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SOWAER is directly responsible for the investments and major repairs.
Neto sedanja vrednost je bila izračunana kot diskontirana vsota finančnih tokov (prihodki minus stroški), združenih za celoto Valonija-SOWAER, ki jih je bilo mogoče za posamezno celoto ukrepov pričakovati ob njeni odobritvi.
These costs are not therefore financed through aid paid to BSCA, which the latter could use for economic activities.
Diskontna stopnja, ki se je uporabila za izračun neto diskontirane vrednosti, je bila določena na podlagi stroška kapitala za subjekt, ki je ukrep odobril, ob njegovi odobritvi.
Lastly, as highlighted by point 37 of the aviation guidelines, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities does not lead to undue discrimination between airports.
Strošek kapitala subjekta so odvisni od njegove strukture financiranja, zlasti v smislu lastnih sredstev in dolgov.
As clarified by Belgium, SOWAER carries out the investments and major repairs without discriminating between the airports for which it is responsible, namely the airports in the Walloon region.
V obravnavni zadevi bistveni del stroškov, povezanih s projektom celote Valonija-SOWAER, izvira iz naložb, ki jih je financirala družba SOWAER.
As highlighted by recital 26 of this decision, the Belgian regions have been given the necessary powers to equip and operate public airports situated within their territory, except for Brussels National Airport.
Iz tega razloga se je Komisija odločila, da bo strošek kapitala subjekta, ki je odobril ukrep, ocenila na podlagi stroška kapitala glede na bilančno strukturo družbe SOWAER, ki je izbrana struktura financiranja celote Valonija-SOWAER, in njenih pogojev za dostop do kapitalskih trgov.
Given this legal framework, the Commission takes the view that the relevant level for assessing the existence of discrimination in terms of the financing of the investments and services provided by SOWAER is the region, and not the Federal State.
Uporaba merila udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu za pogodbi iz leta 2002
As SOWAER carries out the investments and major repairs without discriminating between the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi), the Commission concludes that there is no undue discrimination between the airports.
Valonija-SOWAER se je na podlagi pogodb iz leta 2002 odločila, da bo dala družbi BSCA v zameno za koncesijsko dajatev na voljo zemljišča in infrastrukturo letališča Charleroi, pri čemer se je zavezala, da bo to infrastrukturo razvila v skladu s programom naložb, priloženim pogodbi med družbama SOWAER in BSCA iz leta 2002, ter izvajala večja vzdrževalna dela in popravila, poleg tega bo družbi BSCA izplačevala subvencijo za nekatere storitve, povezane z letališko dejavnostjo.
The financing of the non-economic activities described in recital 365 cannot therefore be qualified as State aid and is consequently excluded from the subsequent analysis.
Obratni hipotetični scenarij bi pomenil, da Valonija-SOWAER ne podpiše pogodb iz leta 2002 in se tako ne zaveže novim večjim naložbam niti ne dodeli subvencije za gasilsko in vzdrževalno službo.
Subsidy paid by the Region for certain services associated with the airport activities
Komisija je predpostavila, da bi v tem obratnem hipotetičnem scenariju letališče tudi brez pomoči verjetno obratovalo še naprej, vendar v precej manjšem obsegu, saj so bile za bistveno povečanje prometa na letališču potrebne naložbe, predvidene s pogodbama iz leta 2002.
As indicated in Section 5.1.1.1(c)(i), Belgium considers that the tasks for which the Region pays a subsidy fall within the public policy remit and do not therefore constitute an economic activity.
Ta obratni hipotetični scenarij bi privedel do rahlo pozitivne neto diskontirane vrednosti, ki je ni mogoče oceniti z nobeno stopnjo zanesljivosti, zlasti ker bi bilo zelo težko oceniti, kakšen bi lahko bil pričakovani promet brez pogodb iz leta 2002 in zneskov koncesijske dajatve, ki jih je družba BSCA dobila od Valonije-SOWAER.
In order to determine whether the subsidy relates to non-economic activities and cannot therefore be qualified as State aid, the same examination as described in Section 6.1.1.1(b) must be made.
