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The Commission acknowledges that Point 27 of the sample concession contract from 1972/73 lays down applicable tariffs for the operators its covers, but recalls that it has received no similar concession or entrustment act concerning CSTP for the period under review which could establish the imposition of such obligations on the latter.
Komisija nadalje ugotavlja, da v skladu s sodbo Sodišča v zadevi Antrop zahteve iz navedenega postopka niso izpolnjene, kadar na podlagi zanesljivih računovodskih podatkov podjetja ni mogoče določiti razlike med stroški, ki se pripišejo njegovi dejavnosti na področju, na katerem ima koncesijo, in ustreznimi prihodki ter zato ni mogoče izračunati povečanja stroškov, ki nastanejo zaradi izpolnjevanja obveznosti iz javne službe s strani tega podjetja.
In any event, the Commission notes that, under Article 2 of Regional Law No 16/1983, the annual compensation to undertakings providing public transport services was calculated ex ante as the difference between the revenues deriving from the application of minimum tariffs and the so-called ‘standard cost’ (see recital (23)).
Družba CSTP ni predložila dokazov, da je za svoje komercialne dejavnosti v obravnavanem obdobju, zlasti leta 1998, imela pravilno ločene računovodske izkaze.
The Commission therefore concludes that the Regional Law provided for minimum tariffs, which also excludes the existence of a general tariff obligation.
Poleg tega Komisija meni, da trditev družbe CSTP, da je zahteva po hrambi celovite računovodske in upravne dokumentacije za obravnavano obdobje prenehala veljati, ni pomembna za naknadno utemeljitev dodatnega nadomestila na podlagi induktivnega pristopa.
In any event, it does not appear that any PSO that CSTP might have been required to carry out was imposed on it unilaterally.
V vsakem primeru taka zahteva, ki izhaja iz nacionalnega prava, če bi bilo dokazano, da obstaja, ne more ogroziti obveznosti, ki izhaja iz sodne prakse Sodišča ali Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69 in za katero je treba dokazati, da je izpolnjena, preden se lahko izvajalcu prevoza plača nadomestilo za opravljanje javne službe.
The Commission notes, in this respect, that CSTP took the initiative in requesting the renewal of concessions for all seven years during the period under review.
Drugič, Komisija ugotavlja, da mora v skladu s členom 13 Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69 uprava vnaprej določiti višino nadomestila.
Moreover, following the judgment of the Consiglio di Stato in 2009, the Region repeatedly asked CSTP to produce the acts or contracts imposing PSOs in order to comply with the judgment.
Izračun dodatnega nadomestila na podlagi naknadne ocene, kot to določa sodišče Consiglio di Stato, je v nasprotju z navedeno določbo, kot je že pojasnjeno v uvodnih izjavah 54 in 55.
According to it, the company never replied.
Glede na navedeno je Komisija sklenila, da dodatno nadomestilo, ki ga je treba po mnenju sodišča Consiglio di Stato plačati družbi CSTP, ni bilo v skladu z enotnim postopkom za plačilo nadomestila iz oddelka IV Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69 in zato ni bilo izvzeto iz obveznosti predhodne priglasitve v skladu s členom 17(2) navedene uredbe.
Compliance of the compensation with the common compensation procedure
Ker ni bilo dokazano, da je bil obravnavani ukrep izvzet iz obveznosti predhodne priglasitve v skladu s členom 17(2) Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69, bo treba preveriti združljivost teh plačil z notranjim trgom, saj pomenijo državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe, kot je pojasnjeno v oddelku 6.1.
Even if PSOs were shown to have been unilaterally imposed on CSTP in this instance, which is not the case, the compensation for those services would still need to comply with the common compensation procedure (Section IV) of Regulation (EC) No 1191/69 to be exempted from prior notification under Article 17(2) of that Regulation.
Člen 93 Pogodbe vsebuje pravila o združljivosti državne pomoči na področju usklajevanja prometa in obveznosti javne službe v prometnem sektorju ter pomeni lex specialis, kar zadeva člena 107(3) in 106(2), saj vsebuje posebna pravila o združljivosti državne pomoči.
The Commission does not consider this to be the case.
Sodišče je razsodilo, da navedeni člen „dopušča, da so pomoči za prevoz združljive z notranjim trgom samo v natančno določenih primerih in če ne škodijo splošnim interesom [Unije]“.
First, the Commission notes that the additional compensation awarded to CSTP concerns only 1998.
Uredba (EGS) št. 1191/69 in Uredba Sveta (EGS) št. 1107/70 sta bili razveljavljeni z Uredbo (ES) št. 1370/2007, ki je začela veljati 3. decembra 2009.
