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Abertis defends the effectiveness of the DTT technology but does not agree that the use of this particular technology during the simulcast will determine the platform to be used by the broadcasters in the future.
Po navedbah EBU digitalna dividenda ni posledica regulativnega dejanja ustreznega javnega organa za sektor radiodifuzije: ni povezana z načinom, na katerega je treba zagotavljati storitev DTT, ne izhaja iz trga ali tehnološkega razvoja in ne vpliva nujno na celotno industrijo DTT.
On the other hand, Abertis admits that the DTT signal will continue to be transmitted exclusively via the DTT technology under the conditions enshrined in the broadcasters' licences.
EBU se ne strinja, da bi ukrep lahko zagotovil dejansko prednost izdajateljem televizijskega programa DTT ali operaterjem platforme, in poziva Komisijo, naj upošteva pomembne naložbe, ki so jih španski izdajatelji televizijskega programa že izvedli v okviru prilagoditve svojih storitev tehnologiji in infrastrukturi DTT med prehodom z analogne na digitalno televizijo.
In conclusion, Abertis does not agree with the preliminary conclusions of the Commission on the Measure.
Po navedbah EBU zasebni izdajatelji televizijskega programa DTT upravičeno pričakujejo nadomestilo za sočasno oddajanje, saj je to nadomestilo predvideno v nacionalni zakonodaji in veljavnih licencah.
Comments from the EBU
EBU meni, da za tehnologijo DTT ne obstaja nobena prava alternativa, ki bi izdajateljem televizijskega programa omogočala izpolnjevanje predpisane obveznosti pokritja.
Also the EBU does not consider the Measure to constitute State aid.
Platforma DTT predstavlja trg, ki je ločen od drugih platform, saj njihove uporabe in delovanja ni mogoče zamenjati.
If the Commission would decide to qualify the Measure as State aid, it should declare it compatible under Article 107(3) of the Treaty as it respects the principle of technologically neutrality.
Skratka, EBU se ne strinja s predhodnimi zaključki Komisije o ukrepu.
The EBU requests the Commission to limit the assessment to the factual objective and effects of the Measure, i.e. ensuring the simulcast during the DTT migration process in the context of release of the Digital Dividend.
Pripombe BNE
According to the EBU, the Digital Dividend is not a consequence of a regulatory act by the relevant public authority for the broadcasting sector: it does not relate to the way the DTT service has to be provided, it does not derive from the market or technological development and it does not necessarily affect the whole DTT industry.
BNE izraža mnenje, da ukrep ne predstavlja državne pomoči.
The EBU does not agree that the Measure could confer any real advantage to DTT broadcasters or platform operators and requests the Commission to take into account the significant investment that the Spanish broadcasters have already made in adopting their services to the DTT technology and infrastructure during the switch from analogue to digital TV.
Če bi se Komisija odločila ukrep opredeliti kot državno pomoč, bi ga morala označiti za združljivega na podlagi člena 107(3) Pogodbe in v vsakem primeru za tehnološko nevtralnega.
According to the EBU, private DTT broadcasters have legitimate expectations to the simulcast compensation as such compensation was provided for in national law and valid licences.
Po navedbah BNE stroški izdajateljev televizijskega programa za sprostitev digitalne dividende ne zajemajo le dodatnih stroškov radiodifuzije med sočasnim oddajanjem (ki bodo plačani zadevnemu operaterju platforme DTT), ampak tudi stroške, ki izhajajo iz zahtevane spremembe prenosnih frekvenc v prizemnem omrežju.
The EBU believes that no real alternative exists to the DTT technology enabling compliance with the prescribed coverage obligation of broadcasters.
Ukrep operaterjem platforme DTT ne bo prinesel niti koristi niti škode, saj ne bi spremenil obveznosti izdajateljev televizijskega programa, da z istim pokritjem oddajajo na platformi DTT na nižjih frekvencah.
The DTT platform represents a separate market from other platforms, as their use and operation are not substitutable.
BNE poziva Komisijo, naj svojo oceno omeji na vprašanja državne pomoči in ne preiskuje obravnave tehnologije DTT v primerjavi s satelitsko tehnologijo.
In conclusion, the EBU does not agree with the preliminary conclusions of the Commission on the Measure.
BNE meni, da bi izdajatelji televizijskega programa brez tega ukrepa izgubili spodbudo, da zapustijo pas 800 MHz, ki ga je sprostila digitalna dividenda, v predvidenem času.
Comments from BNE
To bi posledično povzročilo nedelovanje trga.
