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It is of high importance that a lay person be able to distinguish readily between documents having the force of law and all others.’
Vendar je Irska v odzivu na sklep o začetku postopka naknadno dokazala, da so nacionalni razvojni načrti predproračunski dokumenti politike na visoki ravni, ki vsebujejo opis vladnih naložbenih strategij in prednostnih nalog, torej se lahko za nacionalna razvojna načrta za obdobji 2000–2006 in 2007–2013 šteje, da nimata pravnega učinka in zato ne pomenita bistvene spremembe obstoječe sheme pomoči.
On the other hand, according to the information provided by Ireland, the 2003 and 2007 Memoranda of Understanding for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann themselves respectively state:
Kot dokaz je bil naveden sklic na sodbo irskega vrhovnega sodišča, ki navaja [58]:
‘This Memorandum of Understanding on Service Levels and Targets is of no legal effect and is not binding on Bus Átha Cliath [Dublin Bus] or on the Department of Transport.’
Nezavezujočo naravo načrtov dodatno dokazujejo načrti sami.
‘This Memorandum of Understanding on Service Levels and Targets is of no legal effect and is not binding on Bus Éireann or on the Department of Transport.’ .
Nacionalni razvojni načrt za obdobje 2000–2006 navaja, da „izraža široko soglasje v posvetovalnem postopku v zvezi s prihodnjimi razvojnimi potrebami države“ [59], medtem ko nacionalni razvojni načrt za obdobje 2007–2013 „določa časovni načrt za prihodnost Irske“ [60] in „določa gospodarske in družbene naložbene prednostne naloge, ki so potrebne za uresničitev vizije o boljši kakovosti življenja za vse“ [61].
The 2003 Memorandum of Understanding for Bus Éireann further provides:
Irska je še pojasnila, da finančna sredstva, namenjena za izplačilo v okviru nacionalnih razvojnih načrtov, vsako leto prouči nacionalni parlament, preden se o njih sprejme soglasje in so odobrena v nacionalni proračun.
On the basis of this information, the Commission considers that the overall duties of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to provide a public service, defined in Section 8(2) and 8(3) of the Transport (Re-organisation of CIÉ) Act, 1986, were not altered with the introduction of the Memoranda of Understanding.
Komisija meni, da financiranje novih avtobusov in financiranje infrastrukture ureja zakon o prometu (reorganizacija CIÉ) iz leta 1986, ki v členu 8(10) navaja: „Odbor [CIÉ] in družbi upoštevajo socialno vlogo Odbora in potrebo po ohranitvi storitev javnega prevoza, ki so v največji možni meri vključene znotraj finančnih sredstev, ki so jim na voljo.“ Skupne dolžnosti za zagotavljanje javne storitve so opredeljene v členu 8(2) in(3) navedenega zakona, kot je bilo opisano v uvodni izjavi 21.
The Commission further notes that the annual operating compensation was governed by the Transport (Re-organisation of CIÉ) Act, 1986, which provides in Section 8(10): ‘The Board [CIÉ] and the companies shall have due regard to the Board's social role and the need to maintain public transport services integrated to the maximum extent possible within the financial resources available to them [57].’.
Komisija torej meni, da nacionalna razvojna načrta za obdobji 2000–2006 in 2007–2013 ne pomenita bistvenih sprememb sheme iz zakonov o prometu za financiranje novih avtobusov in financiranje infrastrukture.
On 1 December 2009, new public service contracts concluded between the National Transport Authority, on the one hand, and Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus, on the other hand, entered into force, thereby putting an end to the legal regime previously governing the annual operating grants for urban, suburban and regional bus services.
Navedeni ukrepi pomenijo veljavno pomoč v smislu člena 1(b)(v) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999.
Accordingly, since no substantial alteration can be said to have occurred to the legal regime providing for the annual operating compensation paid to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus until the entry into force of those public service contracts, all annual operating compensation paid to those undertakings until 30 November 2009 should be considered existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
1. decembra 2009 sta začela veljati člena 45 in 49 dublinskega zakona o prometu iz leta 2008, s čimer se je končala pravna ureditev, ki je pred tem urejala financiranje novih avtobusov in financiranje infrastrukture.
Financing of new buses and the financing of infrastructure
V skladu s tem in ker ni mogoče trditi, da je prišlo do kakršne koli bistvene spremembe pravne ureditve, ki je veljala za financiranje novih avtobusov in financiranje infrastrukture, plačano družbama Bus Éireann in Dublin Bus do začetka veljave navedenega zakona, je treba celotno financiranje avtobusov in infrastrukture, plačano navedenima podjetjema do 30. novembra 2009, obravnavati kot veljavno pomoč v smislu člena 1(b)(v) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999.
