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The only exception was the complainant DPÚK, which had an inadequately high price for its regional transport services, and two local operators whose price was found to be too low.
Poroštvi
As regards the contracts for the period from 9 September 2006 to 2 June 2007 (measure referred to in recital 42 under (b)) and from 9 September 2006 to 31 December 2006 (measure referred to in recital 42 under (c)), the Czech authorities claimed that the Ústí Region precisely defined the scope of requested services and provided the interested transport providers with relevant revenue estimates based on historical data.
Češki organi so glede poroštev v višini 5 milijonov CZK in 35 milijonov CZK, s katerima je občina Ústí nad Labem zavarovala posojili podjetju DP Ústí, trdili, da bi lahko podjetje DP Ústí posojili dobilo tudi brez poroštev.
The expert opinion had to be provided by the transport provider.
Češki organi opozarjajo, da je podjetje DP Ústí leta 2007 pridobilo posojilo v višini 40 milijonov CZK za izgradnjo trolejbusne linije Ústí nad Labem – Střekov in za nakup dveh avtobusov.
The expert opinion of the selected transport provider is then binding for the whole contractual period.
Posojilo je dodelila banka Komerční banka, a.s., tj. ista finančna institucija, ki je podjetju DP Ústí leta 2004 in 2005 dodelila zadevni posojili, za kateri je občina Ústí nad Labem zagotovila sporni poroštvi.
Consequently, the only criterion when taking the decision was the price offered by the interested transport providers.
Navedeno posojilo v višini 40 milijonov CZK je bilo zavarovano s sredstvi podjetja DP Ústí.
In relation to the public service compensations for bus services from 9 September 2006 to 2 June 2007 (measure referred to in recital 42 under (b)), the Czech authorities argued that the public service contracts on the basis of which those compensations were paid out were awarded following an open, transparent and unconditional tender procedure.
Posojilodajalec je bil izbran z javnim razpisom, na podlagi katerega je bila izbrana najboljša ponudba, ki pa ni razlikovala med možnostmi za zavarovanje posojila, tj. s poroštvom občine Ústí nad Labem ali poroštvom v obliki sredstev podjetja.
The fact that the second-best bidder ultimately had to be selected because the winner of the tenders refused to provide required services does not undermine the open, transparent and unconditional nature of the tender procedure.
Po trditvah čeških organov je iz tega razvidno, da pogoji posojila leta 2007 niso bili odvisni od oblike zavarovanja in da bi podjetje DP Ústi posojilo lahko dobilo pod enakimi pogoji tudi brez poroštva.
The price offered in the first selection round was the price objectively achieved through the selection procedure and that price thus fulfils the third and fourth Altmark conditions, since it ensures that the service provider will not obtain undue profits from performing the service.
Češki organi trdijo, da to velja tudi za posojili iz leta 2004 in 2005 ter da poroštvo podjetju DP Ústí ni zagotovilo gospodarske prednosti.
The contracts under the measure referred to in recital 42 under (b) were concluded for a transitory period of nine months in relation to nine out of 15 areas of the Ústí Region.
Sredstva, pridobljena s posojili, je bilo v vsakem primeru mogoče porabiti le za izgradnjo trolejbusne linije.
Should the Commission consider the first leg of the fourth Altmark condition not to be fulfilled as regards the measure referred to in recital 42 under (b), the Czech authorities argued that the second leg of the Altmark condition should be considered as complied with since the selection of the service provider was done according to the analysis of the costs of a typical service provider operating with a reasonable profit.
V regiji Ústí je kakovost okolja nizka in projekt je bil namenjen izboljšanju navedenega stanja v regiji.
Finally, in relation to the public service compensations granted by the Ústí Region for bus services in the period from 9 September 2006 to 31 December 2006 through direct negotiations (measure referred to in recital 42 under (c)), the Czech authorities explained that the Ústí Region ensured as far as possible that public transport services in the five areas in which there was no second-placed bidder was offered for the lowest possible price.