BNE presents the opinion that the Measure does not constitute State aid.
Skratka, BNE se ne strinja s predhodnimi zaključki Komisije o ukrepu.
If the Commission would decide to qualify the Measure as State aid, it should declare it compatible under Article 107(3) of the Treaty and in any case technologically neutral.
Pripombe družbe NET TV
According to BNE, the costs of release of the Digital Dividend for broadcasters do not only include the additional costs of broadcasting during simulcast (to be paid to the respective DTT platform operator) but also costs resulting from the required change of transmission frequencies in the terrestrial network.
Družba NET TV poziva Komisijo, naj ukrepa ne opredeli kot državno pomoč oziroma če ga opredeli za državno pomoč, naj ga označi kot združljivega z notranjim trgom.
The DTT platform operators will neither benefit nor be harmed by the Measure, as it would not change the obligation of broadcasters to broadcast on the DTT platform with retained coverage on lower frequencies.
Družba NET TV dvomi, da bi bili izdajatelji televizijskega programa brez tega ukrepa zavezani k nadaljnjemu izpolnjevanju obveznosti javnega interesa, da bi obdržali svoje licence.
BNE calls on the Commission to limit its assessment to State aid issues and not question the treatment of the DTT technology in comparison with the satellite technology.
Razlog za navedeno je, da s premikom na drugo frekvenco ne bi imeli nobenih prednosti.
BNE believes that the broadcasters would lose the incentive to leave the 800 MHz band freed by the Digital Dividend within the foreseen timetable in the absence of the Measure.
Zato je odgovornost uprave, da zagotovi nadomestilo izdajateljem televizijskega programa za stroške sočasnega oddajanja, utemeljena.
This would hence lead to a market failure.
Stroški sočasnega oddajanja so za družbo NET TV „nemogoči“ zaradi njenega nizkega tržnega deleža in statusa MSP.
In conclusion, BNE does not agree with the preliminary conclusions of the Commission on the Measure.
Družba trdi, da bi to lahko privedlo do izstopa družbe NET TV z zadevnega trga.
Comments from NET TV
Skratka, družba NET TV se ne strinja s predhodnimi zaključki Komisije o ukrepu.
NET TV requests the Commission not to qualify the Measure as State aid and if yes, then declare it compatible with the internal market.
OCENA UKREPA
NET TV doubts that the broadcasters would be obliged to continue fulfilling their public interest obligation in order to keep their licences in the absence of the Measure.
Obstoj pomoči
This is because they would not receive any advantage from moving to another frequency.
Komisija je proučila, ali bi se zadevni ukrep lahko štel za državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe, ki 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“.
Therefore the responsibility of the administration to compensate the broadcasters for the simulcast costs is justified.
Iz tega sledi, da mora pomoč, da se lahko šteje za državno pomoč, izpolnjevati naslednje kumulativne pogoje: (1) ukrep mora biti odobren iz državnih sredstev, (2) podjetju mora zagotavljati gospodarsko prednost, (3) prednost mora biti selektivna in izkrivljati konkurenco ali bi lahko izkrivljala konkurenco, (4) ukrep mora vplivati na trgovino med državami članicami.
The simulcast costs are ‘impossible’ costs for NET TV, considering its low market share and SME status.
Državna sredstva in pripisljivost državi
They claim this could lead to the exit of NET TV from the relevant market.
Kot je že navedeno v uvodni izjavi 39 sklepa o začetku postopka, se izpodbijani ukrep financira neposredno iz španskega proračuna s prihodki, ustvarjenimi s prodajo sproščenih frekvenc telekomunikacijskim operaterjem.
In conclusion, NET TV does not agree with the preliminary conclusions of the Commission on the Measure.
Španski organi niso izpodbijali ugotovitve sklepa o začetku postopka, da bi se moral ukrep financirati neposredno iz proračunskih virov.
ASSESSMENT OF THE MEASURE
Ukrep, kot je opisan v oddelku 2.3, sprejme država in ga financira neposredno iz centralnega državnega proračuna.
Existence of aid
Komisija zato zaključuje, da ga je mogoče pripisati državi in vključuje uporabo državnih sredstev.
The Commission has examined whether the Measure in question can be qualified as State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty, which provides that ‘any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods, shall, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the internal market’.
Gospodarska prednost
It follows that in order to be qualified as State aid, the following cumulative conditions have to be met: (1) the measure has to be granted out of State resources, (2) it has to confer an economic advantage to undertakings, (3) the advantage has to be selective and distort or threaten to distort competition, (4) the measure has to affect trade between Member States.
