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As explained in recital 140 above, the latest proposal from the French authorities is to help suppliers better estimate their future customer portfolios and clearly set out this support in the rules.
Poleg tega ni zagotovljeno, da te čezmejne zmogljivosti za zagotovljeno storitev prejmejo enako plačilo kot francoske zmogljivosti, in sicer zaradi dodatnih stroškov za vključitev v francoski mehanizem, povezanih s pridobitvijo in odkupom dovoljenj za povezovanje prek daljnovodov.
The comments from third parties on this point are included in recitals 159 and 160 above.
Iz navedenega izhaja, da sta potrjeni presoja in ugotovitev Komisije v sklepu o začetku postopka (na kateri napotuje ta sklep), v skladu s katerima lahko prednost, dodeljena francoskim operaterjem zmogljivosti z nadomestilom za zmogljivost, potencialno vpliva na trgovino med državami članicami in izkrivlja konkurenco.
As explained in Section 4.4.2 above, the latest proposal from the French authorities on this point is to offer suppliers flexibility by allowing over-the-counter trading while guaranteeing liquidity on the organised trading platform and ensuring the transparency of over-the-counter trading.
Ugotovitev o obstoju državne pomoči
ASSESSMENT OF THE MEASURE
Komisija zaradi zgoraj navedenih razlogov še naprej meni, da je francoski mehanizem zmogljivosti državna pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) PDEU.
In recital 143 of the Opening Decision, the Commission had already concluded that the mechanism constituted State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Zakonitost pomoči
As regards the existence of State resources in the French capacity mechanism, the French authorities allocate capacity guarantees to capacity operators free of charge.
S tem ko so francoski organi s 1. aprilom 2015 prvič začeli izvajati certifikacijo dobaviteljev zmogljivosti, so začeli upravičencem dodeljevati neopredmetena sredstva.
At the same time, they create a market for these guarantees by imposing a quota obligation on electricity suppliers, linking these quotas with their customers' demand peaks.
Komisija zato meni, da so francoski organi začeli izvajati zadevni ukrep pomoči v smislu člena 108(3) PDEU.
They therefore create a demand for the certificates and a corresponding value.
Poleg tega francoski organi po sprejetju sklepa o začetku postopka niso začasno opustili morebitnih transakcij, povezanih s potrdili o zagotovljenih zmogljivostih.
Moreover, instead of selling the certificates to capacity operators or auctioning them, the State allocates them free of charge and, as a result, foregoes public resources.
Ker Komisija ni sprejela končne odločitve o ukrepu pred datumom, ko so francoski organi začeli izvajati mehanizem, je Francija kršila obveznost, ki jo ima na podlagi člena 108(3) PDEU.
No arguments have been put forward by the French authorities or third parties that call this assessment into question.
Združljivost z notranjim trgom
However, in the intervening period, the Commission adopted another decision confirming that a system of certificate-based subsidies for power plants using renewable energy constitutes State aid [31].
Za presojo, ali je mogoče ukrep pomoči obravnavati kot združljiv z notranjim trgom, Komisija običajno preuči, ali pozitivni učinki pomoči, povezani z uresničevanjem cilja skupnega interesa, prevladajo nad njenimi morebitnimi negativnimi učinki na trgovino in konkurenco.
In that case, no minimum price was guaranteed for the green certificates.
Glavni cilj ukrepa je zanesljivost oskrbe z električno energijo.
Furthermore, it is incorrect to claim that the present case differs from the case of Romania's green certificates by arguing that, in the French mechanism, suppliers can choose whether or not to pass on the purchase price of the capacity guarantees to customers.
Komisija je zato preučila ukrep na podlagi oddelka 3.9 Smernic o državni pomoči za varstvo okolja in energijo za obdobje 2014–2020 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Smernice), ki se nanaša na pomoč za zadostnost proizvodnje.
