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In this subsection, it will be assessed whether the funding provided by the Region to airline companies through the operators of Sardinian airports under Law 10/2010 constitute State aid to the airline companies.
Prav tako nič ne kaže na to, da je Sardinija pri vzpostavitvi sheme ravnala kot udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu; pravzaprav je jasno, da si je kot lastnica letališča namesto za dobiček prizadevala za doseganje ciljev javne politike, zlasti za krepitev regionalnega gospodarstva s privabljanjem večjega pritoka turistov.
Notion of undertaking and economic activity
Sardinija zagotavlja financiranje letalskim prevoznikom prek različnih upravljavcev letališč v okviru regionalne sheme, ki se uporablja za več letališč.
In accordance with Article 107(1) of the Treaty, State aid rules apply only where the recipient is an ‘undertaking’.
Ni je mogoče šteti za upravljavca letališča, zlasti ker nadzoruje le enega od zadevnih upravljavcev letališč.
The Court of Justice has consistently defined undertakings as entities engaged in an economic activity, regardless of their legal status or ownership and the way in which they are financed [100].
Zato „predhodne analize dodatne dobičkonosnosti“, navedene v točkah od 61 do 66 smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014, v tem primeru ni mogoče uporabiti.
Any activity consisting in offering goods and services on a market is an economic activity [101].
Da bi se v skladu z navedeno metodo ocenilo, ali je upravljavec letališča pri sklenitvi dogovorov z letalskim prevoznikom ravnal, kot bi v podobnih okoliščinah ravnal udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki se ravna po možnostih donosa, bi bilo treba oceniti, ali bi se lahko za zadevne dogovore ob njihovi sklenitvi pričakovalo, da bodo dodatno prispevali k donosnosti letališča in ali so del splošne strategije, ki vodi k dolgoročni donosnosti.
Airlines offer scheduled passenger air transport services on the market.
Vendar tega preskusa v tem primeru ni mogoče uporabiti, ker so ocenjevani ukrepi shema, ki jo je zaradi javne politike vzpostavil javni organ in vključuje več letališč, ne pa posamezni dogovor med letališčem in letalskim prevoznikom.
Those services correspond to the ones defined for activity 1 (see recital 44) and consist in the operation of commercial flights and the transportation of passengers by air.
Sardinija pri dodelitvi zadevnega financiranja letalskim prevoznikom v okviru dejavnosti 1 in dejavnosti 2 ni mogla pričakovati nobenega donosa, ki bi ga v podobnih okoliščinah upošteval dobičkonosno usmerjen udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu.
They clearly carry out an economic activity.
Pričakovani učinek financiranja je bilo povečanje števila potnikov, ki po zraku potujejo na Sardinijo, to pa samo po sebi ne pomeni dividend, kapitalskega dobička ali katere koli druge oblike dobička za Sardinijo.
AMS, which is not itself an airline but received funding in respect of activity 2, is a 100 % subsidiary of Ryanair.
Italija ni opredelila nobenega elementa donosnosti, ki bi ga lahko Sardinija pričakovala zaradi zadevnega financiranja.
Consequently, Ryanair can be presumed to have exercised decisive influence over the behaviour of AMS.
Glavni učinek povečanja zračnega prometa je spodbujanje gospodarskega razvoja v regiji, zlasti na ravni nekaterih sektorjev, kot so turizem, prodaja na drobno, restavracije itd., s pozitivnimi učinki na regionalni gospodarski razvoj in zaposlovanje.
For the purpose of the application of State aid rules in this case and according to Commission practise [102], AMS and Ryanair are considered to be a single undertaking in the sense of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Vendar v skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso [114] dobičkonosno usmerjen udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu takih „koristi javne politike“ ne bi upošteval, zato se pri uporabi načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu ne smejo upoštevati.
For ease of reference, AMS, being considered as a single undertaking with Ryanair, will also be considered as an airline.
Iz teh razlogov v tem primeru ni relevantno niti izvajanje primerjalne analize, kakor je opisano v točkah od 54 do 60 smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014.
Therefore the airline companies which benefitted from the funds provided by the Region through airport operators carry out an economic activity and are considered as undertakings for the purposes of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Italija ni predložila nobenega poslovnega načrta, predhodne analize dobičkonosnosti ali internih dokumentov, iz katerih bi bilo jasno razvidno, da je analiza, ki se je izvedla pred dodelitvijo javnega financiranja, pokazala, da bi lahko Sardinija zaradi zadevnega financiranja pričakovala tak finančni donos, kot bi ga upošteval dobičkonosno usmerjen udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu.