Če bančno posojilo podjetju DP Ústí ne bi bilo dodeljeno, bi moralo podjetje nadaljevati z izvajanjem avtobusnega prevoza.
A second concession round was organised to ensure basic public transport services until a standard (non-accelerated) concession selection could be organised.
Po trditvah čeških organov je ukrep na učinkovit način prednostno obravnaval varstvo okolja pred višjimi stroški, povezanimi z izgradnjo trolejbusne linije, zato ga je treba šteti za skladnega s Pogodbo.
The announcement of the second concession round was published on 16 August 2006 in several important Czech daily newspapers [23].
Povečanje lastniškega kapitala za podjetje DP Ústí
The Czech authorities provided documentation for the second concession round.
Češki organi so pojasnili, da so bila sredstva iz povečanja lastniškega kapitala v višini 160 milijonov CZK namenjena izključno za financiranje izgradnje trolejbusne linije Ústí nad Labem – Střekov.
Since those contracts had to be concluded within two weeks due to the unexpected withdrawal of ČSAD Česká Lípa, and considering that any concessions would be granted for a temporary period of less than four months, the Ústí Region included as a selection parameter in the concession selection procedure that the winning transport provider must ensure the commencement of transport services as from 9 September 2006, i.e. within two weeks from the announcement of the concession selection procedure.
Sredstva so bila na ločenem računu podjetja DP Ústi, s katerega so se izvajala plačila za izgradnjo trolejbusne linije Ústí nad Labem – Střekov.
However, since it was not possible to conclude contracts on the basis of the second concession round, as it had received only one bid for the six areas [24], the Ústí Region concluded contracts directly with available transport providers.
Ta razširitev sistema je bila načrtovana od leta 1996.
According to the Czech authorities, there was no time to organise a third concession selection procedure due to the exceptional circumstances surrounding the conclusion of those contracts and the same time constraints did not allow for the delivery of an expert opinion.
Po trditvah čeških organov bo naložba znatno izboljšala okoljske razmere v občini, in sicer bo zlasti zmanjšala onesnaževanja zraka na območju desnega rečnega brega mesta, ravni hrupa prometa na zadevnih linijah z uporabo trolejbusov namesto avtobusov (zlasti pri nočnih prevozih), emisije na zadevnih linijah in tveganje fotokemičnega smoga na območju Střekov.
The Czech authorities further stressed that, in any event, the price for the transport service was not significantly different from the price obtained through the first and second concession round.
Češki organi so zato trdili, da sodi povečanje kapitala med izjeme iz člena 3(1)(b) Uredbe Sveta št. 1107/70 [25].
The difference in the amount of ca.
Češki organi trdijo, da so pogoji za uporabo člena 3(1)(b) izpolnjeni, ker (i) je izgradnja trolejbusnega omrežja namenjena usklajevanju in optimizaciji prometa, (ii) vključuje stroške infrastrukture, ki jih drugim prevoznikom, ki uporabljajo druge vrste cestnega prometa, ni treba nositi, in (iii) za dosego skupnega cilja politike ni drugih možnosti, ki bi prinašale manjše finančno breme (tj. usklajevanje prometa in zmanjšanje emisij CO2).
7 % could be considered standard in light of the fact that the temporary allocation of human and capital resources for the period of 4 months was more costly than for a longer period.
PRIPOMBE GLEDE DODATNIH UKREPOV, DODELJENIH PODJETJEMA DP ÚSTÍ IN DP TEPLICE
COMMENTS ON THE EXISTENCE OF STATE AID AS REGARDS THE GUARANTEES AND THE INCREASE OF EQUITY CAPITAL IN FAVOUR OF DP ÚSTÍ
Podjetje DP Ústí je leta 2005 v okviru svojih obveznosti javne službe pridobilo dve dodatni nadomestili v višini 4591200 CZK in 7335000 CZK.
