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it was doubtful whether the discounted charges fulfilled the conditions of point 79(d) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, since it was not clear whether the discounts were degressive and limited in duration;
Nemčija je trdila, da finančna sredstva za ukrepe, ki so v pristojnosti javne politike, ne pomenijo državne pomoči, ne glede na to, ali mora stroške takih ukrepov kriti samo eno ali vsa letališča.
it was doubtful whether the discounted charges fulfilled the conditions of point 79(e) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, since it was not clear which costs were covered by the discounted charges;
V zvezi s tem bi si morali enotno razlagati pojem „pristojnost javne politike“, zlasti ker države članice ta pojem opredeljujejo različno.
it was doubtful whether the discounted charges fulfilled the conditions of point 79(h) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, since there was no indication that FZG made its intention to grant the discounts public and offered them to other airlines as well;
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it was doubtful whether the discounted charges fulfilled the conditions of point 79(i) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, since no business plans on the profitability of the benefiting routes had been made available and it was not clear whether there had been any impact on competing routes;
Pregled stroškov, ki spadajo v pristojnost javne politike in ki jih je predložila Nemčija [22] [22]
it was doubtful whether the discounted charges fulfilled the conditions of point 79(j) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, since there was no indication that the required list had been produced;
Ukrepi
it was doubtful whether the discounted charges fulfilled the conditions of points 79(k) and 79(l) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines;
Stroški
In conclusion, the Commission reached the preliminary conclusion that the discounted charges could not be considered compatible start-up aid, since they do not fulfil all the conditions listed in Section 5 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Skupni seštevek
Two marketing services agreements were concluded with Ryanair and its subsidiary AMS.
Nemčija je pojasnila, da je po njenem mnenju zagotavljanje ukrepov letališke varnosti skladno s členom 8 zakona o varnosti letalstva (Luftsicherheitsgesetz) (v nadaljnjem besedilu: zakon o varnosti letalstva), ukrepov v zvezi z operativno varnostjo, ukrepov za nadzor zračnega prometa in za varnost v zračnem prometu skladno s členom 27c(2) zakona o zračnem prometu (Luftverkehrsgesetz) (v nadaljnjem besedilu: zakon o zračnem prometu), meteoroloških storitev in gasilskih storitev v pristojnosti javne politike, ne glede na to, ali spada med naložbe ali operativne stroške.
Under a first contract, concluded between Ryanair and FZG, the latter paid EUR […] to Ryanair for various marketing activities carried out by Ryanair.
Nemčija je glede nadzora zračnega prometa in ukrepov za varnost v zračnem prometu trdila, da je treba financiranje teh dejavnosti obravnavati v smislu člena 27c(2) zakona o zračnem prometu.
A second contract was concluded on 6 October 2008 between the Land Rhineland-Palatinate, represented by the Ministry of Economics, Traffic, Agriculture and Viticulture, and AMS.
Ta določba razlikuje med nekaterimi letališči, pri katerih se financiranje teh varnostnih ukrepov na zvezni ravni šteje za nujno zaradi varnosti in prometne politike, ter regionalnimi letališči, pri katerih se taki ukrepi z zveznega vidika ne štejejo za zelo nujne.
Neither FGAZ nor FZG are parties to that contract.
Zato je upravičeno, da zvezna dežela javno financira nadzor zračnega prometa in varnostne ukrepe na regionalnih letališčih, kot je letališče Zweibrücken, ker bi sicer moralo slednje te stroške kriti samo.
Under the contract, AMS provided various marketing activities, such as placing links to websites determined by the Land on Ryanair's website and including short texts about Land Rhineland-Palatinate on Ryanair's website.
Financiranje ukrepov za nadzor zračnega prometa in za varnost v zračnem prometu spada v pristojnost javne politike v vseh primerih, ne glede na to, ali ga zagotavlja neposredno država na zvezni ravni ali zvezne dežele.
During the first year, the Land paid AMS a total of EUR […], while for the second year the services were to be reduced and the Land would have had to pay EUR […].
Poleg tega po mnenju Nemčije stroški gasilske službe niso urejeni na zvezni ravni, ampak spadajo v pristojnost zveznih dežel, zaradi česar država ne financira gasilske službe na vseh letališčih.
As Ryanair discontinued its services to and from Zweibrücken after less than one year, the marketing services agreement for the second year was eventually cancelled and the price for the first year was reduced to […] of the agreed upon price.
Nemčija je trdila, da za različno obravnavanje obstajajo zgodovinski in objektivni razlogi.
In practice, the Land Rhineland-Palatinate then paid a total of EUR 320833 to AMS for marketing services.
