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An email from a Ryanair representative to a VTAN representative dated 29 November 2010 indicates in particular: ‘Yes the … frequencies will be there for … and in return you will give us the …’.
V skladu s študijo z dne 31. januarja 2014 je zmogljivost ustvarjanja trajnih koristi odvisna od številnih dejavnikov, „[…] vključno z boljšim ugledom in močnejšo znamko, skupaj z zunanjimi učinki omrežja in potniki, ki se vračajo“, vendar ti niso podrobneje pojasnjeni.
This email illustrates the close link between Ryanair and AMS, by showing that Ryanair was negotiating conditions with VTAN that concerned both the airport services and the marketing services provided and billed by AMS.
Poleg tega se pri tej metodi upošteva diskontna stopnja, ki izraža kapitalske stroške.
Once again, the existence of a close link between the amendment and certain routes operated by Ryanair (in this case, Nîmes-Liverpool) cannot be disputed.
V študiji je predlagan 30-odstotni koeficient verjetnosti, ki naj bi bil preudaren.
The same is true for the amendment of 1 August 2007, which, according to France, ‘was a condition for the Ryanair service to Charleroi to be maintained for the 2007-2008 winter season’.
Vendar v tej zelo teoretični študiji niso predloženi nobeni resni kvantitativni ali kvalitativni dokazi za ta koeficient.
These elements of the various marketing services agreements show that the marketing services stipulated in these agreements are, in terms of both their duration and their nature, closely linked to the air transport services offered by Ryanair, as defined in the marketing services agreements and covered by the corresponding airport services agreements.
Študija ne temelji na nobenem dejstvu, povezanem z dejavnostmi družbe Ryanair, trgom zračnih prevozov ali letališkimi storitvami, ki bi utemeljilo to 30-odstotno stopnjo.
The marketing services agreements even indicate that they are rooted in Ryanair’s commitment to operate the transport services in question.
Vzpostavljena ni nobena povezava med to stopnjo in dejavniki, ki so omenjeni le mimogrede (ugled, močna znamka, zunanji učinki omrežja in potniki, ki se vračajo) ter ki naj bi koristi pogodbe o letaliških storitvah in pogodbe o tržnih storitvah razširili na obdobje po njunem izteku.
Far from being designed to generally and equally increase travel to Nîmes and its region by tourists and business travellers, the marketing services specifically target those persons likely to use the Ryanair transport services covered by the marketing services agreements, and therefore have the primary objective of promoting those services.
Nazadnje, pri analizi obsega, v katerem bi lahko tržne storitve vplivale na navedene dejavnike, nikakor ne temelji na posebni vsebini teh storitev iz več pogodb z družbo AMS.
The marketing services agreements are therefore indissociable from the airport services agreements signed at the same time and from the air transport services that form their purpose.
Poleg tega ne dokazuje, da obstaja verjetnost, da se bodo po izteku pogodbe o letaliških storitvah in pogodbe o tržnih storitvah dobički upravljavca letališča, ustvarjeni s tema pogodbama v zadnjem letu njunega izvajanja, nadaljevali tudi v prihodnosti.
The facts presented in the above recitals also indicate that, in the absence of the air routes in question (and therefore the associated airport services agreements), the marketing services agreements would not have been signed.
Podobno ne zagotavlja nobenih dokazov, da je stopnja rasti trga zračnih prevozov v Evropi uporaben kazalnik za merjenje učinka pogodbe o letaliških storitvah in pogodbe o tržnih storitvah za posamezno letališče.
As stated in recital 321, the marketing services agreements explicitly indicate that they are rooted in Ryanair’s commitment to operate certain air routes.
Zato je zelo malo verjetno, da bi preudaren udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu pri oceni interesa za sklenitev pogodbe upošteval „končno vrednost“, izračunano po metodi, ki jo je predlagala družba Ryanair.
They also provide for marketing services that are essentially intended to promote those routes.
Iz študije z dne 31. januarja 2014 je torej razvidno, da bi bili rezultati pri metodi na podlagi denarnega toka tako kot pri metodi na podlagi kapitalizacije zelo nenatančni in nezanesljivi.
In this respect, the Operators’ argument that these two types of agreement should be analysed separately because they ‘have very different objects and the conditions of one do not in any way depend on the conditions of the other’ is without merit.
