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a support and advisory task to encourage the international development of businesses and the export of their production, in partnership with the French Agency for International Business Development;
Na ravnanje družbe VTAN v razmerju do družbe Ryanair/AMS od leta 2007 sta tako pretežno vplivala cilj razvoja prometa, ki ga je določil sindikat, in dejstvo, da je ta za upravljanje letališča izbral podjetje, ki je ponudbo očitno oblikovalo tako, da je bila v skladu z navedenim ciljem.
a task to encourage initial or ongoing vocational training, in particular through public and private educational establishments that it sets up, manages or finances;
Ta vpliv se kaže v tem, da se je družba Veolia Transport med razpisnim postopkom zavedala, da bi se lahko zaradi poslovnih razmerij z družbo Ryanair zmanjšala donosnost upravljanja letališča.
a task to set up and operate facilities, particularly port and airport facilities;
Iz navedenega je mogoče sklepati, da bi bila pripravljena to razmerje ohranjati pod takšnimi pogoji samo ob upoštevanju ciljev sindikata glede razvoja prometa, v zvezi s tem prevzete obveznosti pri njem, da bi dobila v upravljanje letališče, in pavšalni prispevek, ki bi zagotovil finančno ravnotežje koncesije.
profit-making tasks conferred on it by a public entity or that may prove necessary for the fulfilment of its other tasks;
Treba je namreč spomniti, da donosnost koncesije za družbo VTAN temelji na pavšalni subvenciji za tekoče poslovanje, ki jo plačuje sindikat, ta pa tako neposredno sodeluje pri financiranju upravljanja letališča.
any expert assessment, consultation or research task requested by public authorities on an issue relating to industry, commerce, services, economic development, vocational training or spatial planning, without prejudice to any work that it may initiate.’
Obstoj te subvencije, ki jo dodeljuje sindikat, dokazuje vpliv sindikata na poslovna razmerja družbe VTAN z družbo Ryanair/AMS.
Article L.710-1 of the Commercial Code further stipulates: ‘The Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry, regional chambers of commerce and industry, local chambers of commerce and industry and inter-chamber groups shall be public bodies supervised by the state and administered by elected managers.’
Brez te subvencije namreč verjetno noben upravljavec ne bi sprejel upravljanja letališča v okviru koncesije, katere gospodarski model temelji na cilju razvoja prometa in na razmerjih z letalskim prevoznikom, ki lahko prinesejo izgube pri upravljanju letališča.
This legislative provision has changed during the course of the period under review, i.e. from 2000 to 2010.
Dodelitev navedene subvencije, ki jo je mogoče pripisati sindikatu, je torej eden od dejavnikov, ki so od leta 2007 omogočili sklenitev različnih pogodb, zajetih v obravnavani preučitvi.
However, its fundamental principles remain the same.
V zvezi s tem je treba pripomniti, da je bil znesek prispevka izračunan (in ga je sindikat odobril) na podlagi ocene proračuna, ki jo je pripravila družba Veolia Transport ter je vključevala stroške in prihodke, povezane z veljavnimi pogodbami med zbornico in družbo Ryanair/AMS, in najboljše ocene družbe VTAN v zvezi s ponovnim pogajanjem za njihovo sklenitev.
Throughout this period, chambers of commerce and industry such as the CCI have remained public bodies set up by law, administered by elected managers and supervised by the state.
Sindikat je torej družbi VTAN dodelil prispevek, ki je namenjen temu, da bi družba Ryanair še naprej opravljala svojo dejavnost pod pogoji, podobnimi tistim, pod katerimi je ta prevoznik ponujal storitve opravljanja odhodnih letov z letališča Nîmes, ko je letališče upravljala zbornica.
Furthermore, as intermediate state authorities, they are entrusted with general interest tasks consisting of representing the interests of industry, commerce and services before national and foreign public authorities, contributing to the attractiveness and spatial planning of the regions and supporting business.
Poleg tega je treba pripomniti, da je SPOJS določal, da se pavšalni prispevek do določene mere prilagodi glede na dejavnost družbe Ryanair.
Moreover, the list of tasks of chambers of commerce and industry, given in Article L.710-1 of the Commercial Code and cited in recital 257, shows that their raison d’être and primary objective is to undertake the general interest tasks conferred on them by law, i.e. mainly to represent the interests of industry, commerce and services before public authorities, support local business, and develop the attractiveness and spatial planning of their regions.
Znesek 1,3 milijona EUR na leto, določen v „referenčnem scenariju“, je tako bilo treba v „nadomestnem scenariju“ zmanjšati na 1,1 milijona EUR v skladu z upadom dejavnosti družbe Ryanair, zaradi katere je bila ukinjena druga posadka na letališču.
