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Portugal provided evidence to prove that even after the [predefined model] decision was taken, [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA] remained a realistic scenario for the notified investment.
Ker je pomoč omejena na znesek, potreben za izravnavo neto dodatnih stroškov izvedbe naložbenega projekta v Setúbalu, v primerjavi z alternativno lokacijo [lokacija 1 na območju EGP, ki ne prejema pomoči], Komisija meni, da je sorazmernost pomoči v času odločitve glede lokacije dokazana.
The documents provided allow the Commission to conclude that in March 2014 when the product decision was taken by the VAP, [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA] had sufficient capacity to accommodate the needs of the notified project.
V točki 40 sporočila o merilih za podrobno oceno je navedeno, da „[č]e […] analiza nasprotnih dejstev kaže, da bi se naložbe nadaljevale tudi brez pomoči, čeprav morda na drugi lokaciji (možnost 2), in če je pomoč sorazmerna, bi bili možni znaki izkrivljanja, kot so velik tržni delež in večja zmogljivost na slabo delujočem trgu, načeloma enaki ne glede na pomoč“.
Moreover, the Commission verified that all the relevant costs relating to additional shifts needed in [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA] in order to cope with the additional capacity needed for the notified project were taken into account in the counterfactual scenario.
Ker je pomoč omejena na najmanjšo potrebno za izravnavo dodatnih stroškov, ki izhajajo iz regionalnih problemov regije, ki prejema pomoč, nima neupravičenih negativnih učinkov na konkurenco, kot je izrivanje zasebnih naložb.
In addition, it takes note of Portugal's argument that if Setubal would not have been chosen as location for the notified project, Autoeuropa might have had to shut down at least major parts of the plant.
V skladu s točko 50 sporočila o merilih za podrobno oceno so bili potencialni negativni učinki regionalne pomoči na lokacije zaradi njihove geografske posebnosti že razpoznani in omejeni s smernicami o državni regionalni pomoči in kartami regionalnih pomoči, ki ob upoštevanju ciljev enakosti in kohezijske politike izčrpno opredeljujejo območja, ki so upravičena do regionalne pomoči, in upravičeno intenzivnost pomoči.
The Commission verified that both the costs for the dismissal of employees in Setubal and the costs for reimbursing the State aid granted in the earlier investment projects mentioned in section 4.2 were taken into account in the counterfactual scenario.
Vendar je v točki 53 sporočila o merilih za podrobno oceno določeno, da če se ob neobstoju pomoči naložba izvede v revnejši regiji (z več regionalnimi težavami – višja stopnja najvišje intenzivnosti regionalne pomoči) ali v regiji, za katero se šteje, da ima iste regionalne probleme kot ciljna regija (enaka najvišja intenzivnost regionalne pomoči), to pomeni negativen učinek na trgovino in negativen dejavnik v splošnem testu tehtanja, pri čemer je malo verjetno, da bi ga nadomestili kateri koli pozitivni dejavniki, ker je to v nasprotju z osnovnim načelom regionalne pomoči.
The Commission is also satisfied that the calculations of the investment and production costs at the two locations used in the counterfactual scenario are accurate and are based on credible data provided by the factories or on credible assumptions.
V primeru priglašenega projekta se nova neposredna tuja naložba ni obravnavala, saj je naložbeni paket [140000–160000] avtomobilov, ki spadajo v tržni segment cene […], premajhen, da bi bila nova neposredna tuja naložba uspešna.
As described in recital 70 and in annex I of this decision, the estimates for production costs attributable to the location, which include production costs and investment costs, resulted in a cost disadvantage of EUR 90 million in nominal value for Setubal compared to [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA].
