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The Cypriot authorities considered that overall the ASK would be reduced by 24 % on profitable routes as compared to the 2012 capacity;
Ciprski organi so v zvezi z načrtom prestrukturiranja iz leta 2013 še vedno trdili, da bi kljub tveganjem povečane konkurence in morebitne izgube potnikov zaradi ukinitve ponudbe hrane v ekonomskem razredu družbi omogočil ponovno vzpostavitev uspešnega poslovanja.
b.
Trdili so tudi, da je načrt temeljil na preudarnih predpostavkah glede finančnega položaja družbe, učinkovitosti ohranjenega omrežja, nihanja cen goriva in deviznega tečaja EUR/USD.
Sale of the two LHR slots.
Ciprski organi so opozorili tudi na elemente načrta prestrukturiranja iz leta 2013, ki so se razvijali bolje od predvidevanj, kot je uspešno znižanje stroškov za zemeljsko oskrbo letal na letališču LCA.
Since LHR is a fully coordinated airport, the Cypriot authorities considered that these slots would provide sufficient compensation to potential competitors;
Pojasnili so tudi, da ni bilo neporavnanih dolgov do družbe za zemeljsko oskrbo letal na letališču LCA.
c.
Kar zadeva izravnalne ukrepe, so ciprski organi navedli, da so bile vse proge, za katere je bila predlagana opustitev ali zmanjšanje zmogljivosti, razen ene, dobičkonosne na ravni bruto prispevka v letu 2012, tj. da so krile svoje spremenljive stroške.
Fleet reduction by seven aircraft.
Zagotovili so tudi preglednico razpoložljivega sedežnega kilometra po posamezni progi.
The Cypriot authorities maintained that the participation of the State to the 2012 capital increase was not State aid but nonetheless included measure 1 in their notified restructuring aid.
Kar zadeva pomoč, omejeno na najmanjšo potrebno in lastni prispevek, so zagotovili dodatna sredstva, ki jih je družba Cyprus Airways nameravala prodati, da bi povečala raven lastnega prispevka, tj. ohranila svoje letalo in dva motorja.
They also argued that the 2013 restructuring plan was prudent, it included sufficient compensatory measures, the own contribution of the Company was as high as possible and that it would restore the Company’s profitability in the medium term.
Medtem sta bila slota LHR prodana za skupno ceno, ki je bila višja od predvidene, torej je družba znova povečala predvideni lastni prispevek, in sicer na 41,8 % stroškov prestrukturiranja.
Overall, the Cypriot authorities explained the importance of air transport for the Cypriot economy and repeated the exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances, which should allow Cyprus Airways to receive additional restructuring aid.
Ciprski organi so potrdili, da je podporni sklad del družbe Cyprus Airways, vendar ločen pravni subjekt, in da je prenos premoženja iz Aten pomenil, da ga družba Cyprus Airways ne bi več nadzorovala.
They also added to those circumstances the operation of an ‘illegal’ airport in the occupied northern part of Cyprus, which Turkish airlines are allegedly using to bring tourists from European destinations to Cyprus.
Vztrajali so torej, da je bil prenos premoženja iz Aten na podporni sklad pristni lastni prispevek, ki je znižal stroške prestrukturiranja, ki izhajajo iz kritja njegovega primanjkljaja.
Measure 5: Training aid
Ciprski organi so tudi pojasnili, da bi se pomoč za prestrukturiranje v okviru ukrepa 4 prilagodila realiziranemu lastnemu prispevku, tako da bi vsota dveh zneskov pokrila le stroške prestrukturiranja.
According to the Cypriot authorities during the period 2010-2011 Cyprus Airways received training aid of EUR 269 317,94 under the Scheme for constant training programmes for individual enterprises implemented by the Cypriot authorities pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 (General Block Exemption Regulation, ‘GBER’).
Torej bi višji prihodki z lastnim prispevkom pomenili manjšo pomoč za prestrukturiranje.
