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State resources and imputability to the State
Komisija ugotavlja, da so se prispevki k izgubam iz poslovanja plačali le družbi Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH.
The concept of State aid applies to any advantage granted through state resources by the state itself or by any intermediary body acting by virtue of powers conferred on it [99].
Če pomoč, ki jo dodeli država članica, okrepi položaj podjetja v primerjavi z drugimi konkurenčnimi podjetji na notranjem trgu, je treba šteti, da navedena pomoč negativno vpliva na ta trg.
Local authority resources are subject to the application of Article 107 of the TFEU on state resources [100].
Za opredelitev, da ukrep izkrivlja konkurenco, v skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso [114] zadostuje, da prejemnik pomoči konkurira drugim podjetjem na trgih, odprtih za konkurenco.
In the present case, contributions to infrastructure investments in favour of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH are financed out of the budget of public bodies, either its public shareholders [101], the Land of Thuringia or other public bodies, regional and local authorities.
Kot je navedeno zgoraj, upravljanje letališča pomeni gospodarsko dejavnost, letališča pa medsebojno konkurirajo, da bi pritegnila potnike in letalske prevoznike.
Hence they involve state resources and are also imputable to the state.
Zato družba Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH konkurira drugim podjetjem na trgu, odprtem za konkurenco.
Economic advantage
Dodeljena gospodarska prednost krepi položaj družbe v primerjavi z njenimi konkurenti na evropskem trgu ponudnikov letaliških storitev.
In order to verify whether an undertaking benefited from an economic advantage arising from the granting of funds on preferential terms, the Commission applies the criterion of the ‘market economy investor principle’.
Obravnavano javno financiranje zato izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljajo konkurenco in negativno vplivalo na trgovino med državami članicami.
According to that principle, funds put at the disposal of a company by the State, directly or indirectly, in circumstances which correspond to the normal conditions of the market, should not be classed as State aid [102].
Na podlagi zgoraj navedenih razlogov Komisija ugotavlja, da prispevki nemških regionalnih organov in javnih organov k izgubam iz poslovanja družbe Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH v obdobju po 12. decembru 2000 pomenijo državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
In the present case, the Commission has to assess whether the conditions for the public subsidies provided to Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH confer an economic advantage, which the recipient undertaking would not have obtained under normal market conditions.
Letališke takse in plačila družbi Ryanair v skladu s sporazumi o letaliških storitvah in trženju
For the measure in question, the public contributions were granted to Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH ‘for free’ with no interest charged or repayment obligation [103].
Komisija je iz svoje analize izključila zadnji sporazum o trženju, ki je bil z družbo AMS sklenjen 21. septembra 2010, tj. „spremni dopis“, ker so financiranje v zvezi s tem sporazumom odobrile zasebne regionalne družbe, ki so se zavezale ohranjanju dejavnosti družbe Ryanair na letališču [115].
Therefore the contributions to infrastructure investments from the German public authorities relieved the company of the burden of completely financing the infrastructure itself either through bank loans or through equity funds.
V skladu s členom 107(1) TFEU se pravila o državni pomoči uporabljajo le, če je prejemnik „podjetje“.
Therefore, those contributions confer an economic advantage on the airport.
Sodišče Evropske unije je dosledno obravnavalo podjetje kot subjekt, ki opravlja gospodarsko dejavnost, ne glede na njegov pravni status ali lastništvo ali način financiranja [116].
Selectivity
Vsaka dejavnost, v okviru katere se na trgu dobavljajo blago in storitve, je gospodarska dejavnost [117].
Article 107(1) TFEU requires that in order to be defined as State aid a measure must favour ‘certain undertakings or the production of certain goods’.
Družba Ryanair na trgu ponuja redni zračni prevoz potnikov.
The Commission notes that the contributions to infrastructure investments were paid only to Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH.
Jasno je, da opravlja gospodarsko dejavnost.
Thus, those contributions are selective measures within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
AMS je hčerinska družba v 100-odstotni lasti družbe Ryanair.
Distortion of competition and effect on trade
Zato je mogoče predvidevati, da je družba Ryanair odločilno vplivala na ravnanje družbe AMS.
If aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of an undertaking compared with other undertakings competing in the internal market, the latter must be deemed to be affected by that aid.
Poleg tega je sporazum o trženju leta 2008 in leta 2010 v imenu družbe AMS sklenil g.
In accordance with settled case-law [104], for a measure to distort competition it is sufficient that the recipient of the aid competes with other undertakings in markets open to competition.
