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Germany suggested comparing the fees paid by Propapier to the average price observed in the sector and quoted a study which found the average price in the sector to be between EUR 0,24 and EUR 1 [19].
Komisija je menila, da pristojbine, zaračunane podjetju Propapier, niso krile vseh stroškov čiščenja odpadnih voda, saj je Nemčija priznala, da te pristojbine krijejo le 20 % pripisanih obresti na vloženi kapital, saj se 80 % subvencije, ki jo je občina za izgradnjo čistilne naprave prejela iz drugih javnih virov, ne sme upoštevati pri izračunu pripisanih obresti.
The Commission observed in the opening decision that it appeared that the private investor principle might be applicable to the present case.
V zvezi s tem je Komisija v sklepu o začetku postopka najprej ugotovila, da niti Direktiva 2000/60/ES (v nadaljnjem besedilu: okvirna direktiva EU o vodah) [15] niti zakon KAG Brandenburg ne zahtevata, da morajo pristojbine za uporabo čistilne naprave odpadnih voda kriti vse stroške [16].
However, it expressed doubts as to whether the use of a benchmark could exclude the presence of aid as the data presented appeared to be skewed.
Vendar se je Komisija v sklepu o začetku postopka sklicevala na zadevi InfraLeuna [17] in Kimberly-Clark/Scott [18], v katerih so dajatve, določene v višini vseh stroškov, ustrezale stroškom, ki se običajno vključijo v proračun podjetja.
Even if the quoted fees from other municipalities were to reflect the full costs, different prices appeared to reflect different local realities, which for a private investor would justify different price levels.
Pritožnik je navedel, da bi bilo treba za ugotavljanje obstoja prednosti višino pristojbin, ki jih je podjetje Propapier dejansko plačalo, primerjati z višino pristojbin, ki bi jih zaračunal zasebni vlagatelj v enakem položaju kot TAZV.
As a result, the Commission at the time doubted that the presence of an advantage for Propapier could be excluded on the basis of these data.
Nemčija je predlagala primerjavo pristojbin, ki jih je plačalo podjetje Propapier, s povprečno ceno v sektorju ter navedla študijo, v kateri je bilo ugotovljeno, da se povprečna cena v sektorju giblje med 0,24 in 1 EUR [19].
As explained in recital 26, if the measure indeed constitutes new State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU, the Commission has doubts about its compatibility with the internal market under Article 107(3) TFEU.
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka navedla, da se zdi, da bi v zadevnem primeru lahko veljalo načelo zasebnega vlagatelja.
If the fees turn out to constitute regional operating aid, there are doubts as to their compatibility as they are neither temporary nor reduced over time, nor do they seem to be targeted to compensating specific (unproven) handicaps of the region.
Vendar je izrazila dvom o tem, ali bi uporaba referenčne vrednosti izključila obstoj pomoči, saj se je zdelo, da so predloženi podatki nesimetrični.
COMMENTS BY GERMANY AND THIRD PARTIES ON THE OPENING DECISION
Četudi bi navedene pristojbine drugih občin izražale vse stroške, različne cene izražajo različne lokalne razmere, kar bi za zasebnega vlagatelja pomenilo različne cene.
DO THE PUBLICLY FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CONSTITUTE DEDICATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROPAPIER?
Zaradi tega je Komisija v tistem času dvomila, da je na podlagi teh podatkov mogoče izključiti obstoj prednosti za podjetje Propapier.
Car park
Kot je pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 26, če ukrep dejansko pomeni novo državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU, Komisija dvomi o združljivosti z notranjim trgom v skladu s členom 107(3) PDEU.
Comments from the complainant
Če se izkaže, da so pristojbine regionalna pomoč za poslovanje, obstajajo dvomi o njihovi združljivosti, saj pristojbine niso začasne in se sčasoma ne bodo znižale, prav tako pa ne izravnavajo posebnih (nedokazanih) ovir v regiji.
In its opening decision the Commission did not accept the number of parking spaces submitted by the complainant.