In fact, the price of the capacity guarantees must be included in at least the regulated sales tariffs, as laid down in Article R 337-19 of Decree No 2015-1823 of 30 December 2015 on the codification of the regulatory part of the Energy Code.
Analiza Komisije v tem sklepu se bo strogo omejila na vprašanja, v zvezi s katerimi je Komisija v sklepu o začetku postopka navedla pomisleke.
Furthermore, the French authorities have argued that the market price (the MRP, used for the settlement of imbalances) must be the average of the prices resulting from the different auctions held (and therefore cannot take over-the-counter trading prices into account), precisely so as to ensure that the MRP can be replicated.
Kakor je bilo pojasnjeno v točki 149 obrazložitve sklepa o začetku postopka, je Francija pojasnila, da v Franciji povpraševanje po električni energiji v času konične porabe že nekaj let raste (z 79590 MW leta 2001 je zraslo na 102100 MW en 2012), medtem ko se povprečno povpraševanje po električni energiji ne spreminja.
This replicability is the ability to replicate the PRM in sales contracts between suppliers and their customers, as is desired by many market participants, according to the French authorities.
To naj bi bilo treba zlasti pripisati veliki termosenzibilnosti francoskega elektroenergetskega sistema zaradi obsežnega ogrevanja na elektriko v stanovanjskih in poslovnih zgradbah.
This confirms that a great many, if not all, suppliers will pass on the costs arising from the purchase of the capacity guarantees to their customers.
Francija poleg tega navaja, da so najsodobnejši proizvodni obrati (običajno elektrarne na plin) v zadnjih letih iz več razlogov postali manj konkurenčni (glej točko 45 obrazložitve).
Furthermore, the capacity mechanism as initially envisaged by the French authorities included a fall-back option for the public authorities, namely an alternative tender procedure to be used in the event that new capacity was required and the capacity market was not generating incentives for the development of new capacity.
Kljub temu so te elektrarne, zlasti najsodobnejše, potrebne za pokritje porabe v časih skrajne konične porabe, opisanih v oddelku 5.3.1.1.
This possibility of direct market intervention by the State further confirms the classification of the capacity mechanism as State aid.
Toda tak dogodek je redek in nepredvidljiv, zato udeleženci na trgu ne vlagajo v nove proizvodne zmogljivosti.
In addition, some of the changes that France has made to the capacity mechanism as a result of interested parties' comments on the doubts expressed by the Commission in the Opening Decision must be considered State aid in themselves.
Iz teh razlogov in kakor je razvidno iz izračunov RTE, povzetih v točki 105 obrazložitve, se lahko zgodi, da merilo povprečnega triurnega primanjkljaja na leto v Franciji v primeru hladnega vala ni več izpolnjeno (v Franciji se to zgodi enkrat na deset let).
This includes the multiannual contracts by which the State guarantees the beneficiaries a certain capacity revenue for seven years.
Francija je v zvezi s točko 154 obrazložitve sklepa o začetku postopka pokazala, da so bile študije zadostnosti RTE novejše in podrobnejše od prejšnjih determinističnih študij REGRT-E.
The State plays a crucial role in this mechanism, as it obliges RTE to enter into contracts with new capacities provided that they are competitive and, as a result of these contracts, these new capacities will be certain of receiving a fixed price for their capacity for seven years.
V njih sta na primer upoštevana negotov položaj nekaterih obstoječih elektrarn in tveganje, da se bodo zaprle (scenarij proizvodnje toplotne energije z zaprtjem nekaterih zmogljivosti; glej sliko 3).
As regards the argument put forward by EDF and by an undertaking active in France mainly on the wholesale market, taking the view that the mechanism is a public service obligation because capacity remuneration is consideration for a service provided by the capacity operators, the Commission is of the opinion that this argument has already been addressed in the Opening Decision.
Iz teh razlogov se lahko prejšnje študije zadostnosti RTE razlikujejo od študij REGRT-E.
The Commission considered that the service could not be provided or assigned a value by the market.
