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The Commission noted that between 2001 and 2010 So.Ge.A.AL paid EUR 3042887 to the State in fees for the use of the airport infrastructure, whilst the State financed infrastructure investments for EUR 46940534 and equipment for EUR 284782 during 2004 to 2010.
Družba So.Ge.A.AL je nazadnje trdila, da bi bil četrti pogoj iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark prav tako izpolnjen, vendar s tem v zvezi ni predložila nobenih materialnih dokazov.
The Commission further noted that the award of the comprehensive concession to So.Ge.A.AL in 2007 did not appear to have led to an increase in the level of the concession fees.
Glede združljivosti
On that basis the Commission took the preliminary view that the concession fee was manifestly disproportionate to the public funding made available by the State in relation to infrastructure investments.
Po mnenju družbe So.Ge.A.AL bi morala Komisija združljivost morebitne pomoči letališču oceniti na podlagi:
The Commission therefore preliminarily considered that So.Ge.A.AL might have received an advantage by paying a concession fee below market price.
smernic o regionalni pomoči;
Italy was invited to provide any ex ante business plan which would demonstrate the profitability prospects of infrastructure investments carried out by public entities at Alghero airport which could support the claim that such investments were MEIP-compliant.
smernic za reševanje in prestrukturiranje;
PRELIMINARY VIEWS ON COMPATIBILITY OF AID TO So.Ge.A.AL
člena 106(2) Pogodbe in
The Commission expressed doubts as to the compatibility under Article 107(3) of the Treaty of aid to So.Ge.A.AL under the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014.
Although the measures seemed to meet an objective of general interest which was clearly defined, insufficient information was provided to the Commission to assess whether the infrastructure at Alghero airport was necessary and proportional to the objective set.
Prvič, družba So.Ge.A.AL trdi, da so bili zadevni ukrepi letališču Alghero dodeljeni, da bi se izravnal neugoden položaj zaradi izoliranosti regije Sardinije.
Nor did the Commission have sufficient elements to assess the perspectives for the use of such infrastructure in the medium term.
Komisija bi morala na tej podlagi pomoč razglasiti za združljivo z notranjim trgom v skladu s členom 107(3)(a) Pogodbe.
The Commission also had doubts whether the airport infrastructure was made available to air carriers on non-discriminatory terms.
Drugič, družba So.Ge.A.AL trdi, da so bili vsi ukrepi, ki so predmet presoje, dodeljeni zato, da bi se ji omogočilo prestrukturiranje in s tem zagotovilo, da ponovno doseže rentabilnost.
Finally, given that certain infrastructure investments appeared at that stage to result from So.Ge.A.AL's contractual obligations towards Ryanair, the Commission had doubts on the necessity of any aid to finance such investments.
V zvezi s tem je navedla, da je glede kapitalskih injekcij iz let 2009 in 2010 pripravila načrt prestrukturiranja, tj. načrt reorganizacije in prestrukturiranja iz leta 2010, v katerem so bili opredeljeni dejavniki, ki so negativno vplivali na družbo, in predlagani popravni ukrepi, ki so bili namenjeni zmanjšanju stroškov in reviziji poslovne politike.
POTENTIAL AID TO THE AIRLINES
V navedenem načrtu je bil predviden znaten lastni prispevek družbe So.Ge.A.AL k prestrukturiranju.
The Commission took the preliminary view that the decisions concerning airlines' operating conditions at Alghero airport were likely to involve State resources and be imputable to the State.
Določbe členov 4, 5 in 6 odločbe o storitvah splošnega gospodarskega pomena iz leta 2005 bi se tudi spoštovale, saj je bilo nadomestilo družbi dodeljeno v zvezi s pravilno opredeljenimi storitvami splošnega gospodarskega pomena, za katere je bila družba So.Ge.A.AL pooblaščena z vsaj enim aktom o pooblastitvi, takšno nadomestilo pa ni preseglo zneska, potrebnega za zagotavljanje storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena.
