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on the dates of 1 August 2007, 18 August 2010 and 30 November 2010, which were the dates of the amendments making substantial changes to the marketing service agreements signed with AMS.
Leta 2010 in 2011 so bile izvedene tudi druge naložbe, da bi se s predpisi uskladil terminal, saj je varnostni odbor (Commission de Sécurité) izdal neugodno mnenje, česar ob prenosu pooblastila iz SPOJS ni bilo mogoče predvideti.
In this context, first of all the Commission particularly considered that, based on the information at its disposal, it could not rule out that Ryanair/AMS had benefited from State aid under the contractual and commercial framework with the successive airport operators.
Upravljavci v zvezi s financiranjem nekaterih naložb, ki jih je izvedel sindikat, trdijo, da je bila to edina mogoča rešitev zaradi kratkotrajnosti SPOJS, ki naj bi bil precej krajši od „obdobja amortizacije naložb“.
The Commission considered that the measure in question was likely to constitute State aid, paid to AMS by the operators, which was prohibited in principle under Article 107(1) TFEU.
Poleg tega trdijo, da bi zainteresirane strani ob objavi razpisa zahtevale višje nadomestilo za financiranje naložb.
This view was based on an analysis of the information submitted by France and the circumstances under which this agreement was signed.
Na koncu navajajo, da družbi VTAN z brezplačnim dajanjem na voljo infrastrukture ni zagotovljena prednost, saj naj sindikat ne bi podpiral stroškov, povezanih z nekaterimi naložbami, ki naj bi bili zato neposredno vključeni v znesek pavšalnega prispevka.
In addition, the Commission expressed doubts as to whether the airport operators, by signing the airport services agreements and marketing services agreements, had behaved as prudent market economy operators pursuing a global or sectoral structural policy, guided by prospects of profitability in the more or less long term.
Kar zadeva subvencijo za opremo, dodeljeno družbi VTAN ob zaprtju vojaške letalske baze, upravljavci menijo, da za naložbe v storitve reševalne službe in gasilske službe na letališčih („SSLIA“) ter v vzpostavitev sistema samodejnega prenosa parametrov („STAP“) ni mogoče šteti, da spadajo med komercialne dejavnosti letališča, temveč med njene državne dejavnosti.
The Commission observed that there were no market studies and/or business plans for the various agreements signed with Ryanair/AMS that economically supported the airport’s decision to make such undertakings to Ryanair/AMS.
Vpliv na trgovino znotraj Unije in konkurenco
In order to carry out this analysis, the Commission proposed to apply the single till principle to the airport’s operation, by taking into account both the aeronautical revenue (airport and ground handling charges) and the revenue from the airport’s non-aeronautical activity (shops, car parks, etc.).
Upravljavci trdijo, da je ciljno območje regionalnega letališča omejeno na letališča, ki so med seboj oddaljena največ 60 minut vožnje z avtomobilom.
With regard to the CCI operating period, the Commission observed that it was difficult to establish how the discounts and rebates granted on the airport charges and the waiver of the ground handling charges had been determined in relation to the operating costs of the airport infrastructures, and therefore the costs of providing the airport services.
Poleg tega navajajo, da so stranke nizkocenovnih prevoznikov veliko bolj pozorne na stroške prevoza do letališča.
In this context, the Commission expressed doubts as to whether the CCI-Airport had acted as a prudent market economy investor in its relations with Ryanair.
Upravljavci v zvezi z letališčem Montpellier menijo, da se njegovi morebitni potniki ne bi želeli voziti v Nîmes, saj naj bi pot zahtevala dodaten čas in stroške.
As regards the VTAN operating period, the Commission noted that the implementation of the new contractual framework defined from 2007 seemed to substantially degrade the operator’s financial situation, as a result of which the Commission could not rule out that Ryanair/AMS had benefited from State aid due to the contractual and commercial framework in question.
