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Ryanair takes the view that the Commission cannot credibly support its claims regarding imputation to the state and use of state resources through its arguments regarding the CCI.
V poročilu je za to predlagana metoda, ki temelji na denarnem toku in v skladu s katero bi se izdatki za družbo AMS šteli za dodatne izdatke iz poslovanja.
Ryanair asserts that, under both European Union case-law and French law, the French state does not enjoy any influence in the decision-making processes of the chambers of commerce, with its role being limited to supervising certain decisions and its approval not being required for the signature of agreements such as the ‘airport services agreement’ and the ‘marketing services agreement’.
V poročilu je navedeno, da dejavnosti trženja prispevajo k ustvarjanju in povečevanju vrednosti blagovne znamke, ki lahko ustvari posle in koristi med trajanjem pogodbe o tržnih storitvah trženja pa tudi po njenem izteku.
Ryanair indicates that not all the resources of the CCIs come from taxes, given that they have their own resources generated, for example, by their commercial activities.
Tak primer bi zlasti bil, če bi pogodba z družbo Ryanair privabila druge letalske prevoznike, ki bi privabili gospodarske subjekte in povečali prihodke letališča iz neletalskih dejavnosti.
In the specific case of airports, the CCIs must finance their airport operations independently, under the French Civil Aviation Code.
Po mnenju družbe Ryanair bi bilo treba te koristi, če bi Komisija izvedla skupno analizo donosnosti, upoštevati tako, da bi se stroški družbe AMS šteli za dodatne stroške poslovanja, izračun dodatnega dobička pa bi bil zmanjšan za plačila družbi AMS.
Agreements with VTAN (after 1 January 2007)
Družba Ryanair poleg tega meni, da bi se lahko ob koncu trajanja pogodbe o letaliških storitvah v napovedan dodatni dobiček vključila končna vrednost, da bi se zajela vrednost, ki bo nastala po izteku pogodbe.
Ryanair asserts that the fact that flat-rate contributions were involved clearly shows that these contributions did not correlate to specific payments by VTAN to Ryanair.
Končna vrednost bi se lahko prilagodila z zadržano predpostavko glede verjetnosti, da se bo pogodba z družbo Ryanair obnovila ali da se bodo drugi letalski prevozniki strinjali s podobnimi pogoji.
It also maintains that the imputation of the measures to the state has not been established by the Commission and that the analysis therefore fails to meet the criteria required for the imputation of a measure to the state.
Družba Ryanair meni, da bi se ob upoštevanju negotovosti glede dodatnega dobička, ustvarjenega po izteku pogodbe o letaliških storitvah, tako lahko ocenila spodnja meja za koristi, ki skupno izhajajo iz pogodbe z družbo AMS in pogodbe o letaliških storitvah.
In addition, Ryanair concludes that the change of contractual partners (from the CCI to VTAN) entailed a change in the negotiating conditions, which allegedly proves that VTAN was not simply a front for the French state.
V podporo temu pristopu so v poročilu povzeti rezultati študij o vplivu oglaševanja na vrednost blagovne znamke.
The Commission’s incorrect application of the market economy operator principle
V teh študijah je priznano, da lahko oglaševanje poveča vrednost blagovne znamke in izboljša zvestobo strank.
Ryanair takes the view that the Commission has failed to compare the Ryanair agreements with other agreements signed with comparable private and public-private airports and indicates that, according to the Chronopost case-law, it is only in the absence of a reference private investor that a market-based analysis can be replaced by a cost-based analysis.
V poročilu je navedeno, da oglaševanje na spletnem mestu družbe Ryanair povečuje prepoznavnost blagovne znamke letališča.
According to Ryanair, there are a number of airports that have similar characteristics to those of Nîmes airport, which are encouraged to operate as market economy investors and which the Commission could have used as benchmarks in its analysis.