CSTP has admitted that in that year, in addition to its alleged PSOs, it also engaged in commercial activities, namely rental services.
Uredba (ES) št. 1370/2007 se uporablja za nadomestilo za obveznosti javne službe v zvezi z javnimi storitvami železniškega in cestnega potniškega prevoza.
The Commission recalls, in that respect, that with effect from 1 July 1992, Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69, by virtue of Article 1(5)(a) thereof, required transport undertakings, which operate not only services subject to PSOs but also engage in other activities, to operate the public services as separate divisions whereby: (i) the operating accounts corresponding to each of those activities are separate and the proportion of the assets pertaining to each is used in accordance with the accounting rules in force, and (ii) expenditure is balanced by operating revenue and payments from public authorities, without any possibility of transfer from or to another sector of the undertaking’s activity.
Komisija meni, da bi bilo treba združljivost nepriglašenega ukrepa preveriti v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1370/2007, ki je začela veljati 3. decembra 2009 in ki je razveljavila Uredbo (EGS) št. 1191/69, saj je bila to zakonodaja, ki je veljala ob sprejetju tega sklepa.
The Commission further notes that, according to the Court of Justice in the Antrop judgment, the requirements set out by that procedure are not fulfilled where it is not possible to ascertain on the basis of reliable data from the relevant accounts the difference between the costs imputable to the parts of its activities in the area covered by the concession and the corresponding income and, consequently, where it is not possible to calculate the additional cost deriving from the performance of public service obligations by that undertaking.
Poleg tega ugotavlja, da je bilo dodatno nadomestilo, ki ga je sodišče Consiglio di Stato dodelilo družbi CSTP, plačano 21. decembra 2012, tako da je na datum, ko so se pojavili učinki izplačane pomoči, Uredba (ES) št. 1370/2007 veljala že več kot tri leta.
CSTP has not provided any evidence that during the period under review, and especially in 1998, proper separate accounts were kept for its commercial activities.
V členu 9(1) Uredbe (ES) št. 1370/2007 je navedeno: „[Z notranjim] trgom so združljiva nadomestila za opravljanje javne službe, namenjena opravljanju storitev javnega potniškega prevoza ali upoštevanju tarifnih obveznosti, ki so določene s splošnimi pravili in ki se plačujejo v skladu s to uredbo.
Moreover, the Commission considers that the argument put forward by CSTP that the legal requirement to keep full accounting and administrative documentation for the period under review has now expired, is not relevant to justify ex post an additional amount of compensation via an inductive approach.
Ta nadomestila so oproščena obveznosti predhodnega obvestila iz člena [108(3)] Pogodbe.“
In any event, such a requirement deriving from national law, were it to be shown to exist, cannot undermine an obligation deriving from the case-law of the Court of Justice or Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69, which must be shown to be fulfilled before public service compensation can be paid to a transport operator.
Komisija iz razlogov, navedenih v nadaljevanju, meni, da priglašeno nadomestilo ni v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1370/2007, zato ga ni mogoče razglasiti za združljivega z notranjim trgom v skladu s členom 9(1) navedene uredbe.
Second, the Commission notes that Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 requires that the administration to fix the amount of the compensation in advance.
Prvič, v skladu s členom 3 Uredbe (ES) št. 1370/2007 mora pristojni organ, kadar se odloči, da izvajalcu, ki ga izbere sam, dodeli izključno pravico in/ali nadomestilo v zameno za izvajanje obveznosti javne službe, to storiti v okviru pogodbe o izvajanju javne službe, razen če je namen obveznosti javne službe določiti maksimalne tarife in če je naložena z ukrepom, ki se uporablja brez diskriminacije za vse storitve javnega potniškega prevoza iste vrste na zadevnem geografskem območju (splošna pravila).
The calculation of the additional compensation on the basis of an ex post assessment, as prescribed by the Consiglio di Stato, is at odds with that provision, as already explained in recitals 54 and 55.
Komisija v tem primeru meni, da ni bilo predloženih dokazov o tem, da je med družbo CSTP in regijo obstajala pogodbena shema ali da so veljala splošna pravila, ki so določala maksimalne tarife za vse potnike ali določene kategorije potnikov.
In the light of these observations, the Commission concludes that the additional compensation the Consiglio di Stato considers due to CSTP did not comply with the common compensation procedure laid down in Section IV of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69, and was therefore not exempted from compulsory prior notification pursuant to Article 17(2) of that Regulation.
Komisija je prejela le eno vzorčno koncesijsko pogodbo, in sicer za leto 1972/1973, iz katere ni mogoče pridobiti zanesljivih informacij o razmerju med družbo CSTP in regijo v obravnavanem obdobju (1997–2002).
