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State resources and imputability to the State
Navedena zadeva se je nanašala na pravilo o določitvi davčne oprostitve, ki je bila po definiciji javnega značaja in je zato upravičevala predpostavko o pripisljivosti ukrepa državi.
Observations from Italy [23]
Poleg tega Italija trdi, da razlaga, ki jo je predlagala Komisija in ki temelji na obliki predpostavke, da je državna pomoč v vsakem posredovanju sistema jamstva za vloge, nima osnove v Direktivi 2014/49/EU Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta [25] (ki je Italija ni prenesla in za katero rok za prenos ob sprejetju ukrepov še ni potekel).
Italy submits that the support measures at issue are not of a mandatory nature, since the time, extent and choice of measures are left entirely to the FITD's discretion.
Razlaga Komisije v zvezi s to točko prav tako ni utemeljena v sporočilu o bančništvu iz leta 2013 [26].
Furthermore, those measures are not directly comparable to the mandatory missions laid down by the Banking Act: instead they are directly aimed at achieving a different purpose, or in any case an additional purpose, namely turning around banks in difficulty.
Natančneje, v skladu s točko 63 sporočila je treba opraviti oceno za vsak primer posebej, da se ugotovi, ali o uporabi skladov zajamčenih vlog odloča država, medtem ko se s členom 11 Direktive 2014/49/EU ne nalaga splošna obveznost predhodnega obveščanja o morebitnem ukrepu jamstvenega sklada.
Any coincidence of aims with respect to the protection of depositors is purely fortuitous.
Komisijo je treba predhodno obvestiti samo, če se na podlagi preučitve posameznega primera ugotovi, da ukrep podpore pomeni pomoč.
In that context, the Commission's reference to the judgment in the Austrian Green Electricity Act case [24] is misplaced.
Kar zadeva pripisljivost ukrepa FITD Italiji, Italija utemeljuje svojo analizo na preskusu pripisljivosti, določenem v zadevi Stardust Marine [27], in trdi, da ta v zadevnem primeru ni izpolnjen iz naslednjih razlogov.
That case concerned a rule establishing a tax exemption, which by definition was of a public nature and hence justified the presumption of imputability of the measure to the State.
Prvič, FITD je subjekt zasebnega prava, vse njegove odločitve pa se sprejemajo na sejah oziroma jih sprejemajo upravljavski organi, ki jih v celoti sestavljajo predstavniki bank članic in ki ravnajo povsem neodvisno.
Furthermore, Italy claims that the interpretation proposed by the Commission, which is based on a form of presumption that there is State aid in any intervention whatsoever by a deposit guarantee scheme, has no basis in Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council [25] (which had not been transposed by Italy and for which the transposition deadline had not yet expired at the time of adoption of the measures).
Postopek sprejemanja odločitev za ukrepe podpore je povsem neodvisen, dejavno sodelovanje Banca d'Italia ali katerega koli drugega javnega organa pa ni predpisano.
The Commission's interpretation of this point has no basis in the 2013 Banking Communication either [26].
Dejstva, da je na sejah upravljavskih organov FITD navzoč predstavnik Banca d'Italia, ni mogoče razlagati, kot da je to kazalnik dejavnega sodelovanja Banca d'Italija pri sprejemanju odločitev, saj je predstavnik zgolj pasivni opazovalec.
More specifically, under point 63 of the Communication, to establish whether any given decision on the use of deposit guarantee funds is imputable to the State a specific case-by-case assessment has to be carried out, while Article 11 of Directive 2014/49/EU does not impose a general obligation to give prior notice of any measure to be taken by a guarantee fund.
Italija nadalje trdi, da pooblastilo Banca d'Italia za potrditev statuta FITD in njegovih sprememb ter odobritev posameznih sprejetih ukrepov ne vpliva na neodvisno sprejemanje odločitev FITD, saj je omejeno zgolj na naknadno odobritev, pri kateri Banca d'Italia ravna kot organ, ki nadzoruje in usmerja krizno upravljanje v skladu z zakonom o bančništvu.
