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These decisions were therefore clearly taken in the context of activities carried out in competition with private operators.
Kot je bilo predhodno pojasnjeno (glej opombo 69), letališka služba zbornice ni ločena pravna oseba glede na zbornico, poleg tega je različne pogodbe sklenil predsednik zbornice ali so bile sklenjene pod njegovim nadzorom.
It is sufficient to note in this regard that the current operator of Nîmes airport — VTAN — is a private company’.
Letališka služba zbornice ni ločen subjekt s pravico do samostojnega odločanja, razen kar zadeva vsakodnevno upravljanje letališča.
This argument is without merit because, as indicated above, the measures in question are imputable to the CCI as a whole, and not just to the airport arm, and the CCI is a public authority whose decisions are all imputable to the state within the meaning of the State aid case-law.
Zato je treba za uporabo načela zasebnega udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu ravnanje letališke službe zbornice in zbornice kot celote oceniti skupaj z vidika njunih razmerij z letalskimi prevozniki in njihovimi hčerinskimi družbami.
In conclusion, the various agreements signed by the CCI and covered by this assessment are imputable to the state and involve the use of state resources.
Skupna ocena ravnanja družbe VTAN in sindikata
VTAN operating period (2007-2011)
Kot je bilo podrobno pojasnjeno v analizi, ki se nanaša na to, da je mogoče državi pripisati pogodbe, sklenjene z družbo VTAN na podlagi razpisnega postopka, ki ga je sindikat izvedel leta 2006, ciljev, določenih v SPOJS, in pavšalnega prispevka, ki je bil določen v tem sporazumu in ga je dodelil sindikat, je ta odločilno vplival na odločitve družbe VTAN v razmerju do družb Ryanair in AMS.
The various agreements subject to the formal investigation procedure and signed from 2007 onwards were signed by VTAN.
Zato Komisija meni, da je treba za uporabo načela zasebnega udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu ravnanje družbe VTAN in sindikata oceniti skupaj z vidika nujnih razmerij z letalskimi prevozniki in njihovimi hčerinskimi družbami.
In terms of its ownership, VTAN is a subsidiary of a privately owned group.
V zvezi s tem iz sodbe Splošnega sodišča v zadevi Charleroi izhaja, da je treba v okviru uporabe načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu ravnanje dveh ločenih subjektov v razmerju do tretje strani v nekaterih okoliščinah analizirati skupaj, kot če bi ta subjekta sestavljala en sam subjekt, če med njima obstajajo „tesne povezave“.
This point was particularly highlighted by certain third parties to dispute the involvement of state resources in the various agreements, as well as the imputability of these measures to the state.
V nasprotju s sodbo v zadevi Charleroi v obravnavanem primeru med sindikatom in družbo VTAN z vidika premoženja ni povezave v smislu nadzora.
This argument could possibly be accepted in a traditional concession arrangement in which the conceding owner places its assets at the disposal of a concession-holder in return for fair remuneration, without intervening in any way in the concession-holder’s commercial policy and without financing its operation.
Vendar, kot je bilo prikazano v uvodni izjavi 275 in naslednjih, med navedenima subjektoma obstajajo dovolj tesne gospodarske povezave, ki lahko bistveno vplivajo na ravnanje družbe VTAN v razmerju do družb Ryanair/AMS, da bi bilo mogoče zadevne ukrepe obravnavati kot posledico skupnega ravnanja navedenih subjektov.
However, this is not the arrangement applicable in this case.
Komisija mora za uporabo načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu ugotoviti, ali je treba pogodbe o letaliških storitvah in pogodbe o tržnih storitvah oceniti skupaj.
For a number of reasons detailed in the following recitals, VTAN’s conduct towards Ryanair and AMS must not be considered in isolation from that of the SMAN, which is the group of public authorities acting as concession authority in terms of granting and implementing the public service delegation.
