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Finally, Habidite also argued that, under Legislative Decree 78/1986 and Article 31 of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 31 March 2004 on public procurement [46], such contracts can also be concluded directly, i.e. without public tender, when justified by the technical nature of the project or for protecting exclusivity rights.
Tretjič navaja, da se lahko v skladu z zakonodajnim odlokom 78/1986 in členom 31 Direktive 2004/18/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 31. marca 2004 o javnih naročilih take pogodbe sklenejo tudi neposredno, tj. brez javnega razpisa [46], kadar je to utemeljeno zaradi tehničnih značilnosti projekta ali varovanja izključnih pravic.
Having assessed the information and arguments provided by Habidite, the Commission has the following observations to make in recitals (98) to (107).
Komisija je ocenila informacije in argumente, ki jih je predložilo podjetje Habidite, ter na tej podlagi ugotovila, kot je opisano v uvodnih izjavah od (98) do (107).
First, it should be noted that the information concerning average prices obtained by other construction companies which had concluded similar contracts with BIZKAILUR relies exclusively on press publications.
Najprej je treba poudariti, da se informacije o povprečnih cenah, ki so jih dosegla druga gradbena podjetja, ki so s podjetjem BIZKAILUR sklenila podobne pogodbe, opirajo izključno na podatke, objavljene v tisku.
The Commission did not receive direct information on this aspect from the Diputación – for example, in the form of copies of similar contracts concluded by BIZKAILUR with other construction companies.
Komisija v zvezi s tem ni prejela neposrednih informacij od podjetja Diputación – na primer v obliki kopij podobnih pogodb, sklenjenih med podjetjem BIZKAILUR in drugimi gradbenimi podjetji.
At any rate, the price estimates provided by both Habidite and the Diputación refer to the years 2006 and 2007, whereas, according to Article A(c) in the Houses Contract and to the Business Plan of Habidite as made publicly-available in 2009, the 1500 houses would have been delivered to BIZKAILUR over the period 2009-2011.
Vsekakor se ocene cen, ki sta jih predložili podjetji Habidite in Diputación, nanašajo na leti 2006 in 2007, medtem ko naj bi se v skladu s členom A(c) pogodbe o stanovanjih in s poslovnim načrtom podjetja Habidite, ki je bilo objavljeno leta 2009, podjetju BIZKAILUR 1500 stanovanj zagotovilo v obdobju 2009–2011.
Even if it were to be accepted that the prices to be obtained by Habidite from BIZKAILUR for the 1500 houses on the basis of this contract were comparable with those obtained by other construction companies from BIZKAILUR on the basis of similar contracts, and were at any rate under the prices observable on the free market for such houses, this argument is not sufficient to enable the Commission to conclude that Habidite did not derive an advantage from this contract.
Tudi če bi bilo sprejemljivo, da so cene, ki naj bi jih podjetje Habidite pridobilo od podjetja BIZKAILUR za 1500 stanovanj na podlagi pogodbe o stanovanjih, sprejemljive s cenami, ki so jih od podjetja BIZKAILUR pridobila druga gradbena podjetja na podlagi podobnih pogodb, in da so bile vsekakor nižje od cen, ugotovljenih za taka stanovanja na prostem trgu, ta trditev ne zadostuje, da bi lahko Komisija sklenila, da podjetju Habidite ni bila dodeljena prednost z navedeno pogodbo.
As also noted in the opening Decision [47], the advantage derived by Habidite from this contract consists mainly in the fact that the contract secured the sale of an important part of its initial production, thus considerably reducing the risks inherently associated with a new investment project, which are by definition even higher at the launch of a new product, such as the Habidite modules were.
Kot je ugotovljeno tudi v sklepu o začetku postopka [47], prednost, ki bi jo podjetje Habidite pridobilo z navedeno pogodbo, vključuje predvsem dejstvo, da je pogodba zagotovila prodajo pomembnega deleža njegove začetne proizvodnje, zaradi česar se znatno zmanjšajo tveganja, povezana z novim naložbenim projektom, ki so navadno celo večja ob dajanju na trg novega proizvoda, kot so elementi Habidite.