Contrary to their argumentation in relation to the notified measures (see e.g. recital 68), in their submissions regarding the training aid scheme and in particular the submission of 14 March 2013, the Cypriot authorities argued that Cyprus Airways was not in difficulty when the training aid in question was granted.
Končni predlagani lastni prispevek je bil torej naslednji:
The Cypriot authorities thus consider that the measure was in line with the national training aid scheme, which is based on the GBER, and thus compatible with the internal market.
Preglednica 5
GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
Posodobljeni lastni prispevek, predlagan po pripombah Cipra
In the decision of 6 March 2013 (recitals 41-46), the Commission reached the preliminary conclusion that Cyprus Airways could be considered a firm in difficulty within the meaning of the Communication of the Commission on Community guidelines on State aid on rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (‘2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines’) since at least 2010.
Realizacija – Ocena
Against that background, the Commission reached the preliminary conclusion that measures 1, 2 and 3 constituted State aid and it expressed doubts as regards their compatibility with the internal market.
sporazum o prenosu, sklenjen marca 2014
The measures did not seem to be in line with the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines, due to the absence of a restructuring plan for the capital increase and the form of aid for the rescue aid, which seemed to include also part of the capital injection.
sporazum o prenosu, sklenjen junija 2014
The Commission also raised doubts as regards the ‘one time, last time’ principle, according to which a company may only receive rescue and/or restructuring aid only once every 10 years.
brez strokovne ocene – predvideno:
It questioned in particular whether the justifications brought forward by the Cypriot authorities would constitute exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances that could allow further restructuring aid.
realizirano na podlagi dokazov, ki so jih predložili ciprski organi: 0,86 milijona EUR
In the decision of 4 February 2014, the Commission reiterated its preliminary conclusion that Cyprus Airways could be considered as a firm in difficulty since 2010.
podprto s strokovno oceno – sporazum o prenosu, sklenjen avgusta 2013
Thus, the Commission reached the preliminary conclusion that measures 4 (which included also measures 1 and 2) and 5 constituted State aid and it expressed doubts as regards their compatibility with the internal market, because the measures did not seem to be in line with the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines (measures 1, 2 and 4) and the GBER (measure 5).
Prodaja enega letala Airbus A320
In particular, the Commission expressed doubts that the restructuring plan was founded on prudent assumptions and would restore the viability of the Company within a reasonable timescale in line with relevant case practice.
brez strokovne ocene – čakanje na prodajo
The Commission also did not consider that the level of own contribution of the Company was sufficient and questioned whether the proposed compensatory measures indeed concerned non-loss making routes.
Prodaja dveh motorjev
Finally, the Commission repeated its doubts as to the circumstances justifying an exception from the ‘one time, last time’ principle.
sprejeto 28. aprila 2014
It noted that Cyprus Airways expanded its domestic flights in Greece between 2011 and 2013 and was thus consciously increasing its exposure to the Greek market.
Ciprski organi so priznali, da je predvideni lastni prispevek v višini 41,8 % nižji od ravni, zahtevane v Smernicah za reševanje in prestrukturiranje iz leta 2004 (50 % stroškov prestrukturiranja za velika podjetja).
The Turkey overflight ban on Cypriot aircraft and the operation of an airport on the occupied territory of the island could also not qualify as exceptional circumstances, as they had been in place for a long time.
Vendar so trdili, da je šlo v primeru družbe Cyprus Airways za posebno težavo, ki bi morala upravičiti nižji lastni prispevek, zlasti zaradi gospodarskega in finančnega položaja države ter turške prepovedi preletov.
In the decision of 4 February 2014 the Commission did not take a position on the State aid qualification of a possible EUR 10 million short term loan, since the conditions were not clear.
Kar zadeva načelo enkratnosti pomoči, so ciprski organi v različnih dopisih ponovili argumente v zvezi z učinkom finančne krize na Grčijo in Ciper, turško prepovedjo preletov za ciprska letala, delovanjem „nezakonitega“ letališča na zasedenem severnem delu Cipra, nestabilnimi političnimi razmerami na Bližnjem vzhodu ter dejstvom, da dodeljevanje pomoči za reševanje in/ali prestrukturiranje ne bi smelo biti zadostna podlaga za nadaljnjo prepoved takšne pomoči istemu upravičencu.
