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According to AMS, the conditions for the purchase of advertising space on the Ryanair website by the CCIPB reflect and correspond to market conditions.
Poudarja, da si mora prizadevati za promocijo, saj zelo težko privabi letalske prevoznike, ki raje delujejo na lokalnih letališčih, ki so privlačnejša v smislu prostočasnega turizma.
With regard to the value of advertising space on the Ryanair website, AMS stresses that its pricing of this space reflects the increasing commercial success of this website and its unique ability to address advertising to a highly targeted audience.
Navaja letališče Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne, ki služi regiji, znani po plažah, in letališče Tarbes-Lourdes, ki uživa koristi zaradi verskega svetišča v Lurdu.
AMS argues that the Ryanair website is much more desirable as an advertising space than any other travel site of any general portal used as a benchmark by the Commission.
Zbornica poudarja, da konkurenca nizkocenovnih letalskih prevoznikov na letališču Pau nikakor ni vplivala na poslovanje družbe Air France, katere promet je naraščal do leta 2008, ko se je začela finančna kriza.
It stresses that the Ryanair website records in excess of 300 million page views per month.
Poleg tega poudarja, da pred prihodom družbe Ryanair leta 2003 ni bilo letalskega prevoznika, ki bi opravljal lete na mednarodnih rutah z letališča Pau, in da ta prihod zato ni vplival na konkurenco za obstoječe rute.
AMS claims that the CCIPB purchased advertising space under the same conditions as private customers.
Pogodbe o letaliških storitvah
According to AMS, the prices set out in the web marketing services agreement were the standard prices in the AMS rate card at the time of the agreement and were the same for all customers, whether public or private.
Zbornica poudarja, da se vse letališke pristojbine uporabljajo na povsem enak način za vse uporabnike in vse letalske prevoznike na letališču Pau.
It indicates that private airport operators ([…] and […], for example) signed agreements with AMS that were similar to the agreement entered into with the CCIPB.
V zvezi s tem zanika, da obstajajo kakršne koli diskriminacijske prakse.
AMS argues that it is irrelevant whether or not the agreement in question was needed, as raised by the Commission in the opening decision:
Poleg tega se zbornica ne strinja z mnenjem svetovalca, da se neregulirane pristojbine med letalskimi prevozniki razlikujejo brez upravičenega razloga.
‘… the Commission wonders whether the CCIPB needs the marketing services in question and whether the marketing services agreement was not concluded solely in order to subsidise the Pau-London Stansted route’.
Trdi, da se z vsakim letalskim prevoznikom pogaja o pristojbinah za neregulirane storitve, pri tem pa upošteva njegov položaj.
According to AMS, this type of transaction carried out under market conditions precludes the existence of aid and there is no legal precedent for the assessment of this ‘need’.
Zbornica na podlagi teh trditev ugotavlja, da nobena od pogodb o letaliških storitvah, ki jih je proučila Komisija, ne vsebuje elementov državne pomoči.
However, if the Commission insists on questioning this need, AMS points out that the CCIPB is responsible for both promoting the Pau-Béarn region and operating Pau airport.
Subvencije za letališče
It considers that advertising on the Ryanair website makes commercial sense in terms of both these objectives.
Zbornica meni, da nobena od „subvencij“, ki jih je letališče Pau prejelo v obdobju 2000–2010 in so bile proučene v okviru formalnega postopka preiskave, ne vsebuje elementov državne pomoči.
With regard to purchasing advertising space to promote the region, AMS stresses that French CCIs are in competition with each other and have to use ‘territorial marketing’ so that their region comes out ahead of competing regions.
Subvencije za državne naloge
AMS considers that advertising space purchased on the Ryanair website increases the visibility of Pau airport.
Po navedbah zbornice so bile subvencije v višini 3,521 milijona EUR, navedene v oddelku 4.3.1, namenjene financiranju nalog, ki so po zakonu dodeljene upravljavcem letališč, vendar običajno spadajo v pristojnost države pri izvrševanju njenih uradnih pooblastil kot javnega organa.
In its opinion, the CCIPB has a direct commercial interest in taking this approach because the resulting increase in passengers attracts ancillary businesses to the airport and increases airport revenue.
Zato te naloge po naravi niso gospodarske, torej zadevne subvencije ne spadajo na področje uporabe pravil o državni pomoči.
AMS claims that the CCIPB is not advertising on the Ryanair website in order to subsidise the Pau-London route, rather that the space on the Ryanair website that AMS is making available to the CCIPB constitutes a valuable resource for which there is proven alternative demand, including from the private sector.