Letališče Montpellier naj bi poleg tega zadostilo turističnemu povpraševanju predvsem zahodno od letališča, letališče Nîmes pa naj bi pokrivalo drugačno ciljno območje.
Lastly, the Commission expressed doubts about the compatibility of these measures with the internal market under the 2005 Guidelines.
Nazadnje naj bi to, da obe letališči opravljata lete v ista namembna kraja (London in Bruselj), in študija njunega prometa dokazovala, da ni konkurenčnega pritiska med Montpellierjem in Nîmesom.
JOINT COMMENTS OF THE CCI, VTAN AND THE SMAN
Upravljavci v zvezi z letališčem Marseille poudarjajo, da v skladu s prakso odločanja Komisije dejavnosti letališča kategorije D, kakršno je Nîmes, dejansko ne morejo ovirati dejavnosti letališča, kakršno je Marseille, ki beleži letni promet več kot 7 milijonov potnikov, saj naj navedeni letališči za uporabnike ne bi bili medsebojno zamenljivi.
The two airport operators during the period covered by the opening decision, namely the CCI and VTAN, submitted their comments jointly with the SMAN.
Poleg tega naj bi neodvisna ekonomska študija pokazala, da je upad števila potnikov v Nîmesu po odprtju nizkocenovnega terminala v Marseillu leta 2007 manjši od izgub, zabeleženih v obdobju pred tem odprtjem.
The CCI, VTAN and the SMAN will hereinafter be referred to as ‘the Operators’.
Upravljavci menijo, da zbornica in družba VTAN glede na financiranje, ki jima je bilo dodeljeno, ne moreta vplivati na trg upravljanja letališč, ker naj bi bilo prekrivanje ciljnih območij letališč Montpellier, Avignon in Marseille zelo omejeno.
The Operators stress that Veolia Transport and VTAN are two separate entities.
Združljivost ukrepov z notranjim trgom
The first is the company selected to operate Nîmes airport, whilst VTAN replaced Veolia Transport in the performance of the public service delegation agreement.
Upravljavci menijo, da so vsi preučeni ukrepi združljivi z notranjim trgom.
Reminder of the public service mission of operating Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes airport
Ker je njihov cilj izpolnjevanje nalog splošnega gospodarskega pomena, naj bi ti ukrepi de facto izpolnjevali merila storitve splošnega gospodarskega pomena in zato bili združljivi s smernicami iz leta 2005.
The Operators note that the SMAN is a legal person governed by public law.
Združljivost pomoči za financiranje upravljanja glede na sklep SSGP
The SMAN was assigned public service missions by the French state under the transfer of powers to the local and regional authorities.
Obdobje upravljanja zbornice do februarja 2006: pomoči naj bi bile združljive z notranjim trgom, ker (i) naj bi pooblastitelj prenesel pooblastila za izvajanje nalog javnih storitev (glej zlasti odlok AOT iz leta 1986), (ii) ker naj bi bilo nadomestilo omejeno na stroške, potrebne za izvajanje javne službe (obstajajo zakonski mehanizmi, kot je okrožnica št. 111 z dne 30. marca 1993, za zagotovitev ustreznega nadomestila), in (iii) ker naj bi se redno preverjalo, da nadomestilo ni prekomerno (mesečna poročila za preverjanje ustreznega izvajanja sprejetega proračuna).
The Operators assert that, in accordance with the case-law of the French Council of State, when a syndicat mixte or joint association operates an aerodrome, there is a public service inherent in the nature of its activity.
Obdobje upravljanja zbornice od 1. februarja 2006 do 31. decembra 2006: tudi v tem primeru naj bi bila merila storitve splošnega gospodarskega pomena izpolnjena, (i) ker naj bi bile s sporazumom o prenosu pooblastil z dne 1. februarja 2006 naložene jasno opredeljene obveznosti javne službe, (ii) ker naj bi bilo z navedenim sporazumom poleg tega določeno, da mora biti nadomestilo omejeno na stroške, potrebne za opravljanje javnih storitev, in (iii) ker naj bi bilo prav tako dokazano, da so bila izvedena redna preverjanja.