The Commission noted first that AMS is a 100 %-owned subsidiary of Ryanair, set up with the specific aim of supplying marketing services via the website of Ryanair, and which does not provide other services.
Ukrepi v korist letalskim prevoznikom, ki delujejo na letališču
The Commission also took the view that, when assessing whether the measures in relation to Ryanair/AMS were market conform, the behaviour of So.Ge.A.AL had to be assessed together with the behaviour of RAS and/or other public shareholders of So.Ge.A.AL during the period under investigation.
Pri sprejetju zadevnih ukrepov sta regija Sardinija in družba So.Ge.A.AL ravnali tako, kot bi v podobnih okoliščinah ravnal udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The Commission considered that, for the purpose of the MEOP assessment, the ASAs and the marketing agreements and their financial consequences could not be severed and must therefore be subject to a joint assessment.
Družba So.Ge.A.AL zaradi prispevkov za trženje, ki jih je regija Sardinija dodelila v korist letalskih prevoznikov na letališču Alghero, ne bi pridobila nobene gospodarske prednosti.
The Commission recalled that regional development considerations could not be taken into consideration for the application of the MEOP.
Upravljavec letališča je zadevne prispevke prejel le zato, da bi jih lahko dodelil letalskim prevoznikom.
It also observed that according to the information at its disposal at that stage no business plan or ex ante analysis of the agreements signed with Ryanair/AMS had been prepared as the basis for So.Ge.A.AL's decision to enter such arrangements.
Družba So.Ge.A.AL trdi, da bi bilo treba vsako pomoč, ki so jo letalski prevozniki na letališču Alghero prejeli v obliki nižjih letaliških pristojbin ali prispevkov za trženje, šteti za združljivo z notranjim trgom na podlagi člena 107(3)(a) ali (c) Pogodbe in smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005.
On that basis, the Commission expressed doubts that So.Ge.A.AL and RAS behaved as a market economy investor in their relationship with Ryanair/AMS.
V podporo tej ugotovitvi družba So.Ge.A.AL navaja, da je bila morebitna pomoč dodeljena družbam, ki jim je državna članica dodelila dovoljenje za zagotavljanje storitve zračnega prevoza, in sicer za rute, ki regionalno letališče kategorije C ali D, kakor je opredeljena v smernicah za letalski sektor iz leta 2005, povezujejo z drugim letališčem v Uniji.
Measure 5 — Agreements with air carriers other than Ryanair
Financiranje ni bilo namenjeno rutam, za katere veljajo obveznosti javne službe v smislu Uredbe (ES) št. 1008/2008 Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta [43], v sporazumih, sklenjenih z letalskimi družbami, pa so bile določene sankcije, ki bi se uporabile, če letalski prevozniki ne bi izpolnili svojih obveznosti.
The Commission noted that substantial discounts on airport charges were applied by So.Ge.A.AL to air carriers other than Ryanair, for instance depending on the start-up of new routes and increase in traffic levels.
Družba So.Ge.A.AL priznava, da so bila zadevna nepovratna sredstva letalskim prevoznikom dodeljena za daljše obdobje in z večjo intenzivnostjo, kot je bilo dovoljeno na podlagi smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005, obenem pa poudarja, da so sporazumi z letalskimi prevozniki trajali največ tri leta, in da so v smernicah za letalski sektor iz leta 2005 dovoljena odstopanja glede stopnje intenzivnosti za prikrajšane regije.
The Commission invited Italy to provide any ex ante business plans, studies or documents assessing the profitability for the airport manager of each of the agreements with the airlines operating at the airport or, should such documents be unavailable, So.Ge.A.AL's latest budget forecasts prepared prior to the conclusion of those agreements.
Uporaba smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014
On this basis, the Commission expressed doubts that So.Ge.A.AL and RAS behaved as a market economy investor in their relationship with the carriers operating at the airport.
Družba So.Ge.A.AL je v svojih pripombah o uporabi smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 spomnila, da noben ukrep v korist letališča, ki je predmet presoje, ne pomeni državne pomoči.
