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that evidence must show clearly that, before or at the same time as conferring the economic advantage, the Member State concerned took the decision to make an investment, by means of the measure actually implemented, in the public undertaking [22],in that regard, it may have to produce evidence showing that the decision was based on economic evaluations comparable to those which, in the circumstances, a rational private investor in a situation as close as possible to that of the Member State would have had carried out, before making the investment, in order to determine its future profitability [23];
Znesek skupnega davka, ki je bil odtegnjen družbi EDF, tudi če se izvzame sporna oprostitev, izhajajoča iz davčnih pristojnosti, in izplačilo državi kot delničarki se v dokumentih, ki so jih predložili francoski organi, prepletata.
the Commission may refuse to examine evidence established after the decision to make the investment in question [24],the nature and subject-matter of the measure are relevant in that regard, as is its context, the objective pursued and the rules to which the measure is subject [25],application of the private investor test must make it possible to determine whether, in similar circumstances, a private shareholder would have subscribed, to an undertaking in a situation comparable with that of EDF, an amount equal to the tax due [26].(127) In their comments of 11 December 2002 referred to in recital 42, the French authorities argued that it was thought to be more efficient and more neutral for EDF to allocate the grantor rights directly, and in their full amount, to own funds, without paying corporation tax.
Vendar ti dokumenti po njihovih navedbah dokazujejo obstoj sklepa o naložbi.
However, none of the documents prior to or contemporaneous with the supposed decision not to levy tax, that were submitted by France or EDF in support of their comments on the decision to extend the formal investigation procedure, made any direct or indirect mention of the supposed decision to invest, with its implications, benefits or costs, or of the corresponding decision to increase the amount of contributed capital by not levying tax.
Nasprotno, stalno upoštevanje plačila davkov, ki jih je dolgovala družba EDF državi kot pobiralki davkov, vključno s plačilom in potrditvijo davka, ki se pred zakonom št. 97-1026 ni odtegoval, pri preučitvi in določanju donosa za državo delničarko kaže na to, da je država sporno oprostitev davka odobrila kot javni organ in ne kot vlagatelj.
The documents submitted by the French authorities as described in recitals 87 to 108 do not mention, still less analyse, the benefits or costs for the state of the decision not to levy corporation tax on the part of the grantor rights reclassified as capital under Act No 97-1026 of 10 November 1997.
To navedbo poleg tega podpira narava ciljev, ki jih je leta 1997 določila država za družbo EDF ob upoštevanju prizadevanj in ciljev javnega organa in ne delničarja.
It is for France, in the event of any doubts, such as those formulated by the Commission, about the applicability of the prudent private investor in a market economy test, to establish unequivocally and on the basis of objective and verifiable evidence that the measure implemented falls to be ascribed to the state acting as shareholder.
Ta prizadevanja so očitna pri določitvi cen družbe EDF, kakor je bila dogovorjena v podjemni pogodbi za obdobje od 1997 do 2000 in od katere je bil odvisen donos za državo delničarko.
However, in the light of the evidence provided, the decision to make an investment by way of waiving the tax EDF should have paid must be deemed to have been taken tacitly, without a reasoned legal act that would reveal the precise content of the decision, its grounds and legal basis or by what authority and on what date it was taken.
Država je namreč od družbe EDF zahtevala, naj prispeva h krepitvi konkurenčnosti francoske industrije in kupne moči francoskih gospodinjstev.
In the light of the factors set out by the Court of Justice for establishing the applicability of the prudent private investor in a market economy test, namely the need for objective and verifiable evidence, a measure that has actually been implemented or economic evaluations carried out in advance, the absence of references or material evidence must be regarded as an initial indication that the test is not applicable.
Ta prizadevanja niso samo tuja prizadevanjem preudarnega zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu, temveč so tudi v nasprotju s finančnimi interesi tega predpostavljenega vlagatelja.
In the absence of any documentary evidence tracing the supposed decision, the investment measure that the French state might have taken needs to be described.
Enako velja za cilj, ki je bil določen za družbo EDF v podjemni pogodbi za obdobje od 1997 do 2000, da začne izvajati velikopotezno politiko podpore gospodarski dejavnosti in zaposlovanju, tako da pomaga lokalnim skupnostim (uvodni izjavi 89 in 95).
In this case, the Court of Justice found that application of the private investor test must make it possible to determine whether, in similar circumstances, a private shareholder would have subscribed FRF 5,88 billion to an undertaking in a situation comparable to that of EDF.
Ekonomske ocene za določitev donosnosti domnevne naložbe
An investment by France would constitute waiving the collection of this amount with a view to making a profit greater than the resources initially invested.
