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However, ‘consultation’ represents a significantly weaker form of participation than ‘agreement’.
Sicer pa zgolj na podlagi okoliščine, da MPBW za izvajanje preskusov kakovosti mleka poleg sredstev iz dajatve na mleko ni prejel plačil iz davkov ali drugih državnih prejemkov, ni mogoče sklepati, da zadevna plačila niso državna sredstva.
While ‘agreement’ means that another body (e.g. a legislative body or authority) must necessarily give its consent before a legal act is (lawfully) adopted, a decision that is to be adopted in ‘consultation’ with another body does not, by contrast, necessarily depend on that other body's consent.
V skladu z zadevno prakso odločanja Komisije se ukrepi, ki so financirani izključno iz parafiskalnih sredstev, ocenjujejo kot pomoči v smislu prvega stavka člena 107(1) PDEU [38].
This distinction between different forms of participation is made in some areas of German administrative law [34]: Because the first sentence of Section 22(1) of the MFG provides for the form of participation of ‘consultation’, the power to collect the levy and the decision to do so lies with the Land Governments [35].
Komisija v zvezi s trditvijo LVN, da deželna združenja merodajno odločajo o pobiranju dajatve pri mlekarnah (uvodne izjave od 82 do 86 in 91), ugotavlja, da je zveza s členom 22(1) MFG, torej zakonsko, za pobiranje dajatve na mleko pooblastila deželne vlade.
By contrast, the Landesvereinigungen are only called upon for preparation and technical implementation of the measures to be taken pursuant to Section 22, and are in that respect subjected to the supervision of the oberste Landesbehörde (second and fourth paragraph of Section 14 MFG).
Določba med drugim določa, da sme dajatev na mleko praviloma znašati do 0,1 centa na kilogram in da je mogoče na predlog deželnega združenja ali poklicnih organizacij skupaj z deželnimi vladami pobirati dajatve do 0,2 centa na kilogram dobavljenega mleka.
The legal basis for collecting a milk levy in the individual German Länder is provided by corresponding Land regulations on the detailed arrangements for collecting the levy, including the amount of the levy [36].
Dalje MFG v točkah od 1 do 6 člena 22(2) MFG določena, v katere namene je dovoljeno uporabljati sredstva iz dajatve na mleko.
It is therefore the State (represented by the respective Land Government) that regulates the levy's collection.
V skladu s tretjim stavkom člena 22(3) MFG se je treba z deželnimi združenji ali poklicnimi organizacijami pred uporabo sredstev zgolj posvetovati.
As explained in the previous recital 119, this is not altered by the fact that the regulations in question are issued in consultation with the respective Land association representing the dairy industry.
Iz tega izhaja, da je država (na zvezni ravni) deželnim združenjem sicer dodelila določene pravice do udeležbe, vendar hkrati postavila jasen zakonski okvir pri določitvi višine stopnje dajatve na mleko in uporabi sredstev ter določila, da o tem v končni fazi odločajo posamezne deželne vlade (ali po prenosu pristojnosti najvišji deželni organi).
In the case in hand, a levy is collected from private undertakings.
Tako na primer ne bi bilo mogoče, da se na predlog deželnih združenj stopnja dajatve poviša na več kot 0,2 centa na kilogram ali da se sredstva uporabljajo za drugačne namene od tistih, ki so navedeni v točkah od 1 do 6 člena 22(2) MFG.
Revenues from this levy accrue to the respective Land budget before they are used to fund the various support measures and, under the first sentence of Section 22(3) of the MFG, must be managed separately within it.
Poleg tega obveznost posvetovanja, ki je urejena glede na uporabo (tretji stavek člena 22(3) MFG), ne pomeni, da je treba upoštevati pripombe članov.
Under Section 23 of the respective budgetary ordinances (see recital 25), expenditure and commitment appropriations for payments to bodies outside the Land administration to meet specific purposes (subsidies) may only be made available if the Land has a significant interest in the bodies in question fulfilling a given purposes that cannot be satisfied, or not to the necessary extent, without subsidies.