COMPATIBILITY OF THE AID
Poleg tega Komisija ugotavlja, da so v skladu s členom 2 regionalnega zakona št. 16/1983, ki sta ga tako regija kot tudi družba CSTP opredelili kot pravno podlago za obravnavano obdobje (glej uvodni izjavi 19 in 36), prihodki izvajalcev javnega prevoza izhajali iz uporabe minimalnih tarif, ki jih je določila regija.
Since it has not been shown that the measure under review was exempt from prior notification pursuant to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69, the compatibility of those payments with the internal market will have to be examined, as they are considered to constitute state aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty, as explained in section 6.1 above.
Maksimalne tarife niso omenjene.
Article 93 of the Treaty contains rules for the compatibility of state aid in the area of coordination of transport and PSOs in the field of transport and constitutes a lex specialis with respect to Article 107(3), as well as Article 106(2), as it contains special rules for the compatibility of state aid.
Zato je Komisija sklenila, da se člen 3 Uredbe (ES) št. 1370/2007 ni upošteval.
The Court of Justice has ruled that that Article ‘acknowledges that aid to transport is compatible with the internal market only in well-defined cases which do not jeopardise the general interests of the [Union]’.
Člen 4(1)(b) na primer zahteva, da se parametri, na podlagi katerih se izračuna nadomestilo, določijo vnaprej na objektiven in pregleden način tako, da se prepreči čezmerna kompenzacija, člen 4(1)(c) in člen 4(2) pa določata ureditve za razporeditev stroškov in prihodkov.
On 3 December 2009, Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 entered into force and repealed Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 and Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 of the Council.
Kot je v oddelku 6.1 pojasnjeno v zvezi s proučitvijo, ki jo je Komisija opravila za drugi pogoj iz sodbe Sodišča v zadevi Altmark, se parametri, na podlagi katerih je drugi strokovnjak izračunal domnevno nezadostno nadomestilo, niso določili vnaprej in se zato člen 4 Uredbe (ES) št. 1370/2007 ni upošteval.
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 applies to the compensation of PSOs concerning public passenger transport services by rail and by road.
Tretjič, v členu 6(1) je določeno, da mora biti nadomestilo pri neposredno sklenjenih pogodbah o izvajanju javne službe v skladu z določbami Uredbe (ES) št. 1370/2007 in določbami iz Priloge, da ne bi preseglo zneska, potrebnega za izvajanje obveznosti javne službe.
The Commission considers that the examination of the compatibility of the non-notified measure should be conducted under Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007, which entered into force on 3 December 2009 and repealed Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69, since that was the legislation in force at the time this Decision was adopted.
V Prilogi k Uredbi (ES) št. 1370/2007 je določeno, da nadomestilo ne sme preseči zneska, ki ustreza finančnemu znesku, sestavljenemu iz stroškov, nastalih zaradi obveznosti opravljanja javne službe, zmanjšanemu za prihodke od prodaje vozovnic in kakršne koli pozitivne finančne učinke, nastale v sklopu omrežja, ki se upravlja v okviru obveznosti opravljanja javne službe, ter povečanemu za primeren dobiček.
It further notes that the additional compensation awarded to CSTP by the Consiglio di Stato was paid on 21 December 2012, so Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 had already been in effect for more than three years on the date on which the effects of the disbursed aid occurred.
Poleg tega je v Prilogi določeno, da je treba stroške in prihodke izračunati v skladu z veljavnimi računovodskimi in davčnimi pravili.
Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 states that: ‘Public service compensation for the operation of public passenger transport services or for complying with tariff obligations established through general rules paid in accordance with this Regulation shall be compatible with the [internal] market.
Prav tako bi moralo biti računovodstvo zaradi večje preglednosti razdeljeno (točka 5 Priloge k Uredbi (ES) št. 1370/2007).
Such compensation shall be exempt from the prior notification requirement laid down in Article [108(3)] of the Treaty’.
Kot je ugotovljeno v uvodni izjavi 82, družba CSTP ni imela pravilno ločenih računovodskih izkazov za leto 1998, tj. leto, za katero ji je bilo na podlagi sodbe sodišča Consiglio di Stato dodeljeno nadomestilo.
For the reasons set out below, the Commission considers that the notified compensation does not comply with Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 and cannot therefore be declared compatible with the internal market under Article 9(1) of that Regulation.