Francija je poleg tega v zvezi s tem upoštevala Mid-Term Adequacy Forecast (srednjeročna napoved zadostnosti), ki jo je leta 2016 objavilo REGRT-E in ki je prva različica, temelječa na verjetnostni metodologiji (glej točko 100 obrazložitve).
Indeed, the French authorities had to create a market by imposing obligations relating to the availability and the withholding of capacity guarantees on the different operators in the electricity market so as to give value to this availability.
V osnovnem scenariju za leto 2020 je pričakovani izpad v Franciji nekoliko nižji od cilja zanesljivosti oskrbe, ki so ga določili javni organi.
In fact, as a result of establishing this capacity market, capacity operators will receive funds that they would not otherwise have received, and will therefore obtain an advantage that they would not have obtained if the market created by the authorities did not exist.
Vendar to ne velja za študijo, izvedeno z GRARE, ki temelji na največjem številu simulacij Monte-Carlo (2100) in v kateri je pričakovani izpad v Franciji med 5 in 20 ur (P95).
Furthermore, the argument put forward by EDF and another vertically integrated electricity undertaking that the capacity mechanism does not confer any selective advantage on capacity operators since all the mechanism's participants are in the same factual and legal situation and are treated entirely equally has already been addressed in the same Opening Decision.
V študijah RTE so upoštevani tudi najnovejši podatki o konični porabi in s tem vpliv alternativnih ukrepov, sprejetih za povečanje zmogljivosti za izravnavo (kakor je zahtevala Komisija v točki 163 sklepa o začetku postopka).
The Commission takes the view that the advantage is selective, since the mechanism provides for aid to capacity operators and not to other sectors of the economy.
Vendar navedene študije jasno dokazujejo, da bi lahko bila najvišja raven izpada, opredeljena v Franciji, v prihodnjih letih brez posega države presežena.
As France has not put forward any new arguments, the Commission stands by its assessment and conclusions set out in the Opening Decision (to which this Decision refers), namely that the mechanism confers a selective advantage on capacity operators.
S potrebnostjo (in tudi nujnostjo) vzpostavitve mehanizma zmogljivosti v Franciji se strinja tudi zelo velika večina zainteresiranih strani.
The French authorities repeated their argument, which was taken into account by the Commission in its Opening Decision, that the capacity mechanism will not have an impact on the electricity market.
Nekatere med njimi so predložile svoje finančne načrte, da bi tako dokazale obstoj težave denarnega primanjkljaja v Franciji, kar je v nasprotju s presojo organa, pristojnega za konkurenco, ki jo je predložil v mnenju iz leta 2012 (na katero napotuje točka 158 sklepa o začetku postopka).
The Commission had reached the conclusion that the mechanism had the potential to affect trade between Member States and distort competition because French capacity operators would gain an advantage that their foreign competitors could not, as they are not permitted to participate in the French capacity market.
Analiza zadostnosti zmogljivosti, ki jo je izvedel RTE v svoji predvideni bilanci iz leta 2015, je bila bolj optimistična od analize iz leta 2014 (leto, ko je začel veljati mehanizem zmogljivosti), toda Francija je pojasnila, da je to izboljšavo omogočil signal, dan z uvedbo mehanizma (zaradi uvedbe tega mehanizma so nekatere elektrarne opustile namero, da se zaprejo).
It should be noted that one of the remedies proposed by France is precisely to have explicit participation of cross-border capacities in the French mechanism.
Poleg tega, čeprav Francija ne zanika, da ima ta država zdaj presežno zmogljivost, to ne izključuje, da bo zanesljivost oskrbe v prihodnjih letih ogrožena, zlasti če bi se večji del proizvodnih elektrarn, ki bi poslovale z izgubo, moral zapreti.
However, this participation is restricted to France's usable interconnection capacity (i.e. once de-rating factors have been applied) with its neighbouring countries.
