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As regards Luxembourg Airport, the business models of Luxembourg and Saarbrücken are different.
Kot je bilo poudarjeno zgoraj, se gradnja in upravljanje letališča do leta 2000 nista štela za gospodarsko dejavnost, tako da bi kakršna koli shema pomoči, izvedena pred navedenim datumom, če bi se štela za državno pomoč, po tem datumu pomenila obstoječo pomoč (glej oddelek 5.1.2).
Luxembourg Airport is with around 1,5 million pax significantly larger than Saarbrücken Airport.
Zato ni treba nadalje preučiti, ali je pogodba iz leta 1997 (s katero so bile predvidene fiksne letne najemnine) dejansko pomenila pomoč, saj bi jo bilo treba vsekakor opredeliti za obstoječo pomoč.
It offers a variety of scheduled and charter flights, the latter to the European capitals.
Po drugi strani sklenitve nove najemne pogodbe s strani družbe FSBG leta 2006 s spremenjenimi pogoji za določitev letne najemnine, ki jo je treba plačati (zlasti uvedbo novega elementa cene, tj. prenosa določenega deleža dobička družbe FSBG), ni mogoče šteti za zgolj „preoblikovanj[e] povsem formalne ali upravne narave, ki ne more vplivati na ocenjevanje združljivosti ukrepa pomoči s skupnim trgom“.
This selection of destinations to a large extent meets the needs of the employees of the financial and international institutions located in Luxembourg.
Če bi pogodba iz leta 2006 pomenila državno pomoč, je torej ne bi bilo mogoče šteti za obstoječo pomoč, ampak bi pomenila novo pomoč.
In contrast, Saarbrücken Airport mostly offers scheduled flights to a number of German cities that are considered German business centres (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich) and to a number of holiday destinations.
Pogodba iz leta 2006 je bila sklenjena med družbama FSBesitzG in FSBG.
As regards the Airport Metz–Nancy–Lorraine, it can be observed that there is hardly any overlap as regards flights offered by this airport and Saarbrücken Airport, since Metz–Nancy–Lorraine offers mainly scheduled flights to French cities and charter flights to North Africa.
Družba FSBesitzG je bila v 100–odstotni (posredni) lasti države, ki je torej lahko izvajala nadzor nad družbo.
Competition distortions between Saarbrücken and Frankfurt–Hahn can also largely be excluded already because of the distance between those two airports, which amounts to 2 hours’ travel time.
Sklenitev najemne pogodbe z najemnino, nižjo od tržne cene, bi pomenila izgubljene prihodke za navedeno družbo in njenega lastnika, tj. navsezadnje zvezno deželo Posarje, in bi se torej financirala iz državnih sredstev.
In addition, Frankfurt–Hahn is served mainly by low–cost carriers (Ryanair) and freight constitutes a rather important element in its business model whereas Saarbrücken Airport offers mainly scheduled flights to national destinations and has only limited air freight transport.
Kar zadeva pripisovanje državi, Komisija ugotavlja, da v skladu s statutom družbe FSBesitzG člane nadzornega odbora družbe FSBesitzG imenuje vlada zvezne dežele Posarje in da predsednika imenuje ministrstvo, pristojno za zračni promet.
More relevant is the competitive relationship between Saarbrücken Airport and Zweibrücken Airport, which is due to their proximity (39 km or 34 minutes’ travel time) and the large overlap of their catchment areas.
Za sklenitev pogodbe iz leta 2006 je bilo potrebno soglasje nadzornega odbora, ki zastopa vlado zvezne dežele Posarje.
Germany brings forward that the two airports have different business models: Saarbrücken Airport is a well–established airport (opened more than 80 years ago) and has a more sophisticated infrastructure that offers more comfort to passengers (with a large share of business travellers).
Komisija lahko torej ugotovi, da je ukrep mogoče pripisati državi.
It offers mainly scheduled flights to main German business centres and a number of holiday destinations.
Gospodarska prednost
Zweibrücken Airport has a rather low–comfort infrastructure and its business model is based on low–cost carriers, vacation flights, and air freight transport.
Za ugotovitev, ali je bila s pogodbo iz leta 2006 družbi FSBG dodeljena gospodarska prednost, je treba bodisi primerjati pogoje navedene pogodbe z običajnimi pogoji, ki so takrat veljali na trgu za tovrstne pogodbe, bodisi če to ni mogoče, preučiti, ali bi takšno transakcijo sklenil udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu, katerega cilj je ustvarjati dobiček.