Eddie Wilson, ki je bil takrat njen direktor, zdaj pa je direktor družbe Ryanair [118].
As set out above, the operation of an airport constitutes an economic activity and competition takes place between airports to attract passengers and airlines.
V preambuli zadevnih sporazumov o trženju je navedeno, da ima „družba AMS […] izključno dovoljenje za nudenje tržnih storitev na potovalnem spletnem mestu www.ryanair.com, tj. spletnem mestu irskega nizkocenovnega prevoznika Ryanair“.
Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH competes with other undertakings on a market open to competition.
Zaradi uporabe pravil o državni pomoči se torej družbi AMS in Ryanair štejeta za eno podjetje v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
The economic advantage received strengthens its position vis-à-vis its competitors in the European market for airport service providers.
Državna sredstva
Therefore, the public funding under examination distorts or threatens to distort competition and affects trade between Member States.
Pojem državne pomoči se uporablja za vsako prednost, ki jo iz državnih sredstev dodeli država sama ali posrednik, ki deluje na podlagi dodeljenih pooblastil [119].
Conclusion
V zvezi s sredstvi lokalnih organov se uporablja člen 107 PDEU o državnih sredstvih [120].
For the reasons set out above, the Commission concludes that the contributions by the German regional and local public authorities for the infrastructure investments of AOC in the period after 12 December 2000 constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
V obravnavanem primeru je država vedno posredno ali neposredno nadzirala zadevna sredstva.
Financing of operating losses of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH in 2000-2011
Od trenutka, ko je družba Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH začela poslovati z družbo Ryanair, je bila v večinski lasti javnih delničarjev.
State resources and imputability to the state
Zdaj je v celoti v lasti javnih delničarjev:
The concept of State aid applies to any advantage granted through state resources by the state itself or by any intermediary body acting by virtue of powers conferred on it [105].
vsi delničarji so javni organi ali v celoti v javni lasti, družba sama pa ima v lasti 32 % svojih delnic.
Local authority resources are subject to the application of Article 107 of the TFEU on state resources [106].
Komisija zato meni, da je treba vsa sredstva družbe Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH šteti za državna sredstva.
In the present case, the contributions to operating losses in favour of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH are financed out of the budget of public bodies, either its public shareholders [107], the Land of Thuringia or other public bodies, regional and local authorities.
Odgovornost do države
An advantage within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU is any economic benefit which an undertaking would not have obtained under normal market conditions, i.e. in the absence of state intervention [108].
Sodišče je odločilo, da tudi če lahko država nadzira neko javno podjetje in ima prevladujoč vpliv nad njegovimi dejavnostmi, ni mogoče zanesljivo domnevati, da se ta nadzor v konkretnem primeru dejansko izvaja.
Only the effect of the measure on the undertaking is relevant, but not the reason for nor the purpose of the state intervention [109].
Javno podjetje lahko glede na stopnjo samostojnosti, ki mu jo omogoča država, deluje bolj ali manj neodvisno.
Whenever the financial situation of the undertaking is improved as a result of state intervention, an advantage exists.
Zato zgolj dejstvo, da je javno podjetje pod državnim nadzorom, ne zadostuje, da bi ukrepe tega podjetja, kot so sporazum, ki sta ga 3. marca 2003 sklenili družbi Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH in Ryanair ter poznejši sporazumi o trženju, pripisali državi [121].
The Commission further recalls that ‘capital placed directly or indirectly at the disposal of an undertaking by the State in circumstances which correspond to normal market conditions cannot be regarded as State aid’ [110].
Po navedbi Sodišča so kazalniki, na podlagi katerih je mogoče sklepati o odgovornosti, naslednji [122]:
In the present case, in order to determine whether the public financing of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH grants the company an advantage that it would not have received under normal market conditions, the Commission has to compare the conduct of the public authorities providing the capital injections with that of an MEO who is guided by prospects of profitability in the long term [111].
dejstvo, da zadevno podjetje izpodbijane odločbe ne bi moglo sprejeti, ne da bi upoštevalo zahtev javnih organov;
Germany argues that the effect of the public contributions in question should be measured by taking into account the total economic advantages provided to the region, and that therefore the main shareholder of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH, Landkreis Altenburger Land, acted as a private investor in normal market conditions.
dejstvo, da je moralo podjetje upoštevati direktive, ki so jih izdali javni organi;
According to Germany, the benefits for Landkreis Altenburger Land were greater than the contributions paid taking into account the benefits for the region.