Študije RTE potrjujejo obstoj težave denarnega primanjkljaja in kažejo na to, da je tveganje zaprtja elektrarn realno, kar je med drugim utemeljeno v točkah 43, 44 in 46 obrazložitve.
Furthermore, there is no guarantee that cross-border capacities will receive the same remuneration as French capacities for the service provided, given the additional cost of participating in the French mechanism linked to the obtaining and purchasing of interconnection tickets.
Drugi pomisleki, ki jih je navedla Komisija
This therefore confirms the Commission's assessment and conclusion in the Opening Decision (to which this Decision refers), namely that the advantage relating to capacity remuneration, conferred upon French capacity operators, has the potential to affect trade between Member States and distort competition.
Kar zadeva predlog, da se obračunajo različne cene za uporabo omrežij glede na letne čase, dneve v tednu in/ali ure v dnevu, je Francija potrdila, da je TURPE že prilagojena uram in sezonam.
Conclusion on the existence of State aid
Francija je poleg tega zadovoljivo pojasnila dejavnike zmanjšanja zmogljivosti, ki se uporabljajo za obnovljive vire energije, kakor je zahtevala Komisija v točki 153 obrazložitve sklepa o začetku postopka.
For the reasons referred to above, the Commission maintains that the French capacity mechanism constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Kot se zdi, sta precej optimistični, kar zadeva prispevek obnovljivih virov energije k zanesljivosti oskrbe, zato se ne bojita več podcenitve razpoložljivih zmogljivosti.
Lawfulness of the aid
Vsekakor bodo imeli obnovljivi viri možnost za vključitev v splošni sistem, ki temelji na nadzirani samocertifikaciji.
When the French authorities first issued certificates to capacity suppliers on 1 April 2015, they began allocating the intangible assets to the beneficiaries.
Sklepna ugotovitev o cilju skupnega interesa in potrebnosti ukrepa
The Commission therefore considers that the French authorities have begun to implement the aid measure in question within the meaning of Article 108(3) TFEU.
Komisija iz navedenih razlogov meni, da je mehanizem, ki služi cilju skupnega interesa, da se zagotovi zanesljivost oskrbe z električno energijo, v Franciji vsekakor potreben.
Furthermore, the French authorities have not suspended any transactions involving capacity guarantees following the publication of the Opening Decision.
Poleg tega ni v nasprotju s ciljem Smernic, da se postopoma odpravijo okolju in gospodarstvu škodljive subvencije, na primer s spodbujanjem uravnavanja povpraševanja (232), s povečanjem povezovalnih zmogljivosti (194), z vključitvijo prispevka energij iz obnovljivih virov v mehanizem (230) in z zagotovitvijo prednosti nizkoogljičnim proizvajalcem (137).
Given that the Commission had not reached a final decision on the measure by the date on which the French authorities began implementing the mechanism, France acted in breach of its obligation under Article 108(3) TFEU.
Razlikovanje med različnimi zmogljivostmi za izravnavo
Compatibility with the internal market
Francija ne izpodbija različne obravnave tako imenovanih eksplicitnih in tako imenovanih implicitnih izravnav.
To assess whether an aid measure can be considered compatible with the internal market, the Commission generally analyses whether the aid measure is designed so that the positive impact of achieving an objective of common interest exceeds the potential negative effects on trade and competition.
Nasprotno, po njenih trditvah so ti različni pogoji potrebni prav zato, da se lahko obe vrsti zmogljivosti za izravnavo enakovredno vključita v mehanizem.
The main aim of the measure is the security of electricity supply.
Francija je morala poiskati ustrezno ravnotežje med obveznostmi vklopa in obveznostmi razpoložljivosti obeh vrst zmogljivosti, ne da bi pri tem omejila možnosti za vključitev v mehanizem zmogljivosti.
The Commission has therefore assessed the measure in the light of Section 3.9 of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 (EEAG), which relates to aid for generation adequacy.
