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This ‘measure’ does not therefore need to be considered any further in this decision.
Skratka, pavšalni prispevek, kot ga je SPOJS določal v prvotni različici in je bil zvišan z aneksoma št. 1 in št. 3, je družbi VTAN omogočil gospodarsko prednost.
Likewise, the information provided by France on the investments made within Nîmes airport when it was being managed by the CCI, which are the subject of recital 51, shows that the CCI-Airport bore the cost of these investments on its own and was responsible for making and financing these investments.
Poleg tega so te prednosti selektivne, saj so bile dodeljene samo enemu podjetju.
There are therefore no investment subsidies to the CCI-Airport to be examined in this assessment.
Enako velja tudi za poseben javni prispevek.
As regards the measures granted to VTAN, the main measure is the flat-rate contribution, as established by the CDSP and subsequently amended.
Nasprotno pa niti aneks št. 2 niti subvencije za opremo družbi VTAN niso omogočile gospodarske prednosti.
This flat-rate contribution was intended to cover the operating deficit resulting from the imbalance between operating costs and revenues generated from making the airport infrastructure available to passengers and airlines, taking into account the costs of certain investments for which VTAN was responsible according to the CDSP and its amendments.
Ta ukrepa torej ne pomenita državnih pomoči.
As the flat-rate contribution was established and amended after 12 December 2000 and was used to finance the airport’s economic activity, it falls within the scope of the rules on State aid.
Letališče Nîmes tekmuje zlasti z drugimi letališči, predvsem s tistimi, ki v celoti ali deloma delujejo na istem ciljnem območju, kot sta letališči Montpellier in Avignon.
The other measures granted to VTAN that are covered by the formal investigation procedure involve a specific public contribution paid for 2011 in order to take account of the new operating costs incurred by VTAN following the closure of the airbase (‘the specific public contribution’) and equipment subsidies for 2011 and 2012 (‘the equipment subsidies’).
Pomoč, dodeljena upravljavcu letališča Nîmes (letališki službi zbornice ali družbi VTAN), bi zato lahko izkrivljala konkurenco.
These various measures, granted after 12 December 2000, were used, at least in part, to finance the airport’s operation (including its commercial activity of making available the airport infrastructure) as well as investments inherent in the airport’s commercial activity.
V zvezi s tem Komisija ugotavlja, da je letališče Montpellier samo 63 km oddaljeno od letališča Nîmes.
With regard to the concepts of undertaking and economic activity, these measures may therefore fall within the scope of the rules on State aid.
Ker sta trg letaliških storitev in trg zračnega prevoza odprta za konkurenco v Uniji, bi lahko pomoč vplivala tudi na trgovino med državami članicami.
As a result, the Commission will now examine the sovereign task subsidies and:
Na splošno je treba poudariti, da upravljavci letališč v Uniji tekmujejo med sabo, da bi privabili letalske prevoznike.
for the CCI operating period, the exceptional operating subsidies and the repayable advances,
Letalski prevozniki se glede uvajanja rut in pogostosti letov odločajo na podlagi več meril.
for the VTAN operating period, the flat-rate contribution, the specific public contribution and the equipment subsidies.
Ta merila ne vključujejo le morebitnih strank, ki jih lahko pričakujejo na zadevnih rutah, ampak tudi značilnosti letališč v odhodnem in namembnem kraju.
Sovereign task subsidies
Letalski prevozniki upoštevajo merila, kot so vrsta zagotovljenih letalskih storitev, prebivalstvo ali gospodarska dejavnost okrog letališča, prezasedenost, možnost dostopa po kopnem ter višina pristojbin in splošni poslovni pogoji za uporabo letališke infrastrukture in storitev.
As pointed out by the Commission in the new Guidelines, the Court of Justice has held that 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.
Višina pristojbin je ključni dejavnik, ker bi se lahko javno financiranje, dodeljeno letališču, uporabilo za umetno ohranjanje letaliških pristojbin na nizki stopnji zaradi privabljanja letalskih prevoznikov, s čimer bi lahko znatno izkrivljalo konkurenco.
According to the new Guidelines, activities such as air traffic control, police, customs, aircraft 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.
