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These allegations have not been substantiated and are contradicted by the fact that Astra's Cantabria contract contained a professional system of conditional access.
V zakonu o telekomunikacijah iz leta 1998 [90] je navedeno, da so telekomunikacijske storitve, vključno z upravljanjem podpornih radiotelevizijskih omrežij, storitve splošnega pomena, vendar nimajo statusa javnih storitev [91].
Moreover, according to Astra's cost calculations, the satellite technology would still be cheaper even if it had to enter into separate agreements with each of the Spanish regions.
Enaka opredelitev je navedena v sedanjem zakonu o telekomunikacijah [92].
As regards the regional broadcasting, Astra maintains that the Spanish government's number of 1380 channels is hugely inflated [89].
Storitve prenosa v zvezi s televizijsko radiodifuzijo, tj. prenos signalov skozi telekomunikacijska omrežja, se štejejo za telekomunikacijske storitve in so tako storitve splošnega pomena, ne pa tudi javne storitve [93].
Again, according to its own calculations, the satellite option would be cheaper even if regional and local channels were included.
Poleg tega so določbe iz zakona o telekomunikacijah tehnološko nevtralne.
In conclusion, the Commission considers that the investigated measure did not respect the principle of technological neutrality.
Telekomunikacije so opredeljene kot prenos signalov skozi katero koli telekomunikacijsko omrežje, brez izrecne navedbe prizemnega omrežja [94].
As explained above, the measure is not proportional and it is not an appropriate instrument for ensuring the coverage of free-to-air channels to the residents of Area II of Castilla-La Mancha.
Poleg tega je v členu 3 zakona opredeljeno, da je eden od ciljev zakona čim bolj spodbujati tehnološko nevtralnost ureditve.
Operation and maintenance of the networks
Čeprav se javna storitev radiodifuzije šteje za javno storitev, te opredelitve ni mogoče razširiti na upravljanje določene podporne platforme.
Concerning the ongoing financing granted for operation and maintenance of the subsidised digital terrestrial and satellite networks, as this is ancillary to the deployment aid, it cannot be considered technologically neutral.
Poleg tega v primeru več platform prenosa ene od njih ni mogoče šteti za „temeljno“ platformo za prenos signalov.
It has been directed to the conservation of the sites broadcasting signal via terrestrial platforms.
Zato bi bila očitna napaka, če bi bilo v španski zakonodaji določeno, da je uporaba določene platforme za prenos signalov javna storitev.
Such aid is therefore also incompatible.
Ugotovljeno je bilo, da upravljanje prizemnih omrežij na podlagi španske zakonodaje ne pomeni javne storitve.
Any future aid for operation and maintenance has to be notified and has to respect the principle of technological neutrality.
Nadalje španski organi niso jasno opredelili upravljanja prizemne platforme kot javne storitve, zato za zagotavljanje take javne storitve niso pooblastili določenega operaterja platforme.
Avoiding unnecessary distortions
Poleg tega španski organi niso predložili dokaza o aktu, na podlagi katerega so za izvajanje storitev pooblastili obe upravičenki, tj. družbi Abertis in Telecom CLM.
While public intervention might be justified in view of the existence of certain market failures and possible cohesion problems, the way the measure is designed gives rise to unnecessary distortions of competition.
Zato v tem primeru ne velja izvzetje iz člena 106(2), ki se uporablja za državno nadomestilo za stroške zagotavljanja javne storitve.
Conclusion regarding Article 107(3)(c) TFEU
Obstoječa pomoč
It is concluded that the investigated measure, including the ongoing aid, is not an appropriate, necessary and proportionate instrument to remedy the identified market failure.
Financiranje regij, namenjeno razširitvi prizemnega omrežja, se je res začelo v zgodnjih osemdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja, vendar takrat na trgu ni bilo zasebnih izdajateljev televizijskega programa.
Article 106(2) TFEU
Razširjena infrastruktura je bila zato namenjena samo potrebam javnega izdajatelja televizijskega programa, ki je že imel tako obveznost zagotavljanja signala večini prebivalstva.
The national (or regional) authorities have to define the SGEI clearly and entrust it to a particular undertaking.
Posledično razširitev edinega razpoložljivega omrežja ni izkrivljala konkurence z drugimi platformami.
In the course of the formal procedure, the Spanish authorities have not put forward arguments or evidence as to why the measure should be declared compatible on the basis of Article 106(2) TFEU.
Od takrat sta se zakonodaja in tehnologija razvili, nastale so nove platforme za radiodifuzijo in na trg so vstopili novi subjekti, zlasti zasebni izdajatelji televizijskega programa.
