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However, France has indicated that these approaches were unsuccessful, which led the CCIPB to negotiate directly with certain airlines.
Upravičene naložbe, financirane s subvencijo iz leta 2009, so vključevale popravila vzletno-pristajalne steze in razsvetljave, ki so bila potrebna za ohranitev zmogljivosti letališča in njegovo ponovno certifikacijo za srednje velika letala z 200–250 sedeži.
Consequently, the unlawful aid identified in this investigation does not stem from the publication of the aforementioned notices, but from bilateral negotiations.
Razsvetljavo kategorije III, ki je bila nameščena v obdobju 1992–1993, in manevrske površine, ki so bile urejene leta 1990, je bilo treba na eni strani popraviti zaradi starosti (saj njihova življenjska doba običajno traja od 10 do 15 let) in na drugi strani posodobiti.
The condition set out in point 79(h) is therefore not met.
Ta posodobitev je bila potrebna, saj bi se lahko letališču sicer kmalu odvzel certifikat zaradi neizpolnjevanja pogojev glede zmogljivosti, ki jo zahteva odlok o pogojih za odobritev in delovanje letališč, zlasti v zvezi z natančnimi prileti kategorije III.
As regards the condition set out in point 79(i) (Business plan showing the viability of the route and analysis of the impact of the new route on competing routes) of the 2005 Guidelines, the Commission invited France to indicate whether such business plans had been prepared and, if so, to provide copies.
Zato subvenciji iz let 2004 in 2009 nista bistveno povečali zmogljivosti.
Neither France nor any interested third party reported the existence of such business plans.
V bistvu so se z njima financirali popravila in posodobitev za ohranitev ustreznega stanja infrastrukture, da bi lahko še naprej sprejemala enake vrste letal in obseg prometa kot prej ter da bi se izboljšalo delovanje letališča med prometnimi konicami.
Consequently, the condition set out in point 79(i) is not met.
Letališče Pau ima velik obseg poslovnega prometa, saj ta predstavlja od 60 % do 70 % skupnega prometa na letališču.
The condition set out in point 79(j) (Publicity) of the 2005 Guidelines stipulates that the public authorities concerned must publish the list of subsidised routes, in each instance indicating the source of public funding, recipient company, amount of aid paid and number of passengers concerned.
Razlog za to je prisotnost številnih podjetij v mestu Pau in njegovi okolici.
In this case, France has confirmed that the list of routes and companies receiving financial incentives or marketing payments has not been published each year.
Francija je v zvezi s tem navedla, da je kotlina mesta Pau tretje glavno gospodarsko območje širše jugozahodne regije Francije za kotlinama mest Lacq in Oloron.
The various agreements and amendments signed by the CCIPB with Ryanair, AMS and Transavia and covered by the formal investigation procedure all constitute unlawful State aid incompatible with the internal market.
Odsotnost letališča Pau ali bistveno zmanjšanje njegove zmogljivosti bi lahko škodilo tej gospodarski dejavnosti, saj si poslovni potniki na splošno prizadevajo čim bolj skrajšati trajanje potovanja in se zlasti isti dan vrniti s povratnim letom.
MEASURES IN FAVOUR OF THE AIRPORT OPERATOR
Če bi morali poslovni potniki v mesto Pau ali iz njega potovati prek letališča, kot je letališče Tarbes, ki ni v neposredni bližini mesta, bi lahko številna podjetja to štela za oviro.
Between 2000 and 2010 the CCIPB received equipment subsidies from a number of public authorities, totalling approximately EUR 17 800 000.
Poleg tega je pretok turistov na letališču Pau velik, zlasti zaradi njegove bližine Pirenejem in tamkajšnjim zimskim letoviščem.
It also received a subsidy of EUR 3 521 000 intended to cover the costs arising, according to the French authorities, from sovereign tasks carried out by the airport (hereinafter ‘the sovereign task subsidies’).
Študije, ki jih je opravila zbornica, posebej navajajo, da so potniki družbe Ryanair, ki tvorijo glavnino turističnega prometa, med svojim bivanjem v regiji mesta Pau leta 2005 porabili 8 milijonov EUR, leta 2010 pa 56 milijonov EUR.
For a measure to constitute State aid, all the following conditions must be met: (1) the measure in question is financed by state resources and is imputable to the State; (2) it confers an economic advantage; (3) this advantage is selective; (4) the measure in question distorts or threatens to distort competition and may affect trade between Member States; and (5) the beneficiary is an undertaking within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU, which implies that it engages in an economic activity.
