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This Decision shall apply until 31 January 2018.’.
Ta sklep se uporablja do 31. januarja 2018.“
Done at Brussels, 28 June 2017.
V Bruslju, 28. junija 2017
Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1149
Sklep Komisije (EU) 2017/1149
on State aid SA.30931 (11/C) (ex N 185/10) implemented by Romania for Romanian regional airports
o državni pomoči SA.30931 (11/C) (ex N 185/10), ki jo je Romunija odobrila romunskim regionalnim letališčem
(notified under document C(2016) 6031)
(notificirano pod dokumentarno številko C(2016) 6031)
By electronic notification dated 17 May 2010, Romania notified to the Commission, in accordance with Article 108(3) of the Treaty, an aid scheme providing for public support in favour of small [2] regional airports.
Romunija je z elektronskim obvestilom z dne 17. maja 2010 Komisiji v skladu s členom 108(3) Pogodbe priglasila shemo pomoči o dodelitvi podpore iz javnih sredstev majhnim [2] regionalnim letališčem.
The notification was registered under case number N 185/2010.
Priglasitev je bila evidentirana pod številko zadeve N 185/2010.
The Romanian authorities provided the information requested on 22 July 2010, 27 October 2010, 20 January 2011 and 5 April 2011.
Komisija je z dopisom z dne 24. maja 2011 Romuniji sporočila, da bo začela formalni postopek preiskave v skladu s členom 108(2) PDEU glede priglašene pomoči in drugih ukrepov za letališča, ki niso bila vključena v priglasitev, temveč je Romunija Komisijo o njih obvestila med predhodno oceno (v nadaljnjem besedilu: sklep o začetku postopka) [3].
On 15 September 2010 the Romanian authorities informed the Commission on certain changes to the notified scheme, in particular as regards the number of beneficiaries.
Romunski organi so Komisijo med predhodno oceno obvestili zlasti, da je bilo regionalnim letališčem dodeljeno javno financiranje v obdobju 2007–2009 za kritje izgub iz poslovanja.
By letter dated 24 May 2011, the Commission informed Romania that it had decided to initiate the formal investigation procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the TFEU in respect of the notified aid and of other measures in favour of airports which were not part of the notification but were brought to the attention of the Commission by Romania in the preliminary assessment phase (hereinafter ‘the opening decision’) [3].
Komisija je 23. junija 2011 sprejela popravek sklepa o začetku postopka.
In particular, in the preliminary assessment phase the Commission was informed by the Romanian authorities that regional airports had been granted public financing in the period 2007-2009 to cover operating losses.
Sklep o začetku postopka je bil objavljen v Uradnem listu Evropske unije [4].
The Commission adopted a Corrigendum to the opening decision on 23 June 2011.
Komisija je zainteresirane strani pozvala, naj predložijo svoje pripombe.
The opening decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union [4].
Romunija je v dopisih z dne 27. junija 2011, 5. julija 2011 in 19. avgusta 2011 predložila pripombe k sklepu o začetku postopka.
The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments.
Komisija je prejela pripombe treh zainteresiranih strani, in sicer letalskega prevoznika Carpatair, letališča Cluj-Napoca in romunskega združenja letališč.
With letters dated 27 June 2011, 5 July 2011 and 19 August 2011, Romania submitted its comments on the opening decision.
Komisija je z dopisom z dne 16. septembra 2011 Romuniji poslala pripombe zainteresiranih strani.
The Commission received comments from three interested parties, namely the air carrier Carpatair, Cluj-Napoca airport and the Romanian Association of Airports (hereinafter ‘RAA’).
Romunija je z dopisom z dne 25. julija 2011 umaknila priglasitev načrtovane sheme financiranja naložb v infrastrukturo na romunskih majhnih regionalnih letališčih.
By letter dated 16 September 2011, the Commission forwarded the comments of the interested parties to Romania.
Romunija se je zavezala financiranju takih letališč v skladu z Odločbo Komisije 2005/842/ES [5] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: odločba o storitvah splošnega gospodarskega pomena iz leta 2005) o uporabi člena 86(2) Pogodbe ES [zdaj člen 106(2) PDEU].