Komisija v soglasju s Francijo zlasti meni, da je ustrezno, da se število dni, na katere se nanaša obveznost implicitne izravnave (dnevi s ČKP1), manjše od števila dni, v katerih mora biti razpoložljiv operater eksplicitne izravnave, ker je nadomestilo, zahtevano za implicitno izravnavo, večje (vklop proti razpoložljivosti).
The Commission's assessment in this Decision will be strictly limited to those points about which it expressed concerns in the Opening Decision.
Komisija se strinja, da bi moralo število ur s ČKP2 ostati ciljno, da ne bi bile izključene eksplicitne zmogljivosti mehanizma ali da njihova vključenost v mehanizem ne bi bila omejena bolj, kot je potrebno.
As described in recital 149 of the Opening Decision, France explained that its electricity peak demand had been rising for several years (rising from 79590 MW in 2001 to 102100 MW in 2012), while average electricity demand in France had remained stable.
Kakor je bilo pojasnjeno v točkah 111 do 115 obrazložitve, je RTE izvedel podrobno študijo za določitev števila ur s ČKP1 in ČKP2, da bi ta določitev temeljila na vplivu, ki bi ga izravnave lahko imele na zajetje izpadov.
This is largely due to France's highly thermosensitive electricity system, as electric heating is widely used in residential and commercial buildings.
Iz navedene študije je izhajalo, da bi bilo mogoče od 100 ur največje porabe v letu zajeti 94 % ur izpada (zato ČKP1 obsega 100 do 150 ur največje porabe) in da je v 300 urah največje porabe zajetih 99 % ur izpada (zato ČKP2 obsega 100 do 300 ur [32] največje porabe).
Despite this, these power plants, particularly the peaking power plants, are needed to cover the extreme energy demand spikes described in Section 5.3.1.1.
Komisija zato meni, da je Francija našla ustrezno ravnotežje med različnimi obveznostmi glede zmogljivosti za izravnavo, ne da bi pri tem omejila njihovo vključenost v mehanizem.
Nevertheless, as these spikes are rare and unpredictable, market operators refrain from investing in new generation capacity.
Komisija je seznanjena s predlogom Francije, da se v prihodnje oceni in po potrebi popravi razmerje med ČKP1 in ČKP2.
For these reasons, and as shown in RTE's calculations reproduced in recital 105, there is a risk that France could fail to comply with its shortfall indicator of three hours per year on average in the event of a cold spell (once every 10 years in France).
Ukrep je tako dovolj prožen ter zagotavlja zadostne in ustrezne spodbude za različne zmogljivosti za izravnavo, kakor je zahtevano v točki 226 Smernic.
As regards recital 154 of the Opening Decision, France has demonstrated that RTE's adequacy studies were more recent and detailed than ENTSO-E's old deterministic studies.
Za odpravo dvomov Komisije o tem so francoski organi predlagali mehanizem, ki omogoča „eksplicitno“ vključitev čezmejnih proizvodnih zmogljivosti in zmogljivosti za izravnavo v francoski mehanizem.
For example, they take account of the precarious situation of a number of existing power plants and the risk that they will close (‘Low thermal’ scenario; see Figure 3.
Ta predlog je pogojen s sporazumi o sodelovanju z OPS čezmejnih držav, kjer so nameščene zmogljivosti, vključene v mehanizem.
There may therefore be differences between the old adequacy studies carried out by RTE and those drawn up by ENTSO-E.
Za preprečitev vrnitve na implicitno vključitev čezmejnih zmogljivosti v primeru nesklenitve takega sporazuma so francoski organi predlagali certifikacijo zadevnih povezovalnih daljnovodov, da bi bili ti neposredno vključeni v mehanizem [33].
In this regard, France has also taken into account the conclusions of the Mid-Term Adequacy Forecast published by ENTSO-E in 2016, which is the first version to use a probabilistic methodology (see recital 100).