V poročilu je dodano, da lahko manjša regionalna letališča, ki si prizadevajo povečati promet, s sklenitvijo pogodb o oglaševanju z družbo AMS zlasti povečajo vrednost svoje blagovne znamke.
In addition, Ryanair takes the view that the Commission’s cost-based analysis is limited to a simple mention of these costs.
V poročilu je navedeno, da ima pristop na podlagi denarnega toka prednost pred pristopom na podlagi kapitalizacije, v okviru katerega bi se odhodki za družbo AMS šteli za naložbo v neopredmeteno dolgoročno sredstvo (to je vrednost znamke letališča).
Moreover, Ryanair explains that, in the present aviation context, certain factors can support the commercial logic of pricing at incremental (or even lower) cost.
Izdatki za trženje bi bili usredstveni kot neopredmeteno sredstvo, nato pa bi se amortizirali v dobi koristnosti tega sredstva s predvideno preostalo vrednostjo ob načrtovanem izteku pogodbe o letaliških storitvah.
In particular it mentions the following factors: (i) degree of competition on the market concerned; (ii) interest in attracting airlines to a regional airport that has limited market power; (iii) existence of network externalities at airports; (iv) economic advantage resulting from commitments by airlines to guaranteed passenger numbers; (v) correct definition of incremental revenues; (vi) history and typical profile of European regional airports; and (vii) correct definition of incremental costs.
Vendar ta pristop ne bi upošteval dodatnega dobička, ki ga je letališče ustvarilo zaradi sklenitve pogodbe o letaliških storitvah z družbo Ryanair, poleg tega pa bi bilo težko oceniti vrednost neopredmetenega sredstva zaradi izdatkov za blagovno znamko in dolge dobe koristnosti sredstva.
As regards the presence of network externalities at airports, Ryanair maintains that these are both one-sided (as the number of established routes from a given airport increases, this airport is likely to become more attractive) and two-sided (airlines will be more willing to commence operations at airports with good surface access facilities and a minimum of shopping facilities since they will attract more passengers).
Družba AMS navaja, da je hčerinska družba družbe Ryanair, ki ima dejanski poslovni cilj in je bila ustanovljena zaradi razvoja dejavnosti, ki ni del osnovne dejavnosti družbe Ryanair.
With regard to the economic advantage resulting from commitments by airlines to guaranteed passenger numbers, Ryanair asserts that these guaranteed passenger numbers and the existence of penalties if targets are missed — as stipulated in the airport services agreements signed with Ryanair — enable the airport not only to better plan its activities and adopt policies that minimise costs to a greater extent than if no commitments existed, but also to attract commercial operators.
Njena glavna dejavnost je zagotavljanje kakovostnega oglaševalskega prostora na spletnem mestu navedenega letalskega prevoznika.
As regards the need to adopt a consistent approach to the definition of incremental revenues in relation to the definition of incremental costs, Ryanair proposes a single-till approach, which involves taking account of revenues generated from both aeronautical and non-aeronautical activities, and welcomes the approach adopted by the Commission in this respect.
Družba AMS meni, da ni prejemala državne pomoči in da so jo upravljavci letališča obravnavali v skladu z načelom udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
In this context, Ryanair has submitted some financial data for a number of small and medium-sized regional airports in the United Kingdom, which show that there is a clear correlation between growth in passenger numbers and growth in non-aeronautical revenues.
Družba AMS opozarja, da ni edina ponudnica tržnih storitev za družno Ryanair, saj naj bi ta najela več drugih podjetij za oglaševanje na prostorih za ročno prtljago ali za svojo revijo.
That being so, Ryanair takes the view that it makes sound business sense to lower the airport charges for airlines that generate non-aeronautical revenues in order to maximise such revenues (the single-till approach therefore justifies lower airport charges).
Poleg tega navaja, da tudi drugi letalski prevozniki na svojem spletnem mestu ponujajo plačljive oglase.
