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In addition, DPÚK claimed that data for 2006-2008 proved its assertion that the final costs of ensuring regional bus services by the new operators would be more costly.
Nove trolejbusne linije so torej le dopolnile obstoječo trolejbusno omrežje, ki se je postopno uvajalo od leta 1988.
Finally, DPÚK noted that the newly selected operators are in many instances municipal bus service operators, owned and subsidised by the relevant municipalities, so that unfair competition exists between those operators and operators in the regional passenger transport market.
Češki organi so nazadnje trdili, da nikjer ni uradno zabeleženo, da bi podjetje DPÚK uradno predložilo nadomesten projekt za zagotavljanje ekološkega prevoza v občini.
DPÚK argued that it is unacceptable that the local bus operators are allowed to operate regional lines beyond the area of their municipality.
Projekt, priložen k predložitvi podjetja DPÚK, nosi datum junij 2001, zato v času ocenjenih ukrepov ni bil pomemben.
As regards the guarantee and increase of equity by the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem, DPÚK claimed that it had proposed to the authorities a significantly cheaper alternative for an environmentally-friendly local transport service on the line Ústí nad Labem — Střekov (based on CNG-buses instead of the trolley buses of DP Ústí), but that that alternative was rejected.
OCENA UKREPOV
As regards the measures which according to the Opening Decision were granted before the accession of the Czech Republic to the Union, DPÚK claimed that all of them have a long-term effect going well beyond the date of accession.
V skladu s členom 107(1) Pogodbe je vsaka pomoč, ki jo dodeli država članica, ali kakršna koli vrsta pomoči iz državnih sredstev, ki izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljala konkurenco z dajanjem prednosti posameznim podjetjem ali proizvodnji posameznega blaga, nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom, kolikor prizadene trgovino med državami članicami.
As regards the assessment by the Commission of the transfer of operation of parking meters to DP Děčín, DPÚK claimed that the analysis in the Opening Decision is incorrect as the de minimis threshold did not apply in the public transport sector.
Da se ukrep šteje za pomoč v smislu člena 107(1), morajo biti izpolnjeni naslednji kumulativni pogoji:
DPÚK did not comment on the notion of unforeseeable costs.
ukrep se mora pripisati državi in financiran mora biti iz državnih sredstev;
Nor did it comment on the fact that the pre-establishment of a maximum price for compensation based on national statistical analysis could guarantee the absence of over-compensation for the operators.
ta prednost mora biti selektivna in (iv) ukrep mora izkrivljati konkurenco ali bi jo lahko izkrivljala, in lahko vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami.
COMMENTS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE INTERESTED PARTY
Komisija bo proučila, ali je bil vsak od navedenih pogojev izpolnjen v zvezi z naslednjimi petimi ukrepi:
The Czech authorities did not agree with the interpretation of the legal framework for compensations for public service obligations in the regional bus services sector in the Czech Republic as described by DPÚK in its submissions.
nadomestila za izpolnjevanje obveznosti javnih služb, ki jih je regija Ústí podjetjem ČSAD, DP Ústí, DP Teplice, DP Chomutov, DP Děčín, DP Most, Podbořany, Miroslav Ohem, Petr Frommel, Petr Stejskal in Vilém Graupner dodelila za zagotavljanje regionalnih prevoznih storitev v letih 2005 in 2006;
The Czech authorities also disagreed with the DPÚK's claim that public transport services had not yet been liberalised in the Czech Republic.
nadomestila za izpolnjevanje obveznosti javnih služb, ki jih je regija Ústí podjetjem Autobusy Karlovy Vary, a.s, Autobusy Kavka, a.s., ČSAD Slaný a.s., DP Most in ZDAR, a.s. dodelila za zagotavljanje regionalnih prevoznih storitev v obdobju od 9. septembra 2006 do 2. junija 2007;
The Czech authorities argued that the national legislative framework included two possibilities for arranging public bus transport under the public service obligation regime:
nadomestila za izpolnjevanje obveznosti javnih služb, ki jih je regija Ústí podjetjem ČSAD Semily, DP Děčín, ČSAD Střední Čechy, DP Teplice, DP Ústí, DP Chomutov in DP Mladá Boleslav dodelila za zagotavljanje regionalnih prevoznih storitev v obdobju od 9. septembra 2006 do 31. decembra 2006;
on the basis of a public service contract based on section 19 of the Road Transport Act and Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 and (ii) on the basis of a decision unilaterally imposing a public service obligation.
poroštvi z dne 23. julija 2004 in 11. aprila 2005, ki ju je občina Ústí nad Labem zagotovila podjetju DP Ústí zavarovanje posojil v višini 35 milijonov CZK oziroma 5 milijonov CZK;
The second type is, however, only used marginally.
povečanje lastniškega kapitala podjetja DP Ústí za 160 milijonov CZK, ki ga je občina Ústí nad Labem dodelila leta 2006.