For Article 106(2) TFEU to apply, the national (or regional) authorities have to define the SGEI clearly and entrust it to a particular undertaking.
Ker so se upravičenec in splošne razmere javnega financiranja znatno spremenili, preiskovanega ukrepa ni mogoče šteti kot spremembo zgolj formalne ali upravne vrste.
There has not been any such entrustment for the deployment of the DTT in the Spanish law or by the authorities.
Ta sprememba namreč vpliva na dejansko vsebino izvorne sheme, zato jo je treba šteti za novo shemo pomoči [95].
In the first place, Spanish law does not declare the operation of a terrestrial network to be a public service.
Preklop z analogne na digitalno televizijo je postal mogoč šele po nedavnem tehnološkem napredku, zato je to nov pojav.
The Law on Telecommunications of 1998 [90] states that telecommunication services, including operation of networks supporting radio and television, are services of general interest but they do not have the status of public services [91].
Španski organi bi morali zato priglasiti to novo pomoč.
The Law on Telecommunications currently in force [92] maintains the same qualification.
ZAKLJUČEK
The transmission services for broadcasting of television, i.e. transport of signals through the telecommunications networks, are considered as telecommunication services and as such are services of general interest but not public service [93].
Komisija meni, da financiranje, ki ga je Španija, tj. regionalna vlada Kastilje in Manče in občinski organi, dodelila prizemnim omrežnim operaterjem za posodobitev in digitalizacijo njihovih omrežij, prek katerih zagotavljajo nekodirane televizijske kanale na območju II, pomeni pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
Further, the provisions of the Law on Telecommunications are technology neutral.
Pomoč ni združljiva s skupnim trgom.
Telecommunications is defined as the transmission of signals through any telecom network, without referring to the terrestrial network in particular [94].
Poleg tega pomoč ni bila priglašena Komisiji, kot določa člen 108(3) Pogodbe, in se je izvajala nezakonito, brez dovoljenja Komisije.
Moreover, Article 3 of the Law specifies as one of its objectives to encourage, to the extent possible, technological neutrality in regulation.
Zato jo je treba izterjati od prizemnih omrežnih operaterjev.
Even if the public broadcasting service is considered a public service, it is not possible to extend this definition to the operation of a particular supporting platform.
Komisija poleg tega meni, da je nezdružljiva tudi stalna pomoč za upravljanje in vzdrževanje digitaliziranega omrežja, ki je bila dodeljena brez razpisa ali na podlagi razpisa, ki tehnološko ni bil nevtralen.
Moreover, where several transmission platforms exist, one particular platform cannot be considered to be ‘essential’ for the transmission of broadcasting signals.
Poleg tega ta pomoč ni bila priglašena Komisiji, kot določa člen 108(3) Pogodbe, in se je izvajala nezakonito, brez dovoljenja Komisije.
It would therefore have constituted a manifest error, if Spanish legislation had declared the use of a particular platform for the transmission of broadcasting signals to be a public service.
Zato jo je treba izterjati od operaterjev.
It is concluded that under Spanish law the operation of terrestrial networks does not have the status of a public service.
Vse prihodnje pomoči za vzdrževanje in upravljanje je treba priglasiti in morajo upoštevati načelo tehnološke nevtralnosti.
Further, the Spanish authorities have not clearly defined the operation of a terrestrial platform as a public service and consequently they also have not entrusted the provision of such a public service to a particular platform operator.
IZTERJAVA
Moreover, the authorities have not put forward any evidence of any entrustment act for the two beneficiaries, Abertis and TelecomCLM.
POTREBA PO UKINITVI POMOČI
The Article 106(2) exception applying to State compensation for the costs of providing public service therefore cannot be invoked in this case.
V skladu s Pogodbo in ustaljeno sodno prakso Sodišča je Komisija pristojna za odločanje, ali mora zadevna država članica ukiniti ali spremeniti pomoč [96], za katero je ugotovila, da je nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom.
Existing aid
Prav tako Sodišče dosledno meni, da je namen obveznosti države, da ukine pomoč, za katero Komisija meni, da ni združljiva z notranjim trgom, ponovna vzpostavitev prejšnjih razmer [97].
Abertis suggests that the deployment of the terrestrial broadcasting network in Area II was financed almost entirely by the Spanish regions using public funds based on legislation dating back to 1982, i.e. prior to the date of accession of Spain to the European Economic Community in 1986.
V zvezi s tem je Sodišče odločilo, da je ta cilj dosežen, ko prejemnik odplača znesek, ki mu je bil dodeljen v okviru nezakonite pomoči, s čimer izgubi prednost, ki jo je užival glede na konkurente na trgu, ter se ponovno vzpostavijo razmere pred plačilom pomoči [98].