V končni fazi o uporabi sredstev odločajo posamezni deželni organi, to je država.
This requirement implies the State interest in the measures being implemented.
Tu je bistvena razlika od zadeve Doux Elevage, ki jo je navedel LVN.
In response to the arguments presented by the interested parties and by Germany, the Commission finds as follows:
Pobiranje dajatve na mleko in ustrezno uporabo sredstev ureja država na dveh ravneh, in sicer na zvezni in deželni ravni.
The assertion by MPBW that the milk levy scheme is not associated with any cost to the public exchequer in Baden-Württemberg (recitals 60 to 63) is first contradicted by the fact that revenues from the milk levy are entered under a specific sub-heading in the budget (recital 61).
Zakonodajalec v Nemčiji ni le določil pristojnosti deželne vlade za pobiranje, ampak z zveznim zakonom omejil tudi manevrski prostor za razpolaganje z ustvarjenimi sredstvi iz dajatev na deželni ravni.
It is generally the case that even if resources used for a subsidy are derived from a (specific) charge (levy) paid by private parties, it must be assumed that there is a cost to the public exchequer and that State resources are thus being used if those resources first accrue to the budget.
Deželna združenja tudi ne morejo na primer poskušati z vložitvijo predloga spremeniti namene podpor, določene pod številkami od 1 do 6 člena 22(2).
In this respect, there is a significant difference compared with the PreussenElektra Case cited by MPBW, which was concerned with a system of minimum prices, where financial means never entered the State budget or the State in other form exerted control over them (and even in form of a conferral to third parties).
Take državne omejitve v dejanskem stanju v zadevah Val'Hor in Doux Elevage, ni bilo.
Consequently, the use of State resources was ruled out in that case [37].
MFG nadalje tudi ni mogoče šteti zgolj za sredstvo za izvajanje čistih gospodarskih interesov panožne organizacije.
Moreover, it cannot be concluded from the mere circumstance that MPBW did not receive any payments from tax or other State revenues to carry out the milk quality tests that the payments in question did not constitute State resources.
Tako je v členu 14 MFG sicer določeno, da morajo biti v njih zastopane poklicne organizacije kmetijstva, mlekarn in trgovine z mlekom, če želijo sodelovati, vendar mora biti v organih združenja zagotovljena tudi primerna zastopanost potrošnikov.
According to the Commission's decisional practice in this area, measures funded solely from parafiscal resources are considered to constitute aid within the meaning of the first sentence of Article 107(1) TFEU [38].
Zakonodajalec (tj. država) s temi zahtevami za sodelovanje in zastopanje zagotavlja, da so pri uresničevanju ciljev javnega blagra, navedenih v MFG, v največji meri zastopani vsi interesi, ki presegajo samo spodbujanje gospodarske panoge.
With regard to the LVN's assertion that it is the Land associations that actually decide to collect the levy from dairies (recitals 82 to 86 and 91), the Commission considers that it is the Federal Government that, on the basis of Section 22(1) of the MFG, has empowered the Land Governments to collect a milk levy.
V nasprotju z zadevo Doux Elevage pri namenih podpor, navedenih v MFG, tudi ne gre za take, ki so jih panožne organizacije določile in uvedle same [39].
That provision stipulates, inter alia, that the milk levy may normally amount to 0,1 cents per kilogram and that the Land Government may increase the levy to 0,2 cents per kilogram if requested to do so by the Land association or jointly by the professional organisations.
Zlasti cilji iz točke 1 člena 22(2) („spodbujanje in ohranjanje kakovosti na podlagi člena 10 tega zakona ali člena 37 Zakona o mleku z dne 31. julija 1930 (Zvezni ur. list.
In addition, Section 22(2), points 1-6, of the MFG stipulates the purposes for which milk levy resources may be used.