The industrial and commercial activities of chambers of commerce and industry are ancillary to their general interest tasks and are designed to help undertake those tasks.
Iz te prilagoditve je mogoče izpeljati dve ugotovitvi.
It should also be noted that national laws lay down specific financing arrangements for chambers of commerce and industry, in particular in Article L.710-1 of the Commercial Code.
Najprej, navedena prilagoditev kaže, da sta družba Veolia Transport in sindikat leta 2007 glede na izkušnje zbornice pričakovala, da se bo zmanjšan promet družbe Ryanair izravnal z boljšo donosnostjo upravljanja letališča.
The resources of chambers of commerce and industry therefore consist in particular of tax revenues (the tax to cover the costs of chambers of commerce and industry, established by Article 1600 of the General Tax Code), subsidies or even resources arising out of training and transport infrastructure operation activities.
Z drugimi besedami, v nadomestnem scenariju sta predvidela, da se bo pavšalni prispevek zvišal in ne znižal.
As a result, chambers of commerce and industry do not have to rely solely on their commercial revenue to cover their costs.
To znova ponazarja, da je družba VTAN zaradi ciljev sindikata in pogojev iz SPOJS v razmerju do družbe Ryanair sprejela poslovno politiko, ki bi se ji zdela nesmiselna in je ne bi sprejela, če bi bila pri njenem določanju povsem svobodna.
This tends to corroborate the conclusion that the industrial and commercial activities of chambers of commerce and industry are ancillary to their general interest tasks and are designed to help undertake those tasks.
Druga ugotovitev, ki jo je mogoče izpeljati iz navedene prilagoditve, pa je, da je ta za sindikat dodatni način vplivanja na ravnanje družbe VTAN v razmerju do družbe Ryanair, in sicer z zmanjšanjem pobud družbe VTAN pri sprejemanju odločitev, ki bi lahko zmanjšale promet družbe Ryanair.
France has confirmed this conclusion with regard to the CCI as it has stated as follows: ‘… All the CCIs therefore have the task of supporting businesses and citizens in their area.
Glede na vse navedeno je jasno, da je sindikat z razpisnim postopkom, cilji, določenimi v SPOJS, in v njem določenim pavšalnim prispevkom odločilno vplival na odločitve družbe VTAN v razmerju do družb Ryanair in AMS.
They offer them support in various respects: administration, development and information tools, training, establishment of common structures, infrastructure, etc.
Kot poudarjajo Francija in upravljavci, ni mogoče zanikati, da je imela družba VTAN določeno svobodo pri pogajanjih za sklenitev pogodb z družbama Ryanair in AMS.
At a macroeconomic level, the role of the CCIs is to anticipate the future, offer an overall assessment of an area’s future and defend its interests before the public authorities … In the context of these tasks, the operation of Nîmes Garons airport was particularly important in order to position the latter as a tool for growing and developing economic activity in the area … The signature of marketing services agreements with a low-cost airline therefore clearly falls within these tasks, firstly in terms of improving the region’s attractiveness and secondly with regard to developing the aviation activities of Nîmes airport’.
Glede na dokazila iz dokumentacije namreč ni mogoče jasno dokazati, da je sindikat sprejel odločitve, ki bi se nanašale prav na vsebino različnih pogodb.
France has added that ‘… Furthermore, CCIs regularly conduct and finance lobbying actions to improve the attractiveness of their areas and promote new facilities.
Kot poleg tega v bistvu poudarjajo Francija, upravljavci in družba Ryanair, ni bilo samodejne povezave med zneskom pavšalnega prispevka in parametri iz pogodb, ki so bili določeni s pogajanji z družbama Ryanair in AMS, tako da družbi VTAN ni bila odvzeta vsaka pobuda za omejitev „čistih stroškov“, nastalih zaradi pogodb, sklenjenih z družbo Ryanair.
They also conduct specific actions to promote tourism through their participation in various regional and departmental structures in this area, particularly through the regional and departmental tourism committees provided for by Articles L.131-4 and L.132-3 of the Tourism Code … A policy of developing the attractiveness of an area requires a series of simultaneous actions to attract capital, markets, businesses, talent, students and tourists who will support local businesses and the region … This attractiveness also has an international dimension.
Vendar je okvir, ki ga je sindikat določil z razpisnim postopkom, cilji, določenimi v SPOJS, in pavšalnim prispevkom, glede na okoliščine, predstavljene v tem oddelku, dovolj odločilno vplival na ravnanje družbe VTAN v razmerju do družb Ryanair in AMS, da bi bilo mogoče zadevne pogodbe v smislu sodne prakse o državnih pomočeh pripisati državi, čeprav je družba VTAN s premoženjskega vidika del skupine z zasebnim kapitalom.
