Sernam Xpress v letih od 2005 do 2008, [35] je treba dodati še opustitev terjatve v višini 38,5 milijona EUR, ki jo je imela skupina SNCF do družbe Sernam SA (glej uvodno izjavo 27).
Finally, the Commission points out too that the liabilities remaining in Sernam SA are debts to third parties and not to SNCF.
Komisija nazadnje še ugotavlja, da so obveznosti, ki jih še naprej nosi družba Sernam SA, dolgovi do tretjih oseb, in ne do skupine SNCF.
Through the capital injection of EUR 57 million, SNCF enabled Sernam Xpress, at least for the period from 2005 to 2008, to honour these debts in their entirety.
Skupina SNCF je s kapitalsko injekcijo v višini 57 milijonov EUR družbi Sernam Xpress vsaj za obdobje med letoma 2005 in 2008 omogočila poplačilo teh terjatev v celoti.
If, on the other hand, SNCF had sold only the assets at a positive price, the debts of Sernam SA in relation to third parties would have been honoured only up to the proceeds from the sale.
Če bi, nasprotno, skupina SNCF prodala le sredstva po pozitivni ceni, bi bili dolgovi družbe Sernam SA do tretjih oseb poplačani le do višine prihodkov iz prodaje.
This is an additional indicator that the contractual balance between SNCF and Financière Sernam does not correspond to market conditions.
To še dodatno potrjuje, da za pogodbeno ravnovesje med skupino SNCF in družbo Financière Sernam ne veljajo tržni pogoji.
It should also be pointed out that the negative price of EUR 57 million is higher than the best offer received during the unsuccessful tendering procedure which had been a negative price of EUR 56,4 million (second-round offer [candidate 5]).
Treba je še ugotoviti, da je negativna cena v višini 57 milijonov EUR višja od najboljše ponudbe, prejete v neuspešnem razpisnem postopku, to je negativne cene v višini 56,4 milijona EUR (ponudba iz drugega kroga (ponudnik 5)).
The transfer enabled Sernam Xpress to elude the recovery order for EUR 41 million imposed on Sernam SA, and enabled it to continue Sernam SA’s activities without having to repay this aid and without having to comply with the conditions of Article 3 of the Sernam 2 Decision.
S prenosom je bilo družbi Sernam Xpress omogočeno, da se je izognila nalogu za vračilo 41 milijonov EUR, ki je bil izdan za družbo Sernam SA, hkrati pa je lahko nadaljevala dejavnosti družbe Sernam SA, ne da bi morala vrniti zadevno pomoč in izpolniti pogoje iz člena 3 odločbe Sernam 2.
For these reasons, the Commission concludes that the transfer of the activities from Sernam SA to Sernam Xpress had the consequence that Sernam Xpress continued to benefit from the competitive advantage linked with the receipt of the aid granted.
Komisija je na podlagi navedenega menila, da ima družba Sernam Xpress zaradi prenosa dejavnosti družbe Sernam SA na družbo Sernam Xpress dejansko še naprej korist zaradi konkurenčne prednosti, povezane s prejetjem pomoči.
In fact, there was economic continuity between the two companies and the transfer corresponds to an evasion of the recovery order imposed on Sernam SA.
Navedeni družbi namreč povezuje gospodarska kontinuiteta, prenos pa je treba izenačiti z izogibanjem nalogu za vračilo, ki je bil izdan za družbo Sernam SA.
As explained in the SMI and Seleco judgments, the sale of shares in a company which is the beneficiary of unlawful aid by a shareholder to a third party does not affect the requirement for recovery from the recipient company.
Kot je bilo pojasnjeno v sodbah SMI in Seleco, dejstvo, da delničar proda delnice družbe prejemnice nezakonite pomoči tretji osebi, ne vpliva na obveznost, da družba prejemnica zadevno pomoč vrne.
Consequently, the sale of the Sernam Xpress shares to Financière Sernam did not have the consequence of releasing Sernam Xpress from the requirement to repay the aid of EUR 41 million.
