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As explained in recitals 92 et seq., payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal in reality retroactively reduces the operating expenses incurred by them pursuing their economic activity under normal market conditions.
Iz tega naj bi izhajalo, da je morala družba S.C.
According to points 76, 77 and 79 of the RAG 2007, operating aid is normally prohibited, and can be granted only exceptionally in Article 107(3)(a) regions provided that:
European Food S.A v času, ko ji je bila dodeljena nezakonita državna pomoč v okviru EGO 24, kar je bilo v vsakem primeru po 1. juniju 2000, vedeti za sklep romunskega sveta za konkurenco z dne 15. maja 2000, v katerem so bile spodbude iz EGO 24 razglašene za nezdružljivo državno pomoč.
it is justified in terms of its contribution to regional development (targeted),
Poleg tega je morala vedeti tudi za Evropski sporazum, ki je začel veljati 1. januarja 1995, in romunski zakon št. 143/1999 o državni pomoči, ki je začel veljati 1. januarja 2000, ki sta Romuniji prepovedovala dodelitev državne pomoči in pooblastila romunski svet za konkurenco, da odobri dodelitev nove državne pomoči.
its nature and its level is proportional to the handicaps it seeks to alleviate,
Brez navedene odobritve sveta za konkurenco in v skladu s sodno prakso SEU, ki se je uporabljala na podlagi člena 64 Evropskega sporazuma iz leta 1995, člena 1 izvedbenih pravil k Sklepu št. 4/2000 Pridružitvenega sveta EU-Romunija in pravnega reda Skupnosti, družba S.C.
it is temporary and reduced over time, and should be phased out when the regions concerned achieve real convergence with the wealthier areas of the EU,
European Food S.A ne bi mogla uveljavljati legitimnega pričakovanja, da so spodbude, dodeljene v okviru EGO 24, združljiva državna pomoč, ne glede na naknadne ukrepe romunske vlade po sprejetju sklepa št. 244/2000.
in principle it is granted in respect of a predefined set of eligible expenditures or costs and limited to a certain proportion of those costs,
Enaka obrazložitev seveda velja za družbi Multipack in Starmill, ki sta investitorsko potrdilo pridobili šele 17. maja 2002, torej dve leti po sprejetju sklepa št. 244/2000.
the Member State has committed itself to respect detailed reporting rules, as laid down in point 83 of the RAG 2007.
Zato tožniki ne morejo niti veljavno uveljavljati legitimnega pričakovanja, da je shema EGO 24 zakonita državna pomoč, kar Komisija za namene obravnavanega sklepa šteje za nepomembno.
The economic activities benefitting from the implementation of the Award are located in an area falling within the scope of Article 107(3)(a) of the of the Treaty, as established by the Commission in the decision of the regional aid map for Romania for 2007-2013 [89] and for 2014-2020 [90].
Romuniji je treba torej vrniti vsa plačila odškodnine, ki jo je sodišče dodelilo tožnikom, saj je šlo pri teh plačilih za nezakonito in nezdružljivo državno pomoč.
However, the Commission fails to see how the payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants is justified in terms of its contribution to the regional development of the areas concerned.
Ker vseh pet tožnikov skupaj z drugimi zadevnimi družbami skupine EFDG tvori eno gospodarsko enoto (glej uvodno izjavo 91), ima vseh pet tožnikov skupaj z drugimi zadevnimi družbami skupine EFDG solidarno odgovornost za vračilo državne pomoči, ki jo je kateri koli od njih prejel od države Romunije.
The operating aid resulting from that payment is not aimed at contributing to the common equity objective as required under Article 107(3)(a) of the Treaty, but merely at compensating the beneficiary for the losses incurred from the revocation of EGO 24 before its envisaged expiry date.
V skladu s členom 14(2) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999 pomoč, ki se vrne na podlagi odločbe o vračilu, vključuje obresti po primerni obrestni meri, ki jo določi Komisija.
This results in free money for the claimants without any positive impact on the development of the region.
Obresti se obračunavajo od dne, ko je upravičenec začel razpolagati s pomočjo, do dne vračila.
It is not sufficient that the economic activity is located in ‘an area’ to assume that the measure is proportional to the handicaps it seeks to alleviate, since it must first be demonstrated what these handicaps are and, second, how they create an obstacle to the development of the region concerned.
V skladu s členom 14(3) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999 se vračilo izvede nemudoma in skladno s postopki, določenimi v nacionalni zakonodaji zadevne države članice, če ti omogočajo takojšnjo in učinkovito izvajanje sklepa Komisije.