Subvencije za opremo
It would therefore be inaccurate to describe the sale of such space as a mere pretext for the payment of subsidies.
Zbornica meni, da subvencije za opremo, ki so jih dodelili mešani sindikat in lokalni organi, ne vsebujejo nobenega elementa državne pomoči.
According to AMS, the web marketing services agreement does not constitute aid because its conditions correspond to those of a standard commercial agreement and do not confer any advantage on AMS (or Ryanair).
Ti zneski so se uporabili za financiranje naložb, ki so jih izvedli lastniki letališke infrastrukture pri vzdrževanju in izboljševanju te infrastrukture ali, z drugimi besedami, pri razvoju svojega premoženja.
It considers that this agreement does not therefore distort competition or affect trade between Member States.
Te naložbe so bile torej izvedene izključno v korist lastnikov.
From Pau airport, Air France offers around five daily flights to Paris Orly airport, three daily flights to Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, and four daily flights to Lyon airport (through a subsidiary).
Vendar ti zneski zbornici niso dali nobene gospodarske prednosti, saj niso zmanjšali operativnih stroškov, ki jih mora običajno kriti kot upravljavec letališča.
Air France states that the advantages granted to Ryanair and its subsidiary AMS, from which Air France does not benefit, have the effect of significantly reducing Ryanair’s operating costs.
Ti zneski so preprosto „prešli skozi“ zbornico, saj je ta v svoji vlogi upravljavca javne opreme odgovorna za vzdrževanje, posodabljanje in izboljševanje te opreme.
According to Air France, this not only affects the direct competition between Ryanair and Air France for flights offered to and from Pau airport, but also the competition for all intra-Community routes.
Po mnenju zbornice so zato koncedent in lokalni organi z izplačilom subvencij za opremo ravnali povsem naravno v svoji vlogi lastnikov letališke infrastrukture in na podlagi koncesije za javno opremo, da bi zagotovili vzdrževanje, posodabljanje in izboljšanje letaliških javnih storitev ter s tem razvili svoje premoženje.
Trade between Member States is therefore directly affected.
To so torej naložbe, ki so seveda odgovornost lastnika javne opreme in ne njenega upravljavca.
Airport charges
Nadalje zbornica poudarja, da mora po poteku koncesije (konec leta 2015) letališko infrastrukturo vrniti njenim lastnikom skupaj z izvedenimi naložbami.
Air France notes that, according to the 2007 price brochure published by the CCIPB, the public rate for the parking charge is set at EUR 0,16 tonne/hour.
Poleg tega zadevne subvencije nikakor niso izkrivljale konkurence s sosednjima letališčema (Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées in Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne), saj sta tudi ti prejeli podobne subvencije od svojih koncedentov.
This charge applies when an aircraft is parked for at least two hours on the tarmac.
V zvezi z zneskom 38 000 EUR, ki ga je dodelila družba Gaz de France leta 2003, zbornica trdi, da tega ukrepa ni mogoče pripisati državi, saj ga je družba Gaz de France sprejela neodvisno.
Air France does not find it odd that Ryanair does not pay this charge for a 25-minute turnaround, but, when a turnaround exceeds two hours, Ryanair should be required to pay this charge.
Poleg tega ta odločitev letališču Pau ni dala nobene gospodarske prednosti, saj je družba Gaz de France delovala kot preudaren zasebni vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu.
Air France notes that, according to the 2007 price brochure published by the CCIPB, the public rate for the lighting charge is set at EUR 35,18 per aircraft movement.
Zbornica trdi, da za obravnavane ukrepe velja Odločba Komisije 2005/842/ES (v nadaljnjem besedilu: odločba SSGP iz leta 2005).
This charge is payable when lighting equipment is used for an ‘aircraft movement’, namely a landing or takeoff, both during the day and at night.
Poudarja, da področje uporabe te odločbe vključuje „nadomestilo za javne storitve za letališča […] pri katerih povprečni letni promet v dveh proračunskih letih pred letom, v katerem je bila storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena dodeljena, ne presega 1 000 000 potnikov glede letališč“ in katerih „letno nadomestilo za zadevno storitev ne presega 30 milijonov EUR“ (člen 2).
Not applying this charge to Ryanair on the pretext that it operates only daytime flights does not therefore comply with the general conditions for the application of this charge.
Zato zbornica, ki meni, da ji je bilo zaupano izvajanje letaliških javnih storitev, trdi, da če subvencije, ki jih je prejelo letališče, pomenijo pomoč, je ta pomoč združljiva in oproščena obveznosti predhodne priglasitve na podlagi odločbe SSGP iz leta 2005.