Podjemna pogodba med državo in družbo EDF, podpisana 8. aprila 1997, je zajemala predhodne ocene finančnega scenarija, v katere so bile vključene napovedi glede donosnosti naložbe v kapitalskih injekcijah družbe EDF za državo delničarko (uvodna izjava 92).
The analysis must therefore be made with reference to the amount of corporation tax due.
Ti dokumenti in analize, ki so jih izpostavili francoski organi, se nanašajo na pričakovane učinke prerazvrstitve vseh obdavčenih in neobdavčenih rezervacij, ki jih je ustvarila družba EDF in ki so lahko izhajale iz izvajanja zakona št. 97-1026 ali ne.
The absence of any specific studies, references or analyses of the profitability of the investment in the amount of the tax exemption makes it difficult to isolate the effects of the supposed investment in the information submitted by France or by EDF.
Edina sistematična ocena, ki so jo predložili francoski organi in je zajeta v obvestilu družbe EDF z dne 18. februarja 1997 (uvodna izjava 92), je splošna in omejena na zakonsko določen donos, ki se uporablja za kapitalske injekcije, vključno s tistimi pred prestrukturiranjem bilance družbe EDF, brez vključitve na primer donosa na kapital, če ne bi bilo dodelitev, ali donosa na lastna sredstva.
This difficulty is not insurmountable if, for the purposes of analysing most of the factors relevant for determining the applicability and the application of the prudent private investor principle, the additional capital contribution to EDF equivalent to the amount of unpaid tax is regarded as benefiting from the rights attaching to all the capital contributions.
Noben dokument, ki sta ga predložili Francija ali družba EDF, ne kaže, da bi bila domnevno sprejet sklep o naložbi, in sicer večje kapitalske injekcije družbe EDF z neodtegnitvijo davka na prerazvrstitev, preučena in da bi bile v zvezi z njo izvedene posebne študije ali analize.
So, if the capital contributions were remunerated at a certain rate, this rate had to be, and indeed was, applied to the amount of unpaid tax.
Toda preudaren zasebni vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu bi glede na zadevne zneske verjetno naročil pripravo finančne in ekonomske analize naložbe, preden bi se ob upoštevanju zakonsko določene donosnosti kapitalskih injekcij odločil, ali je bilo treba vložiti znesek 5,88 milijarde FRF oprostitev davka, da bi podjetje zagotovilo dolgoročno donosnost njegove celotne naložbe in da bi bilo izplačilo delničarju v ta namen zadostno.
If, on the other hand, the marginal or incremental effect is taken into account, the information provided by France or EDF does not at first sight demonstrate that the amount of contributed capital was increased by the amount of unpaid tax.
Tovrstna predhodna ekonomska študija, ki jo navaja Sodišče v točki 84 sodbe med elementi, iz katerih izhaja, da je mogoče uporabiti načelo preudarnega zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu, ni bila izvedena.
The non-collection of the tax had the effect of increasing the capital contribution to EDF, and thus EDF's own funds, by an additional FRF 5,88 billion, within the overall amount of FRF 14,119 billion of reclassified provisions.
Pozornost zbuja zlasti ugotovitev, da razen donosa, ki naj bi bil zagotovljen državi za obdobje od 1997 do 2000, ni bila izvedena študija dolgoročnejšega izplačila niti donosa, čeprav Francija zatrjuje, da je izvedla prav dolgoročno naložbo.
These provisions, which did not correspond to a prior injection of fresh capital by the state as shareholder, were reclassified as capital contributions and posted under the corresponding item in the upper part of EDF's balance sheet, together with the other equity items (paid-in capital, contributed capital, etc., see Table 2).
Toda preudaren zasebni vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu ne bi opustil analize donosnosti za obdobje po letu 2000.
Without the tax exemption, EDF's own funds, which were to reach FRF 79,8 billion in 1997, would have reached FRF 72,1 billion, according to the documents examined at the time (see Table 2, recital 100).
Čeprav je razumno pomisliti, da bi preudaren zasebni vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu upošteval učinke znižanja stopnje zadolženosti družbe EDF, je treba ugotoviti, da je prednost za družbo EDF, izhajajoča iz srednjeročnega posojila zaradi izboljšanega razmerja zadolženosti glede na lastna sredstva, navedena samo na splošno v nekaterih dokumentih, ki sta jih predložili Francija (uvodni izjavi 101 in 105) in družba EDF.
Instead of FRF 50,7 billion, the state contributions to EDF's capital would have stood at FRF 44,8 billion.