PRIPOMBE NEMČIJE IN TRETJIH STRANI V SKLEPU O ZAČETKU POSTOPKA
According to the complainant these figures (parking for 186 cars and 71 trucks) are taken from the preliminary development plan commissioned by the city of Eisenhüttenstadt.
ALI JAVNO FINANCIRANI INFRASTRUKTURNI PROJEKTI POMENIJO NAMENSKO INFRASTRUKTURO V KORIST PODJETJA PROPAPIER?
The complainant argues that Propapier’s original building plans do not mention the construction of a private car park, and that, even if Propapier is building its own car park, the so-called public car park still predominantly benefits Propapier: there is a sign allocating parking spaces to trucks for the power plant and the paper mill.
Parkirišče
In addition, the car park is in the immediate vicinity of Propapier’s premises (extending right up to the paper mill boundaries and adjacent to the power plant, which was initially part of Propapier’s project).
Pripombe pritožnika
The car park does not offer any rest facilities that can normally be expected from a public car park of this kind.
Komisija v sklepu o začetku postopka ni sprejela števila parkirnih mest, ki jih je navedel pritožnik.
The complainant claims that the location of the car park is inconvenient and too remote to serve other inner-city commercial locations and allow the municipality to close down car parks for trucks in the city centre.
Po navedbah pritožnika ti podatki (parkirišče za 186 avtomobilov in 71 tovornjakov) izhajajo iz predhodnega razvojnega načrta, ki ga je naročilo mesto Eisenhüttenstadt.
Comments from Germany
Pritožnik navaja, da prvotni gradbeni načrti podjetja Propapier ne omenjajo izgradnje zasebnega parkirišča ter da, čeprav podjetje Propapier gradi lastno parkirišče, t. i. javno parkirišče še vedno predvsem koristi podjetju Propapier: postavljen je znak, ki označuje parkirna mesta za tovornjake, namenjene v elektrarno in papirnico.
According to Germany, the car park does not constitute a selective advantage for Propapier.
Poleg tega je parkirišče v neposredni bližini podjetja Propapier (poteka vse do meje papirnice in je poleg elektrarne, ki je bila sprva del projekta podjetja Propapier).
It is generally accessible and serves not only the Oder-Spree-Kanal industrial area.
Na parkirišču prav tako ni nobenih počivališč, ki bi jih običajno pričakovali na tovrstnem javnem parkirišču.
Germany adds that Propapier has its own parking space (213 spaces for cars and 27 for trucks) and that a building permit has already been issued for additional space for 120 cars.
Pritožnik navaja, da je lokacija parkirišča neprimerna in preveč oddaljena, da bi služila drugim mestnim poslovnim lokacijam in občini omogočila zaprtje parkirišč za tovornjake v mestnem središču.
Germany disagrees with the complainant’s allegations that the car park is predominantly benefiting Propapier and that the location of the car park is inconvenient and too remote to serve other inner-city commercial locations in the city of Eisenhüttenstadt.
Pripombe Nemčije
These works were completed at the end of March 2011.
Parkirišče je vsem dostopno in ne služi le potrebam industrijskega območja ob kanalu Oder-Spree.
Access to the car park is indicated along the new road, and does not refer to any specific company or installation.
Nemčija dodaja, da ima podjetje Propapier svoje parkirišče (z 213 parkirnimi mesti za avtomobile in 27 mesti za tovornjake) in da je bilo že izdano gradbeno dovoljenje za dodatnih 120 parkirnih mest.
Road
Nemčija se ne strinja z navedbami pritožnika, da parkirišče služi predvsem za potrebe podjetja Propapier ter da je lokacija parkirišča neprimerna in preveč oddaljena, da bi služila drugim mestnim poslovnim lokacijam v mestu Eisenhüttenstadt.
The complainant opposes Germany’s claims that the new road was meant to connect the industrial area with the B-112 motorway; according to the complainant, the road stops a few metres behind the paper mill, without visible plans to continue it, and if it was ever continued, it would not serve other undertakings as there are none in the area in which it could be extended.
