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No air carrier came forward, and SOGAER published a standing notice on its own website.
Družba AMS, ki sicer ni letalski prevoznik, ampak je prejela financiranje v zvezi z dejavnostjo 2, je odvisno podjetje v stoodstotni lasti družbe Ryanair.
SOGAER always avoided any form of overcompensation for the services requested, even where there was only one carrier interested and SOGAER's margin for negotiation was consequently tighter.
Zato je mogoče predvidevati, da je družba Ryanair odločilno vplivala na ravnanje družbe AMS.
SOGAER is not aware of any legal act by which the Region gave airport operators the task of performing a public service obligation.
Za namene uporabe pravil o državni pomoči v tej zadevi in v skladu s prakso Komisije [102] se družbi AMS in Ryanair štejeta za eno podjetje v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
The Commission's efforts to establish whether the level of compensation awarded to the airport operators was or was not proportionate are therefore doomed to failure.
Zaradi večje preglednosti se bo družba AMS, ki se skupaj z družbo Ryanair šteje za eno podjetje, prav tako štela za letalskega prevoznika.
The private economy investor principle and the 2014 Aviation Guidelines
Zato letalske družbe, ki so imele korist od sredstev, ki jih je Sardinija zagotovila prek upravljavcev letališč, opravljajo gospodarsko dejavnost in se štejejo za podjetja za namene člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
SOGAER says that it conducted itself towards the low-cost airlines, Ryanair in particular, in the same way as airports under private management did.
Državna sredstva in pripisljivost državi
In support of this assertion it refers to the report of the consultancy firm acting on Ryanair's behalf dated 28 June 2013.
Pojem državne pomoči se uporablja za vsako prednost, ki jo iz državnih sredstev dodeli država sama ali posrednik, ki deluje na podlagi dodeljenih pooblastil.
It argues that many of the compatibility criteria set out in the 2014 Aviation Guidelines are substantially met in the case at issue: (i) SOGAER managed aid or compensation for the opening of new routes or the expansion of existing ones on behalf of the Region; (ii) the compensation represented about one tenth of the average operating cost; and (iii) the airlines benefitting from the activities under assessment all held a valid operating licence.
Za uporabo člena 107 Pogodbe so sredstva lokalnih organov državna sredstva.
SOGAER therefore considers that if the Guidelines are interpreted on substantive rather than on formalistic lines it can be concluded that the aid at issue is compatible.
Shema izhaja iz deželnega zakona in se financira s sredstvi, ki jih zagotovi Sardinija.
COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE 2014 AVIATION GUIDELINES TO THE MEASURES AT ISSUE
Za namene člena 107 Pogodbe so sredstva regionalnih lokalnih organov državna sredstva, za odločitve takih organov pa bi bilo treba šteti, da so „dodeljene od države“ [103].
SOGAER observes that the exemption provided for in point 137 of the Aviation Guidelines should be applied in the case of Cagliari airport even though the airport exceeds 3 million passengers.
Shemo kot tako je torej mogoče pripisati državi in je za namene zakonodaje o državni pomoči financirana iz državnih sredstev.
Otherwise Cagliari would be treated differently from the other two airports in Sardinia concerned by the activities under assessment.
To velja tudi za finančne tokove med upravljavci letališč in letalskimi prevozniki.
SOGAER emphasises that the aid at issue served to facilitate the mobility of citizens of the Union to and from Cagliari, significantly increasing the number of intra-Union flights to and from the island's capital.
Letalski prevozniki so prejeli financiranje Sardinije prek upravljavcev sardinskih letališč za uvedbe novih rut ali povečanje pogostosti letov ali podaljšanje obdobja opravljanja letov na obstoječih rutah, kot je opisano zlasti v preglednici 8, ter zagotavljanje tržnih storitev.
On the necessity of intervention on the part of the Region, SOGAER says that without the regional contributions to offset what SOGAER had passed on to airlines and other service providers, SOGAER's accounts would have shown a loss.
Ravnanje upravljavcev letališč je Sardinija določila z zakonom št. 10 iz leta 2010 in načrtov dejavnosti, ki jih je morala odobriti pred izvajanjem.
There was no other way of achieving the objective of improving connections between the Region and the rest of the Union that might have entailed less distortion of competition.
Mehanizem, vzpostavljen z zakonom št. 10 iz leta 2010, določa, da Sardinija javna sredstva prenese na upravljavce letališč, ki bi jih morali nato prenesti na upravljavce letališč v skladu s podrobnimi zahtevami iz načrtov dejavnosti, ki jih je odobrila Sardinija.
SOGAER stresses that the Region always kept aid to the minimum, paying only in respect of items properly accounted for by the airport operator.