Prior notification to the Commission is necessary only if it is established that a support measure constitutes aid following an examination of the specific case.
Odločitev Banca d'Italia pomeni ratifikacijo, omejeno na formalno retrospektivno preverjanje zakonitosti zasebne odločitve, ki je v vseh pogledih že končana.
As regards the imputability of the FITD measure to Italy, Italy bases its analysis on the test of imputability developed in Stardust Marine [27], which it contends is not satisfied in the case at hand, for the following reasons.
Navedeno analizo potrjujejo dejstva, zlasti odredba Banca d'Italia o odobritvi ukrepa FITD, v kateri Banca d'Italia priznava, da ni opravila preiskave vsebine odločitev FITD.
First, the FITD is a private-law entity and takes all its decisions through its general meeting and governing bodies, whose membership is composed entirely of representatives of the member banks and which acts in complete independence.
V podporo navedenemu argumentu Italija trdi, da zadevni primer vsebuje jasne podobnosti z zadevo Sicilcassa [28], v kateri je Komisija ugotovila, da ukrep ne pomeni državne pomoči glede na odločilno vlogo zasebnih subjektov.
The decision-making process for support measures is entirely independent, and there is no provision for the active involvement of the Banca d'Italia or any other public body.
Italija trdi, da dokazi, na katere se Komisija sklicuje v sklepu o začetku postopka, ne dokazujejo, da se je Banca d'Italia vmešala v postopek sprejemanja odločitev FITD.
The fact that a representative of the Banca d'Italia participates in the meetings of the FITD's governing bodies cannot be construed as an indicator of the Banca d'Italia's active participation in the decision-making process, since the role of the representative is merely that of a passive observer.
Prvič, čeprav Banca d'Italia imenuje posebnega upravitelja, ta nima pooblastil, na podlagi katerih bi lahko neposredno vplival na odločitev FITD o dodelitvi sredstev banki v težavah.
Italy further submits that the Banca d'Italia's power to approve the FITD's constitution and amendments thereto, and to authorise the individual measures taken, does not affect the autonomous decision-making of the FITD, since it is limited to a mere ex post authorisation by the Banca d'Italia in its capacity as the authority supervising and directing the management of crises pursuant to the Banking Act.
Namesto tega ravna kot upravitelj in pravni zastopnik banke pod posebno upravo in torej ne v imenu Banca d'Italia.
The Banca d'Italia's decision is a ratification which is confined to a formal retrospective check on the legality of a private decision that is already complete in every respect.
Povedano drugače, posebni upravitelj prevzame vsa pooblastila razrešenih upravljavskih organov, ki izhajajo iz zasebnega prava.
That analysis is confirmed by the facts, and particularly by the Banca d'Italia's order authorising the FITD measure, where the Banca d'Italia acknowledges that it has not carried out any investigation into the merits of the choices made by the FITD.
Drugič, Italija zanika, da bi obstajali kakršni koli dokazi o vmešavanju Banca d'Italia.
To strengthen that argument, Italy claims that the case at hand bears clear analogies with the Sicilcassa case [28], where the Commission concluded that the measure did not constitute State aid in view of the decisive participation of private entities.
Odlomek iz dopisa generalnega direktorja FITD z dne 28. maja 2014, v katerem je omenjeno, da je predstavnik Banca d'Italia pozval sklad, naj si prizadeva za uravnotežen sporazum z BPB za kritje negativnega lastniškega kapitala, je treba razumeti kot izraz upanja in nikakor ne kot ukaz.
Italy submits that the evidence referred to by the Commission in the opening decision does not demonstrate interference on the part of the Banca d'Italia in the FITD's decision-making process.
Nazadnje, Italija ugotavlja, da noben zapisnik v zvezi z odločitvami, ki so jih upravljavski organi FITD sprejeli o ukrepu za pomoč Tercas, ne vsebujejo stališč, ki bi jih izrazila Banca d'Italia in bi lahko kazala, da je Banca d'Italia vplivala na sklad.