Zato družba Sernam Xpress zaradi prodaje deležev te družbe družbi Financière Sernam ni bila razrešena obveznosti vračila pomoči v višini 41 milijonov EUR.
Following the merger between Sernam Xpress and Financière Sernam, the obligation regarding recovery was transferred to Financière Sernam.
Po združitvi družb Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam je bila obveznost vračila prenesena na družbo Financière Sernam.
Furthermore, the latter and its subsidiaries, and notably Sernam Services and Aster, are continuing the business of Sernam SA and Sernam Xpress and are therefore continuing to benefit from the aid of EUR 41 million initially granted to Sernam SA.
Poleg tega zadevna družba in njene podružnice, zlasti družbi Sernam Services in Aster, nadaljujejo dejavnost družb Sernam SA in Sernam Xpress ter imajo tako še naprej korist od pomoči v višini 41 milijonov EUR, ki je bila prvotno podeljena družbi Sernam SA.
Furthermore, for the reasons set out under point 3.4 below, the arguments inferred by the French authorities from the application of the principle of the private investor in a market economy must be discounted.
Poleg tega je treba iz razlogov, navedenih v točki 3.4 spodaj, zavrniti tudi trditve francoskih organov v zvezi z uporabo načela zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu.
CONCERNING THE NEW AID GRANTED TO SERNAM XPRESS
NOVE POMOČI, PODELJENE DRUŽBI SERNAM XPRESS
The memorandum of understanding of 21 July 2005 provides for a certain number of measures, which may constitute new aid (cf. recital 36 above).
V memorandumu o soglasju z dne 21. julija 2005 je določenih nekaj ukrepov, ki bi lahko bili nove pomoči (glej uvodno izjavo 36 zgoraj).
The Commission must check whether these measures constitute new aid and whether, if appropriate, this aid can be declared compatible with the internal market.
Komisija mora preveriti, ali so ti ukrepi nove pomoči in – če to drži – ali je mogoče te pomoči obravnavati kot združljive z notranjim trgom.
According to the French authorities, all these measures conform to the principle of the private investor in a market economy.
Francoski organi trdijo, da se vsi ti ukrepi skladajo z načelom zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu.
SNCF allegedly transferred the activities of Sernam SA to the company having submitted the best offer received during a transparent and open tendering procedure and this offer, even though it consists of a negative price, is purportedly less costly for the State as shareholder than the winding-up of Sernam.
Skupina SNCF naj bi dejavnosti družbe Sernam SA prenesla na družbo, ki je v postopku preglednega in odprtega poziva k predložitvi ponudb predložila najboljšo ponudbo, ta ponudba pa naj bi bila za državo delničarko kljub negativni ceni cenejša od likvidacije družbe Sernam.
The Commission considers that in a situation of recovery of the aid, it is not appropriate to apply the private investor principle.
Komisija meni, da se pri izterjavi pomoči ne uporablja načelo zasebnega vlagatelja.
On recovery of aid, the State acts under the obligations incumbent upon it under Union law and not as a State which is a shareholder.
Država pri izterjavi pomoči izpolnjuje obveznosti, ki so ji naložene po pravu Unije, in ne kot država delničarka.
Furthermore, the Commission points out that Article 3(2) of the Sernam 2 Decision perceived the sale of assets as an equivalent to the compensatory measures imposed by Article 3(1).
Komisija poleg tega ugotavlja, da je na podlagi člena 3(2) odločbe Sernam 2 prodaja sredstev izenačena z izravnalnimi ukrepi, naloženimi na podlagi člena 3(1).
According to point 40 of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty [36], the divestment of a loss-making activity cannot be considered as a compensatory measure.
Iz točke 40 Smernic Skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah [36] izhaja, da opustitve deficitne dejavnosti ni mogoče šteti za izravnalni ukrep.
