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However, it is precisely this status that the French Republic is using to consider that the inclusion of the risks not common to the civil servants and the ordinary employees in the calculation of the compensation paid by France Télécom to the State pursuant to the 1996 Law is not justified.
Vendar se Francoska republika pri ugotovitvi, da vključitev tveganj, ki niso skupna javnim uslužbencem in zaposlenim v skladu z zasebnim pravom, v izračun protidajatve, ki jo plača podjetje France Télécom državi v skladu z zakonom iz leta 1996, ne bi bila upravičena, sklicuje ravno na ta položaj.
Therefore, as regards the costs paid on account of the employment of their ordinary staff, these undertakings are not in a comparable situation in fact or in law to that of France Télécom as regards its civil servant staff, contrary to the arguments of the French Republic and France Télécom presented in their comments.
Kar zadeva stroške, plačane na podlagi zaposlitve oseb, zaposlenih v skladu z zasebnim pravom, iz tega torej izhaja, da ta podjetja niso niti pravno niti dejansko v položaju, primerljivem s položajem podjetja France Télécom glede njegovih zaposlenih javnih uslužbencev, kar je v nasprotju s tem, kar Francoska republika in podjetje France Télécom trdita v svojih pripombah.
Likewise, the compensation arrangements applied to France Télécom cannot be compared with the arrangements defined for other public bodies with employees with civil servant status, such as the Paris Mint or the National Forestry Office, which can be categorised as undertakings for some of their activities within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the TFEU, or other public industrial and commercial undertakings, such as EDF or GDF in the past.
Prav tako ni ustrezno primerjati sistema protidajatve, ki se uporablja za podjetje France Télécom, s sistemom drugih javnih subjektov, ki zaposlujejo javne uslužbence na podlagi kadrovskih predpisov, kot je Monnaie de Paris ali nacionalni zavod za gozdove, in se lahko glede na nekatere od njihovih dejavnosti štejejo za podjetja v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU, ali drugih javnih ustanov industrijskega in trgovskega značaja, kot je podjetje EDF ali GDF v preteklosti.
EDF or GDF had specific retirement pension schemes, which were not aligned with the civil service scheme.
EDF ali GDF ima poseben pokojninski sistem, ki ni usklajen s sistemi za javne uslužbence.
Moreover, EDF and GDF have since been affiliated to the general scheme, even though it should be emphasised that the Commission concluded that no State aid existed solely on condition that affiliation is financially neutral for the State [55], which is not so regarding the 1996 reform in the present case.
Sistema podjetij EDF in GDF se navezujeta na splošni sistem, čeprav je treba poudariti, da je Komisija ugotovila, da to ne pomeni pomoči, dokler je navezovanje finančno nevtralno za državo [55], kar pa v primeru reforme iz leta 1996 ne velja.
On the other hand, the compensation scheme in favour of the State for the payment of the pensions of civil servants working at La Poste, before the amendments described and approved under certain conditions by the Commission in its La Poste decision, was also that of a national company comparable to a public industrial and commercial undertaking and remained, pursuant to the 1990 Law in its original wording, similar to that of France Télécom, in that it provided for the annual repayment to the State of the pensions granted to the retired civil servants and the payment of the costs provided for in Article L-134 of the Social Security Code.
Nasprotno, sistem protidajatve, ki se plača državi za pokojnine javnih uslužbencev, zaposlenih v podjetju La Poste, je pred spremembami, opisanimi in odobrenimi pod pogoji Komisije iz odločbe o La Poste, predstavljal tudi sistem državnega podjetja, podobnega javni ustanovi industrijskega in trgovskega značaja, in je na podlagi zakona iz leta 1990 v njegovi prvotni obliki še naprej ostal podoben sistemu podjetja France Télécom v tem, da je določal, da se državi letno povrnejo pokojnine, izplačane upokojenim javnim uslužbencem, in dajatve, določene v členu L-134 zakonika o socialni varnosti.
Even if it seems that La Poste is not in competition with France Télécom, which the advantages granted to the latter could distort or threaten to distort, the fact remains that the logic and provisions of the retirement scheme for the civil servants of France Télécom before the 1996 reform were the same as those of the comparable scheme applied to La Poste at the same time.
Čeprav se zdi, da podjetje La Poste za podjetje France Télécom ne predstavlja konkurence, ki jo prednosti podjetja France Télécom izkrivljajo ali bi jo lahko izkrivljale, pa so logika in določbe pokojninskega sistema za javne uslužbence podjetja France Télécom pred reformo leta 1996 enake kot v primerljivem sistemu, ki je v takratnem obdobju veljal za podjetje La Poste.