Komisija je zato pri svojih izračunih neto diskontirane vrednosti predpostavila, da je neto diskontirana vrednost obratnega hipotetičnega scenarija nična.
Fire protection and security
Če je na podlagi te predpostavke neto diskontirana vrednost pogodb iz leta 2002 negativna, to velja še toliko bolj, če je diskontirana vrednost obratnega hipotetičnega scenarija pozitivna.
As indicated in recital 365, the Commission takes the view that, in the present case, the activities associated with aircraft fire protection and security [137] do not constitute economic activities.
Gre torej za predpostavko, ki je za Valonijo-SOWAER in družbo BSCA ugodna.
Application of point 36 of the aviation guidelines
i.
As highlighted by point 36 of the aviation guidelines, even where an activity is regarded as non-economic, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities is strictly limited to compensating the costs to which they give rise and may not be used for economic activities [138].
Stroški in prihodki, upoštevani pri izračunu neto diskontirane vrednosti ukrepa iz leta 2002
Fire protection
Komisija je za izračun neto diskontirane vrednosti pogodb iz leta 2002 za Valonijo-SOWAER določila stroške in prihodke Valonije-SOWAER, ki jih je bilo mogoče pričakovati zaradi teh pogodb, pri čemer je vključila:
As regards fire protection, the Commission indicates that, under Article 25 of the schedule of conditions annexed to the 1991 Region/BSCA agreement, in order for the Region to fund the fire and maintenance services, BSCA must keep a separate operating account that may at any time be analysed and checked by the concession authority.
za obdobje 2002–2015:
Moreover, under Article 3.2.3 of the Region/BSCA agreement, as amended by Amendment No 3 of 29 March 2002, the costs inherent in the fire and maintenance services are reimbursed in 12 instalments.
predvidljive stroške naložb (glej Preglednico 13) in gospodarskih storitev, ki naj bi jih izvedla družba SOWAER, ter del subvencije, ki jo Valonija izplačuje za nekatere storitve, povezane z letališko dejavnostjo, in ki se izplačuje za gospodarske storitve;
The twelfth instalment is paid after the Minister receives and approves a report, based on BSCA's annual accounts, providing justification for the costs incurred and presented in the same format as required for the provisional budget, i.e. based on the headings defined by Article 25 of the schedule of conditions.
predvidljive prihodke iz koncesijske dajatve, ki družba BSCA plačuje družbi SOWAER;
Lastly, for the period after 10 March 2006, Article 25.7 of the schedule of conditions, introduced by Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006, provides that the amount of the compensation for the fire protection and ground traffic and airport site safety services may not exceed the actual costs incurred by BSCA and that any overcompensation of the costs will result in budgetary compensation through the budget entry for the following year.
za obdobje 2016–2040:
The Commission takes the view that these provisions are sufficient to conclude that, since Amendment No 3 of 2002 to the Region/BSCA agreement, the compensation paid by the Region for the fire protection costs has been proportionate and has not been used to subsidise economic activities.
Ti podatki temeljijo na napovedih, ki sta jih imeli Valonija in družba SOWAER na voljo leta 2002, zlasti glede prometa in stroškov.
Security was added to the activities for which BSCA receives compensation through Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008.
Komisija torej ni upoštevala zvišanj stroškov programa naložb, ki jih ob odločitvi za začetek programa aprila 2002 ni bilo mogoče predvideti (npr. zvišanje cen v gradbeništvu in stroškov, povezanih s težavami s stabilnostjo tal, ki ob pripravi programa naložb niso bile predvidene).
The security tasks are defined as ‘the combination of measures and human and natural resources intended to safeguard civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference’ [139].
Komisija prav tako ni upoštevala vrednosti zemljišč in infrastrukture pri izračunu neto sedanje vrednosti, tako pri izračunu po scenariju sklenitve pogodb iz leta 2002 kot pri izračunu po obratnem hipotetičnem scenariju.
The security services include ‘screening, remote surveillance, security rounds and patrols, access control and issue of visitor badges’ [140].
Izračun neto sedanje vrednosti namreč temelji na pričakovanih prihodnjih denarnih tokovih v letu 2002.
