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De Poli itself emphasised that considerable work is required after delivery of the gearbox (see recital 39 above) and this would appear to confirm that a certain margin for delays in the delivery of critical parts should normally be factored into the production schedule of a shipyard.
Družba De Poli sama opozarja, da je obseg dela, ki ga je treba opraviti po dobavi reduktorja, precej velik (glej točko 39), kar verjetno dokazuje, da bi pri načrtovanju v ladjedelnici morali predvideti določen manevrski čas za zamude z dobavo bistvenih delov ladij.
De Poli only actually delivered the vessel on 3 November 2008.
Ladjedelnica De Poli je namreč ladjo dobavila šele 3. novembra 2008.
In other words, the delay was not only longer than that attributable to the factors invoked as grounds for an extension, but continued beyond the requested deadline.
Z drugimi besedami, zamuda ni bila le daljša od tiste, ki jo je navedla kot razlog, ampak se je zavlekla celo čez rok, za katerega je prosila v podaljšanju.
on the State aid SA.28356 (C 37/09, ex N 226/09) — Habidite Alonsotegi
o državni pomoči SA.28356 (C 37/09 (ex NN 226/09)) – Habidite Alonsotegi
(notified under document C(2012) 4194)
(notificirano pod dokumentarno številko C(2012) 4194)
Having regard to Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 108(2) thereof [1],
ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije in zlasti prvega pododstavka člena 108(2) Pogodbe [1],
Having regard to the Decision by which the Commission decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty, in respect of the aid C 37/09 (ex N 226/09) [2],
ob upoštevanju odločitve Komisije, da začne postopek na podlagi člena 108(2) Pogodbe glede ukrepa pomoči C 37/09 (ex N 226/09) [2],
On 15 April 2009 the Spanish authorities notified for legal certainty purposes two contracts, concluded on 15 December 2006, between BIZKAILUR S.A. (hereinafter "BIZKAILUR") and the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia (hereinafter "the Diputación"), on the one hand, and on the other hand, by the private undertakings Habidite Technologies País Vasco S.A. (hereinafter "Habidite"), Grupo Empresarial AFER S.L.
Španski organi so 15. aprila 2009 zaradi pravne gotovosti priglasili dve pogodbi, ki sta ju 15. decembra 2006 sklenili podjetji BIZKAILUR S.A. (v nadaljnjem besedilu: BIZKAILUR) in Diputación Foral de Bizkaia (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Diputación) na eni strani ter zasebna podjetja Habidite Technologies País Vasco S.A. (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Habidite), Grupo Empresarial AFER S.L.
(hereinafter "the AFER group") and the Habidite group.
(v nadaljnjem besedilu: skupina AFER) in skupina Habidite na drugi strani.
On 2 December 2009 the Commission opened a formal investigation procedure pursuant to Article 108(2) of the Treaty with regard to the notified contracts (hereinafter: "the opening Decision") [3].
Komisija je v zvezi s priglašenima pogodbama 2. decembra 2009 uvedla formalni postopek preiskave v skladu s členom 108(2) Pogodbe (v nadaljnjem besedilu: sklep o začetku postopka) [3].
The opening Decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 March 2010 [4].
Sklep o začetku postopka je bil dne 12. marca 2010 objavljen v Uradnem listu Evropske unije [4].
The Spanish authorities did not submit comments on the opening Decision.
Španski organi niso predložili pripomb k sklepu o začetku postopka.
Habidite commented on the opening Decision by letter of 9 April 2010.
Podjetje Habidite je na sklep o začetku postopka odgovorilo z dopisom z dne 9. aprila 2010.
On 6 September 2010 Habidite requested access to the file documents originating from the Spanish authorities under Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 [5].
Podjetje Habidite je 6. septembra 2010 zaprosilo za dostop do dokumentov iz spisa španskih organov v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1049/2001 [5].
The Commission consulted the Spanish authorities on this request on 10 September 2010.
Komisija se je o tej prošnji 10. septembra 2010 posvetovala s španskimi organi.
The Spanish authorities replied on 13 September that they did not object to granting access to the requested documents to Habidite.
