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Article 2 — ‘Term’ reads: ‘the agreement may be extended for an additional five-year period under the conditions and terms set forth herein, or as amended by the parties, provided that prior written consent can be reached by both parties at least six months prior to the expiry of the initial term. (…) Any subsequent renewal of this agreement shall be negotiated between the Parties, at least six months before the expiry of the additional term.’
Pričakovani dodatni stroški
It is therefore evident that any extension of the agreement would have been subject to negotiations between the parties and could not therefore have been assumed by So.Ge.A.AL at the time the 2010 ASA was signed.
Stroški podpore za trženje
Second, the Commission notes that there is evidence in the case file that in 2009 tensions between So.Ge.A.AL and Ryanair put the contractual relation with the carrier at risk.
Pričakovani nominalni rezultat
At that time Ryanair had conditioned the continuation of its operations at Alghero airport on the conclusion of a supplemental agreement.
Nasprotno se je za sporazume z družbama Volare in Alitalia lahko pričakovalo, da bodo prinesli pozitiven diskontirani rezultat.
In fact, it is apparent from the minutes of So.Ge.A.AL's Board of Directors of 7 July 2009, 9 September 2009 and 23 February 2010 provided by Italy that the decision of the airport manager to eventually sign the new ASA with Ryanair for a five-year period took into account the fact that the latter agreement did not lay down penalties for the early termination of the agreement.
Zato družba So.Ge.A.AL zadevnima prevoznikoma s sklenitvijo navedenih sporazumov ni dodelila gospodarske prednosti.
Ryanair had been forcefully asking for the conclusion of a supplemental agreement, which ‘will certainly result in the increase of the value of co-marketing contributions’.
Komisija na podlagi analize donosnosti, ki jo je Italija predložila za sporazume, sklenjene med družbo So.Ge.A.AL in družbama Alitalia in Volare, z zadovoljstvom ugotavlja, da bi bilo za udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki se ravna po možnostih donosa, razumno, da sprejme pogoje navedenih sporazumov na datum njihovega podpisa.
Should such agreement not be signed immediately, the carrier would cease operation of all routes from Alghero airport [117];a document outlining the evolution of the arrangements with Ryanair and the current state of the relations with the airline, putting forward what in Ryanair's view would be the following steps, which included the cancellation or the reduction of the frequency of intra EU flights and their replacement with national routes was discussed [118];the Board inquired on the negotiating margin, if any, in respect of the contractual relation with Ryanair, ‘given that the shareholders had not given the Board a mandate to terminate the agreement with the carrier’ [119].(480) It also results from the minutes of So.Ge.A.AL's Shareholders Assembly of 26 October 2001 that the company considered the termination of the 2000 ASA before its expiry and that this generated long debates among the shareholders.
Navedeni sporazumi zato ne vključujejo pomoči letalskim prevoznikom.
On this basis the Commission concludes that at the time the 2006 and 2010 Ryanair ASAs were concluded, So.Ge.A.AL could not have expected that those agreements are prolonged, or at least could not have expected that they are prolonged under the same contractual terms.
Vendar Komisija na podlagi presoje iz uvodnih izjav 525 do 536 ugotavlja, da za družbo So.Ge.A.AL ni bilo razumno, da je sklenila sporazume z družbama Meridiana in Germanwings.
The Commission also notes that based on the information submitted by Italy, the agreement with another airline subject to the investigation, Germanwings, did not run its full duration and the carrier only operated from the airport in 2007.
Vsak od navedenih sporazumov vključuje gospodarsko prednost za zadevnega letalskega prevoznika.
Italy has in the course of the investigation clarified that the airline had decided to cease operations from the airport as it could not generate sufficient traffic to break even from a financial perspective.