Zlasti manjša regionalna letališča zaradi narave letališke dejavnosti ne morejo kriti visokih fiksnih stroškov gasilske službe, zato jih krije zadevna zvezna dežela.
It appears that AMS carried out all the agreed activities.
Kar zadeva prenovo vzletno-pristajalne steze, je Nemčija trdila, da zadevni ukrepi spadajo v pristojnost javne politike, ker so bili nujno potrebni za zagotovitev varne uporabe letališča Zweibrücken.
The opening decision first observed that the payments by the Land Rhineland-Palatinate to AMS/Ryanair involve State resources and are imputable to the State.
V zvezi s tem je trdila, da letališča ne bi bilo mogoče uporabiti niti za vojaške namene.
To the extent that the price paid by Rhineland-Palatinate exceeded the economic value of the services rendered by AMS/Ryanair, they constitute a loss of State resources.
Zato je bila potrebna prenova, da bi se zagotovilo, da bi bila vojaška uporaba in splošno letalstvo sploh mogoča.
To assess whether the marketing services agreements granted AMS/Ryanair an advantage, the Commission again had to apply the MEO principle.
Posledično Nemčija trdi, da stroški prenove niso izključno povezani s komercialnim letalstvom.
It observed that at Zweibrücken Airport, only Ryanair had received marketing support to such an extent, that the payments were apparently not conditional on the marketing measures having a measurable impact (such as an increase in the number of passengers), and that it was not known whether Land Rhineland-Palatinate had any control over the provision of the marketing services by AMS/Ryanair.
V zvezi s tem je Nemčija trdila, da je vrsto prenove in stroške, povezane z njo, narekovala vojaška zgodovina letališča.
The opening decision noted further that the marketing services agreement was clearly tied to the route Zweibrücken — London-Stansted, so that it could be considered an incentive for that new route established by Ryanair in October 2008.
Po njenem mnenju je gradnja predstavljala nekatere nevarnosti, ker ni bilo mogoče izključiti prisotnosti neeksplodiranih bomb iz časa vojne.
Considering that Ryanair directly profited from the marketing activities, it was concluded that Ryanair should have covered at least a part of the related costs.
Dejansko sta bili med prenovo očitno odstranjeni dve neeksplodirani bombi.
In conclusion, the Commission doubted whether Land Rhineland-Palatinate had behaved like a MEO, thereby granting an advantage to AMS/Ryanair.
Sicer je prenova med drugim vključevala prilagoditev vzletno-pristajalne steze po širini sodobnim standardom, obnovo drenaže, namestitev luči in zaščitnih luči, oznak, zagotovitev zasilne oskrbe z energijo iz vzporednega omrežja ter podaljšanje ograje in vozne steze.
As the marketing support was only granted to AMS/Ryanair, it was clear that the measure was selective.
Prenovo, povezano z lučmi, oznakami in dvigom vzletno-pristajalne steze, je na podlagi pritožb zahtevalo pilotno združenje „Cockpit“.
For the same reasons as outlined with respect to the discounted airport charges, the opening decision also found that the measure affected trade between Member States and distorted or threatened to distort competition.
Drugi bistveni del prenove je zajemal reorganizacijo letališke varnosti, vključno z novimi ograjami, vrati, video nadzorom in interfonom, namestitev drsnih vrat, kabelskih kanalov itd.
It accordingly concluded that the marketing support constituted State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Nazadnje je Nemčija trdila, da zaprtje letališča Zweibrücken ni bila nikoli izvedljiva možnost, ker sta njegovo stalno obratovanje zahtevala vojaško in splošno letalstvo.
The opening decision assessed whether the marketing support granted to AMS/Ryanair could be considered to constitute compatible start up aid pursuant to Section 5 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
V zvezi s tem je Nemčija trdila tudi, da bi zaprtje in uničenje letališča povzročilo neupravičene stroške, ki bi bistveno presegli stroške naložb vanj.
In its assessment, the Commission expressed its doubts as to whether the various conditions for the compatibility of start-up aid were fulfilled.
Vendar Nemčija ni predložila ocene stroškov zaprtja ali primerjave teh stroškov s stroški nadaljevanja z njegovim obratovanjem.
The reasons were essentially the same as those listed in recital 80 of this Decision regarding the compatibility of the discounted charges.
S tega vidika je Nemčija trdila, da je zagotavljanje letaliških storitev za komercialno letalstvo gospodarsko smiselno.
Accordingly, it reached the conclusion that the marketing support does not constitute compatible start-up aid.