The SMAN subsequently decided to delegate the airport’s operation to the CCI and then to VTAN in accordance with French law and subject to monitoring of its legality by the Prefect of the Gard Department, without the latter identifying any illegality.
Obdobje upravljanja družbe VTAN: tudi SPOJS naj bi izpolnjeval navedena merila, zlasti (i) to, da naj bi pooblastitelj prenesel pooblastila za naloge opravljanja javnih storitev, (ii) da naj bi bilo nadomestilo omejeno na potrebne stroške in (iii) da naj nadomestilo ne bi bilo prekomerno, saj naj bi bili iz letnega poročila pooblastitelju razvidni ekonomski in finančni rezultati poslovnega leta.
Measure 1: Assessment of the financial contributions made to the airport Operators
Združljivost pomoči za financiranje infrastruktur glede na smernice iz leta 2005
Existence of aid
Jasno opredeljen cilj splošnega pomena: naložbeni ukrepi naj bi bili v skladu z jasno opredeljenim ciljem splošnega pomena, in sicer: gospodarski in turistični razvoj departmaja Gard, saj je po navedbah upravljavcev dejanski čisti finančni učinek letališča Nîmes na lokalno gospodarstvo približno 71 milijonov EUR z vidika zaposlitev, ki jih je ustvarilo navedeno letališče, in čistega pretoka turistov.
Tasks falling within the powers of a public authority and infrastructure used to perform those tasks
Potreba po naložbah in njihova sorazmernost: večina je bila izvedena v 90. letih, naložbe, izvedene v obdobju upravljanja zbornice, na katero se nanaša sklep o začetku postopka, pa naj bi bile manjše in namenjene uskladitvi letališča z veljavnimi varnostnimi predpisi.
The Operators take the view that aircraft firefighting and wildlife hazard prevention services are not security services, but sovereign tasks associated with safety that are covered by the airport tax, such that these are non-economic activities falling outside the scope of the European rules on State aid.
Poleg tega naj bi bile med upravljanjem družbe VTAN izvedene te naložbe: prenova vzletno-pristajalne steze leta 2007 in uskladitev terminala s predpisi med letoma 2010 in 2011.
Financing of the operation
Zadovoljiva srednjeročna pričakovanja v zvezi z uporabo: upravljavci trdijo, da so bila v obeh obdobjih upravljanja pričakovanja zadovoljiva.
The Operators stress that, during the CCI operating period, neither the repayable advances paid by the CCI’s general arm for the benefit of the airport’s accounts nor the rebilling system for joint costs can be regarded as acts that may be assessed under the State aid rules.
Zbornica tako poudarja, da so bila v obdobju njenega upravljanja pričakovanja pozitivna, saj naj bi se promet v 20 letih pred spremembo velikosti letališča povečal za 3,5-krat.
Accordingly, in their view, in the first case the CCI acted as a private investor ensuring that its business had the necessary resources and, in the case of the rebilling system for joint costs, these costs were decided based on objective criteria associated with the volume of services provided to each recipient.
Družba VTAN poleg tega trdi, da so ob sklenitvi SPOJS obstajala zadovoljiva srednjeročna pričakovanja.
Compatibility of the flat-rate contribution with the Altmark case-law
Enak in nediskriminatoren dostop do infrastruktur: splošni cenik naj bi določal višino pristojbin, zaračunanih vsakemu prevozniku, ki je opravljal lete z letališča Nîmes.
Clearly defined public service obligations.
Nevpliv na razvoj trgovine v obsegu, ki je v nasprotju s skupnim interesom: ker naj dodeljene pomoči ne bi mogle vplivati na letališča, ki so na ciljnem območju letališča Nîmes.
The Operators refute the Commission’s view that developing the airport, particularly for commercial flights, cannot be defined as a service of general interest.
Sorazmernost in potrebnost pomoči – spodbujevalni učinek: brez teh ukrepov naj bi se letališče zaprlo.
