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As a result, the contribution of Nîmes airport to local economic development, which is the main factor highlighted by France in support of its theory regarding the existence of a genuine SGEI, is not in itself a relevant factor as it must be considered separately from the contribution of that airport to the region’s accessibility.
85 hektarjev naj bi bilo namenjenih za industrijsko območje, zasnovano kot industrijski grozd, na katerem se poleg vzdrževalnih dejavnosti in letaliških storitev izvajajo dejavnosti obvladovanja tveganj na eni strani in okolju prijazne gradnje na drugi strani.
It is not disputed that, by improving a region’s accessibility, particularly when it breaks its isolation, an airport can have positive effects on local economic development.
To območje, ki naj bi bilo priključeno središču dejavnosti letališča Nîmes, naj bi bilo največje središče dejavnosti drugega največjega mestnega območja regije Languedoc-Roussillon in eno od njenih glavnih regionalnih središč.
However, the simple fact that the presence and activity of an airport generate direct and indirect jobs and stimulate the activity of local undertakings cannot be regarded as a relevant criterion for establishing the existence of a genuine SGEI.
Tam naj bi imelo sedež 100 podjetij, ki naj bi skupaj zagotavljala 2000 delovnih mest.
As regards the contribution of Nîmes airport to the region’s accessibility, France has recognised in particular that Montpellier airport is situated just 63 km from Nîmes airport, which represents a journey time of only 49 minutes by road.
Zadevna pomoč je torej pomembno prispevala k lokalnemu gospodarskemu razvoju.
It has also recognised that Nîmes has been served by a high-speed rail service (TGV) since 2001.
Vendar kadar je letališče na istem ciljnem območju kot drugo letališče z neizkoriščenimi zmogljivostmi, je treba v poslovnem načrtu v skladu z novimi smernicami na podlagi preudarnih ocen glede potniškega in tovornega prometa opredeliti verjetni učinek na promet drugega letališča na tem ciljnem območju.
This town is therefore connected, for example, to Paris and Lyon by regular train services with journey times of around 3 hours and 1 hour 30 minutes respectively.
Iz pripomb, ki jih je v zvezi s tem navedla Francija, izhaja, da sta letališka služba zbornice in družba VTAN pričakovali, da promet letališča Nîmes nima velikega učinka na promet, ugotovljen za letališča Marseille, Avignon in Montpellier.
France has omitted to take account of this rail service in its arguments on the existence of an SGEI.
Zbornica je, natančneje, menila, da ta letališča niso na ciljnem območju letališča Nîmes.
As regards Montpellier airport, France has indicated as follows: ‘although the above information tends to place it in the same catchment area as Nîmes airport due to the journey time of less than 60 minutes and the cost of the return journey not exceeding EUR 20, it should, however, be stressed that the Ryanair routes from Montpellier airport, which currently number four, meet a tourist demand that is situated more to the west than to the east of the airport (the route to Hahn is an example of this, even though Ryanair has withdrawn its routes to Germany from Marseille) and that Nîmes airport covers a different catchment area from part of Montpellier airport’s catchment area (in particular the Cévennes, Uzège and the northeast of Gard/south of the Ardèche in the Rhône valley).
Potreba po posredovanju države in ustreznost pomoči kot instrumenta politike
It therefore has a particular catchment area.
Pomoči, plačane kot vračljiva predplačila in subvencije za tekoče poslovanje, so bile potrebne za zagotovitev gospodarskega ravnotežja pri upravljanju letališča Nîmes ter s tem njegovega nadaljnjega delovanja.
It should also be noted that 51 % of low-cost passengers travel less than 50 km from their airport’.
Poleg tega nove smernice določajo: „Zaradi naštetih razlogov lahko imajo manjša letališča pod sedanjimi tržnimi pogoji težave z zagotavljanjem finančnih sredstev za svoje naložbe brez javnega financiranja“.
France has therefore recognised that there are factors suggesting that Nîmes airport is situated within the same catchment area as Montpellier airport.
V novih smernicah je poleg tega navedeno, da letališča z največ 700000 potniki letno morda ne bodo mogla financirati velikega dela svojih stroškov poslovanja.
Under these circumstances, it cannot be argued that the presence of Nîmes airport may prevent an isolation that could prejudice the social and economic development of part of the area served by that airport, particularly as Nîmes airport is served by the TGV, as indicated above.
Vendar letališče Nîmes spada med majhna letališča, saj njegov promet v obdobju 1999–2011 ni presegal 320000 potnikov.
France has also not provided any information allowing the extent of such a hypothetical prejudice to be assessed.