vključevanje javnega podjetja v strukturo javne uprave;
Germany even recognises that the shareholders' contributions could be classed as ‘lost subsidies’ [112] for the airport.
narava dejavnosti javnega podjetja in njihovo izvajanje na trgu pod običajnimi pogoji konkurence z zasebnimi gospodarskimi subjekti;
However, the potential benefits for the region cannot be taken into consideration when assessing the market economy investor principle.
pravni status podjetja;
The assessment must disregard any positive repercussions on the economy of the region in which the airport is located, since the Court of Justice has made clear that the relevant question for applying the MEO principle is whether ‘in similar circumstances a private shareholder, having regard to the foreseeability of obtaining a return and leaving aside all social, regional-policy and sectorial considerations, would have subscribed the capital in question’ [113].
intenzivnost nadzora javnih organov nad upravljanjem podjetja;
In the case at issue, public financing was granted to Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH ‘for free’, with no interest charged or repayment obligation.
drugi kazalniki, ki v posameznem primeru kažejo na vpletenost javnih organov ali težko verjetno nevpletenost pri sprejetju ukrepa, tudi ob upoštevanju razsežnosti ukrepa, njegove vsebine ali pogojev, ki jih vsebuje.
Public bodies provided financing to the operator of the airport, without requiring anything in return from this operator, thus relieving it of the burden of financing itself through bank loans or equity funds.
Nemčija trdi, da ministrstvo za gradbeništvo in promet zvezne dežele Turingije ni imelo pravice vplivati na sklepanje pogodb z družbo Ryanair/AMS.
The annual capital injections by the shareholders served to cover Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH's annual losses.
Po njenih navedbah sta zadevno ministrstvo in vlada zvezne dežele Turingije sodelovala le pri odločanju v zvezi z naložbami v infrastrukturo letališča.
Ultimately therefore, the annual capital injections served to cover part of the normal operating expenses of the airport, thereby relieving the undertaking of an economic burden it would normally have to bear.
Nemčija zavrača trditve Komisije glede nadzorne vloge ministrstva za gradbeništvo in promet zvezne dežele Turingije ter tako domnevno odgovornost do države za zadevni ukrep.
Germany has not explained why an MEO would continue injecting capital into an undertaking that constantly generated losses, without requiring anything in return.
Nemčija zavrača tudi trditev Komisije, glede na katero mora letališke pristojbine v skladu z nemškim zakonom o zračnem prometu, tj. členom 43(a) uredbe LuftVZO, preden začnejo veljati, predhodno potrditi nadzorni organ.
In view of the above, the Commission considers that an MEO would not have taken the decision to cover the increasing losses of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH year after year.
Po njenih navedbah bi lahko družba Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH sprejela letališke pristojbine tudi brez odobritve nadzornega organa, saj mora nadzorni organ preveriti le, da pristojbine ne presegajo določene stopnje.
Therefore, the contributions to operating losses from the German regional authorities and public bodies relieved Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH of the burden of covering all of its own operating losses and conferred an economic advantage on Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH, which it would not have obtained under normal market conditions.
Nemška gospodarska zbornica, ki je javni organ, je avgusta 2010 podprla nadaljnjo obratovanje nizkocenovnih prevoznikov na letališču AOC ter pozvala vlado zvezne dežele Turingije, naj izvede pogajanja z družbo Ryanair o destinacijah in ukrepih trženja [123].
The Commission notes that the contributions to operating losses were paid only to Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH.
Po navedbah Nemčije ta trditev podpira analizo vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu, v skladu s katero sta bila ohranjanje in podpora rut družbe Ryanair gospodarsko upravičena.
When aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of an undertaking compared with other undertakings competing in the internal market, the latter must be regarded as being affected by that aid.
Vendar Komisija meni, da so bila pristojna ministrstva zvezne dežele Turingije vpletena v sklepanje pogodb z družbo Ryanair.
In accordance with settled case-law [114], for a measure to distort competition it is sufficient that the recipient of the aid is in competition with other undertakings in markets open to competition.
Preden je družba Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH sklenila pogodbo o letaliških storitvah z družbo Ryanair, naj bi pristojna ministrstva zvezne dežele Turingije sodelovala pri pogajanjih.
As set out above, the operation of an airport constitutes an economic activity and airports compete to attract passengers and airlines.
V časopisnem članku je navedeno, da so pogajanja trajala dlje, ker so ministrstva zvezne dežele Turingije poskušala preprečiti sklenitev pogodbe [124].