Guarantees
Češki organi so pojasnili, da sta bili navedeni nadomestili, ki ju je zagotovila občina Ústí nad Labem, namenjeni izključno občinskemu prevozu v navedeni občini in nista bili povezani z nadomestili za regionalni prevoz, ki jih je dodelila regija Ústí in so obravnavana v sklepu o začetku postopka.
As regards the CZK 5 million and CZK 35 million guarantees provided by the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem securing bank loans obtained by DP Ústí, the Czech authorities argued that DP Ústí would have been able to obtain the loans absent the guarantees.
Češki organi so glede ukrepov, dodeljenih podjetju DP Teplice, pojasnili, da so se nadomestili, ki ju je dodelila občina Teplice, in najem vozil nanašali izključno na obveznosti javne službe, povezane s prevozom v navedeni občini.
The Czech authorities note that DP Ústí obtained a CZK 40 million loan in 2007 for the finalisation of the construction of the trolley-bus line Ústí nad Labem — Střekov and for the purchase of two buses.
Navedeni ukrepi niso bili povezani z nadomestili za regionalni prevoz, ki jih je dodelila regija Ústí in so obravnavani v sklepu o začetku postopka.
The collateral for that CZK 40 million loan was formed by assets of DP Ústí.
Trolejbusov zaradi njihove narave ni mogoče uporabljati zunaj trolejbusnih linij občine Teplice za zagotavljanje regionalnih prevoznih storitev.
The provider of the loan was selected in an open tender as a result of which the best offer was selected without differentiating between the options of securing the loan, i.e. either by a guarantee provided by the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem or a guarantee in the form of the company's assets.
PRIPOMBE ZAINTERESIRANIH STRANI
This demonstrates, according to the Czech authorities, that the conditions of the loan in 2007 did not depend on the form of security and that DP Ústí was able to obtain the loan on the same conditions even without the guarantee.
Podjetje DPÚK je bila edina zainteresirana stran, ki je predložila pripombe na sklep o začetku postopka.
The Czech authorities argue that this was also the case for the two loans in 2004 and 2005 and that the guarantee thus did not provide any economic advantage to DP Ústí.
Podjetje DPÚK je predložilo splošne pripombe na pravni okvir nadomestila za obveznosti javne službe v sektorju regionalnih avtobusnih storitev v Češki republiki.
In any event, the funds obtained from the loans could not have been used for other purposes than the construction of the trolley-bus line.
Podjetje DPÚK je trdilo, da ni bilo liberalizacije sektorja javnega prevoza v Češki republiki.
The Ústí Region is an area of low environmental quality and the project served the purpose of improving that situation in the region.
Po trditvah podjetja DPÚK je to pomenilo, da so bile obveznosti prevoznikov jasno določene v upravnih odločbah, s katerimi so se podelile licence prevoznikom, saj češka zakonodaja temelji na sistemu „obveznosti javnih služb“ v smislu člena 2 Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69 in ne na „pogodbah o izvajanju javne službe“ v smislu člena 14 navedene uredbe.
If the bank loan was not granted to DP Ústí, DP Ústí would have been obliged to continue its bus transport service.
Podjetje DPÚK trdi, da je na oceno nadomestil za opravljanje javne službe v sklepu o začetku postopka vplivala nepravilna razlaga zadevnega pravnega okvira.
According to the Czech authorities, the measure effectively prioritised environmental protection over the higher costs associated with the construction of the trolley-bus line and should therefore be considered compatible with the Treaty.
Nadalje trdi, da sodbe v zadevi Altmark v tem primeru ni mogoče uporabiti, ker je navedena sodba v nasprotju z zadevnim primerom temeljila na sistemu, ki temelji na pogodbah o izvajanju javne službe in ne na obveznostih javnih služb.