COMMENTS ON THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES
Ciprski organi so trdili, da je bilo širjenje notranjih letov družbe Cyprus Airways v Grčiji v obdobju 2011–2013 dokaz dejstva, da je bilo učinek krize težko predvideti in da se je na nekaterih progah na Bližnjem vzhodu, ki pomenijo „nezanemarljiv“ del prihodkov družbe, precej zmanjšalo število potnikov, kot je na primer 94-odstotno zmanjšanje števila potnikov iz Egipta.
COMMENTS BY CYPRUS
Zadevna opozorila o škodljivem učinku gospodarskih razmer v Evropi in nemirov na Bližnjem vzhodu na družbo Cyprus Airways, ki so bila že vključena v letna poročila družbe za leta 2007, 2008 in 2009, so se po navedbah Komisije v sklepu z dne 6. marca 2013 štela za „splošne izjave“.
Although this decision refers to three separate procedures, the Commission notes that there is an overlap of their scope, to the extent that they refer to the same beneficiary and some measures are the same.
Ciprski organi so opozorili tudi, da je skupno število potnikov na ciprskem trgu v zadnjih letih ostalo razmeroma stabilno, vendar je večina potnikov zdaj iz Izraela in Rusije.
Thus, the Commission considers it opportune to summarise the comments by Cyprus on both formal investigation procedures together.
Turška prepoved preletov je pomenila, da je bila družba Cyprus Airways zaradi daljšega trajanja letenja v slabšem položaju pri delovanju na ruskem trgu.
In its comments in the context of the first formal investigation procedure, the Cypriot authorities confirmed that Cyprus Airways has been a firm in difficulty since 2009.
Zagotovili so tudi dokaze, da se je povprečna cena vozovnic na grških letih (vključno z notranjimi leti) precej znižala, čeprav se število potnikov na grškem trgu od leta 2008 ni bistveno zmanjšalo.
As regards the contribution by the State to the 2012 share capital increase, the Cypriot authorities first insisted that the State acted like a prudent market economy investor, in order to protect the value of its investment and avoid a negative impact on other commercial activities in Cyprus which are related to Cyprus Airways.
Ciprski organi so v zvezi s kratkoročnim posojilom v višini 10 milijonov EUR pojasnili, da so pričakovali prodajo večernega slota LHR za visoko ceno in da zato odobritev posojila ne bi bila nujna.
The lack of participation by other shareholders was attributed to the difficult situation of the Cypriot economy at that time.
PRIPOMBE ZAINTERESIRANIH STRANI
However, the Cypriot authorities accepted to include the participation of the State to the 2012 share capital increase in the notified restructuring aid.
Med obema formalnima postopkoma preiskave so pripombe predložili družba Air France Consulting, trije konkurenti (Ryanair, International Airlines Group in še en konkurent, ki pa svoje identitete ni želel razkriti), sindikati družbe Cyprus Airways in upravičenec.
As regards the rescue aid, the Cypriot authorities claimed that this was the minimum cash required by the Company until a new restructuring plan would be finalised, replacing the turnaround plan.
Družba Air France Consulting, ki je pripravila načrt preobrata, je pojasnila, da je bil v načrtu predviden preobrat v enem letu in popolno finančno okrevanje družbe Cyprus Airways v dveh letih ter da bi lahko bil zahtevani kapital zagotovljen s finančnim prestrukturiranjem in ne z gotovinskim plačilom.
They claimed that the interest rate of 1,66 % was the rate for healthy firms.
Izrazila je tudi svoje prepričanje o verodostojnosti načrta preobrata in trdila, da je načrt temeljil na razvoju dejavnosti letov družbe Cyprus Airways iz Aten na mednarodnih evropskih progah.
