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According to Article 15(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 concerning the organisation of and participation in forums to share knowledge between businesses, competitions, exhibitions and fairs, aid could be granted for the following eligible costs: participation fees, travel costs, costs of publications, the rent of exhibition premises, or symbolic prizes awarded in the framework of competitions, up to a value of EUR 250 per prize and winner.
Komisija želi poudariti, da v skladu s sodno prakso „nobena določba prava Skupnosti od Komisije ne zahteva, da pri odreditvi vračila pomoči, razglašene za nezdružljivo s skupnim trgom, določi natančen znesek pomoči, ki jo je treba vrniti.
Article 15(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 allowed aid for the costs connected to the vulgarisation of scientific knowledge and factual information on quality systems open to products from other countries (without any reference to individual companies, brands or origin).
Za odločbo Komisije zadostuje, da vključuje informacije, ki prejemniku omogočajo, da brez večjih težav sam izračuna ta znesek“ [115].
Article 15(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 allowed aid for the costs of publications such as catalogues or websites presenting factual information about producers from a given region or producers of a given product, provided the information and presentation remained neutral and that all producers concerned had equal opportunities to be represented in the publication.
Komisija ob upoštevanju narave nekaterih zadevnih ukrepov (tj. ukrepov, ki se nanašajo na neposredno pomoč velikemu številu upravičencev) v tem sklepu ne more določiti natančnega zneska pomoči na upravičenca za posamezni ukrep, za katerega se zahteva vračilo.
Article 15(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 allowed technical support aid to be granted at a rate of up to 100 % of costs where the following conditions were met: the aid had to be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and could not involve direct payments of money to producers; the aid had to be accessible to all those eligible in the area concerned, based on objectively defined conditions; where technical support was provided by producer groups or other organisations, membership of such groups or organisations could not be a condition for access to the service.
Komisija želi zato poudariti, da so zneski, ki so jih med obdobjem preiskave sporočili avstrijski organi (glej uvodne izjave 43 do 45), izhodišče za izračun pomoči, ki jo morajo vrniti zadevni upravičenci.
Any contribution by non-members towards the administrative costs of the group or organisation concerned had to be limited to the costs of providing the service.
V sklepu so bili opredeljeni kategorije nezdružljive pomoči in zadevna obdobja.
Undertakings active in processing and marketing
Zato Komisija meni, da morajo avstrijski organi v okviru postopka vračila zagotoviti razumno metodo za izračun pomoči na upravičenca in jo sporočiti Komisiji v duhu poštenega sodelovanja s Komisijo –
Pursuant to point 105 of the 2007-2013 Guidelines, the Commission could declare State aid for the provision of technical support to companies active in the processing and marketing of agricultural products compatible with the common market pursuant to Article 87(3)(c) EC (now: Article 107(3)(c) TFEU) if it fulfilled all the conditions of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.
SPREJELA NASLEDNJI SKLEP:
Article 43 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 which replaced Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 stated that any references to Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 should be construed as references to Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 [100].
Člen 1
Regarding the conditions of Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 and Article 5(a) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 a reference is made to recital 315 above.
Državna pomoč, ki jo je Avstrija izvedla za naslednje ukrepe in v naslednjih obdobjih, je združljiva z notranjim trgom v smislu člena 107(3)(c) Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije:
Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 and Article 5(b) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 stated that, as regards aid for the participation in fairs and exhibitions, the aid intensity could not exceed 50 % of the eligible costs and that ‘eligible costs’ meant the costs incurred for renting, setting up and running the stand for the first participation by an enterprise in any particular fair or exhibition.
pomoč za splošno oglaševanje v obdobju od 1. januarja 2000 do 31. decembra 2001,
ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT (PRIMARY PRODUCERS AND PROCESSING AND MARKETING)
pomoč za oglaševanje v obdobju od 1. januarja 2002 do 31. decembra 2006,
The Commission is of the view that on substance the rules applicable as of 1 January 2007 on technical support for primary agricultural producers were almost identical with the conditions set in the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
pomoč za oglaševalske kampanje/v obliki oglaševalskih kampanj zunaj Avstrije in splošno oglaševanje v Avstriji v obdobju od 1. januarja 2002 do 1. januarja 2004,
The eligible costs listed in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are in substance identical with the costs enumerated in point 14 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines [101].