Poleg tega niti Francija niti zainteresirane tretje strani niso predložile dokazov, da so regionalni upravljavci letališč, primerljivi z upravljavcem letališča Nîmes, uspešno uporabili metodo, ki jo je družba Ryanair predlagala v tej študiji, ali katero koli drugo metodo, ki bi upoštevala in količinsko opredelila koristi, nastale po izteku pogodb o letaliških storitvah in pogodb o tržnih storitvah.
It is in fact clear from the above that the marketing services agreements form an integral part, together with the airport services agreements, of the commercial relations between Ryanair and the Operators with regard to the operation of those air routes covered by these two types of agreement.
Francija ni predložila pripomb k študijam z dne 17. in 31. januarja 2014, torej ni potrdila v njih navedenih ugotovitev.
Furthermore, it seems that, before signing the marketing services agreements in question, the Operators did not organise an invitation to tender nor did they consult various potential providers in order to compare their offers.
Poleg tega, kot je navedeno zgoraj, so tržne storitve, obravnavane v formalnem postopku preiskave, očitno usmerjene na ljudi, ki bodo verjetno potovali na rutah, zajetih v pogodbah o tržnih storitvah.
More generally, they did not consider any providers other than AMS for the services in question.
Če se opravljanje letov na teh rutah po izteku pogodbe o letaliških storitvah ne podaljša, ni verjetno, da bodo lahko tržne storitve še naprej pozitivno vplivale na pogostost letov na letališču tudi po datumu izteka.
This confirms the existence of the close link of dependency between the marketing services agreements and the air routes operated by Ryanair from Nîmes airport.
Upravljavec letališča zelo težko oceni, kakšna je verjetnost, da bo letalski prevoznik še naprej zagotavljal obratovanje na ruti po koncu obdobja, za katero se je zavezal v pogodbi o letaliških storitvah.
If the marketing services agreements had been truly independent of the airport services agreements, the Operators would in all likelihood have consulted other providers in addition to AMS.
Zlasti nizkocenovni letalski prevozniki so se glede na pogosto zelo hitro spreminjajoče se tržne razmere izkazali za zelo dinamične v smislu uvajanja in ukinjanja rut.
In conclusion, given all the above, each marketing services agreement and the corresponding airport services agreement should be analysed as a single measure in order to determine whether this agreement constitutes State aid.
Zato se preudaren udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu pri sklepanju transakcij, kakršne so obravnavane v tem formalnem postopku preiskave, ne bi mogel zanašati na pripravljenost letalskega prevoznika, da po izteku pogodbe podaljša opravljanje letov na zadevni ruti.
Method of applying the MEO test to the Operators in order to assess the marketing services agreements
Poleg tega in zaradi celovitosti je treba opozoriti, da je končna vrednost, izračunana v skladu z metodologijo, ki jo je družba Ryanair predlagala v študiji z dne 31. januarja 2014, pozitivna (torej ima pozitiven učinek na ocenjeno donosnost pogodbe o letaliških storitvah in pogodbe o tržnih storitvah) le, če je dodatni dobiček, ki naj bi se ustvaril na podlagi takih pogodb v zadnjem letu veljavnosti pogodbe o letaliških storitvah, pozitiven.
In order to apply the MEO test to the marketing services agreements, the hypothetical MEO to be used for analysing the conduct of the Operators must be identified.
Metodologija namreč temelji na pričakovanem dodatnem dobičku za zadnje leto veljavnosti pogodbe o letaliških storitvah in prenosu tega dobička v prihodnost z uporabo dveh dejavnikov.
One approach would be to consider that the Operators signed the marketing services agreements as airport operators, and therefore to compare their conduct with that of a hypothetical airport operator motivated by the prospect of profits.
Prvi dejavnik je skupna rast evropskega trga zračnih prevozov in izraža pričakovano rast prometa.
This second approach would be based in the fact that the CCI is invested by law with such an economic development task, whilst, according to France, VTAN was entrusted with this task by the SMAN through the CDSP.
Zato bo v primeru negativnega prihodnjega dodatnega dobička, ki se pričakuje za zadnje leto izvajanja pogodbe o letaliških storitvah, negativna (ali največ enaka nič) tudi končna vrednost, kar kaže, da sklenitev pogodb, podobnih pogodbam, ki so se pravkar iztekle, prav tako vsako leto zmanjša donosnost letališča.
As indicated above, according to France and the Operators, the CDSP entrusted VTAN with the task of the ‘economic and tourism development of the area’.