Načrte dejavnosti so pripravili in predlagali upravljavci letališč, vendar jih je Sardinija pregledala, odobrila in določila znesek financiranja, ki se na tej podlagi zagotovi upravljavcu letališča.
With regard to the prevention of adverse effects on competition and trade within the Union, SOGAER observes that the scheme was applicable to all the other regional airports, even though they were in competition with one another, thus allowing coverage of the respective differentials between operating costs and revenue.
Sardinija je z odobritvijo podrobnih načrtov dejavnosti natančno določila, kako bi moral posamezni upravljavec letališča financiranje, ki ga je prejel od Regije, dodeliti letalskim prevoznikom.
Lastly, SOGAER asserts that if the Commission should take the view that the scheme under assessment constitutes operating aid to SOGAER, the aid should in any event be considered compatible with the internal market, since it is in line with the criteria and conditions in point 5.1.2 of the Aviation Guidelines.
Kot je opisano v oddelku 2.7.3, vzpostavljeni postopek spremljanja (ki določa plačilo zadnjega obroka upravljavcem letališč) prav tako zagotavlja skladnost z navedenimi obveznostmi.
OBSERVATIONS FROM ITALY ON INTERESTED PARTIES' COMMENTS
Zato se lahko upravljavci letališč štejejo za posrednike med Sardinijo in letalskimi družbami.
OBSERVATIONS FROM ITALY ON RYANAIR'S COMMENTS
Izvajali so shemo pomoči in na letalske prevoznike v celoti prenesli financiranje, ki so ga prejeli od Sardinije.
The regional authorities dispute Ryanair's statements to the effect that the airports acted in accordance with the MEIP in maintaining commercial relations with airlines in order to increase passenger traffic and, consequently, revenues.
Pri tem so ravnali v skladu z navodili, ki so jih od Sardinije prejeli z odobrenimi načrti dejavnosti.
In reality, the airport management companies only acted as intermediaries, engaged in nothing more than the transfer of resources to airlines.
Ob upoštevanju navedenega se plačila upravljavcev letališč letalskim prevoznikom za financiranje dejavnosti 1 in 2 financirajo iz državnih sredstev (če so upravljavci letališč sredstva za financiranje navedenih dejavnosti prejeli od Sardinije [104]) in se lahko pripišejo državi.
According to the Region, the market economy investor in this instance was the Region, which weighed up the investment in terms of the positive economic impact for the territory.
Gospodarska prednost
Italy provided a note from the Italian National Civil Aviation Authority [96], stating that the possibility for regional airports of advertising on the websites of low-cost airlines would represent an advantage for the tourism and commercial sectors, as regional airports do not benefit from the consolidated market positions and degree of guaranteed visibility of major airports.
Prednost v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe je katera koli gospodarska korist, ki je podjetje ne bi pridobilo pod običajnimi tržnimi pogoji, tj. v odsotnosti posredovanja države.
Both Italy and the ENAC dispute Ryanair's statement to the effect that the situation in Sardinia resulted from inadequate rules on the routes subject to public service obligations under Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 and their enforcement by the Italian authorities.
Pomemben je le učinek ukrepa na podjetje, ne pa vzrok ali cilj posredovanja države.
Italy notes that the objective of territorial continuity is to ensure that all citizens can move around within national or Union territory under equal conditions in terms of quality and cost.
Kadar javni organ podjetju zagotovi financiranje, s katerim podjetje razbremeni stroškov, ki bi jih to navadno imelo, se zagotovi gospodarska prednost.
The public service obligations authorised by Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 allow any Union carrier to accept the terms of those obligations without financial compensation.
Vendar se prednost ne zagotovi, če se lahko financiranje šteje za nadomestilo za javno službo v skladu z merili iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark.
If no carrier agrees to provide the service, a European tender is held, with provision for financial compensation.
Poleg tega se prednost ne dodeli, kadar država članica ravna v skladu z načelom vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu.
Italy submitted observations on the comments of easyJet and of the consultancy firm acting on its behalf.
Letalski prevozniki morajo izpolniti cilje glede prometa; če jih izpolnijo, prejmejo finančno nadomestilo, če jih ne izpolnijo, pa se jim naložijo sankcije.
Italy considers that the MEOP should not be applied to the Olbia airport, because the operator of the airport is a private operator, GEASAR, and not a public one within the meaning of the Union rules on State aid.
Navedenih plačil ni mogoče šteti za resnično nadomestilo za tržne storitve, ampak so tudi plačila letalskim prevoznikom za povečanje njihove dejavnosti na Sardiniji.