Zato letalski prevozniki svoja sredstva, zlasti letala in posadke, razporedijo med različne rute, pri tem pa med drugim upoštevajo storitve, ki jih ponujajo upravljavci letališč, in cene teh storitev.
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.
Iz navedenega izhaja, da bi se lahko z različnimi ukrepi, ki so bili sprejeti v korist letališke službe zbornice in družbe VTAN ter so zajeti v tej preučitvi, ker so enemu od obeh podjetij omogočili gospodarsko prednost, okrepil položaj obeh podjetij v primerjavi z drugimi upravljavci evropskih letališč.
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 in 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.
Zato bi lahko ti ukrepi izkrivljali konkurenco in vplivali na trgovino med državami članicami.
The activities financed by the general system for financing sovereign tasks in French airports, as described in recital 32 et seq., relate to safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference, police tasks, aircraft rescue and firefighting, air traffic safety and the protection of the natural and human environment.
Sklepna ugotovitev o obstoju državnih pomoči
These activities can legitimately be regarded as falling under the responsibility of the State in the exercise of its official powers as a public authority.
Subvencije za državne naloge niso državne pomoči.
Consequently, France may legitimately regard these tasks as ‘sovereign’ in nature, in other words non-economic, under the rules on State aid.
Enkratne subvencije za tekoče poslovanje in vračljiva predplačila, ki jih je prejela letališka služba zbornice, pomenijo državne pomoči navedeni službi.
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.
Pavšalni prispevek, kot ga je SPOJS določal v prvotni različici in je bil zvišan z aneksoma št. 1 in št. 3, pomeni državno pomoč družbi VTAN, enako tudi poseben javni prispevek.
It is clear from the description in recital 32 et seq. 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 additional financing instrument, only those amounts strictly needed to cover the costs.
Aneks št. 2 in subvencije za opremo niso državne pomoči.
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.
NEZAKONITOST POMOČI
The non-discrimination condition is therefore met.
Enkratne subvencije za tekoče poslovanje, vračljiva predplačila, pavšalni prispevek in njegove različne spremembe ter poseben javni prispevek so se izvajali brez priglasitve.
Although French law entrusts airport operators with sovereign tasks, it does not require them to finance those tasks, but rather the State.
Sklep Komisije z dne 28. novembra 2005 o uporabi člena 106(2) PDEU za državne pomoči v obliki nadomestila za javne storitve, dodeljenega nekaterim podjetjem, pooblaščenim za opravljanje storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena (v nadaljnjem besedilu: sklep SSGP iz leta 2005) določa pogoje, pod katerimi je mogoče nekatere pomoči, dodeljene v obliki nadomestila za opravljanje javne storitve, izvzeti iz obveznosti priglasitve, določene s členom 108(3) PDEU.
Accordingly, the compensation of the costs arising from those tasks by public funds does not reduce the costs that airport operators should normally bear under French law.
Ukrepi, dodeljeni letališki službi zbornice ali družbi VTAN po 19. decembru 2005, po navedbah Francije izpolnjujejo te pogoje.
This national system has been applied to Nîmes airport since 2000.
Komisija meni, da to ne drži.
As a result, the financing received by the CCI-Airport and VTAN under this system does not constitute State aid.
Prvič, kot je bilo namreč predhodno dokazano, upravljanja letališča Nîmes kot celote ni mogoče obravnavati kot resnične SSGP.
This conclusion applies, inter alia, to the subsidies received by the CCI-Airport from the FIATA, as mentioned in recital 55.
Zato različni zgoraj navedeni ukrepi ne izpolnjujejo meril, določenih v sklepu SSGP iz leta 2005, ker so bili dodeljeni za financiranje upravljanja letališča kot celote.
State resources and imputability to the state
Drugič, kot je bilo predhodno navedeno, tudi ob domnevi, da je mogoče upravljanje letališča kot celote opredeliti kot SSGP, vseeno noben zadevni ukrep ne bi pomenil uporabe mehanizma nadomestila, katerega parametri bi bili objektivno in pregledno vnaprej določeni.
The various measures still to be examined were granted by local authorities (the CGG, the CAAC and the CANM), the SMAN (which is a group of local authorities) and the CCI.