State resources and imputability to the State
To potrjuje, da Sardinija glede na letalske prevoznike ni ravnala kot udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki se ravna po možnostih donosa.
The concept of State aid applies to any advantage granted through State resources by the State itself or by any intermediary body acting by virtue of powers conferred on it.
Poleg tega kljub določbam zakona št. 10 iz leta 2010 ni bil vzpostavljen noben postopek za oddajo javnega naročila, da bi se izbrali letalski prevozniki in financirali načrti dejavnosti.
Resources of local authorities are, for the application of Article 107 of the Treaty, State resources.
Letalski prevozniki so objavili obvestila na svojih zadevnih spletiščih in izbrali najboljšo ponudbo, kar pomeni, da finančna podpora, zagotovljena letalskim prevoznikom, ni bila dodeljena z odprtim in preglednim postopkom za oddajo javnega naročila.
The scheme originates from a regional law and is financed through resources originating from the Region.
Kot je bilo že pojasnjeno, je bila poleg tega shema zasnovana zlasti za razdelitev javnih sredstev letalskim prevoznikom, to financiranje pa ne ustreza nadomestilu za resnične obveznosti javne službe ali povračilu za proizvode ali storitve, ki izpolnjujejo resnične potrebe Sardinije.
For the purposes of Article 107 of the Treaty, resources of regional local authorities are State resources and decisions of such authorities should be regarded as ‘imputable to the State’ [103].
Zato se tudi ob ustreznih postopkih za oddajo javnega naročila za izbor letalskih prevoznikov s tem ne bi mogel izključiti obstoj prednosti.
The scheme as such is thus imputable to the State and financed through State resources for the purposes of State aid law.
Vendar je v tem primeru jasno, da upravljavci letališč, ko so sklenili različne pogodbe z letalskimi prevozniki, niso ravnali kot udeleženci v tržnem gospodarstvu.
The same is true for the financial flows from the airport operators to the airlines.
Izvajali so shemo pomoči, ki jo je oblikovala Sardinija, da bi povečala zračni prevoz v splošno korist ozemlja.
The airlines have received funding from the Region through the operators of Sardinian airports to open new routes or increase frequencies or extend periods of operation of existing routes, as described in particular in Table 8, and to provide marketing services.
Komisija ob upoštevanju navedenega ugotavlja, da se je s financiranjem, ki ga je Sardinija prek upravljavcev letališč zagotovila letalskim prevoznikom za financiranje dejavnosti 1 in 2 v okviru zadevne sheme, zadevnim letalskim prevoznikom dodelila gospodarska prednost.
The behaviour of the airport operators was determined by the Region through Law 10/2010 and the activity plans, which had to be approved by the Region before being put into effect.
Selektivnost
The mechanism put in place through Law 10/2010 provides that the Region is to transfer public funds to airport operators, which should, in turn, transfer them to airport operators in accordance with the detailed specifications of the activity plans approved by the Region.
V tem primeru sheme, ki jo je financirala Sardinija, ni mogoče šteti za splošno shemo.
The activity plans were designed and proposed in the first place by airport operators but the Region reviewed the plans, approved them, and determined the funding provided to the airport operator on that basis.
Komisija namreč meni, da je bila shema oblikovana in se izvajala tako, da je dajala prednost izključno nekaterim podjetjem ali nekaterim sektorjem dejavnosti, tj. letalskim prevoznikom, ki jih je Sardinija v skladu s shemo, ki se preiskuje, financirala prek upravljavcev letališč [115].
Through the approval of the detailed activity plans, the Region determined precisely how each airport operator should allocate the funding received from the Region to airlines.
Letalski prevozniki, ki opravljajo lete na Sardinijo in niso sklenili teh sporazumov, niso imeli koristi od iste finančne podpore Sardinije ali na podlagi pogojev, določenih z zakonom št. 10 iz leta 2010.
As described in Section 2.7.3, the monitoring process put in place (which determines the payment of the last instalment to airport operators) also ensures compliance with those obligations.
Ker so prejemniki zadevne gospodarske prednosti omejeni na nekatera podjetja iz le enega sektorja (zračni prevoz), so ukrepi selektivni.
Therefore the airport operators can be considered as intermediaries between the Region and the airlines.
Izkrivljanje konkurence in vpliv na trgovino
They were implanting the aid scheme, transferring to the airlines in full the funding they received from the Region.
Če pomoč, ki jo dodeli država članica, krepi položaj podjetja v primerjavi z drugimi podjetji, ki konkurirajo na notranjem trgu Unije, je treba ta podjetja obravnavati kot podjetja, na katera vpliva navedena pomoč.