In the Opening Decision, the Commission came to the preliminary conclusion that the National Development Plans 2000-06 and 2007-13 had altered the National Development Plan 1993-99 and that, therefore, the National Development Plans 2000-06 and 2007-13 were to be considered as constituting new aid within the meaning of Article 1(c) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
Kar zadeva trditev Irske, da je shema za prevoz učencev veljavna pomoč, Komisija opozarja, da shemo od leta 1967 izvaja CIÉ, od sprejetja zakona o prometu (reorganizacija CIÉ) leta 1986 [62] pa družba Bus Éireann, ki je bila v okviru člena 6(1) navedenega zakona ustanovljena skupaj z drugimi hčerinskimi družbami CIÉ.
However, Ireland has subsequently demonstrated, in response to the Opening Decision, that the National Development Plans are high-level pre-budget policy documents outlining the Government's investment strategies and priorities, so that the National Development Plans 2000-06 and 2007-13 can be considered to lack legal effect and therefore do not constitute a substantial alteration to an existing aid scheme.
Dolžnosti družbe Bus Éireann v smislu zagotavljanja „potniške storitve cestnega prometa znotraj države ter med državo in kraju zunaj nje“, ki bi vključevale storitev prevoza učencev, so podrobneje opisane v uvodni izjavi 21.
‘The [National Development Plan] is essentially a financial plan or framework setting out what the Government sees as the investment priorities for the next seven years, and how resources can be invested amongst different investment priorities.[…] It is essentially a financial or budgetary plan and even if, as is the case, a project of national significance is mentioned in the [National Development Plan] such is for administrative purposes as indicative of the type of project that would be financed out of a particular financial “envelope”. […] In my judgment the mere provision of the funding envisaged by the [National Development Plan] is indicative of how an activity could be financed.
Komisija ugotavlja, da posodobitev računovodskega sporazuma iz leta 1975 vsebuje opis svojega namena v preambuli: „Priložene izjave in osnutki računovodskih izkazov opisujejo sprejeta računovodska pravila za izračun in predstavitev stroškov družbi CIÉ, in sicer stroškov opravljanja storitev, nadzora in upravljanja v imenu ministrstva za izobraževanje, prevoz v šolo in iz nje za otroke, ki so upravičeni do brezplačnega prevoza v skladu s pravili in predpisi sheme brezplačnega prevoza, ki ga organizira in izvaja družba CIÉ v imenu ministrstva za izobraževanje.
It in no way seeks to set a framework as to what decision or decisions should be made by the appropriate authority or authorities in relation to the actual proposal or project to be so funded.’
S temi pravili se posodablja in nadomešča Povzetek računovodskih pravil z dne 1. avgusta 1968.“
The non-binding nature of the plans is further evidenced by the plans themselves.
Navedeni dokument natančno opisuje računovodske izkaze za storitve prevoza učencev, ki jih mora CIÉ predložiti ministrstvu za izobraževanje, da bi prejela plačilo.
The National Development Plan 2000-06 states that it ‘reflects the broad consensus in the consultation process as to the future development needs of the country’ [59], while the National Development Plan 2007-13 ‘sets out the roadmap to Ireland's future’ [60] and ‘sets out the economic and social investment priorities needed to realise the vision of a better quality of life for all [61].’.
Opis vključuje opredelitve o tem, kaj se lahko v pretežni meri zaračuna ministrstvu za izobraževanje v okviru kategorij „neposrednih stroškov“ in „posrednih stroškov“ z različnimi prilagoditvami, vključno z „amortizacijo“, „obrestmi“, „računi od potnikov, ki plačujejo voznino“ in „zneski, ki se plačajo za otroke z brezplačno vožnjo [z rednimi storitvami]“.
Finally, Ireland explained that funds earmarked for disbursement under the National Development Plans are scrutinised by Parliament before being agreed and approved in the national budget each year.
Skupni namen je izračunati celoten „neto znesek, ki se obračuna ministrstvu za izobraževanje“ [65].
The Commission considers that the financing of new buses and the financing of infrastructure are governed by the Transport (Re-organisation of CIÉ) Act, 1986, which states in Section 8(10): ‘The Board [CIÉ] and the companies shall have due regard to the Board's social role and the need to maintain public transport services integrated to the maximum extent possible within the financial resources available to them.’
Poleg tega Komisija ugotavlja, da za Uredbo (ES) št. 1370/2007 ni mogoče trditi, da je omogočila odprtje trga za šolski prevoz, glede na to, da se storitve v okviru sheme ne zagotavljajo splošni javnosti na nediskriminatorni in trajni podlagi [66].