Z uporabo dveh meril, tj. obstoječimi dodatnimi zmogljivostmi in prostori, združljivimi z načrtovanim projektom, so bile edine začetne alternativne lokacije omejene na [lokacijo 1] (območje [EGP], ki ne prejema pomoči), [lokacijo 2] ([zunaj EGP]) in [lokacijo 3] (območje EGP, ki ne prejema pomoči); [lokacija 2 zunaj EGP] in [lokacija 3 na območju EGP, ki ne prejema pomoči] sta bili pozneje izključeni, saj so bili zanju značilni visoki logistični stroški in visoki stroški delovne sile.
In order to reduce the cost disadvantage of Setubal, and in view of the forthcoming formal decision of the VAI on the localisation of the investment project, after the product decision was taken by the VAP on 10 March 2014, Autoeuropa introduced an application for aid on 31 March 2014.
Zato Komisija ugotavlja, da ni dokazov, da bi bila naložba izvedena v drugi regiji, ki prejema pomoč, z višjo ali podobno zgornjo mejo intenzivnosti pomoči.
On 28 May 2014 and 26 June 2014, the VAI decided to locate the notified investment in Setubal.
Komisija zato meni, da pomoč nima protikohezijskega učinka, ki bi bil v nasprotju z osnovnim načelom regionalne pomoči, in nima neupravičenih negativnih učinkov na trgovino.
As documented by the minutes of the VAI meetings, this decision was adopted explicitly subject to the availability of State aid.
TEHTANJE
Works on the project started on 26 June 2014.
Zaradi ugotovitve, da pomoč zagotavlja spodbudo za izvedbo naložbe v zadevni regiji in je sorazmerna, je treba pretehtati pozitivne in negativne učinke pomoči.
The Commission established already above (see recital 85) that in accordance with paragraph 20 of the IDAC the formal incentive effect requirements laid down in paragraph 38 of the RAG 2007-13 were met.
S presojo se je potrdilo, da ima ukrep pomoči spodbujevalni učinek, privlačen za naložbo, ki zagotavlja pomemben prispevek k regionalnemu razvoju prikrajšane regije, upravičene do regionalne pomoči v skladu s členom 107(3)(c) PDEU, pri čemer nobene regije z isto ali višjo zgornjo mejo intenzivnosti pomoči ne prikrajša za naložbo (brez protikohezijskega učinka).
In addition, the Portuguese authorities provided clear evidence that the aid effectively had an impact on the investment's location choice, since VW Group's decision to locate the notified project in Setubal was taken only after signing the investment contract [29] which confirmed that the investment project would be eligible for State aid.
Komisija meni, da je privabljanje naložb v revnejšo regijo koristnejše za kohezijo v Uniji kot izvajanje istih naložb v bolj razviti regiji.
The Commission considers, in accordance with paragraphs 23 and 25 of the IDAC that the counterfactual scenario presented by Portugal is realistic and supported by genuine and contemporary evidence proving that the aid has a real (substantive) incentive effect: by reducing the viability gap between both locations in favour of Setubal, the aid contributed to changing the location decision of the beneficiary company.
Kot je navedeno v točki 53 sporočila o merilih za podrobno oceno, Komisija meni, da „[k]ar zadeva pozitivne učinke regionalne pomoči, ki samo izravna razliko neto stroškov v primerjavi z bolj razvito alternativno naložbeno lokacijo […] se […] šteje, da pri testu tehtanja prevladajo nad negativnimi učinki na alternativni lokaciji nove naložbe“.
Without the aid, the investment would not have taken place in Setubal.
Ob upoštevanju zgoraj navedenega Komisija ugotavlja, da je pomoč sorazmerna z razliko v neto stroških izvedbe naložbe na izbrani lokaciji v primerjavi z razvitejšo alternativno lokacijo, zato pozitivni učinki pomoči v smislu cilja in ustreznosti, kot je bilo prikazano zgoraj, odtehtajo negativne učinke na drugi lokaciji.