They also pointed to the social impact of a bankruptcy of Cyprus Airways, without the rescue aid, and the importance of the Company for the connectivity of the island.
Nadalje je navedla, da bi odločitve, ki jih je družba Cyprus Airways sprejela leta 2013 (zmanjšanje flote na šest letal in odpustitev 490 zaposlenih), finančni položaj družbe samo še skrhale.
As regards the ex gratia compensation, the Cypriot authorities have argued that Cyprus Airways was not obliged to pay any such compensation to redundant personnel.
Trije konkurenti se niso strinjali z argumenti ciprskih organov v zvezi s pomembnostjo družbe Cyprus Airways za infrastrukturo in razvoj Cipra, pri čemer so navedli, da so pripravljeni povečati število prog na Ciper in s Cipra.
Thus, if the State were to provide ex gratia compensation, this would not provide an advantage to Cyprus Airways, because it would not alleviate it from any contractual payment due.
Kar zadeva obstoj pomoči in združljivost, so se konkurenti strinjali s Komisijo, da udeležba države pri povečanju delniškega kapitala družbe ni nekaj, kar bi naredil vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu.
As for the duration of the restructuring period, they pointed to the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines, which require a restructuring period ‘as short as possible’, and quoted cases where the Commission had approved restructuring periods longer than five years.
Konkurenti so tudi podvomili o ponovni vzpostavitvi uspešnega poslovanja družbe ter o učinkovitosti ohranjenega omrežja in flote, pa tudi o tem, ali so bile predpostavke načrta in predvidena dobičkonosnost realistične, zlasti kar zadeva prihranke pri gorivu in dodatne prihodke zaradi povišanja cen vozovnic.
They also explained that the period until December 2012 was essentially ‘lost’, due to a change in the Board of Directors, the preparation and non-implementation of the turnaround plan and the worsening financial situation of the Company, which did not allow the original plan to materialise, that is to say a pari passu capital increase not involving State aid and a rescue aid loan.
Opozorili so tudi na konkurenčna tveganja za dobičkonosne proge poleg prog Tel Aviva in Moskva, ki jih je nameravala družba Cyprus Airways ohraniti.
In relation to the 2013 restructuring plan, the Cypriot authorities maintained their view that it would allow the Company to restore its viability, despite risks of increased competition and potential loss of passengers due to the elimination of catering in the economy class.
Konkurenti so tudi dvomili o resnično izjemnih in nepredvidljivih okoliščinah, ki bi upravičile izjemo od načela enkratnosti pomoči.
They also argued that the plan was based on prudent assumptions about the financial position of the Company, the effectiveness of the maintained network, the fluctuation of fuel prices and the EUR/USD exchange rate.
Tudi konkurent, ki ni želel razkriti svoje identitete, je menil, bi bilo treba dobiček prog, predlaganih za izravnalne ukrepe, izračunati na ravni čistega dobička, tj. vključno s pripisanimi fiksnimi stroški, in to ne le na bruto ravni, tj. le z vključitvijo spremenljivih stroškov.
In addition, they pointed out that the 2013 restructuring plan envisaged medium to long-term revenue initiatives, which were not included in the 2013 restructuring plan calculations, such as possible introduction of direct marketing and selling methods.
Družba Ryanair je podvomila, da bi lahko družba zaradi upora sindikatov dosegla predvideno zmanjšanje števila zaposlenih, in menila, da bi bilo mogoče razlog za morebitno ugotovitev o združljivosti pomoči za prestrukturiranje družbi Cyprus Airways pripisati dejstvu, da družba opušča proge, ki so bile tri leta po potrditvi še vedno nedobičkonosne.
(74) For the loss-making routes, which the 2013 restructuring plan envisaged to maintain, the Cypriot authorities argued that they all had positive gross contribution (that is to say covering at least their variable costs) and that the Company needed to maintain a critical size of its network, in order to attract passengers.