In fact, they consider that (i) the Member States enjoy broad discretion in defining what they regard as a service of general economic interest (SGEI); and that (ii) the ‘development of air traffic’ has a wider objective, namely regional development, which is an objective that, according to the Operators, has already been recognised by the Commission as being a general interest objective.
Poleg tega naj bi to, da je bil razpis za upravljanje navedenega letališča objavljen leta 2007, dokazovalo, da teh naložb ne bi prevzel noben gospodarski subjekt.
In addition, the Operators have submitted a study proving that the airport’s impact on the local economy is clearly greater than the flat-rate contribution, due to the airport’s importance as a focus of activity.
Ukrep 2: ocena morebitnih pomoči, dodeljenih družbama Ryanair in AMS
The Operators also refer to the contents of the CDSP to prove that (i) the CDSP contains numerous obligations associated with the maintenance and accessibility of the airport; and that (ii) VTAN was required to ensure the continuity of the public service under threat of penalties, by assuming obligations that a private investor, based on its own commercial interest, would not have assumed or would not have assumed to the same extent or under the same conditions.
Državna sredstva in možnost, da se plačila družbe VTAN družbama Ryanair in AMS pripišejo državi
The Operators assert that the Commission has misinterpreted the meaning of the expression ‘development of air traffic’.
Obdobje upravljanja zbornice: upravljavci trdijo, da navedene pomoči ne izpolnjujejo meril iz sodbe v zadevi Stardust, kar zadeva pripisljivost sredstev državi.
Unlike the Commission, which has taken the view that this task involves developing the airport, the Operators have indicated that, in its broader sense, this task corresponds to regional development, which they claim to be a clearly defined general interest objective.
Upravljavci menijo, da je Komisija kot edini dokaz pripisljivosti navedla nadzor, ki se je nad zbornico izvajal v skladu z določbami francoskega trgovinskega zakonika.
In addition, in their view, this task also includes development of the industrial hub.
Po njihovih navedbah je nadzor regije omejen na nekatere kategorije finančnih obveznosti, med katere naj nikakor ne bi spadale pogodbe o tržnih in drugih storitvah, sklenjene z letalskimi prevozniki.
The Operators also stress that, contrary to the Commission’s opinion, the compensation granted to VTAN did not depend on how the aviation activity developed.
Navedeno merilo naj bi zato bilo nezadostno za dokaz pripisljivosti sredstev državi.
In fact, the flat-rate contribution took the form of compensation fixed at EUR [1200000–1500000] per year in the reference scenario, which could only go down subject to certain conditions defined in the CDSP.
Kar zadeva preostala merila iz zgoraj navedene sodne prakse, upravljavci menijo, da (i) ni povezav z javnim subjektom, (ii) da je zbornica analizirane odločitve sprejela v okviru dejavnosti, s katerimi je konkurirala zasebnim podjetjem, in da (iii) ni bila dokazana vpletenost države v analizirane odločitve.
Lastly, the Operators consider that the overall management of Nîmes airport, given its size and local role, should be regarded as an SGEI, given that the Commission has not proven that a private market economy operator would have been prepared to assume such obligations in the absence of public service compensation.
Obdobje upravljanja družbe VTAN: upravljavci opozarjajo, da ni samodejne povezave med zneskom javnega prispevka, dodeljenega družbi VTAN, in pogodbami, ki jih je družba VTAN s pogajanji sklenila z družbama Ryanair in AMS.
Parameters established in advance for determining the amount of compensation.
Kar zadeva pripisljivost navedenih ukrepov državi, naj bi ukrep sprejelo zasebno podjetje, zato naj merila iz sodne prakse iz sodbe v zadevi Stardust, ne bi bila izpolnjena.
The Operators maintain that the flat-rate contribution paid by the delegator to the delegatee was fixed, and was only indexed each year according to a clearly defined formula.
