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This circumstance would in itself be sufficient to exclude compatibility of the measures with the internal market.
Z edino izjemo nepremičnin je podjetje Fortischem od podjetja Via Chem Slovakia prevzelo vsa sredstva in pravice, povezane s kemično proizvodnjo (proizvodni stroji in oprema, pogodbe itd.), pa tudi obveznosti, povezane s kemično proizvodnjo (vključno z vsemi pogodbami o zaposlitvi).
In addition, the Commission observes that Slovakia has not brought to the attention of the Commission any facts that would ensure compliance with the necessary requirements for finding restructuring aid compatible: restoration of the long-term viability of NCHZ, acceptable levels of own contribution, adequate compensatory measures, and so on.
Nepremičnine, ki niso bile prodane podjetju Fortischem, vendar so bile potrebne za nadaljevanje gospodarskih dejavnosti podjetja NCHZ, so bile podjetju Fortischem na voljo na podlagi zakupne pogodbe.
The Commission concludes that the measure identified above is not compatible on the basis of the R&R Guidelines and thus constitutes state aid which is incompatible with the internal market.
Zato bo Komisija neposredno analizirala, ali obstaja gospodarska kontinuiteta med podjetjem NCHZ in njegovimi poslovnimi dejavnostmi, ki jih je prevzelo podjetje Fortischem.
Recovery of the aid
Posebne značilnosti obeh transakcij bodo upoštevane, če so pomembne za to oceno.
According to the Treaty and the Court's established case-law, the Commission should normally decide that the Member State concerned must abolish aid illegally granted when such aid has been found to be incompatible with the internal market [20].
Prodajna cena
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a Member State to abolish aid declared incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation [21].
Komisija je v svojem sklepu o začetku formalnega postopka preiskave izrazila dvome glede tega, ali je cena v višini 2,2 milijona EUR, ki jo je podjetje Via Chem Slovakia, izbrani ponudnik, plačalo za sredstva podjetja, predstavljala tržno ceno.
In this context, the Court has established that this 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 [22].
Razpis je vključeval pogoje, za katere se zdi, da so verjetno znižali vrednost sredstev.
In line with the case-law, Article 14(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 states that ‘where negative decisions are taken in cases of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary …’ [23].
V skladu z razpisnimi pogoji so se lahko morebitni ponudniki odločili, ali bodo predložili svoje ponudbe s prevzemom „obveznosti prevzemnika“ ali brez prevzema (za podrobnosti glej uvodni izjavi (17) in (18)).
Thus, given that none of the measures in question were notified to the Commission, in violation of Article 108 of the Treaty, but are to be considered unlawful and incompatible aid, the amounts granted must be recovered in order to re-establish the situation that existed on the market before they were granted.
Razpisna pravila so določala, da če bi dal najvišjo ponudbo ponudnik, ki bi se odločil, da ne bo prevzel obveznosti, bi imel najboljši ponudnik, ki bi prevzel obveznosti, možnost izenačiti najvišjo ponudbo.
Recovery should cover the time from when the advantage accrued to the beneficiary, that is to say when the aid was put at the disposal of the beneficiary, until effective recovery, and the sums to be recovered should bear interest until effective recovery.
Komisija meni, da bi lahko ta možnost, da ponudnik zviša svojo ponudbo po predložitvi vseh ponudb, odvračala morebitne udeležence in/ali negativno vplivala na predložene ponudbe.
Recovery will take into account the amounts of outstanding debts constituting state aid which have been demonstrated to have been already repaid from the proceeds of the sale of NCHZ's assets.
Dejansko je eden izmed elementov, ki zagotavlja, da se pri razpisu doseže najvišja cena, negotovost glede cen, ki jih ponudijo ponudniki.
In view of the sale of the business of NCHZ to Via Chem Slovakia and Fortischem, the Commission will examine possible economic continuity between these companies in order to analyse whether the recovery of aid should be extended to them or not.
Če ponudnik, ki predloži ponudbo s prevzemom obveznosti, ve, da mora biti njegova ponudba le najboljša izmed ponudb s prevzemom obveznostmi in da bo lahko izenačil svojo ponudbo s ponudbo najboljšega ponudnika, ki ne bi prevzel obveznosti, lahko predloži nižjo ponudbo, kot bi jo, če v razpisnih pogojih ne bi bila navedena možnost izenačitve ponudbe.
Economic continuity of NCHZ through the sale of the business
Poleg tega bi ta pogoj lahko odvračal ponudnike, ki ne želijo predložiti ponudbe s prevzemom obveznosti, saj vedo, da bo njihova ponudba, četudi bo najboljša, zavrnjena, ker lahko drug kupec, ki je pripravljen prevzeti obveznosti, zviša svojo ponudbo.