Increase of equity capital for DP Ústí
Podjetje DPÚK je na podlagi tega trdilo, da obveznosti javne službe in raven nadomestila niso mogli biti predmet pogajanj med regionalnimi organi in prevozniki.
The Czech authorities explained that the resources from the increase of equity capital of CZK 160 million were earmarked for exclusive use in the financing of the construction of the trolley-bus line Ústí nad Labem — Střekov.
Niso mogli biti izpostavljeni konkurenci med prevozniki, saj to v sistemu, ki temelji na obveznostih javne službe, ni mogoče, nadomestilo pa ni predstavljalo pogodbene cene zagotovljenih prevoznih storitev, ampak je bila izguba zaradi izvajanja zadevnih obveznosti na podlagi uporabe pravnih določb, nanj prevozniki in organi niso mogli vplivati ter zato ni moglo biti predmet pogajanj.
They were kept on a separate account of DP Ústí, from which payments were made for the construction of the trolley-bus line Ústí nad Labem — Střekov.
Podjetje DPÚK je nadalje trdilo, da je regija Ústí kršila veljavno zakonodajo, ko je pogodbe o izvajanju javne službe sklenila s prevozniki na podlagi nepravega postopka oddaje javnega naročila.
That line is an integrated part of the backbone of urban public transport in the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem, composed of large-capacity and ecological trolley-bus transport, which has been built up in the municipality since 1984 and gradually introduced into operation from 1988.
Podjetje DPÚK je trdilo, da so takšni poskusi uporabe načel konkurence v nasprotju s sistemom, ki temelji na obveznostih javne službe in torej nezakoniti.
The construction of the line represents the final stage of the construction of the system, the completion of which will connect a major part of the right-bank of the municipality to the backbone trolley-bus transport.
Podjetje DPÚK je trdilo, da so bile licence in nadomestila za opravljanje javne službe na novo izbranim prevoznikom podeljene nezakonito, ker je podjetje DPÚK imetnik prvotnih licenc za iste avtobusne linije.
This extension of the system has been planned since 1996.
Organi regije Ústí so tak pristop izbrali zato, ker prvotnim prevoznikom niso pripravljeni plačati nadomestil, do katerih so le-ti upravičeni na podlagi zakonodaje, prvotni prevozniki, ki ne želijo sprejeti nižjih subvencij za izvajanje storitev, pa se ustrahujejo in zamenjajo z novimi prevozniki na podlagi nezakonitih kvazi razpisov.
According to the Czech authorities, the investment will result in a significant improvement in environmental conditions in the municipality, chiefly a reduction of air pollution in the right bank area of the city, a reduction in the noise levels of transport on the affected lines by deployment of trolley-buses instead of buses (above all, in night operation), reduction of emissions on affected lines and reduction of the risk of photochemical smog in the Střekov area.
Podjetje DPÚK je opozorilo, da so na novo izbrani prevozniki v več primerih občinski avtobusni prevozniki v lasti zadevnih občin, ki od teh občin prejemajo tudi subvencije, zato med navedenimi prevozniki in prevozniki na trgu regionalnega potniškega prevoza obstaja nepravična konkurenca.
Accordingly, the Czech authorities claimed that the capital increase is covered by an exemption provided for in Article 3(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 [25].
Po trditvah podjetja DPÚK je nesprejemljivo, da lahko lokalni avtobusni prevozniki upravljajo regionalne linije, ki niso v območju njihove občine.
The Czech authorities argue that the conditions for the application of Article 3(1)(b) are met since (i) the trolley-bus network construction aims at co-ordination and optimisation of transport, (ii) it involves infrastructure costs which other operators using other types of road transport do not have to bear, and (iii) there is no other, financially less burdensome alternative to achieve the common policy objective (i.e. coordination of transport and reduction of CO2 emissions).