Španski organi so 13. septembra odgovorili, da ne nasprotujejo, da se podjetju Habidite dovoli dostop do zahtevanih dokumentov.
The requested documents were transmitted to Habidite on 7 October 2010.
Zahtevani dokumenti so bili podjetju Habidite predloženi 7. oktobra 2010.
The Commission requested additional information from the Spanish authorities by letters of 28 June 2010 – to which the Spanish authorities replied on 26 July 2010, and 8 December 2010 – to which the Spanish authorities replied on 14 January 2011.
Komisija je zahtevala dodatne informacije od španskih organov z dopisoma z dne 28. junija 2010 in 8. decembra 2010, na katera so španski organi odgovorili 26. julija 2010 oziroma 14. januarja 2011.
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE
OZADJE
The contracting parties
Udeleženca
The two contracts which are the subject of this Decision were concluded on 15 December 2006 between BIZKAILUR and the Diputación, on the one side, and on the other side, Habidite, the AFER group and the Habidite group.
Pogodbi, ki sta predmet tega sklepa, sta bili sklenjeni 15. decembra 2006 med podjetjema BIZKAILUR in Diputación na eni strani ter podjetjem Habidite, skupino AFER in skupino Habidite na drugi strani.
BIZKAILUR was a company 100 % owned by the Diputación whose social object was the purchase and adaptation of land for promoting industrial and social housing projects in the province of Bizkaia.
Podjetje BIZKAILUR je bilo v celoti v lasti podjetja Diputación, katerega socialni namen je bil nakup in prilagoditev zemljišč za spodbujanje industrijskih projektov in projektov socialnih stanovanj v provinci Bizkaia.
As of June 2010 BIZKAILUR was merged, together with other public companies with similar scope of activity, into the current AZPIEGITURAK S.A.U., also 100 % owned by the Diputación, and which continues the same line of activities [6].
Junija 2010 se je podjetje BIZKAILUR skupaj z drugimi javnimi podjetji, ki se ukvarjajo s podobnim področjem dejavnosti, združilo v sedanje podjetje AZPIEGITURAK S.A.U., ki je prav tako v celoti v lasti podjetja Diputación in opravlja podobne dejavnosti [6].
Habidite, together with other linked companies in the Habidite group, is part of the private AFER group, headquartered in Ortuella, Bizkaia [7].
Podjetje Habidite je skupaj z drugimi povezanimi podjetji v skupini Habidite del skupine AFER, ki ima sedež v mestu Ortuella v provinci Bizkaia [7].
At the date of the notification, the AFER group comprised a total of 13 companies [8] active in the construction and adjacent sectors.
Na dan priglasitve je skupina AFER štela skupaj 13 podjetij [8], ki so se ukvarjala z gradbeništvom in z njim povezanimi sektorji.
All companies in the AFER group were at the time majority-owned and controlled by […] [9].
Vsa podjetja v skupini AFER so bila v tistem času v večinski lasti […] [9], ki jih je tudi obvladovalo.
According to the Diputación and Habidite, neither Habidite nor the AFER group constituted firms in difficulty within the meaning of Points 9, 10 and 11 of the Community Guidelines on state aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty [10] (hereinafter "the R&R Guidelines") at the time when the two notified contracts were concluded.
Kot sta navedli podjetji Diputación in Habidite, v času, ko sta bili sklenjeni priglašeni pogodbi, nista bila niti Habidite niti skupina AFER podjetji v težavah [10] v skladu s točkami 9, 10 in 11 Smernic skupnosti o državni pomoči za reševanje in prestrukturiranje podjetij v težavah (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice za reševanje in prestrukturiranje).
The notified contracts were concluded to support a new investment project to be carried out by Habidite: the establishment of a factory of construction modules (hereinafter "the Habidite factory") in Alonsotegi, a village in the Gran Bilbao administrative area (comarca).
Priglašeni pogodbi sta bili sklenjeni z namenom, da se podpre nov naložbeni projekt, ki naj bi ga izvajalo podjetje Habidite, in sicer ustanovitev tovarne za proizvodnjo gradbenih elementov (v nadaljnjem besedilu: tovarna Habidite) v Alonsotegi, manjšem mestu na upravnem območju (comarca) Gran Bilbao.