In the Ústí Region, all regional public bus transport operations are currently based on contracts resulting from open, transparent and non-discriminatory tendering procedures.
OBSTOJ DRŽAVNE POMOČI
The Czech authorities argued that despite certain differences in the terms used, the public service contracts corresponded to public service contracts within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69.
Nadomestila za izpolnjevanje obveznosti javne službe (ukrepi iz točk (a), (b) in (c) uvodne izjave 96)
This was clear from the reading of the Road Transport Act as well as from its interpretation in various decisions of the relevant authorities.
Državna sredstva
The Czech authorities also clarified that the licence for operating bus transport services was an authorisation enabling the operator to provide bus transport services on individual lines but did not represent an entrustment of public service obligations.
Nadomestila za javno službo za zagotavljanje prevoznih storitev so bila izplačana na podlagi pogodb, sklenjenih med organi regije Ústí in prevozniki iz točk (a), (b) in (c) uvodne izjave 96, plačana pa so bila iz javnega proračuna navedenih organov.
In addition, the licence could not represent a decision on the imposition of public service obligations within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69, as it did not provide for compensation to be granted in respect of the financial burden resulting from the obligation as required by Article 6 of that Regulation.
Iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark sledi, da nadomestilo, ki ga dodeli država ali je dodeljeno iz državnih sredstev podjetjem v zameno za izpolnjevanje obveznosti javne službe, zadevnim podjetjem ne zagotavlja prednosti, zato ne pomeni državne pomoči v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe, če so izpolnjeni štirje kumulativni pogoji:
The Czech authorities further considered that the compensations paid on the basis of the public service contracts fulfilled the Altmark criteria and for that reason they were not notified to the Commission.
upravičeno podjetje mora biti dejansko pooblaščeno za izvajanje obveznosti javnih služb in navedene obveznosti morajo biti jasno opredeljene;
The Czech authorities claimed that due to the open, transparent and non-discriminatory selection procedures, the bus transport services within the framework of the public service obligation in the Ústí Region had been provided for prices which were much more advantageous than before.
merila, na osnovi katerih je izračunano nadomestilo, morajo biti določena predhodno ter objektivno in pregledno;
This led to more efficient use of resources of the Ústí Region than if it had to pay compensation for losses unilaterally required by DPÚK.
nadomestilo ne presega tega, kar je potrebno za pokrivanje celotnih ali delnih stroškov, ki jih povzroča izpolnjevanje obveznosti javne službe, ob upoštevanju s tem povezanih prihodkov kot tudi primernega dobička za izpolnjevanje teh obveznosti;
As regards the arguments of DPÚK concerning the guarantee and increase of equity by the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem, the Czech authorities clarified that there was an existing trolley-bus network in that municipality and that those measures were used for the interconnection of two existing trunk trolley-bus networks.
če podjetje, ki se mu naloži izpolnjevanje obveznosti javne storitve, v konkretnem primeru ni izbrano s postopkom oddaje javnega naročila, ki omogoča, da se izbere tisti ponudnik, ki lahko te storitve opravlja z najnižjimi stroški za skupnost, se mora raven potrebnega nadomestila določiti na podlagi analize stroškov, ki bi jih povprečno, dobro vodeno podjetje, ki je ustrezno opremljeno s prevoznimi sredstvi, zato da lahko zadosti zahtevam javne storitve, imelo pri izpolnjevanju teh obveznosti ob upoštevanju realiziranih prihodkov in primernega dobička zaradi izpolnjevanja teh obveznosti.
Therefore, the new trolley-bus lines only supplemented the existing trolley-bus network which had been gradually rolled out since 1988.
Da se izključi prisotnost gospodarske prednosti v primerih, ko je nadomestilo dodeljeno podjetjem v zameno za izpolnjevanje obveznosti javne službe, sodba v zadevi Altmark zahteva, da so vsi štirje pogoji izpolnjeni kumulativno.
Finally, the Czech authorities claimed that there was no official record of any formal submission by DPÚK of an alternative project for ensuring an ecological transport in the municipality.