Kot je bilo namreč predhodno navedeno, zadevni ukrepi ne izpolnjujejo drugega pogoja iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark.
The resources of local authorities are state resources within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Zato ti ukrepi ne izpolnjujejo pogojev iz člena 4(d) in (e) sklepa SSGP iz leta 2005, v skladu s katerim morajo akt ali akti, ki dajejo pooblastilo za izvajanje storitve splošnega gospodarskega pomena, zajemati opis mehanizma nadomestila ter parametrov za izračun, nadzor in revizijo nadomestila ter pogoje za vračilo morebitnih prekomernih nadomestil in ureditev za njihovo preprečitev.
Furthermore, the conduct of such authorities falls within the scope of that article, in the same way as measures taken by the central authority, if the conditions of that provision are met.
To je drugi razlog, iz katerega zgoraj navedeni ukrepi niso mogli biti na podlagi sklepa SSGP iz leta 2005 izvzeti iz obveznosti priglasitve, določene s členom 108(3) PDEU.
Accordingly, decisions of local authorities such as the CGG, the CAAC and the CANM must be regarded as imputable to the state (in the broad sense) within the meaning of the case-law on State aid.
Glede na navedeno enkratne subvencije za tekoče poslovanje, vračljiva predplačila, pavšalni prispevek, kot je bil določen s SPOJS v prvotni različici in povečan z aneksoma št. 1 in št. 3, ter poseben javni prispevek pomenijo nezakonite pomoči.
This conclusion is valid, by extension, for a group of local authorities such as the SMAN.
Kot je bilo predhodno dokazano, je Francija storila očitno napako pri presoji, s tem ko je trdila, da je bilo upravljanje letališča Nîmes v celoti SSGP.
In fact, the SMAN’s resources mainly consist of: (i) contributions from its members; (ii) subsidies; (iii) income from gifts and legacies; (iv) income from loans; (v) income from charges paid by operators; and (vi) more generally, all direct and indirect income associated with exercising the power defined by the SMAN’s articles of association.
Te ugotovitve veljajo za obdobje upravljanja letališke službe zbornice in za obdobje upravljanja družbe VTAN.
Moreover, the SMAN is managed by a board consisting solely of representatives of its member local authorities.
To pomeni, da različnih ukrepov finančne podpore, ki so zajeti v tej preučitvi in so bili namenjeni financiranju upravljanja dejavnosti letališča kot celote, ni mogoče obravnavati kot finančnih nadomestil, dodeljenih za upravljanje resnične SSGP.
As a result, the SMAN’s resources are state resources and all its decisions are ‘imputable to the state’ within the meaning of the case-law on State aid.
Komisija bo zdaj analizirala ukrepe, zajete v tej preučitvi, glede na različna merila iz člena 107(3)(c) PDEU.
As regards the measures granted by the CCI’s general arm to the CCI-Airport, as established previously in the section on state resources and imputability (Section 7.1.1.1), the CCI is a public authority and therefore all its resources must be regarded as state resources and all its decisions are ‘imputable to the state’ within the meaning of the case-law on State aid.
Vse različne državne pomoči, ugotovljene v tej oceni, so pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ker se je z njimi financiralo upravljanje letališča Nîmes in ne posebne naložbe v to letališče.
As a result, all the measures covered by this assessment are ‘imputable to the state’ and financed through state resources.
Vse te pomoči za tekoče poslovanje so bile nezakonito dodeljene pred 4. aprilom 2014, to je datumom začetka veljavnosti novih smernic, v katerih je Komisija razglasila, da bo načela iz navedenih smernic uporabljala za vse tekoče primere, ki se nanašajo na pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, dodeljene letališčem, tudi če so bile te pomoči dodeljene pred 4. aprilom 2014.
Selective economic advantage
V skladu z novimi smernicami je mogoče pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, dodeljene letališčem pred 4. aprilom 2014, razglasiti za združljive v zvezi z vsemi nepokritimi stroški poslovanja, če je izpolnjenih več pogojev.
In order to ascertain whether a state measure grants an advantage to an undertaking pursuant to Article 107(1) TFEU, it must be determined whether the undertaking in question 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 public service compensation satisfying the conditions of the Altmark judgment.