Moreover, the Commission considered in its La Poste decision that the reform of the scheme applicable to La Poste constituted State aid, contrary to the arguments put forward by the French Republic in respect of France Télécom.
Komisija je poleg tega v odločbi o La Poste ocenila, da je reforma sistema, ki velja za podjetje La Poste, pomenila državno pomoč, kar je v nasprotju s trditvami Francoske republike v zvezi s podjetjem France Télécom.
More generally, to assess the situation of France Télécom, the reference situation is that of a public or private undertaking employing civil servant staff who have retained their status.
Gledano širše, je referenčni položaj za presojanje položaja podjetja France Télecom položaj javnega ali zasebnega podjetja, ki zaposluje javne uslužbence, ki ohranijo svoj status.
Such undertakings would be in the same reference situation as France Télécom.
Takšna podjetja so se znašla v enakem referenčnem položaju kot podjetje France Télécom.
It is therefore in terms of this reference scheme that the existence of State aid in favour of France Télécom can be assessed.
Obstoj državne pomoči za podjetje France Télécom se torej lahko presoja glede na ta referenčni sistem.
The financial advantages
Finančne ugodnosti
Likewise, it cannot be argued that a measure does not confer an advantage on an undertaking, France Télécom in the present case, through the mere fact that it is in compensation for a certain disadvantage that this undertaking allegedly suffered in the past, contrary to the assertions of the French Republic and France Télécom.
Prav tako ni mogoče trditi, da ukrep ne zagotavlja prednosti posameznemu podjetju, v tem primeru podjetju France Télécom, saj zagotavlja nadomestilo za slabši položaj zadevnega podjetja v preteklosti, kar je v nasprotju s trditvami Francoske republike in podjetja France Télécom.
The Commission also recently dismissed the argument of a historic telecommunications operator, a competitor of France Télécom, according to which specific social benefits in the form of pensions comparable to those of the civil service inherited from the past and different from those under ordinary law for part of the staff justify measures for the reduction of the social security costs associated with the pensions for this category of staff incurred by the operator [56].
Poleg tega je Komisija nedavno zavrnila argument prvotnega telekomunikacijskega operaterja, ki je konkurent podjetju France Télécom, da socialne pravice iz naslova pokojnin, ki so podobne pokojninskim pravicam javnih uslužbencev na podlagi preteklega stanja in se razlikujejo od pravic v skladu s splošnim pravom, za del zaposlenih upravičujejo ukrepe za znižanje prispevkov za socialno varnost, ki so povezani s pokojninami za to kategorijo zaposlenih in jih mora plačati operater [56].
In this respect, as the French authorities emphasised during the discussions on the draft, the 1996 Law imposed a new, substantial burden on the French State for the payment and servicing of the pensions granted to the civil servants of France Télécom.
Kot so v zvezi s tem poudarili francoski organi med razpravo o osnutku zakona, ima francoska država na podlagi zakona iz leta 1996 nove visoke stroške zaradi obračunavanja in izplačevanja pokojnin, dodeljenih javnim uslužbencem, zaposlenim v podjetju France Télécom.
At the same time, the 1996 Law therefore had the effect of reducing the compensation that France Télécom had always paid.
Hkrati se je torej na podlagi zakona iz leta 1996 znižala protidajatev, ki jo je vedno plačevalo podjetje France Télécom.
On account of the detailed rules for calculating the rate of the employer’s contribution provided for by the Law, since 31 December 1996, France Télécom pays the State less compensation than it would have paid if the Law had not been passed.
Zaradi načina izračuna stopnje prispevka delodajalca, predvidene z zakonom, ki se uporablja od 31. decembra 1996, podjetje France Télécom državi plačuje protidajatev, ki je nižja od zneska, ki bi ga zadevno podjetje plačevalo, če zakon ne bi bil sprejet.
In addition, on account of the fact that the employer’s contribution introduced by this Law is in full discharge of liabilities, France Télécom immediately wrote back at 31 December 1996 the provision earmarked in these accounts for the payment of its future liabilities.
Ker je poleg tega prispevek delodajalca, ki je bil uveden z zadevnim zakonom, odvezujoč, je podjetje France Télécom 31. decembra 1996 v svoje računovodske izkaze takoj vključilo rezervacijo za plačevanje svojih prihodnjih obveznosti.
Hence the burden from which France Télécom was released was neither new, since the 1990 Law adopted the previous budgetary practice, nor unforeseeable, since the undertaking set aside provisions for this purpose, nor did it derogate from ordinary social security arrangements since these do not apply to the compensation paid by France Télécom.