In the absence of any proof, the Commission could not identify the specific handicaps the aid measures would seek to alleviate.
V ta namen in v primeru postopka pred državnimi sodišči zadevne države članice sprejmejo vse potrebne ukrepe, ki so jim na voljo v teh pravnih sistemih, vključno z začasnimi ukrepi, brez poseganja v pravo Unije.
The payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal is temporary in nature, as it has no effects after the implementation or execution of the Award is completed.
Komisija v zvezi s tem ugotavlja, da je Romunija že odpisala znesek v višini 337492864 RON (približno 76 milijonov EUR [97]) od davčnih dolgov, ki jih je dolgoval eden od tožnikov, in sicer družba S.C.
However, it is not limited to a certain portion of predefined costs, since that compensation is aimed at ensuring that all losses incurred by the claimants are covered.
European Food S.A. Poleg tega Komisija ugotavlja, da je 5. januarja 2015 sodno imenovani izvršitelj romunskemu ministrstvu za finance zasegel 36484232 RON (približno 8,1 milijona EUR [98]) in nato 34004232 RON (približno 7,56 milijona EUR) enakomerno razdelil med tri od petih tožnikov, preostanek pa je obdržal kot nadomestilo za stroške izvajanja.
In view of the above, the Commission considers that the payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal does not comply with the RAG 2007 and can therefore not be declared compatible with the internal market.
Sodno imenovani izvršitelj je nato med 5. in 25 februarjem 2015 z bančnih računov romunskega ministrstva za finance zasegel še 9197482 RON (približno 2 milijona EUR) [99].
As no other basis of compatibility is otherwise applicable, the Commission considers that the compatibility of the aid measure has not been established.
Poleg tega Komisija ugotavlja, da so romunski organi na blokirani račun za vseh pet tožnikov prostovoljno nakazali preostali znesek v višini 472788675 RON (približno 106,5 milijona EUR [100]) (vključno s stroški za sodno imenovanega izvršitelja v višini 6028608 RON).
Conclusion on the assessment of the aid measure
Ti zneski in vsa nadaljnja plačila, ki so bila ali še bodo izplačana tožnikom zaradi izpolnjevanja odločbe, se morajo Romuniji vrniti.
The foregoing analysis indicates that the payment of the compensation awarded by the Tribunal to the claimants amounts to the granting of incompatible new aid which is incompatible with the Treaty.
V skladu s tem je Komisija –
The Commission regrets that Romania has already partially paid out that compensation by offsetting tax debts owed by one of the claimants, S.C.
SPREJELA NASLEDNJI SKLEP:
European Food SA, to the Romanian state against part of that compensation, as well as by the action taken by the court-appointed executor.
Člen 1
RECOVERY
Plačilo odškodnine, ki jo je dodelilo arbitražno sodišče, ustanovljeno pod pokroviteljstvom Mednarodnega centra za reševanje investicijskih sporov (ICSID), z odločbo z dne 11. decembra 2013 v zadevi št.
In accordance with the Treaty and the CJEU’s established case-law, the Commission is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter aid when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market [91].
ARB/05/20 Micula a.o. proti Romuniji [101] gospodarski enoti, ki jo sestavljajo Viorel Micula, Ioan Micula, S.C.
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a Member State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation [92].
Multipack, European Drinks S.A., Rieni Drinks S.A., Scandic Distilleries S.A., Transilvania General Import-Export S.R.L. in West Leasing S.R.L, pomeni državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe, ki je nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom.Člen 2
In this context, the Court has stated that that objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [93].
Romunija ne sme izplačati nobene nezdružljive pomoči iz člena 1 in ji je treba povrniti vse nezdružljive pomoči iz člena 1, ki so bile že izplačane kateremu koli subjektu, ki tvori gospodarsko enoto, ki je prejela takšno pomoč v okviru delne izvedbe ali izvršitve arbitražne odločbe z dne 11. decembra 2013, ter vse pomoči, izplačane kateremu koli subjektu, ki tvori gospodarsko enoto, ki je prejela takšno pomoč v okviru delne izvedbe ali izvršitve arbitražne odločbe z dne 11. decembra 2013, o katerih Komisija ni bila obveščena ali se izplačajo po datumu sprejetja tega sklepa.
Following that case-law, Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 provides that ‘where negative decisions are taken in respect of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary […].’