pomoč za oglaševanje kakovostnih proizvodov v obdobju od 1. januarja 2007 do 31. decembra 2008,
The conditions set out in Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 are identical with the provision of point 14.2 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
pomoč za promocijske ukrepe/v obliki promocijskih ukrepov v širšem smislu in za ukrepe/v obliki ukrepov za tehnično podporo v obdobju od 1. januarja 1995 do 31. decembra 1999,
However, as opposed to the 2000-2006 Guidelines, the 2007-2013 Guidelines stated that the aid had to be provided in kind by means of subsidised services.
pomoč v obliki tehnične pomoči, storitev svetovanja in nadzornih ukrepov, ki se nanašajo na kakovostne proizvode v obdobju od 1. januarja 1995 do 31. decembra 1999,
On this point the Austrian authorities pointed out that, even in the period before 2007 the technical support was in the form of subsidised services.
pomoč za kakovostne proizvode v obdobju od 1. januarja 2000 do 31. decembra 2006,
Reference is made to the compatibility assessment of section 8.7 above.
pomoč v obliki tehnične podpore v obdobju od 1. januarja 2000 do 31. decembra 2006,
Therefore, the Commission considers that this aid was compatible with the common market.
pomoč v obliki tehnične podpore za splošne proizvode v obdobju od 1. januarja 2000 do 31. decembra 2004,
As regards the technical support for undertakings active in processing and marketing, the 2007-2013 Guidelines have introduced substantive changes as compared to the previous rules; therefore, a separate assessment is necessary for this category.
pomoč v obliki tehnične podpore za primarne proizvajalce v obdobju od 1. januarja 2007 do 31. decembra 2008.
From the information available at the stage of the opening decision, it was unclear whether in 2007 the Austrian authorities brought the technical support measures under examination in line with the above conditions of the Guidelines.
Člen 2
The Austrian authorities were therefore invited to submit additional information in order to prove that in the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 the measures complied with the new rules.
Naslednje sheme državne pomoči, ki jih je Avstrija nezakonito izvajala, s čimer je kršila člen 108(3) Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije, niso združljive z notranjim trgom v naslednjih obdobjih:
In particular, the Commission drew the attention of the Austrian authorities to the following substantive modifications:
pomoč za znak kakovosti v obdobju od 1. januarja 1995 do 31. decembra 1999,
the differentiation between primary production and processing and marketing of agricultural products,
pomoč za kakovostne proizvode v obdobju od 1. januarja 2007 do 31. decembra 2008,
In their submission of 14 September 2012 the Austrian authorities argued that the obligation to adapt to the new State aid rules applied as from 1 January 2008 and not from 1 January 2007, as noted by the Commission (see also recitals 172-175).
Člen 3
In the request for information of 19 February 2014, the Commission again invited Austria to provide the necessary information on this point.
Posamezna pomoč, dodeljena na podlagi sheme iz člena 2, ne pomeni pomoči, če je ob dodelitvi izpolnjevala pogoje iz uredbe, sprejete v skladu s členom 2 Uredbe Sveta (ES) št. 994/98 [116], ki se je uporabljala ob dodelitvi pomoči.Člen 4
In their reply of 30 April 2014, the Austrian authorities maintained the view expressed in their submission of 2012 and provided no further information for the compatibility assessment.
Individualna pomoč, ki je dodeljena na podlagi sheme iz člena 2 in je ob dodelitvi izpolnjevala pogoje iz uredbe, sprejete v skladu s členom 1 Uredbe (ES) št. 994/98, ali katere koli druge odobrene sheme, je združljiva z notranjim trgom do največje stopnje intenzivnosti pomoči, ki se uporablja za to vrsto pomoči.
Reference is made to the reasoning in recitals 322-326 above, which equally applies to the type of aid referred to in this section.
Vračilo pomoči iz člena 2 se izvede takoj in učinkovito.
For the reasons stated above, insofar as the technical support aid granted to undertakings active in the processing and marketing of agricultural products in the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 did not comply with the new conditions stipulated for this category of aid in the 2007-2013 Guidelines (i.e. aid for large undertakings, aid for first participation in fairs, an aid rate over 50 % for any service but consultancy services and participation in fairs over 50 % or compensation in kind) (recital 350, the Commission considers that such aid was incompatible with the common market pursuant to Article 87(3)(c) EC (now: Article 107(3)(c) TFEU).