The negative price agreed between SNCF and Financière Sernam shows that a divestment of a loss-making activity is involved which cannot be the equivalent of a compensatory measure.
Negativna cena, za katero sta se dogovorili skupina SNCF in družba Financière Sernam, kaže na to, da gre za opustitev deficitne dejavnosti, ki je ni mogoče šteti za izravnalni ukrep.
In this case, the negative price corresponds to operating aid to the undertaking, which is therefore inherently ill-suited to reduce distortions of competition.
V obravnavanem primeru se negativna cena ujema s pomočjo, ki je bila podjetju podeljena za tekoče poslovanje, in torej z njo že po naravi ni mogoče ublažiti izkrivljanj konkurence.
Acceptance of the position maintained by France would also lead to discrimination between a private undertaking and a public undertaking.
Sprejetje stališča, ki ga zagovarja Francija, bi privedlo tudi do diskriminacije med zasebnimi in javnimi podjetji.
Whereas the State would take measures for recovery from the private undertaking, where necessary going as far as its liquidation, the public undertaking could escape this fate on the sole condition that it proves to be cheaper for the State to sell it at a negative price rather than recover the illegal, incompatible aid it has received.
Medtem ko bi država od zasebnega podjetja izterjala dolgovane zneske, po potrebi tudi z njegovo likvidacijo, bi se lahko javno podjetje temu izognilo že samo zato, ker bi ga bilo za državo ceneje prodati po negativni ceni, kot od njega izterjati nezakonite in nezdružljive pomoči, ki jih je prejelo.
For these reasons, the Commission considers that the principle of the private operator in the market economy cannot be invoked by France to have the measures provided for in the memorandum of understanding of 21 July 2005 escape the concept of State aid.
Zato Komisija meni, da se Francija za utemeljitev izvzetja ukrepov, določenih z memorandumom o soglasju z dne 21. julija 2005, iz pojma državne pomoči ne more sklicevati na načelo zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu.
It is therefore necessary to establish whether the measures in question conferred an advantage upon Sernam Xpress or Financière Sernam.
Torej je treba ugotoviti, ali je bila z zadevnimi ukrepi podeljena prednost družbi Sernam Xpress ali družbi Financière Sernam.
Since these two undertakings merged subsequently, there is no need to distinguish between the advantages granted to one or the other.
Ker sta se zadevni podjetji pozneje združili, ni treba razlikovati med prednostmi, podeljenimi enemu ali drugemu od njiju.
The three other criteria evidencing the presence of aid are met: the measures are granted from the resources of a public undertaking, SNCF; SNCF is an EPIC [industrial and commercial public undertaking] subject to very close scrutiny by the State; the granting of the advantage is therefore also imputable to the State.
Preostala tri merila za obstoj pomoči so izpolnjena, in sicer: ukrepi so se financirali iz sredstev javnega podjetja, to je skupine SNCF, skupina SNCF je organ javnega prava (oseba javnega prava industrijske in komercialne narave, EPIC) pod strogim državnim nadzorom, podeljeno prednost pa je zato mogoče pripisati državi.
Since Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam operate in road transport, which is open to competition within the Union, the advantage is liable to create distortions of competition and affect trade between Member States.
Ker družbi Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam delujeta v sektorju cestnega prometa, ki je odprt za konkurenco v Uniji, bi lahko prednost povzročila izkrivljanje konkurence in vplivala na trgovino med državami članicami.
Concerning the EUR 57 million capital injection by SNCF in Sernam SA
Dokapitalizacija v višini 57 milijonov EUR, ki jo je izvedla skupina SNCF v korist družbe Sernam SA
As a result of the EUR 57 million capital injection by SNCF in Sernam SA, Sernam SA received a considerable financial advantage which is not available to its competitors.
Družba Sernam SA je z dokapitalizacijo v višini 57 milijonov EUR, ki jo je izvedla skupina SNCF, pridobila precejšnjo finančno prednost, ki je njeni konkurenti nimajo.