V študiji z dne 31. januarja 2014 je ta primer preučen zelo na kratko, pri čemer je omejen na navedbo v opombi ter ne vsebuje pripomb ali pojasnil: „[…] končne vrednosti ni mogoče izračunati, če je v zadnjem letu zadevnega obdobja dodatni dobiček minus plačila družbi, ki se mu odštejejo plačila družbi AMS“.
In the context of this second approach, according to the case-law, it would need to be verified, firstly, that the services in question met the ‘actual needs’ of the public purchaser and, secondly, that they were purchased at a price equal to or below a ‘market price’, i.e. that an MEO motivated by the prospect of profits and needing equivalent services (without necessarily being an airport operator) would have been prepared to accept similar conditions to those accepted by the Operators.
Vendar, kot bo dokazano v nadaljevanju, vse pogodbe v obravnavanem primeru vključujejo ocenjene dodatne tokove, ki imajo vsako leto negativno neto sedanjo vrednost in ne samo skupno.
The comments of certain interested third parties tend to favour the second approach, at least implicitly.
Zato bi bila „končna vrednost“, izračunana po metodi, ki jo je predlagala družba Ryanair, za te pogodbe enaka nič ali celo negativna.
In particular, notably in its study of 20 December 2013, Ryanair has provided information intended to show that the price of the AMS marketing services did not exceed what may be regarded as a market price for such services.
Upoštevanje te končne vrednosti torej ne bi omajalo ugotovitve, da te različne pogodbe vključujejo gospodarsko prednost.
Further to this argument, it has noted that airport operators cannot be distinguished from other types of AMS customer.
Iz navedenega je jasno, da je edina korist, ki bi jo preudaren udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu pričakoval na podlagi pogodbe o tržnih storitvah in bi jo količinsko upošteval pri odločanju, ali naj sklene tako pogodbo, skupaj s pogodbo o letaliških storitvah, ta, da bi tržne storitve v času obratovanja rut, kot je določeno v zadevnih pogodbah, pozitivno vplivale na število potnikov, ki bi potovali na teh rutah, zajetih v navedenih pogodbah.
As regards the period after 31 December 2006, the Operators have provided information along the same lines, in particular: ‘it should be recalled that, during the VTAN operating period, all or part of the AMS expenditure was actually incurred within the context of VTAN’s public service mission to promote the area and its economic and tourism development’.
Vse druge morebitne koristi bi se štele za preveč negotove, da bi se lahko upoštevale in količinsko opredelile, in dejansko nič ne kaže, da so jih upravljavci upoštevali.
The Commission considers that, out of the two approaches indicated in the above recitals, the second one must be rejected because it inherently ignores the indissociable nature of the airport services agreements and corresponding marketing services agreements, as found previously.
Upoštevnost primerjave pogojev pogodb o letaliških storitvah, zajetih v formalnem postopku preiskave, z letališkimi pristojbinami, ki se zaračunavajo na drugih letališčih
This approach would essentially mean considering that the Operators signed the marketing services agreements without any regard to the air routes offered by Ryanair from the airport that they operated, and that they would have signed these agreements even in the absence of the air routes in question and the corresponding airport services agreements.
V skladu z novimi smernicami se glede uporabe načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu obstoj pomoči letalskemu prevozniku, ki uporablja posamezno letališče, načeloma lahko izključi, če cena letaliških storitev ustreza „tržni ceni“ ali če je s predhodno analizo, ki temelji na informacijah, na voljo ob dodelitvi pomoči, in na predvidljivih razvojnih trendih, mogoče dokazati, da bo dogovor med letališčem in letalskim prevoznikom dodatno pozitivno prispeval k dobičku za letališče in da je del splošne strategije za vsaj dolgoročno donosnost letališča.
For the reasons detailed above, such an assumption is highly unlikely.
Poleg tega bo Komisija v skladu z novimi smernicami „pri ocenjevanju pogodb med letališči in letalskimi prevozniki upoštevala tudi, v kakšnem obsegu je mogoče ocenjevane pogodbe šteti za del izvajanja splošne strategije letališča, ki pričakovano vsaj dolgoročno omogoča donosnost“.
Moreover, even if this second approach were used, it would not lead to the conclusion that the marketing services agreements did not confer an economic advantage on Ryanair and AMS.
Vendar Komisija glede prvega pristopa (primerjava s „tržno ceno“) resno dvomi, da je mogoče v tem trenutku opredeliti ustrezno referenčno merilo za določitev dejanske tržne cene za storitve, ki jih ponujajo letališča, in meni, da je najustreznejše merilo za oceno dogovorov, ki jih letališča sklenejo s posameznimi letalskimi prevozniki, predhodna analiza dodatne donosnosti.