Article 25.7 of the schedule of conditions, as amended by Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008, provides that ‘the amount of the compensation intended to cover the costs incurred in providing the services may not exceed the actual costs incurred by the concession-holder in this context, after deducting any fees collected from users to cover these services.
Nazadnje, niso se upoštevali morebitni kapitalski dobički ali dobički iz dividend, ki jih je družba SOWAER prejela na podlagi udeležbe v kapitalu družbe BSCA.
Any overcompensation of these costs will result in budgetary compensation through the budget entry for the following year’.
Kot je namreč pojasnilo Sodišče [157], je treba „[z]a presojo, ali državni ukrep pomeni državno pomoč, ugotoviti, ali je upravičeno podjetje dobilo gospodarsko prednost, ki je pod običajnimi tržnimi pogoji ne bi pridobilo.
The Commission takes the view that these provisions are sufficient to conclude that the compensation paid for the security costs has been proportionate and has not been used to subsidise economic activities.
V okviru te preučitve mora nacionalno sodišče opredeliti običajno plačilo za zadevne storitve“.
Application of point 37 of the aviation guidelines
Komisija meni, da v obravnavani zadevi dajanje na voljo infrastrukture po ceni, ki je nižja od tržne, pomeni prednost za družbo BSCA, tudi če družba SOWAER upa, da bo svojo izgubo povrnila s povečanjem vrednosti kapitala, ki ga ima v lasti, ali s prejetimi dividendami.
As highlighted by point 37 of the aviation guidelines, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities does not lead to undue discrimination between airports.
Komisija poleg tega opozarja na učinke na konkurenco na podlagi pristopa, pri katerem bi se upoštevali morebitni kapitalski dobički ali dobički iz dividend.
As clarified by Belgium, the non-economic activities of the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi) are funded in a non-discriminatory manner by the Region.
V skrajnem primeru bi ta scenarij pomenil, da lahko javni organ zahteva nično koncesijsko dajatev od letališča, katerega delničar bi bil (če bi se ta organ lahko nadejal dividend in/ali povečanja vrednosti svojih delnic), ne da bi se to štelo za pomoč.
Given this legal framework, the Commission takes the view that the relevant level for assessing the existence of discrimination in terms of the financing of certain non-economic services associated with the airport activities is the region, and not the Federal State.
Tako bi lahko zadevno letališče letalskim prevoznikom ponudilo zelo nizke cene in s tem povzročilo izkrivljanje konkurence zlasti v primerjavi z zasebnimi letališči.
As the non-economic activities of the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi) are funded in a non-discriminatory manner by the Region, the Commission concludes that there is no undue discrimination between the airports.
Čeprav je ta program priložen pogodbi med družbama SOWAER in BSCA z dne 15. aprila 2002, v njem niso opredeljene naložbe, ki jih je bilo treba na dan 15. aprila 2002 še izvesti, temveč naložbe, ki bi morale biti izvedene od 1. januarja 2001 ali jih je še treba izvesti.
The compensation paid for BSCA's activities associated with fire protection and security cannot therefore be qualified as State aid and is consequently excluded from the subsequent analysis.
Komisija je za opredelitev naložb, ki jih je bilo treba na dan 15. aprila 2002 še izvesti, je naložbe, predvidene leta 2001 in leta 2002 [158], prenesla v leto 2002 in od tega seštevka odštela naložbe, ki so bile do 15. aprila 2002 [159] že izvedene.
Maintenance/ground traffic safety
Preglednica 13
In this section, the Commission examines whether the following services may escape the applicable State aid rules due to their non-economic nature:
Stroški naložb, ki jih je bilo treba na dan 15. aprila 2002 še izvesti
the ‘maintenance services’, as defined by Articles 12 and 19 of the schedule of conditions annexed to the Region/BSCA agreement;
(v milijonih EUR)
the ‘ground traffic safety services’, as defined by Article 25 of the schedule of conditions amended by Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006.
2002 + 2003 + 2004
As indicated in recital 71, the maintenance service is defined by Articles 12 and 19 of the schedule of conditions as ‘technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas, vehicle fleet, etc.’ [141], and as ‘maintenance of land, buildings and building facilities, and equipment forming part of the concession or placed at the disposal of the concession, such that they are always fit for their intended purpose’ [142].