Multipack, European Drinks S.A., Rieni Drinks S.A., Scandic Distilleries S.A., Transilvania General Import-Export S.R.L. in West Leasing S.R.L imajo solidarno odgovornost za vračilo državne pomoči, ki jo je kateri koli od njih prejel od države Romunije.
The claimants contend that they had a legitimate expectation that the incentives granted under EGO 24 were lawful and that they could benefit from those incentives until their scheduled expiry on 1 April 2009.
Zneski, ki jih je treba vrniti, izhajajo iz izvedbe ali izvršitve odločbe z dne 11. decembra 2013 (glavnica in obresti).
The Commission observes, in that regard, that Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 further specifies that ‘[t]he Commission shall not require recovery of the aid if this would be contrary to a general principle of [Union] law.’
Zneski, ki jih je treba vrniti, vključujejo obresti od datuma, ko so bili dani na voljo upravičencem, do datuma njihovega dejanskega vračila.
The principle of the protection of legitimate expectations has been recognised by the CJEU to constitute such a general principle of Union law.
Romunija mora sporočiti točne datume, ko je bila državna pomoč dana na voljo zadevnim upravičencem.
The Commission does not consider, however, that the claimants can claim such a legitimate expectation.
Obresti se izračunajo z obrestnoobrestnim računom v skladu s poglavjem V Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 794/2004 [102].
According to the case-law of the CJEU, save in exceptional circumstances, undertakings to which an aid has been granted may not, in principle, entertain a legitimate expectation that the aid is lawful unless it has been granted in compliance with the procedure laid down in Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Romunija zagotovi, da se po datumu sprejetja tega sklepa ne izplača več nobena pomoč iz člena 1.
The CJEU, in its more recent case-law, has declared that in the absence of sufficiently precise assurances arising from a positive action taken by the Commission, which has the exclusive competence to authorise the grant of State aid by the Member States of the Union, that lead the beneficiary to believe that the measure does not constitute State aid, no exceptional circumstances can warrant the application of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations to prevent recovery if that aid measure was not notified to the Commission [94].
Člen 3
Indeed, it is long-standing case-law that the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations cannot be relied upon against a precise provision of Union law and that the conduct of a national authority responsible for applying Union law, which acts in breach of that law, cannot give rise to legitimate expectations on the part of an economic operator that he will benefit from treatment which is contrary to that law [95].
Vračilo pomoči iz člena 1 se izvede takoj in učinkovito.
A diligent economic operator must be assumed to be able to determine whether that procedure has been followed [96].
Romunija zagotovi, da se ta sklep izvrši v štirih mesecih od datuma uradnega obvestila o tem sklepu.
The Commission notes that, as regards the compensation awarded by the Tribunal to the claimants, it should have been clear without any doubt to the claimants even before that aid was granted to them through the adoption of the Award, in conjunction with Romanian domestic law giving legal effect in Romania’s domestic legal order to the Award, that the Commission considered payment of that compensation to give rise to unlawful and incompatible State aid.
Člen 4
That position was expressly communicated to the Tribunal on 20 July 2009 and communicated to the claimants.
Romunija v dveh mesecih po uradnem obvestilu o tem sklepu predloži naslednje podatke:
As regards the claimants’ claim that they had a legitimate expectation that the EGO 24 were lawful and would remain in place until 1 April 2009, the Commission recalls, as a preliminary matter, that it is the payment of compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal and not EGO 24 that form the basis for this Decision.
skupni znesek pomoči, ki jo je prejel posamezni subjekt iz člena 1 tega sklepa;
Nevertheless, the Commission adds, for the sake of completeness, that the claimants cannot justifiably claim a legitimate expectation as to the validity and continued existence of that scheme until 1 April 2009.
podroben opis že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepov za uskladitev s tem sklepom;
As regards that scheme, it was not the Commission, but the Romanian Competition Council, which, by virtue of Decision No 4/2000 of the EU-Romania Association Council and Romanian Law No 143/1999 on State aid, was responsible for the monitoring and authorisation of the grant of State aid prior to Romania’s accession to the Union.
dokumente, ki dokazujejo, da je bilo upravičencem odrejeno vračilo pomoči.
The Commission notes in that regard that EGO 24 was notified to the Romanian Competition Council in light of the modifications envisaged by EGO 75 and that the Romanian Competition Council, by its Decision No 244/2000 of 15 May 2000, found those incentives to constitute incompatible State aid.
Romunija Komisijo obvešča o napredku v zvezi s sprejetimi nacionalnimi ukrepi za izvajanje tega sklepa, dokler se ne izvede vračilo pomoči iz člena 1.