Nemčija pojasnjuje, da je bil znak, ki je označeval parkirna mesta za tovornjake, namenjene v elektrarno, in ki ga omenja pritožnik, začasen in postavljen zaradi gradbenih del v elektrarni.
Consequently, the complainant is of the opinion that the car park and the road provide Propapier with a selective advantage and are dedicated to the use of Propapier.
Cesta
Germany argues that the new road will connect the current industrial park ‘Industriegebiet am Oder-Spree-Kanal’ and its northern expansion areas to the B-112 motorway.
Pritožnik nasprotuje trditvam Nemčije, da naj bi nova cesta industrijsko območje povezovala z avtocesto B-112; po navedbah pritožnika se cesta konča nekaj metrov za papirnico, brez načrtov o nadaljnji izgradnji, če pa bi jo speljali naprej, ne bi služila drugim podjetjem, saj jih na območju, kamor bi jo lahko speljali, ni.
It reduces traffic and air pollution in the centre of Eisenhüttenstadt, enables trucks to avoid the city centre, and will reduce journey times for industrial and commercial traffic to Frankfurt (Oder) by at least one third.
Posledično pritožnik meni, da parkirišče in cesta podjetju Propapier dajeta selektivno prednost ter sta tudi namenjena uporabi podjetja Propapier.
It is part of the overall development of the industrial area, which was planned back in 1993, and also gives enterprises in Frankfurt better access to Eisenhüttenstadt inner port.
Nemčija navaja, da bo nova cesta sedanji industrijski park „Industriegebiet am Oder-Spree-Kanal“ in njegov nov severni del povezala z avtocesto B-112.
Germany claims that the road was already planned in the Oder programme of the Land government.
Nova cesta zmanjšuje promet in onesnaževanje zraka v središču mesta Eisenhüttenstadt, tovornjakom omogoča obvoz okoli mestnega središča ter bo čas vožnje za gospodarska in osebna vozila do Frankfurta (Oder) skrajšala za najmanj tretjino.
It offers further development options for the ArcelorMittal and other industrial areas.
Cesta je del splošnega razvoja industrijskega območja in je bila načrtovana že leta 1993, poleg tega pa podjetjem v Frankfurtu nudi boljši dostop do rečne luke v mestu Eisenhüttenstadt.
The road was built in two stages; after some delay due to technical difficulties, the last Section was completed in 2013.
Nemčija navaja, da je bila cesta načrtovana že v programu Oder deželne vlade.
Widening/deepening of the Oder-Spree Canal
Cesta nudi nadaljnje možnosti razvoja za ArcelorMittal in druga industrijska območja.
In 2008, the City of Eisenhüttenstadt extended the industrial park ‘Industriegebiet am Oder-Spree-Kanal’ with a view to attracting firms.
Zgrajena je bila v dveh fazah.
Germany argues that the widening and deepening work on the Oder-Spree Canal is part of the necessary regular maintenance of the waterway (which constitutes part of the Trans European Network TEN).
Po zamudi zaradi tehničnih težav je bil zadnji odsek dokončan leta 2013.
Since 2003, sluices have been developed along the entire canal (currently the Kersdorf sluice, the construction of the Fürstenwalde sluice has been postponed).
Širjenje in poglabljanje kanala Oder-Spree
Germany claims that there is no link with the establishment of Propapier and no selective advantage for Propapier.
Leta 2008 je mesto Eisenhüttenstadt razširilo industrijski park „Industriegebiet am Oder-Spree-Kanal“, da bi privabilo nova podjetja.
Does the waste water treatment plant constitute dedicated infrastructure to the benefit of Propapier?
Nemčija navaja, da je širjenje in poglabljanje kanala Oder-Spree del nujnih rednih vzdrževalnih del plovnih poti (ki so del vseevropskega omrežja TEN).
The complainant claims that the aid cannot fall under the scheme declared to be non-aid in the decision in case N 644e/02 since this scheme was not applicable when the investment aid for the construction of the TAZV waste water treatment plant was granted, as it expired at the end of 2006.