Therefore, according to Abertis, the scheme could be considered part of the ongoing public financing of the operation of local terrestrial networks and should therefore be considered as existing aid.
V skladu s to sodno prakso je v členu 14 Uredbe Sveta (ES) št. 659/1999 [99] določeno, da „če se v primerih nezakonite pomoči sprejmejo negativne odločbe, Komisija odloči, da mora zadevna država članica sprejeti vse potrebne ukrepe, da upravičenec vrne pomoč“.
The financing of the extension of the terrestrial network by the regions indeed started in the early 1980s, but at this time there were no private broadcasters on the market.
Ker je financiranje posodobitve in digitalizacije prizemne platforme ter posledično vzdrževanje in upravljanje, ki se Španiji dodeljuje od obdobja 2008–2009, nezakonita in nezdružljiva pomoč, bi se moralo od Španije zato zahtevati, da izterja nezdružljivo pomoč, da se ponovno vzpostavijo razmere na trgu pred dodelitvijo pomoči.
The extended infrastructure served therefore only the needs of the public broadcaster who, in any event, had the obligation to provide its signal to the majority of the population.
PREJEMNIKI DRŽAVNE POMOČI IN KOLIČINSKA OPREDELITEV POMOČI
Moreover, at the time the terrestrial television was the only platform for transmitting the television signal in Spain.
Družbi Telecom CLM in Abertis sta neposredni upravičenki pomoči.
As a result, the extension of the only available network did not create distortion of competition with other platforms.
Vsi zneski iz naslednjih uvodnih izjav temeljijo na informacijah, ki so bile predložene Komisiji.
Since then the law and the technology developed leading to new broadcasting platforms and new market players, in particular private broadcasters.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 42, sta družbi Telecom CLM in Abertis prejeli 13,2 milijona EUR oz. 250000 milijonov EUR za posodobitev njunih centrov za razpošiljanje signala.
Since the beneficiary and the overall circumstances of the public financing have changed substantially, the investigated measure cannot be regarded as an alteration of purely formal or administrative nature.
Poleg tega je bila družba Telecom CLM brez javnega razpisa izbrana za gradnjo novih centrov za razpošiljanje signala za občinske organe, šest centrov pa je prešlo v njeno last (2,26 milijona EUR).
It is rather an alteration affecting the actual substance of the original scheme and therefore is to be considered as a new aid scheme [95].
V primerih, ko občinski organi ostajajo lastniki opreme digitalne prizemne televizije, so jo kupili od družbe Telecom CLM ali Abertis.
In any case, the switch from analogue to digital TV has become possible only due to recent technological advance and it is therefore a new phenomenon.
Tudi v tem primeru sta družbi neposredni upravičenki, saj sta bili za dobavo digitalne opreme ter/ali zagotavljanje upravljanja in vzdrževanja izbrani neposredno (tj. brez javnega razpisa).
The Spanish authorities should therefore have notified this new aid.
Dejansko so bila javna sredstva v višini približno 32,6 milijona EUR obema družbama dodeljena brez javnega razpisa [100].
CONCLUSION
Od družb Telecom CLM in Abertis je treba izterjati nezakonito in nezdružljivo pomoč.
It is considered that the financing granted by Spain, the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha and the municipalities to terrestrial network operators for the upgrade and digitisation of their network to provide free-to-air TV channels in Area II constitutes aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Stalna pomoč je namenjena vzdrževanju in upravljanju omrežij digitalne prizemne televizije.
The aid is not compatible with the common market.
Upravičenci do take pomoči za vzdrževanje in upravljanje so operaterji teh omrežij.
Furthermore, the aid was not notified to the Commission as required by Article 108(3) TFEU and was unlawfully put into effect without Commission authorisation.
Družbi Telecom CLM in Abertis sta za obdobje 2009–2011 prejeli 6,5 milijona EUR.
It must therefore be recovered from the terrestrial network operators.
Zato je treba od teh omrežnih operaterjev izterjati pomoč in naknadno izplačano dodatno pomoč.
In addition, the Commission considers that the ongoing aid for operation and maintenance of the digitised network granted without tenders or following technologically non-neutral tenders is also incompatible.
Kadar so posamezni upravičenci prejeli financiranje, ki ni presegalo pragov iz Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 1998/2006 [101], tako financiranje ne pomeni državne pomoči, če so izpolnjeni vsi pogoji iz navedene uredbe, zato ga ni treba izterjati.