The overall duties to provide a public service are defined in Section 8(2) and 8(3) of the same Act, as previously described in recital 21.
Komisija zato meni, da shema prevoza učencev pomeni veljavno pomoč v smislu člena 1(b)(v) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999.
The Commission therefore considers that the National Development Plans 2000-06 and 2007-13 do not constitute substantial alterations to the scheme laid down by the Transport Acts for the financing of new buses and the financing of infrastructure.
Irska trdi, da je financiranje usposabljanja o invalidnosti veljavna pomoč.
Those measures thus constitute existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
Vendar Komisija ugotavlja, da se je shema prvič začela uporabljati leta 2001 in da nič ne kaže na to, da je bila osnovana na prejšnji shemi.
The Commission notes that the National Development Plan 2007-13 was discontinued in 2011, and replaced by the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2012-16.
Zato Irska ne more trditi, da gre za izjemo od veljavne pomoči, kot je opredeljena v členu 1(b) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999, saj se pomoč do leta 1995 še ni uporabljala.
This was after the date on which Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 entered into force.
Ker Irska ni predložila nobenih drugih argumentov v podporo trditvi, da je financiranje usposabljanja o invalidnosti pomenilo veljavno pomoč, je Komisija sklenila, da bi bilo treba navedeni ukrep šteti za novo pomoč v smislu člena 1(c) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999.
On 1 December 2009, Sections 45 and 49 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 came into force, thereby putting an end to the legal regime previously governing the financing of new buses and the financing of infrastructure.
Zato je Komisija tista, ki bo ocenila združljivost navedenega ukrepa z notranjim trgom (glej oddelek 9.4).
Accordingly, since no substantial alteration can be said to have occurred to the legal regime providing for the financing of new buses and of infrastructure paid to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus until the entry into force of that Act, all financing of new buses and of infrastructure paid to those undertakings until 30 November 2009 should be considered existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
Primerni ukrepi: shema za prevoz učencev
As regards Ireland's contention that the School Transport Scheme is existing aid, the Commission recalls that the scheme has been operated by CIÉ since 1967, and by Bus Éireann since the Transport (Re-organisation of CIÉ) Act, 1986 [62], which was created under Section 6(1) of that Act, along with other subsidiary companies of CIÉ.
Letno nadomestilo za izvajanje za avtobusne storitve v mestnem, primestnem in regionalnem prometu ter financiranje novih avtobusov in finančna sredstva za infrastrukturo pomenijo veljavno pomoč, ki se je iztekla.
The duties of Bus Éireann in terms of the provision ‘within the State and between the State and places outside the State, a passenger service by road’ which would include school transport services are described more fully in recital 21.
Nasprotno je shema šolskega prevoza veljavna shema pomoči, ki jo Irska še naprej izvaja, pri čemer se še vedno uporablja ključni okvir, znotraj katerega se shema izvaja.
The original financial arrangements for the scheme were set out in an accounting agreement from 1968 [63], which describes the costs eligible for reimbursement at the inception of the scheme.
Zato namerava Komisija po sprejetju tega sklepa začeti dialog z Irsko v skladu s členom 17(2) Uredbe (ES) št. 659/1999, da bi se dogovorili o primernih ukrepih za zagotovitev, da bo izvajanje sheme šolskega prevoza v prihodnje združljivo z notranjim trgom.
However, the Irish authorities confirmed that the current accounting arrangements are based on an updated agreement from 1975 [64].
Združljivost pomoči: pomoč za usposabljanje o invalidnosti
In a letter to the Commission of 23 November 2012, Ireland maintained that ‘[t]he accounting document of 1975 remains the core document in relation to the financial arrangements between the Department [of Education and Skills] and Bus Éireann’.
Letno nadomestilo za izvajanje za avtobusne storitve v mestnem, primestnem in regionalnem prometu ter financiranje novih avtobusov in finančna sredstva za infrastrukturo pomenijo veljavno pomoč, ki se je iztekla, zato ni potrebe, da bi se ocenila združljivost navedenih ukrepov z notranjim trgom.
The Commission notes that the 1975 update of the Accounting Agreement describes its purpose in a preamble: ‘The attached statements and draft accounts describe the agreed accounting arrangements for the computation and presentation of the cost to CIÉ of supplying, supervising and administering on behalf of the Department of Education, the conveyance, to and from school, of school children who are eligible for free transport in accordance with the rules and regulations of the free transport scheme organised and operated by CIÉ, on behalf of the Department of Education.