Podjetje DPÚK je glede poroštva in povečanja kapitala, ki ju je prejelo od občine Ústí nad Labem, trdilo, da je organom predlagalo bistveno cenejšo drugo možnost za okolju prijazno lokalno prevozno storitev na liniji Ústí nad Labem – Střekov (na podlagi avtobusov na stisnjen zemeljski plin (CNG) namesto trolejbusov podjetja DP Ústí), vendar je bila ta možnost zavrnjena.
COMMENTS ON ADDITIONAL MEASURES GRANTED TO DP ÚSTÍ AND DP TEPLICE
Glede ukrepov, ki so bili v skladu s sklepom o začetku postopka dodeljeni pred pristopom Češke republike k Uniji, je podjetje DPÚK trdilo, da imajo vsi ti ukrepi dolgoročni učinek, ki krepko presega datum pristopa.
In 2005, DP Ústí obtained two additional compensations of CZK 4591200 and CZK 7335000 in the context of its public service obligations.
Glede ocene, ki jo je Komisija podala za prenos upravljanja parkirnih ur na podjetje DP Děčín, je podjetje DPÚK trdilo, da analiza v sklepu o začetku postopka ni pravilna, saj se prag de minimis ne uporablja v sektorju javnega prevoza.
However, the Czech authorities clarified that those compensations, provided by the Municipality of Ústí nad Labem, concerned exclusively municipal transport within that municipality and that they were not related to the regional transport compensations granted by the Ústí Region which are the subject-matter of the Opening Decision.
Podjetje DPÚK ni imelo pripomb glede pojma nepredvidljivih stroškov.
As regards the measures granted to DP Teplice, the Czech authorities clarified that the compensations granted by the Municipality of Teplice as well as the lease of vehicles concerned exclusively public service obligations related to the transport within that municipality.
Predložilo ni niti pripomb na dejstvo, da lahko predhodna določitev najvišje cene za nadomestilo, ki temelji na nacionalni statistični analizi, prepreči izplačila čezmernih nadomestil prevoznikom.
They were thus unrelated to the regional transport compensations granted by the Ústí Region which are the subject-matter of the Opening Decision.
PRIPOMBE ČEŠKE REPUBLIKE GLEDE PRIPOMB ZAINTERESIRANE STRANI
In any event, due to the account separation put in place by DP Teplice, there was no risk that those compensations would in any way cross-subsidise the regional transport activities of DP Teplice.
Češki organi se niso strinjali z razlago pravnega okvira za nadomestila za obveznosti javne službe v sektorju regionalnih avtobusnih storitev v Češki republiki, kot jo je podalo podjetje DPÚK v svojih stališčih.
Finally, by their very nature, trolley-buses cannot be used outside the trolley-bus lines within the Municipality of Teplice to provide regional transport services.
Prav tako se niso strinjali s trditvijo podjetja DPÚK, da storitve javnega prevoza v Češki republiki še niso bile liberalizirane.
DPÚK was the only interested party to submit comments in response to the Opening Decision.
s pogodbo o izvajanju javne službe na podlagi oddelka 19 Zakona o prevozih v cestnem prometu in člena 14 Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69 ter (ii) s sklepom, ki enostransko uvaja obveznost javne službe.
DPÚK submitted general comments on the legal framework for compensation for public service obligations in the regional bus services sector in the Czech Republic.
Druga možnost se uporablja le v majhnem obsegu.
DPÚK claimed that there has been no liberalisation of the public transport sector in the Czech Republic.
V regiji Ústí izvajanje vseh regionalnih avtobusnih prevozov trenutno temelji na pogodbah, ki so bile sklenjene na podlagi odprtih, preglednih in nediskriminatornih postopkov oddaje javnega naročila.
According to DPÚK, this meant that the obligations of the operators were clearly set out in the administrative decisions granting licences to operators since Czech legislation is based on a system of ‘public service obligations’ within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 and not ‘public service contracts’ within the meaning of Article 14 of that Regulation.