By letter dated 25 July 2011, Romania withdrew its notification of the planned financing scheme of infrastructure investments at the Romanian small regional airports.
Zato je Komisija 31. oktobra 2011 zaključila preiskavo v zvezi z navedenim ukrepom.
Romania undertook to finance such airports in compliance with Commission Decision 2005/842/EC [5] (hereinafter ‘the 2005 SGEI Decision’ on the application of Article 86(2) of the EC Treaty (now Article 106(2) TFEU) (hereinafter ‘the 2005 SGEI Decision’).
Formalni postopek preiskave pa je ostal odprt v zvezi z javnim financiranjem, dodeljenim romunskim regionalnim letališčem v obdobju 2007–2009.
Consequently, on 31 October 2011 the Commission closed its investigation in respect of that measure.
Smernice Komisije o državni pomoči letališčem in letalskim družbam (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice za letalski sektor iz leta 2014) so bile v Uradnem listu Evropske unije objavljene 4. aprila 2014 [6].
The formal investigation procedure remained open as concerns the public funding granted to Romanian regional airports in the period 2007-2009.
Nadomestile so Smernice o financiranju letališč in zagonski državni pomoči letalskim družbam z odhodi z regionalnih letališč iz leta 2005 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice za letalski sektor iz leta 2005).
The Commission guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines (hereinafter ‘the 2014 Aviation Guidelines’) were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 April 2014 [6].
V Uradnem listu Evropske unije je bilo 15. aprila 2014 objavljeno obvestilo, v katerem so bile države članice in zainteresirane strani pozvane, naj v enem mesecu od objave predložijo pripombe k uporabi smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 v tej zadevi.
They replaced the 2005 guidelines on financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines departing from regional airports (hereinafter ‘the 2005 Aviation Guidelines’).
Komisija ni prejela odgovora na ta poziv.
On 15 April 2014 a notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Union inviting Member States and interested parties to submit comments on the application of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines in this case within one month of the publication date.
PODROBEN OPIS UKREPA/POMOČI
The Commission received no reply to that invitation.
SPORNI UKREPI
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE/AID
Kot je bilo že navedeno, je Romunija v okviru priglasitve naložb v infrastrukturo na majhnih regionalnih letališčih Komisijo obvestila, da večina regionalnih letališč v Romuniji ustvarja izgubo in da se njihove izgube iz poslovanja vsako leto pokrivajo z javnim financiranjem.
THE DISPUTED MEASURES
V preglednici 1 je prikazan seznam javnega financiranja, ki je bilo na voljo letališčem kategorije D [7] v obdobju 2007–2009, kot ga je predložila Romunija.
As already mentioned above, in the framework of the notification of infrastructure investments at small regional airports, Romania informed the Commission that most regional airports in Romania were loss-making, and that their operating losses were covered by public financing on a yearly basis.
Preglednica 1
Table 1 shows the list of the public financing made available to D category airports [7] in the period 2007-2009, as submitted by Romania.
Javno financiranje, dodeljeno 13 regionalnim letališčem (v tisočih RON)
Table 1
Letališče
Satu Mare
V ta sklep so med drugim vključene določbe o njihovih sredstvih, proračunu in osebju.
Targu Mureș
Seznam dejavnosti se nanaša na vsa zadevna letališča v državi, torej ni ločenega seznama za vsako posamezno letališče.
Constanța
Glede financiranja letališč je v Sklepu vlade št. 398/1997 določeno, da se stroški poslovanja in investicijskega vzdrževanja zadevnih letališč krijejo z lastnimi sredstvi, dopolnjenimi z javnim financiranjem.
TOTAL
Romunski organi trdijo, da ta mehanizem preprečuje prekomerno nadomestilo, saj lahko letališča prejmejo le znesek, potreben za kritje vseh stroškov, s čimer se je mogoče izogniti prekomernemu nadomestilu.