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka predhodno menila, da bi bilo treba za uporabo načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu vsako pogodbo o tržnih storitvah preučiti skupaj s pogodbo o letaliških storitvah, ki je bila sklenjena na isti dan.
On the one hand, VTAN’s commercial policy towards Ryanair and AMS was largely influenced by a framework established by the SMAN, which framework led VTAN to deviate from the normal conduct of an airport operator free to decide its commercial policy and motivated by the prospect of profits.
Ta pristop bi vključeval zlasti obravnavo vsakega sklopa spodaj navedenih pogodb, ki jih je sklenila zbornica, kot enega samega ukrepa:
On the other hand, state resources from the SMAN were used to finance the airport’s operation, and therefore the advantages granted to Ryanair and AMS, the existence of which will be proven further on.
Obdobje upravljanja zbornice (2000–2006):
With regard to the SMAN’s influence over VTAN’s commercial policy towards Ryanair and AMS, it should firstly be noted that the CDSP entrusted VTAN not only with the airport’s operation but also with ‘the development of traffic’.
pogodba o letaliških storitvah, sklenjena 10. oktobra 2005 z družbo Ryanair, in pogodba o tržnih storitvah, sklenjena na isti dan z družbo AMS,
This provision is not an empty phrase.
Obdobje upravljanja družbe VTAN (2007–2012):
In fact, France and the Operators have recognised that the CDSP entrusted VTAN with the task of ‘economic and tourism development of the area’, which ‘requires (i) an increase in passenger flows, generating income and jobs for the regional economy …; and (ii) the development of the enterprise zone situated adjacent to the airport’.
pogodba o letaliških storitvah, sklenjena 2. januarja 2007 z družbo Ryanair, in pogodba o tržnih storitvah, sklenjena na isti dan z družbo AMS,
The CDSP therefore constrained and influenced VTAN’s commercial policy towards the airlines, particularly as the development of traffic is not in itself the ultimate goal of a private airport operator entirely free to decide its commercial policy.
aneks z dne 1. avgusta 2007 k pogodbi o tržnih storitvah z dne 2. januarja 2007 in implicitna pogodba o letaliških storitvah, pri kateri so bili uporabljeni pogoji pogodbe o letaliških storitvah z dne 2. januarja 2007 za ruto Nîmes–Charleroi, na kateri so se po navedbah Francije v zimski sezoni 2007–2008 opravljali leti v zameno za plačilo dodatnih tržnih storitev, določenih v navedenem aneksu,
The goal of such a private operator is in fact to maximise its profitability.
pogodba o letaliških storitvah, sklenjena 1. novembra 2007 z družbo Ryanair, in pogodba o tržnih storitvah, sklenjena na isti dan z družbo AMS,
However, maximising profitability is not compatible in all circumstances with the development of traffic.
pogodba o letaliških storitvah, sklenjena 27. avgusta 2008 z družbo Ryanair, in pogodba o tržnih storitvah, sklenjena na isti dan z družbo AMS,
As a result, under certain conditions, the requirements of airlines likely to use the airport are such that signing an agreement with them may degrade the airport operator’s profitability.
aneks z dne 25. avgusta 2009 k pogodbi o letaliških storitvah z dne 27. avgusta 2008 in aneks z dne 25. avgusta 2009 k pogodbi o tržnih storitvah z dne 27. avgusta 2008,
In such a case, a private operator entirely free to decide its commercial policy would prefer to refrain from such agreements, and give up the associated traffic, rather than degrade its profitability.
aneks z dne 30. novembra 2010 k pogodbi o tržnih storitvah z dne 27. avgusta 2008 in implicitna pogodba o letaliških storitvah, pri kateri so bili uporabljeni pogoji pogodbe o letaliških storitvah z dne 27. avgusta 2008 za ruto Nîmes–Liverpool, na kateri so se po navedbah Francije opravljali leti v zameno za plačilo dodatnih tržnih storitev, določenih v navedenem aneksu.(312) Francija je navedla, da se strinja s pristopom, uporabljenim v sklepu o začetku postopka, po katerem se pogodbe o letaliških storitvah in pogodbe o tržnih storitvah, ki so bile sklenjene na isti dan, analizirajo skupaj.