Proportionality of the aid
V skladu z odstavkom 68 smernic 2007–2013 in ob upoštevanju poglobljene ocene, opravljene na podlagi sporočila o merilih za podrobno oceno, Komisija ugotavlja, da je pomoč potrebna za zagotovitev spodbujevalnega učinka za naložbo ter da koristi ukrepa pomoči odtehtajo posledično izkrivljanje konkurence in učinek na trgovino med državami članicami.
Paragraph 29 of the IDAC requires that for the aid to be proportional, the amount and intensity of the aid must be limited to the minimum needed for the investment to take place in the assisted region.
Komisija ugotavlja, da predlagana regionalna pomoč za naložbe v korist podjetja Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda, ki je bila dodeljena 30. aprila 2014 na podlagi odobritve Komisije, izpolnjuje vse pogoje iz smernic 2007–2013 in sporočila o merilih za podrobno oceno, zato se lahko v skladu s členom 107(3)(c) PDEU šteje za združljivo z notranjim trgom.
In general, regional aid is considered to be proportional to the seriousness of the problems affecting the assisted regions if it respects the applicable regional aid ceiling, including the automatic, progressive scaling-down of the regional aid ceiling for large investment projects (which is already part of the applicable regional aid map).
Komisija poudarja, da se je Portugalska v skladu z uvodno izjavo 16 sklepa o začetku postopka zavezala, da niti priglašeni znesek pomoči niti priglašena intenzivnost pomoči ne bosta presežena, če bodo ustvarjeni upravičeni odhodki odstopali od načrtovanega zneska upravičenih odhodkov, kot je bil upoštevan v priglasitvi in v izračunu najvišjega zneska pomoči.
The applied aid intensity in this case is not higher than the regional aid ceilings corrected by the scaling-down mechanism, as was already established in recital 96.
Portugalska se je odločila tudi, da bo Komisiji vsakih pet let, pri čemer začne obdobje teči, ko Komisija odobri pomoč, predložila vmesno poročilo (vključno z informacijami o plačanih zneskih in vseh drugih naložbenih projektih, ki se izvedejo v isti ustanovi ali obratu), v šestih mesecih po plačilu zadnje tranše pomoči pa v skladu s priglašenim časovnim razporedom plačil podrobno končno poročilo –
In addition to the general principle of proportionality contained in the RAG 2007-13, the IDAC requires a more detailed assessment to be carried out.
SPREJELA NASLEDNJI SKLEP:
Under scenario 2 of the IDAC, the aid is considered proportionate if it equals the difference between the net costs for the beneficiary to invest in the assisted region and the net costs to invest in the alternative location.
Člen 1
The documentation submitted by Portugal (see recitals 68, 70 and 71 above) proves that the aid was limited to the amount necessary, because it does not exceed the difference in costs between locating the investment in Setubal and in […].
Državna pomoč, ki jo namerava Portugalska izvesti za podjetje Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda, in znaša 36,15 milijona EUR v sedanji vrednosti, kar pomeni najvišjo intenzivnost pomoči v višini 6,03 % bruto ekvivalenta nepovratnih sredstev, je združljiva z notranjim trgom v smislu člena 107(3)(c) Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije.
The calculation done at the time of the counterfactual analysis (and based on documents drafted contemporaneously with the investment decision) shows that even with the aid, Setubal was by EUR 14,6 million more expensive in discounted value than [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA].
V skladu s tem se izvedba pomoči, ki znaša največ 36,15 milijona EUR v sedanji vrednosti in pomeni najvišjo intenzivnost pomoči v višini 6,03 % bruto ekvivalenta nepovratnih sredstev, odobri.
The Commission notes that the remaining cost disadvantage was considered as acceptable due to certain qualitative aspects, such as reasons of social responsibility (without the investment Autoeuropa would have had to shut down major parts of the Setubal plant) or the possibility for Setubal to cover production peaks without any support by other plants, while [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA] would have to shift some of the production to [location outside EEA].
Člen 2
If the calculation is done taking into account the notified discounted aid amount of EUR 36,15 million [30], the location disadvantage of Setubal would still be EUR 11,85 million (EUR 48 million-EUR 36,15 million).