Od leta 2003 so bile vzdolž celotnega kanala narejene zapornice (trenutno se gradi zapornica Kersdorf, izgradnja zapornice Fürstenwalde je bila preložena).
The complainant also points out that the scheme is also not applicable because the waste water treatment plant does not provide a public service, but was built solely for predominant use by Propapier.
Nemčija navaja, da ni povezave z ustanovitvijo podjetja Propapier in da ni selektivne prednosti za to podjetje.
The complainant suggests that the paper industry normally has its own waste water treatment plants for recycled paper mills, also in Germany, and therefore the German argument that companies are obliged to connect to the public sewage system is not valid.
Ali čistilna naprava odpadnih voda pomeni namensko infrastrukturo v korist podjetja Propapier?
The complainant argues that the waste water treatment plant does not constitute part of a general economic development plan of the industrial area that would include all the potential investors in the park, but was developed and presented at the same time as the Propapier paper mill and the power plant, back in 2007.
Pritožnik navaja, da pomoč ne more spadati v okvir sheme, za katero je bilo v odločbi v zadevi N 644e/02 določeno, da ni pomoč, saj ta shema ni veljala v času odobritve pomoči za naložbe v izgradnjo čistilne naprave odpadnih voda TAZV.
The Eisenhüttenstadt municipal draft decision on the development of the industrial park, dated 7 November 2007, refers to only two or three investors.
Shema se je namreč konec leta 2006 iztekla.
The complainant claims that Eisenhüttenstadt only started promotional activities for the industrial area in 2010, and suggests that the city only started to look for new investors after Smurfit Kappa lodged its complaint.
Pritožnik še poudarja, da shema ne velja tudi zato, ker čistilna naprava odpadnih voda ne zagotavlja javne storitve, temveč je bila izgrajena izključno zato, da jo pretežno uporablja podjetje Propapier.
The complainant considers that the specific construction features of the TAZV plant clearly show that it was specifically tailored to the needs of Propapier.
Pritožnik navaja, da imajo v papirni industriji reciklažne papirnice običajno lastne čistilne naprave odpadnih voda, tudi v Nemčiji, zato argument Nemčije, da morajo biti podjetja priključena na javno kanalizacijo, ni veljaven.
The technical characteristics of waste water treatment plants are very sector-specific.
Pritožnik trdi, da čistilna naprava odpadnih voda ni del splošnega načrta gospodarskega razvoja industrijskega območja, ki bi vključeval vse morebitne vlagatelje v parku, temveč je bila pripravljena in predstavljena hkrati z načrtom za papirnico Propapier in elektrarno leta 2007.
Waste water treatment plants for recycled paper mills normally comprise an anaerobic and an aerobic treatment phase, whereas standard communal sewage systems often only provide the aerobic treatment phase.
Občinski osnutek sklepa mesta Eisenhüttenstadt o razvoju industrijskega parka z dne 7. novembra 2007 omenja le dva ali tri vlagatelje.
The fact that the TAZV waste water treatment plant comprises both phases provides for the complainant an additional argument that it cannot be regarded as serving the public interest, but constitutes dedicated infrastructure for Propapier.
Pritožnik navaja, da je mesto Eisenhüttenstadt s promocijskimi dejavnostmi za industrijsko območje začelo šele leta 2010 in da je mesto nove vlagatelje začelo iskati šele po tem, ko je podjetje Smurfit Kappa vložilo pritožbo.
The complainant is of the opinion that it is highly unlikely that capacity needs other than those of the Propapier paper plant (and its complementary power plant, now owned by EnBW) were taken into account when the plant was designed.
Pritožnik meni, da posebne gradbene lastnosti naprave TAZV jasno nakazujejo, da je bila čistilna naprava prilagojena potrebam podjetja Propapier.
The complainant argues that EnBW is not an independent user, since the power plant investment is in fact closely linked to the paper plant project and would not exist without the Propapier plant.
Tehnične značilnosti čistilnih naprav odpadnih voda so zelo specifične za sektor.