Therefore, Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH is in competition with other undertakings on a market open to competition.
V članku je tudi pojasnjeno, da bi se lahko z začetkom delovanja družbe Ryanair na letališču AOC zmanjšalo število potnikov na letališčih Dresden in Leipzig-Halle [125].
The economic advantage received by the company strengthens its position vis-à-vis its competitors in the European market for airport service providers.
Ministrstvo za gradbeništvo in promet zvezne dežele Turingije je nadzorni organ družbe Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH.
Therefore, the public funding under examination distorts or threatens to distort competition and affects trade between the Member States.
Poleg tega mora letališke pristojbine v skladu z nemškim zakonom o zračnem prometu, tj. členom 43 uredbe LuftVZO, preden začnejo veljati, predhodno potrditi nadzorni organ.
For the reasons set out above, the Commission concludes that the contributions by the German regional authorities and public bodies towards operating losses of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH granted after 12 December 2000 constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Seznam taks letališča AOC z dne 18. septembra 2006 vključuje podpis predstavnika ministrstva za gradbeništvo in promet.
Airport charges and payments to Ryanair under the airport services and marketing agreements
Sodelovanje ministrstev na politični ravni je razvidno iz razprave, ki poteka v parlamentu zvezne dežele Turingije.
The Commission excludes from the scope of its analysis the last marketing agreement signed with AMS on 21 September 2010, the ‘side letter’, because its financing was granted by private regional companies which had made a commitment to maintain Ryanair activities at the airport [115].
Poleg tehničnih vprašanj se je obravnavala tudi splošna ekonomska sposobnost letališča, kot je zabeleženo v podrobnem zapisniku razprave [126].
In accordance with Article 107(1) TFEU, State aid rules apply only if the recipient is an ‘undertaking’.
Sporazumi o trženju z družbo Ryanair so se obravnavali tudi na ravni okrožnega sveta („Kreistag“).
The Court of Justice of the European Union has consistently defined undertaking as any entity engaged in an economic activity, regardless of its legal status or ownership or how it is financed [116].
V časopisnem članku je navedeno, da je Kreistag odobril plačilo v znesku 670000 EUR za ukrepe trženja v zvezi z uvedbo nove rute družbe Ryanair [127].
Any activity consisting in supplying goods and services in a market is an economic activity [117].
V skladu s citatom vodje okrožja ( „Landrat“) bi bile načrtovane storitve brez plačil za trženje odpovedane.
Ryanair offers scheduled passenger air transport services in the market.
Komisija nazadnje ugotavlja, da vpletenost nemške gospodarske zbornice – javni in samoupravni organ, ustanovljen v skladu z javnim pravom – v sklepanje sporazumov družbe Ryanair potrjuje izvajanje javnega vpliva na postopek odločanja v zvezi z zadevnimi pogodbami.
It clearly carries on an economic activity.
Ob upoštevanju nadzora ministrstva za gradbeništvo in promet zvezne dežele Turingije, vpletenosti ministrstev na politični ravni, različnih razprav, ki so potekale v parlamentu zvezne dežele Turingije, in vpletenosti javnih subjektov se zdi, da so lahko javni organi nadzirali dejavnosti družbe Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH in da so sodelovali pri pomembnih odločitvah glede gospodarskega izkoriščanja letališča.
AMS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ryanair.
Zlasti ko je bilo poslovanje letališča v težavah, so javni organi sodelovali pri razpravah o prihodnosti letališča.
Consequently, Ryanair can be presumed to have exercised decisive influence over the behaviour of AMS.
Na politični ravni zvezne dežele Turingije so potekale sporne razprave, pri čemer je sprememba vlade na ravni zvezne dežele prispevala k odločitvi o preureditvi letališča leta 2010 in ukinitvi nizkocenovnega prevoza na letališču [128].
Moreover, the 2008 and 2010 marketing agreements were signed on behalf of AMS by Mr Eddie Wilson, who at the time was a Director of AMS and concurrently a Director of Ryanair [118].
Komisija zato meni, da je mogoče odločitve v zvezi z izvajanjem sporazuma z dne 3. marca 2003 in sporazuma o trženju z dne 7. aprila 2003, ki sta ju sklenili družbi Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH in Ryanair, ter sporazumov o trženju, ki sta jih sklenili družbi Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH in Airport Marketing Services, pripisati javnim organom.