In doing so, they acted in accordance with instructions received from the Region through the approved activity plans.
V skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso je za to, da ukrep izkrivlja konkurenco, dovolj, da prejemnik pomoči konkurira drugim podjetjem na trgih, odprtih za konkurenco.
In view of the above, the payments by the airport operators to airlines for the financing of activities 1 and 2 are financed through State resources (to the extent that airport operators received funding from the Region to finance those activities [104]) and are imputable to the State.
Nadomestilo, ki se je letalskim prevoznikom plačalo prek upravljavcev letališč, je gospodarska prednost za zadevne letalske prevoznike, ki bi lahko okrepila njihov položaj na trgu.
Economic advantage
Finančno nadomestilo, ki se je prek upravljavcem letališč zagotovilo letalskim družbam za financiranje dejavnosti 1 in 2 (zakon št. 10 iz leta 2010) v obdobju 2010–2013, izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljalo konkurenco in vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami.
An advantage within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty is any economic benefit which an undertaking would not have obtained under normal market conditions, namely in the absence of State intervention.
Komisija ugotavlja, da financiranje, ki ga je Sardinija prek upravljavcev letališč zagotovila letalskim prevoznikom za financiranje dejavnosti 1 in 2, pomeni državno pomoč letalskim družbam v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe.
Only the effect of the measure on the undertaking is relevant, not the cause or the objective of the State intervention.
OBSTOJ DRŽAVNE POMOČI V KORIST UPRAVLJAVCEM LETALIŠČ
Whenever a public authority provides an undertaking with funding which relieves it from costs that it should normally bear, this gives rise to an economic advantage.
V tem pododdelku se obravnava vprašanje, ali financiranje, ki ga je Sardinija zagotovila upravljavcem sardinskih letališč na podlagi zakona št. 10 iz leta 2010, pomeni državno pomoč navedenim letališčem.
No advantage is granted, however, if the funding can be considered as compensation for a public service in accordance with the criteria set out in the Altmark judgment.
Komisija bo zdaj ocenila, ali je izpolnjeno merilo v zvezi s prisotnostjo gospodarske prednosti.
Moreover, no advantage is conferred when a Member State acts in accordance with the Market Economy Investor principle.
Pomemben je le učinek ukrepov na podjetje, ne pa vzrok ali cilj posredovanja države.
As a first step, it is necessary to examine the nature of the funding provided by the Region to airlines in the context of activities 1 and 2, and the extent to which it finances their activities or, in other words, relieves them from costs that they should normally bear.
Prednost pomeni vsako izboljšanje finančnega položaja podjetja zaradi posredovanja države.
In the context of activity 1, the Region requires the airport operators to enter into agreements with airlines that provide financial incentives to the latter to increase air traffic (notably during off-peak seasons).
Kot je bilo pojasnjeno v oddelku 7.2.1, so upravljavci letališč na podlagi zakona št. 10 iz leta 2010 vsa sredstva, ki so jih prejeli od Sardinije, prenesli za financiranje finančnih pobud za razširitev storitev zračnega prevoza in tržne sporazume, ki so jih sofinancirali z lastnimi sredstvi.
Airlines have to meet targets in terms of traffic; they receive financial compensation, if they meet those targets and incur penalties if they fail to do so.
Upravljavci letališč so bili torej posredniki in niso zadržali sredstev, ki so jih prejeli od Sardinije.
The corresponding payments result from the funding scheme channelled by the Region to airlines through airport operators, offsetting part of the costs incurred by those airlines in flying the routes concerned.
Zato se ne morejo šteti za neposredne upravičence sheme pomoči.
In the context of activity 2, the Region makes payments to airlines through airport operators in exchange for marketing services provided by the airlines concerned.
Ker pa so bile finančne spodbude in plačila za trženje letalskim prevoznikom namenjena povečanju zračnega prometa, kar se je tudi doseglo, je treba oceniti, ali povečanje zračnega prometa zadevnim letališčem dodeljuje posredno prednost.
Those payments cannot be considered as true consideration for marketing services, but also amount to payments to the airlines for increasing their activities in the Region.
Komisija je v nedavnem obvestilu o pojmu državne pomoči [116] navedla, da „[…] posredne prednosti bi bilo treba razlikovati od zgolj sekundarnih gospodarskih učinkov, ki so neločljivo povezani s skoraj vsakim ukrepom državne pomoči (na primer prek povečanja proizvodnje).