Zaradi vseh teh razlogov sta subvenciji za opremo, ki ju je zbornica prejela leta 2004 in 2009, prispevali h gospodarskemu razvoju mesta Pau in njegove regije glede na vpliv tega letališča na turizem in gospodarsko dejavnost na splošno.
The Commission will examine this question first, before assessing the sovereign task subsidies and equipment subsidies in order to determine whether they constitute State aid.
V zvezi s tem je treba opozoriti, da je letališče Pau 50 km oddaljeno od letališča Tarbes in 100 km od letališča Biarritz.
Concepts of undertaking and economic activity
Zato ni verjetno, da bi časovno občutljivi potniki, zlasti poslovni potniki, letališče Biarritz šteli za sprejemljivo nadomestno možnost, saj je preveč oddaljeno od letališča Pau.
It follows that the Commission cannot now bring into question, on the basis of State aid rules, financing measures granted before 12 December 2000.
letališče Biarritz ima velik obseg turističnega prometa s potniki, ki potujejo na atlantsko obalo in do meje s Španijo, zanj pa je značilen velik obseg sezonskega prometa v poletnih mesecih in velik obseg nizkocenovnega prometa,
Furthermore, as also indicated in the new Guidelines, not all the activities of an airport are necessarily of an economic nature.
letališče Tarbes je v prvi vrsti tržna niša, osredotočena na versko svetišče v Lurdu, in ima velik delež mednarodnega čarterskega prometa.
Activities that normally fall under the responsibility of the State in the exercise of its official powers as a public authority are not of an economic nature and in general do not fall within the scope of the rules on State aid.
To je razvidno iz dejstva, da je obseg prometa letališča v obdobju 2001–2011 ostal na ravni približno 400 000 potnikov na leto, razen leta 2008, ko se je število potnikov povečalo na 678 000 zaradi praznovanja obletnice svetišča v Lurdu.
According to Table 4, the equipment subsidies granted in 2004 and 2009 were used to finance investments in the taxiway, runway, lighting and car park.
Ti podatki kažejo, da ta letališča služijo precej različnim tržnim segmentom in da so zato zgolj nepopolni medsebojni nadomestki.
This infrastructure and equipment is commercially operated by the CCIPB, which is the airport operator and which invoices the costs to users of these assets.
To potrjujejo tudi statistični podatki o prometu, ki so podrobneje predstavljeni v uvodnih izjavah 567 do 572 v okviru analize obsega izkrivljanja konkurence, ki ga je povzročila pomoč.
Such investments are therefore inherent in the airport operator’s commercial activity.
Zato pomoč za naložbe, ki prispeva k ohranitvi dobrega stanja letališča Pau, do določene mere prispeva k dostopnosti regije, saj potnikom in letalskim prevoznikom ni treba izbrati nepopolnega nadomestka.
The equipment subsidies granted in 2004 and 2009 therefore benefited economic activities.
Poleg tega v mestu Pau ni železniške proge za visoke hitrosti, najbližja pa je v Bordeauxu, vožnja do katerega traja 1 uro in 40 minut.
They were also granted after 12 December 2000.
Za vse destinacije, ki so dosegljive z leti na kratke razdalje z letališča Pau, bi uporaba vlaka kot nadomestnega načina prevoza torej znatno podaljšala trajanje prevoza, zato je vlak zelo nepopoln nadomestek.
With regard to the concepts of undertaking and economic activity, they may therefore fall within the scope of the rules on State aid.
Celo najbližja španska letališča so približno dve uri vožnje oddaljena od mesta Pau, zato za večino potnikov verjetno niso sprejemljivi nadomestki za letališče Pau.
Conversely, the equipment subsidies granted in 1999 and 2000, referred to in Table 4 and used to finance investments in the freight and passenger terminals, runway equipment and cogeneration plant, were granted before 12 December 2000.
Zato se zdi, da sta subvenciji za opremo iz let 2004 in 2009 kljub temu, da poleg letov iz mesta Pau obstajajo tudi drugi načini prevoza, in kljub bližini letališča Tarbes prispevali k izboljšanju dostopnosti regije in regionalnemu gospodarskemu razvoju.
Consequently, the Commission must not examine these measures in the context of this Decision.
Infrastruktura je potrebna in sorazmerna z zadanim ciljem
The subsidies paid by the Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques from 2000 to 2005 to repay the capital of a loan taken out by the CCIPB, in the amount of EUR 779 000, are covered by an agreement on the Pau airport financing plan concluded on 5 November 1990.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 546, dela, financirana s subvencijama za opremo iz let 2004 in 2009, niso bistveno povečala zmogljivosti, temveč so bila namenjena preprosto ohranitvi stanja infrastrukture, da bi ta lahko še naprej sprejemala dotedanji obseg prometa in da bi se izboljšala učinkovitost med prometnimi konicami.