Also this aid was not notified to the Commission as required by Article 108(3) TFEU and it was unlawfully put into effect without Commission authorisation.
Izterjava se mora izvajati od datuma, ko so upravičenci prejeli ugodnost, tj. ko je bila pomoč dana na razpolago upravičencu, do datuma dejanske izterjave pa se morajo zaračunavati obresti.
It must therefore be recovered from the operators.
Komisija ugotavlja, da je Kraljevina Španija nezakonito izvajala pomoč za operaterje prizemne televizijske platforme za razširitev pokritja z digitalno prizemno televizijo na oddaljenih in manj urbaniziranih območjih Kastilje in Manče, pri čemer je kršila člen 108(3) Pogodbe.
Any future State aid for maintenance and operation needs to be notified and has to respect the principle of technological neutrality.
Pomoč, vključno s (stalno) pomočjo za upravljanje in vzdrževanje, se mora izterjati od operaterjev platforme, ki so neposredni upravičenci.
RECOVERY
To vključuje tudi občinske organe, kadar delujejo kot operaterji platform –
NEED TO ELIMINATE AID
SPREJELA NASLEDNJI SKLEP:
According to the TFEU and the Court of Justice's established case-law, the Commission is competent to decide that the State concerned must abolish or alter aid [96] when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market.
Člen 1
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation [97].
Državna pomoč, ki je bila dodeljena operaterjema prizemne televizijske platforme, tj. Telecomu CLM in Abertisu za posodobitev centrov za razpošiljanje signala, gradnjo novih centrov za razpošiljanje signala in zagotavljanje digitalnih storitev ter/ali upravljanje in vzdrževanje na območju II Kastilje in Manče ter jo je Španija izvajala nezakonito, saj je pri tem kršila člen 108(3) PDEU, ni združljiva z notranjim trgom.
In this context, the Court has established that that objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [98].
Člen 2
Following that case-law, Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 [99] lays down that ‘where negative decisions are taken in respect of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary’.
Individualna pomoč, dodeljena v okviru sheme iz člena 1, ne pomeni pomoči, če je takrat, ko je bila dodeljena, izpolnjevala pogoje iz uredbe, ki je bila sprejeta v skladu s členom 2 Uredbe Sveta (ES) št. 994/98 [102] in se je uporabljala takrat, ko je bila pomoč dodeljena.Člen 3
Thus, given that the financing of upgrade and digitisation of the terrestrial platform and subsequent maintenance and operation granted in Spain since the years 2008-2009 is illegal and incompatible aid.
Španija nezdružljivo pomoč, dodeljeno na podlagi sheme iz člena 1, izterja od družb Telecom CLM in Abertis.
Spain should therefore be required to recover the incompatible aid, in order to re-establish the situation that existed on the market prior to the granting of the aid.
Za vsote, ki jih je treba izterjati, se od datuma, ko so bile dane na razpolago upravičencem, do datuma dejanske izterjave zaračunavajo obresti.
STATE AID RECIPIENTS AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE AID
Obresti se izračunajo na podlagi obrestnoobrestnega računa v skladu s poglavjem V Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 794/2004 [103].
TelecomCLM and Abertis are the direct beneficiaries of the aid.
Španija prekliče vsa neizplačana plačila pomoči na podlagi sheme iz člena 1 od datuma uradnega obvestila o tem sklepu.
All amounts mentioned in the recitals below are based on the information provided to the Commission.
Člen 4
As set out in recital 42, for the upgrading of their own transmission centres, TelecomCLM and Abertis have received EUR 13,2 million and EUR 250000, respectively.
Izterjava pomoči, dodeljene na podlagi sheme iz člena 1, je takojšnja in učinkovita.
In addition, without public tender, TelecomCLM was selected to build new transmission centres for municipalities and six which have become its own property (EUR 2,26 million).
Španija zagotovi, da se ta sklep izvede v štirih mesecih po uradnem obvestilu o tem sklepu.
Where municipalities remain the owners of the DTT equipment, they have bought it from either TelecomCLM or Abertis.
Španija v dveh mesecih po uradnem obvestilu o tem sklepu predloži Komisiji naslednje informacije:
As these companies were selected directly (i.e. without public tender) to supply the digital equipment, and/or to provide O&M services, also in this case they are the direct beneficiaries.
skupni znesek pomoči, ki ga je prejel vsak upravičenec iz člena 1;
In effect, the public funding of about EUR 32,6 million was passed on to these two companies without public tender [100].
skupni znesek (glavnica in obresti), ki ga je treba izterjati od vsakega upravičenca;
The illegal and incompatible aid shall be recovered from TelecomCLM and Abertis.
podroben opis že sprejetih ali načrtovanih ukrepov za uskladitev s tem sklepom;
The ongoing aid is for the maintenance and operation of DTT networks.
dokumente, ki dokazujejo, da se je od upravičencev zahtevalo vračilo pomoči.