Air France stresses that these public charges are usually reviewed over time and it considers that Ryanair — like other carriers flying to and from Pau airport — should be subject to any variations in these charges.
Združljivost na podlagi smernic iz leta 2005
Groundhandling services
Zbornica podredno trdi, da subvencije, ki sta jih prejela letališče Pau in zbornica, izpolnjujejo merila združljivosti iz smernic iz leta 2005.
Air France indicates that the groundhandling service provided to it at Pau airport is the subject of a formal contract.
Družba Ryanair trdi, da je Komisija neupravičeno združila ločeni pogodbi, ki sta ju družbi AMS in Ryanair sklenili z zbornico, v en sam domnevni primer državne pomoči.
Air France notes that, according to the 2005 Guidelines, ‘An airport operator acting as a provider of groundhandling services may charge different rates for the groundhandling charges invoiced to airlines if these different rates reflect cost differences linked to the nature or scale of the services provided’.
Nadalje navaja, da preiskava odnosa med družbo AMS in letališčem Pau zanika poslovni uspeh ponudbe družbe Ryanair ter da ima družba AMS veliko različnih strank, ne samo letališč, njen model pa vse pogosteje posnemajo drugi letalski prevozniki na svojih spletnih mestih.
Air France stresses that Pau Administrative Court, in its judgment of 3 May 2005, found that an unjustified discount granted to Ryanair on the groundhandling charges constituted State aid that, due to not having been notified, should be regarded as unlawful.
Poročilo svetovalca z dne 30. marca 2011
Air France notes that it offers significantly more services to and from Pau airport than Ryanair.
Družba Ryanair nasprotuje nekaterim ugotovitvam v poročilu svetovalca, zlasti naslednjim trem trditvam.
Under these circumstances, Air France believes that the charges applied by the CCIPB to Ryanair for groundhandling services should not be more advantageous than those offered to Air France.
Spletno mesto družbe Ryanair se zato zdi primerljivo predvsem s spletnimi mesti drugih letalskih prevoznikov, ki na splošno ponujajo le omejene možnosti za plačano oglaševanje, oglaševalci, ki oglašujejo na takih mestih, pa ne vključujejo letališč.
Air France notes that this type of agreement between the airport operator and the Ryanair subsidiary AMS seems to be a common practice for Ryanair at airports from which it decides to launch routes.
Ryanair navaja, da je trditev, da drugi letalski prevozniki na svojih spletnih mestih ne ponujajo oglaševanja proti plačilu, napačna.
Air France indicates that the French administrative courts have already rejected this type of measure where the alleged promotional services have not been provided or have been provided under conditions that are excessively favourable to Ryanair.
Trdi, da se ta praksa vse pogosteje uporablja in da vse več regionalnih letališč, ki trpijo zaradi majhnega povpraševanja, meni, da so spletna mesta nizkocenovnih prevoznikov, ki so njihove stranke, najboljši prostor za oglaševanje.
Air France cites the ‘imbalance’ highlighted by Pau Administrative Court in its judgment of 3 May 2005 between the reciprocal undertakings of the parties to the agreement signed between the CCIPB and Ryanair in 2003.
Družba Ryanair je poleg tega primer letalskega prevoznika, ki na svojem spletnem mestu oglašuje storitve parkirišč letališkega vozlišča, na katerem deluje.
Air France considers that it is questionable whether a balance exists between the obligations of the parties to the 2005 agreement with AMS.
Družba Ryanair meni, da je napačno trditi, da letališča niso primerljiva z drugimi oglaševalci na njenem spletnem mestu, glede na to, da letaliških storitev, zagotovljenih potnikom družbe Ryanair, ni mogoče ločiti od storitev, ki jih potnikom zagotovi sama družba Ryanair.
According to Air France, there is nothing to indicate that all or part of this sum may be refunded by Ryanair if either the route in question is withdrawn or the promotional objectives that may be set are not achieved.
Trdi, da bodo potencialni potniki, ki vidijo oglas za letališče na spletnem mestu družbe Ryanair, ustvarili prihodke za letališče ne glede na to, ali letijo z družbo Ryanair.
Air France does not dispute the fact that certain ‘marketing’ aid may be acceptable under the Community rules.
Zato meni, da je položaj letališč, ki oglašujejo na njenem spletnem mestu, v nasprotju z mnenjem Komisije podoben položaju drugih oglaševalcev, kot so hoteli in podjetja za najem vozil.