First, although a special administrator is appointed by the Banca d'Italia, he or she has no power to directly influence the FITD's decision to grant funding to a bank in difficulty.
Pripombe Banca d'Italia [29]
Instead, the special administrator acts as the manager and legal representative of the bank in special administration, and not on behalf of the Banca d'Italia.
Banca d'Italia v pripombah v zvezi s sklepom o začetku postopka zanika, da so ukrepi podpore FITD pripisljivi državi, ker:
In other words, he or she takes over all the private-law powers of the dissolved governing bodies.
FITD pri zagotavljanju podpore kreditnim institucijam ne izpolnjuje pooblastila v okviru javne politike;
Second, Italy denies that there is in fact any evidence of interference on the part of the Banca d'Italia.
Banca d'Italia o posredovanju za podporo posameznemu podjetju ne odloča skupaj s FITD niti na splošno niti v zadevnem primeru ter ne preverja, ali FITD ravna v skladu z morebitnim pooblastilom, ki mu je podeljeno v okviru javne politike;
The passage in a memo from the Director-General of the FITD dated 28 May 2014 which mentions that the representative of the Banca d'Italia ‘invited the Fund to look for a balanced agreement with BPB to cover the negative equity’ has to be understood as expressing a hope, and certainly not a command.
zadevni primer je bistveno drugačen od ukrepov državne pomoči, ki so jih sprejele Danska, Španija in Poljska, ki so navedeni v sprotni opombi 28 sklepa o začetku postopka ter pri katerih je Komisija ugotovila, da so s sredstvi, uporabljenimi za ukrepe v zvezi s sistemi jamstva za vloge, razpolagali javni organi, zato so ukrepi pripisljivi državi.
Finally, Italy observes that none of the minutes of the decisions taken by the governing bodies of the FITD regarding the action to help Tercas record any positions put forward by the Banca d'Italia that might suggest that it was exercising influence over the Fund.
Kar zadeva prvo točko, je po trditvah Banca d'Italia edino javno pooblastilo, ki ga imajo sistemi jamstva za vloge, da izplačajo vlagatelje: zadnjega stavka člena 96a(1) zakona o bančništvu, na podlagi katerega posredovanje FITD ni omejeno na neposredna povračila kritim vlagateljem v primeru likvidacije, ni mogoče razlagati niti kot dokaz, da so ukrepi FITD pripisljivi državi, razen povračil vlagateljem, niti v smislu podelitve javnega pooblastila FITD.
Observations from the Banca d'Italia [29]
Navedena določba zgolj omogoča druge oblike posredovanja.
In its comments on the opening decision, the Banca d'Italia denies that the FITD's support measures are imputable to the State, because:
Sklic v Direktivi 2014/49/EU na propad kreditnih institucij zgolj kaže, da so ukrepi na splošno namenjeni omejevanju stroškov posredovanja sistemov jamstva za vloge, in sicer s preprečevanjem nastanka potrebe po vrnitvi vlog vlagateljem, s tem pa tudi preprečevanjem propada banke.
in supporting credit institutions the FITD is not complying with a public policy mandate;
Dejstvo, da Direktiva 2014/49/EU ne nalaga pogoja, da je treba Komisiji priglasiti ukrepe podpore sistema jamstva za vloge, pomeni, da izvajanje diskrecijske pravice v zvezi s takšnimi ukrepi samo po sebi ne kaže, da je sistem jamstva za vloge s tem prejel javno pooblastilo.
the Banca d'Italia does not decide jointly with the FITD to intervene in support of a given undertaking, either generally or in the case at issue, and does not check to see that the FITD is acting consistently with any public policy mandate given to it;
Banca d'Italia trdi še, da člen 29 statuta FITD, na podlagi katerega lahko FITD posreduje v podporo banki pod posebno upravo samo, „če obstajajo razumne možnosti sanacije in če je mogoče domnevati, da bodo stroški nižji od stroškov, ki bi nastali v primeru likvidacije“, kaže nekaj bistveno drugačnega od trditve Komisije v sklepu o začetku postopka, da se je Italija odločila svojemu sistemu jamstva za vloge dovoliti, da posreduje, „da bi preprečil propad kreditne institucije“.
the case at issue is significantly different from the State aid measures taken by Denmark, Spain and Poland cited in footnote 28 to the opening decision, where the Commission found that the resources used in measures regarding deposit guarantee schemes were at the disposal of the public authorities and the measures were therefore imputable to the State.