As indicated, in the event of a negative Commission decision regarding the recovery of incompatible aid to an undertaking in the context of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU, the Member State in question is required to recover the incompatible aid.
Če se to zgodi, ponudnik, ki ni pripravljen prevzeti obveznosti, nima možnosti ponovno predložiti ponudbe in ponuditi višjo nakupno ceno.
The recovery obligation may be extended to a new company to which the company in question has transferred or sold part of its assets, where that transfer or sale structure leads to the conclusion that there is economic continuity between the two companies [24].
Glede na navedeno se zdi, da dajejo razpisni pogoji prednost ponudnikom, ki prevzamejo obveznosti, saj ima v primeru, če dva ponudnika, eden s prevzemom obveznosti in drugi brez prevzema obveznosti, ponudita enako ceno, ponudba s prevzemom obveznosti prednost pred drugo ponudbo.
As regards the purpose of the transaction, the Commission notes that, although it does not have direct evidence that the intention of the transaction was to evade the effects of a potential recovery decision, it was however clear to the Slovak authorities that the Commission had been preliminarily investigating a complaint against NCHZ since 17 October 2011 (see recital 2) and that there was the existing claim for the payment of the cartel fine of EUR 19,6 million imposed on NCHZ by a decision of 22 July 2009 (see recital 12).
To očitno kaže, da bi bila cena, ki bi bila dosežena brez prevzema obveznosti, lahko morda višja od cene, ki jo je ponudil izbrani ponudnik.
According to the Court decision in Italy and SIM 2 v Commission [25], on which the Commission based its decisions concerning the companies Olympic Airlines, Alitalia and SERNAM [26], the assessment of economic continuity between the aid beneficiary and the undertaking to which its assets were transferred is established based on a set of indicators.
Razumno je mogoče domnevati, da ima obveznost izpolnjevanja obveznosti finančne posledice za kupca, ki to upošteva pri predložitvi svoje ponudbe.
The following factors may be taken into consideration: the sale price corresponding to a market price or not, the scope of the sold assets (assets and liabilities, maintenance of workforce, the assets as a whole), the identity of the buyer(s), the timing of the sale (after the initiation of preliminary assessment, the formal investigation procedure or the final decision) and the economic logic of the operation.
Brez prevzema obveznosti bi bila cena, ki jo ponudi takšen kupec, tako verjetno višja.
This set of indicators was confirmed by the Court in its decision of 28 March 2012 in Ryanair v Commission, which confirmed the Alitalia decision [27].
Slovaška trdi, da tudi ponudnik, ki je pripravljen sprejeti obveznosti, ne more biti prepričan, da noben drug ponudnik ne bo pripravljen prevzeti obveznosti z morda boljšo ponudbo.
In view of the sale of the NCHZ business to Via Chem Slovakia, and subsequently to Fortischem, the Commission will thus analyse, on the basis of the above listed criteria, whether there is an economic continuity between NCHZ and the business ultimately acquired and currently operated by Fortischem.
Vendar to ne spremeni dejstva, da so bili ponudniki brez prevzema obveznosti na splošno obravnavani manj ugodno kot ponudniki s prevzemom obveznosti in da se je s tem lahko odvrnilo morebitne ponudnike, ki niso bili pripravljeni prevzeti obveznosti, od udeležbe.
The Commission considers that it is not appropriate to analyse separately the economic continuity of the two transactions leading to the acquisition of NCHZ's business activities by Fortischem, i.e. first the sale to Via Chem Slovakia and then the sale to Fortischem.
Slovaška tudi trdi, da je bilo glede na celotni znesek obveznosti, ki je presegel 11 milijonov EUR, malo verjetno, da bi kateri koli ponudnik predložil ponudbo s prevzemom teh obveznosti.
Via Chem Slovakia sold the business to Fortischem in the second transaction on 1 August 2012, i.e. only one day after closing the first transaction.
Trdi, da zlasti glede na ceno v višini le 2 milijona EUR, ki je bila ponujena med prvim razpisom, noben razumen udeleženec razpisa ne bi prevzel obveznosti s takšnimi finančnimi posledicami.
Therefore, Via Chem Slovakia never actually managed and operated the NCHZ business activities it acquired.
Obveznosti dejansko vključujejo naložbe v višini najmanj 11 milijonov EUR.
The Commission acknowledges that the scope of the two transactions is not exactly the same, since Via Chem Slovakia retained ownership of certain immovable assets (buildings and land).