Češki organi so trdili, da so pogodbe o izvajanju javnih del kljub nekaterim razlikam v uporabljenih izrazih pogodbe o izvajanju javnih del v smislu Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69.
DPÚK contends that the assessment of the public service compensations in the Opening Decision is affected by an incorrect interpretation of the relevant legal framework.
To je jasno iz besedila Zakona o prevozih v cestnem prometu in njegove razlage v raznih sklepih ustreznih organov.
It further contends that the Altmark judgment cannot be applied in this case because that judgment concerned a system based on public service contracts and not public service obligations as in the present case.
Češki organi so pojasnili tudi, da je licenca za izvajanje storitev avtobusnega prevoza dovoljenje, ki prevozniku omogoča, da storitve avtobusnega prevoza zagotavlja na posameznih linijah, ne pomeni pa, da so mu zaupane obveznosti javne službe.
On that basis, DPÚK claimed that the public service obligations and the level of compensation could not be subject to negotiations between the regional authorities and the operators.
Navedene obveznosti so bile prevoznikom zaupane s sklenitvijo pogodb o izvajanju javne službe med zadevnim prevoznikom in zadevnim organom (v tem primeru regijo Ústí).
They could not be subject to competition between operators, as this was impossible in a system based on public service obligations, and the compensation did not represent any contractual price of transport services provided, but was a loss due to the fulfilment of the relevant obligations which resulted from the application of legal provisions, was independent of the will of the operator and the authorities and thus could not be negotiated.
Licenco za določeno linijo je lahko imelo več prevoznikov, nadomestilo za opravljanje javne službe pa je bilo dodeljeno le prevozniku, ki je za navedeno linijo sklenil pogodbo z regionalnimi organi ali za katerega je bila s sklepom organov obveznost uvedena.
DPÚK further claimed that the Ústí Region breached the existing legislation by concluding public service contracts with operators selected on the basis of quasi-tendering procedures.
Licenca tudi ni mogla pomeniti sklepa o uvedbi obveznosti o javni službi v smislu člena 1 Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69, prav tako pa ni zagotovila dodelitve nadomestila za finančno breme zaradi obveznosti, kot je to zahtevano v členu 6 navedene uredbe.
DPÚK contended that such attempts to apply competition principles are in contravention of the system based on public service obligations and thus illegal.
Češki organi so nadalje menili, da so nadomestila, plačana na podlagi pogodb o izvajanju javne službe, izpolnjevala merila iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark, zato Komisija o njih ni bila uradno obveščena.
DPÚK argued that the newly selected operators have been granted licences and received public service compensations illegally, since DPÚK is the holder of the primary licences for the same bus lines.
Češki organi so trdili, da so bile zaradi odprtega, preglednega in nediskriminatornega izbirnega postopka avtobusne storitve v okviru obveznosti javne službe v regiji Ústí zagotovljene po cenah, ki so bile precej ugodnejše kot v preteklosti.
The approach of the Ústí Region authorities was motivated by their unwillingness to pay the incumbent operators the compensations to which they are entitled on the basis of the law and incumbent operators which are not willing to accept lower operational subsidies are bullied and replaced by new operators by means of illegal pseudo-tenders.
Zato so se sredstva regije Ústí učinkoviteje porabljale, kot bi se, če bi regija morala plačati nadomestilo za škodo, ki ga je enostransko zahtevalo podjetje DPÚK.
DPÚK demanded that the situation be rectified and that it be allowed to take over buses and employees from the current illegally selected operators and to return to fulfilling the originally imposed public service obligations which were only due to expire in 2011.
Češki organi so glede trditev podjetja DPÚK v zvezi z poroštvom in povečanjem kapitala, ki ju je podjetju zagotovila občina Ústí nad Labem, pojasnili, da v navedeni občini obstaja trolejbusno omrežje in da so bili navedeni ukrepi uporabljeni za povezavo dveh obstoječih glavnih trolejbusnih omrežij.