As regards the profile of European regional airports, Ryanair notes that none of them was originally conceived as a commercial ‘market economy investor’-type venture (most of them were created several decades ago as public infrastructure serving a variety of purposes, such as military uses, civil or leisure aviation, etc.).
Družba AMS načeloma trdi, da se o pogodbah o tržnih storitvah, ki jih sklene z letališči, pogaja in jih sklepa ločeno od pogodb med družbo Ryanair in temi letališči ter da družba Ryanair dela svojo lastno promocijo.
Ryanair is therefore convinced that a market economy investor would have to consider both the airport infrastructure and the fixed operating costs, and that the decision as to whether or not an airline could operate at the airport would not in any way change the existence or amount of the initial sunk costs, which must therefore be ignored in the analysis of the decision.
Družba AMS poleg tega sklepa pogodbe o tržnih storitvah z javnimi in zasebnimi subjekti, kakršni so javna in zasebna letališča, turistične agencije, podjetja za najem vozil itd., ter oglaševalski prostor brez razlik zagotavlja javnim in zasebnim oglaševalcem.
Ryanair takes the view that the costs of closing the airport could be significant, given the need to compensate for breaching long-term commercial agreements with third parties and the existence of other costs such as redundancy costs, environmental costs associated with decontaminating the airport site, etc.
Poudarja, da navedene zasebne stranke, ki delujejo kot vlagatelji v tržnem gospodarstvu, tržno vrednost jasno povezujejo s storitvami družbe AMS kot takimi.
Finally, Ryanair stresses that it operates a different business model from most other airlines.
Družba AMS je v podporo tej trditvi predložila poročilo, ki ga je pripravil neodvisni svetovalec Mindshare, v katerem ocena vrednosti temelji izključno na ponudbi spletnega oglaševanja in ne na ponudbi letaliških storitev družbe Ryanair.
As a result, the cost to an airport of serving Ryanair is likely to be lower than the cost to an airport of serving other carriers that use a wider range of airport facilities.
Družba AMS opozarja, da je prostor na spletnem mestu družbe Ryanair omejen vir in da niti ona niti družba Ryanair ne silita letališč h kupovanju tržnih storitev.
Therefore, from the viewpoint of a market economy investor, any commercial offer will normally be an improvement on the existing situation, as long as the airport’s expected incremental revenues exceed its incremental costs.
Družba AMS trdi, da nobena državna pomoč ne more izhajati iz pogodb, ki jih je sklenila z javnimi letališči, ker naj bi lahko na spletnem mestu razpoložljiv prostor zlahka prodala zasebnemu podjetju po primerljivi ceni.
In addition, as already stated, Ryanair considers that airport infrastructure already constructed is a sunk cost that should not affect the incremental choices made by the airport.
Družba AMS zavrača mnenje Komisije, da pogodbe o tržnih storitvah nimajo drugačnega predmeta ali da v zvezi z njimi obstaja drugačen interes, ter meni, da Komisija ne navaja pravne ali dejanske podlage, s katero bi bilo mogoče izpodbiti poslovne razloge za odločitev letališča, da sklene pogodbo z družbo Ryanair.
Moreover, fixed operating costs (such as the costs of maintaining terminal buildings) also should not be included in the assessment of compliance with the market economy operator principle, since this principle is not supposed to be based on an exceptionally successful investment result, but rather on the minimum investment standard sufficient to satisfy a private investor.
Družba AMS zato meni, da ne more predstaviti upoštevnih pripomb in uveljavljati svoje pravice do obrambe.
Ryanair highlights the need to charge investment costs appropriately so that they reflect the airline’s use of the facilities offered by the airport.
Po mnenju družbe AMS oglaševanje za regionalna letališča ni luksuz, temveč neizbežna nujnost, saj je spletno mesto družbe Ryanair zelo privlačno z vidika razmerja med stroški in učinkovitostjo, ker naj bi omogočalo optimalno pridobivanje ciljnih uporabnikov.
Ryanair also indicates that, for the purposes of applying the market economy investor test, the net present value of the investment over the long term should be compared.