This advantage was then transferred with the other assets and liabilities to Sernam Xpress.
Ta prednost je bila nato s preostalimi sredstvi in obveznostmi prenesena na družbo Sernam Xpress.
Concerning the EUR 2 million capital injection by SNCF in Sernam Xpress
Dokapitalizacija v višini 2 milijona EUR, ki jo je izvedla skupina SNCF v korist družbe Sernam Xpress
As a result of the EUR 2 million capital injection by SNCF in Sernam Xpress, Sernam Xpress received a considerable financial advantage which is not available to its competitors.
Družba Sernam Xpress je z dokapitalizacijo v višini 2 milijona EUR, ki jo je izvedla skupina SNCF, pridobila precejšnjo finančno prednost, ki je njeni konkurenti nimajo.
However, the Commission notes that SNCF received a payment of EUR 2 million from Financière Sernam, which neutralises the EUR 2 million capital injection, which consequently did not confer any advantage.
Vendar Komisija ugotavlja, da je skupina SNCF od družbe Financière Sernam prejela plačilo v višini 2 milijona EUR, s čimer je bila dokapitalizacija v enakem znesku izničena in zato z njo ni bila podeljena prednost.
Concerning the write-off of Sernam SA’s debts to SNCF
Opustitev terjatev skupine SNCF do družbe Sernam SA
As explained in recital 33, the transfer of Sernam SA’s activities to Financière Sernam does not include two of Sernam SA’s debts to SNCF amounting to EUR 38,5 million. By writing off these debts, SNCF grants an advantage for an equivalent amount to Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam.
Kot je bilo pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 33, prenos dejavnosti družbe Sernam SA na družbo Financière Sernam ne vključuje dveh terjatev skupine SNCF do družbe Sernam SA v višini 38,5 milijona EUR. Skupina SNCF je z opustitvijo teh terjatev družbama Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam podelila prednost, ki se ujema z njihovim zneskom.
Concerning the guarantees granted by SNCF
Poroštva, ki jih je podelila skupina SNCF
On the transfer of Sernam SA’s activities to Financière Sernam, SNCF granted the following guarantees:
Skupina SNCF je ob prenosu dejavnosti družbe Sernam SA na družbo Financière Sernam podelila spodaj navedena poroštva:
It undertook to complete, within a fixed time limit, the development of a specific site (Valenton) necessary for the running of Train Bloc Express (TBE), on pain of a fine of EUR 1 million in the event of delay;
zavezala se je, da bo v določenem roku dokončala ureditev posebne platforme (Valenton), potrebne za uporabo hitrega blokvlaka, pri čemer je bila za morebitno zamudo določena globa v višini 1 milijon EUR;
It undertook to cover any increase in rent for the new operating sites, limited to a differential of a maximum of EUR 3 million;
zavezala se je, da bo krila morebitno povišanje najemnin za nove uporabniške lokacije, pri čemer razlika ne sme presegati 3 milijonov EUR;
It extended by three years the right to return of […] railwaymen seconded within Sernam;
za tri leta je podaljšala pravico do vračanja železničarjev, začasno napotenih na družbo Sernam;
It extended by three years a social protocol guaranteeing to […] Sernam employees re-employment within SNCF in the event of redundancy (by Sernam);
za tri leta je podaljšala socialni protokol, na podlagi katerega je bila zaposlenim pri družbi Sernam zagotovljena prerazporeditev na delovno mesto v skupini SNCF v primeru odpuščanja (družbe Sernam);
SNCF guaranteed ‘the continuity of the Train Bloc Express (TBE)’ [38] and access to the TBE [39].
skupina SNCF je zagotovila „nadaljnje delovanje hitrega blokvlaka“ [38] in dostop do njega [39].
In this connection, SNCF paid EUR 3 million to Sernam Xpress.
Za to je ta skupina družbi Sernam Xpress plačala 3 milijone EUR.
The first two guarantees obviously confer an advantage on Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam.