This agreement contained an irrevocable undertaking on the part of the public authorities to repay the debt in question.
Te naložbe torej niso presegle tega, kar je letališče potrebovalo, da bi lahko v dobrih pogojih, vključno med prometnimi konicami, še naprej sprejemalo promet, ki ga je sprejemalo do takrat.
As this agreement predates the judgment in ‘Aéroports de Paris’, the Commission must not examine the payments made under this agreement with regard to the rules on State aid.
Te naložbe so bile torej potrebne in sorazmerne z zadanim ciljem.
In Section 8.2.1.2 the Commission examines to what extent the sovereign task subsidies were effectively used to finance activities that normally fall under the responsibility of the State in the exercise of its official powers as a public authority.
Infrastruktura ponuja zadovoljive možnosti srednjeročne uporabe
As indicated in Table 3, the formal investigation procedure covers the FIATA subsidies and the subsidies used to finance various investments, namely premises and vehicles for the Aircraft Fire and Safety Service (SSLIA) and CT scanners.
Glede na ta precej spremenljiv promet, ki pa je skoraj vedno presegel 600 000 potnikov na leto, in glede na stabilno prisotnost družbe Air France leta 2004 in 2009, ki je ustvarila večino prometa in velik delež poslovnega prometa, se je zbornica torej lahko zanašala na dobre možnosti uporabe, ki so ustrezale vsaj osnovni ravni dejavnosti letališča, to je približno 600 000 potnikov na leto.
These various subsidies were granted under the general system for financing sovereign tasks in French airports, described in Section 4.3.2.
Te možnosti so zato upravičile naložbe, katerih cilj je bil ohraniti ustrezno stanje infrastrukture, da bi ta lahko sprejemala dotedanji obseg prometa in da bi se povečala učinkovitost med prometnimi konicami, ne da bi se bistveno povečala zmogljivost.
As recalled above, according to the new Guidelines and case-law, activities that normally fall under the responsibility of the State in the exercise of its official powers as a public authority are not of an economic nature and in general do not fall within the scope of the rules on State aid.
V zvezi s tem je treba spomniti, da je bilo delo na vozni stezi, financirano s subvencijo iz leta 2004, namenjeno posodobitvi infrastrukture za boljše obvladovanje prometa med prometnimi konicami.
According to the new Guidelines, activities such as air traffic control, police, customs, firefighting, measures designed to protect civil aviation from acts of unlawful interference, and investment in the infrastructure and equipment needed for such activities are regarded, as a general rule, as not being economic in nature.
Poleg tega so popravila vzletno-pristajalne steze in razsvetljave leta 2009 vključevala zamenjavo opreme za enako, saj se območje ni povečalo, vzletno-pristajalna steza ni bila razširjena, da bi ustrezala učinkovitejšim letalom, in operativni minimumi pri zmanjšani vidljivosti se niso izboljšali.
The new Guidelines also stipulate that, so as not to constitute State aid, the public financing of such non-economic activities must be strictly limited to compensating the costs to which they give rise and must not lead to undue discrimination between airports.
Subvencija za opremo iz leta 2009 se je torej uporabila zgolj za obnovo naložb, ki so dosegle konec svoje življenjske dobe.
The guidelines clarify with regard to this second condition that, when it is normal under a given legal order that civil airports have to bear certain costs inherent to their operation, whereas other civil airports do not, the latter might be granted an advantage, regardless of whether or not those costs relate to an activity which in general is considered to be of a non-economic nature.
Obnovljena infrastruktura je torej ponujala zadovoljive možnosti srednjeročne uporabe, ko so bile dodeljene subvencije za opremo.
The activities financed by the general system for financing sovereign tasks at French airports, described in Section 4.3.2, involve the protection of civil aviation from acts of unlawful interference, police tasks, rescue and firefighting, air traffic safety, and protection of the human and natural environment.
Enak dostop do infrastrukture brez razlikovanja
These activities may legitimately be regarded as falling under the responsibility of the State in the exercise of its official powers as a public authority.
Letališče Pau je dostopno za vse letalske prevoznike, ki ga želijo uporabiti, brez kakršnih koli posebnih omejitev.
Consequently, France may legitimately regard these tasks as ‘sovereign’ in nature, in other words non-economic, under the rules on State aid.
Dostop do te infrastrukture je torej enak za vse uporabnike brez razlikovanja v smislu smernic iz leta 2005.