Trdila je, da zagotavljanje letaliških storitev uporabnikom (infrastrukture itd.) vojaškega in splošnega letalstva v vsakem primeru povzroča velike stroške, zato hkratno zagotavljanje komercialnega letalstva ob prihodkih, ki jih ustvarja, povzroča le še omejene dodatne stroške.
COMMENTS FROM GERMANY
Izkrivljanje konkurence in vpliv na trgovino
PUBLIC FINANCING BY LAND RHINELAND-PALATINATE/ZEF OF ZWEIBRÜCKEN AIRPORT
Nemčija je trdila, da javno financiranje infrastrukture na letališču Zweibrücken ne izkrivlja konkurence in ne vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Trdila je tudi, da iz samega dejstva, da se druga letališča nahajajo v bližini letališča Zweibrücken, še ni mogoče sklepati, da gre za izkrivljanje konkurence ali vpliv na trgovino.
Economic activity and advantage
Nemčija je trdila, da letališče Zweibrücken ne konkurira letališčem, navedenim v sklepu o začetku postopka, zlasti ne letališču Saarbrücken.
The German authorities first recalled that they did not agree with the Commission's position that the construction of airport infrastructure constitutes an economic activity.
Glede odnosa med letališčema Zweibrücken in Saarbrücken je Nemčija trdila, da si ne konkurirata, ampak se med seboj dopolnjujeta.
Pointing out that the Commission mainly referred to the General Court's judgment in the Leipzig-Halle case, Germany noted that an appeal against that judgment was still pending before the Court of Justice, reserving its position until the Court of Justice has decided.
Pojasnila je, da imata letališči različen profil, ki izhaja iz njune različne infrastrukture:
Secondly, the German authorities asserted that none of the infrastructure investments made before 2006, when Zweibrücken Airport commenced its commercial operations, were subject to State aid rules.
letališče Saarbrücken ima kakovostnejšo potniško infrastrukturo (kot je sodoben terminalski objekt) in je osredotočeno na redne lete in poslovne potnike;
Until 2006 the airport served only for general aviation and military aviation purposes, and the German authorities claimed that providing airport services for those purposes did not constitute an economic activity.
letališče Zweibrücken pa ima daljšo vzletno-pristajalno stezo z večjo zmogljivostjo glede teže, zaradi česar je primernejše za težje zrakoplove, ki preletijo večje razdalje ali prevažajo tovor.
In any event, it was asserted that because of the small scale of the operations at Zweibrücken Airport until 2006 (there were never more than 30000 passengers per year until 2006), any public funding did not distort or threaten to distort competition and had no effect on trade between Member States.
Po mnenju Nemčije je letališče Zweibrücken zato osredotočeno na čarterske lete in prevoz tovora.
Thirdly, the German authorities submitted that the majority of investments supported with public grants fell within the public policy remit.
Nemčija, ki se sklicuje na vidno dopolnjevanje med letališčema Zweibrücken in Saarbrücken, je navedla, da je med njima predvideno tesnejše sodelovanje.
It was emphasised that most investments were necessary in order to guarantee the safety of operations at the airport (in particular following an order from the relevant safety supervisory authority and complaints by the pilot association ‘Cockpit’).
Trdila je tudi, da sta se zadevni deželni vladi že odločili, da bosta v prihodnje tesneje sodelovali, in sta predvideli vzpostavitev skupnega letališča (letališče Posarje–Pfalška) z dvema lokacijama (Saarbrücken in Zweibrücken).
All of the measures connected to ensuring the safety of operations at the airport were therefore regarded as falling under the public policy remit.
Nemčija je menila, da bi se morale s sodelovanjem ustvariti sinergije in varna sredstva.
Germany strongly objected to the notion that any measures falling within the public policy remit might, if only partially, confer an advantage on the airport in question if that funding was not granted on a non-discriminatory basis to all other airports in the Member State.
Nazadnje je poudarila, da se povpraševanje po letalskih storitvah v regiji povečuje (obe letališči imata skupaj že 750000 potnikov na leto), in trdila, da lahko le skupaj ustrezno zadovoljita to povpraševanje, zlasti ker ju druga sosednja letališča ne morejo nadomestiti.
Germany contended that funding for measures falling within the public policy remit did not constitute State aid, independent of the question whether one or all airports have to bear the costs for such measures.
Menila je, da novo „letališče Posarje-Pfalška“ zato ne bo konkuriralo sosednjim letališčem, kot so Luksemburg, Metz-Nancy-Lorena in Frankfurt-Hahn.
In this regard, there should be a uniform interpretation of the concept of ‘public policy remit’, especially in the light of the different ways in which Member States define the concept.
Gradnja in upravljanje infrastrukture ustrezata natančno opredeljenemu cilju skupnega interesa
Germany submitted a list of investments which were made in relation to the public policy remit between 2006 and 2009 (for comparison, the total investment during that period amounted to EUR 22476812).