Očitno je, da je bila s prvima poroštvoma družbama Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam podeljena prednost.
In fact, in the absence of these two guarantees, Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam would have had to bear the costs in question themselves.
Če namreč zadevnih poroštev ne bi bilo, bi morali ti družbi sami nositi s tem povezane stroške.
The TBE guarantees, in the Commission’s view, significantly reduce the risk incurred by Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam and therefore confer an advantage.
Kar zadeva poroštva v zvezi s hitrim blokvlakom, Komisija meni, da se je z njimi močno zmanjšalo tveganje družb Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam. Torej je bila z njimi podeljena prednost.
According to France, the guarantee granted to the railwaymen would in fact benefit SNCF.
Francija trdi, da je poroštvo, podeljeno železničarjem, dejansko koristilo skupini SNCF.
In fact SNCF apparently posted a certain number of railwaymen within Sernam SA.
Ta naj bi namreč na družbo Sernam SA začasno napotila nekaj železničarjev.
These railwaymen, the cost of whom was borne by Sernam SA, apparently had the right to be reintegrated into SNCF on request.
Ti železničarji, ki jih je plačevala družba Sernam SA, bi se lahko že z vložitvijo prošnje znova zaposlili v skupini SNCF.
In the light of the fears to which privatisation could give rise, SNCF then extended the period during which the railwaymen could exercise this right with a view to avoiding their return en masse which would have been more onerous for SNCF.
Skupina SNCF je zato ob upoštevanju bojazni, ki bi jih lahko povzročila privatizacija, podaljšala obdobje, v katerem so lahko zadevni železničarji uveljavljali to pravico, da bi tako preprečila njihovo množično vračanje, ki bi ji povzročilo višje stroške.
The Commission considers that in the absence of this guarantee, the railwaymen would have been very likely to have applied for reintegration in SNCF at the time of the transfer of the activities.
Komisija meni, da bi ti železničarji brez navedenega poroštva ob prenosu dejavnosti zelo verjetno zaprosili za vnovično zaposlitev pri skupini SNCF.
Sernam Xpress would have had to replace them with new employees under private status.
Družba Sernam Xpress bi jih morala nadomestiti z novimi zaposlenimi, za katere bi veljali kadrovski predpisi zasebnega sektorja.
The Commission considers it likely that in this case the salary of these new employees would have been less high than that of the railwaymen, which would have offset the additional cost for Sernam Xpress resulting from their more limited experience or difficulties in recruiting a large number of new employees in a very short time.
Komisija meni, da bi bila v obravnavanem primeru plača teh novih zaposlenih nižja od plače že zaposlenih železničarjev, s čimer bi se izravnali dodatni stroški, ki bi nastali za družbo Sernam Xpress zaradi pomanjkanja izkušenj novih delavcev ali težav pri iskanju velikega števila novih zaposlenih v zelo kratkem času.
France considers the three-year extension of the guarantee of re-employment to be a personal right granted to certain employees by SNCF.
Kar zadeva podaljšanje poroštva za prerazporeditev za tri leta, Francija meni, da je to individualna pravica, ki jo je skupina SNCF podelila nekaterim zaposlenim.
Neither Financière Sernam nor Sernam Xpress were apparently parties to this agreement.
V ta dogovor naj ne bi bila vključena niti družba Financière Sernam niti družba Sernam Xpress.
The Commission does not concur with this analysis.
Komisija se s to analizo ne strinja.
In fact, this guarantee makes it more attractive to remain employed at Sernam Xpress during the period in question, without Sernam Xpress having to bear the slightest additional cost.
S takim poroštvom je namreč za zadevne delavce postalo privlačneje, da v tem obdobju ostanejo zaposleni pri družbi Sernam Xpress, ne da bi morala ta družba zato nositi kakršen koli dodaten strošek.
The Commission concludes that the guarantees granted by SNCF in the memorandum of understanding of 21 July 2005, with the exception of the guarantee for the railwaymen, confer an advantage on Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam.