Nazadnje, dejstvo, da mora Banca d'Italia odobriti ukrepe podpore, ki jih sprejme FITD, ne kaže, da si FITD prizadeva doseči cilj, ki je v javnem interesu.
As regards the first point, according to the Banca d'Italia, the sole public mandate of deposit guarantee schemes is to reimburse depositors: the last sentence of Article 96-bis(1) of the Banking Act, which allows the FITD to intervene in ways other than directly reimbursing covered depositors in the event of liquidation, cannot be construed either as evidence of the imputability to the State of measures taken by the FITD, other than reimbursements of depositors, or as conferring a public mandate on the FITD.
Nasprotno mnenje bi pomenilo, da vse bančniške dejavnosti, ki jih nadzorujeta ECB ali Banca d'Italia, usmerja javna politika.
That provision merely allows for recourse to other forms of intervention.
Poleg tega mora Banca d'Italia ravnati neodvisno od države na podlagi člena 19 Uredba Sveta (EU) št. 1024/2013 [30].
The reference in Directive 2014/49/EU to the failure of credit institutions merely indicates that the role of the measures is generally to contain the costs of intervention on the part of deposit guarantee schemes, by avoiding the need to reimburse depositors, and hence preventing bank failures.
Kar zadeva drugo točko, Banca d'Italia izvaja nadzorniška pooblastila samo v zvezi s cilji zaščite vlagateljev, stabilnosti bančnega sistema ter dobrega in preudarnega upravljanja bank (člen 5 zakona o bančništvu).
The fact that Directive 2014/49/EU does not impose a condition requiring that deposit guarantee scheme support measures be notified to the Commission means that the exercise of discretion with respect to such measures does not by itself show that the deposit guarantee scheme has thereby had a public mandate conferred on it.
Na podlagi člena 96b(1)(b) zakona o bančništvu, v katerem je navedeno, da Banca d'Italija „usklajuje dejavnost sistemov jamstva z določitvijo pravil za bančne krize in izvajanjem nadzornih dejavnosti“, ima Banca d'Italia zgolj splošno pooblastilo, katerega namen je zagotoviti, da so dejavnosti sistemov jamstva za vloge združljive z izvajanjem njenih nadzorniških pooblastil; navedeno pooblastilo se izvaja samo z odobritvijo sprejetih ukrepov.
The Banca d'Italia also submits that Article 29 of the FITD's constitution, under which the FITD may intervene in support of a bank placed under special administration only ‘if there are reasonable prospects for recovery and if the costs may be presumed to be less than would be incurred in the event of liquidation’, indicates something quite different from the Commission's assertion in the opening decision that Italy chose to allow its deposit guarantee scheme to intervene ‘to prevent the failure of a credit institution’.
Ker se od Banca d'Italia zahteva neodvisno ravnanje od države, izvajanja njenih pooblastil v zvezi s FITD, ko ta sprejme ukrepe za podporo banki, ni mogoče obravnavati kot državni nadzor nad uporabo sredstev ali kot izvajanje, povezano z javnim pooblastilom.
Finally, the fact that the Banca d'Italia must approve support measures taken by the FITD does not show that the FITD is pursuing an objective in the public interest.
Zato je očitno, da je zadevni primer podoben zadevi Doux Élevage [31].
To consider otherwise would mean that all banking activities subject to the supervision of the ECB or the Banca d'Italia were activities driven by public policy.