Selektivna prednost
Furthermore, they clarify that the exceptional increases stipulated in the amendments were agreed as a result of the occurrence of events that were unforeseeable at the time when VTAN drew up its tender.
Skupna analiza pogodb o letaliških storitvah in pogodb o tržnih storitvah
Fair compensation for costs arising from public service obligations.
Upravljavci se ne strinjajo s skupno obravnavo pogodb, ki jo je napovedala Komisija, ker naj bi imeli navedeni vrsti pogodb drugačne pogoje in predmeta.
The Operators rely on a quantitative analysis to prove that the airport operator was not overcompensated.
Ocena pogodb o tržnih storitvah, sklenjenih z družbo AMS
As a result, given the size of Nîmes airport, all the operator’s economic costs (excluding sovereign tasks) must be taken into account to determine the existence of overcompensation.
Obdobje upravljanja zbornice: upravljavci menijo, da je oglaševanje na posebnih spletnih mestih temeljna storitev za razvoj vsakega regionalnega letališča.
In this context, over the 2007-2011 period, there was allegedly a loss of nearly EUR [1-3] million.
Menijo, da je navedena dejavnost v skladu s prakso Komisije in sodno prakso Sodišča, ker naj bi šlo za storitev, ki se plačuje po tržni ceni.
Only if the entire flat-rate contribution were allocated solely to the public service costs in the strict sense would the operator make a profit of EUR [2-4] million.
Obdobje upravljanja družbe VTAN: upravljavci opozarjajo, da so bila vsa plačila družbi Ryanair izvedena v okviru prenosa pooblastil za nalogo opravljanja javnih storitev, dodeljenih družbi VTAN, zlasti za promocijo regije ter njen gospodarski in turistični razvoj.
Lastly, the Operators stress that, if the AMS expenditure is included in the public service missions, the compensation covers only […] % of the AMS expenditure of EUR [5-7] million over the 2007-2011 period, less the public service costs in the strict sense, which does not show any overcompensation.
Ocena pogodb o letaliških storitvah, sklenjenih z družbo Ryanair
Selection of the service provider.
Upravljavci menijo, da Komisija od majhnega letališča, kakršno je letališče Nîmes, ne more pričakovati da bo vse stroške preneslo na letalske prevoznike.
The Operators rely on an independent economic study to prove that the negotiated procedure allowed the most efficient operator to be selected (i) by improving the efficiency of the agreement; and (ii) by allowing the Operators to submit more aggressive tenders.
Zato predlagajo, da se za merjenje donosnosti navedenega poslovnega razmerja upoštevajo samo spremenljivi stroški, ki jih je mogoče pripisati izključno navedenemu prevozniku, in izključijo stalni stroški, ki naj bi jih bilo treba tako ali tako plačevati.
The procedure followed with Veolia met the final Altmark criterion, given that the predicted costs used to calculate the financial contribution reflected the costs of a well-run airport of the same size as Nîmes.
V obdobju upravljanja zbornice: upravljavci poudarjajo, da je bilo mogoče pogoje, odobrene družbi Ryanair, ponuditi pregledno in nediskriminatorno kateremu koli letalskemu prevozniku, ki bi prevzel enake obveznosti kot družba Ryanair.
Clarifications on the AMS expenditure
V obdobju upravljanja družbe VTAN: upravljavci menijo, da Komisija stroškov družbe AMS ne more v celoti pripisati stroškom, ki nastanejo pri upravljanju letališča na komercialni podlagi, ker naj bi ti stroški v celoti ali delno nastali v okviru naloge opravljanja javnih storitev, dodeljene družbi VTAN za promocijo območja.
VTAN stresses that Ryanair and AMS are two separate entities and that their contractual relations must therefore be treated separately.
Upravljavci poleg tega opozarjajo, da je bilo letališče Nîmes za družbo VTAN prvo letališče, ki ga je upravljala, zato naj bi bilo zanjo ključnega pomena zagotoviti navzočnost družbe Ryanair, po potrebi z začetno izgubo, da bi lahko skupina pridobila izkušnje, potrebne za razvoj njene dejavnosti upravljanja letališč.