The marketing agreements in question state in their preamble that ‘AMS has exclusive licence to offer marketing services on the travel website www.ryanair.com, the website of the Irish low fares airline Ryanair’.
Da bi Komisija ugotovila, ali je bila družbi Ryanair/AMS z letališkimi storitvami in sporazumi o trženju dodeljena prednost, mora preučiti, ali bi v podobnih okoliščinah letališče, ki deluje pod običajnimi pogoji v tržnem gospodarstvu in ga usmerjajo možnosti dolgoročnejše donosnosti, sklenilo enake ali podobne poslovne sporazume kot družba Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH.
For the purpose of the application of State aid rules, AMS and Ryanair are therefore considered to be a single undertaking within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Obstoj prednosti se običajno lahko izključi, če (a) cena, zaračunana za letališke storitve, ustreza tržni ceni, ali (b) če je mogoče na podlagi predhodne analize dokazati, da sporazumi z letališčem postopno prispevajo k donosnosti letališča in so del splošne strategije za dolgoročno zagotovitev donosnosti.
State resources
V skladu s sodbo v zadevi Charleroi [129] mora Komisija pri oceni zadevnih ukrepov upoštevati tudi vse pomembne značilnosti ukrepov in njihovo ozadje.
The concept of State aid applies to any advantage granted through state resources by the state itself or by any intermediary body acting by virtue of powers conferred on it [119].
Z drugimi besedami, Komisija mora analizirati predvideni učinek sporazumov na letališče AOC, ob upoštevanju vseh pomembnih značilnosti zadevnih ukrepov.
Local authority resources are subject to the application of Article 107 of the TFEU on state resources [120].
V sodbi Stardust Marine je Sodišče odločilo, da je „[…] za preveritev vprašanja, ali je država ravnala kot preudaren vlagatelj, ki deluje pod pogoji tržnega gospodarstva, potrebna umestitev v obdobje, v katerem so bili sprejeti ukrepi finančne podpore, da se oceni gospodarska racionalnost ravnanja države in s tem prepreči kakršna koli ocena na podlagi poznejših razmer“ [130].
In the case at hand, at all material times the state has exercised indirect or direct control over the resources under consideration.
Da bi lahko Komisija uporabila preskus udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, se mora postaviti v obdobje, ko so bili sklenjeni sporazumi med letališčem AOC in družbo Ryanair/AMS (tj. v leto 2003 za sporazum o letaliških storitvah in prvi sporazum o trženju, v leto 2008 za drugi sporazum o trženju in v leto 2010 za tretji sporazum o trženju).
Since the moment Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH started doing business with Ryanair, the company has been owned by a majority of public shareholders.
Komisija mora oceno opraviti tudi na podlagi informacij in predpostavk, ki so bile letališču na voljo ob sklenitvi sporazumov.
Currently, it is fully owned by public shareholders:
Analiza tržne cene
all shareholders are either public authorities or fully publicly owned and the company itself holds 32 % of its shares.
Komisija mora ugotoviti, ali cenovni pogoji, ki jih družba Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH uporablja za družbo Ryanair/AMS, ustrezajo tržni ceni.
Thus, the Commission considers that all resources of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH must be considered state resources.
Nemčija v zvezi s tem trdi, da je bil sporazum o letaliških storitvah, ki sta ga letališče AOC in družba Ryanair podpisala 3. marca 2003, v skladu s trgom in da so bile letališke pristojbine, ki so se uporabljale za družbo Ryanair, v skladu s pristojbinami, predvidenimi na seznamu letaliških pristojbin iz oddelka 3.4.1.
Imputability to the State
Seznami veljajo za vse morebitne letalske prevoznike, ki letijo na letališče ali z njega.
The Court of Justice has ruled that, even if the state is in a position to control a public undertaking and to exercise a dominant influence over its operations, actual exercise of that control in a particular case cannot be automatically presumed.
Po navedbah Nemčije dejstvo, da je bila družba Ryanair edini letalski prevoznik, ki je bil v obdobju 2003–2011 dejaven na letališču Altenburg-Nobitz, ni pomembno.
A public undertaking may act with more or less independence, according to the degree of autonomy left to it by the state.
Meni, da je treba sporazume o storitvah trženja med družbama Ryanair in AMS obravnavati ločeno.
According to the Court of Justice, indicators from which imputability can be inferred, are [122]:
V skladu s sporazumom neto rezultat pristojbin za letališke storitve plača družba Ryanair, pristojbine za trženje pa letališče.