On the date when the notified contracts were concluded, the Gran Bilbao comarca was deemed to be a region assisted under Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty [11].
Na dan sklenitve priglašenih pogodb se je upravno območje Gran Bilbao štelo za regijo, upravičeno do pomoči v skladu s členom 107(3)(c) Pogodbe [11].
The Habidite factory should have created 1100 new jobs in this assisted area.
Tovarna Habidite naj bi ustvarila 1100 novih delovnih mest na tem območju, upravičenem do pomoči.
The new factory would have produced the so-called "Habidite modules", i.e. prefabricated construction modules to be used for the direct assembly of homes/buildings.
Nova tovarna naj bi proizvajala „elemente Habidite“, tj. montažne gradbene elemente za neposredno sestavljanje hiš/zgradb.
The Habidite modules were to be produced with a line assembly technology similar to the one used in the car manufacturing industry, and thereafter be transported and directly assembled at their future location.
Elementi Habidite naj bi se proizvajali na proizvodni liniji, podobno kot pri proizvodnji avtomobilov, nato pa bi se prepeljali na končno lokacijo in se tam neposredno sestavili.
The product was considered to be innovative, not only because of the singular production technology involved, but also due to savings in time and resources in the assembly of the final product (buildings and homes), and to the use of materials allowing energy savings.
Proizvod se je štel za inovativnega ne le zaradi edinstvene proizvodne tehnologije, temveč tudi zaradi časovnih in materialnih prihrankov pri sestavljanju končnega proizvoda (zgradb in hiš) ter uporabe materialov, ki omogočajo varčevanje z energijo.
The company had applied for several patents in relation to this product [12].
Podjetje je zaprosilo za več patentov v zvezi s tem proizvodom [12].
According to information provided by the Diputación, the costs of this investment project in Alonsotegi were estimated at the time of signature of the two notified contracts at EUR 55 million, as follows:
Po informacijah, ki jih je predložilo podjetje Diputación, so bili v času podpisa priglašenih pogodb stroški tega naložbenega projekta v mestu Alonsotegi ocenjeni na 55 milijonov EUR, kot je razvidno iz naslednje razpredelnice:
EUR 4,8 million
4,8 milijona EUR
Industrial building
Industrijska stavba
EUR 22,5 million
22,5 milijona EUR
Land adaptation (urbanización)
Prilagoditev zemljišča (urbanización)
EUR 4,04 million
4,04 milijona EUR
Installations
Infrastruktura
EUR 24,0 million
24,0 milijona EUR
EUR 55,34 million
55,34 milijona EUR
The annual production of the projected Habidite factory was estimated to be of 3500 houses during the initial years of the functioning of the factory, and 4500 houses once full production capacity would have been reached.
Letna proizvodnja načrtovane tovarne Habidite naj bi obsegala 3500 stanovanj v prvih letih delovanja tovarne in 4500 stanovanj, ko bo dosežena polna proizvodna zmogljivost.
Legal framework of social housing in the País Vasco
Zakonska podlaga za socialna stanovanja v País Vasco
In order to understand the context in which the notified contracts were concluded on 15 December 2006, it is necessary to shortly describe the legal framework in which social housing is provided in the País Vasco (hereinafter "the Basque Country").
Za razumevanje konteksta, v katerem sta bili 15. decembra 2006 sklenjeni priglašeni pogodbi, je treba na kratko opisati zakonsko podlago za zagotavljanje socialnih stanovanj v País Vasco (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Baskija).
Average real estate prices were higher in this autonomous community (comunidad autónoma) than in the rest of Spain before the beginning of the crisis in 2008, and continue to remain higher up to the date of this Decision.
Pred začetkom krize leta 2008 so bile povprečne cene nepremičnin v tej avtonomni skupnosti (comunidad autónoma) višje kot drugje v Španiji in so ostale višje do datuma tega sklepa.
The Basque authorities seek to ensure access to housing to the more disadvantaged categories of citizens by providing social housing under the protected regime (viviendas protegidas) and under the semi-protected regime (viviendas tasadas).