Banca d'Italia trdi še, da ni prispevala k načrtovanju ali izvajanju ukrepov podpore FITD ter da stikov med Banca d'Italia in FITD pred uradno predložitvijo vloge FITD v odobritev Banca d'Italia ni mogoče opredeliti kot prispevek k navedenim ukrepom.
In addition, the Banca d'Italia is required to act independently from the State by Article 19 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 [30].
Banca d'Italia je izvajala samo začetno usmerjanje izključno na podlagi zakonodajnih parametrov, v skladu s katerimi bi potekal poznejši postopek odobritve.
As regards the second point, the Banca d'Italia exercises supervisory powers only with respect to the objectives of protecting depositors, the stability of the banking system, and sound and prudent management of the banks (Article 5 of the Banking Act).
Dejstvo, da je Banca d'Italia imenovala in nadzirala posebnega upravitelja, ni vplivalo na zadevni primer, saj se naloge in cilji dejavnosti posebnega upravitelja ne razlikujejo bistveno od nalog in ciljev dejavnosti „običajnega“ direktorja zasebnega podjetja v kriznem položaju, tako da posebni upravitelj ni ravnal v imenu Banca d'Italia.
Article 96-ter(1)(b) of the Banking Act, which states that the Banca d'Italia ‘coordinates the activity of the guarantee schemes by making rules for banking crises and by conducting supervisory activities’, merely confers on the Banca d'Italia a general power intended to guarantee that the activities of deposit guarantee schemes are compatible with the exercise of its own supervisory power; that power is exercised only by means of authorisation of the measures taken.
Predstavnik Banca d'Italia, ki se je udeleževal sej sveta in izvršnega odbora FITD, je bil zgolj opazovalec in ni imel glasovalnih pravic.
As the Banca d'Italia is required to act independently from the State, the exercise of its powers over the FITD when the FITD takes steps to support a bank cannot be regarded as State control over the use of resources or as being tied to any public mandate.
Dejstvo, da je spor med FITD in BPB v zvezi z obsegom negativnega lastniškega kapitala Tercas rešil arbiter, ki ga je imenovala Banca d'Italia, ni pomembno, saj sta stranki v sporu popolnoma neodvisno in na podlagi vzajemnega dogovora zaprosili Banca d'Italia, naj predlaga posameznika, ki sta ga nato imenovali za arbitra.
The case at issue is therefore clearly analogous to Doux Élevage [31].
Skupina BPB se ne bi strinjala s tem, da se Banca d'Italia zaprosi, naj imenuje arbitra, če bi ta imela upravljalno in strateško vlogo v FITD.
Moreover, the Banca d'Italia submits that it did not contribute to the design or to the implementation of the FITD's support measures, and that any contact between itself and the FITD prior to formal submission of the FITD's application for Banca d'Italia authorisation cannot be classified as a contribution to those measures.
Kar zadeva tretjo točko, se zadevni primer razlikuje od primerov, navedenih v uvodni izjavi 44 sklepa o začetku postopka, v kateri je Komisija ugotovila, da posredovanje sistema jamstva za vloge pri prestrukturiranju in likvidaciji bank pomeni državno pomoč.
The Banca d'Italia merely provided initial guidance, entirely on the basis of the legislative parameters that would govern the subsequent authorisation procedure.
V primeru Danske likvidacijske sheme [32] je (1) nacionalna zakonodaja podrobno urejala pogoje za ukrepe podpore; (2) je odbor, odgovoren za oceno stroškov različnih možnosti, imenoval minister za gospodarstvo in finance; (3) isti odbor je moral oceniti, ali bi bil kupec sposoben upravljati banko v težavah in ali je rešitev komercialno vzdržna; (4) je odločitev sistema jamstva za vloge temeljila na oceni in priporočilu navedenega odbora; (5) je upravni odbor sistema jamstva za vloge imenoval minister za gospodarstvo in finance ter (6) je sporazum med nabavno banko in sistemom jamstva za vloge potrdil minister.