I str. 421) sprejeta pravila“) in točke 2 („Izboljšanje higiene pri pridelavi, dobavi, obdelavi in predelavi ter prodaji mleka in mlečnih proizvodov“) kažejo v nasprotju z zadevo Doux Elevage značilnosti, ki so del politike [40], ki so jo opredelili državni organi, ter se sklicujejo na naloge javnih organov, ki jih v skladu s členom 14(3) MFG od vsega začetka ni dovoljeno prenesti na deželna združenja.
Under the third sentence of Section 22(3) of the MFG, the Land association or professional associations must merely be consulted before the resources are used.
Prav tako se za razliko od zadeve Doux Elevage v primeru neplačila zapadlih dajatev na mleko za njihovo izterjavo ne uporablja običajen civilni ali gospodarski sodni postopek [41].
This indicates that, although the State (at Federal level) grants the Land associations certain rights of participation, it has nevertheless established a clear legal framework in that the respective Land governments (or in case of delegation the oberste Landesbehörden) decide on the rates that must be applied in respect of the milk levy and how the resources are to be used.
Člen 23(2) MFG namreč določa, da lahko izterjava dajatev poteka v skladu z določbami Abgabenordnung in njenimi izvedbenimi določbami.
It would not, for example, be possible for the rate of the levy to be increased to more than 0,2 cents per kilogram if the Land associations were to request this or that the resources were used for purposes other than those set out in Section 22(2), points 1-6, of the MFG.
Zadevne dežele so v zadevnih uredbah o pobiranju dajatve na mleko določile ustrezno izterjavo v skladu z določbami Abgabenordnung in njenimi izvedbenimi določbami [42].
Moreover, the duty of consultation in respect of usage of the resources (third sentence of Section 22, paragraph 3 of the MFG) does not in any way require the views of those consulted to be followed.
Abgabenordnung je treba v nemškem pravnem sistemu pripisati javnemu pravu.
The final decision as to how the resources are to be used lies with the respective Land authorities, i.e. with the State.
Javnopravne terjatve se v Nemčiji izterjujejo po upravni poti, civilnopravne terjatve pa po sodni poti.
This distinguishes this case significantly from the Doux Elevage Case cited by the LVN.
Upravna pot je pri tem v primerjavi s sodno potjo učinkovitejša metoda uresničitve, ker lahko javna uprava s sprejetjem upravnega akta sama ustvari izvršilni naslov [43], ki bi ga bilo treba nasprotno pri civilnopravnih terjatvah pridobiti šele po sodni poti [44].
Collection of the milk levy and the allocation of the corresponding resources is regulated by the State at two levels, i.e. Federal and Land.
To kaže, da je v interesu države karseda učinkovito in v celoti pobrati (in po potrebi izterjati) zapadle dajatve, da bi zagotovila pravočasno uresničevanje državnih ciljev, financiranih iz sredstev iz dajatev.
In Germany, the legislator has not only granted the Land Governments the power to collect the levy but has also restricted the margin available to dispose at Land level of the resources generated from levies by Federal law.
S tem je ovržena trditev LVN, da pri sredstvih iz dajatve na mleko ne gre za državna sredstva v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
The Land associations are not able to seek to amend the objectives that may be promoted as set out in Section 22(2), points 1-6, of the MFG, for example by submitting a request to that end.
Iz tega sledi, da je treba zadevne prihodke od dajatev obravnavati kot prihodke, ki so pod javnim nadzorom [45], ter da so bili ukrepi, financirani s sredstvi iz dajatve na mleko, plačani z državnimi sredstvi in da jih je treba pripisati državi.
A State restriction of this nature did not form part of the facts on which the Val'Hor und Doux Elevage Cases were based.
Sicer pa to še toliko bolj velja za splošna proračunska sredstva, ki se uporabljajo na Bavarskem za financiranje zadevnih preskusov kakovosti mleka.
Moreover, the MFG cannot be understood merely as a means of enforcing purely economic interests of an interbranch organisation.