It is commonly known that competition on the Spanish construction market was at the time, and continues to be, very intense.
Splošno je znano, da je bila konkurenca na španskem gradbenem trgu v tistem času zelo ostra in da je še vedno taka.
The fact that BIZKAILUR contracted 1500 homes from Habidite should confer from this perspective a not-so-negligible advantage to Habidite vis-à-vis its competitors, even if only demand for the construction of houses to be sold under the protected and semi-protected regime were to be considered.
Dejstvo, da je podjetje BIZKAILUR naročilo 1500 stanovanj od podjetja Habidite, pomeni, da je bila podjetju Habidite dodeljena nezanemarljiva prednost pred njegovimi konkurenti, tudi če se upošteva samo povpraševanje po gradnji stanovanj, ki naj bi se prodajala v okviru zaščitenega in delno zaščitenega sistema.
The fact that, as the Diputación informs, according to the Plan Foral (see recital (19)) BIZKAILUR was supposed to provide a total of 3000 houses to be sold under the protected regime over the period 2004-2007, is a good indication that the number of houses contracted from Habidite was not negligible at all.
Dejstvo, da je bilo po navedbah podjetja Diputación v načrtu Foral predvideno (glej uvodno izjavo (19)), da podjetje BIZKAILUR v obdobju 2004–2007 zagotovi skupaj 3000 stanovanj v okviru zaščitenega sistema, očitno kaže, da število stanovanj, ki so bila naročena pri podjetju Habidite, ni bilo zanemarljivo.
It is true that the Plan Foral covers the period 2004 to 2007, whereas the 1500 homes contracted with BIZKAILUR by Habidite were foreseen to be delivered over the period 2009 to 2011 (according to the company's Business Plan in the version made public in 2009).
Res je, da načrt Foral vključuje obdobje 2004–2007, medtem ko naj bi podjetje Habidite 1500 stanovanj, ki jih je od njega naročilo podjetje BIZKAILUR, dobavilo v obdobju 2009–2011 (v skladu z različico poslovnega načrta podjetja, objavljeno leta 2009).
It is nevertheless an indication of the total number of houses that BIZKAILUR was intending to sell under the protected regime at the time when the Houses Contract was concluded.
Kljub temu je v načrtu Foral navedeno skupno število stanovanj, ki jih je podjetje BIZKAILUR nameravalo prodati v okviru zaščitenega sistema v času, ko je bila sklenjena pogodba o stanovanjih.
This element needs to be assessed in light of the ratio of houses contracted by the Diputación and BIZKAILUR from the estimated total output of Habidite for the relevant period.
Ta element je treba oceniti na podlagi razmerja med stanovanji, ki sta jih naročili podjetji Diputación in BIZKAILUR, ter ocenjeno celotno proizvodnjo podjetja Habidite v zadevnem obdobju.
According to the Business Plan made public in 2009, Habidite estimated that in 2009 its entire production of 433 houses would have been purchased exclusively by BIZKAILUR.
V skladu s poslovnim načrtom, objavljenim leta 2009, je podjetje Habidite ocenilo, da bi v letu 2009 njegovo celotno proizvodnjo 433 stanovanj kupilo izključno podjetje BIZKAILUR.
In 2010, BIZKAILUR would have purchased 670 houses, whereas the total production of Habidite would have been of 1113 houses.
V letu 2010 bi podjetje BIZKAILUR kupilo 670 stanovanj, medtem ko bi celotna proizvodnja podjetja Habidite znašala 1113 stanovanj.
In 2011, BIZKAILUR would have purchased 342 houses, whereas the total production of Habidite would have been of 3151 houses.
V letu 2011 bi podjetje BIZKAILUR kupilo 342 stanovanj, medtem ko bi celotna proizvodnja podjetja Habidite znašala 3151 stanovanj.
This is an indication that, at the time when the Houses Contract was concluded, Habidite itself estimated that the Diputación and BIZKAILUR would have purchased a notable part of the production during the first 2 productive years of the Habdite factory in Alonsotegi (2009 and 2010).