Tako stroški, ki jih zaradi odvezujočega prispevka podjetju France Télécom ni treba plačevati, niso novi, saj je bila v zakonu iz leta 1990 povzeta predhodna proračunska praksa, niso nepredvideni, saj je podjetje za ta namen oblikovalo rezervacije, in ne pomenijo odstopanja od splošnega prava na področju socialne varnosti, saj to ne velja za protidajatev, ki jo plačuje podjetje France Télécom.
From its entry into force, the 1996 Law transferred to the French State liability for the annual contribution ultimately covering in full the cost of funding the pensions of the staff concerned.
Z začetkom veljavnosti zakona iz leta 1996 je bila na Francosko republiko prenesena obveznost plačila letnega prispevka, ki na koncu v celoti krije stroške financiranja pokojnin zadevnih zaposlenih.
The amount of aid granted in this way by the 1996 Law can be calculated, since its entry into force, by the annual difference between the compensation consisting of the contribution in full discharge of liabilities paid by France Télécom to the French State and the costs that it would have paid pursuant to the 1990 Law, indicated in Table 1, if this Law had not been amended, minus the amount of the flat-rate contribution paid in 1997.
Znesek pomoči, ki je bila na ta način dodeljena v skladu z zakonom iz leta 1996, je mogoče od začetka veljavnosti zadevnega zakona izračunati na podlagi letne razlike med protidajatvijo, ki jo predstavlja odvezujoči prispevek delodajalca in jo podjetje France Télécom plača Francoski republiki, ter stroški, ki so navedeni v preglednici 1 in bi jih zadevno podjetje plačalo v skladu z zakonom iz leta 1990, če bi ta ostal nespremenjen, pri čemer se odšteje znesek pavšalnega prispevka, plačanega v letu 1997.
It can be seen from the estimates supplied by the French Republic and set out in recital 40 that, at the time of the 1996 reform and until the foreseen expiry of the financial liabilities resulting from the burden assumed by the French State, the French authorities were able to estimate this total amount of net new costs until 2043, the date on which the financial liabilities of the State in relation to the retired civil servants or their beneficiaries would end, at EUR […] billion. The present value of the net cost amounted to EUR […] billion in 1996, after deduction of the annual contributions by France Télécom (EUR 15,2 billion), those of the employees (EUR […] billion) and the exceptional flat-rate contribution of EUR 5,7 billion.
Iz ocen, ki jih je predložila Francoska republika in so navedene v uvodni izjavi 40, izhaja, da so lahko francoski organi v času sprejetja reforme v letu 1996 in do predvidenega prenehanja finančnih obveznosti, ki izhajajo iz stroškov, ki jih krije Francoska republika, ta skupni znesek novih neto stroškov do leta 2043, ko bi prenehale finančne obveznosti države do upokojenih javnih uslužbencev ali po njih upravičenih oseb, ocenili na […] milijard EUR. Leta 1996 je sedanja neto vrednost stroškov znašala […] milijard EUR po odbitku letnih prispevkov podjetja France Télécom (15,2 milijarde EUR), prispevkov zaposlenih ([…] milijard EUR) in izrednega pavšalnega prispevka v višini 5,7 milijarde EUR.
Moreover, it should be noted that the amounts estimated at the time of the 1996 reform represent an approximation of the actual amount [57].
Poleg tega je treba opozoriti, da so zneski, ocenjeni v času reforme iz leta 1996, približek dejanskega zneska [57].
The amounts of compensation provided for which are payable by France Télécom in the form of annual contributions, like the balance compensation of EUR 5,7 billion paid in 1997, had neither the object or the effect of seeking budgetary neutrality for the French State.
Namen in učinek višine protidajatve, ki jo mora plačati podjetje France Télécom v obliki letnih prispevkov in ki ne presega doplačila v višini 5,7 milijarde EUR, plačanega leta 1997, nista bila zagotavljanje proračunske nevtralnosti za francosko državo.
If that had been the case, subject to the appropriate nature of the actuarial calculation assumptions, the costs and receipts would have been equal for the period as a whole and, consequently, there would have been no economic advantage for France Télécom.
Če bi bilo tako, bi bili ob predpostavki, da so predvidevanja aktuarskega izračuna pravilna, stroški in prejemki za celotno obdobje enakovredni, posledično pa podjetje France Télécom ne bi pridobilo gospodarske prednosti.
The French authorities were aware that the ‘transfer of the pension costs for the civil servants of France Télécom to the general State budget’ was ‘a new and heavy burden for the State’ that the exceptional flat-rate contribution or the proceeds of the sale of part of the shares in the undertaking held by the State would only cover in part.