Nemčija je najprej navedla, da javna podpora za infrastrukturne naložbe izpolnjuje natančno opredeljeni cilj skupnega interesa:
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infrastrukturne naložbe so bile izvedene v območju C, ki je prejemalo pomoč, s ciljem izboljšati regionalne gospodarske strukture.
Overview of costs falling into the public policy remit submitted by Germany [22] [22]
Nemčija je poudarila, da so bila finančna sredstva Unije (ki so zagotovljena od leta 1991 naprej prek programov Konver I, Konver II in PERIFRA), uporabljena za prilagoditev vojaške infrastrukture civilni uporabi, pri čemer so se na primer financirale posodobitev in namestitev stolpa ter drenaža vzletno-pristajalne steze.
Measures
Nemčija je navedla, da ne razume pomislekov Komisije glede cilja skupnega interesa po tem, ko je sodelovala pri financiranju spremembe nekdanjega vojaškega vzletišča.
Costs
Nemčija je na podlagi zgodovinskega ozadja pojasnila, da je umik oboroženih sil ZDA z vzletišča Zweibrücken leta 1991 povzročil velike strukturne težave v regiji Zweibrücken, kot je 20-odstotna stopnja brezposelnosti v mestu Zweibrücken.
Total costs
Dejala je, da je bil namen spremembe vzletišča v civilno letališče ustvariti delovna mesta in izboljšati regionalno gospodarsko infrastrukturo.
Grand total
Navedla je tudi, da so storitve, ki jih zagotavlja letališče, za regijo nujno potrebne in da je regionalno gospodarstvo zelo odvisno od enostavnega dostopa do letalske infrastrukture.
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Nemčija je trdila, da se ponovno zdi, da je edini razlog, zaradi katerega Komisija dvomi v združljivost z merilom, bližina letališča Saarbrücken, s katerim vidno konkurira.
Germany stated that it considers the provision of airport security measures pursuant to §8 Luftsicherheitsgesetz (Air Security Law), measures assuring operational safety, air control and air safety measures pursuant to §27c(2) Luftverkehrsgesetz (Air Traffic Law), meteorological services, and fire brigade services to fall within the public policy remit, whether as investments or operating expenses.
V odgovor se je Nemčija ponovno sklicevala na dopolnjevanje med letališčema, pri čemer je izključila vsakršno konkurenco med njima.
Germany argued that as regards air control and air safety measures, the financing of those activities has to be seen in the light of §27c(2) Luftverkehrsgesetz.
Poleg tega je trdila še, da bližina drugim regionalnim letališčem ni pomembna z vidika vprašanja, ali subvencionirana infrastruktura izpolnjuje cilj skupnega interesa.
Under that provision, a distinction is made between certain airports where the financing of those safety measures at federal level is regarded as being essential for reasons of safety and transport policy, and other, regional airports where such measures are not regarded as strictly necessary from a federal perspective.
Nemčija je nadalje trdila, da je edini pomemben dejavnik interes zvezne dežele Porenje-Pfalška, ker je njen cilj izpolnjevati skupne interese na lastnem ozemlju, ne da bi se ji bilo treba zanašati na infrastrukturo v drugih regijah.
This is why it is justified that the Land publicly finances air control and safety measures at regional airports such as Zweibrücken, since otherwise the airport would have to bear those costs itself.
Infrastruktura je potrebna in sorazmerna s ciljem
Therefore, the funding of air control and air safety measures, whether financed directly by the State on the federal level or by the Länder, is considered by Germany to be part of public policy in all cases.
Nemčija je pojasnila, da je infrastruktura potrebna in sorazmerna z zastavljenim ciljem.
Furthermore, according to Germany, costs for the fire brigade are not regulated on the federal level, but fall within the competence of the Länder, which is why the fire brigade is not financed by the State at all airports.
Po njenem mnenju so infrastrukturne naložbe vedno omejene na dopolnjevanje in širitev obstoječe infrastrukture brez ustvarjanja nepotrebnih zapletenih ali dragih dodatnih zmogljivosti.
Germany argued that the difference in treatment is rooted in historical as well as objective reasons.
Poudarila je, da v Zweibrücknu ni bilo zgrajeno nobeno novo letališče, ampak je bilo nekdanje vojaško vzletišče preprosto prilagojeno civilni uporabi.
Mainly, it lies in the nature of the airport business that smaller regional airports cannot bear the high fixed costs which a fire brigade creates, and that therefore these will be borne by the respective Land.
Poudarila je tudi, da je infrastruktura potrebna, da se ustvarijo delovna mesta.