During the preliminary investigation phase Romania submitted that this financing would mostly amount to aid exempted from the notification requirement on the basis of the 2005 SGEI Decision.
Poleg tega so poudarili, da dejavnosti, ki niso v neposredni zvezi z osnovnimi dejavnostmi letališč, niso subvencionirane v skladu s točko 34 in točko 53(iv) smernic za letalski sektor iz leta 2005.
The only exception would be the public financing granted to Timișoara airport.
Za eno od letališč iz preglednice 1, tj. letališče Constanța, se Sklep vlade št. 398/1997 ne uporablja.
That financing is being investigated by the Commission under case number SA.31662 [8].
Romunski organi so pojasnili, da javno financiranje tega letališča pomeni nadomestilo za izvajanje obveznosti javnih služb v skladu s Sklepom vlade št. 523/1998.
In particular, Romania claimed that the public financing granted annually to the regional airports represented compensation for the provision of a service of general economic interest (hereinafter ‘SGEI’).
V tem sklepu je določeno, da je družba Societatea Națională „Aeroportul Internațional Constanța“ delniška družba v lasti države in da je stari pravni subjekt („Regia Autonoma Aeroportul International Constanța – Mihail Kogalniceanu“) ukinjen.
In this sense, the measure would have cumulatively observed the conditions laid down by the 2005 SGEI Decision, namely:
Sklep in njegove priloge vsebujejo določbe o sredstvih, organizacijski strukturi in financiranju, v njih pa so navedene tudi dejavnosti, ki jih mora opravljati upravljavec letališča (npr. obratovanje letališke infrastrukture, organizacija in zagotavljanje storitev zemeljske oskrbe, zagotavljanje varnosti potnikov, zrakoplova itd., vzdrževanje vzletno-pristajalnih in voznih stez, betonskih ploščadi itd.).
the operation of the service of general economic interest was entrusted to the airport managers by Government Decision 398/1997/EC laying down, inter alia, the public service obligations (hereinafter ‘PSOs’), the parameters for calculating the compensation and the arrangements for avoiding any overcompensation;
Te dejavnosti niso predstavljene kot obveznosti javne službe, naložene upravljavcu letališča.
the annual traffic at the airports did not exceed 1000000 passengers.
V Sklepu vlade št. 523/1998 je glede financiranja določeno, da bi se glede na vrsto sredstev in stroškov, ki jih je treba financirati, stroški financirali bodisi z lastnimi sredstvi in posojili bodisi z lastnimi sredstvi, dopolnjenimi z javnim financiranjem, ali le z javnim financiranjem [9].
Government Decision 398/1997/EC refers to the transfer of ownership of the regional airports from the Ministry of Transport to the local counties councils and thereby changing their statute from ‘regii autonome’ with special characteristics of national interest to ‘regii autonome’ with special characteristics of local interest.
Romunski organi so tudi pojasnili, da je to letališče vojaška baza Romunije in ZDA, zato se njegovo neprekinjeno delovanje obravnava kot strateški cilj za nacionalno varnost.
The Decision includes, inter alia, provisions regarding their assets, budgets and personnel.
ORGANI, KI DODELIJO POMOČ
The Decision lays down in its Annexes provisions regarding the organisational structure and the financing of the airports.
Za letališče, ki je v lasti države (Constanța), se zadevna finančna sredstva dodelijo iz državnega proračuna.
The Annexes also list the activities of the airport managers (e.g. management of the airport infrastructure, organisation and provision of handling services, ensuring security of, inter alia, aircrafts, passengers, airport activities, development, maintenance and modernisation of runways, taxiways aprons, equipment, etc.) but they do not present these activities as PSOs imposed on the airport managers.
Za preostala letališča, pri katerih se je lastništvo s Sklepom vlade št. 398/1997 preneslo na lokalne organe, pa javno financiranje dodelijo lokalni organi z lokalnimi sredstvi.
The list of activities applies to all concerned airports across the board, i.e. there is no separate list for each airport.
UPRAVIČENCI
Romania claimed that these activities, namely the overall management of the airports in question, should be regarded as SGEI and the compatibility of the measure should be assessed under Article 106 of the Treaty.