Družba AMS poudarja, da britanski uporabniki takrat, ko je družba Ryanair začela opravljati lete na ruti Nîmes–London, na splošno niso poznali Nîmesa; trženje naj bi bilo torej pomembno za povečanje deleža potnikov na dohodnih letih.
Ryanair has submitted an analysis produced by Oxera that confirms that Nîmes airport has acted as a market economy investor under the conditions set out above.
Družba AMS meni, da je pogodba, sklenjena z letališčem Nîmes, podobna tistim, ki jih je sklenila z drugimi letališči, in se sklicuje na odločbo upravnega sodišča v Marseillu z dne 20. oktobra 2009, v kateri je to ugotovilo, da je lahko letališče na podlagi pogodbe, sklenjene z družbo AMS, prejemalo dejansko nadomestilo v obliki tržnih storitev.
Furthermore, Ryanair asserts that business plans are not systematically used by private investors, and that it itself does not use them.
Družba AMS poleg tega opozarja, da je Komisija priznala vrednost njenih tržnih storitev v sklepu Bratislava.
The Commission is therefore seemingly wrong in suggesting that the lack of a business plan prevents a public body from acting as a private investor.
Družba AMS nazadnje meni, da njene cene temeljijo na objektivnih merilih, ki naj bi bila pregledno navedena na njenem spletnem mestu.
Ryanair strongly objects to the opening decision’s use of ‘Ryanair/AMS’ to designate the single presumed beneficiary of the measures in question, and the conclusion that the marketing services agreements with AMS and the airport services agreements with Ryanair should be assessed together.
Potrjuje, da so cene, zaračunane na letališču Nîmes, ustrezale njenim tarifam.
Ryanair stresses that, generally speaking, its operation of routes is not dependent on the conclusion of a marketing agreement with AMS and that, based on their own perception of their marketing needs, many airports served by Ryanair do not conclude agreements with AMS.
PRIPOMBE, KI SO JIH ZAINTERESIRANE TRETJE STRANI PREDLOŽILE PO OBJAVI OBVESTILA, S KATERIM SO BILE DRŽAVE ČLANICE IN ZAINTERESIRANE TRETJE STRANI POZVANE K PREDLOŽITVI PRIPOMB GLEDE UPORABE NOVIH SMERNIC ZA TEKOČE PRIMERE, V URADNEM LISTU EVROPSKE UNIJE
Ryanair refers to the agreements signed with the airport to prove that these were not agreed on a non-exclusive basis and that the measures concerning Ryanair were not therefore selective.
Družba Air France nasprotuje uporabi novih smernic za primere, ki vključujejo pomoči za upravljanje letališč, tudi če so bile te pomoči izplačane pred objavo navedenih smernic, in sicer iz več razlogov:
In addition, Ryanair points out that, since the market economy investor test is met, then any aid, if proven, must have been distributed in some other way (or retained by the airport), either to other users of the airport or to unproductive projects.
družba Air France meni, da ta retroaktivna uporaba novih smernic koristi nepoštenim upravljavcem, saj naj bi uzakonila ravnanje, ki ni v skladu s pravili, ki so takrat veljala.
To conclude, Ryanair makes a few general comments, namely (i) it takes the view that the safety and firefighting services are non-economic activities and should not therefore be included in any State aid assessment; (ii) Ryanair did not request any investment in runway infrastructure or other equipment, meaning the investment costs are not chargeable to the agreements with Ryanair; and (iii) none of the measures benefiting VTAN, as described in Section 3.1 of this Decision, can be attributed to Ryanair since it never requested any of the investment projects in question.
Nasprotno pa naj bi bil navedeni pristop nepošten do upravljavcev, ki so upoštevali prejšnje smernice in so se odpovedali prejemanju javnih sredstev.