Vendar v nobenem dokazu niso navedene prednosti in donosnost za državo delničarko, če se znižajo stroški posojila družbe EDF ali če je delež dolga manjši.
Supposed investment decision:
V skladu s tedanjimi izračuni, predstavljenimi v uvodni izjavi 101, je moralo biti razmerje neto dolga glede na lastna sredstva družbe EDF 148 % z novo dodelitvijo v celotni kapital, ki je znašal 50,7 milijarde FRF, pri čemer je vštetih 5,88 milijarde FRF sporne oprostitve.
factors for analysis
To razmerje bi moralo biti brez oprostitve davka približno 163 %, kar je približno trikrat manj od razmerja 480 % pred zakonom št. 97-1026.
First, as pointed out by the French authorities, given that the amount in unpaid tax was included in the capital contribution base, and that this was remunerated at a fixed rate (3 %), the absolute value of the remuneration to the state was increased by the tax exemption (or non-collection, see recital 83).
Če se ločeno obravnavajo drugi učinki prerazvrstitve različnih rezervacij, je prispevek oprostitve davka k izboljšanju tega razmerja majhen in njegove dejanske posledice v smislu znižanja stroška posojila za družbo EDF zelo dvomljive (uvodne izjave od 170 do 172).
However, the increase in the capital contribution by the amount of the tax exemption did not have the effect of increasing the state's remuneration in relative terms.
V dokumentih, ki so jih predložili francoski organi, nista niti donos za delničarja, izhajajoč iz razmerja 148 %, niti a fortiori donos, izhajajoč iz razmerja 163 %, opredeljena ali obravnavana kot naložba.
It is common ground that the remuneration for the capital contributed to EDF by the state was laid down as from Decree No 56-1360 of 30 December 1956 (recitals 18 and 103).
V zvezi s tem ni nobene predhodne ekonomske ocene, primerljive s tistimi, ki bi jih dal pripraviti preudaren zasebni vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu in kakršno je navedlo Sodišče v točki 84 svoje sodbe.
Different types of remuneration were therefore included in the contracts which preceded and succeeded the 1997-2000 contract for services, as set out in recitals 93 and 102.
V zvezi s tem ekonomska študija, ki jo je družba EDF predložila v utemeljitev svojih pripomb (uvodni izjavi 69 in 70), ne dokazuje, da je Francija delovala kot vlagatelj in ne kot javni organ.
The principle of remuneration pre-dated the supposed decision and was maintained afterwards.
Študija je bila pripravljena po domnevnem sklepu o naložbi, sprejetem leta 1997, in je pristojni organi pri sprejetju takega sklepa niso preučili.
Moreover, an examination of the facts demonstrates that the tax exemption had the effect of reducing the state's return on its investment.
Navedena študija v skladu z navedbami Sodišča že samo iz tega razloga ni dopustna kot dokaz (uvodna izjava 126 in točka 104 sodbe z dne 5. junija).
The report produced by the National Assembly in September 1997 unequivocally shows that the increase in the total capital contribution was the reason for the reduction in the remuneration so as not to ‘increase the payment burden on EDF’ (recital 103).
To, da je bila študija izvedena na podlagi pristnih osnovnih podatkov, ki so bili tedaj na voljo, ne more izpodbiti te ugotovitve.
The Senate report confirms this deliberate reduction by the public authorities (recital 108).
Študija je podprta z osnovnimi podatki, ki skoraj vsi izvirajo iz zadevnega obdobja, in v njej so uporabljene splošno priznane metodološke metode za ocenjevanje vrednosti podjetja v skladu s pomembnimi pridržki, opredeljenimi spodaj.
Between 1991 and 1996, EDF gave the state a higher return for a lower capital contribution base compared with what was offered between 1997 and 2000 for a higher base.
Zato gre poleg tega za zelo zapleteno ekonomsko študijo, izhajajočo iz razmeroma poglobljene preučitve podatkov, za izvedbo in potrditev katere so bili potrebni približno trije meseci.
The average annual remuneration in absolute terms of FRF 3,41 billion for 1991-1996, when the amount of the capital contribution came to FRF 36,6 billion, was well above the FRF 2,35 billion put in place for a base increased to FRF 50,7 billion during the 1997-2000 period (recitals 92 and 102-103, Table 3).
Priprava navedene študije vključuje več zaporednih metodoloških izbir, ki so včasih sporne.
It follows that the current marginal return on the FRF 5,88 billion increase in the amount of contributed capital expected in the 1997-2000 period by the state as shareholder was lower than in the period 1991-1996.
