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Italy submitted that the concession fees owed by airport managers are set in reference to traffic volumes and do not therefore aim to remunerate State investments in airport infrastructure.
Komisija je v nadaljevanju ocenila združljivost financiranja naložb v infrastrukturo na letališču Alghero z notranjim trgom (i) na podlagi predpostavke, da pomeni pomoč za naložbe (glej uvodne izjave 339 do 367) in (ii) na podlagi predpostavke, da pomenijo pomoč za tekoče poslovanje (glej uvodne izjave 368 do 374).
There is no indication that, when financing certain investments at Alghero airport, the State could expect an increase in the traffic and a related increase in the concession fees that would be of a sufficient magnitude to make its expenses profitable.
V okviru ocene pod točko (ii) je Komisija analizirala tudi združljivost kapitalskih injekcij (ukrep 1), ki očitno pomenijo pomoč za tekoče poslovanje, z notranjim trgom.
The Commission considers that, given the inherent and significant uncertainties related to the infrastructure projects, the State's investment grants are not in line with the type of analysis that a prudent investor would have undertaken for such projects.
Združljivost pomoči za infrastrukturo in opremo (ukrepa 2 in 3) na podlagi predpostavke, da je pomoč za naložbe
Since there is no indication that the financing in question was expected to yield a normal return, the Commission considers that the financing granted by the State after 12 December 2000 did not comply with the MEOP and conferred an advantage to the airport manager.
Komisija najprej ugotavlja, da morajo biti v skladu s smernicami za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 upravičeni stroški naložb na letališču omejeni na izgradnjo letališke infrastrukture in opreme (vzletno-pristajalne steze, terminali, betonske ploščadi, kontrolni stolp) ali zmogljivosti, ki jih neposredno podpirajo (protipožarna oprema, varnostna ali varstvena oprema).
The public funding for equipment is not MEOP-compliant either since there was neither an ex ante business plan, nor a sensitivity analysis of any underlying profitability assumptions showing what financial return RAS could reasonably expect to draw from the investment subsidies that it granted to So.Ge.A.AL.
Upravičeni stroški ne smejo vključevati stroškov, ki niso neposredno povezani z osnovnimi dejavnostmi letališč, vključno z izgradnjo, financiranjem, rabo in najemom zemljišč ter objektov, ne le za pisarne in skladišča, ampak tudi za hotele in industrijska podjetja na območju letališča ter trgovine, restavracije in parkirišča.
It is not even clear that RAS could expect any return since unlike the State, it does not receive any concession fee from So.Ge.A.AL.
V tem primeru so bila javna sredstva usmerjena v financiranje novega potniškega terminala, prenovo starega terminala, izboljšanje vozne steze, razširitev območij za parkiranje letal, izboljšanje vzletno-pristajalne steze, izvedbo sistema za nadzor prtljage in uvedbo sistema za zunanji nadzor.
Furthermore, even if one were to assume that the dividends that it might receive and the potential increase in the value of the shares that it owns in So.Ge.A.AL, as its main shareholder, could be considered as a possible source of financial returns that can be taken into account in the application of the MEOP in this context [80], it is sufficient to note that So.Ge.A.AL had generated significant losses in every year in the period subject to investigation (starting in 2000).
Navedeni stroški za naložbe so upravičeni do financiranja na podlagi smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005.
Hence, neither the State nor RAS could reasonably expect its funding of infrastructure or equipment at Alghero airport in this period to improve the financial situation of So.Ge.A.AL to such an extent that the latter would pay sufficient dividends, or that the value of So.Ge.A.AL's shares would increase as a result of this funding to such an extent as to make the public funding ‘profitable’.
Kar zadeva združljivost javnega financiranja, ki je predmet preiskave, z notranjim trgom, Komisija v skladu s členom 61 smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 preveri zlasti, ali:
Neither Italy nor third parties have provided elements which would suggest that this is the case.
izgradnja in uporaba infrastrukture ustrezata cilju splošnega interesa, ki je jasno opredeljen (regionalni razvoj, dostopnost itd.);
Therefore, Measure 2 and Measure 3 do not comply with the MEOP and have conferred an economic advantage on So.Ge.A.AL.
je infrastruktura potrebna in sorazmerna z zadanim ciljem;
Both Italy and So.Ge.A.AL have claimed that the capital injections carried out by So.Ge.A.AL's public shareholders in the period 2000 — 2010 would comply with the MEOP.
imajo vsi morebitne uporabniki infrastrukture do nje enak in nediskriminatoren dostop ter
Even though the airport manager had consistently recorded losses since 2000, it would be legitimate to assume that the activity would yield a return, notably given the imminent award to So.Ge.A.AL of the ‘comprehensive’ concession.
vpliv na razvoj trgovine ni v nasprotju z interesom Unije.