It may therefore provide for public financing to compensate the costs incurred by airport operators in carrying out these tasks in so far as these are entrusted to the latter by national law and provided that this financing does not give rise to overcompensation or discrimination between airports.
Vpliv na razvoj trgovine ni v nasprotju s skupnim interesom
It is clear from the description in Section 4.3.2 that the system laid down by French law is based on strict cost control mechanisms, both ex ante and ex post, ensuring that airport operators receive, through the airport tax and supplementary scheme, only those amounts strictly needed to cover the costs.
Kot je navedeno zgoraj, je letališče Pau 50 km oddaljeno od letališča Tarbes in 100 km od letališča Biarritz.
Moreover, this system applies to all French civil airports in terms of both the types of task giving rise to compensation and the financing mechanisms.
Ker je letališče Biarritz daleč od letališča Pau, ni verjetno, da bi ga pomemben delež potnikov štel za sprejemljiv nadomestek za letališče Pau.
The non-discrimination condition is therefore met.
Zato je malo verjetno, da je pomoč, ki jo je prejelo letališče Pau, močno vplivala nanj.
Although French law entrusts airport operators with sovereign tasks, it does not require them to finance these tasks, but rather the State.
Nasprotno pa je letališče Tarbes precej blizu letališča Pau, saj je od njega oddaljeno samo 50 km, vožnja do njega pa traja manj kot 40 minut.
Accordingly, the compensation of the costs arising from these tasks by public funds does not reduce the costs that airport operators should normally bear under French law.
Na prvi pogled je torej verjetno, da sta subvenciji za opremo iz let 2004 in 2009 močno vplivali na njegovo dejavnost.
The financing received by French airport operators under this system does not therefore constitute State aid.
Vendar več dejavnikov spodkopava to ugotovitev.
Accordingly, the sovereign task subsidies referred to in the second and third rows of Table 3, used to finance investments in the protection of civil aviation from acts of unlawful interference and in aircraft rescue and firefighting, do not constitute State aid.
Letališče Pau že dolgo deluje in več desetletij sprejema redne lete.
Equipment subsidies granted in 2004 and 2009
Obravnavane subvencije za opremo so vključevale enkratno pomoč, ki je bila izplačana pred kar nekaj leti in je bila v bistvu omejena na financiranje del, potrebnih za ohranitev stanja infrastrukture, da bi ta lahko sprejemala obseg prometa, ki ga je sprejemala do takrat.
It now has to be examined whether the equipment subsidies granted in 2004 and 2009 constitute State aid.
Niso se uporabile za financiranje bistvenih povečanj zmogljivosti.
These subsidies are presented in Table 13 below.
Zato je osnovni učinek subvencij za opremo na letališče Tarbes izhajal iz ohranitve dobrega stanja dolgo delujočega letališča, ki je razmeroma blizu in brez teh subvencij ne bi moglo več delovati ali pa bi delovalo v slabših pogojih.
Equipment subsidies and investments from 2004 and 2009
Poleg tega obravnavane subvencije za opremo niso bile pomoč za tekoče poslovanje za financiranje trajajočega primanjkljaja iz rednega poslovanja.
Entities granting the equipment subsidies
V obravnavanem primeru, ki vključuje samo pomoč za naložbe, takšna pomoč za tekoče poslovanje ni bila ugotovljena.
Years granted
Poleg tega, kot je navedeno zgoraj, letališči Pau in Tarbes služita precej različnima tržnima segmentoma.
Total amount paid
V prometu na letališču Tarbes prevladujejo čarterski leti, na katerih letijo predvsem obiskovalci verskega svetišča v Lurdu, pri čemer mednarodni leti predstavljajo velik delež prometa.
Total amount of the investment
Za razliko od letališča Tarbes ima letališče Pau velik obseg poslovnega prometa z razmeroma velikim deležem domačih potnikov, ki potujejo z družbo Air France, in velikim deležem regionalnega prometa glede na skupni promet, zlasti na ruti Pau–Pariz.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departmental Council
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 547, poslovni promet predstavlja od 60 % do 70 % vsega prometa na letališču Pau, kotlina mesta Pau pa je tretje glavno gospodarsko območje v širši jugozahodni regiji Francije za kotlinama mest Lacq in Oloron.
Renovation of runway and lighting
Zato sta letališči Pau in Tarbes usmerjeni na različne tržne segmente.
Car park extension
Zaprtje letališča Pau ali poslabšanje njegovih pogojev delovanja ne bi nujno povzročilo samodejne preusmeritve prometa na letališče Tarbes in obratno.