Zato ni mogoče dokazati, da dodatno nadomestilo, ki ga je Italija izplačala 21. decembra 2012, ne presega zneska, ki ustreza finančnemu neto učinku, ki ustreza vsoti pozitivnih ali negativnih posledic upoštevanja obveznosti javne službe na stroške in prihodke izvajalca javne službe (točka 2 Priloge k Uredbi (ES) št. 1370/2007).
The Commission has received only one sample concession contract for the year 1972/73, from which it is not possible to extract reliable information on the relationship between CSTP and the Region in the period under review (1997-2002).
NADOMESTILO, KI GA JE DODELILO SODIŠČE CONSIGLIO DI STATO, NE POMENI NADOMESTILA ZA ŠKODO
Moreover, the Commission notes that, in accordance with Article 2 of Regional Law No 16/1983 — the legal basis identified by both the Region and CSTP for the period under review (see recitals 19 and 36) — the revenues of public transport providers derived from the application of minimum tariffs established by the Region.
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka pozvala vse zainteresirane strani, naj predložijo pripombe o tem, ali sodba sodišča Consiglio di Stato zadeva dodelitev nadomestila za škodo zaradi domnevne kršitve prava in ne dodelitve nadomestila za opravljanje javne službe na podlagi veljavnih uredb Sveta.
No reference is made to maximum tariffs.
Tega vprašanja v svojih pripombah niso obravnavali niti italijanski organi niti družba CSTP.
The Commission therefore concludes that Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 has not been complied with.
Komisija v zvezi s tem ugotavlja, da nadomestilo za škodo zaradi protipravnih dejanj ali drugega ravnanja nacionalnih organov v določenih okoliščinah ne daje prednosti in se zato ne šteje za državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
Second, the Commission notes that regardless of whether CSTP concluded a public service contract or was subject to tariff obligations by way of general rules, not all the provisions of Article 4 of that Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007, which establishes the mandatory content of public service contracts and general rules, appear to have been respected.
Nadomestilo za utrpelo škodo se razlikuje od državne pomoči, saj je njegov namen, da se oškodovana stran vrne v stanje, v katerem je bila pred škodnim dejanjem, kot da se slednje ne bi pojavilo (restitutio in integrum).
For instance, Article 4(1)(b) requires the parameters on the basis of which the compensation is calculated to be established in advance in an objective and transparent manner in a way that prevents overcompensation, while Article 4(1)(c) and Article 4(2) lay down the arrangements with regard to the allocation of costs and revenues.
V zvezi s tem Komisija prav tako ugotavlja, da mora nadomestilo za škodo temeljiti na splošnem pravilu o nadomestilu, da se zanj ne bi uporabljala pravila o državni pomoči.
As explained in relation to the Commission’s examination of the second condition laid down by the Court of Justice’s Altmark judgment in section 6.1, the parameters on the basis of which the alleged undercompensation was calculated by the second expert were not established in advance and therefore Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 has not been complied with.
Komisija nazadnje opozarja, da je Sodišče v sodbi v zadevi Lucchini odločilo, da nacionalno sodišče ne sme uporabljati nacionalnega prava, če bi uporaba navedenega prava „onemogočila uporabo prava Skupnosti, saj bi onemogočila vračilo dodeljene državne pomoči, s tem, da bi kršila pravo Skupnosti“.
Third, Article 6(1) provides that, in the case of directly awarded public service contracts, compensation must comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 and with the provisions laid down in the Annex to ensure that the compensation does not go beyond what is necessary to carry out the public service obligation.
Načelo, na katerem temelji ta razglasitev, je, da pravila nacionalnega prava ni mogoče uporabiti, če bi taka uporaba onemogočila pravilno uporabo prava Unije.
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 provides that the compensation may not exceed an amount corresponding to the financial amount composed of the following factors: costs incurred in relation to the PSO minus ticket revenue, minus any positive financial effects generated within the network operated under the PSO, plus a reasonable profit.
Kar zadeva dodatno nadomestilo, ki ga je sodišče Consiglio di Stato dodelilo družbi CSTP, Komisija ugotavlja, da operativni del sodbe sodišča sicer ne vsebuje sklicevanja na Uredbo (EGS) št. 1191/69, vendar navedena sodba navaja pravico družbe CSTP do prejetja zneskov v obliki nadomestila v skladu s členi 6, 10 in 11 Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69, ki ga mora določiti uprava na podlagi zanesljivih podatkov.
In addition, the Annex requires costs and revenues to be calculated in accordance with the accounting and tax rules in force.
To bi pomenilo, da pravica družbe CSTP do dodatnega nadomestila po mnenju sodišča Consiglio di Stato ne izhaja iz splošnega pravila o nadomestilu za škodo zaradi protipravnega dejanja ali drugega ravnanja nacionalnih organov, temveč iz pravic, ki domnevno izhajajo iz Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69.
