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Regarding the lease agreement, Germany restated its position that there was no advantage for FLG through the old lease agreement until the end of 2005, nor through the new lease agreement from 2006.
Če je obstajala gospodarska kontinuiteta med družbama FLG in Yasmina in glede na to, da je družba Yasmina medtem prenehala, mora Komisija oceniti, ali je imel kupec sredstev družbe Yasmina korist od morebitne državne pomoči družbi FLG in ali bi bilo treba obveznost vračila razširiti nanj.
Germany further commented on SGF's submissions concerning the infrastructure investments.
Pred prenehanjem družbe Yasmina so bila njena sredstva prodana drugemu zasebnemu vlagatelju, družbi PuRen.
Germany stated that planning approval is merely an administrative tool which can be given retrospectively and which is neither a prerequisite to approve funding nor having an effect on competition.
Komisija ugotavlja, da so bila sredstva družbe Yasmina prodana v postopku v primeru insolventnosti pod nadzorom sodišča v skladu z nemškim zakonom o insolventnosti [47].
In addition, Germany disagrees with SGF's categorisation of the investments as maintenance measures rather than measures for the improvement of the traffic function of the airport.
To kaže, da bi bila veriga gospodarske kontinuitete med družbama FLG in Yasmina na tej stopnji v vsakem primeru prekinjena, tudi če je obstajala.
The measures were argued by Germany to be necessary in order to comply with national and international regulations.
To pomeni, da družba PuRen ni imela koristi od morebitne državne pomoči družbi FLG.
According to Germany, the fact that Ryanair is the largest user of the airport does not lead to the conclusion that it is favoured.
Prednost prodani gospodarski dejavnosti
Concerning SGF's calculations regarding the middle-term perspectives of Lübeck airport, Germany stated that the submitted observations were incorrect.
Tudi glavna gospodarska dejavnost, ki jo je opravljala družba FLG, namreč upravljanje letališča Lübeck, ne obstaja več, saj je letališče Lübeck prenehalo opravljati redne in čarterske lete.
Germany argues that it has been proven that at the time of the investment optimistic middle-term perspectives existed, as acknowledged by the Commission in its 2007 Opening decision.
Na dan tega sklepa noben letalski prevoznik ne uporablja letališča Lübeck.
In addition, Germany commented on SGF's claims that FLG was an ‘undertaking in difficulty’.
Zato tudi prodana gospodarska dejavnost ne bi mogla imeli koristi od morebitne državne pomoči družbi FLG.
Germany is of the opinion that any argumentation by SGF on the basis of the guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty was moot.
Poleg tega mora Komisija oceniti, ali bi lahko negativna prodajna cena, ki jo je družba Yasmina plačala za sredstva družbe FLG, vseeno pomenila prednost za prodano gospodarsko dejavnost [48], v tem primeru letališče.
According to Germany, those guidelines are not applicable, since the granted benefits do not constitute State aid in the first place.
Komisija mora v ta namen oceniti, ali je mesto Lübeck ravnalo kot udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The benefits were never categorised as rescue or restructuring aid or they would have to be approved pursuant to other guidelines.
Stroške prodaje letališča bi bilo treba primerjati s stroški scenarija nasprotnih dejstev, ki bi se v obravnavanem primeru nanašal na zaprtje letališča ali neprekinjeno upravljanje letališča s strani FLG.
Germany disagrees with SGF's statement that Hansestadt Lübeck claimed that the closure of the airport was impossible and that it did not consider such an option.
Glede na to, da na dan sprejetja tega sklepa noben letalski prevoznik ne uporablja letališča in da torej niso na voljo ne redni ne čarterski leti z letališča Lübeck ali na to letališče, Komisija meni, da ni treba oceniti, ali je negativna prodajna cena pomenila prednost za prodano gospodarsko dejavnost.
According to Germany, Hansestadt Lübeck considered this option but decided against it, since calculations led to the conclusion that this would not be the most economic decision.
Prodana gospodarska dejavnost je izginila s trga.