Upravičenci so upravljavci romunskih letališč Arad, Bacău, Baia Mare, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași, Oradea, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Târgu-Mureș, Tulcea in Constanța.
Regarding the financing of the airports, Government Decision 398/1997/EC sets out that the operating and capital costs of the airports in question would be covered by own resources supplemented by public financing.
V preglednici 2 je prikazan promet na zadevnih letališčih v obdobju 2007–2009, ki se ocenjuje, in v nedavnih letih (2013–2015).
The Romanian authorities contend that this mechanism prevents overcompensation insofar as the airports can only receive the amount necessary to cover all costs, thereby avoiding overcompensation.
Preglednica 2
In addition, the Romanian authorities pointed out that activities not directly linked to the core activities of the airports are not being subsidised, in accordance with points (34) and 53(iv) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Promet na 13 letališčih
The Romanian authorities clarified that the public financing to this airport represents compensation for the discharge of PSOs pursuant to Government Decision 523/1998/EC.
Izmed 13 letališč je pri le petih letališčih (Arad, Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Constanța in Oradea) drugo letališče EU oddaljeno manj kot 100 km ali potovanje do njega traja manj kot 60 minut.
This Decision lays down that Societatea Națională ‘Aeroportul Internațional Constanța’ is a shareholding company owned by the State and that the old legal entity (Regia Autonoma Aeroportul International Constanța — Mihail Kogalniceanu) is abolished.
Letališče Arad je od letališča Temišvar oddaljeno 50 km, potovanje pa traja 40 minut.
The Decision and its annexes include provisions regarding the assets, the organisational structure, the financing and list the activities to be undertaken by the airport manager (e.g. operating the airport infrastructure, organisation and provision of handling services, ensuring security of passengers, aircraft, etc., maintenance of runways, taxiways, aprons, etc.).
Letališči Baia Mare in Satu Mare sta medsebojno oddaljeni 76 km, potovanje med njima pa traja 1 uro in 10 minut.
These activities are not presented as PSOs imposed on the airport manager.
Letališče Constanța je od letališča Tuzla oddaljeno 45 km, potovanje pa traja 30 minut.
Regarding the financing, the Government Decision 523/1998/EC sets out that depending on the type of assets and costs to be financed, costs would be financed by own resources and credits or by own resources supplemented by public financing or only by public financing [9].
Letališče Oradea je od letališča Debrecen, ki je na Madžarskem, oddaljeno 80 km, potovanje pa traja približno 1 uro in 30 minut.
The Romanian authorities also specified that this airport is a Romania-US military base, therefore its operational continuity is considered a strategic national security objective.
Preglednica 3
GRANTING AUTHORITIES
Oddaljenost in čas potovanja do najbližjih letališč
For the airport owned by the State (Constanța) the financing in question is granted from the State budget.
Najbližje sosednje letališče
For the remaining airports, whose ownership was transferred to local authorities by Government Decision 398/1997/EC, the public financing is granted by local authorities through local resources.
Oddaljenost
THE BENEFICIARIES
Čas potovanja
The beneficiaries are the operators of Romanian airports at Arad, Bacău, Baia Mare, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași, Oradea, Satu-Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Târgu-Mureș, Tulcea and Constanța.
Temišvar
Table 2 shows the traffic at the airports concerned in the period under assessment 2007-2009 as well as in the recent years (2013-2015).
Târgu-Mureș
Table 2
Debrecen (Madžarska)
Traffic at the thirteen airports
Glede letališč, ki so od drugega letališča oddaljena manj kot 100 km ali do katerih traja potovanje manj kot 60 minut, so bili romunski organi pozvani, naj navedejo morebitne podrobnosti teh letališč, s katerimi bi se lahko utemeljila domneva, da so navedena letališča v različnih zaledjih letališča, kot je opredeljeno v smernicah za letalski sektor iz leta 2014 [11].