Sporazumi z družbami bmibaby, Air Italy in Air Vallée
The Commission therefore concludes that for the purpose of the profitability analysis of the 2006 and 2010 ASAs, only the period laid down by the ASAs, namely five years for the 2006 ASA and four years for the 2010 ASA should be taken into account (the NPVs in Table 10 were calculated based on the initial duration of the agreements, as set out in the ASAs).
Kot je bilo navedeno, je Italija z dopisom z dne 10. junija 2014 Komisiji predložila predhodno analizo donosnosti sporazumov, ki jih je družba So.Ge.A.AL sklenila z drugimi letalskimi prevozniki, ki so predmet preiskave, tj. družbami bmibaby, Air Italy in Air Vallée.
Besides, the Commission notes that the 2006 and the 2010 ASAs and marketing services agreements signed between So.Ge.A.AL, Ryanair and AMS, applied retrospectively, as follows:
Zadevni sporazumi o oskrbi, ki jih je družba So.Ge.A.AL podpisala z družbami Air Italy, Air Vallée in bmibaby, so povzeti v preglednici 20:
the 2006 ASA and the marketing services agreement were signed on 3 April 2006, but applied retrospectively from 1 January 2006;
Preglednica 20
the 2010 ASA and the marketing services agreement were signed on 20 October 2010, but applied retrospectively from 1 January 2010.
Sporazumi o oskrbi z družbami Bmibaby, Air Italy in Air Vallée
In other words, the agreements concluded in April 2006 and October 2010 simply formalised terms which were agreed before, ahead of the period during which these agreements applied retrospectively.
Pristojbina za oskrbo na obračanje
On that basis the Commission considers that considering each agreement over its scheduled duration is in line with an ex ante approach and that therefore in the analysis of the profitability of the 2006 and 2010 agreements, the period for which the agreements applied retrospectively should not be excluded.
od 1. junija 2008 do 31. decembra 2010
However, based on the grounds detailed above, the Commission considers that the benefits a prudent MEO would expect from a marketing service agreement would be strictly limited to the term of operation of the carrier at the airport, as set out in the airport service agreement.
od 9. avgusta 2010 do 30. avgusta 2010
On this basis the Commission considers that any ‘terminal value’ aiming to reflect future benefits of the marketing services beyond the term of application of those agreements should be left out from of the analysis.
od 29. maja 2010 do 30. septembra 2010
The Commission also notes that Italy has not considered a ‘terminal value’ to account for benefits derived after expiry of the term of the agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Alitalia, Meridiana, Volare and Germanwings (see recital 528).
Metodologija, s katero je Italija proučila dodatno donosnost sporazumov, sklenjenih med družbami So.Ge.A.AL in Air Italy, Air Vallée in bmibaby, je podrobno pojasnjena v uvodnih izjavah 542 do 545.
Furthermore, the Commission finds that the approach taken by Italy in estimating the passenger numbers, and calculating on that basis the expected incremental aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues (without prejudice to the assessment in the previous recital concerning the ‘terminal value’), is sound.
Dodatni prihodki od letalskih dejavnosti vključujejo prihodke od pristojbin za pristajanje, pristojbin za sprejem in odpremo prtljage, potniških pristojbin, oskrbe zrakoplovov in prodaje letalskih kart.
The Commission in addition considers that So.Ge.A.AL's expectations of Ryanair's load factor, at the time of signing each of the agreements, as reasonable, since they were based on its experience and knowledge of the airline's business model.
Dodatni prihodki iz neletalskih dejavnosti so se ocenili v skladu s pristopom iz uvodne izjave 502.
The Commission notes that, according to Italy, So.Ge.A.AL did not aim to recover the cost of the new passenger terminal from charges paid by Ryanair.
Pričakovani dodatni stroški vključujejo stroške, povezane s kadrovanjem [127], oskrbo, blagom, storitvami in materiali ter prerazporejanje koncesijskih stroškov družbe So.Ge.A.AL.
In this respect, it indeed appears that it was the development of tourism in general which required the expansion of Alghero airport's terminal capacity in order to accommodate anticipated growth in traffic.