Tukaj gre prav tako za državna sredstva v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
Section 14 of the MFG stipulates, for example, that, if they wish to participate, professional organisations acting for agriculture, dairies and the dairy trade must be represented within it, while an appropriate representation of consumers must also be ensured in the bodies of the association.
Selektivna prednost/podjetja
With these requirements concerning participation and representation, the legislator (and hence the State) ensures that when pursuing the objectives of public nature as referred to in the MFG all interests are represented in the widest possible manner, thus going well beyond the mere promotion of an economic sector.
Prejemnika plačil državnih sredstev sta najprej MPBW in MPBY.
Contrary to the case Doux Elevage, the promotion objectives set out in the MFG are not objectives that the interbranch organisations have themselves laid down and introduced [39].
Ti organizaciji po naročilu države izvajata laboratorijske analize.
Objectives 1 (‘improving and sustaining quality on the basis of provisions issued under Section 10 of this Act or Section 37 of the Milchgesetz [Milk Act] of 31 July 1930 (Reich Law Gazette I, p. 421’) and 2 (‘improving hygiene during milking and the delivery, processing and distribution of milk and milk products’) set out in Section 22(2) of the MFG in particular display characteristics that — contrary to the case Doux Elevage [40] — form part of a policy determined by State authorities and refer to tasks incumbent to the State, which according to the third paragraph of Section 14 MFG must a priori not be conferred to the Land associations.
Te laboratorijske analize so v končni fazi v korist mlekarnam, ker so te zakonsko zavezane k analiziranju dobavljenega mleka.
Also in contrast to the situation in Doux Elevage, the Land associations do not have to follow the normal civil or commercial judicial process in order to collect milk levies in the event of non-payment [41].
Laboratorijske analize so torej storitve, ki jih MPBW in MPBY tako opravljata za mlekarne.
This is because Section 23(2) of the MFG stipulates that levies are recoverable in accordance with the Abgabenordnung (General Tax Code) and its implementing provisions.
Mlekarne je mogoče zato obravnavati kot prejemnike pomoči, dodeljenih v obliki plačila v naravi.
In their respective milk levy collection regulations, the Länder in question likewise provided for recovery in accordance with the Abgabenordnung and its implementing provisions [42].
Nedvomno gre pri mlekarnah za podjetja v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
Under the German legal system, the Abgabenordnung is considered to form part of public law.
Vsaka morebitna prednost se v tem smislu dodeli samo „določenim podjetjem“, saj poleg sektorja mlekarn v Nemčiji obstajajo še številni drugi gospodarski sektorji, ki nimajo koristi od zadevnih ukrepov.
In Germany, public debts are enforced through administrative channels, while under civil law they are enforced through the courts.
Zato je morebitna dodelitev ugodnosti selektivna.
Administrative channels are as compared to Court procedures the more effective method of enforcement, because the public authorities can obtain an executory title for themselves by issuing an administrative act [43], which in case of civil law debts must be contended through the Court [44].
Mlekarne morajo v skladu s členom 1(1) MGV kot industrijski odjemalci mleka vsako dobavljeno mleko analizirati same ali pa ga dati v analizo.
This indicates that the State is interested in the effective and complete collecting (and, where appropriate, recovering) outstanding levy payments to the maximum possible extent, including in order to guarantee that the State objectives funded by levy resources are timely realised.
Tako kot pri lastni analizi, pri kateri stroški obvezno nastanejo mlekarnam, je treba stroške, ki nastanejo pri oddaji mleka preiskovalnemu organu v namene analize, obravnavati kot značilne stroške poslovanja, ki jih morajo po navadi nositi zadevna podjetja, tj. mlekarne, kot zavezanec po nacionalni ureditvi.
Thus, the above arguments disprove the LVN's assertion that the milk levy resources are not State resources within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Zato Komisija izhaja iz tega, da se mlekarnam v Baden-Württembergu s povračilom stroškov laboratorijskih analiz iz sredstev iz dajatev ter na Bavarskem iz dajatev in splošnega proračuna dodeljuje prednost, ki učinkuje selektivno, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 136.