When adopting each of the measures in question, public shareholders would have acted as prudent market economy investors.
Da bi bila državna pomoč letališčem razglašena za združljivo, bi morala izpolnjevati zahtevo glede posebnih meril združljivosti iz smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005, poleg tega pa kot vsaki drugi ukrep državne pomoči imeti spodbujevalen učinek ter biti potrebna in sorazmerna glede na namenski legitimni cilj [86].
Given that at the time the capital injections were decided So.Ge.A.AL was in a precarious financial situation, it was the Commission's preliminary view in the 2012 Decision that a market economy investor would have required the implementation of a plan to restore the company's viability.
Zato je Komisija poleg meril iz uvodne izjave 341 ocenila spodbujevalni učinek ter potrebnost in sorazmernost zadevne pomoči.
The Commission considered that a private investor would only inject fresh capital in a company whose capital had dropped below the level that is legally required, as was the case for So.Ge.A.AL, if he could expect the company to return to viability within reasonable timescales.
Jasno opredeljen cilj splošnega interesa
No such plan had at that time been provided to the Commission and, as explained in recitals 301 to 311, the various business plans prepared by or for So.Ge.A.AL over the period during which the capital injections were carried out did not form a sound basis which shareholders guided by profitability prospects would have found sufficient to expect a reasonable return.
Ukrepi, ki so predmet presoje, so bili med drugim namenjeni za financiranje izgradnje novega terminala z zmogljivostjo 2000000 potnikov, saj je bil stari terminal (zmogljivost 800000 potnikov) prezaseden že leta 2003 [87].
In the course of the investigation Italy provided the Commission with several documents it claimed should be considered as the business plans on which the decisions to recapitalise So.Ge.A.AL were based.
Poleg tega se je pomoč za naložbe uporabila za financiranje številnih ukrepov, ki so pripomogli k prilagoditvi letališča novim varstvenim in varnostnim zahtevam, da bi lahko še naprej delovalo v polnem obsegu.
Italy also claimed that from the perspective of a private investor, the compensation of So.Ge.A.AL's losses might be validly justified not only by the presence of a strategic restructuring programme with good long-term profit prospects, but also by considerations other than mere financial profitability, notably more general public interest objectives such as regional development.
Po navedbah Italije je bil splošni cilj financiranja infrastrukture na letališču Alghero razvoj varne in funkcionalne prometne infrastrukture in regionalne povezljivosti.
The business plans submitted by Italy are detailed in recitals 59-75.
Po mnenju Italije imajo regionalna letališča pomembno vlogo pri spodbujanju dostopnosti ciljnih območij, z zadevnimi naložbami pa so se izboljšali varnost, varstvo in učinkovitost letališča ter se obenem prispevalo k doseganju širših regionalnih razvojnih ciljev.
In that regard the measures implemented by the State, RAS and SFIRS, are not in line with the behaviour of a market economy investor guided by profitability prospects.
Poleg tega Italija poudarja, da je BDP na prebivalca na Sardiniji v povprečju precej nižji kot v Italiji, stopnja brezposelnosti pa je precej višja od italijanskega povprečja.
Throughout the period 2000 to 2010, the State, RAS and SFIRS constantly provided the financial support necessary to keep So.Ge.A.AL alive.
Med letoma 2003 in 2012 je bila na primer povprečna stopnja brezposelnosti na Sardiniji 13,3-odstotna, v Italiji pa 7,9-odstotna.
The Commission considers that So.Ge.A.AL's financial situation was such that no private operator would have covered its losses over such a long duration, without a credible and realistic prior assessment showing that it would be more cost-effective to continue covering losses instead of restructuring the company.
Zato bi se verjetno z vsakim povečanjem prometnih tokov zaradi razvoja infrastrukture na letališču Alghero ustvarile povezane socialne in gospodarske koristi za Sardinijo v smislu gospodarske in socialne kohezije ter razvoja otoka.
The Commission cannot accept either Italy's argument that public interest objectives should be taken into account when assessing the business rationale of a public investor.
Navedene pripombe so v skladu z ugotovitvami iz poročila družbe Accuracy, v katerem je bilo priznano, da je razvoj sektorja letalskega prevoza na Sardiniji zlasti pomemben za regionalni razvoj območja.