Razlastitev (bilanca prve faze)
As indicated in recitals 73 and 74, Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006 amended Article 3.2.2 of the Region/BSCA agreement and Article 25 of the schedule of conditions.
Nakup novih zemljišč
As a result of these amendments, the Region pays compensation to BSCA for the costs of the fire protection and ground traffic and airport site safety services.
Končna bilanca za nova zemljišča
Article 25 of the schedule of conditions, as amended, provides that ‘the ground traffic and airport site safety services include routine maintenance of the airport site, technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance and any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, except for commercial areas of the airport zone’.
Prenova SABCA
The Commission points out that the definition of ‘ground traffic and airport site safety services’, for which BSCA receives compensation from 10 March 2006, substantially overlaps with the definition of ‘maintenance services’, for which BSCA received compensation before 10 March 2006.
Obračun, poravnava in razno
In order to determine whether these services constitute economic services, it will examine these together.
Vmesni seštevek
The Commission takes the view that these services, whether they involve routine maintenance of the airport site, maintenance of buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance or any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, do not fall within the public policy remit.
Prenova tehničnih in upravnih prostorov
These services differ in particular from the security services.
Ograditev letališkega območja
They are inherent in the commercial operation of the airport, which involves ensuring that the airport site, including its runways, is sufficiently well-maintained to enable the landing and take-off of aircraft under satisfactory safety conditions.
Priletne luči in osvetlitev vozne steze
No public policy remit is associated with this type of service.
Popravilo odtočnih jarkov
According to Belgium (see recital 237), when the Commission made its decision on 23 July 2008 on Leipzig/Halle airport, it recognised that operational safety services were non-economic activities [143].
Razširitev polnilnega otoka za kerozin
It is clear from the list of operational safety infrastructures provided by the German authorities that these infrastructures are essential for ground traffic safety, i.e.: uninterruptible power supply for aprons, transformer stations, runway lighting, apron lighting, etc.
Odstranjevanje odpadkov
The Commission disputes that it can be concluded from recitals 182 and 183 of the decision on Leipzig/Halle airport that the Commission has in the past taken the view that tasks comparable to maintenance and traffic safety, as defined in the Region/BSCA agreement, fall within the public policy remit, for the following reasons.
Pokopališče letal
Firstly, the maintenance and traffic safety costs defined in the Region/BSCA agreement are much broader than the operational safety investment costs referred to in the decision on Leipzig/Halle airport.
Sistem za odkrivanje požara v podzemnem parkirišču za vozila potnikov
The latter consist of the uninterruptible power supply for the aprons, transformer station, high voltage cables and runway lighting.
Odvodnjavanje in čiščenje odpadne vode
The maintenance and traffic safety costs defined in the Region/BSCA agreement ‘include routine maintenance of the airport site, technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance and any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, except for commercial areas of the airport zone’.
Elektroenergetska in telekomunikacijska oprema
Secondly, the Commission points out that, contrary to Belgium's argument, the Commission did not conclude that the operational safety tasks referred to in the Leipzig/Halle decision constitute tasks falling within the public policy remit.
Servisni predor
Recital 182 of that decision states that ‘the Commission can conclude that in the present case certain costs fall within the public policy remit’ (emphasis added).
Oskrbovalna pot
In recital 183 of the same decision, the Commission considers that ‘to the extent that they fall within the public policy remit’, the measures may not amount to State aid (emphasis added).
Nasipi na letališkem območju
It indicates that ‘in the present case independently [of] whether the Commission was to accept the approach advanced by the German authorities that none of the costs should be considered as State aid, the final assessment of the measure would not change’ (emphasis added).
Podaljšanje vzletno-pristajalne steze
As a result, in those recitals the Commission neither confirmed nor contradicted Germany's position that certain tasks, including operational safety tasks, fell within the public policy remit, but instead indicated that it did not need to take a position, given that, assuming that the measure did constitute aid, this would be authorised.
Severna vozna steza in odletna pot
Thirdly, the Commission points out that, in the General Court's judgment on the Commission decision on Leipzig/Halle airport, contrary to Belgium's argument, the Court did not confirm this alleged Commission position in paragraph 225 of its judgment.