Conversely, an operator bound by a traffic development objective would be ready to conclude such agreements, particularly if it were to receive, from the conceding owner, a subsidy ensuring the operation’s financial stability with a reasonable profit margin.
Na drugi strani nekatere zainteresirane tretje strani, zlasti upravljavci in družba Ryanair, nasprotujejo temu pristopu, saj menijo, da bi bilo treba pogodbe o tržnih storitvah analizirati ločeno.
It should be noted that, when VTAN became the airport operator and throughout the period of the various agreements in question, Ryanair was the only airline offering scheduled flights from Nîmes airport.
Vendar dokazila iz dokumentacije potrjujejo, da je pristop, ki je bil uporabljen v sklepu o začetku postopka in ga je Francija odobrila, utemeljen.
If VTAN had refused to sign some of these agreements for profitability reasons, it would have run the risk of Ryanair withdrawing routes, reducing frequencies or even terminating all activity from Nîmes airport.
Vsaka pogodba o tržnih storitvah je bila namreč sklenjena na isti datum kot pogodba o letaliških storitvah, razen nekaterih aneksov k obstoječim pogodbam o tržnih storitvah.
Such a choice by VTAN would have clearly clashed with the traffic development objective imposed on it by the CDSP.
Vendar so se z zadevnimi aneksi spremenile same pogodbe o tržnih storitvah, ki so bile sklenjene na isti dan kot pogodbe o letaliških storitvah.
As a result, through the CDSP, the SMAN influenced VTAN’s conduct towards Ryanair and AMS.
Poleg tega so bili nekateri aneksi k navedenim pogodbam o tržnih storitvah sklenjeni v zameno za to, da je družba Ryanair opravljala lete na nekaterih rutah, ali za pogostost njenih letov.
It is not only the CDSP that should be taken into account in this respect, but also the invitation to tender process that led to the airport’s operation being awarded to Veolia Transport.
To velja na primer za aneks z dne 30. novembra 2010, ki je določal dodatna plačila za tržne storitve, ki so bile po navedbah Francije zagotovljene v zameno za to, da je družba Ryanair opravljala lete na ruti v Liverpool.
Accordingly, the SMAN’s invitation to tender notice indicated that one of the aims of the delegation was to ‘promote the airport by developing traffic, services and the enterprise zone’.
Glede na splošno sklepanje, navedeno v tem oddelku, je mogoče s takim aneksom k implicitni pogodbi o letaliških storitvah, v skladu s katerim se za zadevne rute ali pogostost letov plačujejo letališke pristojbine ali cene za zemeljsko oskrbo, izhajajoče iz obstoječe pogodbe o letaliških storitvah, ki je bila sklenjena na isti dan kot pogodba o tržnih storitvah, spremenjena z zadevnim aneksom.
It also stated that one of the tender selection criteria was ‘the commercial development policy’.
Poleg tega so ti dve vrsti pogodb sklenile iste pogodbene stranke.
Interested undertakings were therefore clearly invited to commit, in their tenders, to implementing an active traffic development policy.
Družba AMS je hčerinska družba v 100-odstotni lasti družbe Ryanair, upravljajo pa jo vodstveni delavci družbe Ryanair.
They were particularly encouraged to do so as the SMAN offered a financial contribution ensuring the operation’s financial stability.
Družba AMS deluje v interesu družbe Ryanair in je pod njenim nadzorom, dobički družbe AMS pa se prenesejo na družbo Ryanair v obliki dividend ali povečanja vrednosti družbe.
This contribution was in fact intended to compensate for the incremental losses that might occur as a result of attractive commercial conditions being offered to airlines in order to maximise traffic.