In addition, Germany clarified that a closure of an airport cannot be done on an ad hoc basis due to paragraph 45(1) LuftVZO.
Ta ugotovitev nikakor ne posega v presojo, ali je zadnja prodaja letališča Lübeck družbi Stöcker vključevala državno pomoč kupcu.
Airport facilities are a public good and have an operational duty.
Poleg tega Komisija opozarja Nemčijo, da za vsak ukrep, namenjen pripravi letališča Lübeck za opravljanje rednih ali čarterskih letov v prihodnosti, velja nadzor državne pomoči in bi ga bilo treba priglasiti Komisiji.
Therefore, in order to be able to close the airport, the operation permit would have to be withdrawn as the result of a lengthy legal procedure.
Sklepna ugotovitev
Germany claims that the granting of the withdrawal of the permit is excluded if the responsible administration believes the public interest to overweigh in favour of the continuation of the operation of the airport.
Komisija ugotavlja, da ni treba sprejeti odločitve o tem, ali morebitna državna pomoč družbi FLG pomeni državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe PDEU in, če je tako, ali je to državno pomoč mogoče razglasiti za združljivo z notranjim trgom.
Therefore, an attempt to close the airport would not be impossible, but certainly difficult, lengthy, and thereby costly.
Pravni subjekt FLG je prenehal obstajati in njegova gospodarska dejavnost prav tako.
Such consequences were referred to have happened at the closing of airport Berlin-Tempelhof.
Poleg tega pomoči ne bi bilo več mogoče izterjati od družbe Yasmina, tudi če je obstajala gospodarska kontinuiteta med družbama FLG in Yasmina, saj je slednja prenehala in njena sredstva so bila prodana v postopku v primeru insolventnosti pod nadzorom sodišča v skladu z nemškim zakonom o insolventnosti.
Germany therefore believed the decision to discard the option of closing the airport and to rather expand and invest in infrastructure to attract a private investor to be the more economic decision.
MOREBITNA DRŽAVNA POMOČ V KORIST DRUŽBE INFRATIL
Retrospectively, this was the correct approach, since a private investor was found.
Prednost
COMMENTS ON AIR BERLIN'S SUBMISSIONS
Prednost v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU je vsaka gospodarska korist, ki je podjetje ne bi pridobilo v običajnih tržnih razmerah tj. brez posredovanja države [49].
According to Germany, Air Berlin would have been granted the same advantages as Ryanair if it had fulfilled the same criteria concerning passenger numbers and flight frequency.
Člen 345 PDEU določa, da „Pogodbi v ničemer ne posegata v lastninskopravno ureditev v državah članicah“.
Instead, Air Berlin denied any offer for negotiations with FLG, since it never intended to take up services at Lübeck airport.
Privatizacija podjetja – prenos sredstev iz javnega v zasebni sektor – je izbira gospodarske politike, ki je v izključni pristojnosti držav članic.
In contrast, Air Berlin never objected to the conditions under which Ryanair operates at Hamburg airport.
V skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso [50] in prakso Komisije [51] kupec ne pridobi prednosti, ko država članica proda deleže v podjetjih, če je ravnanje države članice v skladu z ravnanjem udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
Therefore, it cannot present itself as victim towards its main competitor Ryanair.
Zato ni mogoče upoštevati neekonomskih razlogov, kot so razlogi industrijske politike, zaposlitveni razlogi ali cilji regionalnega razvoja.
Germany disagreed to the comments of Air Berlin concerning the existence of competition between Lübeck airport and Hamburg airport.
To načelo sta Komisija in Sodišče večkrat potrdila [52].
In particular, Germany refers to the fact that Hamburg had 70 times as many passengers as Lübeck airport in 2000, when the 2000 Agreement with Ryanair was signed.