Based on settled case law, if the public shareholders were acting as a private market investor, they would not be guided by public interest objectives and the investment would have to be profitable in itself.
V poročilu družbe Accuracy je poudarjen primer morebitnega obsega pozitivnih gospodarskih koristi, ki bi nastale zaradi razvoja letalske infrastrukture na Sardiniji.
Since in the course of the investigation So.Ge.A.AL claimed that the economic rationale of the measures should be assessed separately before and after the award of the comprehensive concession in 2007, the Commission assesses in turn the capital injections carried out in the period 2000-2007 and 2008-2010.
V skladu s študijo iz poročila družbe Accuracy je razvoj sektorja letalskega prevoza na letališču Cagliari (na Sardiniji) prinesel pozitivne gospodarske učinke v višini približno 140 milijonov EUR letno.
Capital injections in the period 2000 - 2007
Poleg tega je edini primerni način prevoza na Sardinijo in z nje letalski prevoz, razen trajektov, pri katerih pa prevoz traja precej dalj časa.
So.Ge.A.AL stated that the recapitalisations undertaken prior to 2007 were guided by the need to safeguard the business of the company, in view notably of the imminent award of the comprehensive concession.
Čeprav je Sardinija na primer s Španijo in celinsko Italijo povezana s trajektnimi linijami, pot s trajektom v povprečju traja več kot devet ur.
In that sense the Commission considers that So.Ge.A.AL's business plans cannot be considered as a realistic basis for predicting the company's future performance in the period 2000 — 2010.
V skladu s tem lahko Komisija ugotovi, da javna sredstva za izboljšanje infrastrukture na letališču Alghero izpolnjujejo jasno opredeljene cilje izboljšanja varne in funkcionalne prometne infrastrukture in regionalne dostopnosti.
Those plans made isolated reference to capital injections which would be required to bring capital back in line with legal requirements.
Razvoj infrastrukture na letališču Alghero je bil torej v skupnem interesu, saj naj bi se z naložbami ustvarili pozitivni zunanji učinki v smislu gospodarskega in socialnega razvoja.
In addition, they do not contain any indications that at the time the capital injections under investigation were decided, So.Ge.A.AL's public shareholders expected the company's return to viability and a return on their investment (in terms of dividends paid or increase in the value of the company's shares) which would outweigh the amount of the capital invested in the company.
Potrebnost in sorazmernost infrastrukture glede na zastavljeni cilj
Nor do the plans contain an analysis of alternative scenarios that a diligent private investor would require before undertaking such substantial capital injections into the company.
Pomoč za naložbe se lahko razglasi za združljivo le, če je potrebna in sorazmerna z zastavljenim ciljem splošnega interesa.
The Commission notes that only one of the documents referred to by Italy as business plans predates the date of the first capital injection decision.
To velja zlasti, kadar naložba ne pomeni podvajanje obstoječe, premalo izkoriščene infrastrukture.
Although the 1999 business plan mentions that So.Ge.A.AL would need to be recapitalised, it does not provide for an assessment showing that it would be more cost-effective for the company's shareholders to cover losses of the airport manager instead of adopting restructuring measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of the airport manager within a timeframe acceptable to a private investor.
Državna pomoč za financiranje naložb na letališču Alghero je bila potrebna, da bi se povečala zmogljivost letališča in s tem zagotovila njena dolgoročna rentabilnost.
Moreover, the 1999 business plan does not indicate that So.Ge.A.AL would become profitable following the capital injections.
Pred izvedbo naložb je zmogljivost letališča Alghero dosegala le 800000 potnikov.
In addition, the 1999 business plan was based on the assumption So.Ge.A.AL would be awarded the comprehensive concession that same year.
Letališče Alghero je omejitev zmogljivosti doseglo v letih 2003 in 2004, zato so bile potrebne naložbe, da bi lahko sprejelo več potnikov.
The Commission considers that a prudent private investor would have reassessed the strategy and considered restructuring options when it became evident that award of the concession would be delayed and the objective of a return to profitability was not going to be achieved.
Poleg tega so se izvedle nekatere izboljšave zaradi doseganja varnostnih standardov, ki so pripomogle k boljši izkoriščenosti obstoječe letališke infrastrukture ter s tem k regionalnemu razvoju in povezljivosti ciljnega območja letališča.