Avstrija zagotovi, da se ta sklep izvede v štirih mesecih po uradnem obvestilu o tem sklepu.
For measures other than those referred to in the recital above the compatibility criteria have not changed as compared to the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
Člen 7
Reference is made to the compatibility assessment in recital 328 and following.
Avstrija v dveh mesecih od datuma uradnega obvestila o tem sklepu Komisiji predloži naslednje informacije:
These measures are therefore compatible.
seznam upravičencev, ki so prejeli pomoč v skladu s shemo pomoči iz člena 2, in skupni znesek pomoči, ki ga je vsak od njih prejel v skladu s shemo;
PARAFISCAL LEVIES AND HYPOTHECATION OF THE AID
skupni znesek (glavnica in obresti), ki ga morajo upravičenci vrniti;
Since the measures object of the present decision are financed by a parafiscal charge, the Commission must examine both the measures financed, i.e. the aid actually awarded, and the way it is financed.
podroben opis že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepov za uskladitev s tem sklepom;
According to a settled jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, where the method of financing the aid, in particular through compulsory contributions, forms an integral part of the aid measure, the Commission must take that method of financing into account when examining the aid [102].
dokumente, ki dokazujejo, da se je od upravičenca zahtevalo vračilo pomoči.
For a tax or part of a tax to be considered as forming an integral part of an aid measure, it must be hypothecated to the aid measure under the relevant national rules, in the sense that the revenue from the tax must be necessarily allocated for the financing of the aid measure [103] and the amount of the tax should have a direct impact on the amount of State aid [104].
Avstrija obvešča Komisijo o napredku v zvezi z nacionalnimi ukrepi, sprejetimi za izvajanje tega sklepa, dokler ni pomoč, dodeljena na podlagi sheme iz člena 2, v celoti vrnjena.
PERIOD 1995-2001
Na zahtevo Komisije takoj predloži informacije o že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepih za uskladitev s tem sklepom.
According to recital 235 of the opening decision, the application of these criteria to the measures under examination led the Commission to the following, preliminary conclusions: the first criterion appeared to be fulfilled since according to the Austrian authorities the collected levies exclusively benefited the aid measures covered by the decision (see recital 53).
Zagotovi tudi podrobne informacije o zneskih pomoči in obrestih za vračilo, ki so jih upravičenci že vrnili.
As regards the question whether the amount of the levy had a direct impact on the amount of State aid, at the stage of the opening decision the Commission did not possess all the necessary information to assess whether this criterion was fulfilled.
Člen 8
To this end the Austrian authorities were invited to explain whether the aid amount at stake was directly linked to the revenue from the levy, i.e. whether it was established up-front or whether it depended on the concrete AMA marketing needs.
Ta sklep je naslovljen na Republiko Avstrijo.
The Commission also indicated that, should it conclude after the submission of the necessary information that the levies form an integral part of the aid measure, it would have to examine whether the financing of the scheme discriminates between imported products and products produced in Austria [105], or between exported national products and national products marketed on the domestic market [106] (recital 236 of the opening decision).
V Bruslju, 7. aprila 2016
The Austrian authorities were invited to provide information on these points.
Za Komisijo
In particular, they were invited to indicate whether § 21c(2) of the AMA Act, according to which goods originating outside Austria are exempted from the levy (see recital 58, was in force already in 1995 or whether it was inserted by a later amendment of the law.
Član Komisije
Further, the Member State was invited to explain whether products of Austrian origin marketed outside Austria could benefit from the measure to the same extent as products marketed in Austria.
Poziv k predložitvi pripomb na podlagi člena 108(2) PDEU v zvezi z državno pomočjo v zadevi SA.15836, z dne 12. junija 2012, C(2012) 3760 final (UL C 301, 5.10.2012, str. 22).
In recital 237 of the opening decision the Commission underlined that it also had to verify whether charging the levy did not run counter to the objectives of the common market organisation in the agricultural sector.
Sodba z dne 27. oktobra 2011 v zadevi Republika Avstrija proti Scheucher-Fleisch GmbH in drugi, C-47/10 P, ECLI:EU:C:2011:698.
In this respect it had to be assessed whether the levies did not interfere with the price of the end products and thus whether domestic products were not discriminated against compared to imported products.
Sodba z dne 18. novembra 2009 v zadevi Scheucher-Fleisch GmbH in drugi proti Komisiji, T-375/04, ECLI:EU:T:2009:445.