Trdila je tudi, da so zanjo in druge družbe veljali enaki pogoji, kar zadeva nemire na Bližnjem vzhodu in gospodarsko krizo v Grčiji in na Cipru.
In addition, the Cypriot authorities pointed to elements of the 2013 restructuring plan, which had developed better than anticipated, such as the successful reduction in ground handling expenses at LCA.
Prav tako je še trdila, da se je drugim družbam kljub temu uspelo prilagoditi in se razviti v novem okolju, in kot primer navedla svojo rast na grškem in ciprskem trgu v zadnjih letih.
They also clarified that there was no outstanding debt towards the ground handling Company at LCA.
Družba Ryanair je v svojem dopisu z dne 6. junija 2014 opozorila na časopisni članek z dne 19. maja 2014, v katerem je bilo navedeno, da je ciprska vlada zastavila 4 milijone EUR za odpuščeno osebje družbe Cyprus Airways, pri čemer je trdila, da gre le še za eno obliko državne pomoči družbi Cyprus Airways.
As regards the compensatory measures, the Cypriot authorities indicated that all of the routes proposed to be abandoned or to reduce capacity, except for one, were profitable on a gross contribution level in 2012, that is to say covering their variable costs.
Družba Cyprus Airways in njeni sindikati so podpirali argumente ciprskih organov in ponovili svoje prepričanje, da lahko družba uspešno posluje ter ima pomembno vlogo za gospodarstvo in povezljivost Cipra.
They also provided a table with the ASK per route.
PRIPOMBE CIPRA K PRIPOMBAM ZAINTERESIRANIH STRANI
On the issues of aid limited to the minimum and own contribution, they provided additional assets, which Cyprus Airways intended to sell, in order to increase the level of own contribution, namely the remaining own aircraft and two engines.
Ciprski organi so menili, da jim zaradi posodobljenega načrta prestrukturiranja ni treba predložiti pripomb k načrtu preobrata in k pripombam družbe Air France Consulting.
In the meantime, the two LHR slots had been sold for a total price that was higher than anticipated, thus increasing further the envisaged own contribution to 41,8 % of the restructuring costs.
Ponovili so, da ima družba Cyprus Airways pomembno vlogo za gospodarstvo in povezljivost otoka, ter vztrajali pri prepričanju, da so bili nemiri na Bližnjem vzhodu izjemne in nepredvidljive okoliščine, ki so vplivale na družbo Cyprus Airways.
The Cypriot authorities confirmed that the Provident Fund is part of Cyprus Airways but a separate legal entity and that the transfer of the property in Athens meant that Cyprus Airways would no longer have control over it.
Podvomili so, da bi lahko konkurenti glede na sezonsko naravo trga zapolnili vse vrzeli v povezljivosti, do katerih bi prišlo ob morebitnem stečaju družbe Cyprus Airways.
Thus, they insisted that the transfer of the property in Athens to the Provident Fund was a genuine own contribution, which reduced the restructuring costs stemming from the coverage of its deficit.
Kar zadeva združljivost ukrepov s Smernicami za reševanje in prestrukturiranje iz leta 2004, so ciprski organi vztrajali, da je načrt prestrukturiranja iz leta 2013 temeljil na realističnih predpostavkah in ni podcenjeval nobenih negativnih učinkov, ki bi nastali zaradi majhne flote ali težav pri uresničevanju pobud v zvezi s stroški.
In fact, the Cypriot authorities also explained that the restructuring aid under measure 4 would be adjusted to the realised own contribution, so that the sum of the two amounts would cover only the restructuring costs.
Poleg tega so ciprski organi v svojem dopisu z dne 9. septembra 2013 navedli, da odpuščenim zaposlenim niso bila dodeljena nobena prostovoljna plačila.
Thus, higher revenue through the own contribution would mean lower restructuring aid.
Nato so v dopisu z dne 3. avgusta 2014 še pojasnili, da se je vlada zaradi socialno-ekonomskih razlogov odločila, da bo nekdanjim zaposlenim v družbi Cyprus Airways, ki so že dali odpoved ali bili odpuščeni, neposredno izplačala nadomestila.