V sodbi Stardust Marine je Sodišče navedlo, da je „[…] za preveritev vprašanja, ali je država ravnala kot preudaren vlagatelj, ki deluje pod pogoji tržnega gospodarstva, potrebna umestitev v obdobje, v katerem so bili sprejeti ukrepi finančne podpore, da se oceni gospodarska racionalnost ravnanja države in s tem prepreči kakršna koli ocena na podlagi poznejših razmer.“ [53]
The absence of complaints by other airports shows that there was no competition between the two airports.
Zato je za preveritev vprašanja, ali je mesto Lübeck ravnalo kot udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu, ko je privatiziralo letališče Lübeck, treba pretehtati različne možnosti, ki jih je imelo takrat na voljo, da bi preverili, ali je mesto Lübeck izbralo finančno najugodnejšo možnost.
Germany further added that Hamburg airport and Rostock airport grew in 2008, while Lübeck airport decreased its passenger numbers by 10 %.
Načeloma se lahko ocena, ki jo izvede ena ali več neodvisnih revizijskih družb, uporablja kot dokaz za tržno vrednost posla.
Furthermore, Germany rejected Air Berlin's argument that there was an economic advantage for Ryanair.
Leta 2004 je mesto Lübeck pri neodvisni zasebni banki [54] naročilo cenitev zaprtja in nadaljevanja obratovanja letališča (v nadaljnjem besedilu: študija Berenberg).
Germany stated that Air Berlin used inaccurate calculations and that the only test relevant for assessing whether an airport-airline agreement is market conform was the MEO principle.
Študija Berenberg je ocenjevala vrednost v najslabšem in najboljšem primeru za naslednje možnosti:
Germany believes that the Ryanair agreements met the market requirements, since the long-term prospects of the airport were positive in 2000.
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COMMENTS ON BDF'S SUBMISSIONS
Možnosti HL in cenitev, ki jo je opravila Berenberg Consult
Germany pointed out that Air Berlin is a member of BDF, leading to close ties and overlapping submissions.
Možnosti
Germany disagreed that FLG would artificially create demand through excessively low prices and that FLG would deviate from the schedule of charges in a discriminatory manner in favour of one airline.
Najslabši primer (v EUR)
According to Germany, FLG would not have had any reason to discriminate against single airlines in order to increase demand.
Najboljši primer (v EUR)
On the contrary, more airlines would have meant more business at Lübeck airport.
Srednja vrednost (v EUR)
ASSESSMENT
Nadaljnje poslovanje kot prej (ni razlike med najboljšim in najslabšim primerom)
INTRODUCTION
Referenčni datum (Stichtag) je bil 31. december 2003.
According to Article 107(1) TFEU, ‘any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods shall, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the Internal market’.
Študija Berenberg je pokazala, da bi stroški nadaljnjega poslovanja letališča znašali […] EUR.
The criteria laid down in Article 107(1) TFEU are cumulative.
V študiji Berenberg so bili ti stroški ocenjeni pod predpostavko, da bo letališče v naslednjih letih še naprej ustvarjalo izgubo.
In order to determine whether a measure constitutes State aid, the following conditions have to be fulfilled:
Stroški v primeru privatizacije so bili ocenjeni na […] EUR do […] EUR.
the beneficiary is an undertaking;
Cenitev je vključevala pozitivno nakupno ceno v višini […] EUR.
the measure confers an advantage;
Ker bi potencialni kupec letališča pri svoji nakupni ceni upošteval pričakovane izgube, ta ovrednotena cena kaže, da se je v cenitvi predvidevala donosnost po privatizaciji.
the advantage is granted through State resources;
Predpostavko donosnosti je mogoče pojasniti z večjo učinkovitostjo po privatizaciji in s pričakovanim porastom števila potnikov.
the advantage is selective; and
Zato je utemeljena.
the measure distorts or threatens to distort competition and is liable to affect trade between the Member States.
Predvsem pa je družba Ryanair naznanila, da bo vzpostavila bazo na letališču Lübeck, če se bo vzletno-pristajalna steza razširila.
Thus, it must be determined whether those criteria are met in relation to each of the measures under consideration, namely:
Mesto Lübeck se je odločilo na tej podlagi sprožiti postopek privatizacije letališča, saj je bila to finančno najugodnejša možnost.
the potential State aid in favour of FLG,
Komisija ugotavlja, da je glede na študijo Berenberg obstajala možnost prodaje letaliških dejavnosti po pozitivni ceni, medtem ko naj bi po pričakovanjih te dejavnosti stalno ustvarjale izgubo, če bi ostale javne.
the potential State aid in favour of Infratil,
Sporazum, sklenjen med mestom Lübeck in družbo Infratil, je sestavljen iz več elementov in vsebuje različne scenarije, ki odražajo razmere v oktobru 2005.
the potential State aid in favour of Ryanair, and
Ker je bila izdaja sklepa o odobritvi načrta julija 2005 začasno ustavljena zaradi sodbe OVG Schleswig (glej uvodno izjavo 78), družba Infratil ni mogla razširiti letališča.
the charges for the de-icing of aircrafts at the airport.
Zato se je vrednost družbe FLG zmanjšala.
As to the potential State aid in favour of FLG, the Commission will first assess whether the potential beneficiary of State aid, FLG, still exists and if not, whether the economic activity of FLG is still continued.
Poleg tega sta bili načrtovana razširitev obsega storitev družbe Ryanair in s tem donosnost letališča v veliki meri odvisni od pridobitve sklepa o odobritvi načrta v prihodnosti.
In addition, the Commission has to assess whether the advantage lying in any potential State aid to FLG could have been passed on to its successors, i.e. whether there was economic continuity.
Družba Infratil je imela kot novozelandski vlagatelj in eden izmed prvih zasebnih vlagateljev v regionalno letališče v kontinentalni Evropi le majhno zbirko informacij za oceno tveganja.
As to the potential State aid in favour of Ryanair, the Commission will only assess the 2000 Agreement.
Na podlagi prejšnjih izkušenj in poznavanja nemških upravnih postopkov bi lahko mesto Lübeck utemeljeno pričakovalo, da bo sklep o odobritvi načrta pridobljen.
At the date of this Decision, the Commission does not have enough information in its file to assess whether later agreements, in particular those concluded in 2010, constitute State aid in favour of Ryanair.
Hkrati je moralo mesto Lübeck sprejeti dejstvo, da bi družba Infratil prispevala višje tveganje k postopku za odobritev načrtovanja in s tem tudi, da družba Infratil na začetku ne bi bila pripravljena plačati polne nakupne cene.
Those agreements therefore will be assessed in a separate decision.
Zato je prišlo do pogajanj o prodajni opciji in o delitvi nakupne cene na takoj plačljivo nakupno ceno I in nakupno ceno II, ki bi jo bilo treba plačati, če in ko bi bil pridobljen sklep o odobritvi načrta.
Beneficiary of the potential State aid
Zaradi okoliščin Komisija sklepa, da bi se zasebni delničar pogajal o podobnih možnostih.
The Commission has opened the formal investigation procedure on potential State aid in favour of FLG.
Komisija mora tudi oceniti, ali cena transakcije, ki je bila določena za možnosti, o katerih so tekla pogajanja, izpolnjuje tržne zahteve.
In January 2013, however, part of the assets of FLG were sold to Yasmina.
Nakupna cena I ([…] EUR) in prodajna opcija
FLG was merged into Hansestadt Lübeck and the legal entity FLG ceased to exist.
Po tem scenariju pogoji, določeni v sporazumu o udeležbi iz leta 2005, niso izpolnjeni in sklep o odobritvi načrta se ne pridobi.
In 2014, Yasmina announced insolvency, resulting in the initiation of insolvency proceedings in April 2014.
Posledično družbi Infratil ni treba plačati nakupne cene II.
In August 2014, PuRen took over the assets of Yasmina.
Študija neodvisne svetovalne družbe Ecorys, ki jo je naročila Komisija, kaže, da naj bi po pričakovanjih letališče Lübeck brez razširitve ustvarilo izgubo:
In the cases where the Commission takes a negative decision ordering the recovery of incompatible aid to an undertaking in the context of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, the recovery obligation may be extended to a new company to which the beneficiary of the aid in question has transferred or sold part of or all its assets, where that transfer or sale structure demonstrates that there is economic continuity between the two companies.
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If the Commission were to find that there was incompatible aid to FLG which needed to be recovered, it would have to assess who benefitted from the aid and which company the recovery obligation should be addressed to.
Neugodna NSV (90 % osnovnega kapitala) in nakupna cena
If there was no company to which the recovery obligation could be extended, the Commission would not need to assess whether there was aid to FLG.
V teh okoliščinah bi se od družbe Infratil pričakovalo, da bo uveljavila prodajno opcijo.
Therefore, the Commission considers it appropriate to first assess whether there was economic continuity between FLG and Yasmina and whether the recovery obligation can be extended to Yasmina (see Section 7.2.2) and whether PuRen, the buyer of Yasmina's assets, could have benefitted from the aid (see Section 7.2.3).
Nakupna cena I torej predstavlja samo simbolično ceno, zavarovano z izhodno strategijo, ki družbi Infratil omogoča razveljavitev transakcije.
The Commission then assesses whether the economic activity which might have benefitted from the aid still exists (see Section 7.2.4).
Ker v tem primeru obratovanje letališča ne bi bilo donosno, Komisija ugotavlja, da je pozitivna cena v znesku […] EUR v skladu s tržnimi pogoji in da družba Infratil ni pridobila nobene gospodarske prednosti.
The question whether the measures provided to FLG included State aid, and if so, whether such aid was compatible, will only have to be examined if a beneficiary of the aid can be identified, i.e. either if there was economic continuity between FLG and Yasmina or PuRen, or if the aid remained at the level of the economic activity, i.e. at the level of the operation of Lübeck airport.
Cena prodajne opcije v višini […] EUR (ki bi jo moralo plačati mesto Lübeck) je sestavljena predvsem iz plačil za delničarska posojila, naložbe, izgube iz poslovanja in stroške postopka za odobritev načrtovanja – stroške, ki bi jih moralo mesto Lübeck kriti brez privatizacije letališča.
Economic continuity between FLG and Yasmina
Glede na različne elemente cene bi bila prodajna opcija enakovredna razveljavitvi sporazuma in prvotne transakcije.
In its decision concerning the sale of assets of the airline Alitalia [35], the Commission considered that if the acquisition of assets takes place at market price and does not show economic continuity between the old company and the new structure, it cannot be assumed that the new structure has benefited from the competitive advantage created by State aid already granted to the original company.
Komisija ugotavlja tudi, da je prevzem izgub iz poslovanja omejen na […] EUR.
According to established case law [36], economic continuity between the original entity and the new structure is established on the basis of a set of indicators.
Vendar je glede na izgube letališča v letih pred privatizacijo mogoče sklepati, da je morala družba Infratil vedeti, da bodo dejanske izgube precej presegle to omejitev, če se letališče Lübeck ni bi razširilo po pričakovanjih.
This set of indicators was confirmed by the Court in the case Ryanair v Commission [37].
Preglednica 10
It is however not a mandatory set of cumulative requirements that have all to be fulfilled in each case [38].
Izgube družbe FLG v obdobju 1995–2010 v (tisočih) EUR
The following factors may be taken into consideration in assessing the economic continuity between two entities:
Leto
the scope of the sold assets (assets and liabilities, maintenance of workforce, bundle of assets),
Izgube družbe FLG v (tisočih) EUR
the sale price,
2006 (1. januar–31. marec)
the identity of the buyer(s),
Jasno je, da se zasebni prodajalec ne bi mogel s pogajanji dogovoriti o ugodnejši ceni prodajne opcije.
the moment of the sale (after the initiation of preliminary assessment, the formal investigation procedure or the final decision), and
Nakupno ceno II v višini […] EUR je morala družba Infratil plačati le, če so bili izpolnjeni določeni pogoji, ki so zagotovili donosnost letališča.
the economic logic of the operation.