The Commission notes, however, that, despite the fact that the business models of the two airports appear to differ to some degree, it is clear that Zweibrücken Airport’s core business (vacation flights, in particular to Antalya/Palma de Mallorca) is also catered for by Saarbrücken.
Nemčija ni predložila dokazov, iz katerih bi bilo razvidno, da je bila pogodba iz leta 2006 v skladu s takratnimi običajnimi tržnimi pogoji.
It is true that Saarbrücken otherwise concentrates on scheduled flights to major cities such as Luxembourg, Berlin, and Hamburg.
Zato je treba preučiti, ali bi pogodbo iz leta 2006 sklenil preudaren udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki ga zanima ustvarjanje razumnega dobička.
This does not, however, change the fact that Zweibrücken appears to have only limited business that is not or could not be served from Saarbrücken.
Komisija ugotavlja, da je družba FSBesitzG vsaj od leta 2000 dosledno ustvarjala izgubo (glej preglednico 3).
In addition, it can be observed that a significant increase of the passenger number at Zweibrücken Airport in 2007 coincided with a rather deep drop of passengers in Saarbrücken in the same year.
Glede na to, da je bila najemna pogodba z družbo FSBG praktično njen edini vir dohodka (razen letnega kritja izgube, prejetega od družbe vh Saar), bi se zdelo, da bi razumen udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki bi bil v takem položaju kot družba FSBesitzG, poskušal pokriti svoje stroške z dohodki, ustvarjenimi s to najemno pogodbo.
It thus appears that although the business plans of the airports are to some extent complementary, they also compete with each other.
Stroški družbe FSBesitzG so bili višji od dohodkov, ki jih je ustvarila z oddajanjem letališča v najem družbi FSBG.
At the same time it should be noted that Saarbrücken has been a well–established airport for more than 80 years.
Prav tako se ne zdi, da je družba FSBesitzG s sklenitvijo pogodbe iz leta 2006 izvajala posebno dolgoročno strategijo donosnosti.
After the construction of the new terminal in the year 2000 its annual capacity increased from 390 000 passengers to 700 000 passengers.
Glede na te preudarke za sklenitev pogodbe iz leta 2006 ni mogoče šteti, da je v skladu z načelom udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, zato je bila z njo družbi FSBG dodeljena prednost.
This capacity could however never be fully used, potentially because in 2006 also Zweibrücken Airport also started operating services for commercial passenger aviation with gradually increasing passenger numbers.
Ker je pogodba iz leta 2006 koristila samo družbi FSBG, jo je mogoče šteti za selektivno v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
In view of the historical development of the two airports (Saarbrücken has been part of the German airport landscape for over 80 years), their geographical location (overlap of the catchment areas) and the free capacity available at Saarbrücken Airport at the time when Zweibrücken Airport entered the commercial aviation market in 2006, the Commission concludes that the opening of Zweibrücken Airport constitutes an unnecessary duplication of infrastructure with distortive effect on competition, rather than the other way around.
Nazadnje, iz razlogov, pojasnjenih v oddelku 5.1.1, bi ukrep lahko izkrivljal konkurenco in vplival na trgovino.
On the basis of the above, the Commission concludes that the investment aid granted to Saarbrücken Airport neither distorts competition nor affects trade to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Komisija torej meni, da je pogodba iz leta 2006 vključevala državno pomoč za družbo FSBG.
Aid is necessary and proportional; incentive effect
Oceniti jo je treba kot pomoč za tekoče poslovanje.
The Commission must establish, whether the State aid granted to Saarbrücken Airport has changed the behaviour of the beneficiary in such a way that it engaged in activity contributing to the achievement of the objective of common interest that (i) it would not carry out without the aid; or (ii) it would carry out in a more restricted or different manner.
Kot je opisano v oddelku 5.1.5.4, se lahko pomoč za tekoče poslovanje, dodeljena pred začetkom uporabe smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014, razglasi za združljivo v celotnem znesku nepokritih stroškov poslovanja, če so izpolnjeni naslednji pogoji:
In addition, the aid is considered to be proportionate only if the same result could not be reached with less aid and less distortion.
prispevek k natančno opredeljenemu cilju skupnega interesa,
This means that the amount and intensity of the aid must be limited to the minimum needed for the aided activity to take place.
potreba po posredovanju države,
According to the information submitted by Germany, without the aid the investment could not have been realised.
obstoj spodbujevalnega učinka,
It appears from Table 3 that the airport is still loss–making.
sorazmernost zneska pomoči (pomoč, omejena na najmanjšo potrebno),
Therefore it can be concluded that the aid was necessary to make investments in order to decongest the airport infrastructure as well as the need to meet the current requirements for modern airport infrastructure.