Poleg tega, kot bo podrobno pojasnjeno v nadaljevanju, so različne pogodbe o tržnih storitvah povezane z opravljanjem letov družbe Ryanair na nekaterih rutah z letališča Nîmes.
In the various documents that it sent to the SMAN during the invitation to tender process, Veolia Transport was clearly trying to produce a tender that responded to the traffic development objective set by the SMAN.
V pogodbah o tržnih storitvah je namreč navedeno, da temeljijo na zavezi družbe Ryanair, da bo opravljala lete na teh rutah, in so bile poleg tega sklenjene na isti dan kot pogodbe o letaliških storitvah z družbo Ryanair za iste rute.
Veolia Transport indicated in particular that it ‘share[d] with the authority the desire to increase use of its transport networks and platforms and the associated benefits’, and it highlighted its performance in terms of increasing the use of other transport infrastructures that it operated.
Zato dejstvo, da so upravljavci letališča pogodbe o tržnih storitvah sklenili z družbo AMS in ne z družbo Ryanair, ne more preprečiti, da bi se pogodba o tržnih storitvah in pogodba o letaliških storitvah, ki sta bili sklenjeni na isti dan, obravnavali kot ena sama transakcija, zlasti za namene analize teh pogodb z vidika načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, ter da bi se družbi Ryanair in AMS v okviru te analize obravnavali kot en gospodarski subjekt.
Veolia Transport added that it would ‘play a key role in local development’ and that it would prioritise, in agreement with the authority, several objectives including ‘showcasing the local heritage and the region’.
Nazadnje veliko drugih okoliščin, ki so navedene v uvodnih izjavah 313 in 314, razkriva dodatne zelo tesne povezave med posameznimi pogodbami o tržnih storitvah na eni strani in pogodbami o letaliških storitvah, sklenjenih na isti dan, na drugi strani.
In these documents, Veolia Transport also indicated a desire ‘to attract a large number of additional aircraft and passengers’ and to make the airport into ‘a leading player in the local and regional economy’, aware that ‘the dynamics of air traffic drive and support the region’s economic activity, by creating around 100 direct and indirect jobs and by injecting approximately EUR 70 million per year into the local economy, mainly the tourism sector’.
Najprej, sama Francija je poudarila povezavo med plačili za trženje in rutami, na katerih je opravljala lete družba Ryanair: „Pomoči za trženje so sestavni del instrumenta za razvoj rut, ki so jih uvedli zbornica in zadevni organi.
Veolia Transport therefore submitted a marketing plan aimed at ‘confirming and reinforcing the airport as an economic hub by developing its traffic, which is an essential condition for maintaining and increasing jobs and for ensuring its contribution to the local economy, but also by developing associated activities that are vitally important to the region, such as tourism and property, industrial and tertiary development’.
Po navedbah teh organov gre za dodatni ukrep, katerega cilj naj bi bil privabiti nove potnike z novimi storitvami.
This plan particularly involved the following main lines of action: (i) consolidation of Ryanair’s activity and its development by launching a fifth route; and (ii) attraction of other airlines by systematically targeting those airlines likely to serve the airport and by adopting a cost-neutral airline incentive policy.
Poleg tega se je navedeni prevoznik zavezal glede števila letal, danih na voljo, in glede števila prepeljanih potnikov.
In this context, Veolia Transport provided traffic growth targets.
Z dosego teh ciljev glede zasedenosti je bilo mogoče navedene zneske neposredno povrniti v lokalno gospodarstvo“.
It also stated: ‘In conclusion, we reaffirm our desire to operate and promote the airport in partnership with the SMAN in order to develop its economic and tourism impact on the region’.
Iz navedene trditve izhaja, da so bila plačila za trženje sestavni del poslovnega razmerja med zbornico in družbo Ryanair za upravljanje in razvoj rut.
It is therefore clear that Veolia Transport’s response to the invitation to tender was influenced by the traffic development objective set by the SMAN and, more generally, by the local economic development objectives pursued by the SMAN, which Veolia Transport could not ignore and even shared at the time of preparing its tender.