Its choices and actions are therefore based on market criteria, except if those choices are prescribed by ad hoc public regulations.
Kot bo pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 368 in naslednjih uvodnih izjavah, je shema oblikovana tako, da so tržne storitve, ki jih zagotovijo letalski prevozniki v okviru dejavnosti 2, zlasti namenjene promociji storitev zračnega prevoza, ki jih ti isti letalski prevozniki zagotavljajo na Sardinijo in z nje.
In this case however, Italy assumes that, contrary to the claims of the consultancy firm, the marketing contracts in question were not signed by GEASAR seeking an alleged but non-existent profitability, but solely because they were required and regulated by a specific public measure.
Italija je v dokumentu o priglasitvi [105] poudarila, da morajo v skladu s shemo ukrepe za trženje, ki jih Sardinija financira v okviru dejavnosti 2, izvesti letalski prevozniki, namenjeni pa so povečanju števila potnikov na rutah, ki so se uvedle ali razširile zaradi sheme [106].
Law 10/2010 especially aims at incentivising air transport by granting contributions to airlines.
Dejstvo, da tržne storitve v okviru dejavnosti 2 zagotavljajo letalski prevozniki namesto katera druga vrsta družb, ki lahko ponudijo take storitve, je samo po sebi dejavnik, ki seveda vpliva na to, da navedene tržne storitve oglašujejo zlasti storitve zračnega prevoza, ki jih ponujajo zadevni letalski prevozniki.
Since the repeal of Law 10/2010, those activities have been discontinued.
Letalski prevozniki zlasti na svojih spletiščih navadno oglašujejo regije in mesta, kadar opravljajo lete v take regije ali na ozemlja, da bi morebitne kupce spodbudili k uporabi njihovih storitev za let na navedena območja.
Thirdly, for Italy the contributions paid by the Region to the airport operator to cover the costs of the activities at issue only ‘transited’ through the airport management company, which transferred their entire amount to the actual beneficiary, id est, the airline concerned.
Poleg tega je na spletiščih letalskih prevoznikov oglaševanje nekaterih regij in mest navadno neločljivo povezano z oglaševanjem letov, ki jih letalski prevozniki opravljajo v navedeno regijo, ali vsaj z informacijami o obstoju in značilnostih navedenih letov.
Then, should the claims of the consultancy firm be upheld, Italy estimates that its calculations are erroneous.
Družba Ryanair, na primer, eden od evropskih prevoznikov, ki je najbolj razvil promocijo regij in mest na svojem spletišču, na spletnih straneh, ki so namenjene promociji regij in namembnih krajev, precej sistematično navaja tudi informacije o letih, ki jih družba Ryanair opravlja v navedene regije in namembne kraje [107].
The report of the consultancy firm is based on data found in the financial statements of GEASAR for the years starting from 2004, which show the revenues from airport traffic as well as the main economic data which form the year's operating results but do not show the analytical accounting data necessary to accurately perform the profitability analysis.
Poleg tega zakon št. 10 iz leta 2010, ki opredeljuje vsebino načrtov dejavnosti letališč [108], določa, da se ukrepi za trženje na podlagi dejavnosti 2 izvedejo, „če se uvedejo nove rute ali podaljša obdobje opravljanja letov“ [109].
The consultancy firm therefore overestimates the revenues induced by the contracts, particularly concerning non-aeronautical revenues.
Ta določba vzpostavlja jasno povezavo med ukrepi za trženje, ki se izvedejo v okviru dejavnosti 2, in uvedbo novih rut ali razširitvijo dejavnosti na obstoječih rutah.
For Italy, the marketing contracts in question have a negative and not a positive balance, contrary to the assessment of the consultancy firm.
To pomeni, da bi morale tržne storitve, ki se predlagajo v načrtih dejavnosti, same oglaševati nove ali obstoječe storitve zračnega prevoza, da bi se povečalo število potnikov, ki uporabljajo zadevne storitve.
This applies to the marketing contracts signed with easyJet as well as to the contracts signed with all the other airlines concerned.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 367, je Italija izrecno potrdila to razlago.
This, according to Italy, confirms the point that those agreements were signed in direct execution of Law 10/2010.
Poleg tega bi bilo malo verjetno, da bi zadevne tržne storitve, ki jih lahko opravljajo le letalski prevozniki, zagotavljali letalski prevozniki, ki ne bi izvajali novih ali razširjenih storitev zračnega prevoza, na katere naj bi bile vezane tržne storitve.
Last, Italy dismisses the inclusion of handling contracts signed by GEASAR with the airlines concerned in the analysis carried out by the consultancy firm.