Cilj obravnavane pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ki se je nanašala na najem letališke infrastrukture pod tržno ceno, je bil ohraniti ustrezno raven delovanja letališča Saarbrücken.
Without the aid Saarbrücken Airport would not have met the expected demand of airlines and passengers in the catchment area; the level of the economic activity of the airport would have been reduced.
V skladu s točko 113 smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 se bo za pomoč za tekoče poslovanje za letališča štelo, da prispeva k doseganju cilja skupnega interesa, če poveča mobilnost državljanov Unije in povezljivost regij, pomeni boj proti preobremenjenosti letalskega prevoza na velikih letaliških vozliščih Unije ali spodbuja regionalni razvoj.
The Commission therefore considers that the aid measure at stake has an incentive effect, that the amount of aid is limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place, and is thus proportionate.
Kot je pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 254, je pomoč za tekoče poslovanje za letališče Saarbrücken prispevala k povezljivosti in razvoju regije.
Conclusion
Iz razlogov, navedenih v uvodni izjavi 284, argument v zvezi s podvajanjem velja bolj za državno pomoč, dodeljeno letališču Zweibrücken.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the investment aid granted to Saarbrücken Airport is compatible with Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty as it complies with the compatibility conditions laid down in point 61 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Komisija zato meni, da je pomoč za tekoče poslovanje, dodeljena družbi FSBG, prispevala k doseganju cilja skupnega interesa, in sicer z izboljšanjem povezljivosti in regionalnega razvoja Posarja na podlagi upravljanja prometne infrastrukture za zadovoljevanje prometnih potreb regije.
The Commission further considers that since it found the State aid to FSBesitzG/FSG to be compatible under Section 4.1 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, it does not have to assess any other grounds of potential compatibility put forward by Germany.
V skladu s smernicami za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 bi lahko imela manjša letališča težave pri zagotavljanju sredstev za poslovanje brez javnega financiranja.
Operating aid
V skladu s točko 118 smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 letališča z manj kot 700 000 potniki na leto morda ne bodo zmožna pokriti znatnega deleža svojih stroškov poslovanja.
Section 5.1.2 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines sets out the criteria that the Commission will apply in assessing the compatibility of operating aid with the internal market pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Potniški promet na letališču Saarbrücken je imel stalno manj kot 700 000 potnikov.
Pursuant to point 172 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission will apply these criteria to all cases concerning operating aid to the airport, including pending notifications and unlawful non–notified aid cases.
Komisija zato meni, da je bila pomoč potrebna, saj je omogočila izboljšanje povezljivosti regije, ki ga trg sam ne bi mogel doseči.
Unlawful operating aid granted before the date of application of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines may be declared compatible with the full extent of uncovered operating costs provided that the following conditions are met:
Kot je bilo poudarjeno zgoraj, je letališče Saarbrücken prejelo pomoč za naložbe, ki mu je omogočila zadovoljevanje potreb po povezljivosti in prevozu v Posarju (glej uvodno izjavo 285).
The compatibility criteria for operating aid, which may be granted for a transitional period of 10 years starting from the date of the publication of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, are:
Kljub precej ustaljenemu številu potnikov pa letališče ni sposobno kriti svojih stroškov poslovanja.
contribution to a well–defined objective of common interest: this condition is fulfilled, inter alia, if the aid increases the mobility of citizens of the Union and connectivity of the regions or facilitates regional development;
V tem okviru Komisija ugotavlja, da je imela tudi družba FSBG izgube v letih 2006 in 2007, ko je veljala pogodba iz leta 2006 (evidentirane izgube so znašale – 214 709 EUR leta 2006 in – 2 737 773 EUR leta 2007).
need for State intervention: the aid must be targeted towards situations where such aid can bring about a material improvement that the market itself cannot deliver;
Izgube so nastale kljub dejstvu, da je bila najemnina, ki jo je družba FSBG plačevala v navedenih letih, nižja od najemnine, plačane na podlagi pogodbe iz leta 1997 (glej preglednico 7).
existence of incentive effect: this condition is fulfilled if it is likely that, in the absence of operating aid, and taking into account the possible presence of investment aid and the level of air traffic, the level of economic activity of the airport concerned would be significantly reduced;
Zato je mogoče domnevati, da je pomoč, vključena v pogodbo iz leta 2006, imela spodbujevalni učinek in ni presegala zneska, potrebnega za kritje izgub iz poslovanja, ter je bila torej omejena na najmanjšo potrebno za izvajanje dejavnosti z dodeljeno pomočjo.
proportionality of the aid amount (aid limited to the minimum necessary): in order to be proportionate, operating aid to airports must be limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place;
Na podlagi tega Komisija ugotavlja, da so pogoji za združljivost iz smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 izpolnjeni.
avoidance of undue negative effects on competition and trade.