As will be seen below in recitals 368 et seq., the scheme is designed in such a way that the marketing services to be provided by airlines in the context of activity 2 are intended to promote, in the first place, the air transport services provided by those same airlines from/to Sardinia.
V ta namen bi bilo treba predvidene učinke ukrepa proučiti z vidika predhodnega stanja.
Italy stressed in the notification documents [105] that, under the scheme, the marketing actions funded by the Region in the context of activity 2 must be carried out by airlines and aim to increase the number of passengers on routes opened or extended as a result of the scheme [106].
Posredna prednost je prisotna, če [so] ukrep[i] zasnovan[i] tako, da so [njihovi] sekundarni učinki usmerjeni v določljiva podjetja ali skupine podjetij.
The fact that the marketing services in the context of activity 2 are to be provided by airlines rather than any other type of companies able to offer such services is, in itself, a factor which naturally leads those marketing services to promote, in the first place, the air transport services offered by the airlines concerned.
Primer takšne posredne prednosti je, če je neposredna pomoč dejansko ali pravno odvisna od nakupa blaga ali storitev, ki jih proizvajajo samo nekatera podjetja (npr. samo podjetja s sedežem na določenih območjih)“.
Indeed, airlines usually promote regions and cities, in particular on their websites, when they operate flights to such regions and territories, with a view to enticing potential customers to use their services to fly to those areas.
V obvestilu v opombi [117] k navedeni točki sledi še: Po drugi strani pa je prisoten le sekundarni gospodarski učinek v obliki povečane proizvodnje (ki se ne šteje za posredno pomoč), če je pomoč preprosto usmerjena prek podjetja (na primer finančni posrednik), ki jo v celoti prenese na upravičenca pomoči.
Furthermore, on the websites of airlines, the promotion of certain regions and cities is usually intrinsically linked to the promotion of the flights operated by the airlines to that region, or at least to information supplied on the existence and characteristics of those flights.
Dejavnosti, ki se v tem primeru ocenjujejo, niso bile zasnovane, da bi svoje sekundarne učinke usmerile v sardinska letališča.
For instance, in the case of Ryanair, one of the European airlines which has most developed the promotion of regions and cities on its website, the web pages dedicated to the promotion of regions and destinations rather systematically also provide information on flights operated by Ryanair to those regions and destinations [107].
Zasnovane so bile, da bi koristile veliki skupini podjetij v regiji, zlasti tistim, ki ponujajo storitve turistom.
Furthermore, the act implementing Law 10/2010 that defines the content of the airports' activity plans [108] provides that the marketing actions are to be carried out under activity 2 ‘in case new routes are opened or the flight operations period is extended’ [109].
Kot je bilo ugotovljeno, je namen sheme usmerjanje javnih sredstev več letalskim prevoznikom in drugim ponudnikom storitev, da bi se odprle nove rute (ali povečale pogostosti letov), Sardinija pa bi se oglaševala kot turistična destinacija, ki je dostopna z zračnim prevozom.
That provision establishes a clear link between the marketing services to be carried out in the context of activity 2 and the opening of new routes or expansion of operations on existing routes.
Sardinija na podlagi mehanizma, ki ga je vzpostavila z zakonom št. 10 iz leta 2010 (kot je opisano v oddelku 2.7.2), prenese ustrezna javna sredstva na upravljavce letališč, ki bi jih morali nato prenesti na tretje osebe v skladu s podrobnimi zahtevami iz načrtov dejavnosti, ki jih je odobrila Sardinija.
This means that the marketing services to be proposed in the activity plans should promote the new or extended air transport services themselves so as to stimulate the number of passengers using the services concerned.
Komisija zato ugotavlja, da je pomoč usmerjena prek upravljavcev letališč, ki jo v celoti prenesejo na letalske prevoznike, ki so edini dejanski upravičenci sheme.
As already indicated in recital 367, this interpretation has been explicitly confirmed by Italy.
Upravljavce letališč bi bilo treba pravno (zaradi določb zakona št. 10 iz leta 2010) in dejansko (zaradi dejanskih finančnih tokov, ki jih je analizirala Komisija) šteti za nosilce, ki so se uporabili za prenos javnega financiranja na letalske prevoznike.
Moreover, it would be inconceivable that the marketing services in question, which necessarily have to be carried out by airlines, would be provided by airlines other than those operating the new or extended air transport services, to which the marketing services ought to be linked.
Komisija ugotavlja, da lahko imajo upravljavci letališč zaradi pomoči letalskim prevoznikom v skladu s shemo korist od povečanja zračnega prometa.
An airline has very limited incentives to promote a competitor's services, even in exchange for remuneration.