Glede prvega pogoja, obveznost javne službe na področju kopenskega prevoza pomeni zahtevo, s katero se zagotovijo prevozne storitve v splošnem interesu, ki jih prevoznik, če bi upošteval lastne poslovne interese, ne bi prevzel ali jih ne bi prevzel v enakem obsegu ali pod enakimi pogoji brez plačila [26].
The project attached to the DPÚK's submission is dated June 2001 and was thus not relevant at the time of the assessed measures.
Države članice imajo v okviru teh omejitev široko diskrecijsko pravico pri določanju obveznosti za javno službo v skladu s potrebami končnih uporabnikov.
ASSESSMENT OF THE MEASURES
Komisija mora v takih primerih zagotoviti, da se ta diskrecijska pravica pri opredelitvi obveznosti za javno službo uporablja brez očitnih napak.
According to Article 107(1) of the Treaty, any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the provision of certain goods shall be incompatible with the common market, in so far as it affects trade between Member States.
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka že ugotovila, da so ji češki organi predložili pogodbe, na podlagi katerih so regionalni organi regije Ústí s prevozniki uredili zagotavljanje obveznosti javne službe.
The qualification of a measure as aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty therefore requires the following cumulative conditions to be met:
V navedenih pogodbah je opredeljen obseg obveznosti javne službe za zagotavljanje prevoznih storitev.
the measure must be imputable to the State and financed through State resources;
Natančneje, v navedenih pogodbah so opredeljene linije, na katerih avtobusni prevozniki opravljajo storitve, vozni redi in objektivna ocena dokazljive izgube.
it must confer an advantage on its recipient;
Da storitev na navedenih linijah ni mogoče opravljati kot pridobitno dejavnost, dokazuje primerjava pričakovane dokazljive izgube in dejanske izgube za navedene linije, kot je prikazano v preglednicah od 1 do 9.
that advantage must be selective;
Prevozniki se ne morejo enostransko odločiti, da na nedonosnih linijah storitev ne bodo več opravljali;
and (iv) the measure must distort or threaten to distort competition and have the potential to affect trade between Member States.
prav tako ne morejo vplivati na obseg in pogostost storitev na linijah, s katerimi upravljajo.
The Commission will examine whether each of those conditions has been fulfilled as regards the following five measures:
Zato nosijo določeno stopnjo poslovnega tveganja, saj se lahko, če so njihove izgube iz poslovanja večje od izgube, ki je bila predhodno določena z objektivno oceno dokazljive izgube, soočijo z gospodarsko izgubo.
compensations for discharging public service obligations granted by the Ústí Region to ČSAD, DP Ústí, DP Teplice, DP Chomutov, DP Děčín, DP Most, Podbořany, Miroslav Ohem, Petr Frommel, Petr Stejskal and Vilém Graupner for providing regional transport services in 2005 and 2006;
Komisija v skladu s tem ugotavlja, da v zvezi z ukrepi iz točk (a), (b) in (c) uvodne izjave 96 obstajajo dejanske obveznosti javne službe, ki so bile jasno opredeljene vnaprej.
compensations for discharging public service obligations granted by the Ústí Region to Autobusy Karlovy Vary, a.s, Autobusy Kavka, a.s., ČSAD Slaný a.s., DP Most and ZDAR, a.s. for providing regional transport services in the period from 9 September 2006 to 2 June 2007;
Prvi pogoj iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark je zato izpolnjen.
compensations for discharging public service obligations granted by the Ústí Region to ČSAD Semily, DP Děčín, ČSAD Střední Čechy, DP Teplice, DP Ústí, DP Chomutov and DP Mladá Boleslav for providing regional transport services in the period from 9 September 2006 to 31 December 2006;
V zvezi z drugim pogojem iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark morajo biti merila, ki so podlaga za izračun nadomestila, objektivno in pregledno določena vnaprej, da podjetja, ki prejmejo nadomestilo, ne bi imela gospodarske prednosti pred konkurenčnimi podjetji.
guarantees dated 23 July 2004 and 11 April 2005 granted by the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem in favour of DP Ústí to secure loans worth CZK 35 million and CZK 5 million respectively;
Vnaprejšnja določitev meril za nadomestilo ne pomeni, da mora biti nadomestilo izračunano na podlagi posebne formule.
an increase of equity capital of DP Ústí by CZK 160 million granted by the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem in 2006.
Pomembno je le, da je od začetka jasno, kako se bo nadomestilo določilo.
EXISTENCE OF STATE AID
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka ugotovila, da je bilo nadomestilo za javno službo izračunano v pogodbah na podlagi pričakovane cene na kilometer in pričakovanega prihodka.