Consequently, the revenues from the levy in question should be regarded as being under State control [45] and the measures funded by them were granted through State resources and are attributable to the State.
Poleg tega je treba v zvezi s tem preveriti, ali so izvedene laboratorijske analize povezane z gospodarskimi dejavnostmi.
This is even truer with regard to the general budget resources used in Bavaria to finance the milk quality tests at issue.
Nemčija trdi, da združenja za preskušanje kakovosti mleka pri izvajanju preskusov kakovosti mleka opravljajo naloge javnih organov (glej zgoraj uvodno izjavo 26).
These resources constitute likewise State resources within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Preskusi kakovosti mleka se dejansko izvajajo na podlagi javnopravnih standardov, namreč MGV.
Selective advantage/Undertakings
Obveznost analize iz člena 1(1) MGV sicer uresničuje javni namen (zagotavljanje kakovosti mleka, člen 10 MFG) in jo je kot javno obveznost mogoče izvesti s kazenskimi ukrepi.
The recipients of payments of State resources are initially MPBW and MPBY.
Iz tega pa ni mogoče sklepati, da financiranje preskusov kakovosti mleka iz dajatev ni povezano z gospodarskimi dejavnostmi, ki jih opravljajo podjetja [46].
They conduct laboratory tests on the State's behalf.
Nasprotno: gre za eno od številnih regulativnih zahtev (npr. varnost proizvodov, okoljske standarde), ki jih morajo gospodarski subjekti (tukaj: mlekarne) upoštevati pri svoji gospodarski dejavnosti.
However, these tests are ultimately of benefit to dairies because it is they who are required by law to test the milk delivered to them.
Sicer pa preskusi kakovosti mleka med drugim tudi niso dejavnost, ki je del pomembnih funkcij države v smislu navedb v točkah 16 Sporočila Komisije o uporabi pravil Evropske unije o državni pomoči za nadomestilo, dodeljeno za opravljanje storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena [47].
The laboratory tests are thus services which MPBW and MPBY provide for the dairies.
Člen 1(1) MGV je podlaga za obveznost analize, ki se nanaša na mlekarne.
The dairies may therefore be regarded as beneficiaries of aid granted in the form of benefits in kind.
Na obveznost analize se navezuje obveznost prevzema stroškov, ki nastanejo za preskus, torej stroškov laboratorijskih analiz, ki jih imajo združenja Milchprüfring (glej zgoraj uvodno izjavo 137).
It is beyond doubt that the dairies are undertakings within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
To se jasno pokaže iz dejstva, da je opravljanje analiz pogoj za to, da lahko mlekarne prodajajo ustrezno testirano mleko.
Any possible advantage is granted to ‘certain undertakings’, because there are many other economic sectors other than the dairy sector that do not benefit from the measures in question.
Stroške, ki jih je treba plačati za trženje izdelka, pa morajo podjetja nositi sama kot značilne stroške poslovanja.
The possible advantage being conferred is thus selective.
Ustrezno temu se tudi v deželah razen Baden-Württemberga in Bavarske, v katerih je MGV prav tako veljaven, zadevnim mlekarnam stroški analize ne povrnejo s sredstvi iz dajatve na mleko, tj. tam niso razbremenjene stroškov, ki jih morajo načeloma nositi.
Under Section 1(1) of the MGV, the dairies, as commercial buyers of milk, are required to have all delivered milk tested or to test it themselves.
Prodaja mleka, ki jo izvajajo mlekarne, je nedvomno gospodarska dejavnost.
As when they test it themselves, in which case the costs necessarily have to be borne by the dairies, the costs arising when milk is submitted to a testing body for testing is to be regarded as typical operating costs which are normally borne by the undertakings in question, i.e. the dairies, as the parties required to perform the analyses under the national scheme.