As noted in recital 333, in order for purchases made by a public entity not to confer an economic advantage on the seller, it is not enough for them to have been made at a price equal to or below ‘market price’.
Komisija meni, da je v zvezi s to analizo treba opozoriti, da so bile Francija in zainteresirane strani po sprejetju novih smernic pozvane, naj predložijo pripombe k uporabi navedenih smernic v obravnavanem primeru.
They must also meet an ‘actual need’ of the public purchaser.
V obravnavanem primeru niti Francija niti zainteresirane strani niso vsebinsko nasprotovale pristopu Komisije, v skladu s katerim je, ker ni mogoče določiti ustreznega referenčnega merila za določanje dejanske tržne cene za storitve, ki jih letališča zagotavljajo letalskim prevoznikom, najpomembnejše merilo za oceno dogovorov med dvema strankama predhodna analiza njihove dodatne donosnosti.
It cannot be categorically ruled out that, in performing its economic development task for Nîmes and its region, an entity such as the CCI or VTAN may feel the need to resort to commercial providers in order to promote the area.
V zvezi s tem je treba omeniti, da je lahko uporaba načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu na podlagi povprečne cene, ugotovljene na drugih podobnih trgih, na splošno koristna, če je mogoče tržno ceno razumno opredeliti ali pridobiti na podlagi drugih tržnih kazalnikov.
However, in the present case, this promotion targets the commercial activities of two clearly defined undertakings, namely Ryanair and the Nîmes airport operator.
Vendar ta metoda ne more biti enako upoštevna v primeru letaliških storitev.
A public entity cannot consider that marketing services mainly promoting the activities of one or more clearly defined undertakings form part of this entity’s specific task of promoting local economic development.
Razlog za to je, da se struktura stroškov in prihodkov med letališči zelo razlikuje.
It is logical for such an entity to start from the assumption that local undertakings must carry out or finance their own marketing operations, and that its own actions are limited to the general promotion of the area and local economic fabric, without targeting specific undertakings.
Stroški in prihodki so namreč odvisni od stopnje razvoja letališča, števila letalskih prevoznikov, ki uporabljajo letališče, njegove zmogljivosti glede potniškega prometa, stanja infrastrukture in povezanih naložb, regulativnega okvira, ki se lahko med državami članicami razlikuje, ter morebitnih dolgov in obveznosti, ki jih je letališče prevzelo v preteklosti.
Any other approach would mean considering that an entity responsible for local economic development could, without such measures constituting State aid, purchase marketing services that mainly promote the products or services of certain locally established undertakings, on the grounds that these services encourage local economic development and that they are purchased at ‘market price’.
Poleg tega liberalizacija trga zračnih prevozov oteži vsako analizo, ki je le primerjalna.
Such an approach would circumvent Article 107(1) TFEU.
Kot je razvidno v obravnavanem primeru, poslovne prakse med letališči in letalskimi prevozniki ne temeljijo na seznamu javnih cen za posamezne storitve.
As a result, it seems that the marketing services purchased by the Operators from AMS/Ryanair cannot be regarded as meeting an ‘actual need’ of the Operators as entities invested with a local economic development task.
Ta poslovna razmerja so namreč zelo različna.
This conclusion is confirmed by certain information provided by France, according to which, in particular, ‘it is clearly not common practice for CCIs that do not operate an airport to purchase marketing services from airlines’.
Vključujejo delitev tveganja glede pogostosti letov ter morebitnih komercialnih in finančnih odgovornosti, običajne sheme spodbud in spreminjanje razpršenosti tveganj med trajanjem pogodb.
This statement also tends to confirm that, with regard to the agreements signed before 2007, the marketing services in question were actually purchased by the CCI in its capacity as Nîmes airport operator, and not as an entity responsible for a local economic development task.
Zato navedenih transakcij ni mogoče dejansko med seboj primerjati na podlagi cene na povratni let ali cene na potnika.
Consequently, applying the second approach envisaged in recital 332 would lead to the conclusion that the marketing services agreements confer an economic advantage on the undertakings having provided these services and on the airlines having directly benefited from the marketing services.
Družba Ryanair meni, da se lahko uporabi načelo udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, pri katerem se za referenčno merilo uporabijo nekatera evropska letališča.
As a result, based on this approach, the marketing services agreements signed with AMS would constitute aid to AMS as the provider of the marketing services and aid to Ryanair as the direct and main beneficiary of these services.