Shema šolskega prevoza pa je veljavna shema pomoči, ki jo Irska še naprej izvaja, želi Komisija v okviru dialoga, navedenega v prejšnji uvodni izjavi, Irski pojasniti, zakaj meni, da shema ni združljiva z notranjim trgom.
These arrangements up-date and supersede the Summary of Accounting Arrangements dated 1 August 1968.’
Kar zadeva financiranje, ki ga Irska zagotavlja družbama Bus Éireann in Dublin Bus za usposabljanje o invalidnosti, je to nova pomoč, tako da mora Komisija proučiti njeno združljivost s pravili o državni pomoči.
That document describes in detail the accounts for school transport services that CIÉ must supply to the Department of Education to receive payment.
Ustaljena sodna praksa je, da je mogoče pravila, načela in merila, s katerimi se preuči združljivosti državnih pomoči in veljajo na datum, ko Komisija sprejme odločbo, načelno obravnavati, da so bolje prilagojena kontekstu konkurence [67].
The description includes definitions of what can be billed to the Department of Education principally under the categories of ‘direct costs’ and ‘indirect costs’, with various adjustments made including ‘depreciation’, ‘interest’, ‘receipts from fare-paying passengers’, and ‘charge for children carried free [on scheduled services]’.
Vsaka ocena združljivosti ukrepa mora torej temeljiti na veljavnih pravilih v času, ko Komisija sprejme sklep o tem, ali je treba pomoč povrniti, ker je nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom [68]: v tem primeru so veljavna pravila določena v Uredbi Komisije (EU) št. 651/2014 [69].
The overall purpose is to calculate a total ‘Net amount chargeable to the Department of Education’ [65].
Vendar je v času začetka financiranja združljivost pomoči za usposabljanje urejala Uredba (ES) št. 68/2001, ki je določala izjemo od obveznosti priglasitve iz člena 108(3) Pogodbe, če so bili izpolnjeni vsi pogoji navedene uredbe [70].
There is no indication that any substantial alternations have been made to the School Transport Scheme since the 1975 update of the Accounting Agreement governing its financial arrangements.
V skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 68/2001 je takšna pomoč za usposabljanje združljiva z notranjim trgom v smislu člena 107(3) Pogodbe.
In addition, the Commission notes that Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 cannot be said to have opened the market for school transport, considering that the transport services provided under the scheme are not provided to the public at large on a non-discriminatory and continuous basis [66].
Zato je treba proučiti, ali financiranje usposabljanja o invalidnosti izpolnjuje pogoje Uredbe (ES) št. 68/2001.
The Commission therefore considers the School Transport Scheme to constitute existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(v) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
Izjema od obveznosti priglasitve, ki jo določa Uredba (ES) št. 68/2001, zahteva, da posamezne pomoči in tudi sheme pomoči vsebujejo izrecno sklicevanje na navedeno uredbo, tako da navedejo njen naslov in mesto objave v Uradnem listu Evropske unije [71].
Ireland maintains that the financing of disability awareness training is existing aid.
Nič ne kaže na to, da se je financiranje, ki ga je Irska zagotovila družbama Bus Éireann in Dublin Bus za usposabljanje za usposabljanje o invalidnosti (v nadaljnjem besedilu: financiranje usposabljanja), objavilo na tak način.
The Commission notes, however, that the scheme was first put into place in 2001 and that there is no indication that the scheme was based on an earlier scheme.
Irska dejansko ni navedla, da je bilo financiranje usposabljanja združljivo z Uredbo (ES) št. 68/2001.
For this reason Ireland cannot claim the existing aid exemption as laid down by Article 1(b) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 since the aid was not already in place by 1995.
Zato Komisija brez proučitve preostalih pogojev združljivosti v Uredbi (ES) št. 68/2001 meni, da financiranje usposabljanja ne izpolnjuje pogojev za izjemo od obveznosti priglasitve v okviru navedene uredbe.
Since Ireland has not put forward any other arguments for arguing that the financing of disability awareness training constituted existing aid, the Commission concludes that that measure should be considered new aid within the meaning of Article 1(c) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
Iz tega sledi, da je treba financiranje usposabljanja proučiti v okviru Uredbe (EU) št. 651/2014, ki je začela veljati 1. julija 2014.
It therefore falls to the Commission to assess the compatibility of that measure with the internal market (see Section 9.4).
Člen 58(1) Uredbe (EU) št. 651/2014 navaja, da se ta uredba uporablja za individualno pomoč, dodeljeno pred njenim začetkom veljavnosti, če pomoč izpolnjuje vse pogoje iz te uredbe, z izjemo člena 9.