In this regard, in the opening decision the Austrian authorities were invited to provide data showing the percentage of the respective sales prices to which the levy amounted and to explain to which extent a possible negative impact caused by the levy was compensated by the positive effects of the measures financed by the same levy.
Na iste trditve se sklicuje pravno mnenje, priloženo priglasitvi informacij z dne 26. februarja 2015.
In addition, the Austrian authorities were invited to explain whether the prices of the relevant products are largely market driven.
Ukrepi organa AMA v zvezi z znakom kakovosti in znakom bio, ki so se izvajali od 26. septembra 2002 v okviru spremenjenih notranjih predpisov, so bili odobreni 30. junija 2004 z Odločbo Komisije v zadevi NN 34A/2000 (glej uvodne izjave 10 do 16).
In their submission of 14 September 2012, the Austrian authorities informed the Commission that foreign products were exempted from paying the levy according to Article 2c paragraph 2 of the AMA Act.
UL C 28, 1.2.2000, str. 2.
This exemption applied since 1 January 1994 and therefore for the entire period of assessment.
UL C 252, 12.9.2001, str. 5.
As regards the relationship with the objectives of the common market organisation in the agricultural sector, in their submission of 14 September 2012, the Austrian authorities stated that due to the fact that the prices were formed by supply and demand on the relevant markets and that there was no intervention from the side of the authorities, it was not possible to calculate the percentage of sales prices to which the levy amounted.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 15, so bili oglaševalski ukrepi za znak bio v okviru sheme pomoči NN 34A/2000 časovno omejeni do 31. marca 2006, ukrepi za podporo kakovosti v zvezi z znakom bio pa do 31. decembra 2008.
In the same reply the Austrian authorities argued that the amount of the levy did not have a direct impact on the amount of State aid.
Glej opombo 1.
In addition to the revenue from the AMA levy, additional sources of financing existed.
Akt o pogojih pristopa Kraljevine Norveške, Republike Avstrije, Republike Finske in Kraljevine Švedske ter spremembah pogodb, na katerih temelji Evropska unija (UL C 241, 29.8.1994, str. 21, kakor je bil prilagojen z UL L 1, 1.1.1995, str. 1).
Namely, aside from the ‘net revenue’ deriving from the levy, and EU funds (for co-financed actions), other revenues were collected from economic operators by way of licence fees and from the proceeds from the royalties paid in the AMA-shop (cookery books, etc.) to finance the measures.
In sicer, sklic na Odločbo Komisije N 88/98.
In fact, the Austrian authorities demonstrated that a part of the financing for the AMA measures was not covered by the levy [107] and thus the amount of the aid spent (which in turn influenced the scope of the measures actually carried out) did not exclusively depend on the levy revenue; in addition, the revenue from the levy was not exclusively allocated for the financing of the aid [108].
Glej uvodno izjavo 145 in naslednje.
Hence, the Commission considers that the criteria for hypothecation within the meaning of the case-law were not fulfilled for the period 1995 to 2001.
Ta poročila so bila priložena dopisu avstrijskih organov z dne 16. oktobra 2000, s katerim so odgovorili na zahtevo Komisije za dodatne informacije z dne 19. junija 2000.
PERIOD 2002-2008
Ta poročila so bila priložena dopisu avstrijskih organov z dne 14. septembra 2012.
The Austrian authorities were also invited to provide the necessary information to allow the Commission to assess whether the parafiscal financing of the measure (levy) formed an integral part of the aid measures for the period 2002 to 2008 (recital 238 of the opening decision).
Direktiva Sveta 92/50/EGS z dne 18. junija 1992 o usklajevanju postopkov za oddajo javnih naročil storitev (UL L 209, 24.7.1992, str. 1).
For the reasons stated above, and given that the sources of funding remained the same, the Commission considers that no hypothecation between the levy and the State aid measures existed also for the period 2002 to 2008.
Direktiva 2004/18/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 31. marca 2004 o usklajevanju postopkov za oddajo javnih naročil gradenj, blaga in storitev (UL L 134, 30.4.2004, str. 114).
For the reasons stated above, and notwithstanding recital 378 below, the AMA marketing measures constitute State aid.
Vsebuje glavni dokument in priloge k njemu.
For the reasons stated above, and notwithstanding recital 378 below, the aid measures referred to in recitals 208, 213, 327, third sentence and 355 are incompatible with the internal market.