Zato meni, da je letališče Nîmes zamenljivo z nekaterimi evropskimi letališči zaradi njihovih podobnosti, predložila pa je tudi študijo, v kateri so bile primerjane letališke pristojbine, ki jih je družba Ryanair plačala letališču Nîmes, in letališke pristojbine, plačane letališčem, ki naj bi bila primerljiva in na podlagi katere sklepa, da pristojbine, plačane letališču Nîmes, niso bistveno nižje.
Furthermore, when an entity makes purchases in the performance of its general interest tasks, it is normally expected to minimise its expenditure by organising an invitation to tender, or at the very least by consulting several providers and comparing their offers.
Vendar Komisija meni, da metodologija, ki jo je uporabila družba Ryanair, ni učinkovita, saj je omejena na storitve in plačila na podlagi pogodb o letaliških storitvah, ne da bi bile upoštevane pogodbe o tržnih storitvah.
This is particularly the case with highly individual goods or services for which there are no clear market price benchmarks, which is plainly the case with marketing services.
Navedeni vrsti pogodb sta, kot je bilo dokazano zgoraj, torej neločljivo povezani in ju je treba pri uporabi načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu obravnavati skupaj.
However, it seems that the Operators did not consider any providers other than AMS for the marketing services in question.
V skladu s tem meni, da ne more sprejeti ugotovitev iz primerjalne analize, ki jo je predložila družba Ryanair.
This finding confirms that the second approach is unsuitable.
Poleg tega družba Ryanair ni pokazala, kako so letališča iz študije zadostno primerljiva glede obsega in vrste pometa, vrste in ravni letaliških storitev, oddaljenosti med letališčem in velikim mestom, števila prebivalcev v ciljnem območju letališča, blaginje okoliškega območja in obstoja drugih geografskih območij, ki bi lahko privabila potnike.
Furthermore, France has indicated that the French CCIs conduct ‘specific actions to promote tourism through their participation in various regional and departmental structures in this area, particularly through the regional and departmental tourism committees’.
Niti Francija niti katera od zainteresiranih strani ni navedla primerljivih letališč kot dokaz, da bi bila z vidika teh različnih meril ustrezno primerljiva z letališčem Nîmes.
However, the marketing services agreements signed by the CCI, which particularly aimed, according to the Operators, to promote the tourism and business attractions of Nîmes and its region, were signed directly by the CCI, without any intervention by local structures responsible for tourism promotion.
Ob upoštevanju navedenega Komisija meni, da je treba v obravnavanem primeru uporabiti pristop, ki ga nove smernice na splošno priporočajo za uporabo načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu v zvezi z razmerji med letališči in letalskimi prevozniki, in sicer predhodno analizo dodatne donosnosti.
This is an additional factor that tends to confirm that the CCI signed the marketing services agreements prior to 31 December 2006 as the airport operator.
Ta pristop je utemeljen z dejstvom, da ima lahko upravljavec letališča objektiven interes za sklenitev transakcije z letalskim prevoznikom, če lahko razumno pričakuje, da bo ta transakcija povečala njegove dobičke (ali zmanjšala njegove izgube) v primerjavi z nasprotnim položajem, v katerem se transakcija ne bi sklenila, ne glede na kakršno koli primerjavo s pogoji, ki jih letalskim prevoznikom ponujajo drugi upravljavci letališč, ali celo s pogoji, ki jih isti upravljavec letališča ponuja drugim letalskim prevoznikom.
This conclusion is further unequivocally confirmed by the Operators in the following passage of their comments: ‘in this case, the decisions under analysis were taken by the CCI in its capacity as operator of Nîmes airport and set out the conditions of the commercial relations with the airlines’.
Komisija je glede te zadnje trditve v novih smernicah poudarila, „da je razlikovanje cen standardna poslovna praksa, če je to v skladu z vsem ustreznim konkurenčnim pravom in sektorsko zakonodajo.
In order to apply the MEO test, the conduct of the CCI and VTAN respectively should therefore be compared to a hypothetical MEO, motivated by the prospect of profits and operating Nîmes airport in their place.
Kljub temu mora biti taka praksa komercialno upravičena, da bo v skladu z načelom udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu“ (opombe izpuščene).
Benefits that an MEO could have expected from the marketing services agreements and price that it would have been willing to pay for those services
Poleg tega je treba opozoriti, da so Francija in upravljavci trdili, da je bilo letališče Nîmes prvo regionalno letališče, ki ga je upravljala družba Veolia Transport.