Zato je bilo posredovanje države za zagotovitev gospodarskega ravnotežja pri upravljanju letališča Nîmes in s tem njegovega nadaljnjega delovanja v obdobju 2000–2011 nujno.
The fact that the catchment areas of Nîmes and Montpellier airports are not exactly the same is not a sufficient argument.
V skladu z novimi smernicami je treba preučiti, ali bi bilo mogoče uporabiti druge, manj konkurenco izkrivljajoče instrumente politik ali instrumente pomoči.
In fact, the catchment areas of two separate airports, however close they may be, never exactly coincide.
Spodbujevalni učinek in sorazmernost pomoči
Lastly, the fact that 51 % of low-cost passengers travel less than 50 km from their airport does not prove that, without Nîmes airport, travellers wanting to travel to or from the catchment area of that airport would not be prepared, to a large extent, to use flights that start or end at Montpellier airport.
V skladu z novimi smernicami je treba preveriti, ali bi se raven gospodarske dejavnosti zadevnega letališča brez pomoči za tekoče poslovanje znatno zmanjšala in ali so bile te pomoči omejene na najmanjše potrebne, da se zadevna dejavnost z dodeljeno pomočjo izvede.
France has also argued that the development of the air traffic task entrusted to VTAN through the CDSP ‘can be regarded as a public service obligation within the meaning of the Altmark case-law’.
Kot je bilo predhodno pojasnjeno, se je z uvedbo hitrega vlaka TGV pa tudi odhodom družbe Air France leta 2001, ki ji je dve leti pozneje sledila družba Air Littoral, močno zmanjšalo število letov na letališču Nîmes.
According to France, this task concerns the ‘economic and tourism development of the area’, which requires, in its opinion, ‘(i) an increase in passenger flows, generating income and jobs for the regional economy …; and (ii) the development of the enterprise zone situated adjacent to the airport’.
V povezavi s pogoji pogodb, sklenjenih z družbo Ryanair/AMS od leta 2002, se je zaradi teh dejavnikov močno poslabšal tudi finančni položaj letališča.
As regards this enterprise zone, France refers to several undertakings established there and indicates that ‘Within this industrial hub, VTAN has the task of developing aviation-related activities and building the industrial or commercial activity that can generate jobs for the area’.
Njegova dejavnost bi se tako brez ukrepov pomoči za financiranje njegovega primanjkljaja iz poslovanja znatno zmanjšala ali pa se celo ukinila.
This argument cannot be accepted given that, as recalled above, the simple contribution of an activity to local economic development is not in itself sufficient to justify that activity being defined as an SGEI.
Sicer pa so bili zneski pomoči, kot je bilo pojasnjeno zgoraj, omejeni na najnižje potrebne.
Moreover, the commercial development of an airport by introducing new air routes or expanding non-aeronautical activities cannot as such satisfy the general interest criterion for definition as an SGEI.
Različne pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, dodeljene letališki službi zbornice, so bile omejene izključno na potrebne zneske za zagotovitev finančnega ravnotežja pri upravljanju.
In particular, the Commission takes the view that the compensation by public authorities of the net costs incurred in the provision of an SGEI should not affect the economic incentive for an airport operator to enter into commercial relations with airlines.
Ker bi imela letališka služba zbornice brez teh pomoči vsako leto velik primanjkljaj iz poslovanja, bi se morala dejavnost navedenega letališča za zagotovitev finančnega ravnotežja znatno zmanjšati ali celo popolnoma ukiniti.
As a result, in the light of all the above and the arguments submitted by France, and particularly given the proximity of Montpellier airport and the TGV service from which Nîmes benefits, the Commission takes the view that France has committed a manifest error of assessment in claiming that the overall management of Nîmes airport was an SGEI.
Navedene pomoči so zato imele spodbujevalni učinek v smislu točke 124 novih smernic.
In particular, the activity of the Nîmes airport operator consisting of handling commercial passenger transport flights at that airport cannot be regarded as a genuine SGEI.
Podobno se je z enkratno subvencijo za tekoče poslovanje v znesku 200000 EUR, ki jo je leta 2006 dodelila splošna služba zbornice, kril le del primanjkljaja iz poslovanja.
It therefore follows that, in so far as the various financial support measures covered by this assessment were intended to finance the operation of the airport’s activity as a whole, they cannot be regarded as financial compensation granted with a view to the management of a genuine SGEI.
Sklep generalne skupščine zbornice z dne 14. decembra 2005 namreč kaže, da je bila navedena enkratna subvencija za tekoče poslovanje rezultat dogovora med sindikatom in zbornico, v skladu s katerim se je ta zavezala, da bo krila le del primanjkljaja letališča iz poslovanja, omejenega na 200000 EUR, financiranje preostalega dela pa je prevzel sindikat, novi lastnik.