Prodajna cena ustreza prodajni ceni, o kateri so se stranke s pogajanji dogovorile marca 2005 med postopkom oddaje javnega naročila.
Scope of the sold assets
Obstoj gospodarske prednosti je mogoče izključiti, če je prodaja v skladu s tržnimi pogoji.
The Commission notes, at the outset, that, in principle, a complete take-over of the seller's assets by the buyer may point in the direction of economic continuity between the buyer and the seller.
To je mogoče domnevati, kadar se prodaja izvede preko javnega razpisa in so izpolnjeni naslednji kumulativni pogoji [55]:
However, that may not be the case if the overall assessment shows that the scope of the sale is left to the market.
delež se proda na podlagi konkurenčnega javnega razpisa, ki je odprt za vse, pregleden in nediskriminatoren,
For instance, if the scope of the sales results from an open, transparent, non-discriminatory and unconditional tender procedure, this may point in the direction of economic discontinuity.
Ker je interes za nakup letališča izrazilo pet različnih podjetij, ni razvidno, da je samo družba Infratil lahko predložila verodostojno ponudbo.
In this context, the bidders should have the possibility to freely decide whether to bid for individual assets, a group of assets or all assets, they should not be obliged to enter into contracts concluded by the seller, and they should be able to choose freely if they want to take over all employees of the seller, some of them or none of them.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 240, je morala družba Infratil celo ob upoštevanju, da mesto Lübeck pokrije […] EUR izgub, pričakovati dodatne finančne izgube v višini od […] EUR do […] EUR pri uveljavljanju prodajne opcije.
The Commission observes that the published tender notice for the sale of FLG's assets specified that the bidders could either purchase 90 % of the shares in FLG or realise a comparable economic solution for taking over the operation of the airport.
Z vidika ex ante je bila družba Infratil torej v položaju, da morebiti ustvari dobiček, če bi se uresničil drugi scenarij, hkrati pa je tvegala visoke izgube v primeru uveljavljanja prodajne opcije.
This allowed bidders therefore to bid for the shares in FLG, to bid for assets or bundles of assets or to find another economic solution, such as the lease of assets.
Nemčija je navedla, da je bilo po mnenju mesta Lübeck, gledano iz leta 2005, zelo malo verjetno, da bi se pogoji za uveljavljanje prodajne opcije uresničili, in sicer da ne bi bil pridobljen sklep o odobritvi načrta in da bi bilo število potnikov manjše od […].
This was confirmed in the information memorandum, submitted to all interested bidders prior to submitting an expression of interest.
Vendar, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 234, je mesto Lübeck moralo pričakovati, da bo družba Infratil večje tveganje pripisala postopku za odobritev načrtovanja.
It was therefore clear to the interested bidders that they could offer purchasing shares or purchasing assets or bundles of assets.
Glede števila potnikov Nemčija trdi, da je družba Ryanair napovedala, da bo vzpostavila bazo na letališču Lübeck v primeru razširitve obstoječih vzletno-pristajalnih stez, in vzpostavitev baze naj bi po pričakovanjih povzročila povečanje števila potnikov za […] na leto.
Indeed, of the five bidders that submitted an indicative offer, two bidders offered to purchase assets, whereas the other bidders offered to purchase shares.
Komisija ugotavlja, da dejansko število potnikov na letališču Lübeck ni doseglo tega praga, temveč se je med letoma 2005 in 2008 zmanjšalo in je leta 2008 znašalo 544339 (glej preglednico 1).
Of the three bidders that submitted binding offers, two bidders offered to purchase assets, one offered to purchase shares.
Vendar Komisija v zvezi s tem ugotavlja, da okoliščine, kot so učinki finančne krize, ki jih ni bilo mogoče predvideti leta 2005, lahko pojasnijo znatno odstopanje med pričakovanim in dejanskim številom potnikov.