However, Air France considers it unlikely that the ‘marketing services’ agreement meets the conditions required to be compatible with the internal market under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Družba Ryanair meni, da svetovalec neupravičeno dvomi o tem, ali je za letališča razumno, da s svojim denarjem plačujejo letalskim prevoznikom za privabljanje strank na lete na letališče in z njega, če imajo ti letalski prevozniki neposredne koristi od teh dodatnih potnikov.
Conclusion
Trdi, da dejstvo, da bi zagotavljanje storitev trženja koristilo ponudniku oglaševalskega prostora, tj. družbi Ryanair, ne pomeni, da ne bi koristilo tudi letališču, ki kupuje navedene storitve.
Air France asks for an end to the payments that, in its opinion, are undue and that Ryanair has received from Pau airport since 2005, and that the recovery of the unlawful aid received by Ryanair be ordered.
Družbi Ryanair je vseeno, če letališče oglašuje na njenem spletnem mestu, saj so njeni faktorji zasedenosti na rutah na letališča, ki so z družbo AMS sklenila pogodbo o oglaševanju, podobni kot na rutah na letališča, ki take pogodbe nimajo.
COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY INTERESTED THIRD PARTIES FOLLOWING THE EXTENSION OF THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
Družba Ryanair dodaja, da regionalna letališča na splošno nimajo uveljavljenega tržnega položaja, zato morajo oglaševati.
The CCIPB believes that the marketing services agreements and airport services agreements that it has signed with the airlines and/or their subsidiaries do not contain any element of State aid.
Trdi tudi, da se Komisija zmotno osredotoča na koristi letalskega prevoznika, saj preskus udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu ne zahteva, da ukrep ne ustvari koristi za tretjo osebo, kot je ponudnik oglaševalskega prostora.
The CCIPB notes that the nature and purpose of these agreements are radically different and must be analysed separately.
Družba Ryanair poudarja, da so pogodbe o trženju med družbo AMS in letališči ločene od pogodb med družbo Ryanair in letališči ter niso pogojene z domnevnimi „koristmi“ za družbo Ryanair, ki jih lahko ustvari oglaševanje letališča na spletnem mestu ryanair.com.
It is irrelevant that these agreements may have been signed on the same date as they each have a different purpose.
Družbi AMS in Ryanair kot en upravičenec
The airport services agreement is intended to determine the conditions under which Pau airport makes its airport facilities available to airlines and provides them with various airport services in return for remuneration.
Družba Ryanair meni, da sta pogodba o letaliških storitvah med zbornico in družbo Ryanair ter pogodba o trženju med zbornico in družbo AMS ločeni in neodvisni pogodbi, ki se nanašata na različne storitve, ter da ni povezave med njima, ki bi upravičila njuno obravnavo kot enega vira „ukrepov“.
On the other hand, the marketing services agreement is intended to define the conditions under which, in return for remuneration, an airline must promote Pau airport and the tourist and business attractions of the Pau-Béarn region on its website.
Meni, da so pogodbe z družbo AMS zbornici koristile kot kupcu storitev oglaševanja in niso namenjene izboljšanju faktorjev zasedenosti ali uspešnosti družbe Ryanair na njenih rutah.
The two types of agreement are not therefore intrinsically linked.
Državna sredstva in nezmožnost pripisa odgovornosti
In the same way, even though the terms and conditions for airport services provided by the airport and marketing services provided by an airline or one of its subsidiaries may appear in one and the same agreement, this does not mean, however, that the legal analysis of the existence of State aid must cover both these types of service where they do not ‘balance out each other’.
Družba Ryanair nasprotuje trditvi, da je mogoče odločitve zbornice pripisati državi, in trdi, da pogodbe zbornice z družbama Ryanair in AMS ne vključujejo prenosa sredstev francoske države.
As regards the conduct of the CCIPB and that of other public entities, the CCIPB takes the view that they should not be assessed together, at the very least in terms of the marketing services agreements (which further justifies the separate assessment of the agreements), as these agreements are negotiated and concluded by the CCIPB in a strictly independent manner, without the intervention of other public entities.
Družba Ryanair trdi, da zbornica ni zgolj ena od plati francoske države in da odgovornosti ni mogoče pripisati zgolj na podlagi dejstva, da je zbornica javno podjetje in je zato pod nadzorom francoske države.
Marketing services agreements signed by the CCIPB
Meni, da mora Komisija proučiti vlogo javnih organov pri sprejetju odločitev zbornice v zvezi z družbama Ryanair in AMS.
Imputability
Poleg tega se družba Ryanair sklicuje na sodno prakso francoskih sodišč, na podlagi katere meni, da so gospodarske zbornice edinstveni subjekti z dvojno naravo in da jih je treba šteti za „javne gospodarske organe“.