Parkirišče za letala in polnilna ploščad
Their funding does not therefore escape the applicable State aid rules.
Kontrolni stolp
Flight tracking and recording, provisional flight planning and marshalling
Poslovne zgradbe + skladišča
In this section, the Commission examines whether the following services, the provision of which was entrusted to BSCA and for which BSCA receives compensation under Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008, may escape the applicable State aid rules due to their non-economic nature:
Novi terminal
flight tracking and recording [145] and flight planning [146],
SKUPAJ
marshalling [147].
Komisija je nato obdržala samo tisti del teh naložb, ki je po njenem mnenju povezan z gospodarskimi dejavnostmi.
(402) According to Belgium (see recital 240), flight tracking and recording, provisional flight planning and marshalling services are essential parts of civil aviation safety and therefore fall within the public policy remit, given that they are fundamental components in the safety of an airport.
Tako so bili izključeni:
The Commission takes the view that the services covered by this compensation are activities inseparable from the economic activity of the airport operator BSCA.
ograditev dela letališkega območja, kamor potniki vstopijo po policijskih kontrolah in kjer so med drugim letala (glej pojasnila v uvodni izjavi 365),
These services cannot be included within the security services intended to combat acts of unlawful interference or within any activity falling within the public policy remit.
kontrolni stolp (glej pojasnila v uvodni izjavi 365),
The Commission therefore concludes that flight tracking and recording, flight planning and marshalling constitute economic services.
7 % stroškov naložb, povezanih z novim terminalom (glej pojasnila v uvodni izjavi 366).
As the capital increase, which was covered by the formal investigation procedure, was subscribed by SOWAER to the benefit of BSCA in 2002, i.e. after the ADP judgment [148], it falls under the Commission's control of State aid (see recital 346).
Komisija je prišla do naslednjega načrta naložb:
In order to determine whether a State measure constitutes aid, it is necessary to establish whether the recipient undertaking receives an economic advantage that it would not have obtained under normal market conditions.
Preglednica 14
The presence of an economic advantage can be ruled out where the measures in question constitute economic operations carried out by public bodies or undertakings under normal market conditions [149].
Stroški gospodarskih naložb, ki jih je Komisija upoštevala pri izračunu neto diskontirane vrednosti ukrepa iz leta 2002
In this case it must be determined whether, in similar circumstances, a private operator, having regard to the foreseeability of obtaining a return and leaving aside all social, regional policy and sectoral considerations, would have taken part in the same operations as the entity granting the measure (hereinafter ‘the market economy operator test’).
Gospodarski delež (%)
The presence of an economic advantage can also be ruled out where the measures in question constitute financial compensation granted to the undertakings concerned in order to enable them to operate a service of general economic interest, provided that such compensation satisfies all the conditions set out in the Altmark judgment [150].
Po izračunih Komisije so prvotno predvidene naložbe v gospodarske dejavnosti znašale 89690000 EUR, to je 97 % prvotno predvidenih naložb.
The Commission will now proceed to analyse the measures concerned in turn, in the light of the conditions of the Altmark judgment and the market economy operator test.
Tem naložbam je treba dodati stroške vzdrževanja in stroške za tekoče poslovanje družbe SOWAER, ki jih je mogoče pripisati gospodarskim dejavnostim letališča Charleroi, kot so predvideni s pogodbo med Valonijo in družbo SOWAER [160].
Application of the Altmark judgment conditions
Preglednica 15
It is firstly necessary to examine Belgium's argument, set out in Section 5.1.1.1(c)(ii), according to which the subsidy for certain services associated with the airport activities — assuming that some of these services are economic in nature — allegedly does not constitute an advantage for BSCA under the Altmark judgment [151].
Seštevek stroškov vzdrževanja (A) in stroškov za tekoče poslovanje (B) družbe SOWAER, ki jih je mogoče pripisati gospodarskim dejavnostim letališča Charleroi
As established in Section 6.1.1, the Commission considers that some of the services for which the subsidy is paid are not economic in nature (for example, firefighting and security services) and will exclude from its analysis the part of the subsidy compensating for the costs of those services.
A + B