The complainant remarks that the other investor in the area, 5N PV, uses only a negligible percentage of the available sewage capacity of the TAZV, and that its waste water treatment needs could have been covered by the already existing waste water treatment plant.
Čistilne naprave odpadnih voda za reciklažne papirnice običajno zajemajo anaerobno in aerobno fazo čiščenja, standardni komunalni kanalizacijski sistemi pa zagotavljajo le aerobno fazo čiščenja.
In fact, as 5N PV had already been operating since May 2008, two years before the new TAZV plant became operational, it had initially used the existing waste water treatment plant.
Dejstvo, da čistilna naprava odpadnih voda TAZV zagotavlja obe fazi, za pritožnika pomeni dodatno potrditev, da čistilna naprava ne služi javnemu interesu, temveč je namenska infrastruktura za podjetje Propapier.
The complainant alleges that no forecasts exist of the expected sewage capacity needs for potential new investors, and that no information is given on whether and when this additional capacity would be operational.
Pritožnik meni, da so pri zasnovi čistilne naprave po vsej verjetnosti upoštevali le potrebe papirnice Propapier (in dopolnilne elektrarne, ki je zdaj v lasti EnBW).
The complainant notes that currently there is in any case hardly any spare capacity left.
Pritožnik še navaja, da EnBW ni neodvisni uporabnik, saj je naložba v elektrarno tesno povezana s papirnico in je, če ne bi bilo podjetja Propapier, sploh ne bi bilo.
The complainant also refers to a press article (Märkische Oderzeitung of 3 February 2011) reporting on a technical fault in an aeration tank, indicating that all the available tanks are needed for the current industrial users.
Pritožnik še pripomni, da drugi vlagatelj na območju, tj. podjetje 5N PV, uporablja le zanemarljiv odstotek razpoložljive zmogljivosti čistilne naprave TAZV in da bi bilo njegove potrebe po čiščenju odpadnih voda mogoče zadovoljiti z že obstoječo čistilno napravo.
According to the complainant, Germany implicitly confirmed that no other company will use the waste water treatment plant, by stating that the fees for the new TAZV plant are lower than those for the existing plant because the new plant does not require an expensive system of sewers between single users (hereby confirming that no new user will be added).
Ker podjetje 5N PV obratuje že od maja 2008, tj. dve leti pred začetkom obratovanja nove čistilne naprave TAZV, je sprva uporabljalo obstoječo čistilno napravo odpadnih voda.
According to the complainant, TAZV figures show that Propapier uses at least 90 % of the daily capacity of the plant.
Pritožnik trdi, da ni nobenih napovedi pričakovanih potreb po zmogljivosti čistilne naprave za morebitne nove vlagatelje ter da ni nobenih podatkov o tem, če in kdaj sploh bi ta dodatna zmogljivost začela obratovati.
The complainant alleges that the modularity of the waste water treatment plant claimed by Germany is purely theoretical and does not lead to economies of scale, since a second module would cost 80-90 % of the first.
Pritožnik navaja, da sedaj ni praktično nobenih prostih zmogljivosti.
The relatively high costs for adding modules support the finding that the initial investment of EUR 42 million principally benefits Propapier as a selective measure.
Pritožnik se sklicuje tudi na časopisni članek (Märkische Oderzeitung z dne 3. februarja 2011), ki poroča o tehnični napaki v prezračevalnem bazenu, kar naj bi pomenilo, da so vsi razpoložljivi bazeni namenjeni sedanjim industrijskim uporabnikom.
The complainant suggests that the fact that the new TAZV plant is built in the immediate vicinity of the Propapier plant, next to the power plant and the paper mill, allows Propapier to reuse the biogas resulting from the anaerobic treatment of its waste water.
Po navedbah pritožnika je Nemčija implicitno potrdila, da čistilne naprave odpadnih voda ne bo uporabljalo nobeno drugo podjetje, ko je navedla, da so pristojbine za novo čistilno napravo TAZV nižje od pristojbin za obstoječo čistilno napravo, saj nova naprava ne zahteva dragega sistema kanalizacije med posameznimi uporabniki (s čimer je potrdila, da novih uporabnikov ne bo).
On the basis of the above, the complainant concludes that the TAZV plant constitutes dedicated infrastructure to the benefit of Propapier, and that the public funding of the construction of the waste water treatment plant constitutes investment aid to Propapier.
Po navedbah pritožnika podatki TAZV kažejo, da podjetje Propapier uporablja najmanj 90 % dnevnih zmogljivosti čistilne naprave.
The complainant claims that the Commission should therefore assess whether this measure, in combination with the regional investment aid granted for the Propapier paper mill (State aid case SA.23827), meets all the requirements of the RAG.
Pritožnik trdi, da je modularnost čistilne naprave odpadnih voda, ki jo navaja Nemčija, zgolj teoretična in ne vodi do ekonomije obsega, saj bi drugi modul stal med 80 in 90 % cene prvega.
Measures granted under scheme N 644e/02 are not aid.
Precej visoki stroški dodajanja modulov potrjujejo ugotovitev, da je prvotna naložba v višini 42 milijonov EUR v prvi vrsti selektivni ukrep za podjetje Propapier.
Public infrastructure available to all under the same conditions
Pritožnik navaja, da lahko zato, ker je čistilna naprava TAZV v neposredni bližini podjetja Propapier, tj. poleg elektrarne in papirnice, podjetje Propapier ponovno uporabi bioplin, ki nastane pri anaerobnem čiščenju odpadnih voda.
Germany argues that the waste water treatment plant is not dedicated to Propapier: it constitutes public infrastructure falling under hazard defence and serves environmental protection as well as protection of the population against diseases.
Pritožnik na podlagi navedenega sklepa, da čistilna naprava TAZV pomeni namensko infrastrukturo v korist podjetja Propapier in da javna sredstva za izgradnjo čistilne naprave odpadnih voda pomenijo pomoč za naložbe za podjetje Propapier.
All current and future undertakings established in the Oder-Spree-Kanal area have the right to connect to and use the municipal waste water treatment plant under the same conditions.
Pritožnik trdi, da bi morala Komisija oceniti, ali ta ukrep skupaj z regionalno pomočjo za naložbe, dodeljeno papirnici Propapier (zadeva državne pomoči SA.23827), izpolnjuje vse zahteve smernic o državni regionalni pomoči.
Fees are calculated according to the same principles defined by law.
Ukrepi, odobreni po shemi N 644e/02, niso pomoč.
Waste water treatment in Germany is the responsibility of the municipalities, and connection to and use thereof is obligatory.
Javna infrastruktura, ki je vsem na voljo pod enakimi pogoji
Users cannot opt for any other service provider than the municipal body.
Nemčija trdi, da čistilna naprava odpadnih voda ni namenjena podjetju Propapier: čistilna naprava je javna infrastruktura, ki spada v okvir obrambe pred nevarnostmi ter služi varstvu okolja in tudi zaščiti prebivalstva pred boleznimi.
Germany rejects the complainant’s assertion that paper mills normally have their own sewage systems and are not obliged to connect to the communal sewage system, and states that Propapier is obliged by law [20] to connect to and to use the TAZV plant.
Vsa sedanja in prihodnja podjetja, ki so na območju kanala Oder-Spree, imajo pravico, da se pod enakimi pogoji povežejo na občinsko čistilno napravo odpadnih voda in jo uporabljajo.
Exceptions to the obligation to connect are very limited (only when impossible or unreasonable).
Pristojbine se izračunajo na podlagi načel, ki jih določa zakon.
There are only limited publicly available data on waste water treatment of paper producers, but those data show that a large number of paper mills are connected to communal waste water treatment plants.
V Nemčiji so za čiščenje odpadnih voda odgovorne občine, zato sta povezava na čistilne naprave in njihova uporaba obvezni.
Infrastructure not specifically set up for Propapier
Uporabniki ne morejo izbrati nobenega drugega ponudnika storitev kot občinsko podjetje.