It was after the adoption of that decision, on 1 June 2000, that S.C.
Na zahtevo Komisije takoj predloži informacije o že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepih za uskladitev s tem sklepom.
European Food SA obtained its PIC, which made it eligible to obtain State aid under the scheme set up by EGO 24 as explained in recital 133.
Prav tako predloži podrobne informacije o zneskih pomoči in obrestih za vračilo, ki so jih upravičenci že vrnili.
However, that does not mean the aid was granted on that date, as explained in recital 134.
Člen 5
It follows from that at the time S.C.
Ta sklep je naslovljen na Romunijo.
European Food SA was granted the unlawful State aid provided by EGO 24, which is in any event after 1 June 2000, it must have been fully aware of the Romanian Competition Council’s decision of 15 May 2000 declaring the EGO 24 incentives to be incompatible State aid.
V Bruslju, 30. marca 2015
Moreover, it must also have been aware of the Europe Agreement, which entered into force on 1 January 1995, and Romanian Law No 143/1999 on State aid, which entered into force on 1 January 2000, both of which prohibited Romania from granting State aid and conferred the power on the Romanian Competition Council to authorise the grant of new State aid.
Za Komisijo
Absent such an authorisation from the Competition Council and in line with the case-law of the CJEU, which applied by virtue of the Article 64 of the 1995 Europe Agreement, Article 1 of the Implementing Rules to Decision No 4/2000 of the EU-Romanian Association Council and the acquis communautaire, S.C.
Članica Komisije
European Food SA could never have entertained a legitimate expectation that the incentives granted under EGO 24 constituted compatible State aid, regardless of the subsequent actions of the Romanian Government after Decision No 244/2000 was adopted.
Z učinkom od 1. decembra 2009 sta člena 87 in 88 Pogodbe ES postala člen 107 in člen 108 Pogodbe.
The same reasoning obviously applies to Multipack and Starmill, which only obtained their PICs on 17 May 2002, two years after Decision No 244/2000 was adopted.
Oba para členov sta vsebinsko identična.
Thus, the claimants cannot even validly claim a legitimate expectation that the EGO 24 scheme constituted lawful State aid, which the Commission considers irrelevant for the purposes of the present Decision.
V tem sklepu je treba sklicevanje na člena 107 in 108 Pogodbe razumeti kot sklicevanje na člena 87 in 88 Pogodbe ES, kadar je to primerno.
Therefore, any payment of the compensation awarded to the claimants by the Tribunal must be recovered by Romania since that payment constitutes unlawful and incompatible State aid.
S Pogodbo so bile uvedene tudi nekatere spremembe terminologije, pri čemer je na primer besedo „Skupnost“ nadomestila beseda „Unija“, besedno zvezo „skupni trg“ pa „notranji trg“.
As the five claimants, together with the other relevant EFDG companies constitute a single economic unit (see recital 91), the five claimants and the other relevant EFDG companies shall be jointly liable to repay the State aid received by any one of them to the Romanian state.
V celotnem besedilu tega sklepa se uporablja terminologija Pogodbe.
According to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 the aid to be recovered pursuant to a recovery decision shall include interest at an appropriate rate fixed by the Commission.
UL C 393, 7.11.2014, str.
Interest shall be payable from the date on which the unlawful aid was at the disposal of the beneficiary until the date of its recovery.
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Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 provides that recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures under the national law of the Member State concerned, provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of the Commission’s decision.
Zadeva ICSID št.
To this effect and in the event of a procedure before national courts, the Member States concerned shall take all necessary steps which are available in their respective legal systems, including provisional measures, without prejudice to Union law.
ARB/05/20, Ioan Micula, Viorel Micula, SC European Food SA, SC Starmill SRL, SC Multipack SRL proti Romuniji, končna odločba z dne 11. decembra 2013.
The Commission observes in this respect that Romania has already offset the amount of RON 337492864 (ca.
Referenčni menjalni tečaj Evropske centralne banke dne 11. decembra 2013: 1 EUR = 4,45 RON.
EUR 76 million [97]) against tax debts owed by one of the claimants, S.C. European Food SA.
Bilateralna investicijska pogodba je začela veljati 1. aprila 2003.
The Commission further observes that on 5 January 2015 the court-appointed executor seized RON 36484232 (ca.
Glej opombo 4.
EUR 8,1 million [98]) from Romania’s Ministry of Finance and subsequently transferred RON 34004232 (ca.