V svojih prejšnjih sklepih je Komisija ugotovila, da komercialna radiodifuzija [56] in delovanje omrežij televizijskega prenosa [57] šteje za gospodarsko dejavnost.
State resources and imputability to the State
Španski organi in vse zainteresirane strani, razen družbe Astra, menijo, da zasebni izdajatelji televizijskega programa ne prejmejo nobene prednosti pri prehodu na nižji frekvenčni pas in prejmejo zgolj nadomestilo za dodatne stroške, ki jih morajo kriti zaradi regulativne spremembe.
As already established in recital 39 of the opening decision, the contested Measure is to be funded directly from the Spanish budget through the revenues obtained from the auctioning of the freed frequencies to the telecommunication operators.
Člen 51 Zakona o trajnostni ekonomiji vzpostavlja pravico javnih in zasebnih izdajateljev televizijskega programa do finančnega nadomestila vseh stroškov, povezanih s prerazporeditvijo uporabe spektra, potrebno za sprostitev frekvenčnega pasu 800 MHz, predvsem stroškov sočasnega oddajanja.
The Spanish authorities did not contest the finding of the opening decision that the Measure should be funded directly from budgetary resources.
Španski organi so med formalno preiskavo trdili, da ta zakonodajna določba temelji na členu 106(2) španske ustave [58], skladno s katerim bi moralo biti nadomestilo označeno kot patrimonialna obveznost javne uprave, ki bi povzročila splošno obveznost povračila škode, povzročene z upravnim ukrepom, tudi če ni mogoče ugotoviti odgovornosti.
The Measure, as described in Section 2.3, is decided by the State and financed directly from the central State budget.
Komisija v zvezi s tem navaja, da prvotne koncesije, dodeljene zasebnim izdajateljem televizijskega programa za zagotavljanje televizijskih storitev, njihova podaljšanja in naknadne licence niso vsebovali nobenih navedb pravice do nadomestila stroškov za prehod ali prerazporeditev uporabe spektra.
The Commission therefore concludes that it is imputable to the State and involves the use of State resources.
Poleg tega je bilo v NTP določeno, da lahko organi uvedejo posebne pogoje za radiodifuzijo, ki niso predvideni v koncesijah, v primeru potrebe po spremembi načina radiodifuzije zaradi razvoja trga ali tehnološkega razvoja v skladu s prakso drugih držav članic EU.
Economic advantage
Komisija navaja tudi, da v NTP ni bila določena pravica do nadomestila za zasebne izdajatelje televizijskega programa v takšnem primeru.
In its previous decisions, the Commission has found that commercial broadcasting [56] as well as the operation of television transmission networks [57] constitute an economic activity.
Nadalje člen 10 Resolucije z dne 25. januarja 1989 [59], na kateri temeljijo koncesije in poznejše licence zasebnih izdajateljev televizijskega programa z obveznostjo opravljanja javne storitve, vsebuje obveznost izdajateljev televizijskega programa, da stalno zagotavljajo storitve radiodifuzije in prevzamejo vse stroške, ki izvirajo iz prvotnih koncesij in veljavnih licenc.
The Spanish authorities and all interested parties apart from Astra consider that private broadcasters do not receive any advantage when moving to the lower frequency band and that they are merely compensated for the extra costs they have to bear following a regulatory change.
Kot je Komisija pojasnila v uvodnih izjavah 65–70 sklepa o začetku postopka, sodna praksa sodišč Unije potrjuje, da stroške, ki izhajajo iz izvajanja pravne obveznosti, običajno krijejo zadevna podjetja, zato se ukrep nadomestila v tem smislu šteje za državno pomoč [60].
Article 51 of the Act on Sustainable Economy establishes the right of both public service and private broadcasters to financial compensation of all costs relating to the reallocation of spectrum usage needed for the liberation of the 800 MHz frequency band, most particularly the simulcast costs.
Na primer, v svoji sodbi Fleuren Compost BV proti Komisiji [61] je Sodišče odločilo, da „ni pomembno, da je cilj programa pomoč podjetjem pri izpolnjevanju njihovih pravnih obveznosti glede varstva okolja.
The Spanish authorities argued, during the formal investigation, that this legislative provision is based on Article 106(2) of the Spanish Constitution [58], according to which compensation should be characterised as patrimonial liability of the public administration which would result in a general obligation to indemnify for any damage caused by an administrative action, even when it is not possible to determine responsibilities.
V skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso člen 107(1) Pogodbe državnih ukrepov ne razlikuje glede na razlog ali namen, ampak jih opredeljuje na podlagi njihovih učinkov.