Komisija poleg tega opozarja, da se pri ocenjenih poslovnih računih, na podlagi katerih je bil določen pavšalni prispevek, dodeljen družbi VTAN od 1. januarja 2007, upoštevajo plačila družbama Ryanair in AMS na podlagi pavšalnih zneskov, katerih višina je v referenčnem scenariju med celotnim trajanjem SPOJS v povprečju 1,6 milijona EUR na leto.
The development of traffic and the consolidation and development of Ryanair’s activity were goals that Veolia Transport mentioned in its tender and that stemmed directly from the SMAN’s objectives.
Komisija torej razume, da sta družba VTAN in sindikat plačila družbi Ryanair/AMS za trženje obravnavala kot sestavni del poslovnega okvira v razmerju med letališčem in družbo Ryanair.
If the SMAN had been content to select an operator without setting a traffic development objective, Veolia Transport would have had no reason to commit to such an objective or to the consolidation and development of Ryanair’s activity.
Iz preučitve posamezne pogodbe o tržnih storitvah, ki jo je sklenila družba AMS, je poleg tega razvidna njena tesna povezava s pogodbo o letaliških storitvah, ki jo je vzporedno sklenila družba Ryanair.
It would have simply proposed the lowest possible amount of the flat-rate contribution, within the bounds necessary to ensure a reasonable profit, in order to gain the concession.
Pogodba o tržnih storitvah, ki sta jo sklenili zbornica in družba AMS, je bila tako 10. oktobra 2005 sklenjena za pet let, tako kot pogodba o letaliških storitvah, ki je bila sklenjena na isti dan.
In an invitation to tender process such as this one, the successful tenderer’s tender necessarily binds the latter for the whole term of the concession.
Poleg tega je v njenem samem predmetu navedeno, da „temelji na zavezi“ prevoznika Ryanair, da opravlja lete na nekaterih rutah, ki so iste kot v pogodbi o letaliških storitvah.
This is true in both legal terms and in other respects.
To besedilo nedvoumno kaže, da pogodba o tržnih storitvah zelo verjetno ne bi obstajala, če družba Ryanair ne bi opravljala letov na rutah, na katere se nanaša pogodba o letaliških storitvah.
An undertaking that sets objectives and makes commitments in response to an invitation to tender organised by a local authority and that subsequently acts in a manner contrary to those objectives and commitments runs the risk of its reputation being compromised among local authorities.
V preambuli pogodbe o tržnih storitvah je poleg tega navedeno: „[…] Družba Airport Marketing Services je edina družba, ki ima možnost in tehnično zmogljivost, da doseže veliko število morebitnih potnikov družbe RYANAIR za namene promocije turističnih in poslovnih zanimivosti v regiji“.
An undertaking such as Veolia Transport, which in 2007 was looking to establish itself in the airport operation market, would not have run such a risk.
To besedilo potrjuje, da glavni cilj pogodbe o tržnih storitvah ni promovirati Nîmes in njegovo regijo na splošno, ampak, veliko natančneje, povečati prodajo vozovnic za lete družbe Ryanair v Nîmes prek promocije te regije.
As a result, VTAN’s conduct towards Ryanair/AMS from 2007 was fundamentally influenced by the traffic development objective set by the SMAN and by the fact that the latter had selected, to operate the airport, an undertaking that had submitted a tender clearly designed to respond to that objective.
Poleg tega storitve, ki naj bi jih zagotovila družba AMS, glede na pogodbo o tržnih storitvah vključujejo objavo sporočil in povezav na strani za namembni kraj Nîmes na spletnem mestu družbe Ryanair ter objavo povezave na spletnem mestu po izbiri zbornice na angleški domači strani istega spletnega mesta.
This influence is evident from the fact that Veolia Transport knew, during the invitation to tender process, that the commercial relations with Ryanair were likely to harm the profitability of the airport’s operation.