Francoski organi so se zavedali, da „prenos stroškov za pokojnine javnih uslužbencev, zaposlenih v podjetju France Télécom, v splošni državni proračun“ pomeni „nove stroške za državo“, ki bi se lahko le delno pokrili z izrednim pavšalnim prispevkom ali prihodkom od prodaje dela delnic podjetja v lasti države.
The debates mentioned in recital 31 show that the French State did not seek in 1996 to offset in full the new burden it was assuming for the future but, on the contrary, sought to assume a new burden and for ‘the interests of the undertaking to be taken into account first in this matter’.
Tako je mogoče na podlagi razprav iz uvodne izjave 31 ugotoviti, da Francoska republika leta 1996 ni poskušala v celoti nadomestiti novih stroškov, ki jih je takrat prevzela, ampak je poskušala te nove stroške prevzeti in si prizadevala za izpolnitev „interesov podjetja, ki [naj bi bili] najprej obravnavani v tem primeru“.
It is obvious that, even with different actuarial assumptions from those used by the French State to estimate the new burden it was assuming and notwithstanding the exceptional flat-rate contribution paid in 1997, the reform granted a substantial economic advantage in the form of lower employer pension contributions.
Jasno je, da je reforma kljub razlikovanju aktuarskih predpostavk od predpostavk Francoske republike pri oceni novih stroškov, ki jih je ta prevzela, in ne glede na izredni pavšalni prispevek, plačan v letu 1997, pomenila znatno gospodarsko prednost v obliki nižjih prispevkov delodajalca za pokojnine.
Since the flat-rate contribution or balance compensation did not allow the charges transferred to the French State to be covered in full but, at the very most, to be reduced, and in view of the proportions in question, the actuarial calculation used at the time and the accuracy of the estimates resulting from it for the period up to 2043 as a whole cannot be confirmed as appropriate.
Glede na to, da s pavšalnim prispevkom ali doplačilom ni bilo mogoče v celoti pokriti stroškov, prenesenih na Francosko republiko, ampak je bilo mogoče te stroške kvečjemu znižati, in ob upoštevanju višine teh zneskov potrditev ustreznosti aktuarskega izračuna, opravljenega v tistem obdobju, in točnosti dobljenih ocen za celotno obdobje do leta 2043 ni potrebna.
Moreover, the financial advantages resulting from the lower contributions by France Télécom cannot be compared with the alleged disadvantages arising from the employment of civil service staff, as France Télécom argues, supported by the French Republic.
Poleg tega finančnih ugodnosti, ki izhajajo iz nižjih prispevkov podjetja France Télécom, ni treba primerjati z domnevno slabšim položajem, ki izhaja iz zaposlitve javnih uslužbencev, kot trdita podjetje France Télécom in tudi Francoska republika.
In fact, the 1996 Law did not, in any case, increase these alleged disadvantages, since it did not lead to the recruitment of additional civil servants.
Dejansko pa zakon iz leta 1996 v nobenem primeru ni povzročil tega domnevno slabšega položaja, saj ni bil zaposlen noben dodaten javni uslužbenec.
In addition, by discharging France Télécom from a part of its financial liabilities, the objective of the 1996 Law was not to compensate for an alleged disadvantage associated with wages or, according to the words of France Télécom, the lesser fluidity of employment of civil service staff.
Poleg tega cilj zakona iz leta 1996, na podlagi katerega je bilo podjetje France Télécom razbremenjeno dela svojih finančnih obveznosti, ni bil zagotoviti nadomestila za domnevno slabši položaj, povezan s plačami, ali manjši pretok javnih uslužbencev, kot navaja podjetje France Télécom.
It is therefore for the sake of completeness that it is necessary to respond to the arguments concerning the alleged disadvantages caused by the employment of civil servants, invoked by the French Republic and France Télécom.
Zato je treba dodatno odgovoriti na trditve o domnevno slabšem položaju zaradi zaposlitve javnih uslužbencev, na katere se sklicujeta Francoska republika in podjetje France Télécom.
Firstly, France Télécom, on the eve of the full opening-up of the French market to competition, had a trained, competent body of staff, without which, if it had had to be replaced entirely, its market position could not have been maintained, which France Télécom omits to point out in its written submissions.
Prvič, podjetje France Télécom je imelo tik pred popolnim odprtjem francoskega trga za konkurenco na voljo usposobljeno in primerno delovno silo, brez katere, če bi jo bilo treba v celoti zamenjati, zadevno podjetje ne bi moglo ohraniti svojega položaja na trgu, česar podjetje France Télécom ni navedlo v svojih finančnih trditvah.