No measures were proposed to restructure So.Ge.A.AL in the Roland Berger plan either, the only business plan assessing So.Ge.A.AL's financial situation under two scenarios — ‘comprehensive’ versus ‘temporary’ concession.
Po mnenju Italije je mogoče predvideti, da bi bil potniški promet večji, če ne bi bilo finančne krize.
The Roland Berger plan concluded that So.Ge.A.AL would continue to record losses in a temporary concession scenario without however proposing any remedial measures.
V poročilu družbe Ecorys je priznano, da je bilo zaradi razvoja turizma potrebno povečanje zmogljivosti terminalov na letališču Alghero, da bi se lahko izkoristila pričakovana rast prometa.
The Commission also notes that the Roland Berger plan was considered to be insufficiently reliable by So.Ge.A.AL itself (see recital 57).
Poleg tega nove naložbe niso pomenile podvajanje obstoječe nedonosne infrastrukture, saj tri najbližja letališča niso v istem ciljnem območju (glej uvodno izjavo 33).
While it provided for a forecast of revenues and costs for the forty-year duration of the concession for the management of the airport, on the assumption that the concession is granted to So.Ge.A.AL in 2006, the plan did not propose measures to address the weaknesses of the underperforming handling business, which was considered in the 2004 Roland Berger plan as below sector average and was expected to continue generating losses on the medium term.
Letališči Olbia in Cagliari sta 128 km oziroma 235 km oddaljeni od letališča Alghero.
On this basis, the Commission considers that none of the above-mentioned plans forms what a prudent market economy operator would have considered as a reliable basis to carry out the investments in question.
Komisija je v svoji odločbi iz leta 2007 ugotovila, da letališča Alghero zaradi njegove lokacije in značilnosti prometnega omrežja na Sardiniji ni mogoče nadomestiti z drugima letališčema.
Capital injections in the period 2008-2010
Naložbe torej niso pomenile podvajanja obstoječe nedonosne infrastrukture.
A private investor would in any event have re-assessed the strategy in the 2010 business plan, in particular given that by virtue of Article 14bis of the Convention, the concession was to be revoked if So.Ge.A.AL did not reach viability within four years from the date such concession entered into effect, namely by 2011.
Komisija zato ugotavlja, da so bile podprte naložbe potrebne in sorazmerne s ciljema povezljivosti in regionalnega gospodarskega razvoja, k doseganju katerih zadevni ukrepi učinkovito prispevajo.
The 2010 plan however projected the company's return to viability only one year later than 2011, i.e. in 2012, also taking into account a recapitalisation of the company envisaged for 2010.
Zadovoljivi srednjeročni obeti za uporabo, zlasti glede uporabe obstoječe infrastrukture
The shareholders' decision to continue covering So.Ge.A.AL's losses with no restructuring programme in place even when economic performance following the award of the comprehensive concession showed that an upturn in profitability within the timelines imposed by the Convention was unlikely, cannot be equated to the conduct of a private investor.
Naložbe so letališču Alghero omogočile skladnost z varnostnimi zahtevami na letališču in prilagoditev potrebam po prevozu v njegovem ciljnem območju.
Furthermore, So.Ge.A.AL stated that unforeseen events had a negative impact on its results after 2007 and referred in particular to the effects on its turnover of the economic downturn as a consequence of which the company would have recorded a 1,8 % fall in passenger traffic.
Družba So.Ge.A.AL je ob dodelitvi „celovite“ koncesije za upravljanje letališča Alghero postopno uvajala program naložb za prilagoditev letališke infrastrukture in opreme, da bi lahko obravnavala vse večje število potnikov na letališču.
In addition, So.Ge.A.AL claimed that traffic did not develop as it had been forecasted due to the delay in the execution of infrastructure works at the airport and the lack of a revision by ENAC of the level of airport charges.
Skupno so na podlagi poslovnega načrta iz leta 2005 načrtovane naložbe na letališču Alghero v času trajanja koncesije znašale 143,3 milijona EUR [88].
In that respect the Commission notes that Italy did not provide any means of evaluating the effects of the unforeseen events in question.
Poznejši razvoj dogodkov v glavnem potrjuje ta pričakovanja.
There is no evidence that the 1,8 % drop in traffic could be imputed to the economic crisis.
Dejansko je družba So.Ge.A.AL uspela doseči precejšnjo rast prometa v skladu s svojimi pričakovanji.
On that basis, the decisions to recapitalise So.Ge.A.AL do not appear to have been based on economic evaluations comparable to those which, in the relevant circumstances, a rational private market investor in a similar situation would have carried out, before making such investments, in order to determine their future profitability.