Te pogoje je mogoče povzeti tako:
Concept of service of general economic interest and application of the Altmark judgment
pomoč prispeva k jasno opredeljenemu cilju splošnega pomena (izboljšanje mobilnosti državljanov in povezljivosti območij, preprečevanje zastojev v zračnem prometu na glavnih letališčih Unije in regionalni razvoj),
Application of the concept of service of general economic interest
potrebno je posredovanje države,
It must be ascertained whether the various measures still to be examined can be regarded as public service compensation granted in order to provide a genuine service of general economic interest (‘SGEI’).
pomoč je ustrezen instrument politike,
In this regard, it should be recalled that the Court of Justice ruled in the Altmark judgment that public service compensation does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU when four cumulative conditions are met.
pomoč ima spodbujevalni učinek, ker bi se brez nje raven gospodarske dejavnosti zadevnega letališča znatno zmanjšala,
First, the recipient undertaking must actually have public service obligations to discharge, and the obligations must be clearly defined.
pomoč je sorazmerna, ker je omejena na najnižjo potrebno, da se dejavnost z dodeljeno pomočjo izvede,
Second, the parameters on the basis of which the compensation is calculated must be established in advance in an objective and transparent manner.
v analizi je treba upoštevati izkrivljanja konkurence zaradi pomoči in njene učinke na trgovino.
Third, the compensation must not exceed what is necessary to cover all or part of the costs incurred in the discharge of the public service obligations, taking into account the relevant receipts and a reasonable profit.
Komisija bo uporabila ta merila za zadevne pomoči.
Finally, where the undertaking that is to discharge public service obligations, in a specific case, is not chosen pursuant to a public procurement procedure which would allow for the selection of the tenderer capable of providing those services at the least cost to the community, the level of compensation needed must be determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs that a typical undertaking, well-run and adequately provided with the relevant means, would have incurred.
Prispevek k jasno opredeljenemu cilju splošnega pomena
In order to apply these conditions, the first point to be examined is the existence of a genuine SGEI.
Ker se je z navedenimi pomočmi financiral primanjkljaj iz poslovanja letališča Nîmes, so omogočale njegovo nadaljnje delovanje.
France takes the view, which is shared by the Operators, that the overall management of Nîmes airport, given its size and local role, should be regarded as an SGEI.
Kot je poudarila Francija, dejavnost navedenega letališča pozitivno vpliva na gospodarski razvoj departmaja Gard, zlasti v turistični panogi.
According to France: ‘Even if it is considered that Languedoc-Roussillon is not an isolated region and that its accessibility is not dependent upon the air routes offered by Nîmes airport, which is debatable as shown in point 2 below, the fact remains, in the light of all the above, that the operation of Nîmes airport involves a series of public service obligations and that the Commission has not proven that a private market economy operator would have been prepared to assume such obligations, to the same extent or under the same conditions, in the absence of public service compensation.
Lokalni gospodarski razvoj pa je v novih smernicah priznan kot cilj splošnega pomena, ki je lahko upravičil dodelitev pomoči za tekoče poslovanje letališču pred 4. aprilom 2014, če so izpolnjeni nekateri pogoji.
In this respect, it is irrelevant whether or not the airport is situated in an isolated region.
V zvezi s turistično panogo ni mogoče zanikati, da letališče Nîmes povezuje turistično regijo in da se je z rednimi leti družbe Ryanair na to letališče od leta 2000 v regijo Nîmes pripeljalo veliko turistov.
Both the Commission’s guidelines and settled case-law recognise that Member States have a margin of discretion when defining public service obligations.
V zgoraj navedeni študiji iz leta 2006 o gospodarskih učinkih letališča Nîmes je na primer pojasnjeno, da je samo za leto 2006 obisk turistov, ki so prileteli na letališče Nîmes, v lokalno gospodarstvo prinesel 100 milijonov EUR iz naslova tekočih prilivov iz turistične potrošnje, od tega 21 milijonov EUR za nastanitev, 26 milijonov EUR za gostinske storitve, 20 milijonov EUR za preostale nakupe živil, 9 milijonov EUR za prevoz (brez zračnega prevoza), 4 milijone EUR za turistične oglede in 6 milijonov EUR za spominke.