V nasprotju s trditvami družbe EDF že samo dejstvo, da pristojne službe francoske države na podlagi razpoložljivih podatkov iz let 1996 in 1997 niso same pripravile niti naročile tako obsežne in tako zapletene študije, dokazuje, da sama donosnost domnevne naložbe za delničarja ni bila upošteven razlog za francoske organe, preden so sprejeli sklep.
The French authorities saw to it that the remuneration paid to the state on its capital contribution fell, in absolute and relative terms, as the contribution base increased, as unequivocally established by the National Assembly and Senate reports.
V študiji je analizirano ravnanje francoske države glede na načelo preudarnega zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu na podlagi informacij in predpostavk, ki se zelo razlikujejo od tistih, predstavljenih v uvodnih izjavah od 87 do 108, in s katerimi je bilo mogoče po navedbah francoskih organov razložiti in utemeljiti domnevni sprejeti sklep.
It follows that, by increasing the total capital contribution with a lower return than the contribution which pre-dated Act No 97-1026, the decision to grant a tax exemption did not necessarily constitute an investment.
Vendar sklep o naložbi ni sprejela družba EDF in po navedbah Sodišča (točki 82 in 83 njegove sodbe z dne 5. junija 2012) mora dokaze, iz katerih sta razvidni narava in okvir sprejetega sklepa, predložiti Francija.
Second, the way in which the remuneration on the increased capital contribution was determined is not what a prudent private investor in a market economy might have chosen.
Ker je Francija po lastnih trditvah sklep sprejela glede na informacije in podatke, ki jih je predstavila, študija in s tem družba EDF dejansko prevzameta vlogo domnevnega vlagatelja in tako rekoč bolje kot francoska država poznata razloge in informacije, na katerih naj bi dejansko temeljili že sprejet sklep in v njemu sprejete predpostavke.
As demonstrated by the references contained in the letters from the line ministers and the parliamentary reports referred to in recitals 97, 103 and 106, in making their 1997 scrutiny of the French state's remuneration after the restructuring of EDF's balance sheet, the French authorities took account both of the return on the capital contributions due to the state as shareholder in the strict sense, and of the expected amount of tax that the state, acting as a tax-raising public authority, would collect after 1997 following several years of tax loss carry-over.
Zato študija temelji na ugibanjih in domnevah o podatkih, informacijah in predpostavkah, ki bi jih lahko francoski organi upoštevali – med drugimi, ki jih ni mogoče izključiti – leta 1997, in torej nima dokazne vrednosti leta 2015 (ali oktobra 2013, ko je bila izvedena) za razlago in pojasnitev sklepa, ki so ga francoski organi dejansko sprejeli leta 1997 ter ga razlagajo z drugačnimi podatki in predpostavkami.
As set out in recital 93, the remuneration on the capital contributions was in its turn deductible from income tax, by way of exception to the ordinary law.
Ta dokazna vrednost je toliko manjša, ker se študija pri izsledkih, predstavljenih v uvodni izjavi 70, opira na samovoljne ali tvegane predpostavke ali pa take, ki niso podprte z dejstvi, ali so v nasprotju z informacijami iz dokumentov francoskih organov, ki po navedbah teh organov v obravnavanem primeru dokazujejo možnost uporabe in dejansko uporabo načela preudarnega zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The concept examined and adopted by the French authorities in 1997 was therefore one of the overall amount collected from EDF, tax and shareholder remuneration combined.
Poleg tega so, drugič, v študijo brez utemeljitve v izkaz poslovnega izida družbe EDF vključene rezervacije, ki izhajajo iz obračunov družbe EDF, in sicer v znesku 11,6 milijarde FRF (brez davka) in 7,3 milijarde (po odtegnitvi davka) [28], s čimer se je za toliko umetno povečala vrednost družbe EDF, brez upoštevanja razpoložljivih informacij in predvidljivih prihodnjih sprememb leta 1997 glede obsega obveznosti družbe EDF v okviru pokojninske sheme njenega osebja (uvodne izjave od 168 do 169).
The overall amount of tax collected from EDF, above and beyond the contested exemption, under the state's tax-raising powers, and the remuneration paid to the state as shareholder, are mixed up together in the evidence submitted by the French authorities.
Poleg tega je, tretjič, povečanje vrednosti družbe EDF, izhajajoče iz povečanja donosov in poslovnih izidov, v študiji izračunano na podlagi „tržnih pričakovanj“ leta 1997 [29].
Nevertheless, in their view, this evidence points to the existence of an investment decision.