Vendar je stran za namembni kraj Nîmes na spletnem mestu družbe Ryanair ciljno usmerjena zlasti na ljudi, ki so se že odločili za let z družbo Ryanair v Nîmes ali o tem razmišljajo.
The documents that Veolia Transport has submitted in this procedure indicate for example: ‘Moreover, in the long term, the replacement of Ryanair’s activity (company benefiting from particularly favourable conditions at the airport) could be positively offset by the arrival of companies likely to accept less economically burdensome conditions for the airport operator …’; ‘The transfer of the risk, above […] %, by the Delegating Authority is justified by the strategic nature for the Gard economy of the tourist traffic brought by Ryanair; in fact, as we explained in our tender, the arrival of this company (under particularly advantageous conditions) has negative economic implications for the airport’s operation, but quite clearly positive implications for the local economy’; ‘Ryanair typically chooses small or medium-sized airports, particularly in France, with which the company negotiates extremely advantageous material and/or financial conditions’; ‘All in all, adding together the main agreement and the Airport Marketing Services agreement, the operations with Ryanair result in a negative turnover (between EUR […] thousand and EUR […] thousand according to the bid and traffic configurations, i.e. an average cost to the airport per outbound passenger of around EUR […] to EUR […] excluding tax per head)’.
Domača stran spletnega mesta je vsekakor usmerjena na precej širše občinstvo, vendar je v pogodbi o tržnih storitvah zajeta samo angleška različica te domače strani.
These various statements tend to confirm that, if VTAN had been free to operate the airport with the sole aim of maximising its profits, it would not have been prepared to pursue with Ryanair/AMS a commercial relationship such as that established by the CCI and that it regarded as a net cost to the airport.
To dodatno kaže, da so tržne storitve pretežno namenjene promociji letov družbe Ryanair med Nîmesom in Londonom, v manjši meri pa promociji potovanj v Nîmes in njegovo regijo.
It may therefore be concluded that VTAN was prepared to pursue this relationship under similar conditions only in the light of the SMAN’s traffic development objectives, VTAN’s commitments made to the latter in this respect in order to win the airport operation concession, and the flat-rate contribution ensuring the concession’s financial stability.
Če bi bile namenjene promociji Nîmesa in njegove regije, usmerjeni na vse turiste in poslovne potnike, ki bi jih lahko regija zanimala, bi zbornica po vsej verjetnosti zahtevala, da se povezava na spletno mesto po njeni izbiri objavi na vseh različicah ali vsaj več različicah domače strani spletnega mesta družbe Ryanair in ne samo na angleški različici.
It should be recalled that the profitability of the concession for VTAN relied on the flat-rate operating subsidy paid by the SMAN, which therefore participated directly in financing the airport’s operation.
Nazadnje, pogodba o tržnih storitvah z dne 10. oktobra 2005 določa: „Ker ta pogodba temelji na navzočnosti družbe RYANAIR na letališču Nîmes, bo prekinjena, če družba RYANAIR iz katerega koli razloga ne bo več navzoča na letališču Nîmes ali če se prekine pogodba o letaliških storitvah med družbo RYANAIR in [zbornico] z dne 10. oktobra 2005“.
The existence of this subsidy, granted by the SMAN, demonstrates the latter’s influence over VTAN’s commercial relations with Ryanair/AMS.
Ta določba jasno veže možnost uporabe ene pogodbe na drugo in s tem poudarja njuno medsebojno povezavo.
Without this subsidy, it is likely that no operator would have agreed to operate the airport under a concession for which the economic model was based on a traffic development objective and relations with an airline that were likely to result in a negative margin for the airport’s operation.
Poleg tega je v vsaki od teh pogodb izrecno navedeno, da „temelji na zavezi družbe Ryanair k opravljanju letov na“ nekaterih rutah, za katere je opredeljena določena pogostost letov, popolnoma enako navedbo pa je mogoče zaslediti tudi v pogodbi o letaliških storitvah, sklenjeni na isti dan.