Operators of these networks are the beneficiaries of such maintenance and operation aid.
Španija obvešča Komisijo o napredku nacionalnih ukrepov, ki so bili sprejeti za izvajanje tega sklepa, dokler ni pomoč, dodeljena na podlagi sheme iz člena 1, v celoti izterjana.
TelecomCLM and Abertis have received EUR 6,5 million for the period 2009-2011.
Na zahtevo Komisije nemudoma predloži informacije o že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepih za uskladitev s tem sklepom.
The aid, and any further aid paid thereafter, has therefore to be recovered from those network operators.
Zagotovi tudi podrobne informacije o zneskih pomoči in obrestih, ki so jih upravičenci že povrnili.
In the cases where the individual beneficiaries received funding not exceeding thresholds specified in the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 [101], such funding is not considered State aid if all the conditions set by this Regulation are fulfilled, and is not subject to recovery.
Člen 5
Recovery shall be put into effect from the time when the advantage occurred to the beneficiaries, i.e. when the aid was put at the disposal of the beneficiary and shall bear recovery interest until effective recovery.
Ta sklep je naslovljen na Kraljevino Španijo.
The Commission finds that the Kingdom of Spain has unlawfully implemented the aid for the operators of the terrestrial television platform for the extension of coverage of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas of Castilla-La Mancha in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
V Bruslju, 1. oktobra 2014
The aid, including the (ongoing) aid for operation and maintenance, shall be recovered from the platform operators which are direct beneficiaries.
Za Komisijo
This includes municipalities where they act as a platform operator,
Podpredsednik
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
UL C 335, 11.12.2010, str. 8.
Article 1
Sklep Komisije 2014/489/EU z dne 19. junija 2013 o državni pomoči SA.28599 (C 23/10 (ex NN 36/10, ex CP 163/09)) Kraljevine Španije za uvedbo digitalne prizemne televizije na oddaljenih in manj urbaniziranih območjih (zunaj avtonomne skupnosti Kastilja in Manča) (UL L 217, 23.7.2014, str.
Individual aid granted under the scheme referred to in Article 1 does not constitute aid if, at the time it is granted, it fulfils the conditions laid down by the regulation adopted pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 [102] which is applicable at the time the aid is granted.Article 3
Sodišče ni odkrilo nikakršne kršitve pogodbe s strani Astre, ki bi upravičevalo prekinitev pogodbe.
Spain shall recover the incompatible aid granted under the scheme referred to in Article 1 from TelecomCLM and Abertis.
Po mnenju sodišča je bil eden od razlogov za prekinitev pogodbe odločitev centralne vlade Španije, da razvije nacionalno strategijo za digitalno prizemno televizijo.
The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of the beneficiaries until their actual recovery.
Glej sodbo št. 000313/2011 Sodišča prve stopnje v Santanderju.
The interest shall be calculated on a compound basis in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 [103].
Koncesija vključuje dodelitev frekvence za prizemno radiodifuzijo.
Spain shall cancel all outstanding payments of aid under the scheme referred to in Article 1 with effect from the date of notification of this decision.
Televizija prek internetnega protokola (IPTV) je izraz, ki se nanaša na distribucijske sisteme televizije in video signalov prek elektronskega komunikacijskega omrežja z uporabo internetnega protokola.
Article 4
Sporočilo Komisije Evropskemu parlamentu, Svetu, Evropskemu ekonomsko-socialnemu odboru in Odboru regij – Kako digitalno dividendo pretvoriti v družbeno korist in gospodarsko rast (COM(2009) 586) vključuje predlog, da naj bi države članice prenehale uporabljati frekvenčni pas 800 MHz za storitve radiodifuzije z visokimi močmi in do datuma, ki bi se določil na ravni EU, v celoti izvedle odločbo EU o tehnični uskladitvi.
Recovery of the aid granted under the scheme referred to in Article 1 shall be immediate and effective.
Za Francijo glej, na primer, državno pomoč N 666/2009 – Sprememba sheme pomoči N 111/2006 za družbo DTT, za Slovaško državno pomoč N 671/09 – Preklop na digitalno televizijsko radiodifuzijo na Slovaškem ter za Španijo državno pomoč SA.28685 (2011/NN) – Sprejem digitalne televizije v Kantabriji.