Ta sklep je naslovljen na Portugalsko republiko.
As the aid is limited to the amount necessary to compensate for the net additional costs of locating the investment project in Setubal, as compared to the alternative location [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA], the Commission considers that the proportionality of the aid at the time of the location decision is demonstrated.
V Bruslju, 27. novembra 2015
Paragraph 40 of the IDAC states that ‘if the counterfactual analysis suggests that without the aid the investment would have gone ahead in any case, albeit possibly in another location (scenario 2), and if the aid is proportional, possible indications of distortions such as a high market share and an increase in capacity in an underperforming market would in principle be the same regardless of the aid’.
Za Komisijo
Without the notified aid, the investment would have been carried out in another location within the EEA, resulting in the same level of distortion of competition (i.e. scenario 2).
Članica Komisije
Since the aid is limited to the minimum necessary to off-set the additional costs stemming from the regional handicaps of an assisted region, it does not have undue negative effects on competition, such as crowding-out of private investment.
UL C 460, 19.12.2014, str. 55.
According to paragraph 50 of IDAC, due to its geographical specificity, the potential negative location effects of regional aid are already recognised and restricted to a degree by RAG and the regional aid maps, which define exhaustively the areas eligible to grant regional aid, taking account of the equity and cohesion policy objectives, and the eligible aid intensities.
Glej opombo 1.
However, in accordance with paragraph 53 of the IDAC, if, without aid, the investment would have been located in a poorer region (more regional handicaps — higher maximum regional aid intensity) or in a region that is considered to have the same regional handicaps as the target region (same maximum regional aid intensity), this would constitute a negative effect on trade and a negative element in the overall balancing test that is unlikely to be compensated by any positive elements, because it runs counter the very rationale of regional aid.
Državna pomoč N 727/2006 – Portugalska – Karta regionalnih pomoči za obdobje 2007–2013 (UL C 68, 24.3.2007, str. 26), kakor je bila podaljšana do konca junija 2014 s pomočjo SA.37471 (2013/N) – Podaljšanje portugalske karte regionalne pomoči za obdobje 2007–2013 do 30. junija 2014 (UL C 50, 21.2.2014, str. 16).
In the case of the notified project, a greenfield investment was not considered, as an investment package of [140000-160000] cars falling into a […] price market segment is too small to render a greenfield investment viable.
Zadeva SA.36754 – Veliki naložbeni projekt – Madžarska – Pomoč za podjetje AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Ltd.
By applying two criteria, existing additional capacities and compatible facilities with the planned project, the only initial alternative locations were limited to [location 1] (non-assisted area in [the EEA]), [location 2] ([outside EEA]) and [location 3] ([non-assisted area in the EEA); [location 2 outside EEA] and [location 3 in a non-assisted area in the EEA] were in a later stage excluded as they were characterised by high logistics, respectively high personnel costs.
(UL C 418, 21.11.2014, str. 25).
Therefore, the Commission concludes that there is no indication that the investment would have been located in another assisted region with a higher or similar aid intensity ceiling: hence the Commission considers that the aid has no anti-cohesion effect that would run counter the very rationale of regional aid and the aid has no undue negative effects on trade.
UL C 244, 1.10.2004, str. 2.
BALANCING
Zadeva SA.32169 – Nemčija – Veliki naložbeni projekt – Pomoč družbi Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH (UL C 361, 10.12.2011, str. 17).
Having established that the aid provides an incentive for carrying out the investment in the region concerned and is proportionate, it is necessary to balance the positive effects of the aid with its negative effects.
R. L. Polk & Co. (tudi POLK) je globalno povezana organizacija in velik ponudnik tržnih informacij in analiz trga v avtomobilski industriji.
The assessment confirmed that the aid measure has an incentive effect attracting an investment which offers an important contribution to the regional development of a disadvantaged region which is eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, without depriving from the investment any region with the same or a higher aid intensity ceiling (no anti-cohesion effect).