In addition, the amount of the wages and the investment in staff training that France Télécom analyses as disadvantages, are normal costs in the budget of an undertaking, and it has not been established that they do not improve staff recruitment and productivity compared to competitors.
Poleg tega so znesek plač in naložbe v usposabljanje zaposlenih, ki jih je podjetje France Télécom opredelilo kot slabši položaj, stroški, ki običajno bremenijo proračun podjetja, pri čemer ni dokazano, da to ne povečuje predanosti in produktivnosti zaposlenih v primerjavi s konkurenčnimi podjetji.
Moreover, although it is true that France Télécom does not have the option of adjusting its total wage bill by implementing a social plan to cut the workforce regarding the staff concerned, it is doubtful that such a plan targeting employees with civil servant status only on the grounds of this status, could validly be implemented, whereas the stop on the recruitment of civil servants in 1997 and the recourse to ordinary employees offered it certain possibilities for flexibility of adjustment of its total wage bill.
Čeprav podjetje France Télécom ne more prilagoditi svojih stroškov za plače s sprejetjem socialnega načrta za zmanjšanje števila zadevnih zaposlenih, je malo verjetno, da bi se lahko tak načrt, ki bi se uporabljal izključno za javne uslužbence, zaposlene v skladu s kadrovskimi predpisi na podlagi njihovega statusa, veljavno uporabljal, medtem ko je zaradi prenehanja zaposlovanja javnih uslužbencev v letu 1997 in začetka zaposlovanja oseb v skladu z zasebnim pravom zadevno podjetje imelo možnost prilagajanja svojih stroškov za plače.
Finally, although it is true that the undertaking devotes a substantial budget to encouraging early retirement by the staff in question, the fact remains that the incentive and the interest for the undertaking to introduce such a measure would have been less without the passing on to the French State of financial liabilities assumed by France Télécom, provided for by the 1996 Law.
Čeprav je torej res, da podjetje namenja znatna sredstva za spodbujanje predčasnega upokojevanja zadevnih uslužbencev, je prav tako res, da bi bila spodbuda in interes podjetja za vzpostavitev takšnega mehanizma za predčasno upokojevanje manjša, če finančne obveznosti, ki jih je imelo podjetje France Télécom, v skladu z zakonom iz leta 1996 ne bi bile prenesene na Francosko republiko.
The mechanism in this way allows the encouragement of early retirement and therefore funding at an earlier stage by the State for the staff concerned.
Zadevni mehanizem torej omogoča spodbujanje predčasnega upokojevanja, s čimer tudi država hitreje prevzame te stroške za zadevne zaposlene.
Without the 1996 Law, France Télécom would have continued to provide this funding.
Če zakon iz leta 1996 ne bi bil sprejet, bi podjetje France Télécom še naprej krilo te stroške.
In the absence of a link to the question of whether or not an economic advantage exists resulting from the measures in question, taking into consideration competitive advantages drawn by France Télécom from its former monopoly, invoked by the complainants, would appear to be equally baseless.
Ker povezava z vprašanjem o obstoju ali neobstoju gospodarske prednosti, ki izhaja iz zadevnih ukrepov, ne obstaja, se zdi, da je popolnoma neutemeljeno tudi upoštevanje konkurenčnih prednosti, ki jih ima podjetje France Télécom zaradi svojega nekdanjega monopolnega položaja in na katere se sklicujejo pritožniki.
The alleged advantages and disadvantages are in fact unrelated to the question of levelling the conditions of competition on the telecommunications markets with regard to social security costs.
Kar zadeva stroške za socialno varnost, domnevne prednosti in slabši položaj dejansko niso povezani z vprašanjem izenačenja konkurenčnih pogojev na telekomunikacijskih trgih.
Without prejudice to the accuracy of the actuarial methods used by the French Government at the time, without this flat-rate contribution, the amount of the burden from which France Télécom would have been relieved would have amounted to EUR 18,9 billion and not EUR […] billion, in 1996 net value.
Ne glede na točnost aktuarskih metod, ki jih je v zadevnem obdobju uporabila francoska vlada, bi brez tega pavšalnega prispevka stroški, katerih plačila je bilo razbremenjeno podjetje France Télécom, v neto vrednostih iz leta 1996 znašali 18,9 milijarde EUR in ne […] milijard EUR.
The effect of distorting or threatening to distort competition
Učinek izkrivljanja ali morebitnega izkrivljanja konkurence
The 1996 Law therefore permitted and still permits France Télécom to have increased financial resources at its disposal to operate on the markets in which it is active.
V skladu z zakonom iz leta 1996 je torej podjetje France Télécom imelo in še vedno ima na voljo znatna finančna sredstva za poslovanje na trgih, na katerih deluje.