Letalski prevoznik ima zelo omejeno motivacijo za oglaševanje storitev konkurenta, tudi v zameno za povračilo.
Handling contracts are typical contracts negotiated and executed on a business basis and concern the provision of services against the payment of monetary consideration by the airline.
Oglaševanje lastnih namembnih krajev je del običajnih dejavnosti letalskega prevoznika.
They are not related to Law 10/2010 and to the activities implemented under that law.
Namembni kraji in regije, v katere opravljajo lete, so ena od značilnosti njihovih storitev prevoza, ki jih navadno oglašujejo, skupaj z vrsto drugih vidikov (cene, udobje na krovu, storitve med letom, zanesljivost, prilagodljivost letalske vozovnice, program zvestobe itd.).
The consideration shown in those contracts is based on the airport operator's usual business practice, which is to apply tariffs and discounts based on volume and other factors.
Ob upoštevanju navedenega je mogoče skleniti, da plačila, ki jih je Sardinija zagotovila letalskim prevoznikom v okviru dejavnosti 2, subvencionirajo stroške trženja, ki bi jih letalski prevozniki navadno imeli v okviru svojih dejavnosti zračnega prevoza.
Indeed, these contracts have remained in force even after the repeal of Law 10/2010, at similar or even lower prices than in the preceding years.
Poleg tega navedena plačila, kolikor so povezana z uvedbo novih rut ali razširitvijo dejavnosti na obstoječih rutah, delujejo kot finančne spodbude letalskim prevoznikom za povečanje zračnega prometa na Sardinijo.
ASSESSMENT OF THE AID
V tem smislu so podobna plačilom v okviru dejavnosti 1, s to razliko, da se nanašajo na določeni vidik storitev zračnega prevoza, ki jih izvajajo letališča, tj. oglaševanje navedenih storitev.
INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF THE DECISION
Kot je Italija poudarila v dokumentu o priglasitvi [110], morajo biti poleg tega v skladu s shemo ukrepi za trženje, ki jih Sardinija financira v okviru dejavnosti 2, del istih načrtov dejavnosti, navedenih v okviru dejavnosti 1 [111].
It first must be assessed whether the funding provided by airport operators to airline companies in respect of activities 1 and 2 under Law 10/2010 during of the period 2010-2013 constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
S tem se vzpostavi dodatna povezava med uvedbo in razširitvijo rut (ciljem dejavnosti 1) in sporazumi o trženju, ki se sklenejo v okviru dejavnosti 2.
As set out in Section 2, the opening decision noted that since the Commission was investigating possible unlawful aid granted by the operator of Alghero airport in Case SA.23098 [97], the present case covers only aid measures not examined in that case [98].
To še utrdi sklep, da so si plačila Sardinije letalskim prevoznikom prek upravljavcev letališč v okviru dejavnosti 1 in 2 po naravi podobna: v bistvu so to finančne spodbude, s katerimi se subvencionira del stroškov letalskih prevoznikov v zameno za razširitev dejavnosti zračnega prevoza teh letalskih prevoznikov na Sardinijo in z nje.
While not all of payments by SOGEAAL for activities 1 and 2 are made under contracts examined in Case SA.23098, the large majority of those payments was assessed in that case.
Poleg tega se v skladu s shemo jasno razlikuje med tržnimi storitvami, ki se zagotovijo v okviru dejavnosti 2, tj. jih zagotovijo letalski prevozniki, in tržnimi storitvami, ki se zagotovijo v okviru dejavnosti 3, tj. jih zagotovijo druge vrste družb, kar potrjuje ugotovitev, da imajo storitve, ki se izvedejo v okviru dejavnosti 2, poseben namen, ki se razlikuje od namena dejavnosti 3 in je nujno povezan z dejstvom, da se ponudniki ukvarjajo z dejavnostmi zračnega prevoza.
Moreover, it is not straightforward in all cases to make a clear distinction given that the financial relationship between SOGEAAL and a given airline in the relevant period may be governed by various contracts only some of which have been considered in Case SA.23098.
Ta namen seveda skoraj ne more biti kaj druga kot povečanje zračnega prometa zadevnih letalskih prevoznikov na Sardinijo in z nje.
The Commission therefore considers that it is appropriate to exclude all agreements with airlines concluded by SOGEAAL under the scheme under assessment from the scope of the present proceedings [99].
To je razvidno iz pregleda sporazumov, sklenjenih med upravljavci letališč in letalskimi prevozniki v okviru sheme, ki ga je izvedla Komisija.
Furthermore, the scope of the Opening Decision did not include the potential aid granted by airport operators to service providers other than airlines for activity 3.
V sporazumih družbe easyJet so na primer letališke storitve neposredno povezane s tržnimi storitvami.