Ker se zadevni sporazumi, podpisani med družbo So.Ge.A.AL in družbama Air Vallée in bmibaby, niso nanašali na tržne storitve, se analiza ne nanaša na plačila za trženje.
Prior to the investments being undertaken at Alghero airport, despite significant potential, the development of the tourism sector was impeded by a lack of international connectivity.
Izvedla se je regresijska analiza za število potnikov in stroške na ravni letališča na podlagi predhodnih podatkov, ki bi bili družbi So.Ge.A.AL na voljo v trenutku sklenitve zadevnih sporazumov, tj. za obdobje 1998–2007 za sporazum z družbo Air Italy in za obdobje 1998–2009 za sporazuma z družbama Air Vallée in bmibaby.
Alghero airport had reached capacity constraints in 2003 and 2004, and, therefore, investments were required to enable the airport to handle more passengers.
V preglednici 21 je povzet dodatni dobiček, ki naj bi se stekel k družbi So.Ge.A.AL na podlagi sporazuma z družbo Air Italy.
So.Ge.A.AL's business plan from 2004 predicted that total passenger numbers at the airport would increase by approximately 30 % in 2008 compared to levels prior to the expansion of the airport's capacity in 2004.
Neto sedanja vrednost dodatnega dobička, ki bi ga lahko družba So.Ge.A.AL pričakovala na podlagi sporazuma z družbo Air Italy, znaša 99330 EUR [128].
While it is clear from the business plans drawn up by So.Ge.A.AL at various times in the period under investigation that the airport manager relied on low-costs airlines as major growth driver (and that the company would return to viability once it was awarded the comprehensive concession), this objective was not linked to the relationship with any specific airline.
Preglednica 21
This strategy required the expansion of the terminal capacity to accommodate the anticipated traffic growth, a ‘comprehensive’ concession to ensure efficient and effective operations of the airport and contracts with low cost carriers.
Neto sedanji vrednosti dodatnega dobička, ki bi ga lahko družba So.Ge.A.AL pričakovala na podlagi sporazumov z družbama Air Vallée in bmibaby, znašata 3399 EUR oziroma 25330 EUR [130].
The Commission further notes that expected incremental costs have been estimated by Italy following a bottom-up approach.
Preglednica 22
A regression analysis has been followed to identify how operating costs vary as passenger numbers change, in order to estimate incremental costs which could have expected by So.Ge.A.AL at the time of signing the ASAs with Ryanair.
Neto sedanje vrednosti denarnih tokov, pričakovanih na podlagi sporazumov z družbama Air Vallée inbmibaby (v EUR)
In the first step, a regression analysis has been carried out to identify the impact of a change in the airport's passenger numbers on the airport's operating costs.
Komisija ugotavlja, da je pristop, ki ga je Italija uporabila pri ocenjevanju števila potnikov, izračunu pričakovanih dodatnih prihodkov iz letalskih in neletalskih dejavnost ter dodatnih stroškov sporazumov, ki jih je družba So.Ge.A.AL sklenila z družbami Air Italy, Air Vallée in bmibaby, enak kot pristop, uporabljen za sporazume z drugimi prevozniki.
In the second step, the estimate of the additional operating costs as a result of the Ryanair agreements has been derived from the results of the first step combined with forecasts of the number of Ryanair passengers.
Komisija zato ugotavlja, da se je za navedene sporazume pričakovalo, da bodo v času njihovega podpisa za družbo So.Ge.A.AL donosni.
For the 2006 and 2010 ASAs, the incremental cost data used by Italy in the regression pre-date the conclusion of the agreements which would have been available to So.Ge.A.AL at the date the airport manager entered the agreements in question.
Gospodarska prednost, ugotovljena v uvodni izjavi 534, je bila dodeljena selektivno, saj sta od nje imeli korist le družbi Meridiana in Germanwings.