In addition, the Operators maintain that all the services contracted to AMS fell within the public service missions assigned to VTAN.
Upravljavci nazadnje poudarjajo, da javni organi (zlasti sindikat) v tem okviru nimajo nobene vloge v poslovnem razmerju med družbama Ryanair in VTAN.
As a reminder, the main objective of these public service missions was the economic and tourism development of the Nîmes region.
Pripombe družbe Ryanair k sklepu o začetku postopka
Financing of the infrastructure
Družba Ryanair je predložila poročilo, ki ga je pripravila družba Oxera, neodvisen ekonomski svetovalec, da bi dokazala, da se s pogodbami družbe Ryanair z letališčem Nîmes spoštuje načelo udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The Operators confirm that the only work directly carried out by the CCI during its operation of Nîmes airport involved the expansion and adaptation of the passenger terminal, with this work being financed from the CCI’s own resources or through loans taken out in its name.
V navedenem poročilu je ugotovljeno, da so povprečne pristojbine, ki jih je družba Ryanair plačevala letališču Nîmes, višje od povprečja pristojbin, zaračunanih primerljivim letališčem, ki delujejo kot vlagatelji v tržnem gospodarstvu (družba Oxera je upoštevala letališča […], […], […], […] in […]).
Given that the vast majority of this work took place during the 1990s, the applicable legislation is the 1994 Aviation Guidelines, meaning that the financing of this work escapes the monitoring of State aid carried out by the Commission.
Neobstoj pomoči, ki izvira iz državnih sredstev, nepripisljivost državi
The Operators also note that, except for the passenger terminal, the investments were made in the airbase, as the commercial activity was secondary.
Pogodbe z zbornico (pred 1. januarjem 2007)
During the VTAN operating period, the main investments, which were mainly military in nature, involved bringing the runway into compliance.
Komisija trdi, da družbi Ryanair in AMS zneskov, dolgovanih na podlagi njunih pogodb, nista prejeli od zbornice, temveč od državnih subjektov, kakršen je regija Languedoc-Roussillon.
These investments were made to meet the basic needs of the airbase.
Družba Ryanair meni, da Komisija svojih trditev v zvezi s pripisom sredstev državi in uporabo državnih sredstev ni mogla veljavno podkrepiti s trditvami, ki se nanašajo na zbornico.
In addition, other investments were made between 2010 and 2011 to bring the terminal into compliance following an unfavourable opinion from the Safety Commission, which could not have been anticipated when the delegation was granted.
Družba Ryanair trdi, da francoska država v skladu s sodno prakso Unije in francoskim pravom nikakor ne vpliva na postopek odločanja gospodarskih zbornic, saj naj bi bila njena vloga omejena na nadziranje nekaterih odločitev („nadzor“), in za sklenitev pogodb, kakršni sta „pogodba o letaliških storitvah“ in „pogodba o tržnih storitvah“, ne bi bila potrebna njena odobritev.
As regards the financing of certain investments by the SMAN, the Operators assert that this was the only possible solution given the short term of the CDSP, which was much shorter than the ‘investment depreciation period’.
Družba Ryanair navaja, da vsa sredstva zbornic ne izvirajo iz davkov, saj naj bi imele lastna sredstva, ki jih ustvarijo na primer s komercialnimi dejavnostmi.
In addition, they assert that, if these investments had been taken into account at the time of the invitation to tender, the interested parties would have requested higher compensation.
Zbornice morajo v skladu s francoskim zakonikom o civilnem letalstvu svoje letališke storitve financirati samostojno.
To conclude, they assert that the infrastructure being placed at the operator’s disposal without charge did not confer any advantage on VTAN because, in the absence of the SMAN’s support for certain investments, the associated costs would have been directly included in the amount of the flat-rate contribution.
Pogodbe z družbo VTAN (po 1. januarju 2007)