Od leta 2011 je potniški promet na letališču dosegel približno 70 % zmogljivosti letališča.
The Commission also notes that both Italy and So.Ge.A.AL confirmed that the capital injections were primarily agreed so as to satisfy regulatory requirements.
Po mnenju Italije bi bil potniški promet večji, če ne bi bilo finančne krize.
However, the Commission considers that compliance with regulatory capital requirements cannot by itself justify that a private market investor injects further capital into the company.
Zato Komisija ugotavlja, da so bili srednjeročni obeti za uporabo posodobljene infrastrukture dobri.
Investors are often obliged by law to contribute additional equity to firms whose capital base has been eroded by continuous losses to below a predetermined level.
Enak in nediskriminatoren dostop do infrastrukture
Private investors faced with such a situation would also consider all other options — including the liquidation or run-down [81] — and choose the one which is financially the most advantageous.
V skladu z informacijami, ki jih je predložila Italija, in ne glede na upravičeno oblikovanje različnih cen v posameznih sporazumih z letalskimi prevozniki, je infrastruktura vedno dostopna vsem morebitnim uporabnikom brez diskriminacije.
Consequently, the Commission concludes that the capital injection decisions So.Ge.A.AL did not comply with the MEOP and therefore provided So.Ge.A.AL with an economic advantage.
Vpliv na razvoj trgovine ni v nasprotju z interesom Unije
Selectivity
Komisija je na tej podlagi v sklepu iz leta 2012 menila, da pomoč pred letom 2005 ni vplivala na trgovino v nasprotju s splošnim interesom.
In order to fall within the scope of Article 107(1) of the TFEU, a State measure must favour ‘certain undertakings or the production of certain goods’.
Italija ali zainteresirane strani tej predhodni ugotovitvi med preiskavo niso nasprotovale.
Hence, only those measures favouring undertakings which grant an advantage in a selective way may qualify as State aid.
Sicer pa v istem ciljnem območju ni nobenega drugega letališča.
In the case at hand, the Commission notes that Measures 1, 2 and 3 have only been provided to So.Ge.A.AL and are therefore selective within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the TFEU.
Kot je bilo navedeno v uvodni izjavi 33, je v regiji, v kateri so cestne povezave slabe, najbližje letališče oddaljeno več kot 120 km, kar potrjuje ugotovitev, da letališča Alghero z vidika potnika ni mogoče v večji meri nadomestiti z drugimi letališči na Sardiniji.
Affectation of trade and distortion of competition
Komisija zato ugotavlja, da financiranje, ki je bilo dodeljeno za izboljšanje infrastrukture (vključno z „obrtniškimi in gradbenimi deli“) in opreme na letališču Alghero, ni izkrivljalo konkurence v nasprotju z interesom Unije.
In order to be qualified as State aid, a financial measure must affect trade between Member States and distort or threaten to distort competition.
Spodbujevalen učinek, potrebnost in sorazmernost pomoči
In its assessment of those two conditions, the Commission is not required to establish that the aid has a real effect on trade between Member States and that competition is actually being distorted, but only to examine whether that aid is liable given the circumstances to affect such trade and distort competition [82].
Komisija mora ugotoviti tudi, ali se je zaradi državne pomoči, ki je bila dodeljena letališču Alghero, spremenilo ravnanje družbe upravičenke tako, da izvaja dejavnost, ki prispeva k doseganju cilja v javnem interesu in (i) je brez pomoči ne bi izvedla ali (ii) bi jo izvajala bolj omejeno ali drugače.
When aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of an undertaking compared with other undertakings competing in intra-Union trade, the latter must be regarded as affected by that aid.
Poleg tega se pomoč šteje za sorazmerno le, če enakega rezultata ni mogoče doseči z manj pomoči in manj izkrivljanja.
As assessed in recitals 253-257, the operation of an airport is an economic activity.
To pomeni, da morata biti znesek in intenzivnost pomoči omejena na najmanjšo vrednost, potrebno za izvedbo dejavnosti, ki je upravičena do pomoči.
Competition takes place, on the one hand, between airports to attract airlines and the corresponding air traffic (passengers and freight), and, on the other hand, between airport managers, which may compete between themselves to be entrusted with the management of a given airport.
V tem primeru so bila nepovratna sredstva za naložbe povezana z izboljšanje ploščadi, vzletno-pristajalne steze, vozne steze in terminala.