Cluj Napoca
V odgovor na to zahtevo Komisije je Romunija pojasnila naslednje [12]:
Out of the 13 airports, only five airports (Arad, Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Constanța and Oradea) had another EU airport within 100 km or 60 minutes travelling time.
ARAD – TEMIŠVAR
Arad airport is at 50 km and 40 minutes travelling time from Timișoara Airport.
Letališče Arad je odprto za domači in mednarodni potniški in tovorni promet ter ima vzletno-pristajalno stezo, dolgo 1800 m × 45 m.
Baia Mare and Satu Mare airports are situated 76 km and 1h10 minutes travelling time from each other.
Zmogljivost letališča je 200 potnikov na uro.
Constanța Airport is situated 45 km and 30 minutes travelling time from Tuzla Airport.
Letališče je opremljeno s kakovostno tehnično opremo.
Oradea airport is situated at 80 km and approximately 1h30 minutes travelling time from Debrecen airport, which is located in Hungary.
Po navedbah Romunije so lokalni organi ob predložitvi informacij odobrili financiranje razširitve in posodobitve letališča Arad, pri čemer se je med drugim upošteval njihov strateški cilj spremeniti letališče v kombinirano potniško in tovorno vozlišče za razvoj regije.
Table 3
V obdobju 2007–2009 je bilo letališče usmerjeno na nizkocenovni promet.
Distance and travelling time to closest airports
Družba BlueAir je opravljala lete na več evropskih destinacij (Verona, Valencia, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Treviso), družba Ryanair pa je v obdobju od aprila do junija 2008 ponujala lete na eno destinacijo (Milano).
Closest neighbouring airport
Romunski organi so Komisiji poslali analizo, ki jo je letališče pripravilo leta 2008, o tedanji dejavnosti in potniškem prometu za obdobje 2009–2020.
Travel time
povečanje neletalskih prihodkov z 0,7 milijona RON leta 2007 na 1,3 milijona RON leta 2008;
Timișoara
povečanje letalskih prihodkov z 1,7 milijona RON leta 2007 na 2,3 milijona RON leta 2008;
Târgu Mureș
povečanje prihodkov od zemeljske oskrbe z 0,2 milijona RON leta 2007 na 1 milijon RON leta 2008;
Tuzla
povečanje javnega financiranja letališča z 2,4 milijona RON leta 2007 na 3,4 milijona RON leta 2008.
Debrecen (Hungary)
Glede na analizo se je letališče močno zanašalo na nizkocenovni promet kot pomembno gonilo rasti: leta 2008 so 88 % celotnega potniškega prometa zagotovili redni leti, ki jih je opravljala družba Blue Air, 11 % pa promet družbe Ryanair.
As regards the airports for which another airport is located within less than 100 kilometres or 60 minutes travelling time, the Romanian authorities were asked to detail the specificities of the airports concerned, if any, which could justify the assumption that those airports are located in different catchment areas, as defined by the 2014 Aviation Guidelines [11].
V analizi je bila predvidena diverzifikacija letalskih povezav s pridobitvijo novega nizkocenovnega letalskega prevoznika, tj. družbe EasyJet.
In reply to this request by the Commission Romania clarified the following [12]:
V napovedih, predstavljenih v analizi, se je predvidelo, da bi se promet letališča Arad s 128834 potnikov leta 2008 po optimističnem scenariju povečal na 1064116 potnikov leta 2020.
ARAD-TIMIȘOARA
Lete na letališče so opravljali tudi drugi letalski prevozniki, kot so Tarom, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Malev, Alitalia, Moldavian Airlines, Alpi Eagles, Skyeurope Airlines in Wizzair.
Arad airport is open to domestic and international passenger and freight traffic and operated a 1800 × 45 m runway.
BAIA MARE – SATU MARE
The capacity of the airport amounts to 200 passengers/hour.
Značilnosti vzletno-pristajalne steze na letališču Baia Mare omogočajo redne lete zrakoplovov s sedeži za največ 75 potnikov na kratke razdalje.
The airport is endowed with good quality technical equipment.
Značilnosti vzletno-pristajalne steze na letališču Satu Mare omogočajo lete zrakoplovov s sedeži za največ 180 potnikov na srednje dolge razdalje.