The Commission notes in this regard that the initial concessions granted to private broadcasters for the provision of television services, their respective renewals and subsequent licences did not contain any reference to the right to compensation for the cost of migration or reallocation of spectrum usage.
Če zanemarimo vprašanje, ali se v tem primeru uporabljajo okoljske smernice, […] dejstvo, da pomoč, dodeljena v okviru programa BPM, spodbuja skrb za okolje, ne zadostuje za njihovo takojšnjo izključitev iz kategorije pomoči za namene člena 107 Pogodbe“.
Moreover, the NTP provided that the authorities could establish special conditions for broadcasting, not foreseen in the concessions, in the case of necessity to change the mode of broadcasting resulting from the evolution of the market or technological development in line with the practices of other EU Member States.
Podobno je v zadevi Francija proti Komisiji [62] Sodišče navedlo, da so stroški podjetij, ki nastanejo zaradi regulativnih ukrepov, po svoji naravi vključeni v proračune podjetij.
The Commission also notes that the NTP did not establish the right to compensation for private broadcasters in such a case.
Navedlo je: „treba se je spomniti, da stroški za podjetja […] nastanejo na podlagi kolektivnih pogodb, sklenjenih med delodajalci in sindikati, in jih morajo podjetja upoštevati, bodisi zato, ker so pristopila k tem pogodbam, ali ker so bile te pogodbe razširjene z uredbo.
Furthermore, Article 10 of the Resolution of 25 January 1989 [59] on which the concessions and subsequent licences of the private broadcasters with public service obligation are based, contains an obligation for the broadcasters to provide the broadcasting service with continuity and also to bear all the costs derived from the original concessions and the current licences.
Takšni stroški so po svoji naravi vključeni v proračune podjetij.“
As the Commission explained in recitals 65-70 of the opening decision, the case-law of Union Courts confirms that the costs stemming from the implementation of a legal obligation are normally borne by the undertakings affected and thus any compensatory measure in this regard is considered to be State aid [60].
Ker so regulativni stroški po svoji naravi vključene v proračune podjetij, se običajno ujamejo s pravili o državni pomoči.
By way of example, in its Fleuren Compost BV v Commission judgment [61] the ECJ held that ‘it is irrelevant that the objective of that scheme is to assist undertakings to meet their legal obligations as regards protection of the environment.
V zadevi Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze [63] je Sodišče v zvezi s tem navedlo: „Pojem pomoči je splošnejši od pojma subvencije, ker zajema ne le pozitivne prednosti, kot so subvencije, ampak tudi ukrepe, ki v različnih oblikah zmanjšujejo stroške, ki so običajno vključeni v proračun podjetja in ki so potemtakem, ne da bi bili subvencije v strogem smislu besede, enake narave in imajo enake učinke.“
According to settled case-law, Article 107(1) of the Treaty does not distinguish between measures of State intervention by reference to their causes or aims but defines them in relation to their effects.
V obravnavanem primeru ukrep predvideva nadomestilo stroškov, ki bi jih zasebni izdajatelji televizijskega programa običajno morali kriti iz lastnega proračuna.
Leaving aside the question whether the Environmental Guidelines apply in the present case […] the fact that aid granted under the BPM scheme promotes regard for the environment is not sufficient to exclude it outright from being categorised as aid for the purposes of Article 107 of the Treaty’.
Ukrep tem izdajateljem televizijskega programa omogoča, da izpolnijo svoje zakonsko naložene obveznosti in tako obdržijo licence, občinstvo in s tem povezane prihodke od oglaševanja.
Similarly, in France v Commission [62] the ECJ specified that the costs of undertakings arising from regulatory measures are included by their nature in the budgets of undertakings.
Hkrati pomembno zniža njihove skupne stroške prehoda.
It stated: ‘it should be recalled that the costs for undertakings […] arise from collective agreements, concluded between employers and trade unions, which undertakings are bound to observe, either because they have acceded to those agreements or because those agreements have been extended by regulation.
Vendar bi bili izdajatelji televizijskega programa tudi v odsotnosti ukrepa na podlagi regulativnega akta zavezani k izpolnitvi obveznosti neprekinjenega zagotavljanja storitev radiodifuzije in kritju stroškov, ki izhajajo iz licenc.
Such costs are included, by their nature, in the budgets of undertakings’.
V teh okoliščinah je mogoče skleniti, da prejmejo prednost, ki je v odsotnosti ukrepa ne bi imeli.