State resources and imputability to the State
Primerjava razvoja prometa na letališčih Pau, Tarbes in Biarritz, ki je prikazana v preglednici 14, kaže, da ni jasne povezave med razlikami v prometu na teh letališčih:
The Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques granted the CCIPB subsidies financed through resources of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, which is a decentralised local authority.
Preglednica 14
As a reminder, the resources in question are state resources.
Primerjava razvoja prometa na letališčih Pau, Biarritz in Tarbes v tisoč potnikih
Indeed, the resources of local authorities are regarded as state resources under Article 107 TFEU.
Letališče
The same is true for the subsidies received from Aquitaine Regional Council and the syndicat mixte, with the latter being a grouping of local authorities entirely controlled by those authorities.
notranji promet brez nizkocenovnih letalskih prevoznikov
Furthermore, the taxiway work was partly financed by the ERDF.
promet družbe Ryanair
Funding from the ERDF is regarded as constituting state resources and being imputable to the State given that this is granted under the control of the Member State concerned.
drugi nizkocenovni in čarterski letalski prevozniki
The 2004 and 2009 equipment subsidies were therefore entirely financed through state resources and are imputable to the State, within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
drugi nizkocenovni letalski prevozniki
Selective advantage for the airport operator
čarterski letalski prevozniki
In order to ascertain whether a state measure constitutes aid, it must be determined whether the recipient undertaking received an economic advantage enabling it to avoid having to bear costs that would normally have had to be met out of its own financial resources, whether it received an advantage that it would not have received under normal market conditions, or whether the measure in question can be regarded as compensation for discharging public service obligations satisfying the conditions of the Altmark judgment.
Podatki v tej preglednici kažejo na primer, da uvedba rut družbe Ryanair v Pau in iz njega leta 2003 ni vplivala na promet na letališču Biarritz.
With regard to this last point, it should first be noted that France has not clearly indicated that, in its opinion, the Pau airport operator was entrusted with providing a genuine service of general interest.
Po navedbah Francije ukinitev rut družbe Ryanair v Pau in iz njega prav tako ni povzročila nobene občutne preusmeritve prometa v Biarritz.
In its comments on the extension decision, France simply indicated in this respect that, in the absence of a legal basis clearly applicable at the time (before the publication of the 2005 Guidelines), the French authorities were able to legitimately consider that the financing of airport infrastructure decided at that time constituted a land planning policy measure, that this airport was on the whole performing a task of general economic interest, and that this task did not come under the rules on state aid’.
Poleg tega je iz zgornje preglednice razvidno, da povečanje prometa s 585 000 na 761 000 potnikov na leto, zabeleženo na letališču Pau od leta 2002 do leta 2007, ni povzročilo pomembnega zmanjšanja prometa na letališču Tarbes, ki je ostal stabilen na ravni približno 400 000 potnikov na leto.
France added that it considers that airports with less than one million passengers per year should as a whole be regarded as services of general economic interest, given their important role in terms of land planning, the economic and social development of their region, and the overlapping of their activities.
Poleg tega ukinitev rut družbe Ryanair v Pau in iz njega leta 2011 ni povzročila preusmeritve sorazmernega ali znatnega deleža prometa na letališče Tarbes.
The French authorities also take the view that these airports have only a limited impact on the internal market.
Nazadnje, po dodelitvi subvencij za opremo ni bilo pomembnih premikov letalskih prevoznikov z letališča Tarbes na letališče Pau, uvedba rut iz mesta Pau na določene destinacije pa ni povzročila ukinitve rut z letališča Tarbes na iste destinacije.
They therefore consider that financing granted to these airports should not be regarded as State aid or that such financing should be declared compatible with the internal market and exempted from notification in accordance with the Commission Decision of 28 November 2005 on the application of Article 86(2) of the EC Treaty (Article 106(2) TFEU) to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest, which applied until 20 December 2011.
Opozoriti je treba, da je družba Air France, ki ji pripada velik delež prometa na letališču Pau, v bistvu prisotna na obeh navedenih letališčih.
However, the Commission takes the view that this justification is insufficient to conclude that the Pau airport operator is responsible for operating a genuine service of general economic interest.
Družba Ryanair je bila prav tako prisotna na obeh letališčih, dokler ni ukinila svojih rut na letališču Pau, na letališču Tarbes pa še vedno deluje.
As indicated in the new Guidelines, the Commission considers that it is possible for the overall management of an airport, in well-justified cases, to be considered a service of general economic interest.
Na podlagi teh ugotovitev ni mogoče sklepati, da subvenciji iz let 2004 in 2009, ki sta letališču Pau omogočili, da še naprej deluje v dobrih pogojih, nista vplivali na letališče Tarbes.