Compensations for discharging public service obligations (measures referred to in recital 96 under (a), (b) and (c))
Komisija priznava, da bi takšna metodologija lahko zagotovila objektiven in pregleden predhodni izračun nadomestila.
State resources
Komisija v tem primeru v zvezi z metodologijo, uporabljeno za določitev višine pričakovanih cen na kilometer, ni prejela dovolj informacij, zato še ni mogla ugotoviti, ali je bil drugi pogoj iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark izpolnjen.
The public service compensations for providing transport services were paid out on the basis of contracts concluded between the Ústí Region authorities and operators listed in recital 96 under (a), (b) and (c) and were paid from the public budget of those authorities.
Češki organi so medtem pojasnili, da veljavna češka zakonodaja določa vse parametre, na podlagi katerih se izračunajo plačila nadomestil, zlasti stroške storitev, prihodke in primeren dobiček.
Those compensations are therefore imputable to the State and granted through State resources.
Zato je vsaka pogodba, sklenjena med regijo Ústí in prevoznikom, vsebovala zadevne parametre, ki so se uporabili za objektivno oceno dokazljive izgube.
Economic advantage
Navedena ocena temelji na razliki med (a) ceno na kilometer, dogovorjeno v pogodbi in (b) prihodki prevoznika pri zadevnih storitvah.
It follows from the Altmark judgment that compensation granted by the State or through State resources to undertakings in consideration for the discharge of public service obligations does not confer an advantage on the undertakings concerned, and hence does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty, provided four cumulative conditions are satisfied:
Cena na kilometer je vključevala (i) stroške izvajanja storitev in (ii) primeren dobiček.
the recipient undertaking must actually have public service obligations to discharge and those obligations must be clearly defined;
Češki organi so glede razlik v ceni na kilometer posameznega prevoznika pojasnili, da izkazujejo različni položaj posameznega prevoznika (npr. stroški na kilometer so v podeželskih in primestnih območjih seveda različni).
the parameters on the basis of which the compensation is calculated must be established in advance in an objective and transparent manner;
Vsekakor pa so bili vsi parametri za izračun cen posameznega prevoznika jasno določeni vnaprej v posameznih pogodbah.
the compensation cannot exceed what is necessary to cover all or part of the costs incurred in the discharge of the public service obligations, taking into account the relevant receipts and a reasonable profit for discharging those obligations;
Regionalni organi so bili tudi pooblaščeni za preverjanje, ali so bili podatki, uporabljeni za zadevne ocene, pravilni in ali so ustrezali položaju določenega prevoznika.
where, in a specific case, the undertaking which is to discharge public service obligations is not chosen pursuant to a public procurement procedure which would allow for the selection of the tenderer capable of providing those services at the least cost to the community, the level of compensation needed must be determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs which a typical undertaking, well run and adequately provided with means of transport so as to be able to meet the necessary public service requirements, would have incurred in discharging those obligations, taking into account the relevant revenues and a reasonable profit for discharging the obligations.
Komisija zato meni, da so bili parametri za izračun nadomestila za posameznega prevoznika objektivno in pregledno določeni vnaprej.
In order to exclude the presence of an economic advantage where compensation is granted to undertakings in consideration for the discharge of public service obligations, the Altmark judgment requires that all four conditions be satisfied cumulatively.
Drugi pogoj iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark v zvezi z ukrepi iz točk (a), (b) in (c) uvodne izjave 96 je zato izpolnjen.
As regards the first condition, a public service obligation in the field of land transport is a requirement to ensure transport services in the general interest that an operator, if it were considering its own commercial interests, would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions without reward [26].
Komisija glede tretjega pogoja iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark ugotavlja, da se končni obračuni in plačila nadomestil izvedejo šele, ko zadevni prevoznik predloži dokazilo o dejanskih izgubah, ki so nastale pri izvajanju storitve.
Within those confines, Member States have a wide discretion in defining public service obligations in line with the needs of end users.
Hkrati ne najvišji znesek nadomestila omejen vnaprej z objektivno oceno dokazljive izgube, ki je vključena v pogodbo.
The Commission's task in such cases is to ensure that that margin of discretion is applied without a manifest error as regards the definition of the public service obligation.
V skladu z oddelkom 19b(3) Zakona o prevozih v cestnem prometu objektivna ocena dokazljive izgube pomeni predhodno določeno zgornjo mejo, nad katero pristojni organ ne more nadomestiti dejanske izgube [27].
In the Opening Decision, the Commission already noted that the Czech authorities had provided it with the contracts on the basis of which the Ústí regional authorities arranged the provision of public service obligations with the operators.