Ryanair’s comments of 10 April 2013
Družba Air France meni tudi, da je retroaktivna uporaba novih smernic za pomoči za navedeno upravljanje, ki so bile letališčem dodeljene pred začetkom veljavnosti novih smernic, v nasprotju s splošnimi pravnimi načeli in sodno prakso Unije.
Ryanair submitted two notes prepared by Oxera and an analysis prepared by Professor Damien P. McLoughlin.
Družba Air France trdi, da bodo nove smernice dale prednost novim upravljavcem v škodo starih upravljavcev.
First Oxera note — Identifying the market benchmark in comparator analysis for MEIP tests.
Novim letalskim prevoznikom naj bi namreč omogočile, da plačajo samo dodatne stroške, povezane z njihovo dejavnostjo, in s tem naj bi diskriminirale stare upravljavce na letališču, ki naj bi morali plačati višje pristojbine.
Ryanair State aid cases, note prepared for Ryanair by Oxera, 9 April 2013
Nazadnje družba Air France poudarja, da se v teoriji morda zdi, da je mogoče pogoj nediskriminatornega dostopa do letališke infrastrukture zlahka izpolniti, vendar naj bi bil položaj v praksi precej drugačen, saj naj bi bili nekateri modeli poslovanja zavestno zapostavljeni.
Oxera takes the view that the Commission’s approach of accepting only comparator airports in the same catchment area as the airport under investigation is flawed.
Pomoči za financiranje upravljanja
Oxera argues that market benchmark prices obtained from comparator airports are not polluted by State aid given to surrounding airports.
Družba VTAN meni, da je pavšalni prispevek, ki ga je prejemala v obdobju 2007–2012 na podlagi SPOJS za upravljaje civilnega območja letališča Nîmes, vseeno združljiv z notranjim trgom na podlagi določb iz novih smernic, tudi če po mnenju Komisije ne bi izpolnjeval štirih pogojev iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark niti pogojev iz sklepa SSGP.
It is therefore possible to robustly estimate a market benchmark for the MEIP (market economy investor principle) tests.
Družba VTAN namreč meni, da navedeni prispevek izpolnjuje kumulativne pogoje, navedene v oddelku 5.1.2 novih smernic.
In fact:
letališče Nîmes sodeluje pri gospodarskem in turističnem razvoju departmaja Gard ter torej prispeva k jasno opredeljenemu cilju splošnega pomena,
comparator analyses are widely used for MEIP tests outside the field of State aid,
posredovanje države je bilo potrebno toliko bolj, ker nove smernice določajo, da letališča, ki sprejmejo do 200000 potnikov letno, morda ne bodo mogla financirati velikega dela svojih stroškov poslovanja,
companies influence each other’s decisions only to the extent that their products are substitutable or complementary,
ukrep je bil odobren v obliki vnaprejšnjega pavšalnega prispevka na podlagi ocenjene bilance in je torej ustrezen,
airports in the same catchment area do not necessarily compete with each other, and the comparator airports used in the reports submitted face limited competition from public airports in their catchment area (less than one-third of the commercial airports in the catchment area of the comparator airports are fully state-owned, and none of the airports in the same catchment area as the comparator airports was the subject of a State aid procedure (in April 2013)),
brez prispevka bi se raven dejavnosti letališča Nîmes znatno zmanjšala,
even where the comparator airports face competition from public airports in the same catchment area, there are reasons to believe that their behaviour is in line with the MEIP (for example, where the private sector holds a large stake or where the airport is privately operated),
družba VTAN dokazuje, da je zahteva po sorazmernosti pomoči izpolnjena, ker se je njena intenzivnost v obdobju 2007–2011 gibala okoli zgornje meje 80 % primanjkljaja iz financiranja prvotnih stroškov naložb, dovoljenega v točki 130 novih smernic,
airports that respect the MEIP will not set prices below incremental cost.
družba VTAN pojasnjuje, da je navedeno letališče odprto za vse mogoče vrste uporabe, kar naj bi omejevalo negativne učinke na konkurenco in trgovino.