POPUSTI ZA LETALSKE PREVOZNIKE/SPORAZUM O TRŽENJU
According to point 113 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines operating aid to airports will be considered to contribute to the achievement of an objective of common interest if it increases the mobility of Union citizens and the connectivity of the regions, combats air traffic congestion at major Union hub airports or facilitates regional development.
Kadar so letališču na voljo javna sredstva, se pomoč letalskemu prevozniku načeloma lahko izključi, če razmerje med letališčem in letalskim prevoznikom prestane preskus udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
As explained in recital 235, operating aid to Saarbrücken Airport contributed to the connectivity and development of the region in view of its structural transition from the mining and steel producing industry to a technology and service–oriented region as well as its development to a regional research and academic centre.
Obstoj prednosti se običajno lahko izključi, če (a) cena storitev ustreza tržni ceni ali (b) je s predhodno analizo mogoče dokazati, da bo dogovor letališča/letalskega prevoznika privedel do pozitivnega dodatnega prispevka k dobičku za letališče in je del splošne strategije letališča, ki vodi k dolgoročni donosnosti.
The development of Saarbrücken Airport was also based on a sound passenger forecast since the extended capacity of the airport is already now to a large extent fully used.
Da se oceni, ali je dogovor, ki ga je letališče sklenilo z letalskim prevoznikom, v skladu s preskusom udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, je treba upoštevati pričakovane prihodke iz neletalskih dejavnosti letalskega prevoznika in letališke pristojbine brez vseh znižanj, podpore za trženje ali shem spodbud.
It could, however, be problematic that the airport infrastructure at Saarbrücken Airport has been duplicated by a similar infrastructure at Zweibrücken Airport.
Podobno je treba upoštevati tudi vse dodatne stroške, ki jih ima letališče v zvezi z dejavnostjo letalskega prevoznika na letališču.
In a duplication scenario the 2014 Aviation Guidelines assume in their point 114 that the State aid does not contribute to an objective of common interest.
Taki dodatni stroški lahko obsegajo vse kategorije odhodkov ali naložb, npr. dodatne stroške za zaposlene, opremo in naložbe, nastalih zaradi prisotnosti letalskega prevoznika na letališču.
When looking at the sequence of events regarding the extension of Saarbrücken Airport and the conversion of Zweibrücken Airport from a military to a civil aviation airport, it is clearly visible that the P&L agreement under which the losses of Saarbrücken Airport have been compensated was put in place when Zweibrücken Airport had not yet entered the market for commercial aviation and Saarbrücken Airport had been congested for a few years.
Če se mora letališče na primer razširiti ali zgraditi nov terminal ali druge objekte zlasti za izpolnitev potreb določenega letalskega prevoznika, je treba take stroške upoštevati pri izračunu dodatnih stroškov.
Therefore, the duplication argument applies rather to the State aid granted to Zweibrücken Airport.
Nasprotno pa se stroški, ki bi jih letališče moralo kriti v vsakem primeru in ne glede na dogovor z letalskim prevoznikom, ne smejo upoštevati pri preskusu udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The Commission therefore considers that the operating aid granted to Saarbrücken Airport contributed to the achievement of the objective of common interest of improving the connectivity and regional development of the Saarland region through the operation of safe transport infrastructure to meet the transport needs of the region.
Poleg tega mora biti letališka infrastruktura na voljo vsem letalskim prevoznikom in ne sme biti namenjena le določenemu letalskemu prevozniku, da se izključi, da bi bila prednost, ki izhaja iz združljive pomoči za upravljavca letališča, prenesena na določenega letalskega prevoznika.
Need for State intervention
Komisija bo na podlagi tega ocenila splošno shemo letaliških pristojbin, ki se uporabljajo na letališču Saarbrücken, in tudi posamezne pogodbe med letalskimi prevozniki in letališčem Saarbrücken, ki odstopajo od sheme letaliških pristojbin ali so zunaj njenega področja uporabe.
According to point 116 et seq. of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, operating aid to airports will be considered necessary if it brings about a material improvement that the market itself cannot deliver.