As a result, they do not satisfy the cumulative conditions of the Altmark judgment.
Vračljiva predplačila, ki jih je dodelila splošna služba zbornice, so izhajala iz obveznosti predložitve uravnoteženega proračuna za letališče, ki je bila zbornici naložena s koncesijsko pogodbo.
Furthermore, even if all or part of the management of Nîmes airport could validly be defined as an SGEI, the measures in question would still not satisfy the cumulative conditions of the Altmark judgment.
Znesek predplačil je bil vsako leto ob pripravi proračuna določen tako, da bi bil ta uravnotežen.
In fact, they do not satisfy the first, second and fourth conditions of that judgment, as will be proven further on in the light of the Communication on the application of the State aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of an SGEI (‘the SGEI communication’).
Pripravo proračunov letališč, ki jih upravljajo gospodarske zbornice, urejajo strogi postopki, kar zagotavlja, da so javni prispevki, namenjeni uravnoteženju proračuna, omejeni na najnižje potrebne.
The Commission considers that, in the case of Nîmes airport, these conditions of the Altmark judgment should be assessed by distinguishing between the entities that effectively carried on this economic activity during the 2000-2012 period.
Okrožnica št. 111 z dne 30. marca 1992 o določitvi proračunskih, računovodskih in finančnih pravil, ki veljajo za gospodarske zbornice, tako določa natančen postopek, ki se nanaša zlasti na to, kako naj splošna služba gospodarske zbornice določi proračun za upravljanje letališča.
Clearly defined public service obligations discharged by the undertaking (first condition)
V navedeni okrožnici se od zbornice zlasti zahteva, naj za namene priprave proračuna ugotovi: (i) stanje transakcij v zvezi s poslovanjem; (ii) stanje zmožnosti samofinanciranja in (iii) stanje kapitalskih transakcij.
As France has committed a manifest error of assessment by defining the overall management of the airport as an SGEI and as the measures covered by the present assessment were used to finance the airport’s operation as a whole, the first Altmark condition is not satisfied.
Poleg tega je treba predlogu proračuna v odobritev obvezno priložiti več dokumentov (razpredelnica storitev in prispevkov med službami, razpredelnica števila zaposlenih in mase plač itd.).
In addition, according to the SGEI communication, in order for the first Altmark condition to be satisfied, the public service task must be assigned by way of one or more acts that, depending on the legislation in Member States, may take the form of legislative or regulatory instruments or contracts.
Cilj navedenega postopka je zlasti zagotoviti uravnoteženje proračuna brez prekomernega nadomestila.
Moreover, the act or series of acts must at least specify the content and duration of the public service obligations, the undertaking and, where applicable, the territory concerned, the nature of any exclusive or special rights assigned to the undertaking by the authority in question, the parameters for calculating, controlling and reviewing the compensation, and the arrangements for avoiding and recovering any overcompensation.
Zneski vračljivih predplačil torej glede na enkratne subvencije za poslovanje niso presegli tega, kar je bilo potrebno za financiranje primanjkljaja iz poslovanja letališke službe zbornice.
The only acts produced by France that could possibly fulfil this function are the 1965 Order, the Concession Agreement, the CDSP and their subsequent amendments, in so far as they impose various obligations on the CCI in terms of operation (including on points such as opening times or equal treatment of users), servicing, maintenance and development, for a specified period.
Tako so imele različne pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ki jih je prejela letališka služba zbornice, spodbujevalni učinek in so bile omejene na najnižje potrebne.
However, aside from the CDSP and its amendments, which apply only to VTAN, none of these acts lays down arrangements for calculating and reviewing any financial compensation mechanism.
Tudi različne pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ki so bile v visokih zneskih dodeljene družbi VTAN, so bile potrebne za zagotovitev finančnega ravnotežja pri upravljanju.
As a result, the acts having assigned obligations to the CCI-Airport do not meet the requirements of the first Altmark condition, even regardless of the fact that the obligations imposed on the CCI-Airport do not form a genuine SGEI.
Primanjkljaj iz poslovanja bi bil brez teh pomoči zelo velik, dejavnost letališča pa bi se znatno zmanjšala ali pa se celo popolnoma ukinila.
Compensation parameters established in advance in an objective and transparent manner (second condition)
Pavšalni prispevek, kot je bil določen na začetku, je bil opredeljen na podlagi ocenjenega proračuna, ki ga je pripravila družba Veolia Transport.