According to the CCIPB, the payments made under the marketing services agreements are not imputable to the State because the CCIPB is fully independent of its supervisory authorities with regard to the airport’s operation.
V zvezi z vpletenostjo države v postopek odločanja družba Ryanair trdi, da je treba državo obvestiti le o nekaterih vrstah odločitev, in še to le naknadno.
The decisions to pay the sums to Ryanair and AMS, on the one hand, and to Transavia, on the other hand, for marketing services were taken by the CCIPB individually and independently, without any direct or indirect intervention by the State.
Poslovni načrt
The CCIPB considers that it has clearly acted like a prudent private investor in a market economy.
Pripombe družbe Ryanair z dne 10. aprila 2013
In particular, AMS and Transavia have provided genuine commercial services, including links on their websites allowing internet users to be directed straight to the CCIPB’s website, for which the remuneration corresponds to the market price.
Družba Ryanair je 10. aprila 2013 predložila dve sporočili, ki ju je pripravila družba Oxera, in analizo, ki jo je pripravil profesor Damien P. McLoughlin.
The CCIPB stresses in this respect the large number of visitors to the Ryanair and Transavia websites.
Prvo sporočilo družbe Oxera – opredelitev tržne referenčne vrednosti v primerjalni analizi za preskus udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The CCIPB also notes that the prices applied by AMS are as set in a public rate card available on its website.
Primeri državne pomoči družbi Ryanair – sporočilo, ki ga je družba Oxera pripravila za družbo Ryanair, 9. april 2013
These prices are therefore applied to all airport customers of AMS without distinction, including certain fully privatised British airports.
Družba Oxera meni, da je pristop Komisije, ki upošteva samo primerljiva letališča, ki so v istem ciljnem območju kot obravnavano letališče, napačen.
For its part, Transavia provides marketing services to a private airport in Italy.
Družba Oxera trdi, da tržne referenčne cene, pridobljene od primerljivih letališč, niso pod vplivom državne pomoči, dodeljene sosednjim letališčem.
In addition, according to the CCIPB, certain French airports operated by private companies (as public service licensees) appear to have signed a marketing services agreement with AMS, including Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport managed by the Canadian company SNC-Lavalin.
Pri uporabi preskusa udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu je zato mogoče na grobo oceniti tržno referenčno vrednost.
The CCIPB regards this as evidence that its conduct corresponds to that of a private operator.
Namreč:
The CCIPB also notes that the one-off nature of the price paid for the services provided does not appear to be a criterion for determining the existence of State aid, and that the sums paid under the Pau-Charleroi agreement resulted in different services from those that the CCIPB received under the Pau-London agreement, as a result of which the CCIPB has not paid twice for the same service.
primerjalne analize se pogosto uporabljajo pri uporabi preskusa udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu zunaj področja državne pomoči;
The CCIPB also considers that the sums paid are insufficient to launch a route.
družbe vplivajo na odločanje drugih družb samo do take mere, da so njihovi proizvodi zamenljivi ali se dopolnjujejo;
The CCIPB considers that, by purchasing these marketing services at the prices stated in the agreements, it has benefited from indisputable economic consideration in two respects.
letališča na istem ciljnem območju ne tekmujejo nujno med sabo, primerljiva letališča, uporabljena v predloženih poročilih, pa so izpostavljena omejeni konkurenci javnih letališč v svojem ciljnem območju [manj kot ena tretjina komercialnih letališč v ciljnem območju primerljivih letališč je v stoodstotni državni lasti in nobeno od letališč, ki so v istem ciljnem območju kot primerljiva letališča, ni bilo predmet postopka v zvezi z državno pomočjo (aprila 2013)];
Firstly, the marketing services have had a favourable impact on the airport’s operating revenue, in particular by encouraging an increased flow of passengers within the airport.
tudi če so primerljiva letališča izpostavljena konkurenci javnih letališč na istem ciljnem območju, obstaja razlog za domnevo, da njihovo ravnanje izpolnjuje pogoje preskusa udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu (na primer če ima zasebni sektor v lasti velik delež ali če letališče upravlja zasebni subjekt);
Secondly, and furthermore, this consideration has also benefited the entire town of Pau and its region.
letališča, ki izpolnjujejo pogoje preskusa udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, cen ne določajo pod ravnjo mejnih stroškov.
The CCIPB does not agree with the consultant’s view that Ryanair’s strategy underlying the signature of marketing services agreements is to obtain a subsidy from the airport to keep its prices low.
Drugo sporočilo družbe Oxera – načela, na katerih temelji analiza donosnosti za preskus udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu: