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Likewise, regard must be also had to (iii) whether Hidroelectrica is integrated into the structures of the public administration; (iv) the nature of its activities and the exercise of the latter on the market in normal conditions of competition with private operators; (v) the legal status of Hidroelectrica (in the sense of its being subject to public law or ordinary company law); (vi) the intensity of the supervision exercised by the public authorities over its management; or (vii) any other indicator of either involvement by the public authorities in maintaining the contracts and modifying the contract prices, or the unlikelihood of their not being involved, having regard also to (viii) the compass of the decisions taken by Hidroelectrica, their content or the conditions which they contain [60].
Komisija je poleg tega ugotovila, da je druge kupoprodajne pogodbe, ki jih je podjetje Hidroelectrica podpisalo z dvema drugima državnima podjetjema Electrocentrale Deva in Termoelectrica v letih 2008 in 2009, mogoče pripisati romunski državi.
Hidroelectrica is a company governed by ordinary company law and not integrated into the structures of the public administration.
Ta ugotovitev je temeljila predvsem na neposrednih dokazih drugih dveh družb v državni lasti, ko sta zaprosili za odobritev pogodb družbe s strani ministra, pristojnega tudi za podjetje Hidroelectrica, ki je v državni lasti, kot sredstva za (navzkrižno) financiranje svojega tekočega poslovanja in rudnikov premoga v državni lasti, ki so jim dobavili premog za socialne in druge nekomercialne namene [61].
In fact, members of Hidroelectrica's board of directors can cumulate functions with government posts (recital 12).
Čeprav navedeni pomisleki navajajo na verjetnost (oz. ne izključujejo možnosti), da je romunska država bila vpletena v sklepanje več pogodb podjetja Hidroelectrica z velikimi industrijskimi odjemalci, ki so nacionalnega pomena za romunsko gospodarstvo, in z drugimi prodajalci v državni lasti, te ni mogoče ekstrapolirati na tak način, da je vse gospodarske pogodbe podjetja Hidroelectrica, zlasti tiste s podjetjema Elsid, Electrocarbon in dobavitelji električne energije, mogoče pripisati romunski državi.
This could suggest that members of the board of directors were chosen mainly on the grounds of their closeness to the Government rather than on the basis of their business experience or competence.
V nasprotju s podjetjem Electrocentrale Deva in Termoelectrica so Elsid, Electrocarbon in dobavitelji električne energije v zasebni lasti in nobenega od njih ni mogoče uvrstiti med velike industrijske kupce nacionalnega pomena za gospodarstvo Romunije.
While there are indications that Hidroelectrica is obliged to take into account directives issued by a governmental or interministerial body, there are no indications that any such directives were issued for the purposes of maintaining in force the three contracts at issue and increasing the contract prices.
Podatki, ki so bili na voljo v preiskavi, ne kažejo na posebne interese oziroma na sodelovanje pri spodbujanju s strani romunske države, da bi podjetje Hidroelectrica sklenilo ali po pristopu Romunije k EU ohranilo pogodbe z Elsid, Electrocarbon in dobavitelji električne energije.
In particular, there are no indications that Hidroelectrica's general meeting of shareholders or board of directors played any role in decisions related to (maintaining) commercial electricity supply contracts and/or to amending prices applied in application of those contracts (recital 12).
Poleg tega, kar zadeva Elsid, Electrocarbon in Luxten-Lighting, ki so bili posebej izpostavljeni v prejšnji točki 7.1, več dejstev kaže na majhno verjetnost, da je odločitev o ohranitvi pogodb in spremembi pogodbenih cen s podjetjem Luxten-Lighting za obdobje 2008–2009 ter s podjetjema Electrocarbon in Elsid za obdobje 2007–2010 mogoče pripisati romunskim organom.
As noted by several interested parties, according to Hidroelectrica's articles of incorporation and Romanian company law, the chief executive officer manages the company, represents it in its day-to-day business and independently takes decisions on matters other than those reserved for the general meeting of shareholders and the board of directors.
Zlasti ker so se dejanske cene na podlagi treh pogodb vsako leto stalno povečevale.
The Romanian authorities stress that members of the board of directors must take decisions in the interest of the company.
Med letoma 2007 in 2010 so se zaračunane cene za podjetja Elsid, Electrocarbon in Luxten-Lighting povečale za 44,5 %, 44,5 % oziroma 41,4 %.
Ministerial Order 445/2009, to which the Commission referred in the opening decisions (recital 44), had no effect on the terms and conditions of the three contracts at issue.
Povišanja cen je zmanjšalo absolutno vrednost dodeljene pomoči.
Pursuant to Article 1(2) of this Order, ongoing bilateral contracts were generally exempted from the rule on the basis of which the representatives of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment and members of the boards of directors of the State-owned electricity companies were obliged to ensure that, as of 31 March 2010, the volume of electricity intended for the wholesale market should be traded exclusively on OPCOM.
Spremembe teh pogodb, ki zmanjšujejo domnevni znesek državne pomoči, so bile vedno sprožene na zahtevo in v korist podjetja Hidroelectrica.
As noted in recital 101, the competence to examine the contracts at issue from the perspective of EU State aid rules started as from Romania's accession to the EU, that is to say 3 years before the time-limit set in Ministerial Order No 445/2009 and more than 2 years before the Order's adoption.
Strategija zmanjševanja zneska dodeljene pomoči upravičencem se zdi v nasprotju z namenom dodeljevanja pomoči oziroma je vsaj videti preveč zapleteno, da bi bilo verjetno.
It follows that no such rule existed when the contracts at issue became susceptible of review under EU rules.
Poleg tega v nasprotju s podjetjema Alro in ArcelorMittal podjetij Elsid, Electrocarbon in Luxten-Lighting ni mogoče šteti za industrijske odjemalce nacionalnega pomena: za ponazoritev, njihova letna potrošnja, nabavljena od podjetja Hidroelectrica, znaša manj kot eno desetino potrošnje podjetja Alro (Priloga I).
Moreover, although Ministerial Order 445/2009 suggests a degree of influence on the part of the State on the commercial policy of State-owned electricity producers, its aim is mainly of a regulatory nature, namely to increase transparency of energy transactions on the wholesale market and to ensure greater volumes and liquidity on the trading platforms administered by OPCOM.
Dejstvo, da ni verjetno, da bi bila država vključena v rahlo zmanjšanje zneska pomoči, je razvidno tudi iz pogodb z Electrocarbon in Elsid.
This Ministerial Order applies to all State-owned producers, not only to Hidroelectrica.
Zlasti je malo verjetno, da je podjetje Hidroelectrica ravnalo v skladu z navodili države pri zahtevi za zvišanje cen nad pogodbenimi cenami leta 2010 in grozilo, da bo ustavilo dobavo električne energije ter zadevo zagovarjalo na sodišču (uvodna izjava 22), saj je zahtevano zvišanje cen povzročilo zmanjšanje morebitnega zneska pomoči, prekinitev oskrbe pa bi lahko ogrozila proizvodne dejavnosti kupcev.
It cannot therefore be deduced from the terms and aims of Ministerial Order 445/2009 that the Romanian State exercised control over every transaction, contract or contract amendment regarding the supply of electricity by State-owned electricity producers, which account for the large majority of producers on the Romanian market, or, in particular, by Hidroelectrica.
To vedenje ni v skladu s tem, da bi pogodbena cena domnevno zagotavlja pomoč, prav tako pa grožnje s prekinitvijo dobav in zagovarjanje zvišanja cen na sodišču ni značilno obnašanje dajalca pomoči, ravno nasprotno, prej velja za vedenje podjetja, ki brani lastne trgovinske interese in nima v interesu nekomercialnih ciljev, po možnosti na podlagi navodil, ki jih prejme od države.
In other words, the Order does not make it plausible that the Romanian State was involved in the ordinary day-to-day commercial activity, sales contracts, amendments thereof, price negotiations, etc. in relation to the three contracts under examination.
Kar zadeva Luxten-Lighting, ni nobenega očitnega razloga javne politike, kot so nizke cene za končne uporabnike, za prodajo trgovcem na drobno, ki prodajajo le po višjih cenah, kot če bi podjetje Hidroelectrica prodajalo enake količine električne energije na drobno samo.
Except for the supply of electricity on the regulated market (recitals 25-26) Hidroelectrica exercises its electricity supplying activities in open markets with non-captive buyers, in competition with other private or publicly owned suppliers.
Na primer, preden je začelo nabavljati pri podjetju Hidroelectrica za oskrbo za maloprodajo od leta 2005 naprej, je podjetje Alro predhodno nabavljalo elektriko od dobavitelja Energy Holding, ki je grosist in električno energijo dobavlja od podjetja Hidroelectrica.
In particular, a significant volume of electricity well above the total amount of Hidroelectrica's supplies under all the contracts under investigation was traded through bilateral bespoke long-term contracts on the Romanian market, where many other suppliers compete (recitals 30 and 38).
Razumno je, da Alro dobavi električno energijo neposredno od podjetja Hidroelectrica in tako prihrani pri trgovski marži, če dobavitelj ne ustvarja dodane vrednosti na grosistično dobavo podjetja Hidroelectrica.
Hidroelectrica's contracts under scrutiny and, in particular, the three bespoke long-term contracts with Luxten-Lighting, Electrocarbon and Elsid, maintained after 1 January 2007, are, therefore, not abnormal or extraordinary, which would suggest a particular interest of the State in maintaining them.
Prav tako je malo verjetno, da bi romunska država spodbujala podjetje Hidroelectrica, da ohrani pogodbo s podjetjem Luxten-Lighting v letih 2008 in 2009, saj bi v primeru, če Luxten-Lighting ne bi ustvarjal dodane vrednosti svojim industrijskim uporabnikom v maloprodaji, ti dosegli nižje cene, če bi sklenili pogodbo neposredno s podjetjem Hidroelectrica.
Furthermore, the contracts with Electrocarbon and Elsid were maintained and renegotiated by Hidroelectrica's receiver after insolvency proceedings were begun in 2012, which provides an indication that these contracts were still of interest to Hidroelectrica's temporary new management, well after Romania's accession to the European Union in 2007 and well after the contracts were concluded and were amended, in particular with regard to prices.
Poleg tega je Luxten-Lighting enostransko prekinil pogodbo s podjetjem Hidroelectrica novembra 2011, preden je Komisija začela postopek; to obnašanje se ne ujema s položajem prejemnika državne pomoči.
Likewise, Hidroelectrica requested increased prices above contract levels and gave notice to Electrocarbon and Elsid of the interruption of supplies in order to prompt them to accept further price increases in 2010 (recital 22), thus behaving like a revenue-maximising seller and not like a grantor of aid.
Na podlagi vsega navedenega ni dokazano, da je pogodbe s podjetjem Luxten-Lighting za obdobje 2008–2009 ter pogodbe s podjetjema Electrocarbon in Elsid za obdobje 2007–2010 mogoče pripisati Romuniji.
This is not to say that the Romanian State is not in the position of being involved with the commercial contracts of State-owned electricity suppliers in the interests of specific and major industrial buyers.
Kot bistveni element pripisa odgovornosti Romunije za odobritev državne pomoči ni prisoten v treh pogodbah z Luxten-Lighting za obdobje 2008–2009 ter Electrocarbon in Elsid za obdobje 2007–2010, prav tako pa ni treba proučiti, ali je izpolnjen drugi kumulativni pogoj za uporabo te določbe, kot je morebiten vpliv na konkurenco in trgovino med državami članicami.
For instance, before Romania's accession to the EU, an Internal Note dated 2 February 2006, signed by the State Secretary of the Economy and Trade Ministry and approved by the Prime Minister, proposed the implementation of special preferential treatment for the ten largest energy-intensive users in Romania (including aluminium or steel producers supplied by Hidroelectrica or Nuclearelectrica).
Glede na navedeno tri pogodbe v preiskavi, s podjetjem Luxten-Lighting za 2008–2009 ter podjetjema Electrocarbon in Elsid za obdobje 2007–2010, ne pomenijo državne pomoči v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
As regards the contract with Arcelor-Mittal, in particular, Hidroelectrica's board of directors' decision No 13/2009 dated 16 December 2009 empowered Hidroelectrica's chief executive officer ‘to negotiate the ongoing sale-of-electricity contract in the best conditions for Hidroelectrica’.
ZAKLJUČEK
The board of directors did this by approving the main terms of the contracts of 2009 and 2010 with ArcelorMittal.
Pogodbe, zajete v tem sklepu, ne pomenijo državne pomoči v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU –
Addendum No 17 in 2009 to the contract with Alro (inserting the LME formula in the calculation of the contract price) was also approved by Hidroelectrica's board of directors.
SPREJELA NASLEDNJI SKLEP:
Likewise, a memorandum of 3 February 2011 from the two General Managers of Nuclearelectrica and CE Hunedoara, which, like Hidroelectrica, are State-owned, requested the approval of the Ministry of Economy and Trade for the conclusion of a wholesale sale of electricity contract between Nuclearelectrica as a seller and CE Hunedoara as a purchaser.
Člen 1
This transaction needed a derogation from the provisions of Order 445/2009 requiring that any wholesale electricity transaction involving a State-owned enterprise should take place only on OPCOM.
Pogodbe, sklenjene med podjetjem Hidroelectrica in podjetji ArcelorMittal, Alpiq RomEnergie, Alpiq RomIndustries, EFT, Electrica, Electromagnetica, Energy Holding, EURO-PEC, Luxten-Lighting, Electrocarbon in Elsid ter pogodba s podjetjem Alro ne pomenijo državne pomoči v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije.
This derogation was requested in view of the fact that the electricity acquired would serve ‘the electricity needs of a number of industrial consumers of national importance in 2011’.
Člen 2
This memorandum was fully endorsed by the Minister of Economy and Trade.
Ta sklep je naslovljen na Romunijo.
It follows that there is some indirect evidence that does not allow it to be completely ruled out that the Romanian State would have been involved in concluding, or making major amendments to, Hidroelectrica's contracts with big energy-intensive industrial buyers.
V Bruslju, 12. junija 2015
Moreover, the Commission has concluded that other purchase contracts into which Hidroelectrica entered with two other State-owned companies, Electrocentrale Deva and Termoelectrica, in 2008 and 2009, were imputable to the Romanian State.
Za Komisijo
That conclusion was based mainly on direct evidence of the other two State-owned companies having sought approval of the contracts from the Minister responsible also for the State-owned Hidroelectrica as a means of (cross) financing their current operations and that of the State-owned mines which supplied them with coal, for social and other non-commercial reasons [61].
Članica Komisije
However, the considerations that may render plausible (or not exclude the possibility of) the Romanian State's being involved in a number of Hidroelectrica's contracts with big industrial buyers of national importance for the Romanian economy and with other State-owned sellers cannot be extrapolated from in such a way that all Hidroelectrica's commercial contracts and, in particular, those with Elsid, Electrocarbon and electricity traders are considered to be imputable to the Romanian State.
Sklep Komisije C(2012) 2516 final z dne 25. aprila 2012 v zvezi z zadevo SA.
Unlike Electrocentrale Deva and Termoelectrica, Elsid, Electrocarbon and the electricity traders were privately-owned and none of them can be held to be a big industrial buyer of national importance for the Romanian economy.
33623 (UL C 189, 29.6.2012, str. 3).
In particular, the evidence available in the investigation does not point at any specific interest or involvement on the part of the Romanian State in prompting Hidroelectrica to conclude or, after Romania's accession, to maintain the contracts with Elsid, Electrocarbon and the electricity traders.
Sklep Komisije C(2012) 2517 final z dne 25. aprila 2012 v zvezi z zadevo SA.
Moreover, as regards Elsid, Electrocarbon and Luxten-Lighting, which were specifically singled out in the previous Section 7.1, several facts make it implausible that the decision to maintain the contracts and amend the prices of the contracts with Luxten-Lighting for 2008-2009 and with Electrocarbon and Elsid for 2007-2010 could be attributed to the Romanian authorities.
33624 (UL C 268, 5.9.2012, str. 21).
In particular, the actual prices under the three contracts were constantly increased each year.
Sklep Komisije C(2012) 2542 final z dne 25. aprila 2012 v zvezi z zadevo SA.
Between 2007 and 2010, the prices charged to Elsid, Electrocarbon and Luxten-Lighting increased by 44,5 %, 44,5 % and 41,4 %, respectively.
33451 (UL C 395, 20.12.2012, str. 5).
Price increases reduce the absolute value of the aid granted.
Sklep Komisije C(2012) 2556 final z dne 25. aprila 2012 v zvezi z zadevo SA.
These contract changes which reduce the putative amount of the alleged State aid, were always triggered by, and for the benefit of, Hidroelectrica.
33581 (UL C 395, 20.12.2012, str. 34).
A strategy aimed at reducing the amount of aid granted to the beneficiaries seems to contradict the purpose of granting aid or, at least, to be too sophisticated to be plausible.
UL L 115, 9.5.2008, str. 92.
Moreover, contrary to Alro and ArcelorMittal, Elsid, Electrocarbon and Luxten-Lighting cannot be deemed to be industrial consumers of national importance: by way of illustration, their annual consumption purchases from Hidroelectrica amounted to less than one tenth of those of Alro (Annex I).
Zadeva SA.
It is therefore unlikely that decisions reducing the amount of aid by considerably increasing the contract prices can be imputed not to a commercial decision of Hidroelectrica but to a decision of the Romanian State aimed at providing aid to the alleged beneficiaries.
33623 (UL C 189, 29.6.2012, str. 3), zadeva SA.
The fact that it is unlikely that the State would be involved in subtly reducing the amount of aid is also apparent with respect to the contracts with Electrocarbon and Elsid.
33624 (UL C 268, 5.9.2012, str. 21), zadeva SA.
In particular, it is implausible that Hidroelectrica was acting under instructions from the State when requesting price increases above the contract prices in 2010, threatening to discontinue the electricity supply and arguing the matter in court (recital 22), for the requested price increases had the effect of reducing the putative amount of aid, and discontinued supplies could have jeopardised the productive activities of the buyers.
33451 (UL C 395, 20.12.2012, str. 5) in zadeva SA.
This behaviour of not adhering to a contract price that purportedly provides aid, threatening to interrupt supplies and defending price increases in court is not behaviour typical of a grantor of aid, but is, rather, that of a revenue-maximising company defending its commercial interests and not concerned with following non-commercial goals, possibly under instructions received from the State.
33581 (UL C 395, 20.12.2012, str. 34).
As regards Luxten-Lighting, there is no obvious reason of public policy, such as low end-user prices, behind sales to a trader which can only sell retail at higher prices than if Hidroelectrica had sold the same electricity retail on its own.
Vključno s predhodnimi opombami podjetij Luxten-Lighting in Euro-Pec, vložene pred objavo vabila za predložitev pripomb k odločitvi o začetku postopka: Luxten-Lighting 14. avgusta 2012 in Euro-Pec 13. avgusta 2012.
For instance, before being supplied retail by Hidroelectrica as from 2005, Alro purchased electricity from a trader, Energy Holding, that bought electricity wholesale from Hidroelectrica.
Vsi člani upravnega odbora podjetja Hidroelectrica, razen generalnega direktorja tega podjetja in predstavnika podjetja Fondul Proprietatea (2010), so istočasno opravljali druge funkcije na različnih ministrstvih in so bili imenovani z odredbami ministrstva za gospodarstvo in trgovino, kakor sledi: (i) v letih 2005–2006: osebni svetovalec v kabinetu ministra za gospodarstvo in trgovino; direktor kabineta ministra za mala in srednja podjetja; osebni svetovalec v kabinetu ministra na ministrstvu za javne finance in osebni svetovalec v generalnem sekretariatu vlade sta bila člana upravnega odbora podjetja Hidroelectrica; (ii) v letih 2007–2008: stanje ni znano; (iii) v letu 2009: državni sekretar na ministrstvu za gospodarstvo in trgovino je bil hkrati predsednik upravnega odbora podjetja Hidroelectrica (2009), medtem ko so bili državni sekretar na ministrstvu in javne finance in dva generalna direktorja na ministrstvu za gospodarstvo in trgovino hkrati člani upravnega odbora podjetja Hidroelectrica; (iv) v letu 2010: trije osebni svetovalci na ministrstvu za gospodarstvo in trgovino, državni sekretar na ministrstvu za finance in generalni direktor na ministrstvu za gospodarstvo in trgovino so bili člani upravnega odbora podjetja Hidroelectrica.
It was rational behaviour for Alro to be supplied directly by Hidroelectrica, thus saving a trading margin, if its supplier was not adding value to Hidroelectrica's wholesale supply.
Glej Mednarodna agencija za energijo: „Načrtovani stroški proizvodnje električne energije“, izdaja 2010, oddelek 4.2 „Podatki o stroških proizvodnje električne energije po posameznih državah“, str. 89.
In the same vein, it is rather implausible that the Romanian State should have prompted Hidroelectrica to maintain the contract with Luxten-Lighting in 2008 and 2009, for, if Luxten-Lighting did not add value to its retail sales to industrial users or other buyers, the latter would have obtained lower prices by contracting directly with Hidroelectrica.
Odločba sodišča v Bukarešti št. 22456/3/2012 z dne 26. junija 2012.
Furthermore, Luxten-Lighting unilaterally terminated its contract with Hidroelectrica in November 2011, before the Commission opened proceedings; this behaviour is not consistent with that of a beneficiary of State aid.
Odločba sodišča v Bukarešti št. 6482 z dne 26. junija 2013.
On the basis of all the above considerations, it is not established that the contracts with Luxten-Lighting for 2008-2009 and for Electrocarbon and Elsid for 2007-2010 are imputable to Romania.
Na voljo le v romunskem jeziku na http://www.euroinsol.eu/uploads/Raport%2059%20Hidro%20v11.pdf.
As the essential element of imputability to Romania for the existence of State aid is not present in the three contracts with Luxten-Lighting for 2008-2009 and with Electrocarbon and Elsid for 2007-2010, it is not necessary to analyse whether the other cumulative conditions for the application of this provision, such as the potential effect on competition and trade between Member States, are met.
Podjetje Electrica je sklenilo dve kratkoročni pogodb s podjetjem Hidroelectrica.
In the light of the above, the three contracts under scrutiny, with Luxten-Lighting for 2008-2009 and with Electrocarbon and Elsid for 2007-2010, do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Pogodba s podjetjem AlpiqRomEnergie; dve pogodbi s podjetjem Electrica; in dve pogodbi z podjetjem ArcelorMittal.
CONCLUSION
Pet pogodb z dobavitelji električne energije (Alpiq RomIndustries; Electromagnetica; Energy Holding; Euro-Pec; Luxten-Lighting).
The contracts covered by the present Decision do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU,
Pogodbe z EFT (dobavitelj električne energije) in podjetjem Alro.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Pogodbe s podjetji Electrocarbon, Elsid in Alpiq RomEnergie (dobavitelj električne energije).
Article 1
Pogodbe s podjetjema Electrocarbon in Elsid.