COMMENTS FROM ITALY
Če bi Komisija ugotovila, da kateri od navedenih ukrepov pomeni pomoč za tekoče poslovanje družbi So.Ge.A.AL, pa trdi, da so izpolnjeni vsi pogoji glede združljivosti iz smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014.
The Commission notes that, in addition to the replies to the requests for information by the Commission, Italy has in the course of the investigation made various submissions.
PRIPOMBE DRUGIH ZAINTERESIRANIH STRANI
However, although the Commission accepted a one-month extension of the deadline laid down by Article 6(1) of the Procedural Regulation [38] for Member States to submit their comments following a decision opening the formal investigation by the Commission, only one of Italy's submissions was made within this extended deadline, namely Italy's letter of 31 August 2012.
Družbe Ryanair, AMS in Unioncamere so svoje pripombe predložile med preiskavo.
Italy's submissions of 3 October 2012, 19 October 2012, 22 October 2012 and 20 February 2013 were submitted after the expiry of the deadline.
PRIPOMBE DRUŽBE RYANAIR
This section therefore deals only with the observations provided by Italy in its letter of 31 August 2012.
Glavne pripombe družbe Ryanair na podlagi navedenih predložitev so povzete v uvodnih izjavah 190 do 226.
The arguments put forward in Italy's subsequent letters which are of relevance to the assessment in this case were presented in Sections 3 – 5.
Glede družbe AMS
POTENTIAL AID TO THE AIRPORT
Družba Ryanair se ne strinja s predhodno ugotovitvijo Komisije, da je treba družbi Ryanair in AMS šteti za en subjekt, in da bi bilo treba za namene ocene gospodarske prednosti sporazume o letaliških storitvah in o tržnih storitvah ter njihove finančne posledice oceniti skupaj.
On the repayment of losses and capital injections
Tega pristopa ne bi podprli niti lastniška struktura družbe AMS niti njen namen.
Italy recalled that airport managers are required by law to observe certain capital thresholds.
Sporazumi o letaliških storitvah, sklenjeni z družbo Ryanair in sporazumi o tržnih storitvah, sklenjeni z družbo AMS, bi bili ločeni in neodvisni, nanašali bi se na različne storitve in ne bi bili pogodbeno ali kako drugače povezani, kar bi upravičilo njihovo obravnavo kot enega sklopa ukrepov.
According to Italy the capital injections under assessment in this case aimed to restore So.Ge.A.AL's capital to the required standards.
Sporazumi o tržnih storitvah so koristili družbi So.Ge.A.AL kot kupcu storitev oglaševanja.
On the public financing for fittings and works
Navedeni sporazumi so pomenili naložbe v izboljšanje znamke letališča in bi pripomogli k povečanju števila prihajajočih potnikov, s tem pa tudi prihodkov iz neletalskih dejavnosti.
Italy explained that prior to 2003, the concession fees to be paid by airport managers having obtained the ‘comprehensive’ concession was set at 10 % of the user fees as per Italian Law No 324 of 5 May 1976 as subsequently amended, and the fee for loading and unloading goods transported by air as per Italian Law No 117 of 16 April 1974.
Njihov namen ni bilo izboljšanje koeficienta zasedenosti ali donosa na rutah družbe Ryanair, prav tako pa niso bili pogojeni s koristjo, ki bi jo takšno oglaševanje letališča na spletni strani Ryanair.com morda prineslo družbi Ryanair.
As of 2003 the annual concession fees were determined with reference to the airport's Work Load Units (WLU, or units of load corresponding to one passenger or one hundred kilograms of goods or mail), which were in turn determined on the basis of traffic data published yearly by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport-ENAC.
Poleg tega sklenitev sporazuma o tržnih storitvah z družbo AMS ni pogoj za to, da družba Ryanair obratuje na rutah na letališče in z njega.
By virtue of Italian Law 296 of 27 December 2006, the annual concession fee for airport managers was increased so as to guarantee revenues of EUR 3 million in 2007, EUR 9,5 million in 2008 and EUR 10 million in 2009 respectively to the Italian Treasury.