However, since costs data are only available for the period 1998 – 2010, if a similar approach was followed for the 2000, 2002 and 2003 agreements there would be only two, three and four data points available respectively to conduct the regression analysis.
Prednost izhaja iz sporazumov o letaliških storitvah in o trženju, dogovorjenih posamično z obema prevoznikoma, ki se z drugimi prevozniki, ki delujejo na letališču, niso sklenili pod enakimi pogoji.
The Commission agrees that this would be insufficient to obtain robust results.
Dejansko Komisija ugotavlja, da se vsi sporazumi, ki so predmet preiskave v tem primeru, bistveno razlikujejo drug od drugega, njihova posledica pa so različni denarni tokovi med družbo So.Ge.A.AL in prevozniki, ki delujejo na letališču Alghero.
Absent sufficient ex ante data to allow to reconstruct the profitability analysis based on data which would have been available to So.Ge.A.AL at the time the agreements in question were signed, the Commission exceptionally (see recital 284) considers that for these agreements a regression based on outturn data for the whole period 1998-2010 is an acceptable proxy to what the reasonable expectations of a MEO would have been.
Izkrivljanje konkurence in vpliv na trgovino
Based on the assumptions detailed above, the Commission has reconstructed the ex ante profitability analysis of the agreements with Ryanair based on the incremental costs and revenues that could be reasonably expected by a market economy operator acting in lieu of So.Ge.A.AL at the time of the conclusion of each of the agreements under investigation in the present case.
Za ukrep, ki ga dodeli država, se šteje, da izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljal konkurenco, kadar izboljša konkurenčni položaj prejemnika pomoči v primerjavi z drugimi podjetji, ki so njegovi konkurenti [131].
The table below presents the NPV of the cash flows expected from the Ryanair agreements based on the assumptions detailed above.
V skladu s sodno prakso evropskih sodišč lahko vsaka pomoč, dodeljena podjetju, ki svoje dejavnosti opravlja na notranjem trgu, izkrivlja trgovino med državami članicami [132].
NPVs of the cash flows expected from the Ryanair agreements
Kot je Sodišče ugotovilo, se v primeru,
NPV over the duration of the agreement (million EUR) [121]
„če podjetje deluje v sektorju, v katerem […] konkurirajo proizvajalci iz različnih držav članic, lahko vsaka pomoč, ki bi jo lahko prejelo od javnih organov, vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami in izkrivlja konkurenco, ker njegova stalna prisotnost na trgu konkurenčnim ponudnikom iz drugih držav članic preprečuje, da bi povečali svoj tržni delež, in zmanjšuje njihovo možnost za povečanje izvoza v to državo članico“ [134].
22 June 2000–21 June 2010
(550) Komisija je ugotovila, da je družba So.Ge.A.AL družbama Germanwings in Meridiana dodelila selektivno prednost.
[4–8]
Navedena letalska prevoznika sta aktivna na liberaliziranem, konkurenčnem trgu, s prednostjo, ki sta jo prejela, pa sta lahko izboljšala svoj konkurenčni položaj na trgu storitev zračnega prevoza na letališče Alghero in z njega na škodo drugih letalskih prevoznikov v Uniji.
1 January 2002–31 December 2012
Komisija ob upoštevanju navedenega ugotavlja, da lahko prednost, dodeljena družbama Germanwings in Meridiana, izkrivlja konkurenco in vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami.
1 September 2003–1 September 2014
Sklepna ugotovitev o sporazumih z letalskimi prevozniki
As the expected discounted result is positive for each of the Ryanair agreements, the Commission is satisfied that each of the ASAs with Ryanair was expected to be profitable at the time they were concluded and therefore in concluding the agreements in question So.Ge.A.AL did not grant an economic advantage to Ryanair and therefore do not constitute State aid.