Baskovski organi želijo bolj ogroženim skupinam državljanov zagotoviti dostop do stanovanj z zagotavljanjem socialnih stanovanj v okviru zaščitenega sistema (viviendas protegidas) in delno zaščitenega sistema (viviendas tasadas).
The nature of each of these two categories of social housing is explained below.
Značilnosti teh dveh kategorij socialnih stanovanj so opisane spodaj.
The Ley 2/2006 del suelo y de urbanismo [13] (hereinafter "Regional Law 2/2006") established that:
Ley 2/2006 del suelo y de urbanismo [13] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Regionalni zakon 2/2006) določa, da je treba:
40 % of the urban land qualified for construction shall be destined to protected (viviendas protegídas) and semi-protected regime houses (viviendas tasadas), in proportion of 20 % for each (Article 80.2. of the Regional Law 2/2006);
40 % mestnih gradbenih zemljišč nameniti za stanovanja v okviru zaščitenega sistema (viviendas protegídas) in delno zaščitenega sistema (viviendas tasadas), in sicer po 20 % za vsak sistem (člen 80(2) Regionalnega zakona 2/2006);
from the extra-urban land qualified for construction, 55 % shall be reserved for protected regime housing (viviendas protegídas) and 20 % for semi-protected regime housing (viviendas tasadas) (Article 80.3. of the Regional Law 2/2006).
55 % zunajmestnih gradbenih zemljišč nameniti za stanovanja v okviru zaščitenega sistema (viviendas protegídas), 20 % teh zemljišč pa za stanovanja v okviru delno zaščitenega sistema (viviendas tasadas) (člen 80(3) Regionalnega zakona 2/2006).
Houses under the semi-protected regime housing (viviendas tasadas) belong to an intermediary category between social protection housing and houses sold freely in the market.
Stanovanja v okviru delno zaščitenega stanovanjskega sistema (viviendas tasadas) spadajo v vmesno skupino med socialnimi stanovanji in stanovanji, ki se prosto prodajajo na trgu.
The prices for semi-protected houses (viviendas tasadas) are limited by Regional Law 2/2006 to maximum 1,7 of the maximum prices for equivalent houses sold in fully-protected regime (viviendas protegídas).
Cene stanovanj v okviru delno zaščitenega sistema (viviendas tasadas) so na podlagi Regionalnega zakona 2/2006 omejene na največ 1,7-kratnik najvišje cene enakovrednih stanovanj v okviru polno zaščitenega sistema (viviendas protegídas).
The maximum prices for the latter category in the province of Bizkaia are established on the basis of the Orden (Order) of 1.8.2004 of the Housing and Social Affairs Department [14], which established an initial regulated price that was to be thereafter indexed annually on the basis of the ĺndice de Precios al Consumo (Consumption Price Index) (IPC) determined by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spanish National Institute of Statistics).
Najvišje cene stanovanj iz te kategorije v provinci Bizkaia so določene na podlagi Odredbe (Orden) z dne 1. avgusta 2004 Ministrstva za stanovanjsko politiko in socialne zadeve [14], ki je določilo začetno regulirano ceno, ki naj bi se nato letno indeksirala na podlagi indeksa cen življenjskih potrebščin (ĺndice de Precios al Consumo, IPC), ki ga določi španski nacionalni statistični urad (Instituto Nacional de Estadística).
According to the Diputacíon, in 2006, when the notified contracts were concluded, the resulting maximum prices for protected housing (viviendas protegídas) were the following:
Po navedbah podjetja Diputación so leta 2006, ko sta bili sklenjeni priglašeni pogodbi, najvišje cene stanovanj v okviru zaščitenega sistema (viviendas protegídas) znašale:
EUR 1351,86/sqm for municipalities listed in Annex I of the Order of 1.8.2004;
151,86 EUR/m2 za občine, navedene v Prilogi I k Odredbi z dne 1. avgusta 2004,
EUR 1307,94/sqm for municipalities listed in Annex II to the Order of 1.8.2004;
1307,94 EUR/m2 za občine, navedene v Prilogi II k Odredbi z dne 1. avgusta 2004,
EUR 1181,54/sqm for other municipalities;
1181,54 EUR/m2 za druge občine;
EUR 472,40/sqm for the annexes (garage/box etc.).