IHS Inc., vodilni globalni vir kritičnih informacij in analiz, je 16. julija 2013 končal prevzem podjetja R. L. Polk & Co.
The Commission considers that attracting an investment to a poorer region is more beneficial for cohesion within the Union than if the same investment had been located in a more developed region.
Poslovna skrivnost.
As stated in paragraph 53 of the IDAC, the Commission considers that ‘the positive effects of regional aid which merely compensate for the difference in net costs relative to a more developed alternative investment location […] will normally be considered, under the balancing test, to outweigh any negative effects in the alternative location for new investment’.
Uredba Komisije (ES) št. 800/2008 z dne 6. avgusta 2008 o razglasitvi nekaterih vrst pomoči za združljive s skupnim trgom z uporabo členov 87 in 88 Pogodbe (Uredba o splošnih skupinskih izjemah) (UL L 214, 9.8.2008, str. 3), podaljšana do 30. junija 2014.
In view of the above, the Commission finds that, given that the aid is proportional to the difference in net costs for carrying out the investment in the selected location, as compared to a more developed alternative location, the positive effects of the aid, in terms of its objective and appropriateness, as demonstrated above, outweigh the negative effects in the alternative location.
Smernice o državni regionalni pomoči za 2007–2013 (UL C 54, 4.3.2006, str. 13).
In accordance with paragraph 68 of the RAG 2007-13, and in light of the in-depth assessment conducted on the basis of the IDAC, the Commission concludes that the aid is necessary to provide an incentive effect for the investment and that the benefits of the aid measure outweigh the resulting distortion of competition and effect on trade between Member States.
Komisija je 28. junija 2013 sprejela Smernice o regionalni državni pomoči za obdobje 2014–2020, v katerih je podaljšala obdobje uporabe smernic 2007–2013 do 30. junija 2014 (odstavek 186) (UL C 209, 23.1.2013, str. 1).
The Commission concludes that the proposed regional investment aid in favour of Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda awarded on 30 April 2014 subject only to Commission approval fulfils all the conditions laid down in the RAG 2007-13 and in the IDAC and can therefore be considered compatible with the internal market in accordance with Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Opomba 55 smernic 2007–2013 določa: „Za ocenjevanje, ali je začetna naložba ekonomsko nedeljiva, bo Komisija upoštevala tehnične, funkcionalne in strateške povezave ter neposredno geografsko bližino.
The Commission recalls that in accordance with recital 16 of the opening decision, Portugal committed that neither the notified aid amount, nor the notified aid intensity will be exceeded, if the realised eligible expenditure deviates from the planned amount of eligible expenditure, as taken into account in the notification and the calculation of the maximum aid amount.
Ekonomska nedeljivost bo ocenjena neodvisno od lastništva.
Portugal also undertook to submit to the Commission on a 5-yearly basis, starting from the approval of the aid by the Commission, an intermediary report (including information on the amounts being paid and on any other investment projects started at the same establishment/plant) and within 6 months after payment of the last tranche of the aid, in accordance with the notified payment schedule, a detailed final report.
To pomeni, da mora biti za ugotavljanje, ali velik naložbeni projekt pomeni enoten naložbeni projekt, ocena enaka, ne glede na to, ali projekt izvede eno podjetje, več podjetij, ki si delijo naložbene stroške, ali več podjetij, ki nosijo stroške ločenih naložb znotraj istega naložbenega projekta (na primer v primeru skupne naložbe).“
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
UL C 223, 16.9.2009, str. 3.
Article 1
Ta pristop je v skladu s sklepi Komisije o državni pomoči SA.