To kaže, da je v času sklenitve pogodbe o stanovanjih podjetje Habidite samo ocenilo, da bi podjetji Diputación in BIZKAILUR kupili znaten delež njegovih proizvodov v prvih dveh letih delovanja tovarne Habidite v mestu Alonsotegi (2009 in 2010).
This supports the conclusion that, indeed, the Houses Contract considerably reduced the risks inherently associated with a new investment project, and particular with the launch of a new product on the market (the Habidite modules).
Na podlagi tega je mogoče skleniti, da je pogodba o stanovanjih znatno zmanjšala tveganja, ki so navadno povezana z novim naložbenim projektom, zlasti z dajanjem novega proizvoda na trg (elementov Habidite).
The same Business Plan mentions that Habidite intended to sell with priority on the regulated segment of the market (social housing), both in the Basque Country and in other regions of Spain.
V poslovnem načrtu je navedeno tudi, da podjetje Habidite namerava prodajati predvsem na reguliranem delu trga (socialna stanovanja) v Baskiji in drugih regijah Španije.
In particular, in 2011 Habidite foresaw that it would have sold on the regulated market in Spain a total of 289 houses, from a total production of 1403 houses in the same year.
Zlasti za leto 2011 je podjetje Habidite predvidelo, da bo na reguliranem trgu v Španiji prodalo skupaj 289 stanovanj od celotne proizvodnje 1403 stanovanj v istem letu.
This shows that, after the end of the Houses Contract (as the 1500 houses ordered by the Diputación and BIZKAILUR were to be delivered by May 2011 at the latest), the share of houses Habidite was hoping to sell on the regulated market from its total annual production, i.e. 289 houses from a total production of 1403 houses, compared much lower than the same ratio in the first three years of functioning of the Habidite plant in Alonsotegi, which were covered by the Houses Contract.
To kaže, da je po izteku pogodbe o stanovanjih (ker naj bi bilo 1500 stanovanj, ki sta jih naročili podjetji Diputación in BIZKAILUR, dobavljenih najpozneje maja 2011), delež stanovanj, ki naj bi jih podjetje Habidite po svojih predvidevanjih prodalo na reguliranem trgu od svoje celotne proizvodnje, tj. 289 stanovanj od celotne proizvodnje 1403 stanovanj, mnogo manjši od deleža v prvih treh letih delovanja tovarne Habidite v mestu Alonsotegi, ki so bila vključena v pogodbo o stanovanjih.
Another relevant aspect is the actual demand for social housing in the province of Bizkaia that was covered by BIZKAILUR through the Houses Contract.
Še en pomemben vidik je dejansko povpraševanje po socialnih stanovanjih v provinci Bizkaia, ki ga je podjetje BIZKAILUR pokrivalo s pogodbo o stanovanjih.
Neither the Diputación nor Habidite produced specific evidence regarding the actual demand for social housing that was to be covered by BIZKAILUR by means of the Houses Contract concluded with Habidite on the given terms.
Niti podjetje Diputación niti podjetje Habidite nista predložili natančnih dokazov glede dejanskega povpraševanja po socialnih stanovanjih, ki naj bi ga pokrivalo podjetje BIZKAILUR s pogodbo o stanovanjih, sklenjeno s podjetjem Habidite pod navedenimi pogoji.
Also to be noted that the Houses Contract was not concluded following a public tender - whereas, according to the information provided by Habidite itself when referring to similar contracts concluded by BIZKAILUR with other construction companies, it seems that BIZKAILUR should have normally tendered such a contract.
Poudariti je treba tudi, da pogodba o stanovanjih ni bila sklenjena na podlagi javnega razpisa – čeprav se na podlagi informacij, ki jih je predložilo podjetje Habidite, ko se je sklicevalo na podobne pogodbe, ki jih je podjetje BIZKAILUR sklenilo z drugimi gradbenimi podjetji, zdi, da bi podjetje BIZKAILUR moralo objaviti javni razpis za tako pogodbo.
From this perspective, the argument made by Habidite (see recital (96)) that the special technical nature of this project allowed for direct contracting, without a public tender, cannot be accepted.