472,40 EUR/m2 za prizidke (garaža/pralnica itd.).
The prices for the viviendas tasadas were topped to a maximum 1,7 of the above-indicated prices.
Cene v okviru delno zaščitenega sistema (viviendas tasadas) so bile omejene na največ 1,7-kratnik zgoraj navedenih cen.
The Diputación informs that, when BIZKAILUR concluded with Habidite the notified contracts, the former was acting within the framework of Ley 7/1985 de 2 de abril del 1985 reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (Law 7/1985) [15], which gives to the municipalities the autonomy to administrate matters of local interest, including the provision of social housing (Art. 25).
Podjetje Diputación navaja, da je podjetje BIZKAILUR ob sklenitvi priglašenih pogodb s podjetjem Habidite delovalo v skladu z zakonom Ley 7/1985 de 2 de abril del 1985 reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (Zakon 7/1985) [15], ki občinam dodeljuje neodvisnost pri urejanju zadev lokalnega interesa, vključno z zagotavljanjem socialnih stanovanj (člen 25).
Based on Article 109.2 of the Real Decreto 1372/1986 (Royal Decree 1372/1986) and on Article 79 of Law 7/1985 (in its consolidated version), the municipalities transfer to BIZKAILUR, be it free of charge or against a price, assets which are necessary for carrying out social housing objectives.
Na podlagi člena 109(2) Kraljevega odloka 1372/1986 (Real Decreto 1372/1986) in člena 79 Zakona 7/1985 (prečiščeno besedilo) so občine brezplačno ali za plačilo prenesle na podjetje BIZKAILUR sredstva, potrebna za izvajanje ciljev na področju socialnih stanovanj.
At the time when the notified contracts were concluded, on 15 December 2006), the social housing objectives were defined in a Plan adopted by the Diputación in 2004 on the provision of social housing in this province during the period 2004-2007 – the Plan Foral de actuación en materia de vivienda 2004-2007 (hereinafter “the Plan Foral”).
V času sklenitve priglašenih pogodb (15. decembra 2006) so bili cilji na področju socialnih stanovanj opredeljeni v načrtu za zagotavljanje socialnih stanovanj v provinci Bizkaia v obdobju 2004–2007 (Plan Foral de actuación en materia de vivienda 2004–2007), ki ga je podjetje Diputación sprejelo leta 2004 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: načrt Foral).
According to the Diputación, the Plan Foral foresaw that BIZKAILUR would have provided over the period 2004-2007 a total of 3000 homes in protected regime.
Po navedbah podjetja Diputación je bilo v načrtu Foral predvideno, da podjetje BIZKAILUR v obdobju 2004–2007 zagotovi skupaj 3000 stanovanj v okviru zaščitenega sistema.
The notified contracts
Priglašeni pogodbi
Under the first contract - identified in the opening Decision as "Measure 1", hereinafter referred to as "the Land Contract" - the Diputación and BIZKAILUR undertake that the latter would have purchased and adapted for industrial use a surface totalling 101430 sqm (81600 sqm for the industrial plant, 5300 sqm for offices and 14300 sqm for industrial annexes) in the industrial area of Montealegre in Alonsotegi, within 24 months from the date of signature of the contract (Part Two, Article 1(ii) of the contract).
V skladu s prvo pogodbo, ki je v sklepu o začetku postopka opredeljena kot „ukrep 1“ (v nadaljnjem besedilu: pogodba o zemljišču), sta podjetji Diputación in BIZKAILUR v 24 mesecih od datuma podpisa pogodbe opravila nakup in prilagoditev za industrijsko uporabo parcele v skupni velikosti 101430 m2 (81600 m2 za industrijski obrat, 5300 m2 za pisarne in 14300 m2 za industrijske prizidke) na industrijskem območju Montealegre v mestu Alonsotegi (člen 1(ii) drugega dela pogodbe).
BIZKAILUR would have transferred ownership of the adapted land surface to Habidite within 12 months from the date of signature of the contract (Part Two, Article 1(iii) of the contract), "free of any charge, expense or contribution", for a price equal to "the effective costs incurred by BIZKAILUR for its purchase" (Part Two, Article 1(vi) of the contract).