Popusti za letalske prevoznike
The guidelines further recognise that the need for public funding to finance operating costs will normally be proportionately greater for smaller airports due to high fixed costs and that airports with annual passenger traffic between 200 000 and 700 000 passengers may not be able to cover their operating costs to a substantial extent.
Na letališču Saarbrücken je bil 1. aprila 2007 uveden nov seznam pristojbin (v nadaljnjem besedilu: seznam pristojbin iz leta 2007).
Since the construction of the new terminal the annual passenger numbers of Saarbrücken Airport have stabilised at around 500 000, which is well below 700 000 passengers, the number established by the 2014 Aviation Guidelines as an upper limit for this category of regional airports.
Na tem seznamu so bili predvideni popusti za letalske prevoznike, ki so izpolnjevali nekatere pogoje.
Although the capacity of the airport is fully used at least in […], the airport is not able to generate enough revenues to cover its operating costs, which the 2014 Aviation Guidelines identify as typical for airports of this size.
Z njim so bili ponujeni zlasti popusti za nove letalske prevoznike, nove destinacije in povečano število potnikov.
Appropriateness of State aid as a policy instrument
Komisija mora pri uporabi preskusa udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu za zadevni ukrep najprej ugotoviti, ali zaračunana cena ustreza tržni ceni.
According to point 120 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines operating aid should be an appropriate policy instrument to achieve the intended objective or resolve the problem to be addressed.
V zvezi s tem Komisija dvomi, da se lahko v sedanjosti opredeli ustrezno referenčno merilo za vzpostavitev realne tržne cene za storitve, ki jih ponujajo letališča.
Since Saarbrücken Airport is loss–making at operating level the only appropriate instrument is operating aid that enables the airport to continue operations ensuring connectivity of the Saarland region.
Ker ni opredeljivega tržnega referenčnega merila, mora Komisija oceniti predhodno dodatno dobičkonosnost seznama pristojbin iz leta 2007.
Other instruments such as investment aid or regulatory measures do not seem appropriate to address the financial problems of Saarbrücken Airport at the operating level.
Seznam pristojbin iz leta 2007 je bil uveden za povečanje konkurenčnosti letališča Saarbrücken.
Therefore the Commission considers that the operating aid granted to Saarbrücken Airport is an appropriate instrument.
Zaradi vseh teh dejavnikov je moralo znova preučiti svojo politiko oblikovanja cen in uvesti spremenjen seznam pristojbin s spodbudami v obliki popustov, da bi si zagotovilo uspešno poslovanje in donosnost v prihodnosti.
Existence of incentive effect and proportionality of the aid amount (aid limited to the minimum necessary)
Čeprav glede na razpoložljive informacije predhodne študije donosnosti za seznam pristojbin iz leta 2007 niso bile izdelane, je po navedbah Nemčije letališče Saarbrücken pričakovalo, da dejansko ne bodo potrebne dodatne naložbe za zagotovitev dodatnih letaliških storitev letalskim prevoznikom in da ne bodo nastali dodatni stroški poslovanja.
According to point 124 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines the operating aid has an incentive effect if it is likely that in the absence of the operating aid and taking into account the possible presence of investment aid and the level of air traffic, the level of the economic activity of the airport would be significantly reduced.
Po mnenju Nemčije torej predhodna študija donosnosti ni bila potrebna.
Saarbrücken Airport received investment aid to construct a new terminal and to implement the current requirements for modern airport infrastructure.
Dodatni stroški so bili zato omejeni na ponujene spodbude.
This enabled the airport to satisfy the connectivity and transport needs of the Saarland region, which expressed in passenger numbers have stabilised over the last years at the level of 500 000 passengers per annum.
Komisija v zvezi s tem ugotavlja, da so bili s seznamom pristojbin iz leta 2007 popusti dejansko ponujeni samo za nove letalske prevoznike, nove povezave ali povečano število potnikov, tako da navedeni seznam ni negativno vplival na status quo na letališču.
Despite rather stable passenger numbers the airport is however not able to cover its operating costs.
Ugotavlja tudi, da je bila pred uvedbo seznama pristojbin iz leta 2007 izkoriščenost zmogljivosti letališča Saarbrücken samo 50–odstotna.
Without the operating aid the airport could not maintain the current level of traffic and its economic activity would have to be reduced.
Število potnikov se je namreč zmanjšalo s 487 000 leta 2005 na 350 000 leta 2007, medtem ko naj bi bila potencialna letna zmogljivost letališča 700 000 potnikov.