Appropriate measures: School Transport Scheme
Komisija meni, da se financiranje usposabljanja šteje za „individualno pomoč“ v smislu člena 2(14) Uredbe (EU) št. 651/2014 in ne za „shemo pomoči“ v smislu člena 2(15) iste uredbe, saj je bila v času dodelitve, tj. v obdobju 2001–2003, ad hoc pomoč in je bila formalizirana le zato, da je bila veliko pozneje, tj. leta 2006, podobna shemi pomoči [72].
The annual operating compensation for urban, suburban and regional bus services, and the financing of new buses and funding of infrastructure, constitute existing aid which has been brought to an end.
Člen 31(4) Uredbe (EU) št. 651/2014 določa najvišjo dovoljeno intenzivnost pomoči za pomoč za usposabljanje, kot je obravnavana, in sicer ne sme presegati 50 % upravičenih stroškov.
By contrast, the School Transport Scheme is an existing aid scheme which Ireland continues to operate, with the essential framework under which the scheme operates still in place.
Vendar ima financiranje usposabljanja višjo intenzivnost pomoči, kar pomeni, da ta pogoj ni izpolnjen.
Consequently, the Commission, subsequent to the adoption of this Decision, intends to initiate a dialogue with Ireland, in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, to agree on appropriate measures to ensure the School Transport Scheme, in its future implementation is compatible with the internal market.
Člen 58(2) Uredbe (EU) št. 651/2014 navaja: „Vsako pomoč, ki ni izvzeta iz obveznosti priglasitve iz člena 108(3) Pogodbe na podlagi te uredbe ali drugih prej veljavnih uredb, sprejetih na podlagi člena 1 Uredbe (ES) št. 994/98, Komisija oceni v skladu z ustreznimi okviri, smernicami, sporočili in obvestili.“
Compatibility of aid: disability awareness training aid
Zato bo Komisija ocenila, ali je zadevni ukrep lahko združljiv v okviru Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 800/2008 [73], tj. uredbe, ki je veljala, preden jo je razveljavila Uredba (EU) št. 651/2014.
Since the annual operating compensation for urban, suburban and regional bus services, and the financing of new buses and funding of infrastructure, constitute existing aid which has been brought to an end, there is no need to assess the compatibility of these measures with the internal market.
V skladu s členom 39(1) Uredbe (ES) št. 800/2008 je pomoč za usposabljanje združljiva z notranjim trgom ter je izvzeta iz obveznosti predhodne priglasitve, če so izpolnjeni pogoji iz odstavkov 2, 3 in 4 navedene določbe.
By contrast, since the School Transport Scheme is an existing aid scheme which Ireland continues to operate, it is in the context of the dialogue referred to in the previous recital that the Commission intends to inform Ireland why it believes that that scheme is incompatible with the internal market.
Člen 39(2) Uredbe (ES) št. 800/2008 o pomoči za usposabljanje navaja:
As regards the financing by Ireland to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus of disability awareness training, that constitutes new aid so that the Commission must examine its compatibility with the State aid rules.
„Intenzivnost pomoči ne presega: (a) 25 % upravičenih stroškov za posebno usposabljanje in (b) 60 % upravičenih stroškov za splošno usposabljanje. […].“
It is settled case-law that the rules, principles and criteria of assessment of the compatibility of State aid in force on the date on which the Commission takes its decision may, as a rule, be regarded as better adapted to the context of competition [67].
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka menila, da je treba usposabljanje o invalidnosti uvrstiti med „splošno usposabljanje“ v smislu Uredbe (ES) št. 68/2001.
Any compatibility assessment of the measure must therefore be made on the basis of the rules in force at the time the Commission takes its decision as to whether the aid should be recovered as a result of its being incompatible with the internal market [68]: in this case the rules in force are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 [69].
V skladu s členom 38(2) Uredbe (ES) št. 800/2008 „splošno usposabljanje“ pomeni:
However, at the time the financing occurred, the compatibility of training aid was governed by Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 which provided for an exemption from the notification requirement laid down in Article 108(3) of the Treaty, provided that all the conditions of that regulation were fulfilled [70].
ga skupaj organizira več različnih neodvisnih podjetij ali če je odprto za delojemalce iz različnih podjetij;
Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 68/2001, such training aid is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) of the Treaty.
Komisija ugotavlja, da čeprav so se nepovratna sredstva za usposabljanje sprva dodelila le družbama Bus Éireann in Dublin Bus, je bilo usposabljanje, financirano iz pomoči, od leta 2006 na voljo tudi delojemalcem iz drugih avtobusnih in prometnih podjetij [74], zato se lahko šteje, da „je odprto za delojemalce iz različnih podjetij“.