S tega vidika ni mogoče sprejeti argumenta podjetja Habidite (glej uvodno izjavo (96)), da se zaradi posebnih tehničnih značilnosti tega projekta pogodba lahko sklene neposredno brez javnega razpisa.
First, the provisions invoked by Habidite do not address situations such as the present one, where the special nature of the project consisted in introducing a new product on the market.
Prvič, določbe, na katere se sklicuje podjetje Habidite, ne obravnavajo primerov, kot je ta, pri katerem je posebna značilnost projekta vključevala uvedbo novega proizvoda na trg.
The object of the Houses Contract was the purchase of houses to be then sold under the semi-protected regime for the disadvantaged citizens.
Predmet pogodbe o stanovanjih je bil nakup stanovanj, ki bi se pozneje prodala v okviru delno zaščitenega sistema za ogrožene skupine državljanov.
The technology used for building such houses is irrelevant, and homes constructed with prefabricated modules were in direct competition with homes constructed through traditional methods.
Tehnologija, ki se uporabi za gradnjo takih stanovanj, ni pomembna, stanovanja, zgrajena iz montažnih elementov, pa so pomenila neposredno konkurenco tradicionalno zgrajenim stanovanjem.
Second, in a report of January 2009 [48], the Tribunal Vasco de Cuentas Públicas (the Basque Court of Auditors) expressed doubts on the legality of the Land and Houses Contracts in a context where it drew attention to public contracts concluded in breach of the principles of transparency and competitive tendering.
Drugič, baskovsko računsko sodišče (Tribunal Vasco de Cuentas Públicas) je v poročilu iz januarja 2009 [48] izrazilo dvome o zakonitosti pogodbe o zemljišču in pogodbe o stanovanjih, pri čemer je opozorilo na javna naročila, pri oddaji katerih so bila kršena načela preglednosti in konkurenčnosti ponudb.
According to the P&O Ferries jurisprudence [49], the mere fact that a public authority purchases good on market pricing terms is not sufficient in itself in order to conclude that the transaction is market-conform, if the State did not have an actual need for those good, particularly where such goods were contracted without a public tender.
V skladu z odločitvijo v zadevi P&O Ferries [49] zgolj dejstvo, da javni organ kupi blago po tržnih cenah, samo po sebi ne zadostuje za ugotovitev, da je bila to običajna tržna transakcija, če država ni dejansko potrebovala tega blaga in zlasti če je bilo tako blago naročeno brez javnega razpisa.
In the present case, the absence of information concerning the actual demand for BIZKAILUR to sell the 1500 contracted houses under the semi-protected regime over the period 2009-2011, coupled with the absence of a public tender, are indications that the transaction was not concluded on market terms.
V obravnavanem primeru ni bilo informacij o resnični potrebi, da podjetje BIZKAILUR proda 1500 naročenih stanovanj v okviru delno zaščitenega sistema v obdobju 2009–2011, prav tako ni bil objavljen javni razpis, kar kaže, da transakcija ni bila opravljena pod tržnimi pogoji.
In the light of the considerations made at recitals (97) to (106), the Commission concludes that the Houses Contract cannot be considered to be a normal market operation.
Komisija glede na premisleke iz uvodnih izjav od (97) do (106) ugotavlja, da se pogodba o stanovanjih ne more šteti za običajno tržno transakcijo.
Instead, the contract does confer an advantage to Habidite and the AFER group, by alleviating it of the risk of having to sell its output on market terms, in direct competition with other constructors.
Ravno nasprotno, pogodba podjetju Habidite in skupini AFER dodeljuje prednost, ker ju razbremeni tveganja, povezanega s prodajo proizvodov pod tržnimi pogoji ob neposredni konkurenci drugih gradbenih podjetij.
The aid element is hereby defined as the profit that would have been obtained by Habidite from the sale of the 1500 homes to the Diputación and BIZKAILUR under the terms of the Houses Contract, namely, the difference between the price to be obtained from BIZKAILUR from the sale of the 1500 houses under the pricing terms stipulated by Article A(e) of the Houses Contract the Houses Contract and Habidite's production costs for the 1500 houses.