S povračilom stroškov analize iz sredstev iz dajatev so mlekarne v Baden-Württembergu in na Bavarskem torej razbremenjene stroškov, ki bi jih morale v okviru opravljanja gospodarske dejavnosti običajno nositi same.
The Commission therefore assumes that the dairies in Baden-Württemberg are granted an advantage from milk levy resources and in Bavaria from milk levy and general budgetary resources as a result of being refunded the costs of laboratory tests from levy resources, an advantage which, as explained in recital 136, has a selective impact.
Glede trditve Nemčije, da zvezno pravo ne pomeni referenčnega okvira za obveznost mlekarn, da nosijo stroške, in s tem ne more biti pravna podlaga za selektivnost (uvodne izjave 31 do 38), je treba ugotoviti, da je obveznost analiziranja, iz katere izhaja obveznost nošenja stroškov, dokončno urejena v zveznem pravu, namreč v členu 1(1) MGV.
In this context, it should also be examined whether the laboratory tests carried out are related to economic activities.
Kot je že omenjeno, MGV v členu 1(1) določa obveznost mlekarn, da analizirajo njim dobavljeno mleko (glej tudi uvodni izjavi 139 in 142).
Germany claims that by carrying out milk quality tests the milk testing agencies are performing tasks that are incumbent on the State, (see above recital 26).
Sicer člen 6 MGV deželam dodeljuje določene pristojnosti, zlasti glede ureditve odvzema vzorca v skladu s členom 2 MGV; take ureditve pa med drugim ne smejo biti v nasprotju z MGV in s tem tudi ne s členom 1 MGV.
The milk quality tests are in fact performed on the basis of rules of public law, i.e. the MGV.
Nemčija je v tej zvezi glede vprašanja razmejitve pristojnosti med zvezo in deželami opozorila na člen 10(2) MFG (uvodna izjava 37).
The requirement to carry out tests laid down in Section 1(1) of the MGV pursues a public purpose (ensuring milk quality) and can be publicly enforced by means of penalties under administrative law.
V skladu s to določbo lahko deželna združenja sprejmejo predpise za preskuse kakovosti mleka, če zvezno ministrstvo ni sprejelo nobenih predpisov.
However, it cannot be concluded from this that the funding of milk quality tests by means of the levy is not related to economic activities pursued by undertakings [46].
Kot je navedeno zgoraj, pa je pristojno zvezno ministrstvo z MGV prav to storilo.
Rather at issue is one of numerous regulatory requirements (e.g.: product safety, environment standards, etc.) that economic operators (here: the dairies) have to comply with when pursuing their economic activities.
Deželne vlade so bile s prvim stavkom člena 22(1) MFG sicer res pooblaščene za pobiranje dajatev.
In addition, the milk quality tests do not constitute any activity which forms part of the essential tasks of the State within the meaning of paragraph 16 of the Communication from the Commission on the application of the European Union State aid rules to compensation granted for the provision of services of general economic interest [47].
Hkrati pa MFG omejuje avtonomijo dežel, tako da določa meje v zvezi z višino dajatve in podpornimi ukrepi v skladu s točkami od 1 do 6 člena 22(2) MFG.
Section 1(1) of the MGV is the basis of a requirement for the dairies to carry out tests.
Komisija glede na zadevo Portugalska proti Komisiji [48], ki jo je v tej povezavi navedla Nemčija (uvodne izjave od 31 do 38), ugotavlja, da je šlo v tej zadevi za diferenciran davčni sistem, od katerega se ta primer jasno razlikuje.
This requirement is coupled with an obligation to assume the costs of carrying out tests, i.e. the costs of laboratory tests incurred by the milk testing agencies (see recital 137 above).
Če pa se ugotovitve zadeve Portugalska proti Komisiji prenesejo na to zadevo, kot je to poskušala Nemčija, potem bi kot referenčni okvir v smislu točke 64 te zadeve prišla v poštev zgoraj ugotovljena obveznost nošenja stroškov iz člena 1(1) MGV.