Glede zagonske pomoči je v smernicah za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 navedeno:
Agreements with carriers other than Ryanair
„Komisija bo […] uporabila načela iz teh smernic za vse priglašene ukrepe zagonske pomoči, v zvezi s katerimi je pozvana k sprejetju sklepa od 4. aprila 2014 dalje, tudi kadar so bili ukrepi priglašeni pred tem datumom.
Agreements with Alitalia, Volare, Meridiana and Germanwings
V skladu z obvestilom Komisije o določitvi veljavnih pravil za ocenjevanje nezakonite državne pomoči bo Komisija za nezakonito zagonsko pomoč letalskim prevoznikom uporabila pravila, ki so veljala v času dodelitve pomoči.
The Commission investigated So.Ge.A.AL's handling and marketing agreements with Alitalia, Volare, Meridiana and Germanwings, detailed in Table 12:
V skladu s tem teh smernic ne bo uporabila v primeru nezakonite zagonske pomoči letalskim prevoznikom, dodeljene pred 4. aprilom 2014.“
Table 12
V smernicah za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 pa je navedeno:
So.Ge.A.AL's agreements with Alitalia, Volare, Meridiana and Germanwings
„Komisija bo združljivost […] zagonske pomoči, ki je bila dodeljena brez njene odobritve in ki torej krši člen 88(3) Pogodbe [zdaj člena 108(3) Pogodbe], preverila na podlagi teh smernic, če je bila pomoč dodeljena po njihovi objavi v Uradnem listu Evropske unije.“
Handling agreement
Ker sta bila sporazuma z družbama Meridiana in Germanwings sklenjena po objavi smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 v Uradnem listu dne 9. decembra 2005, so navedene smernice pravna podlaga za oceno njune združljivosti z notranjim trgom.
Marketing agreement
Ocena združljivosti v skladu s smernicami za letalski sektor iz leta 2005
2007–2009
V točki 79 smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 je navedenih več pogojev, ki jih mora zagonska pomoč izpolnjevati, da bi se štela za združljivo z notranjim trgom na podlagi člena 107(3)(c) Pogodbe.
The Commission first notes that in each case, there are strong indications that those agreements were negotiated and concluded as part of a single transaction and are therefore to be evaluated as one single measure.
V tem primeru so upravičenci letalski prevozniki, kakor so opredeljeni z Uredbo (ES) št. 1008/2008 [135].
the marketing agreement with Meridiana, which applied retroactively for the period June–October 2010 laid down in Article 1 — ‘Purpose of the Agreement’ that: ‘Meridiana undertakes to operate the abovementioned routes [Milan, Verona, Bari] according to the predefined operational programmes and therefore to operate a Communication and Marketing programme in agreement with So.Ge.A.AL’.
Prvi pogoj iz smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 je torej izpolnjen.
Furthermore, the agreement lays down the possibility for renewal of the agreement subject to Meridiana meeting certain passenger targets;
Pomoči so plačane za proge, ki povezujejo regionalno letališče kategorij C in D z drugim letališčem EU
under the marketing agreement, which applied retroactively for the period June–September 2010, Alitalia was to define a Communication and Marketing Programme having as object the promotion of the region, also by means of the start-up of the new routes (Barcelona, Paris and Brussels);
Od leta 2005 se je letališče Alghero v skladu s smernicami za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 uvrščalo med regionalna letališča kategorije C. Pomoč je bila dodeljena letalskim prevoznikom, ki so uvajali nove rute z letališča Alghero na druga letališča v Uniji.
the handling and marketing agreements with Volare were concluded on the same date.
Drugi pogoj je torej izpolnjen.
Therefore, it will remain in force until the Standard Ground Handling Agreement is terminated, for whichever reason, at which time this Supplemental Agreement and all rights and obligations provided hereby shall also terminate.’
Pomoči ne smejo spodbujati preproste prestavitve prometa z ene proge ali družbe na drugo.