The determining factor for establishing the existence of an SGEI is whether an operator considering its own commercial interest would assume the service in question to the same extent or under the same conditions’.
Gospodarski učinek (to je učinek na preostalo lokalno gospodarstvo) dejavnosti letališča je sicer ocenjen na 2,38 milijarde EUR, ob upoštevanju učinka naložb.
This reasoning is vitiated by a manifest error of assessment.
Poleg tega je iz navedene študije iz leta 2006 razvidno, da je bilo 2200 delovnih mest neposredno povezanih z letalsko dejavnostjo.
In actual fact, in order to assess the extent to which the operation of an airport is an SGEI, the need in the general interest met by that activity must be considered.
Ta dejavnost je tako do zaprtja vojaške letalske baze julija 2011 izhajala predvsem iz nastanitve številnih družin na območju Nîmesa (več kot 800 šoloobveznih otrok vojakov v departmaju Gard).
In this regard, the airport’s size is also not a relevant criterion.
Navzočnost vojaške letalske baze in civilna letalska dejavnost sta prav tako omogočili razvoj letalskega industrijskega središča na letališču.
As the Commission has already indicated in its decision-making practice: ‘Economic development is not … sufficient to justify a service being defined as an [SGEI].
V tem središču potekajo dejavnosti, kot so:
Such a definition must be based on public service reasons going beyond the general interest of developing economic activities’.
GHSC (Groupement d’Hélicoptères de la Sécurité Civile, združenje za helikopterje civilne zaščite), ki je hkrati center za poveljevanje 22 stalnim in operativnim bazam civilne zaščite na celotnem matičnem ozemlju in v čezmorskih departmajih, center za vzdrževanje helikopterske flote ministrstva za notranje zadeve ter center za usposabljanje osebja in stalno izobraževanje pilotov (število zaposlenih na navedenem območju: 140 oseb),
The Treaty already contains a specific compatibility clause for aid to facilitate the development of economic activities (Article 107(3)(c)), whilst, according to the case-law of the Court of Justice, SGEIs are services that exhibit special characteristics as compared with the general economic interest of other economic activities and undertakings entrusted with SGEI tasks are undertakings entrusted with a ‘particular task’.
družba Sabena Technics (skupina TAT): Société de services en maintenance aéronautique civile et militaire (družba za vzdrževalne storitve v civilnem in vojaškem letalstvu) (število zaposlenih na navedenem območju: 336 oseb),
Generally speaking, the entrustment of a ‘particular public service task’ implies the supply of services which, if it were considering its own commercial interest, an undertaking would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions.
AVDEF: Aviation Défense Service (skupina EADS), ki deluje na področju javnega prevoza in zdravstvene evakuacije na zahtevo, dela v zraku za vojsko in preprečevanja gozdnih požarov (število zaposlenih na navedenem območju: 51 oseb),
Applying a general interest criterion, Member States or the Union may attach specific obligations to such services.
Airways Formation: šola letenja z oddelkom za zračni prevoz, ki združuje vse vrste usposabljanj za zaposlitev pri letalskem prevozniku, in oddelkom inštruktorjev, ki usposabljajo za vse kvalifikacije inštruktorja, določene v pravilniku (število zaposlenih na navedenem območju: 11 oseb).
The Commission has also indicated in the new Guidelines: ‘As far as airports are concerned, the Commission considers that it is possible for the overall management of an airport, in well-justified cases, to be considered an SGEI … the Commission considers that this can only be the case if part of the area potentially served by the airport would, without the airport, be isolated from the rest of the Union to an extent that would prejudice its social and economic development.
Industrijsko središče je po navedbah Francije leta 2012 ustvarilo 680 civilnih zaposlitev, skupaj z več kot 3000 delovnimi mesti, ustvarjenimi z dejavnostjo letališča.
Such an assessment should take due account of other modes of transport, and in particular of high-speed rail services or maritime links served by ferries’.
Francija poleg tega navaja, da je bilo za nadomestitev zaprtja vojaške letalske baze odločeno, da se desno od letališča Nîmes, sredi več kot 500 hektarjev velikega gospodarskega območja, vzpostavi območje gospodarskih dejavnosti v obsegu več kot 140 hektarjev.