Ti znaki so bili vključeni v uvodno izjavo 13 Odločbe Komisije o državni pomoči NN 34A/2000.
The other measures assessed above are compatible with the internal market.
Ta znak se je uporabljal tudi v obdobju 1999–2002.
Any compensation which at the time of the granting fulfilled the conditions stipulated in the de minimis Regulation [109] is deemed not to constitute aid.
Znak se uporablja v smernicah za proizvode za leto 2000 (Richtlinien für Frischfleisch, Fleischerbetriebe, Fleischwaren, Frischeier, Putenfleisch, Milch und Milchprodukte, Obst, Gemüse und Speisekartoffeln, Speisefette, Speiseöle, Diverse Lebensmittel).
Any aid which, at the time of the granting fulfilled the conditions of a block exemption or an approved aid scheme is compatible with the internal market, up to the maximum aid intensities applicable to that type of aid.
Direktiva 2000/13/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 20. marca 2000 o približevanju zakonodaje držav članic o označevanju, predstavljanju in oglaševanju živil (UL L 109, 6.5.2000, str. 29).
RECOVERY
Uredba Sveta (EGS) št. 2092/91 z dne 24. junija 1991 o ekološki pridelavi kmetijskih proizvodov in označevanju tovrstno pridelanih kmetijskih proizvodov in živil (UL L 198, 22.7.1991, str. 1).
In accordance with the Treaty and the Court of Justice's established case-law, the Commission is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter aid [110] when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market.
Uredba Sveta (ES) št. 1257/1999 z dne 17. maja 1999 o podpori za razvoj podeželja iz Evropskega kmetijskega usmerjevalnega in jamstvenega sklada (EKUJS) ter o spremembi in razveljavitvi določenih uredb (UL L 160, 26.6.1999, str. 80).
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation [111].
Ti standardi so opisani v uvodni izjavi 59 Odločbe Komisije o državni pomoči NN 34A/2000.
In this context, the Court has stated that that objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [112].
AMA-Gütesiegel Richtlinie Frischfleisch iz aprila 1999, Richtlinien Frischfleisch iz aprila 1997, Richtlinien Frischfleisch iz aprila 1997 (Anpassung entsprechend Beiratsbeschluss vom 22.1.1998), Richtlinien Frischfleisch vom Februar 1996, Richtlinien diverse Lebensmittel.
Following that case-law, Article 16 of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 [113] (hereinafter Procedural Regulation) lays down that ‘where negative decisions are taken in respect of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary.’
Iz februarja 1997.
According to Article 17 of the Procedural Regulation, the powers of the Commission to recover incompatible aid are subject to a limitation period of 10 years.
Po navedbah avstrijskih organov se je ta obrazec uporabljal do 31. decembra 2000.
The limitation period begins on the day on which the unlawful aid was awarded to the beneficiary.
Poročilo o dejavnostih organa AMA (Tätigkeitsbericht) za leto 1996, str. 3.
Any action taken by the Commission with regard to the unlawful aid interrupts the limitation period.
Poročilo o dejavnostih organa AMA (Tätigkeitsbericht) za leto 1996, str. 12.
The limitation period is suspended for as long as the decision of the Commission is the subject of proceedings before the ECJ.
Poročilo o dejavnostih organa AMA (Tätigkeitsbericht) za leto 1996, str. 35.
The complaint which triggered the present procedure was received on 21 September 1999 (see recital 4) and the Commission registered the scheme as a non-notified aid in the year 2000 (see recital 8).
[…] – Velja obveznost varovanja poslovne skrivnosti.
Furthermore, the 2004 decision acknowledges the fact that the Commission has decided, for administrative reasons, to split the procedure (see recital 10) and assess the measures before and after the year 2003 separately.
Poročilo o dejavnostih organa AMA (Tätigkeitsbericht) za leto 1996, str. 15.
This splitting of the procedure had been a request of the Austrian authorities dated from 8 March 2004.
Oba primera sta navedena v Poročilu o dejavnostih organa AMA (Tätigkeitsbericht) za leto 1996, str. 17.
The above cited actions (splitting of procedure acknowledged by 2004 decision) and letters (Austrian request of 8 March 2004) are interrupting events in the meaning of Article 17 Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589.
Poročilo o dejavnostih organa AMA (Tätigkeitsbericht) za leto 1996, str. 19.