The marketing agreement also sets passenger targets which the carrier undertakes to achieve;
Zlasti pa ne smejo povzročiti neupravičene preusmeritve prometa glede na frekvence in donosnost obstoječih storitev z odhodom z drugega letališča v istem kraju, mestnem naselju [136] ali letališkem sistemu [137], ki ponuja isti namembni kraj ali primerljiv namembni kraj v skladu z enakimi merili
the marketing agreement with Germanwings ‘lays down the goals and targets to be achieved by Germanwings according to AHO's [Alghero's] requests.
Pomoč je bila dodeljena za spodbujanje letalskih prevoznikov k uvedbi novih rut z letališča Alghero v en namembni kraj v Uniji ali več, torej je vodila v povečanje neto števila potnikov.
The parties confirm that the parameters used for the objective statement of the reaching of the above-mentioned goals and targets will be represented by the yearly number of passengers and flights operated by Germanwings to/from AHO [Alghero]’.
V istem kraju ali mestnem naselju ni nobenega drugega letališča.
The agreement lays down success fees and a one-off contribution to be paid by So.Ge.A.AL.
Poleg tega ni bila nobena zadevna ruta povezana z železniško storitvijo za visoke hitrosti.
Therefore, the Commission considers that there is a clear link between the airport service agreements and the marketing agreements in that the latter were based on the conclusion of the airport services agreement and the services provided by the carriers.
Tretji pogoj iz smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 je torej izpolnjen.
On the approach followed to estimate incremental costs and revenues
Proga, ki prejema pomoč, se mora izkazati za donosno na dolgi rok, kar pomeni, da mora brez javnega financiranja pokriti vsaj svoje stroške.
No ex ante analysis of the profitability of the agreements with those airlines was carried out by So.Ge.A.AL prior to their conclusion.
Zato se morajo zagonske pomoči postopno zmanjševati in biti časovno omejene
As mentioned above, by letter dated 25 March 2014 Italy provided to the Commission a reconstructed ex ante analysis of the profitability of the agreements concluded with Air One/Alitalia, Meridiana, Volare, Germanwings based on the data which would have been available to a MEO acting in lieu of So.Ge.A.AL at the time the agreements in question were concluded as well as foreseeable developments at that time.
Pomoč družbama Germanwings in Meridiana je bila omejena na trajanje sporazumov, sklenjenih z družbo So.Ge.A.AL, tj. na eno oziroma tri leta.
According to Italy, the approach followed for the reconstructed analysis reflects the methodology that would have been adopted by a MEO and the results from the profitability assessment of those agreements would demonstrate that these agreements were also expected to be profitable for So.Ge.A.AL on an ex ante basis.
Vendar v sporazumih ni bil določen noben pogoj, v skladu s katerim so morale biti rute, ki so jih prevozniki obratovali z letališča Alghero, samostojno donosne na dolgi rok.
The analysis is based on the approach set out in recitals 501 to 524.
Komisija ugotavlja tudi, da se je znesek pomoči, ki ga je prejela družba Germanwings, kot je naveden v preglednici 19, postopno zmanjševal, vendar je družba Germanwings z opravljanjem dejavnosti na letališču prenehala leta 2007 in torej dejavnosti ni nikoli opravljala brez javnih sredstev.
Aeronautical revenues from ground handling are based on charges negotiated between So.Ge.A.AL and each airline.
Ta pogoj torej ni izpolnjen.
The traffic forecasts are based on either the airline's traffic levels in the year prior to signing the agreement or the traffic targets stipulated in the relevant agreements.
Degresivna pomoč se lahko dodeli za največ 3 leta.
Incremental non-aeronautical revenues are based on So.Ge.A.AL's expectations at the time the 2007 and 2010 agreements with the airlines were signed concerning non-aeronautical revenues of around EUR 5,00–6,00 per departing passenger as a result of the development of the new terminal (see also Table 9).
Znesek pomoči na leto ne sme preseči 50 % zneska upravičenih stroškov v tem letu in povprečja 30 % upravičenih stroškov v celotnem obdobju pomoči