Številna letališča, ki jih uporablja družba Ryanair, ne sklepajo sporazumov z družbo AMS.
Italy did not comment on the potential aid to the airlines operating at Alghero airport within the deadline laid down by Article 6(1) of the Procedural Regulation for Member States to submit their comments following a decision opening the formal investigation by the Commission.
Na splošno se potreba po posebnem trženju, ki je namenjeno krepitvi znamke letališča in vplivanju na delež prihajajočih potnikov, pojavi pri manj znanih letališčih, katerih znamka ni prepoznavna in na katerih je treba spodbujati vhodni promet.
COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES
Zato bi bilo popolnoma razumno, če bi takšno letališče v ta namen porabilo sredstva, dejstvo, da bo imela tudi družba Ryanair morda korist od takšnega oglaševanja, pa bi bilo s poslovnega vidika za letališče nepomembno.
The Commission notes that the comments of interested parties cover a wide range of arguments.
Zasebni vlagatelj se ne bo odpovedal naložbi le zato, ker bi lahko druge strani morda imele korist od rasti njegovega poslovanja.
For instance, in its numerous submissions to the Commission Ryanair detailed the underlying principles and assumptions which it considers should serve as the basis for the Commission's MEOP analysis of the agreements with airlines.
Sporazumi družbe Ryanair z družbo So.Ge.A.AL so bili običajni poslovni dogovori, skladni z načelom udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, kar velja tudi za sporazume družbe AMS z družbo So.Ge.A.AL, saj družba AMS sporazume o trženju sklepa po istih tarifah in v primerljivih obsegih z javnimi in zasebnimi letališči, turističnimi organi, skupinami za najem vozil, spletnimi mesti s hotelskimi rezervacijami, zavarovalnicami in ponudniki telekomunikacijskih storitev [44].
So.Ge.A.AL claimed that there exist numerous grounds on the basis of which the measures subject to the assessment in its favour could be declared compatible with the internal market.
Ta pristop je skladen s stališčem družbe Ryanair v drugih predložitvah, ki jih je Komisija prejela med preiskavo.
COMMENTS FROM So.Ge.A.AL
Družba Ryanair se v navedenih drugih predložitvah ne strinja z oceno, v kateri je Komisija plačila družbi AMS ocenila kot stroške za letališče.
Potential aid to the airport manager
Po mnenju družbe Ryanair se z navedenim pristopom ne bi upoštevala vrednost, ki jo imajo storitve družbe AMS za letališče [45].
On economic activity
Letališča lahko z nakupom oglaševalskega prostora povečajo delež prihajajočih potnikov na letih družbe Ryanair, ki za blago in storitve iz neletalskega segmenta običajno porabijo več kot odhajajoči potniki.
So.Ge.A.AL underlines that the public funding granted to it to cover costs incurred in the provision of services falling within the public policy remit does not constitute State aid.
Takšno ravnanje je za letališča ekonomsko smiselno [46].
So.Ge.A.AL did not detail the nature or amount of such costs.
Družba Ryanair meni, da bi bilo treba nakup tržnih storitev po tržnih stopnjah za namene presoje načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu ločiti od drugih pogodbenih dogovorov med letališčem in letalskim prevoznikom.
So.Ge.A.AL considers that all measures under assessment in this case concerning the financing of infrastructure, equipment and ‘fittings and works’ had been legally committed before the Aéroports de Paris ruling and should therefore be excluded from State aid scrutiny.
Če bi Komisija vztrajala pri vključitvi sporazumov, ki jih je sklenila družba AMS, in sporazumov o letaliških storitvah, ki jih je sklenila družba Ryanair, v skupni preskus načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, je treba upoštevati vrednost, ki jo imajo storitve družbe AMS za letališče.
As concerns the period after 12 December 2000, So.Ge.A.AL recalls that Italy had already submitted evidence of the non-economic character of certain activities carried out by the airport manager.