As the regulatory charges are by their nature included in the budgets of undertakings, they are normally caught by the State aid rules.
Španski organi so navedli tudi, da je nadomestilo izdajateljem televizijskega programa za sočasno oddajanje predvideno v pravnem redu Unije, predvsem v Sklepu št. 243/2012/EU, zato ne povzroči nobenih neupravičenih gospodarskih prednosti upravičencev do pomoči v okviru ukrepa.
In Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze [63], the ECJ stated in this respect: ‘The definition of aid is more general than that of a subsidy because it includes not only positive benefits, such as subsidies themselves, but also measures which, in various forms, mitigate the charges which are normally included in the budget of an undertaking and which thus, without being subsidies in the strict sense of the word, are similar in character and have the same effect’.
Komisija navaja, da člen 6(5) Sklepa št. 243/2012/EU državam članicam dopušča, da razmislijo o možnosti dodelitve nadomestila za neposredne stroške preselitve ali prerazporeditve uporabe spektra pod naslednjimi pogoji: (i) nadomestilo mora biti ustrezen ukrep in (ii) mora biti v skladu s pravnim redom Unije, vključno s pravnim redom Unije na področju državne pomoči.
In the case at hand, the Measure foresees a compensation of costs that the private broadcasters would normally have to bear from their own budget.
V zadevnem primeru se možnost države članice, da zagotovi nadomestilo za neposredne stroške, povezane s preselitvijo ali prerazporeditvijo uporabe spektra, ne more umestiti izven nadzora državne pomoči.
The Measure allows those broadcasters to fulfil the obligations imposed on them by law and therefore keep their licences, audience and related advertising revenues.
Nazadnje, Komisija ugotavlja, da se za zasebne izdajatelje televizijskega programa ne uporablja nobena obveznost zagotavljanja storitev sočasnega oddajanja [64].
It also significantly reduces their overall transition costs.
Komisija zato sklepa, da ukrep zagotavlja gospodarsko prednost zasebnim izdajateljem televizijskega programa v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
However, in the absence of the Measure the broadcasters would also be obliged, by the regulatory act, to fulfil the obligation of providing the broadcasting service with continuity and thus to bear all the costs derived from the licences.
Prejemajo subvencijo, ki dejansko zniža stroške, ki bi jih običajno morali kriti sami.
In these circumstances it may be concluded that they receive an advantage which they would not have in the absence of the Measure.
Količinsko opredeljena prednost neposrednih upravičencev, zasebnih izdajateljev televizijskega programa DTT, bi predstavljala skupni znesek javnih sredstev, ki so bila zagotovljena za izpolnitev obveznosti sočasnega oddajanja.
The Spanish authorities also argued that the compensation of broadcasters for the simulcast is foreseen in Union law, notably in Decision No 243/2012/EU, and therefore does not result in any undue economic advantage to the beneficiaries of aid under the Measure.
V zvezi z določitvijo upravičenca ukrepa je ugotovljeno tudi, da „je treba poleg neposrednega prejemnika subvencije upoštevati tudi učinke subvencije, ki segajo prek tega odnosa“ [65].
The Commission notes that Article 6(5) of Decision No 243/2012/EU allows Member States to consider the possibility of granting compensation of direct costs of migration or reallocation of spectrum usage under the following conditions: (i) the compensation must be an appropriate measure and (ii) it has to comply with Union law, including Union law in the area of State aid.
To pomeni, da je lahko upravičenec ukrepa kateri koli subjekt, ki je imel od njega dejansko korist [66].
In the case at hand, the possibility for the Member State to compensate for the direct costs associated with the migration or reallocation of spectrum usage cannot fall outside State aid control.
S tega vidika je koristno poudariti, da je Sodišče v zadevi Mediaset potrdilo, da „člen 107 Pogodbe prepoveduje pomoči, ki jih dodeli država članica, ali kakršno koli vrsto pomoči iz državnih sredstev, ne glede na to, ali so prednosti v zvezi s pomočjo dodeljene neposredno ali posredno [67]“.
Finally, the Commission notes that private broadcasters are not subject to any legal obligation to provide simulcast services [64].
Podobno je Komisija v Sklepu o španskem sistemu prednostne uporabe elektrarn, ki uporabljajo domači premog [68], ki jo je potrdilo Splošno sodišče [69], ugotovila, da so bili španski proizvajalci premoga kljub dejstvu, da je obstajala zakonska obveznost kupovanja od premogovnikov in da je bilo nadomestilo vzpostavljeno šele po naložitvi zadevne obveznosti, neposredni upravičenci pomoči.