Vendar je naložba namenjena financiranju ukrepov za zagotavljanje skladnosti z veljavnimi okoljskimi predpisi, potrebnimi za nadaljevanje kemične proizvodnje.
However, it is evident from the information provided that all the economic activities of NCHZ acquired by Via Chem Slovakia were immediately transferred to Fortischem.
Vsak ponudnik, ki bi želel nadaljevati s kemično proizvodnjo, bi moral izvesti takšno naložbo in ta znesek bi morali tako upoštevati tudi ponudniki, ki ne bi prevzeli obveznosti.
With the sole exception of the immovable assets, Fortischem took over from Via Chem Slovakia all assets and rights related to chemical production (production machines and equipment, contracts etc.) as well as commitments related to chemical production (including all employment contracts).
Čeprav bi drugi dve obveznosti (navedeni v uvodni izjavi (17)) lahko vplivali na ceno, se kupcu, ki bi nameraval ohraniti ali celo razširiti dejavnosti podjetja NCHZ, te obveznosti ne bi zdele pretirano obremenjujoče, ob upoštevanju prednosti, ki je na razpisu zagotovljena ponudnikom, ki so pripravljeni prevzeti obveznosti.
The immovable assets that were not sold to Fortischem but were necessary for the continuation of the NCHZ economic activities were made available to Fortischem on the basis of a lease contract.
Zato možnosti ponudbe s prevzemom obveznosti ni mogoče šteti za „izredno malo verjetno“ in je ta možnost zato lahko vplivala na ceno, ki je bila ponujena na razpisu.
Therefore, the Commission will directly analyse whether there is economic continuity between NCHZ and its business activities acquired by Fortischem.
Čeprav ne koncu ni bilo prejete nobene ponudbe s prevzemom obveznosti, pogoji niso dovoljevali vključitve največjega možnega števila ponudnikov, ki med seboj tekmujejo s svojimi najboljšimi ponudbami, kar je predpogoj za prodajo po najvišji možni tržni ceni.
The specific features of the two transactions will be taken into account to the extent that they are relevant to this assessment.
Poleg tega je bila prodaja organizirana kot prodaja celotnega podjetja kot delujočega podjetja, tj. z vsemi sredstvi v paketu, in noben ponudnik ni mogel kupiti nobenega sredstva ločeno.
Selling price
To je izključevalo možnost doseganja najvišje možne končne cene z oddajo ponudb za posamezne dele področij dejavnosti podjetja NCHZ (ob istočasnem izogibanju možnim težavam, ki bi izvirale iz morebitne ustavitve poslovanja, ali omejevanju teh težav).
In its decision to open the formal investigation procedure the Commission expressed doubts as to whether the price of EUR 2,2 million paid for the company's assets by Via Chem Slovakia, the successful bidder, represented a market price.
Komisija ugotavlja, da je iz dokumentov, ki so jih predložili slovaški organi, razvidno, da so obstajali možni ponudniki, ki so bili zainteresirani za nakup samo nekaterih delov podjetja NCHZ (na primer, podjetje bluO Epsilon Limited je bilo zainteresirano samo za nakup obratov za proizvodnjo karbida).
The tender came with conditions attached that appear likely to have lowered the value of the assets.
Zato ni mogoče izključiti, da bi prodaja posameznih delov podjetja NCHZ privedla do višje skupne prodajne cene.
According to the tender conditions potential bidders could choose whether to make their bid with or without undertaking the ‘Commitments of the Transferee’ (for details see recitals 17 and 18).
Pri prodaji podjetju Fortischem s strani podjetja Via Chem Slovakia je šlo za transakcijo med dvema zasebnima strankama, pri čemer ni bil organiziran razpis.
The rules of the tender stipulated that, if the highest bid came from a bidder that chose not to undertake the commitments, the highest bidder making those commitments would have the chance to match the highest bid.
Za ceno sta se enostavno dogovorili obe zasebni stranki, pri čemer druge stranke niso imele možnosti ponuditi višje cene.
The Commission considers that this possibility for one bidder to raise his bid after all the bids have been submitted is likely to discourage potential participants and/or have a negative impact on the bids that are made.
Zato so dvomi glede tega, ali je cena, ki jo je plačalo podjetje Via Chem Slovakia, ustrezala tržni ceni, povezani tudi s ceno, ki jo je plačalo podjetje Fortischem.
In fact, one of the elements that ensure that the highest price is achieved in a tender is the uncertainty as regards the prices offered by the other bidders.
Glede na navedeno se zdi verjetno, da sredstva podjetja NCHZ niso bila prodana na način, ki bi zagotavljal največje možne prihodke za preneseno podjetje.