Concerning the renovation of the runway, Germany submitted that the related measures fall within the public policy remit as they were urgently needed in order to guarantee the safe utilisation of Zweibrücken Airport.
Menila je, da je bilo v zvezni deželi Porenje-Pfalška približno 5000 delovnih mest ustvarjenih v neposredni ali posredni povezavi z obstojem letališča Zweibrücken.
Germany argued in this regard that use even for military purposes would not have been possible without those measures.
Od teh je bilo do leta 2011 ustvarjenih 2708 delovnih mest neposredno ali posredno na letališču ali okoliških spremenjenih območjih.
Therefore, the renovation was necessary to ensure that military use and general aviation would be possible at all.
Ta delovna mesta so pomagala prihraniti socialne stroške (25 milijonov EUR na leto) in ustvariti prihodek od davka.
Germany therefore claims that the costs for renovation are not exclusively connected to commercial aviation.
Poleg tega je trdila, da so delovna mesta še zlasti pomembna v tem območju, kjer je trenutna stopnja brezposelnosti 2 % nad povprečjem v zvezni deželi.
In this regard, Germany stated that the type of renovation and the costs connected with it were necessitated by the military history of the airport.
Navedla je mnenji dveh strokovnjakov, ki poudarjata pomen letališča za regionalno gospodarstvo [23].
According to Germany, the works entailed certain dangers, since the presence of unexploded bombs from the war could not be excluded.
Nemčija je ponovno poudarila, da bližina letališča Saarbrücken ne izpodbija potrebe in sorazmernosti infrastrukture na letališču Zweibrücken.
Otherwise, the renovation works included, inter alia, adapting the runway to modern standards regarding width, renewal of drainage, navigation lights and guard lights, signs, emergency power supply with network parallelism, and extension of the fence and the taxiway.
Poleg tega je navedla, da letališče Zweibrücken omogoča tudi nočne lete, kar je pomembno za zračni prevoz tovora.
The renovations concerning lights, signs and the lifting of the taxiway had been requested in complaints by the pilot association ‘Cockpit’.
Infrastruktura zagotavlja zadovoljive možnosti srednjeročne uporabe
Another substantial part of the renovation was the reorganisation of airport security, including new fences, doors, video supervision and intercom, installation of sliding doors, cable channels, etc.
Nemčija je trdila, da infrastruktura zagotavlja zadovoljive možnosti srednjeročne uporabe, in poudarila, da se je število potnikov na letališču Zweibrücken povečalo s samo 17732 potnikov leta 2005 na 223165 potnikov leta 2011.
Germany, finally, argued that closing Zweibrücken Airport was never considered a viable option, as the continuous operation of the airport was necessitated by the military and general aviation purposes it serves.
Pojasnila je, da je na podlagi tega merila pomembno samo predvideno število potnikov in da ustrezne napovedi kažejo na vse večje povpraševanje v tej regiji.
In this regard, Germany furthermore argued that a closure and deconstruction of the airport would be associated with unjustifiable costs surpassing by far the costs invested.
Nemčija je, sklicujoč se na študijo o napovedi, ki sta jo zagotovili družbi „Desel Consulting“ in „Airport Research GmbH“ leta 2009, trdila, da se do leta 2025 na letališču Zweibrücken lahko pričakuje povečanje števila potnikov na najmanj 1350000 potnikov.
Germany did not, however, present any estimate of the costs related to a closure, or a comparison of those costs with continuing operations.
Nemčija je vnovič zatrdila, da bližina letališča Saarbrücken ni zmanjšala možnosti srednjeročne uporabe letališča Zweibrücken.
In this light, Germany submitted that providing airport services to commercial aviation makes economic sense.
Predložila je napovedi, ki kažejo, da lahko tudi letališče Saarbrücken pričakuje povečanje števila potnikov in da bo predvideno sodelovanje med letališčema zagotovilo, da v prihodnje ne bosta konkurirali za iste potnike.
Germany argued that the great majority of costs would need to be incurred in any event in order to provide airport services to military and general aviation users (infrastructure etc.), so that also serving commercial aviation only causes limited additional costs while creating additional revenue.
Enak in nediskriminacijski dostop do infrastrukture
Distortion of competition and effect on trade
Nemčija je trdila, da je infrastruktura dostopna vsem njenim morebitnim uporabnikom na enak in nediskriminacijski način.
Germany asserted that the public financing of Zweibrücken Airport's infrastructure does not distort competition and has no effect on trade between Member States.
Seznam pristojbin iz leta 2005 v bistvu velja enako za vse uporabnike letališča pod enakimi pogoji.