Podjetje BIZKAILUR bi preneslo lastništvo nad prilagojenim zemljiščem na podjetje Habidite v 12 mesecih od datuma podpisa pogodbe (člen 1(iii) drugega dela pogodbe) „brez kakršnih koli pristojbin, stroškov ali prispevkov“, za ceno, ki je enaka „dejanskim stroškom, ki jih je imelo podjetje BIZKAILUR pri njenem nakupu“ (člen 1(vi) drugega dela pogodbe).
This price would have been paid by Habidite within 7 years from the date of the transfer of ownership, in 4 equal instalments (of 25 % each), to be paid at the end the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th year (Part Two, Article 1(vii) of the contract).
Podjetje Habidite bi to ceno plačalo v sedmih letih od datuma prenosa lastništva, in sicer v štirih enakih obrokih (po 25 %), ki bi jih plačalo ob koncu četrtega, petega, šestega in sedmega leta (člen 1(vii) drugega dela pogodbe).
Under the second contract – identified in the opening Decision as "Measure 2", hereinafter referred to as "the Houses Contract" - the Diputación, be it directly or through BIZKAILUR, would have purchased from Habidite a total of 1500 homes, of which 750 with a surface of less than 75 sqm.
V skladu z drugo pogodbo, ki je v sklepu o začetku postopka opredeljena kot „ukrep 2“ (v nadaljnjem besedilu: pogodba o stanovanjih), bi podjetje Diputación neposredno ali prek podjetja BIZKAILUR od podjetja Habidite kupilo skupaj 1500 stanovanj, od tega 750 s površino, manjšo od 75 m2.
The Diputación or BIZKAILUR would have ordered the 1500 homes between May 2007 and end of June 2010, so as to allow the delivery of the total number of 1500 homes by May 2011.
Podjetji Diputación ali BIZKAILUR bi teh 1500 stanovanj naročili od maja 2007 do konca junija 2010, da bi omogočili dobavo vseh 1500 stanovanj do maja 2011.
The contracted homes would have been built on land placed at the disposal of Habidite by BIZKAILUR, and then sold under the semi-protected regime (as viviendas tasadas), be it directly by the Diputación or BIZKAILUR, be it by Habidite itself, in respecting the maximum pricing provisions applicable (see recitals (14) to (19)).
Stanovanja iz pogodbe bi se zgradila na zemljišču, ki ga je podjetje BIZKAILUR dalo na voljo podjetju Habidite, nato pa bi jih podjetji Diputación ali BIZKAILUR ali kar samo podjetje Habidite neposredno prodali v okviru delno zaščitenega stanovanjskega sistema (viviendas tasadas) (glej uvodne izjave od (14) do (19)).
When the contracted homes were to be sold by the Diputación or BIZKAILUR, Habidite would not have acquired property of the land on which the houses were to be built.
Kadar bi stanovanja iz pogodbe prodali podjetji Diputación ali BIZKAILUR, podjetje Habidite ne bi pridobilo lastništva nad zemljiščem, na katerem naj bi bila zgrajena stanovanja.
In such cases, it task would have been exclusively to build the homes.
V takih primerih bi bila njegova naloga samo zgraditi stanovanja.
The Contract also allowed, on an exceptional basis, that for some of the contracted homes, Habidite or the AFER group could also have acted as promoters (Article A(f) of the Houses Contract).
V pogodbi je določeno, da lahko izjemoma nekatera stanovanja iz pogodbe zagotovita tudi podjetje Habidite ali skupina AFER (člen A(f) pogodbe o stanovanjih).
In such exceptional cases, Habidite or AFER would have first received ownership of the land necessary for the construction of the homes, then would have carried out the construction works, and finally, would have sold themselves the houses under the semi-protected regime (as viviendas tasadas).
V takih izjemnih primerih bi podjetje Habidite ali skupina AFER najprej pridobila lastništvo nad zemljiščem, potrebnim za izgradnjo stanovanj, nato bi izvedla gradbena dela in na koncu prodala stanovanja v okviru delno zaščitenega sistema (viviendas tasadas).