CCI-Airport operating period (2000-2006)
Pavšalni prispevek v znesku [1,2–1,5] milijona EUR je moral v skladu s tem proračunom v „referenčnem scenariju“ družbi VTAN omogočiti, da med celotnim trajanjem prenosa pooblastil za opravljanje javne službe ustvarja čiste dobičke, ki naj bi znašali [v povprečju 0–5 %].
The exceptional subsidies and repayable advances received by the CCI-Airport were all exceptional measures granted on an ad hoc basis to finance the airport’s operating deficit.
Glede na navedeno se čisti dobički, ki jih je ocenila družba Veolia Transport, zdijo razumni, nadomestni scenarij pa je bil pripravljen, da se ti dobički ne bi prekomerno povečali v primeru zmanjšane dejavnosti.
They did not therefore stem from calculation parameters that were established in advance.
Pavšalni prispevek naj bi bil tako prvotno omejen na najnižjega potrebnega, da bi se družbi VTAN zagotovila finančno ravnotežje pri upravljanju in razumen dobiček.
It should be noted that the CCI-Airport’s tasks for the period from 2000 to February 2006 were specified in the 1965 Order and its annexed schedule of conditions and in the 1986 AOT.
Njegove poznejše spremembe so sledile tej logiki.
However, these acts did not provide for any financial compensation mechanism for the CCI, based on parameters established in advance in an objective and transparent manner.
Tako je povečanje pavšalnega prispevka z aneksom št. 1 ustrezalo nepredvidljivi izgubi prihodka, ki jo je družba Veolia Transport v predhodnih ocenah prvotno upoštevala, povečanje na podlagi aneksa št. 3 pa je ustrezalo dodatnim izdatkom družbe VTAN za trženje, ki na začetku niso bili predvideni.
Likewise, the Concession Agreement, which defined the CCI-Airport’s obligations for the period from February to December 2006, also did not provide for any financial compensation mechanism for the operator.
Poleg tega je iz naknadno ugotovljenih izkazov poslovnega izida družbe VTAN razvidno, da pavšalni prispevek ni presegel najmanjšega potrebnega, saj družba VTAN zaradi njega ni imela prekomernih dobičkov.
As a result, the financial support measures granted to the CCI-Airport do not satisfy the second Altmark condition.
Čisti dobiček družbe VTAN je bil namreč glede na razpredelnico 6 iz sklepa o začetku postopka v celotnem obdobju 2007–2010 celo negativen.
VTAN operating period (2007-2012)
Poseben javni prispevek, uveden z aneksom št. 4 k SPOJS, pa je bil izračunan na podlagi ocenjenega proračuna, ki je izražal nove stroške poslovanja družbe VTAN, nastale po zaprtju vojaške letalske baze, poleg tega je bilo določeno, da se njegov znesek naknadno prilagodi glede na dejanski izkaz poslovnega izida, da se preprečijo prekomerna plačila.
The compensation paid to VTAN by the SMAN was granted under the CDSP and its annexes, which stipulated the obligations of both parties within the airport operation task and which defined the arrangements for calculating the flat-rate contribution paid to VTAN by the SMAN.
Tako so imele različne pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ki jih je prejela družba VTAN, spodbujevalni učinek in so bile omejene na najmanjše potrebne.
However, the arrangements for calculating this contribution were subsequently altered by four amendments.
Ocena izkrivljanja konkurence in vpliva na trgovino
In particular, amendment No 3 to the CDSP provided for the SMAN to grant VTAN a subsidy of EUR [100000-300000] for 2009 and specifically altered the wording of Clause 27-4 of the CDSP, which from that date stipulated that ‘the flat-rate contribution may be increased by the amount of subsidies received by the Delegating Authority from other authorities’.
Komisija v skladu z novimi smernicami pri ocenjevanju združljivosti pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, dodeljene pred 4. aprilom 2014, upošteva zlasti izkrivljanje konkurence in vpliv na trgovino.
Amendment No 3 therefore introduced new calculation parameters, which were not objective because they were unconnected with VTAN’s costs and revenues.
Pomoči, dodeljene letališču Unije, lahko morebiti negativno vplivajo na vsa druga letališča Unije.
As a result, the flat-rate contribution does not satisfy the second Altmark condition.
Vsa letališča Unije v okviru notranjega trga zračnega prevoza znotraj Unije namreč tekmujejo med sabo, da bi privabila letalske prevoznike.
The specific public contribution and equipment subsidies referred to in recital 565 also do not satisfy this condition because they involved exceptional financial support that was not established at the start.