Second Oxera Note — Principles underlying profitability analysis for MEIP tests.
Pomoči za financiranje naložbe
Oxera argues that the profitability analysis undertaken by Oxera in its reports submitted to the Commission follows the principles that would be adopted by a rational private sector investor and reflects the approach apparent from Commission precedents.
Če bi Komisija menila, da so subvencije za opremo, dodeljene družbi VTAN, državne pomoči, družba VTAN iz določb novih smernic lahko razbere, da bo združljivost navedenih subvencij ocenjena glede na merila, navedena v smernicah iz leta 2005.
The principles underlying the profitability analysis are as follows:
Ta nevladna organizacija je v svojih pripombah kritizirala nove smernice in dosedanje sklepe Komisije v zvezi z zračnim sektorjem zaradi njihovih domnevno škodljivih posledic za okolje.
The assessment is undertaken on an incremental basis.
PRIPOMBE FRANCIJE
An ex ante business plan is not necessarily required.
PRIPOMBE, KI JIH JE FRANCIJA PREDLOŽILA PO ZAČETKU FORMALNEGA POSTOPKA PREISKAVE
In the case of an uncongested airport, the single-till approach is the appropriate pricing methodology.
SPLOŠNI POMEN LETALIŠČA
Only those revenues associated with the economic activity of the operating airport should be considered (‘Charleroi’ decision).The entire term of the agreement, including any extensions, should be taken into account.
Francija trdi, da so vse dejavnosti letališča Nîmes (vključno s komercialnimi letalskimi dejavnostmi) naloge opravljanja storitev splošnega pomena, zlasti gospodarski in turistični razvoj navedene regije, zato naj nobenega zneska, dodeljenega upravljavcem letališča, ne bi bilo mogoče obravnavati kot državne pomoči.
Future financial flows should be discounted in order to assess the profitability of the agreements.
Francija poleg tega trdi, da Komisija v analizi pogodbenih razmerij med upravljavci letališča in družbo Ryanair/AMS ne upošteva dela plačil, izvedenih v okviru nalog opravljanja javnih storitev, dodeljenih upravljavcem, zlasti promocije območja ter gospodarskega in turističnega razvoja.
The incremental profitability resulting from Ryanair agreements with airports should be assessed on the basis of internal rate of return estimates or net present value measures.
Francija poleg tega navaja, da je vojaška baza obetala gospodarski vzpon za regijo in da je bila po njenem zaprtju leta 2011 sprejeta odločitev, da se vzpostavi industrijsko območje, povezano z letališčem, ki bi lahko ustvarilo novo industrijsko infrastrukturo v regiji Languedoc-Roussillon.
Analysis by Professor Damien P. McLoughlin — Brand building: why and how small brands should invest in marketing, note prepared for Ryanair, 10 April 2013
Francija v tem okviru navaja, da te dejavnosti že same po sebi upravičujejo ohranitev delovanja letališča.
This document aims to set out the commercial logic underlying regional airports’ decisions to purchase advertising space on the Ryanair website from Airport Marketing Services (AMS).
UKREP 1: OCENA FINANČNIH PRISPEVKOV UPRAVLJAVCEM LETALIŠČA
There is a large number of very robust, well-known and regularly used airports.
Francija meni, da je uporaba takšnega pravnoteoretičnega pristopa povzročila pravno negotovost glede pravil, ki naj bi se uporabljala, in sicer od izdaje zgoraj navedene sodbe do sprejetja novih smernic.
Weaker competitors have to overcome the static purchasing behaviour of consumers to grow their business.
Po navedbah Francije bi tako bilo treba od [5–9] milijonov EUR, ki so jih plačali javni organi med letoma 2000 in 2010, [0,8–2] milijona EUR izključiti iz analize Komisije, ker so bila ta sredstva dodeljena pred sprejetjem smernic iz leta 2005 in v skladu s smernicami iz leta 1994.