If a bidder submitting a bid with commitments knows that his bid need only be the highest among the bids with commitments and that he will be able to match his bid to that of the highest bidder not undertaking the commitments, he may well put in a lower bid than if no opportunity to match is provided for in the tender conditions.
Komisija ob upoštevanju navedenega ugotavlja, da cena, ki jo je podjetje Via Chem Slovakia plačalo za podjetje NCHZ, verjetno ni bila dejanska tržna cena, saj so razpisni pogoji in dejstvo, da so morali ponudniki predložiti ponudbo za vsa sredstva skupaj, vplivali na ceno.
Furthermore, this condition could discourage bidders who do not wish to bid with commitments because they know that, even if their bid is the highest, it may be rejected because another buyer who is prepared to undertake the commitments can increase its bid.
Obseg transakcije
If this occurs, the bidder without commitments is not given the opportunity to re-bid and offer a higher purchase price.
Za preprečitev gospodarske kontinuitete morajo sredstva in drugi elementi prenesenega podjetja predstavljati le del prejšnjega podjetja ali njegovih dejavnosti.
In view of the above, the tender conditions seem to give preference to bidders undertaking the commitments, since if two bidders offer the same price, one with commitments and one without, the bid with the commitments is preferred over the other one.
Večji kot je del prvotnega podjetja, ki je prenesen na nov subjekt, večja je verjetnost, da bo imela gospodarska dejavnost, povezana s temi sredstvi, še naprej koristi od nezdružljive pomoči.
This would appear to be an indication that the price that would be achieved in the absence of the commitments could potentially be higher than the price offered by the winning bidder.
Čeprav Slovaška trdi, da je šlo pri prodaji za „odkup sredstev“, pa pogoji prodaje dejansko kažejo, da je bilo podjetje prodano kot delujoče podjetje.
It can reasonably be presumed that the obligation to fulfil the commitments has financial implications for the buyer which it takes into account when submitting its bid.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi (19), so bili vsa sredstva in vsaj del prenosljivih obveznosti prodani novemu lastniku.
In the absence of the commitments, the price offered by that buyer would thus likely be higher.
Obseg dejavnosti podjetja, ki ga je kupilo podjetje Fortischem, ostaja enak prejšnjemu obsegu dejavnosti podjetja NCHZ.
Slovakia argues that even a bidder offering to accept commitments could not be sure that there would be no other bidder offering commitments with a potentially higher bid.
To kaže primerjava med proizvodnim programom podjetja NCHZ na samem začetku stečajnega postopka [29] in sedanjim proizvodnim programom po podatkih s spletne strani podjetja Fortischem [30].
However, this does not undermine the fact that bidders without commitments were in general treated less favourably than bidders with commitments, and that potential bidders not willing to undertake the commitments could thereby have been discouraged from participating.
V obeh primerih glavna področja dejavnosti podjetja NCHZ oziroma podjetja Fortischem vključujejo anorganske (elektrolitske) kemikalije, vključno s kalcijevim karbidom, organske kemikalije, polimere in predelane proizvode iz PVC.
Slovakia also argues that, in view of the total volume of the commitments, which exceeded EUR 11 million, it was highly unlikely that any bidder would submit a bid undertaking these commitments.
Vseh 14 ključnih proizvodov iz teh področij proizvodnje, ki je leta 2008 predstavljalo 99 % prihodkov podjetja NCHZ [31], proizvaja tudi podjetje Fortischem.
It claims that, in particular in view of the price of only EUR 2 million offered during the first tender, no rational participant in the tender would have undertaken commitments with such financial implications.
Zato so proizvodni program in prihodki prenesenega podjetja ostali enaki, kot so bili pri podjetju NCHZ.
The commitments in fact include investments of at least EUR 11 million.
V podjetje Fortischem je bilo premeščenih tudi več kot 95 % od 1412 zaposlenih v podjetju NCHZ.
However, the investment is earmarked to finance measures ensuring compliance with the applicable environmental rules necessary for the continuation of chemical production.
Zaposleni niso bili odpuščeni in nato ponovno zaposleni s strani podjetja Fortischem, ampak so bile njihove pogodbe o zaposlitvi enostavno prenesene na podjetje Fortischem.
Any bidder wishing to continue chemical production would need to make such an investment and this amount would thus need to be taken into account also by bidders not undertaking the commitments.
Slovaška trdi, da je bilo prenesenih manj kot 60 % podjetja, zlasti zato, ker ni bila vključena nobena nepremičnina.
While the other two commitments (referred to in recital 17) did have a potential effect on price, a buyer planning to maintain or even expand NCHZ's activities would not find those commitments excessively burdensome, considering the advantage granted in the tender to bidders with commitments.