Kadar gre za pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ki omogočajo, da letališče ostane ekonomsko donosno, je moč tega splošnega vpliva na druga letališča odvisna od obsega dejavnosti letališča, ki prejema pomoč, pri čemer je ta obseg razviden predvsem iz števila potnikov in rut ter pogostosti letov.
Arrangements for selecting the service provider (fourth condition)
V zvezi s tem je treba opozoriti, da je letališče Nîmes v zadevnem obdobju (2002–2011) ostalo manjše letališče.
As a result, the financial support measures granted to the CCI-Airport do not satisfy the fourth Altmark condition.
V tem istem obdobju so se redne storitve opravljanja odhodnih letov z letališča omejile na ruto družbe Air Littoral v Pariz, na kateri so se opravljali leti le do leta 2003, ter na nekatere rute, na katerih je opravljala lete družba Ryanair (največ štiri hkrati), in sicer po en let na dan ali manj, razen morebiti poleti, ko sta se lahko za nekatere rute ponujala dva leta na dan, odvisno od posameznega leta.
Veolia Transport was selected following a negotiated procedure, which was preceded by a notice of a competitive public tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Obseg dejavnosti letališča Nîmes je torej ostal majhen.
Under EU law, the French authorities therefore had recourse to a negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice.
Splošni učinek pomoči, dodeljenih temu letališču, na vsa druga letališča je bil torej razmeroma omejen.
The Commission generally takes the view that a negotiated procedure with prior publication can be deemed to satisfy the fourth Altmark condition only in exceptional cases.
Vendar bližje kot sta si letališči, večji so učinki pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, dodeljene posameznemu letališču, na drugo letališče.
It notes, in this respect, that, once the two tenderers having responded to the invitation to tender had submitted their tenders, the SMAN initiated negotiations with each one.
Zlasti kadar je eno od njiju na ciljnem območju drugega, posebej močno tekmujeta, da bi pritegnila letalske prevoznike, ki želijo opravljati lete na območju, na katerem sta.
Contacts were made in particular between Veolia Transport and the SMAN in order to clarify, and even amend, certain important aspects of Veolia Transport’s tender.
Kadar poleg tega obstajajo rute z obeh letališč v isto namembno mesto, ti letališči tekmujeta, da bi pritegnili potnike, ki želijo potovati v to namembno mesto in lahko za to potovanje izbirajo med obema letališčema.
France has indicated, for example, that on 20 September 2006 Veolia Transport made further proposals over and above its initial tender, in the light of information contained in the SMAN’s letter of 6 September 2006.
Letališče Avignon leži 68 km od letališča Nîmes, vendar lahko zaradi omejitev njegove vzletno-pristajalne steze na njem pristajajo le zasebna in poslovna letala.
Moreover, on 4 October 2006 Veolia Transport submitted a series of clarifications amending essential elements of its tender, such as (i) introducing a ‘downturn scenario’ leading to a change in the flat-rate contribution if the airport’s activity were to be reduced; (ii) changing the formulas stipulated for updating the general balance of the delegation; or even (iii) amending the undertakings made with regard to staff costs.
To pomeni, da za redne lete ne tekmuje z letališčem Nîmes.
Moreover, in the decision awarding the contract at the end of the procedure, the SMAN stated that Veolia Transport’s tender was the most advantageous with regard to the criteria laid down by the consultation rules, in particular: (i) commercial development policy; (ii) financial control; (iii) security; and (iv) quality undertaking.
Letališče Marseille pa leži 115 km od letališča Nîmes, to je 1 uro in 15 minut vožnje.
In this respect, it seems that VTAN mainly used the CCI-Airport’s operating figures to establish its forecasts.
To velja zlasti za ruti v Bruselj in London, na katerih se ponujajo odhodni leti z obeh letališč.
However, there is nothing to confirm that the CCI-Airport acted as a typical undertaking, well-run and adequately equipped.
Francija v zvezi s tem meni, da je mogoče ciljno območje letališča opredeliti na podlagi dveh meril: (i) trajanja potovanja; in (ii) na letališčih, kjer prevladuje nizkocenovni promet, kakršno je Nîmes, stroška potovanja.
As a result, the financial support measures granted to VTAN do not satisfy the fourth Altmark condition.
Francija tako trdi, da je ciljno območje regionalnega letališča omejeno na letališča, ki so med seboj oddaljena največ 60 minut vožnje z avtomobilom.
As established above, none of the measures in question satisfies the cumulative conditions of the Altmark judgment.
Navedeni dejavniki namreč lahko ublažijo vpliv pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ki jih je prejemalo letališče Nîmes, na letališče Montpellier.