Glede pripisa državi/državnih sredstev
On that basis the Commission should attribute part of the public financing in question to costs incurred in the provision of non-economic activities.
Po mnenju družbe Ryanair stališče Komisije, da so javni organi sodelovali pri sprejetju zadevnih ukrepov, ki se nanašajo na družbi Ryanair in AMS, ni podprto z dokazi.
So.Ge.A.AL further notes that the 2012 Decision is not clear as to the nature and scope of the presumed aid to the airport manager.
Ni bilo mogoče predpostavljati in treba je še dokazati, da so javni organi dejansko sodelovali pri sprejetju ukrepov.
In particular, it would be unclear whether the intention of the Commission was to qualify the totality of the financing for infrastructure works as State aid or, in the alternative, to consider that only the difference between the market based concession fee, which So.Ge.A.AL would have had to pay to the State for the improved infrastructure and the concession fee actually paid by the airport manager would qualify as aid.
Družba Ryanair ne pozna sporazumov med družbo So.Ge.A.AL in regijo Sardinijo, zanje ni odgovorna in jih ni spodbujala ali zahtevala, zato dogovori med družbo So.Ge.A.AL in regijo Sardinijo ne bi smeli vplivati na dogovore, ki sta jih družbi Ryanair in AMS sklenili z družbo So.Ge.A.AL.
It argued that the first option could not be reconciled with the fact that the State retained at all material times ownership of the airport infrastructure.
Družbe Ryanair tudi ni mogoče šteti za posrednega prejemnika državne pomoči.
So.Ge.A.AL cannot therefore be considered as beneficiary of investment aid.
Komisija brez dokazov, s katerimi bi se dokazal dejanski obstoj prednosti, pridobljene z državno pomočjo, ne more kar predpostavljati, da je bila letalskim prevoznikom, ki delujejo na letališču, dodeljena državna pomoč.
At any rate, So.Ge.A.AL submits that it had not benefitted from any undue economic advantage even if the second option was favoured.
Če se lahko pogoji poslovnega odnosa med družbo Ryanair in letališčem upravičijo na podlagi načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, morebitna obveznost vračila ne more veljati za družbo Ryanair.
On non-distortion of competition
Družba Ryanair se ne strinja s premislekom Komisije, da se vsaka spodbuda, ki jo javno letališče dodeli letalskemu prevozniku, samodejno šteje za državno pomoč, tudi če je financiranje z javnimi sredstvi le delno.
So.Ge.A.AL underlines that no distortion of competition can arise as a result of public financing granted to it.
Trdi, da Komisija zaradi svoje nepripravljenosti, da prouči vprašanje pripisa ukrepov državi, ne upošteva smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005, v katerih je navedeno, da odločitev za prerazdelitev javnih sredstev letalskemu prevozniku pomeni pomoč le, če se jo lahko pripiše javnim organom [47].
Given the remote location of Alghero airport, its catchment area [39] does not overlap with that of any other airport in Italy or other Member States.
Glede primerjalne analize
Neither is the airport competing with other airports on the island, given the distance between them and the absence of reliable land connections.
Družba Ryanair trdi, da bi morala biti primerjalna analiza v skladu s sodno prakso [48] glavni preskus, uporabljen za preverjanje prisotnosti pomoči letalskim prevoznikom, preskus, ki temelji na stroških, pa bi se lahko uporabil le, če položaja domnevnega dajalca pomoči ne bi bilo mogoče primerjati s položajem zasebne skupine podjetij.
So.Ge.A.AL does not accept the argument brought forward by the Commission in the 2012 Decision that several airport managers compete for the management of airport infrastructure.
Glede predhodne analize donosnosti
On absence of any economic advantage to So.Ge.A.AL
S takšnimi načrti se lahko morda nedvomno dokaže, da je javni organ ravnal kot zasebni vlagatelj, odsotnost takšnega načrta pa ne bi zadoščala za ugotovitev, da javni organ ni ravnal kot zasebni vlagatelj.