Vendar so taki učinki podobni pozitivnim učinkom na gospodarske subjekte v drugih sektorjih, katerih prihodki so povezani s številom letalskih potnikov, zlasti turizmu (najem avtomobila, restavracije in druge gostinske storitve, prodaja goriva, prodaja na drobno itd.).
Promoting its own destinations is part of the normal activities of an airline.
Navedeni sektorji so zelo odvisni od števila potnikov, ki prihajajo na sardinska letališča in z njih odhajajo.
In view of the above, it can be concluded that payments made by the Region to airlines in the context of activity 2 subsidise the marketing costs that airlines should normally bear in the context of their air transport operations.
Poleg tega je učinek ukrepov na letališča neločljivo povezan z naravo in ciljem sheme, tj. povečanje zračnega prometa na Sardiniji z zagotavljanjem ustrezne spodbude letalskim prevoznikom.
Furthermore, insofar as they are linked to the opening of new routes or extension of operations on existing routes, those payments act as financial incentives to airlines to increase air traffic to Sardinia.
Dejstvo, da letalski prevozniki kupijo letališke storitve od upravljavcev zadevnih treh sardinskih letališč, je značilnost, ki je neločljivo povezana s shemo in je od nje ni mogoče ločiti, saj shema zajema zagotavljanje finančnih spodbud letalskim prevoznikom za povečanje zračnega prometa.
In that respect, they are similar to the payments made in the context of activity 1, with the difference that they relate to a particular aspect of the airlines' air transport services, namely the promotion of those services.
Torej ni dodatni, neodvisni pogoj v zvezi s pridobivanjem blaga ali storitev, ki ga je Sardinija dodala shemi pri njenem oblikovanju, da bi se poleg glavnega pričakovanega učinka sheme, tj. povečanja zračnega prometa na Sardinijo, dosegel dodatni učinek.
In addition, as emphasised by Italy in the notification [110], under the scheme, the marketing actions funded by the Region in the context of activity 2 must be part of the same activity plans referred to in the context activity 1 [111].
Komisija ob upoštevanju navedenega ugotavlja, da dejavnosti 1, 2 in 3 upravljavcem letališč ne dodeljujejo posredne prednosti.
This establishes a further link between the opening and extension of routes (which is the objective of activity 1) and the marketing agreements to be concluded in the context of activity 2.
Ker eden od kumulativnih pogojev za prisotnost državne pomoči ni izpolnjen, Komisija ugotavlja tudi, da dejavnosti 1 in 2 ne pomenita državne pomoči.
Furthermore, under the scheme, a clear distinction is made between marketing services to be provided in the context of activity 2, that is to say by airlines, and marketing services to be provided in the context of activity 3, that is to say by other types of companies, corroborates the finding that the services performed in the context of activity 2 serve a distinct purpose, different from activity 3, necessarily linked to the fact that the providers are engaged in air transport operations.
ZAKONITOST POMOČI LETALSKIM PREVOZNIKOM
Logically, that purpose can hardly be anything other than the increase in air traffic by the airlines concerned from/to Sardinia.
Financiranje v skladu z zakonom št. 10 iz leta 2010, ki ga je Sardinija zagotavljala upravljavcem letališč, upravljavci letališč pa letalskim prevoznikom, se je izvajalo v obdobju 2010–2013 [118].
The Commission's review of the agreements concluded between airport operators and airlines in the context of the scheme illustrates that.
Poleg tega zadevna shema ni zajeta v nobeni uredbi o skupinskih izjemah.
For example, the easyJet agreements directly link airport services to marketing services.
Zlasti se ne uporablja sklep o storitvah splošnega gospodarskega pomena, saj se financiranje letalskih prevoznikov v skladu s shemo ne more šteti za nadomestilo za resnične storitve splošnega gospodarskega pomena, za katere so bili pooblaščeni letalski prevozniki [119].
Point 3 of the agreement with Olbia airport's operator states that the carrier intends to increase its operation from/to Olbia and that, in order to expand such flight activities, the carrier has developed a marketing and advertising programme to promote the destinations and to develop the traffic flows in transit, especially towards the international markets.
Italija torej ni izpolnila svoje obveznosti na podlagi člena 108 Pogodbe in zato se financiranje letalskih prevoznikov v skladu s shemo šteje za nezakonito v skladu s členom 108(3) Pogodbe.
An examination of the various marketing agreements concluded between airport operators and airlines in the framework of the scheme illustrates that the marketing services are directly linked to the flights operated by those airlines.
ZDRUŽLJIVOST POMOČI LETALSKIM PREVOZNIKOM