Low-cost airlines with their websites can contribute to this policy … Lastly, the region’s inhabitants are themselves demanding new routes, a diverse offer and, more specifically, “low-cost” services so that they can more easily travel to Europe at the lowest cost’.
Francija in upravljavci so trdili, da je bilo letališče Nîmes prvo regionalno letališče, ki ga je upravljala družba Veolia Transport.
These statements unequivocally confirm that the main raison d’être and objective of the CCI are, as for all chambers of commerce and industry, to serve the interests of local businesses as a whole and to contribute to the economic development and attractiveness of the area.
Menijo, da je ta položaj novega udeleženca upravičeval potrebo družbe VTAN, da zagotovi navzočnost družbe Ryanair in razvoj letališča, po potrebi z začetno izgubo, da bi pridobila potrebne izkušnje za razvoj svoje dejavnosti upravljanja letališč.
France’s aforementioned statements also indicate that, for a chamber of commerce and industry such as the CCI, a commercial activity such as the operation of Nîmes airport is not pursued in the interests of profitability, but as a necessary counterpart to the general interest tasks with which this body is invested by law.
Vendar s to trditvijo ni mogoče izpodbiti ugotovitve, da brez pavšalnega prispevka ali brez cilja glede prometa, ki ga je določil sindikat in se mu je družba Veolia Transport zavezala v odgovoru na razpis, ta družba ne bi sprejela tega, da postane upravljavec letališča, ali, če bi to sprejela, da bi sklenila zadevne pogodbe z družbo Ryanair/AMS.
In the light of all the above, chambers of commerce and industry such as the CCI must be regarded as public authorities and all their decisions, just like those of the national government or local and regional authorities, must be regarded as ‘imputable to the state’, within the meaning of the case-law on State aid, with their resources constituting state resources.
Niti Francija niti družba VTAN namreč nista predložili analize, iz katere bi bilo razvidno, da bi se v takem položaju „čisti strošek“, ki bi nastal zaradi pogodb z družbo Ryanair/AMS, povrnil s prihodnjimi dobički, ki bi jih skupina Veolia Transport ustvarila na podlagi teh prvih izkušenj z upravljanjem letališč.
Contrary to what the Operators maintain in their comments, it is irrelevant in this respect that chambers of commerce and industry are managed by persons elected by traders and business leaders and representatives.
Poleg tega niti Francija niti družba VTAN nista pojasnili, zakaj se družba VTAN v takem položaju ne bi mogla odločiti za pridobitev takih izkušenj na drugih letališčih, kjer bi bil „čisti strošek“ nižji ali celo negativen.
Chambers of commerce and industry are, in this respect, like local and regional authorities, which are managed by local elected officials independent of the state (in the strict sense), and not by officials appointed by other public authorities.
Trditev Francije in upravljavcev v zvezi s položajem družbe Veolia Transport kot novega udeleženca na letališču Nîmes torej ne izpodbije obstoja očitne povezave na eni strani med cilji, ki jih je sindikat določil med razpisom in v SPOJS, in pavšalnim prispevkom ter na drugi strani pogodbami, ki jih je družba VTAN sklenila z družbama Ryanair in AMS.
Moreover, national parliaments are also composed of elected representatives.
Zgoraj predstavljenim pomislekom se pridružujejo tri manj pomembne in nebistvene okoliščine, s katerimi je mogoče podkrepiti utemeljenost te ugotovitve.
However, these parliaments form one of the basic public authorities in a democratic state.
Prvič, po trditvah Francije je družba VTAN v predlogih, ki jih je med razpisnim postopkom poslala sindikatu, „navedla, da bo primeru prenosa pooblastil za opravljanje javnih storitev v fazi pogajanja z družbo Ryanair tesno sodelovala s sindikatom, da bi ga sproti seznanjala z napredkom dogovarjanja, in mu predlagala, da lahko po potrebi in po lastni presoji prav tako neposredno sodeluje pri pogajanju“.
The degree of control exercised by the state (in the strict sense) over the activities of chambers of commerce and industry is entirely irrelevant as these bodies are themselves public authorities.
Sindikat po navedbah Francije nikoli ni izrazil želje, da bi sodeloval pri navedenih pogajanjih.