The State aid which Portugal is planning to implement for Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda, amounting to EUR 36,15 million in present value and representing a maximum aid intensity of 6,03 % in gross grant equivalent, is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
34118 (Porsche Leipzig), Sklep z dne 9. julija 2014 (C(2014) 4075) v zadevi SA.34118, ki še ni objavljen v Uradnem listu in je na voljo na spletnem naslovu http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm?clear=1&policy_area_id=3; SA.30340 (Fiat Powertrain Technologies), Sklep z dne 9. februarja 2011 (C(2011) 612) v zadevi SA.30340 (UL C 151, 21.5.2011, str. 5); SA.
Implementation of the aid, amounting to a maximum of EUR 36,15 million in present value and to a maximum aid intensity of 6,03 % in gross grant equivalent, is accordingly authorised.
32169 (Volkswagen Sachsen), Sklep z dne 13. julija 2011 (C(2011) 4935) v zadevi SA.32169 (UL C 361, 10.12.2011, str. 17); N 767/07 (Ford Craiova), Sklep z dne 30. aprila 2008 (C(2008) 1613) v zadevi N 767/2007 (UL C 238, 17.9.2008, str. 4); N 635/2008 (Fiat Sicily), Sklep z dne 29. aprila 2009 (C(2009)3051) v zadevi N 635/2008 (UL C 219, 12.9.2009, str. 3), in N 473/2008 (Ford Espino), Sklep z dne 17. junija 2009 (C(2009) 4530) v zadevi N 473/2008 (UL C 19, 26.1.2010, str. 5).
Article 2
Komisija je v več sklepih glede športnih terenskih vozil, nazadnje pa v svojem končnem sklepu o regionalni pomoči za Porsche (Sklep z dne 9. julija 2014 v zadevi SA.34118 (2012/C, ex 2011/N)), ki jo namerava Nemčija izvesti v korist družb Porsche Leipzig GmbH in Dr. Ing.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
H.c.F.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2015.
Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, še ni objavljeno v UL in je na voljo na spletnem naslovu http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm?clear=1&policy_area_id=3), menila, da je za športna terenska vozila primernejša klasifikacija Global Insight.
For the Commission
Športna terenska vozila, ki spadajo v segment A0 po klasifikaciji POLK, ustrezajo segmentu SUV-B po klasifikaciji Global Insight.
Member of the Commission
C34/2001, Sklep z dne 7. maja 2002 o državni pomoči, ki jo namerava Španija izvesti v korist družbe Ford España SA (pomoč je bila priglašena s številko dokumenta C(2002) 1803), objavljen v UL L 314, 18.11.2002, str. 86.
OJ C 460, 19.12.2014, p. 55.
Do leta 2011, ko se je naložbeni projekt začel, je bilo diskontiranih 19,95 milijona EUR, diskontna stopnja pa je bila 1,56 %.
Cf. footnote 1.
34118, Sklep z dne 9. julija 2014, še ni bil objavljen v UL in je na voljo na spletnem naslovu http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm?clear=1&policy_area_id=3, uvodna izjava 107.
State Aid N 727/2006 — Portugal — Regional aid map 2007-2013 (OJ C 68, 24.3.2007, p. 26), as prolonged until the end of June 2014 by SA.37471 (2013/N) — Prolongation of the Portuguese regional aid map 2007-2013 until 30 June 2014 (OJ C 50, 21.2.2014, p. 16).
Vir podatkov je INE – Instituto Nacional de Estatística (uradna državna agencija za statistične podatke).
Case SA.36754 LIP — HU — Aid for AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Ltd (OJ C 418, 21.11.2014, p. 25).
Ta analiza nasprotnih dejstev je podrobno predstavljena v Prilogi I, ki je ni mogoče objaviti, saj je del njene vsebine poslovna skrivnosti.
OJ C 244, 1.10.2004, p. 2.
Glej tudi opombo 20 v nadaljevanju.
Case SA.32169 — Germany — LIP — Aid to Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH (OJ C 361, 10.12.2011, p. 17).
Številka temelji na različni porazdelitvi upravičenih stroškov skozi leta v primerjavi s končno konfiguracijo naložbe, ki je bila priglašena.