Therefore, the Commission cannot take a position on that aspect.
V točki 3 sporazuma z letališčem Olbia upravljavec letališča navaja, da namerava prevoznik okrepiti svoje dejavnosti na letališče Olbia in z njega, in da je prevoznik zaradi razširitve takih letalskih dejavnosti razvil program trženja in oglaševanja za promocijo namembnih krajev in razvoj tranzitnih prometnih tokov zlasti na mednarodnih trgih.
The second question to be assessed is whether the airport operators have received aid from the Region.
Iz pregleda različnih sporazumov o trženju, ki so jih v okviru sheme sklenili upravljavci letališč in letalski prevozniki, je razvidno, da so tržne storitve neposredno povezane z leti, ki jih opravljajo navedeni letalski prevozniki.
EXISTENCE OF AID
Tržne storitve so torej neposredno usmerjene v potnike, ki bi lahko morda uporabili prevozne storitve, ki jih ponujajo letalski prevozniki iz sporazumov o trženju.
By virtue of Article 107(1) of the Treaty ‘…, 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’.
Plačila, ki jih Sardinija prek upravljavcev letališč zagotovi letalskim prevoznikom v okviru dejavnosti 1 in 2, je treba šteti za subvencije letalskim prevoznikom za opravljanje večjega števila letov na Sardinijo in z nje.
The criteria in Article 107(1) of the Treaty are cumulative.
Treba je še analizirati, ali plačila, ki jih Sardinija prek upravljavcev letališč zagotovi letalskim prevoznikom za okrepitev njihovih dejavnosti zračnega prevoza na Sardinijo, pomenijo nadomestilo za obveznost javne službe v skladu z merili iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark in ali so v skladu z načelom udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu.
Therefore, in order for the measures in question to constitute aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty all of the following conditions need to be fulfilled.
Prvo merilo iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark je, da je upravičeno podjetje pristojno za izvajanje obveznosti javne storitve in da so navedene obveznosti jasno opredeljene.
Namely, the measures should must:
Kot je navedeno v točki 70 smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014: „V zvezi s storitvami zračnega prevoza se lahko obveznosti javne službe naložijo le v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1008/2008.
be granted by the State or through State resources;
Zlasti se take obveznosti lahko naložijo le v zvezi s posebno ruto ali skupino rut in ne v zvezi s katero koli splošno ruto z odhodi z danega letališča, mesta ali regije.
favour certain undertakings or the production of certain goods;
Poleg tega se obveznosti javne službe v zvezi z ruto lahko uvedejo le, da se izpolnijo prevozne potrebe, ki jih obstoječa zračna ruta ali drug način prevoza ne more ustrezno zadostiti“ (opombe so izpuščene).
distort or threaten to distort competition;
V sektorju zračnega prevoza se je zakonodajalec Unije odločil, da bo z uvedbo pogojev iz Uredbe (ES) št. 1008/2008 omejil široko polje proste presoje, ki jo imajo države članice navadno pri odločanju, katere dejavnosti so storitve splošnega gospodarskega pomena.
affect trade between Member States.
Vendar so rute na Sardiniji [112], za katere veljajo obveznosti javne službe v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1008/2008, izrecno izključene iz področja uporabe zakona št. 10 iz leta 2010, ki je očitno zasnovan kot sistem, ki je vzporeden sistemu obveznosti javne službe na podlagi Uredbe (ES) št. 1008/2008.
The Commission notes that the notified measures constitute an aid scheme within the meaning of point (d) of Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589.
Zato financiranja, ki so ga upravljavci letališč zagotovili letalskim prevoznikom na podlagi zakona št. 10 iz leta 2010, ni mogoče šteti za nadomestilo, ki se je letalskim prevoznikom zagotovilo za opravljanje resničnih storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena.
On the basis of the legal framework described in Section 2 of this Decision, without further implementing measures being required in addition to those already described, individual aid awards can be made to undertakings (such as airlines) defined within Law 10/2010’ in a general and abstract manner (i.e. no individual companies are designated).
Zato eden od štirih kumulativnih pogojev iz sodbe v zadevi Altmark, tj. prvi pogoj, ni izpolnjen.
FUNDING PROVIDED BY AIRPORT OPERATORS TO AIRLINE COMPANIES IN RESPECT OF ACTIVITIES 1 AND 2 (LAW 10/2010) IN THE PERIOD 2010-2013 — EXISTENCE OF STATE AID IN FAVOUR OF AIRLINE COMPANIES
Kar zadeva uporabo načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, je treba najprej opozoriti, da se Italija ni sklicevala na to načelo [113].