The situation of chambers of commerce and industry is therefore different from that of ‘traditional’ public undertakings, with regard to which the Court of Justice stated in the Stardust Marine judgment: ‘Even if the state is in a position to control a public undertaking and to exercise a dominant influence over its operations, actual exercise of that control in a particular case cannot be automatically presumed.
Vendar že golo dejstvo, da je imel to možnost, kaže, da je imel določen vpliv na ta pogajanja.
It is also necessary to examine whether the public authorities must be regarded as having been involved, in one way or another, in the adoption of those measures’.
Drugič, letališke pristojbine mora v skladu s členom 28 SPOJS določiti sindikat.
In the case of a measure taken by a public undertaking that has the primary vocation of carrying out an economic activity, it must be determined whether the public authorities controlling that undertaking, for example due to the capital share that they hold in said undertaking, are involved in the measure in question.
Čeprav torej družba VTAN s pogajanji z letalskimi prevozniki v svojih poslovnih razmerjih z njimi določi druge pogoje (cene storitev zemeljske oskrbe, plačilo za trženje), je sindikat vplival na poslovna razmerja med družbama VTAN in Ryanair, saj pogodbe, sklenjene s tem prevoznikom, v zvezi z letališkimi pristojbinami napotujejo na splošne letališke pristojbine, ki jih je določil sindikat.
The situation of a chamber of commerce and industry is different in that such a body is itself part of the public administration, or an ‘intermediate state authority’, and therefore a public authority created by law to satisfy general interests.
Tretjič, iz SPOJS izhaja, da pretežni del naložb, ki jih je treba izvesti v letališče Nîmes, financirajo sindikat in njegovi sestavni organi.
As a result, in order to determine whether a decision of a chamber of commerce and industry is imputable to the state (as broadly defined by the case-law on State aid), it is not necessary to determine whether another public authority (for example, the state in the strict sense or a local authority) has been involved in the decision in question.
Sindikat tako izvaja določen vpliv na upravljanje letališča, s tem ko lahko izboljša kakovost ali zmogljivost letaliških infrastruktur, da poveča njihovo privlačnost za letalske prevoznike in tako poveča donosnost navedenega upravljanja za družbo VTAN.
In reality, such a decision necessarily meets the imputability criterion.
Iz vsega navedenega izhaja, da obstaja tesna in nedvomna povezava na eni strani med pogoji SPOJS, o kakršnih se je sindikat dogovoril z družbo Veolia Transport, in sicer v skladu s cilji sindikata glede razvoja prometa, razpisnim postopkom, ki ga je izvedel sindikat, in pavšalnim prispevkom, ki ga je dodelil, ter na drugi strani s pogodbami, ki jih je družba VTAN sklenila z družbama Ryanair in AMS.
This approach has previously been taken by the Commission in its decision-making practice.
Čeprav navedena vzročna zveza ni absolutna in izključna, ker zadevne pogodbe tudi delno izhajajo določene svobode pri sprejemanju poslovnih odločitev, ki jo je imela družba VTAN, je dovolj močna za dokaz jasne vpletenosti javnih organov, zlasti sindikata, v zadevne ukrepe.
Accordingly, the Commission stated with regard to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Var that, owing to its status as a public body under French law, it pursues its activity in a defined geographical area, is managed by elected members and has tax resources collected from undertakings registered in the Register of Trade and Companies, and therefore falls within the category of ‘public authorities’ within the meaning of Commission Directive 2000/52/EC.
Za navedene ukrepe je zato treba šteti, da so pripisljivi sindikatu in torej državi v širšem pomenu.
It is not therefore necessary to determine whether the measure is imputable to the state within the meaning of the Stardust Marine case-law.
Kot je bilo navedeno v uvodni izjavi 288, je finančno ravnotežje pri upravljanju letališča temeljilo na pavšalnem prispevku, ki ga je dodelil sindikat in katerega znesek je bil določen med drugim glede na parametre poslovnega razmerja med zbornico in družbo Ryanair/AMS leta 2006, tako da omogoča nadaljnje opravljanje dejavnosti družbe Ryanair pod pogoji, ki so podobni tistim, pod katerimi je ta prevoznik ponujal storitve opravljanja odhodnih letov z letališča Nîmes, ko je letališče upravljala zbornica.
This analysis also applies to the CCI in this case.
Prednosti, ki so jih omogočale navedene pogodbe in katerih obstoj bo dokazan v naslednjem oddelku, so se torej financirale iz tega pavšalnega prispevka in torej iz državnih sredstev.
On the subject of the imputability to the state of the agreements covered by the formal investigation procedure and signed by the CCI, the Operators have maintained that the Commission should prove in concreto the state’s involvement (in the strict sense) in the measures in question.