Rešitev, ki jo predlaga Francija in ki je opisana v točkah 119 do 124 obrazložitve tega sklepa, je tako v skladu s točko 226 Smernic.
In the baseline scenario for 2020, the expected shortfall in France is slightly below the supply security target set by the public authorities.
Komisija poudarja, da se načrt za izvedbo te rešitve, kakršen je predlagan v točki 125 obrazložitve, obravnava kot strogo zavezujoč načrt in da bo morala Francija obveščati Komisijo o različnih fazah izvedbe navedene rešitve.
However, this is not the case in the study carried out using GRARE, based on the largest number of Monte Carlo projections (2100), which calculates that the expected shortfall in France is between 5 and 20 hours (P95).
Francija je po pomislekih, ki jih je Komisija v zvezi s tem navedla v sklepu o začetku postopka, predlagala mehanizem, ki omogoča dejansko vključitev novih zmogljivosti v mehanizem zmogljivosti, opisan v točkah 131 do 138 tega sklepa.
Moreover, it should be noted that all the studies carried out for 2020 are based on the following hypotheses: (i) mothballed plants are fully available, which is an optimistic hypothesis, according to ENTSO-E, and (ii) France's capacity mechanism is operational from 2017 to 2020.
Ta mehanizem temelji na sklepanju večletnih pogodb o novih konkurenčnih zmogljivostih.
One can therefore conclude that ENTSO-E's most recent studies do not contradict and in fact actually support the French authorities' conclusions regarding the need for the mechanism.
Komisija je že ugotovila, da je mogoče pogodbe, sklenjene za daljši čas, utemeljiti s tem, da se pritegnejo nove naložbe, zlasti novih udeležencev na trgu, da bi se jim olajšal dostop do financiranja [34].
RTE's studies also take into account the most recent data on peak demand and therefore also take account of the impact of alternative measures implemented to increase demand-side response capacity (as requested by the Commission in recital 163 of the Opening Decision).
Francija je pojasnila, da se bo s sedemletno pogodbo za nove naložbe zagotovilo približno 50-odstotno kritje naložbenih stroškov za nove zmogljivosti.
These studies nevertheless clearly show that there is a risk that France's upper shortfall limit will be exceeded in the coming years, unless the State intervenes.
Ta ukrep naj bi tako pomagal znižati donosnost, ki jo zahtevajo pobudniki in financerji teh naložbenih projektov, ter olajšal njihovo zunanje financiranje.
The vast majority of interested parties are also in agreement about the need to put in place a capacity mechanism in France as a matter of urgency.
Treba je še pripomniti, da navedena pogodba traja manj kot 20 let, kot je bilo načrtovano za izvedbo projekta Landivisiau v Bretanji, in manj kot 15 let v okviru mehanizma zmogljivosti v Veliki Britaniji.
Some of them submitted their financial plans in order to illustrate the existence of France's ‘missing money’ problem, which contradicted the findings of France's Competition Authority in its Opinion published in 2012 (referred to in recital 158 of the Opening Decision).
Čeprav je težko določiti dobro in ustrezno referenco za trajanje pogodb o zmogljivostih, je treba ugotoviti, da krajše trajanje pogodb pomeni prednost, saj dolgoročno pušča večji manevrski prostor za trg in preprečuje vezanost pri izbiri tehnologij (lock-in effect).
RTE's assessment of the capacity adequacy in its 2015 Generation Adequacy Report was more optimistic than in 2014 (the year in which the capacity mechanism began operating).
Komisija meni, da je Francija vzpostavila ustrezno ravnotežje med prednostmi in pomanjkljivostmi različnih mogočih trajanj pogodb in da sprejeto trajanje zagotavlja zadostno zavarovanje dolgoročnih naložb, hkrati pa preprečuje tveganje vezanosti na določeno tehnologijo, do katerega bi lahko prišlo v primeru pogodb, sklenjenih za še daljše obdobje.