Komisija na podlagi navedenega meni, da je bila s poroštvi, ki jih je skupina SNCF podelila z memorandumom o soglasju z dne 21. julija 2005 – razen poroštva za železničarje – družbama Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam podeljena prednost.
Whereas it is easy to put a figure on the value of the first three guarantees (EUR 1 million, EUR 3 million and EUR 3 million respectively), this is not the case for the guarantee of re-employment of employees.
Medtem ko je mogoče preprosto določiti vrednost prvih treh poroštev (1 milijon EUR, 3 milijoni EUR oziroma 3 milijoni EUR), to v zvezi s poroštvom za prerazporeditev zaposlenih ni mogoče.
France should have established the salary increase that Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam should have awarded to the employees in the absence of these guarantees to achieve the same objective.
Francija bi morala ugotoviti, za koliko bi morali družbi Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam povišati plačo zaposlenim, če za uresničitev istega cilja ne bi bilo podeljeno zadevno poroštvo.
In recital 164 of the opening decision, the Commission also considered the question whether the negative price ‘paid’ by Financière Sernam did in fact correspond to market value.
Komisija se je v uvodni izjavi 164 odločitve o začetku postopka še spraševala, ali se negativna cena, ki jo je „plačala“ družba Financière Sernam, ujema s tržno vrednostjo.
In this respect, the Commission observes that in the meantime, the merger had taken place between Sernam Xpress and Financière Sernam, and that possible aid to Financière Sernam consisting in too high a negative price would not exceed the EUR 57 million of aid that Sernam Xpress received as new aid.
Komisija v zvezi s tem ugotavlja, da sta se družbi Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam medtem združili in da morebitna pomoč družbi Financière Sernam s previsoko negativno ceno ne more biti višja od 57 milijonov EUR pomoči, ki jo je družba Sernam Xpress prejela kot novo pomoč.
Consequently, it is no longer necessary to decide on the question of possible aid to the purchaser.
Zato se ni treba dodatno izrekati o vprašanju morebitne pomoči kupcu.
Conclusion on the presence of new aid
Sklepna ugotovitev glede obstoja novih pomoči
The measures provided for in the memorandum of understanding of 21 July 2005 described in the present section 3.4 constitute new aid for Sernam Xpress/Financière Sernam.
Ukrepi iz memoranduma o soglasju z dne 21. julija 2005, opisani v oddelku 3.4 tega sklepa, so nove pomoči družbama Sernam Xpress in Financière Sernam.
Incompatibility with the internal market and recovery
Nezdružljivost z notranjim trgom in vračilo
Since France invoked no reason for compatibility, the Commission concludes that this aid is incompatible with the internal market and must be recovered, together with interest.
Ker Francija ni navedla nobenega razloga za združljivost, Komisija meni, da zadevne pomoči niso združljive z notranjim trgom, zato jih je treba izterjati skupaj z obrestmi.
This recovery must be made from Financière Sernam and its subsidiaries, and notably Sernam Service and Aster, which are currently continuing the economic activity which received the aid, previously carried out by Sernam Xpress (merged with Financière Sernam).
Navedeni znesek morajo vrniti družba Financière Sernam in njene podružnice, zlasti družbi Sernam Services in Aster, ki danes nadaljujejo gospodarsko dejavnost, za katero je bila podeljena pomoč in jo je včasih opravljala družba Sernam Xpress (danes združena z družbo Financière Sernam).
CONCERNING THE CANCELLATION CLAUSE
RAZVELJAVITVENA KLAVZULA
The memorandum of understanding of 21 July 2005 contains a cancellation clause in case of a negative decision by the European Commission within five years following the conclusion of the memorandum of understanding.
Memorandum o soglasju z dne 21. julija 2005 vsebuje razveljavitveno klavzulo v primeru negativne odločitve Evropske komisije v petih letih po njegovi sklenitvi.
This clause could also constitute new aid.
Tudi ta klavzula bi lahko bila nova pomoč.