Referenčni menjalni tečaj Evropske centralne banke dne 15. januarja 2014: 1 EUR = 4,52 RON.
EUR 7,56 million) in equal parts to three of the five claimants, and kept the remainder as compensation for execution costs.
Uredba Sveta (ES) št. 659/1999 z dne 22. marca 1999 o določitvi podrobnih pravil za uporabo člena 108 Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije (UL L 83, 27.3.1999, str.
Between 5 February and 25 February 2015, the court-appointed executor seized a further RON 9197482 (ca.
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EUR 2 million) [99] from the bank accounts of the Ministry of Finance.
Glej uvodno izjavo 3.
In addition, the Commission takes note of the fact that the Romanian authorities have voluntarily transferred RON 472788675 (ca.
Glej opombo 2.
EUR 106,5 million [100]) (including the costs of court appointed executor of RON 6028608) into a blocked account in the name of the five claimants.
Dodatni znesek v višini 6028608 RON je bil nakazan na blokirani račun kot nadomestilo za stroške izvajanja.
Those sums, as well as any further payments to the claimants in fulfilment of the Award which have taken or will take place, must be recovered by Romania.
UL L 357, 31.12.1994, str.
Accordingly, the Commission,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Glej tudi člen 2 izvedbenih pravil k Sklepu št. 4/2000 Pridružitvenega sveta EU-Romunija z dne 10. aprila 2001 o sprejetju izvedbenih pravil za uporabo določb o državni pomoči iz člena 64(1)(iii) in (2) v skladu s členom 64(3) Evropskega sporazuma med Romunijo na eni strani ter Evropskimi skupnostmi in njihovimi državami članicami na drugi strani in iz člena 9(1)(iii) in (2) Protokola 2 o proizvodih Evropske skupnosti za premog in jeklo (ESPJ) k Evropskemu sporazumu (UL L 138, 22.5.2001, str.
Article 1
16).
The payment of the compensation awarded by the arbitral tribunal established under the auspices of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) by award of 11 December 2013 in Case No ARB/05/20 Micula a.o. v Romania [101] to the single economic unit comprising Viorel Micula, Ioan Micula, S.C.
Monitorul Oficial, prvi del, št. 73 z dne 12. aprila 1993.
Multipack, European Drinks SA, Rieni Drinks SA, Scandic Distilleries SA, Transilvania General Import-Export S.R.L., and West Leasing S.R.L constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty which is incompatible with the internal market.Article 2
Svet za konkurenco je bil in je še vedno samostojen upravni organ na področju konkurenčnega prava in zakonodaje o državni pomoči, ki ima regulativna in preiskovalna pooblastila, podobno kot Evropska komisija na področju konkurenčnega prava in zakonodaje o državni pomoči.
Romania shall not pay out any incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 and shall recover any incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 which has already been paid out to any one of the entities constituting the single economic unit benefiting from that aid in partial implementation or execution of the arbitral award of 11 December 2013, as well as any aid paid out to any one of the entities constituting the single economic unit benefiting from that aid in further implementation of the arbitral award of 11 December 2013 that the Commission has not been made aware of or that is paid out after the date of this Decision.
Urad za varstvo konkurence je bil poseben organ, podrejen vladi.
Multipack, European Drinks SA, Rieni Drinks SA, Scandic Distilleries SA, Transilvania General Import-Export S.R.L., and West Leasing S.R.L shall be jointly liable to repay the State aid received by any one of them.
Glavne naloge urada so bile: (i) izvajanje preiskav in spremljanje učinkovitega izvrševanja pravnih določb ter sklepov sveta za konkurenco; (ii) nadzorovanje določanja cen javnih subjektov in javnih podjetij; ter (iii) zagotavljanje preglednosti državne pomoči in spremljanje izdatkov za državno pomoč ter poročanje o njih.
The sums to be recovered are those resulting from the implementation or execution of the award of 11 December 2013 (principal and interest).
Pridružitveni svet EU-Romunija je s členom 1 izvedbenih pravil k Sklepu št. 4/2000 svet za konkurenco in urad za varstvo konkurence imenoval za romunska subjekta, odgovorna za spremljanje in ocenjevanje združljivosti državne pomoči z Evropskim sporazumom iz leta 1995.
The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of the beneficiaries until their actual recovery.
Civilna odločitev št. 26; glej točko 219 odločbe.
Romania shall provide the exact dates on which the aid provided by the state was put at the disposal of the respective beneficiaries.
Glej točko 224 odločbe.