Element pomoči je pri tem opredeljen kot dobiček, ki bi ga pridobilo podjetje Habidite od prodaje 1500 stanovanj podjetjema Diputación in BIZKAILUR pod pogoji iz pogodbe o stanovanjih, in sicer razlika med ceno, ki bi jo pridobilo podjetje BIZKAILUR od prodaje 1500 stanovanj pod cenovnimi pogoji iz člena A(e) pogodbe o stanovanjih, in proizvodnimi stroški, ki bi jih imelo podjetje Habidite za proizvodnjo teh 1500 stanovanj.
The advantage is selective, being conferred under the Houses Contract specifically to Habidite and the AFER group.
Prednost je selektivna, saj je v skladu s pogodbo o stanovanjih dodeljena posebej podjetju Habidite in skupini AFER.
Preliminary conclusions
Predhodni sklepi
On the basis of the considerations made at recitals (64) to (90) and (92) to (106) – and without prejudice to any further findings with regard to the compatibility with EU public procurement law - it must be concluded that both the Land Contract and the Houses Contract involve state aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Na podlagi uvodnih izjav od (64) do (90) in od (92) do (106) ter brez poseganja v kakršne koli druge ugotovitve glede združljivosti z zakonodajo EU o javnih naročilih je treba skleniti, da pogodba o zemljišču in pogodba o stanovanjih vključujeta državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
In the case of the Land Contract, the state aid involved has two components:
V zvezi s pogodbo o zemljišču je državna pomoč vključevala dva elementa:
The interests forgone for a loan totalling the costs incurred by BIZKAILUR for the purchase of the land for the Habidite project, which would have been granted interest-free for a period of 7 years, with a grace period of 4 years.
izpadle obresti za posojilo, ki vključuje celotne stroške, ki bi jih imelo podjetje BIZKAILUR za nakup zemljišča za projekt Habidite, in ki bi bilo dodeljeno brez obresti za obdobje sedmih let s štiriletnim obdobjem mirovanja dolga.
These forgone interests amount to an NGE of 13,41 % of the land purchase costs undertaken by BIZKAILUR on the basis of Part Two, Article 1(ii) of the Land Contract.
Te izpadle obresti znašajo NED v višini 13,41 % stroškov nakupa zemljišča, ki bi jih imelo podjetje BIZKAILUR na podlagi člena 1(ii) drugega dela pogodbe o zemljišču;
The total costs that BIZKAILUR would have incurred for the adaptation to industrial use of the mentioned parcel of land, totalling at least 101430 sqm, as stipulated in Part Two, Article 1(iii) of the Land Contract.
skupne stroške, ki bi jih imelo podjetje BIZKAILUR za prilagoditev zadevne parcele s skupno površino najmanj 101430 m2 industrijski rabi v skladu s členom 1(iii) drugega dela pogodbe o zemljišču.
In the case of the Houses Contract, the aid element consists of the profit that would have been obtained by Habidite from the sale of the 1500 houses under this contract, namely, the difference between the price stipulated by Article A(e) of the Houses Contract for the 1500 houses and the production costs incurred by Habidite in the production of the 1500 houses.
V zvezi s pogodbo o stanovanjih element pomoči vključuje dobiček, ki bi ga pridobilo podjetje Habidite od prodaje 1500 stanovanj po tej pogodbi, in sicer razliko med ceno, določeno za 1500 stanovanj v členu A(e) pogodbe o stanovanjih, in proizvodnimi stroški, ki bi jih imelo podjetje Habidite za proizvodnjo teh 1500 stanovanj.
In the opening Decision of 2 December 2009, the Commission doubted that the aid involved in the Land and Houses Contracts could have been considered compatible with the Treaty under the relevant rules applicable at the time of the assessment – referring in particular to the original Temporary Framework [50], the 2004 R&R Guidelines, the Community Guidelines on National Regional Aid 2007-2013 [51] and the 2008 General Block Exemption Regulation [52].