The final proposed own contribution was thus as follows:
Ta odločitev je bila sprejeta, nadomestila pa izplačana po tem, ko so zaposleni že dali odpoved ali bili odpuščeni, torej pri tem ni šlo za državno pomoč družbi Cyprus Airways.
Table 5
Vse pravne obveznosti družbe Cyprus Airways do teh zaposlenih je v celoti izpolnila družba sama.
Updated suggested own contribution after comments by Cyprus
Ciprski organi so tudi menili, da za odobritev pomoči ne bi smeli veljati nobeni pogoji.
Transfer agreement concluded in March 2014
V tem sklepu se bo ocenjevalo, ali ukrepi, ki so predmet preiskave, pomenijo državno pomoč za družbo Cyprus Airways v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe in ali bi lahko bila taka pomoč združljiva z notranjim trgom.
Transfer agreement concluded in June 2014
Komisija ugotavlja, da pomoč, zagotovljena v okviru ukrepa 4, ki je bil oktobra 2013 priglašen skupaj z načrtom prestrukturiranja iz leta 2013, že vključuje pomoč, zagotovljeno v okviru ukrepa 1 (ta je bila izplačana v obliki predplačila v obdobju od septembra do decembra 2012) in ukrepa 2 (pomoč za reševanje, ki je bila priglašena decembra 2012 in delno izplačana v obdobju od januarja do julija 2013).
No expert evaluation — estimated:
Oba ukrepa sta bila izvedena za zagotovitev kratkoročnega preživetja družbe do dokončanja priprave obsežnega načrta prestrukturiranja.
Realised based on evidence provided by the Cypriot authorities: EUR 0,86 million
Ker načrt preobrata iz leta 2012 ni bil izveden, Komisija oba ukrepa šteje za del načrta prestrukturiranja iz leta 2013 in bo zato ukrepa 1 in 2 ocenila le, če pomenita državno pomoč, in sicer v okviru ukrepa 4, tj. kot en splošni ukrep pomoči za prestrukturiranje.
Backed by expert evaluation — Transfer agreement concluded in August 2013
OBSTOJ DRŽAVNE POMOČI
Sale of one Airbus A320
Člen 107(1) Pogodbe določa, da 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.
No expert evaluation — sale pending
Ukrepi 1, 2 in 4
Sale of two engines
Komisija je v sklepu z dne 6. marca 2013 predhodno ugotovila, da ukrep 1, tj. udeležba države pri povečanju delniškega kapitala družbe Cyprus Airways leta 2012, pomeni državno pomoč.
Concluded on 28 April 2014
Ukrep je vključeval državna sredstva in se lahko pripiše državi.
The Cypriot authorities acknowledged that the envisaged own contribution of 41,8 % is less than the level required by the 2004 Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines (50 % of the restructuring costs for large firms).
Po prepričanju Komisije je ukrep družbi Cyprus Airways zagotavljal selektivno prednost, saj je Komisija menila, da zasebni vlagatelj družbi ne bi zagotovil kapitala pod takšnimi pogoji, tj. v tako hudih težavah, kot jih je imela družba Cyprus Airways, ter da na dan dodelitve ni bilo obetov za uspešno poslovanje in drugih možnosti za posojilo delničarjev, vključno z ustreznimi jamstvi.
However, they argued that the case of Cyprus Airways was one of particular hardship, which should justify a lower own contribution, in particular due to the economic and financial situation of the country and the Turkey overflight ban.
Poleg tega skoraj nihče od obstoječih zasebnih delničarjev družbe Cyprus Airways ni sodeloval pri povečanju kapitala, saj je bilo od zasebnih delničarjev zbranih le 106 000 EUR (v primerjavi s prvotno pričakovanim 13,67 milijona EUR).
They also pointed to the significant reduction of capacity.
Državne delnice so se tako v družbi Cyprus Airways z 69 % povečale na 93,67 %.