The fact that the Banca d'Italia appointed and supervised the special administrator had no bearing on the case at issue, as the tasks and aims of a special administrator's activities do not differ greatly from those of a ‘normal’ director of a private undertaking in a state of crisis, so that the special administrator did not act on behalf of the Banca d'Italia.
V primeru poljske likvidacijske sheme za kreditne zadruge [33] so bile spodbude, ki jih je zagotovil sistem jamstva za vloge, sestavni del likvidacijske sheme za kreditne zadruge, to pa so poljski organi načrtovali in priglasili Komisiji kot državno pomoč.
The Banca d'Italia representative attending the meetings of the FITD Board and Executive Committee sat only as an observer and had no voting rights.
Nadzor nad sistemom jamstva za vloge je imela vlada na podlagi glasovalnih pravic v odboru sklada, v številnih primerih pa je imel finančni minister pravico, da posreduje in sprejema neposredne odločitve z vplivom na delovanje sklada.
The fact that a dispute between the FITD and BPB regarding the scale of Tercas's negative equity was settled by an arbitrator nominated by the Banca d'Italia is irrelevant, because it was the parties, on a fully independent basis and by mutual agreement, that asked the Banca d'Italia to suggest an individual, whom they then proceeded to appoint as arbitrator.
Poleg tega je imel predsednik odbora sklada, ki ga je imenoval finančni minister, odločilni glas v primeru neodločenega izida glasovanja.
BPB would not have agreed to ask the Banca d'Italia to nominate an arbitrator if the Banca d'Italia played a management and strategic role in the FITD.
Kar zadeva sklep o prestrukturiranju bank CAM in Banco CAM v Španiji [34], so španski organi uporabili finančno pomoč sklada za urejeno prestrukturiranje bank [35], ki je namenjen zagotavljanju pomoči za likvidacijo ter je pod nadzorom države in španskega sklada jamstva za vloge.
As regards the third point, the case at issue differs from those cited in recital 44 to the opening decision, in which the Commission found that intervention by a deposit guarantee scheme in the restructuring and liquidation of banks constituted State aid.
Sklad odločitve o posredovanju ni sprejel neodvisno, temveč v okviru širšega prestrukturiranja in reševanja, o katerem so odločali in ga izvedli španski organi.
In the case of the Danish winding-up scheme [32], (1) the national legislation regulated the conditions for support measures in detail; (2) the committee responsible for assessing the costs of the various options was appointed by the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance; (3) the same committee was required to assess whether the purchaser would be able to operate the bank in difficulty and whether the solution was commercially sustainable; (4) the decision made by the deposit guarantee scheme was based on the assessment and recommendation made by that committee; (5) the board of directors of the deposit guarantee scheme was appointed by the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance; and (6) the agreement between the purchaser bank and the deposit guarantee scheme was to be approved by the Minister.
Pripombe drugih zainteresiranih strani
In the case of the Polish credit unions liquidation scheme [33], the incentives provided by the deposit guarantee scheme constituted an integral part of a liquidation scheme for credit unions, which was designed by the Polish authorities and notified to the Commission as State aid.
Prvič, druge zainteresirane strani, tj. FITD, BPB in Tercas, so predložile splošno pripombo, da sta javni značaj sredstev in pripisljivost državi dva različna pogoja, pri čemer morata biti izpolnjena oba.
The deposit guarantee scheme was controlled by the government through voting rights on the board of the fund, and in a number of cases the Minister for Finance was entitled to intervene and take direct decisions affecting the functioning of the fund.
Sredstev zasebnega izvora torej ni mogoče obravnavati kot javnih zaradi presoje, da je njihova uporaba pripisljiva državi.
In addition, the chairman of the board of the fund, who was appointed by the Minister for Finance, had a casting vote in the event of a tie.
Te tri zainteresirane strani trdijo, da je nepravilna trditev Komisije o zelo veliki verjetnosti, da sistemi jamstva za vloge zagotavljajo državno pomoč, saj ravnajo v skladu z javnim pooblastilom in jih nadzorujejo javni organi.