Na koncu lahko ugotovimo, da je mogoče različne pogodbe, ki jih je sklenila družba VTAN in so zajete v tej preučitvi, pripisati državi in da vključujejo uporabo državnih sredstev.
Moreover, according to the Operators, the state’s supervision (in the strict sense) of the CCI is insufficient for the decisions to sign the agreements in question to be imputable to the state.
Selektivne prednosti za družbo Ryanair/AMS
In the light of the above, this argument does not stand up as the CCI is itself a public authority whose decisions are necessarily imputable to the state within the meaning of the case-law on State aid, regardless of the role played in its decisions by other public authorities, in particular the state in the strict sense.
Za presojo, ali državni ukrep pomeni pomoč, je treba ugotoviti, ali je upravičeno podjetje dobilo gospodarsko prednost, ki je pod običajnimi tržnimi pogoji ne bi pridobilo.
Ryanair’s comments on this point are substantially similar to those of the CCI.
Za to oceno je treba za zadevne ukrepe uporabiti načelo udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
Ryanair has disputed the imputability to the state of the various measures in question, by arguing that the state (in the strict sense) did not have any influence over the decisions of the chambers of commerce and industry, but simply had a supervisory role whereby measures such as the agreements in question did not require its approval.
To vključuje presojo, ali bi hipotetični udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki deluje namesto upravljavcev in ga motivirajo obeti za dobiček, sklenil podobne pogodbe.
Ryanair has also cited a Council of State opinion that suggests that chambers of commerce and industry are independent from the state in the strict sense.
Da bi se to načelo pravilno uporabilo, je treba najprej odgovoriti na različna vprašanja, zlasti naslednja:
According to this opinion, the fact that chambers of commerce and industry ‘answer to the state, in so far as any public body must technically answer to a legal person, does not in itself imply any subordination’.
Ali je treba ravnanje letališke službe zbornice obravnavati ločeno ali pa je treba, nasprotno, njeno ravnanje obravnavati skupaj z ravnanjem zbornice kot celote?
For all the reasons given in the above recitals, this argument is without merit as there is no need to ascertain whether any public authorities, other than the CCI, are involved in the latter’s decisions, as it has been proven that the chamber of commerce is part of the public administration.
Ali je podobno treba ravnanje družbe VTAN obravnavati ločeno ali pa je treba, nasprotno, njeno ravnanje obravnavati skupaj z ravnanjem sindikata?
Ryanair has also mentioned the fact that not all the resources of chambers of commerce and industry come from taxes, but that they partly come from revenue generated by their economic activities, such as the operation of airports.
Ali je treba pogodbo o tržnih storitvah in pogodbo o letaliških storitvah, ki sta bili sklenjeni na isti dan, analizirati ločeno ali skupaj?
This argument also does not stand up.
Ali bi bilo treba pri uporabi načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu za pogodbe o tržnih storitvah za zbornico in družbo VTAN šteti, da sta ravnali kot upravljavca letališča Nîmes ali kot subjekta, ki sta kupila tržne storitve v okviru svojih nalog za lokalni gospodarski razvoj, ne glede na njuno vlogo upravljavca letališča?
In fact, numerous public authorities are in the same situation, in that they pursue economic activities, either directly or through bodies that they control (for example, credit activities or the provision of postal or transport services) and use the revenue from those activities to finance themselves.
Kakšne dobičke bi lahko hipotetični udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu pričakoval na podlagi pogodb o tržnih storitvah?
The pursuit of economic activities by a body does not call into question its status as a public authority.
Kakšen pomen ima primerjava pogojev pogodb o letaliških storitvah, zajetih v formalnem postopku preiskave, z letališkimi pristojbinami, ki se zaračunavajo na drugih letališčih, za namene uporabe načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu?
On the contrary, as indicated in recital 261, the fact that a body is at least partly funded by taxes tends to indicate that this body should be regarded as a public authority.
Komisija bo po pridobitvi odgovorov na ta vprašanja načelo udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu uporabila za različne zadevne ukrepe.
Likewise, the CCI’s argument that it operates Nîmes airport as a private investor within the meaning of the applicable case-law is without merit, as the measures in question were adopted by a public authority and are therefore necessarily imputable to the state.
Skupna ocena ravnanja letališke službe zbornice in zbornice kot celote
The Operators have indicated in their comments that ‘the decisions under analysis were taken by the CCI in its capacity as operator of Nîmes airport and set out the conditions of the commercial relations with the airlines.
Pri uporabi načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu je treba upoštevati ravnanje zbornice kot celote in ne le ravnanje njene službe, ki upravlja letališče.