Furthermore, for transparency reasons, there should be separation of accounts (Point 5 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007).
Komisija v vsakem primeru meni, da bi dodelitev nadomestila za škodo v korist družbe CSTP, ker so ji italijanski organi domnevno nezakonito enostransko naložili obveznosti javne službe, izračunanega na podlagi enotnega postopka za plačilo nadomestila iz Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69, kršila člena 107 in 108 Pogodbe.
As noted in recital 82, CSTP did not apply proper separation of accounts for 1998, the year for which it has been awarded compensation as a result of the Consiglio di Stato’s judgment.
Taka dodelitev bi namreč za družbo CSTP ustvarila enak rezultat kot dodelitev nadomestila za opravljanje javne službe v obravnavanem obdobju, čeprav specifikacije koncesij, ki urejajo zadevne storitve, niso bile niti izvzete iz obveznosti predhodne priglasitve niti niso upoštevale bistvenih zahtev Uredbe (EGS) št. 1191/69 ali Uredbe (ES) št. 1370/2007, kot je bilo že pojasnjeno.
Consequently, it is impossible to demonstrate that the additional compensation paid out by the Italian State on 21 December 2012 does not exceed an amount corresponding to the net financial effect equivalent to the total of the effects, positive or negative, of compliance with the PSOs on the costs and revenue of the public service operator (point 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007).
Razpoložljivost take dodelitve bi omogočila učinkovito izogibanje pravilom o državni pomoči ter pogojem, ki jih je določil zakonodajalec Unije in pod katerimi pristojni organi pri nalaganju ali sklepanju pogodb o izvajanju obveznosti javne službe izvajalcem javne službe dodeljujejo nadomestilo za nastale stroške v zameno za opravljanje obveznosti javne službe.
Moreover, as far as the period under review is concerned, in the absence of compensation parameters laid down in advance, any cost allocation must necessarily be conducted ex post on the basis of arbitrary assumptions, as was done through the inductive methodology.
Dodelitev nadomestila za škodo, ki bi bilo enako vsoti zneskov pomoči, načrtovanih za dodelitev, bi dejansko pomenila posredno dodelitev državne pomoči, za katero je bilo ugotovljeno, da ni zakonita in združljiva z notranjim trgom.
Accordingly, the Commission considers that the additional compensation awarded by the Consiglio di Stato was not paid in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 and therefore that it is incompatible with the internal market.
Na podlagi navedenega je Splošno sodišče menilo, da odškodninske klavzule za vračilo državne pomoči pomenijo državno pomoč.
THE COMPENSATION AWARDED BY THE CONSIGLIO DI STATO DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DAMAGES
V vzorčni koncesijski pogodbi iz leta 1972, na podlagi katere je družba CSTP domnevno opravljala zadevne storitve prevoza, v vsakem primeru ni bilo določeno plačilo finančnega nadomestila.
In the opening decision, the Commission invited all interested parties to comment on whether the judgment of the Consiglio di Stato concerns an award for damages for alleged breach of law as opposed to an award of public service compensation based on the applicable Council Regulations.
Družba CSTP se je strinjala, da bo storitve opravljala pod pogoji, določenimi s koncesijo, na lastno odgovornost.
Neither the Italian authorities nor CSTP addressed this question in their observations.
To ugotovitev potrjuje tudi člen 2 regionalnega zakona št. 16/1983, v katerem je določeno, da morajo morebitno izgubo ali primanjkljaj, ki ni krit z javnimi prispevki, kriti izvajalci storitev.
The Commission notes in this respect that, under certain circumstances, compensation for damages due to the wrongful acts or other conduct by the national authorities does not provide an advantage and is therefore not to be considered as state aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Zato Komisija meni, da sodba sodišča Consiglio di Stato ne pomeni dodelitve nadomestila za škodo, ki naj bi jo družba CSTP utrpela zaradi protipravnega dejanja ali drugega ravnanja nacionalnih organov, temveč dodelitev nezakonite in nezdružljive državne pomoči, ki je prepovedana na podlagi člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
The purpose of compensation for damage suffered is different from that of state aid since it aims to bring the damaged party back to the situation in which it found itself prior to the damaging act, as if the latter had not occurred (restitutio in integrum).
Glede na navedeno je Komisija sklenila, da nepriglašeni ukrep pomeni državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe, ki ni združljiva z notranjim trgom.
The Commission further notes, in that respect, that for compensation for damages to fall outside the state aid rules, it must be based on a general rule of compensation.
VRAČILO POMOČI