Sklicevanje na „tržna pričakovanja“, izvirajoča od tretjih oseb, za dokončno ocenitev vrednosti družbe EDF v teh okoliščinah ni potrjeno niti v skladu z argumenti, ki jih navaja Francija, da bi pojasnila in podkrepila sklep, ki naj bi ga domnevno spreje To velja toliko manj, ker francoski organi poudarjajo, da je družba EDF prevladujočo dejavnost opravljala v Franciji po cenah, določenih z zakonom leta 1997 (uvodna izjava 85).
On the contrary, the fact that the payment of tax due by EDF to the state as revenue collector, including by the regularisation and discharge of the tax that had not been collected prior to Act No 97-1026, was constantly taken into account for the purposes of examining and setting the remuneration to the state as shareholder tends to indicate that the disputed tax exemption was adopted by the state acting as a public authority and not as an investor.
Te cene so bile poleg tega znižane, da bi se okrepili konkurenčnost francoske industrije in kupna moč francoskih gospodinjstev (uvodni izjavi 89 in 95).
These concerns are reflected in the setting of EDF's tariffs, as agreed in the 1997-2000 contract for services, under which the state as shareholder was remunerated.
Nazadnje, četrtič, v študiji je brez utemeljitve predpostavljeno, da je bilo povečanje kapitalske injekcije družbe EDF leta 1997 enakovredno nakupu likvidnih finančnih sredstev, vsaj potencialno [31].
The state asked EDF to help boost the competitiveness of French industry and the purchasing power of French households.
Toda družba EDF je bila leta 1997 javna ustanova industrijske in komercialne narave, ki ni imela delniškega kapitala (uvodna izjava 19) ter za katero so francoski organi in družba EDF v zadevnem obdobju trdili, da bo v prihodnosti ohranila isti status (uvodni izjavi 95 in 105).
Not only would such concerns have been alien to a prudent private investor in a market economy, they would have run counter to the hypothetical investor's financial interests.
Tveganost te predpostavke, ki pa je odločilna za izsledke študije, je širše prikazana v uvodnih izjavah od 179 do 181.
Economic evaluations to determine the profitability of the supposed investment
Sodišče poudarja, da je narava sprejetega ukrepa med elementi, ki so upoštevni za ugotovitev, da je mogoče uporabiti načelo preudarnega zasebnega vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu (točka 86 sodbe).
The contract for services between EDF and the state signed on 8 April 1997 contained a prior evaluation of the financial scenario, including projections of the return for the state as shareholder on the investment in the form of contributions to EDF's capital (recital 92).
Sklep, da se v kapital družbe EDF vloži dodaten znesek dodelitve tako, da se ne odtegne davek na prerazvrstitev nezakonitih rezervacij v okviru omrežja RAG, je hkrati sklep računovodske narave o prerazvrstitvi med bilančnimi postavkami družbe EDF (uvodni izjavi 100 in 105) in sklep davčne narave, saj pristojni organi menijo, da je bilo treba davek od dohodkov pravnih oseb odtegniti pred prerazvrstitvijo (uvodna izjava 35), čeprav je bil davek plačan na druge prerazvrščene računovodske rezervacije.
The documents and analyses put forward by the French authorities relate to the expected effects of reclassifying all the provisions constituted by EDF, whether mandatory or not, whether resulting from Act No 97-1026 or not.
V nasprotju s trditvami francoskih organov torej ni dokazano, da sta bila računovodski in davčni vidik neločljivo povezana v enotni ukrep, izveden z zakonom št. 97-1026 z dne 10. novembra 1997.
The only systematic evaluation presented by the French authorities in the EDF memo of 18 February 1997 (recital 92) is general and confined to the statutory remuneration on the capital contributions, including those pre-dating the restructuring of EDF's balance sheet, but excluding, for example, remuneration on other capital or own funds.
Člen 4(2) navedenega zakona določa, da je 1. januarja 1997 protivrednost sredstev v naravi, ki so bila od omrežja RAG dana v koncesijo in so knjižena med obveznosti družbe EDF, brez ustreznih odklonov prevrednotenja knjižena v postavki „Kapitalske injekcije“ (uvodna izjava 28).
None of the documents submitted by France or by EDF demonstrate that the supposed investment decision, namely to make a bigger capital contribution to EDF by waiving tax on the reclassification, was the subject of specific scrutiny, study or analysis.
Iz navedenega je mogoče sklepati, da je navedeni zakon določal, da razen morebitnih odklonov vrednotenja nobena ponovna računovodska ali davčna obravnava ni smela zmanjšati zneska protivrednosti, ki jo je bilo treba vpisati kot kapitalsko injekcijo družbe EDF.