Vendar, kot je bilo pojasnjeno (glej uvodno izjavo (134)), ima podjetje Fortischem pri podjetju Via Chem Slovakia zakupljene nepremičnine (zemljišče in stavbe), potrebne za kemično proizvodnjo.
Therefore, the possibility of a bid undertaking commitments cannot be discounted as ‘extremely improbable’ and this possibility was therefore liable to influence the price offered in the tender.
Razen nepremičnin je podjetje Fortischem prevzelo vsa druga sredstva, pravice in obveznosti, povezane s prenesenim podjetjem.
In addition, the sale was organised as a sale of the whole business as a going concern, i.e. with all the assets bundled together and no bidder could buy any asset separately.
Poleg tega je podjetje Fortischem ohranilo tudi obstoječe vodstvo podjetja NCHZ.
This excluded the possibility of maximising the final price through bidding for partial areas of NCHZ's activities (while at the same time avoiding or limiting potential difficulties stemming from the possible discontinuation of operations).
Na primer, izvršni direktor podjetja NCHZ pred prenosom podjetja je postal predsednik upravnega odbora podjetja Fortischem.
The Commission observes that the documents submitted by the Slovak authorities indicate that there were potential bidders who were interested in acquiring only some parts of NCHZ's business (for example, bluO Epsilon Limited was interested in acquiring only the carbide production facilities).
Med prevzemom podjetja NCHZ je podjetje Fortischem tudi javno objavilo v medijih, da ne načrtuje kakršnih koli večjih sprememb v zvezi z zaposlenimi ali proizvodnjo in da bo ohranilo obstoječe vodstvo [34].
Therefore, it cannot be excluded that a sale of partial areas of NCHZ's business would not have led to a higher total sales price.
Zato je podjetje Fortischem, kar zadeva obseg transakcije, učinkovito prevzelo vse gospodarske dejavnosti podjetja NCHZ skupaj z vsemi povezanimi sredstvi, pravicami in obveznostmi.
The price was simply negotiated between the two private parties without any possibility for other parties to offer a higher price.
Poleg tega obe zainteresirani strani, ki sta predložili pripombe, tudi trdita, da podjetje Fortischem še naprej ravna na enak način, kot je ravnalo podjetje NCHZ, in ponuja enak portfelj proizvodov na istih geografskih trgih ter da je edina vidna sprememba sprememba imena.
Therefore, the doubts as to whether the price paid by Via Chem Slovakia corresponded to a market price also relate to the price paid by Fortischem.
Zato podjetje Fortischem nadaljuje dejavnost podjetja NCHZ brez kakršnih koli večjih sprememb trgovinske, kadrovske ali proizvodne politike.
In view of the above, it appears likely that NCHZ's assets were not sold in a manner that ensured the maximisation of revenue for the transferred business.
Identiteta lastnikov
In view of the above, the Commission concludes that the price paid by Via Chem Slovakia for NCHZ's business was probably not a true market price, as the conditions of the tender as well as the fact that bidders had to bid for all assets bundled together had an impact on the price.
Če so lastniki prevzemnega podjetja isti kot lastniki prodajnega podjetja, je to jasen kazalec gospodarske kontinuitete.
Scope of the transaction
V tem primeru Komisija ni mogla zbrati kakršnih koli dokazov, ki bi potrdili trditve pritožnika, da obstajajo povezave med prvotnimi in novimi končnimi lastniki podjetja NCHZ.
In order to avoid economic continuity, the assets and other elements of the business transferred need to represent only a part of the previous company or its activities.
Ker so neposredni lastniki različni, ni mogoče preveriti iz neodvisnih in zanesljivih virov, kdo so končni lastniki, ki se skrivajo za nekaterimi izmed neposrednih in posrednih matičnih družb s sedežem na Cipru.
The larger the part of the original business that is transferred to a new entity, the higher the likelihood that the economic activity related to these assets continues to benefit from the incompatible aid.
Vendar so slovaški organi predložili zaprisežene izjave podjetja Energochemica, sedanje partnerske družbe podjetja Fortischem, da lastniki podjetja Fortischem nikakor niso povezani z nekdanjimi lastniki podjetja NCHZ.
Although Slovakia claims that the sale was an ‘asset deal’, the terms of the sale actually indicate that the company was sold as a going concern.
V odsotnosti kakršnih koli nasprotnih dokazov Komisija predvideva, da ni nobenih povezav med prvotnimi in novimi lastniki podjetja NCHZ, prenesenega na podjetje Fortischem.
As indicated in recital 19 above, all assets and at least part of the transferable commitments were sold to the new owner.
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