Če prevoznik po izvedbi pogodbe zahteva višje nadomestilo za izgube, javni organi teh izgub ne morejo kriti.
Those contracts define the scope of the public service obligation to provide transport services.
Če so, nasprotno, dejanske izgube nižje od pričakovane ocenjene izgube, se nadomestijo le dejanske izgube.
More specifically, those contracts define the lines on which the bus transport providers operate, the timetables and the objective estimate of the provable loss.
To dokazuje dejstvo, da je dejansko nadomestilo, ki ga prejmejo prevozniki, kot je navedeno v preglednici 2, preglednici 4, preglednici 7 in preglednici 9, v številnih primerih nižje od predvidenih izgub, določenih v pogodbi, kot je navedeno v stolpcu „skupna dokazljiva izguba“ v preglednici 1, preglednici 3, preglednici 6 in preglednici 8.
That those lines cannot be operated on a commercial basis is demonstrated through a comparison of the expected provable loss and the actual loss for those lines as provided in Tables 1 to 9 above.
Navedene omejitve se lahko presežejo le v primeru nepredvidljivih stroškov, česar pa ni bilo pri nobeni pogodbi za regionalni prevoz, obravnavani v tem sklepu.
Moreover, the operators cannot unilaterally decide to stop the operation of unprofitable lines;
V zvezi s pojmom „nepredvidljivih stroškov“, glede katerega je Komisija izrazila pomisleke v sklepu o začetku postopka, se navedeni pojem nanaša na stroške, ki niso odvisni od upravljanja družb, kot so naravne nesreče, državne intervencije glede cen, preusmeritve ali spremembe trošarin, DDV itd. Prevozniki morajo, da lahko zahtevajo nadomestilo, dokazati, da so navedeni stroški dejansko nastali pri izpolnjevanju obveznosti javne službe.
neither can they influence the scope and frequency of services on the lines they operate.
Obstoj te izjeme od najvišje omejitve nadomestila ne ogroža zmožnosti mehanizma nadomestil za zagotovitev, da končno nadomestilo, ki ga prejme prevoznik, ne preseže dejanskih izgub.
They therefore bear a certain degree of business risk stemming from the fact that they can face an economic loss if their operating losses are greater than what was established beforehand by the objective estimate of the provable loss.
V zvezi z določitvijo primernega dobička, ki je del izračuna stroškov in glede katerega je Komisija v sklepu o začetku postopka prav tako izrazila pomisleke, so češki organi dokazali, da je povprečni dobiček leta 2005 znašal 1,53 CZK/km.
Accordingly, the Commission concludes that, as regards the measures listed in recital 96 under (a), (b) and (c), genuine public service obligations exist which were clearly defined in advance.
Povprečna cena na kilometer leta 2005 je znašala 30,60 CZK/km, torej je bila povprečna profitna marža približno 5 %, kar je po mnenju Komisije primerno.
The first Altmark condition is thus fulfilled.
Leta 2007 je povprečni dobiček znašal 0,97 CZK/km, povprečna cena na kilometer pa je bila 30,24 CZK.
As regards the second Altmark condition, the parameters that serve as the basis for calculating compensation must be established in advance in an objective and transparent manner in order to ensure that they do not confer an economic advantage that could favour the recipient undertaking over competing undertakings.
Povprečna profitna marža je bila torej približno 3,2 %.
The need to establish the compensation parameters in advance does not mean that the compensation has to be calculated on the basis of a specific formula.
Komisija zato ugotavlja, da je tretji pogoj iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark v zvezi z ukrepi iz točk (a), (b) in (c) uvodne izjave 96 izpolnjen.
Rather, what matters is that it is clear from the outset how the compensation is to be determined.
Četrti pogoj iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark zahteva, da se izvajalec javne službe izbere s postopkom oddaje javnega naročila ali da se stroški za zagotavljanje javne službe s primerjalno analizo omejijo na stroške povprečnega, dobro vodenega podjetja.
In the Opening Decision, the Commission noted that the public service compensation was calculated under the contracts on the basis of an expected price per kilometre and foreseen revenues.
V skladu z informacijami, ki so jih češki organi predložili v zvezi z ukrepi iz točk (a) in (b) uvodne izjave 96, se je pogodbeno razmerje med regijo Ústí in prevozniki za leti 2005 in 2006 vzpostavilo s podaljšanjem obstoječih pogodb, pogodbe za obdobje od 9. septembra 2006 do 31. decembra 2006 pa so se sklenile po postopku s pogajanji.