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka z dne 2. decembra 2009 izrazila dvom o tem, ali se je lahko pomoč, ki jo vključujeta pogodba o zemljišču in pogodba o stanovanjih, štela za združljivo s Pogodbo v skladu z ustreznimi pravili, ki so veljali v času ocene, zlasti prvotnim začasnim okvirom [50], smernicami za reševanje in prestrukturiranje iz leta 2004, Smernicami o državni regionalni pomoči za 2007–2013 [51] in Uredbo o splošnih skupinskih izjemah iz leta 2008 [52].
Under this temporal perspective, the compatibility of the aid granted under the Land and Houses Contracts cannot be examined under the special rules applying in relation to the crisis, which were adopted and came into force later on.
S tega časovnega vidika združljivosti pomoči, dodeljene na podlagi pogodbe o zemljišču in pogodbe o stanovanjih, ni mogoče preučiti na podlagi posebnih pravil, ki so veljala v času krize, saj so bila ta sprejeta in začela veljati pozneje.
The Land and Houses Contracts were concluded on 15 December 2006 to support a new investment project in Alonsotegi, a village situated within the Gran Bilbao comarca, which was at the time an assisted region under Article 107(3(c) of the Treaty [53]. It therefore needs to be examined whether the aid granted under the Land and Houses Contract may have been compatible with the Treaty under the rules applicable to regional aid on 15 December 2006, namely: the 1998 Guidelines on National Regional Aid [54] (hereinafter "the 1998 Guidelines") and the 2002 Multisectoral Framework on regional aid to large investment projects [55] (hereinafter "the 2002 Framework"), and against the background of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Pogodba o zemljišču in pogodba o stanovanjih sta bili sklenjeni 15. decembra 2006 z namenom, da se podpre nov naložbeni projekt v Alonsotegi, manjšem mestu na upravnem območju Gran Bilbao, ki je bila takrat regija, upravičena do pomoči v skladu s členom 107(3)(c) Pogodbe [53]. Zato je treba preučiti, ali je bila morda pomoč, dodeljena v skladu s pogodbo o zemljišču in pogodbo o stanovanjih, združljiva s Pogodbo v skladu s pravili, ki so 15. decembra 2006 veljala za regionalno pomoč, in sicer: Smernicami o državni regionalni pomoči iz leta 1998 [54] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice iz leta 1998) in Večsektorskim okvirom o regionalni pomoči za velike investicijske projekte iz leta 2002 [55] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: okvir iz leta 2002), ter glede na člen 107(3)(c) Pogodbe.
Compatibility of the Land Contract aid under the 1998 Guidelines and 2002 Framework
Združljivost pomoči iz pogodbe o zemljišču v skladu s smernicami iz leta 1998 in okvirom iz leta 2002
In addition, the eligible expenditure to be taken into account for the granting of the aid had to be limited to certain eligible costs, and the aid should not be combined with other aid so as to exceed the applicable regional aid ceiling.
Poleg tega so morali biti upravičeni izdatki, ki naj bi se upoštevali za dodelitev pomoči, omejeni na nekatere upravičene stroške, pomoč pa se ni smela združiti z drugo pomočjo, če bi pri tem presegla veljavno zgornjo mejo regionalne pomoči.
Under Point 2 of the 1998 Guidelines, ad hoc regional aid granted to a single firm or benefitting one single sector of activity was, as a general rule, not to be found compatible with the Treaty, as its distortive effects would in principle exceed its positive effects on regional development.
V skladu s točko 2 smernic iz leta 1998 se priložnostna regionalna pomoč, ki je dodeljena enemu samemu podjetju ali je namenjena samo eni dejavnosti, praviloma ni štela za združljivo s Pogodbo, ker bi njeni učinki izkrivljanja načeloma presegli njene pozitivne učinke na regionalni razvoj.
Furthermore, ad hoc aid to firms in difficulty was prohibited.
Poleg tega je bila priložnostna pomoč podjetjem v težavah prepovedana.
The aid granted to Habidite under the Land Contract was not notified by the Spanish authorities as being granted under an authorised regional aid scheme.
Španski organi niso priglasili, da je pomoč, dodeljena podjetju Habidite v okviru pogodbe o zemljišču, dodeljena na podlagi odobrene sheme regionalne pomoči.