So.Ge.A.AL submits that the capital injections would be MEIP-compliant.
V tem primeru je Komisija v sklepu iz leta 2012 že priznala, da je letališče Alghero zagotovilo osnovno predhodno analizo, ki bi morala zadostovati.
According to So.Ge.A.AL, the economic rationale of the measures should be assessed separately and distinctly for two periods: prior and following the award of the ‘comprehensive’ concession to So.Ge.A.AL in 2007.
Komisija ne more oceniti, kaj predstavlja „sprejemljiv“ poslovni načrt in tega ne bi smela niti poskušati.
So.Ge.A.AL claims that the recapitalisations undertaken prior to 2007 were guided by the need to safeguard its business, in view notably of the award of the ‘comprehensive’ concession which it had already on 18 January 1999.
Družba Ryanair ugotavlja tudi, da je Komisija od družbe Ecorys prejela analizo načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, v kateri je bilo ugotovljeno, da so bili sporazumi z družbo Ryanair skladni z načelom udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu in da so bile izgube, ki jih je utrpela družba So.Ge.A.AL, posledica velikih in nepredvidljivih zamud države pri dodelitvi „celovite“ koncesije.
Based on information available at the time the decisions to inject capital into the company were taken, the perspective of being awarded the ‘comprehensive’ concession was of crucial importance to So.Ge.A.AL's shareholders, to the extent it would have allowed the airport manager to fully capitalise on airport activities and therefore increase aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues.
V analizi načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu bi bilo treba nepredvidljive pomanjkljivosti in zamude nevtralizirati, saj se lahko z njimi zaradi napak države ali ravnanja zasebnih podjetij, od katerih je letališče odvisno, med običajnim poslovanjem soočajo tudi zasebna letališča.
Public shareholders would have had no viable alternative but to recapitalise the company and were justified in doing so given that the delay in the award of the concession was caused by external events which could not be imputed to the company.
Družba Ryanair je poleg tega predložila več zabeležk, ki jih je pripravila družba Oxera, in analizo, k jo je pripravil profesor Damien P. McLoughlin.
So.Ge.A.AL argues that the Commission must take that into account in its MEOP assessment.
Zabeležka družbe Oxera št. 1 – Opredelitev tržnega referenčnega merila v primerjalni analizi za preskuse udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
So.Ge.A.AL adds that the measures would also be justified based on the forecasted increase in passenger volumes as a result of low-cost strategy followed as of 1999.
Zadeve v zvezi z državno pomočjo za družbo Ryanair, ki jih je pripravila družba Oxera, 9. april 2013
The capital injections carried out in 2009 and 2010 were driven by the need to safeguard the operability of the airport manager, notably in view of the improved viability perspectives resulting from the award of the ‘comprehensive’ concession.
Družba Ryanair meni, da je pristop Komisije, da upošteva le primerjalna letališča iz ciljnega območja letališča v preiskavi, napačen.
The fact that So.Ge.A.AL did not recover its profitability after the award of the concession was due to a market scenario that differed significantly from what had been forecasted, which affected considerably the development of air traffic in that period, namely the economic downturn and the consequent economic challenges faced by international airlines.
Družba Oxera je trdila, da na referenčne tržne cene, pridobljene pri primerljivih letališčih, ni vplivala državna pomoč, dodeljena bližnjim letališčem.
In that sense So.Ge.A.AL suffered a 1,8 % drop in traffic levels.
Zato je mogoče okvirno oceniti tržno referenčno merilo za preskuse načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
In addition, So.Ge.A.AL claims that traffic could not develop as it had been projected due to the delay in the execution of infrastructure works (which should have started already in 2004 but had not yet been initiated in 2009).
Razlog za to je, da:
Finally, the failure by ENAC to revise the airport charges upwards, irrespective of the formal request introduced in that sense by So.Ge.A.AL, has to be taken into account.
primerjalne analize se pogosto uporabljajo za preskuse načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu zunaj področja državne pomoči;