According to Romania, at the time of the submission of information, the local authorities approved financing for the extension and the modernisation of Arad airport given, inter alia, the local authorities strategic objective to convert the airport into an intermodal passenger and freight hub for the development of the region.
Zmogljivost letališča je 100 potnikov na uro.
During the period 2007-2009, the airport was focused on low cost traffic.
CONSTANȚA – TUZLA
Blueair operated several European destinations (Verona, Valencia, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Treviso) and Ryanair served one destination (Milano) for the period April-June 2008.
Na letališču Tuzla je travnata steza, ki jo uporabljajo majhni zrakoplovi (tj. tisti, katerih največja vzletna masa ne presega 5700 kg [13]) in nima radio-navigacijskega sistema.
The Romanian authorities have submitted to the Commission an analysis — prepared by the airport in 2008 — of the activity of that time and the passenger traffic for the period 2009-2020.
V obdobju 2007–2009 je bilo premikov zrakoplovov z največjo vzletno maso 5700 kg z letališča Constanța precej manj (v obdobju, ki se ocenjuje, od 5- do 16-krat manj) kot na letališču Tuzla.
The analysis showed:
Letališče Tuzla je večinoma namenjeno specializiranim letom, letališče Constanța pa uporabljajo srednji in veliki zrakoplovi za komercialni promet.
growth in non-aeronautical revenues from RON 0,7 million in 2007 to RON 1,3 million in 2008,
ORADEA – DEBRECEN
growth in aeronautical revenues from RON 1,7 million in 2007 to RON 2,3 million in 2008,
Letališče Debrecen (Madžarska) je od letališča Oradea oddaljeno 80 km, potovanje pa traja vsaj 1 uro in 30 minut, saj je vanj vključena mejna kontrola potnih listov ob prehodu iz Romunije, ki ni v schengenskem območju, na Madžarsko, ki spada v schengensko območje.
an increase in the public financing to the airport from RON 2,4 million in 2007 to RON 3,4 million in 2008.
Skupni proračun ukrepa, ki se ocenjuje, znaša 490401,3 tisoč RON, kot je navedeno v preglednici 1.
According to the analysis, the airport largely relied on low cost traffic as major growth driver: in 2008 88 % of overall passenger traffic was represented by scheduled flights operated by Blue Air and 11 % by Ryanair traffic.
DRUGI POTEKAJOČI POSTOPKI PREISKAVE
The analysis assumed a diversification of airline connections by attracting a new low-cost airline, EasyJet.
Komisija je 31. julija 2015 začela formalna postopka preiskave, ki se med drugim nanašata na ukrepe javnega financiranja letališča Cluj-Napoca, dodeljenega v obdobju od leta 2010 do leta 2014 [14], in letališča Târgu-Mureș, dodeljenega v obdobju od leta 2011 do leta 2014 [15], razen tistih, ki jih zajema preiskava, za katero velja ta sklep.
The forecasts presented in the analysis foresaw Arad airport to increase its traffic from 128834 passengers in 2008 to 1064116 passengers in 2020 in an optimistic scenario.
OPIS RAZLOGOV ZA ZAČETEK FORMALNEGA POSTOPKA PREISKAVE
Regarding Timișoara airport, its passenger traffic increased from 859329 passengers in 2007, 886083 passengers in 2008 and 991758 passengers in 2009.
Kot je pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 4, se je Komisija v sklepu o začetku postopka odločila začeti formalni postopek preiskave glede priglašene pomoči in javnega financiranja v obdobju 2007–2009 za pokritje izgub iz poslovanja.
From 2007 to 2009, the airport was a regional hub for Carpatair, a regional full service carrier which operated some 32 domestic and European destinations.
Ko je Romunija umaknila priglasitev načrtovane sheme financiranja naložb v infrastrukturo, je ostal odprt formalni postopek preiskave v zvezi z javnim financiranjem, dodeljenim romunskim regionalnim letališčem v obdobju 2007–2009 (glej uvodno izjavo 10).