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Even though the Commission is responsible for safeguarding the correct transposition and implementation of the Extractive Waste Directive, which is applicable to Iberpotash's financial guarantees as of 1 May 2014, this Directive leaves a significant discretion to the Member States in determining the exact amount of the guarantees.
Čeprav je Komisija odgovorna za zagotovitev pravilnega prenosa in izvajanja direktive o rudarskih odpadkih, ki se za finančne garancije družbe Iberpotash uporablja od 1. maja 2014, ta direktiva državam članicam pušča precejšen manevrski prostor pri določitvi natančnega zneska garancij.
For this reason, the Commission has not engaged in its own evaluation of the correct levels of the financial guarantees according to the Extractive Waste Directive but limits its assessment to evaluating the existing evidence of the insufficiency of the financial guarantees.
Iz tega razloga Komisija ni izvedla svoje ocene pravilnih ravni finančnih garancij v skladu z direktivo o rudarskih odpadkih, temveč svojo presojo omejuje na oceno obstoječih dokazov o nezadostnosti finančnih garancij.
In fact, there is a number of pieces of evidence suggesting that the amount of the financial guarantees as set by the public authorities in 2006 and 2008 was actually lower than required under the applicable legislation.
Več dokazov namreč kaže, da je bil znesek finančnih garancij, kot so ga javni organi določili leta 2006 in 2008, dejansko nižji, kot se je zahtevalo z veljavno zakonodajo.
Most importantly, the Higher Court of Justice of Catalonia (Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña) ruled on 11 October 2011 that the amount of the financial guarantee for Iberpotash's Cogulló waste heap at its site of Balsareny/Sallent amounting to EUR 585153 was lower than required.
Kar je najpomembneje, višje sodišče Katalonije (Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña) je 11. oktobra 2011 razsodilo, da je bil znesek finančne garancije za jalovišče Cogulló družbe Iberpotash na območju njenega rudnika Balsareny/Sallent v višini 585153 EUR nižji od zahtevanega.
The judgment rules that the amount of the guarantee does not respect the legal and regulatory parameters set by the national legislation, referring in particular to Article 8(2) of Law 12/1981 and Decree 202/1994.
V sodbi je ugotovljeno, da znesek garancije ne upošteva pravnih in regulativnih parametrov, določenih z nacionalno zakonodajo, pri čemer se sklicuje zlasti na člen 8(2) zakona št. 12/1981 in odlok št. 202/1994.
The judgment states that, even in the absence of any conclusive proof (‘una prueba concluyemente determinada’) of the correct amount of the guarantee, the Court is able to conclude that the guarantee amount set to only EUR 585153 is clearly not in line with these legal provisions.
V sodbi je navedeno, da lahko sodišče, tudi če ni neizpodbitnih dokazov („una prueba concluyemente determinada“) o pravilnosti zneska garancije, ugotovi, da je znesek garancije, določen na samo 585153 EUR, očitno v nasprotju z navedenimi zakonskimi določbami.
The court thus declares the guarantee as insufficient and not in line with the applicable legislation and orders the Spanish authorities to set a new level of the financial guarantee.
Sodišče je tako razglasilo, da garancija ni zadostna in ni v skladu z veljavno zakonodajo, in od španskih organov zahtevalo, naj določijo nov znesek finančne garancije.
This judgment was fully confirmed on appeal by the judgment of the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo) of 9 July 2014.
Ta sodba je bila v pritožbenem postopku v celoti potrjena s sodbo vrhovnega sodišča (Tribunal Supremo) z dne 9. julija 2014.
Finally, as noted by the Spanish authorities, by its finding of 14 December 2016, the Higher Court of Justice of Catalonia confirmed that a newly proposed amount of EUR 6979471,83 for the whole site at Balsareny/Sallent was adequate.
Nazadnje, kot ugotavljajo španski organi, je višje sodišče Katalonije s sklepom z dne 14. decembra 2016 potrdilo, da je novi predlagani znesek v višini 6979471,83 EUR za celotno območje rudnika Balsareny/Sallent ustrezen.
In view of the national judgment of the Higher Court of Justice of Catalonia of 11 October 2011 authoritatively interpreting the relevant national rules, the Commission considers as demonstrated that the original amount of the financial guarantee for Iberpotash's site at Balsareny/Sallent set in 2006 at the level of EUR 1130128 (including EUR 585153 for the Cogulló waste heap) was significantly insufficient.
Komisija glede na nacionalno sodbo višjega sodišča Katalonije z dne 11. oktobra 2011, s katero so bila merodajno razložena zadevna nacionalna pravila, šteje za dokazano, da je bil prvotni znesek finančne garancije za območje rudnika Balsareny/Sallent družbe Iberpotash, ki je bil leta 2006 določen na 1130128 EUR (kar vključuje 585153 EUR za jalovišče Cogulló), znatno nezadosten.
By its finding of 2016, the Higher Court of Justice of Catalonia confirmed that the overall amount for Balsareny/Sallent should have actually been set at a level which is at least six times higher, and most likely even higher for the period preceding the announcement of the Plan Phoenix in 2011 — see recitals 73, 80 and 81 below.
Višje sodišče Katalonije je s sklepom iz leta 2016 potrdilo, da bi moral biti skupni znesek za rudnik Balsareny/Sallent dejansko vsaj šestkrat višji, najverjetneje pa celo višji za obdobje pred najavo načrta Phoenix v letu 2011 – glej uvodne izjave 73, 80 in 81 v nadaljevanju.
Even though there is no similar court ruling with respect to the guarantee for the site in Súria, there is convincing evidence that the finding of clear insufficiency of the level of guarantee would have been equally probable in case of any court action.
Čeprav v zvezi z garancijo za rudnik Súria ni nobene podobne sodne odločbe, obstajajo prepričljivi dokazi, da bi bila ugotovitev o jasni nezadostnosti ravni garancije v morebitnem sodnem postopku enako verjetna.
The amount of the original guarantee of EUR 773682,28 (increased to EUR 828013,24 in 2008) reflects proportionally the fact that the site at Súria is smaller than at Balsareny/Sallent as regards the mass of the waste accumulated and the total area of the waste heaps.
V znesku prvotne garancije v višini 773682,28EUR (v letu 2008 zvišan na 828013,24 EUR) je sorazmerno upoštevano dejstvo, da je rudnik Súria manjši od rudnika Balsareny/Sallent, kar zadeva količino nakopičenih odpadkov in skupno površino jalovišč.
Further, the guarantee for Suria has been significantly increased to EUR 6160872,35 at the same time as for Balsareny/Sallent (i.e. only after the order of the court and its confirmation on appeal) and by even higher proportion (more than seven times higher).
Poleg tega se je garancija za rudnik Suria bistveno zvišala na 6160872,35 EUR hkrati z garancijo za rudnik Balsareny/Sallent (tj. šele po sklepu sodišča in njegovi potrditvi v pritožbenem postopku) in v še večjem deležu (več kot sedemkrat višja).
Therefore, in the absence of any other factors explaining the difference of the amounts of the guarantees for Súria on the one hand and Balsareny/Sallent on the other hand, the amount of the guarantee for Súria can also be considered as insufficient.
Ker torej ni drugih dejavnikov, ki bi pojasnjevali razliko med zneskoma garancij za rudnik Súria in za rudnik Balsareny/Sallent, se lahko tudi znesek garancije za rudnik Súria šteje za nezadosten.
Both the Spanish authorities and Iberpotash confirm in their submissions that the Higher Court of Justice of Catalonia has considered that the guarantee for El Cogulló was insufficient.
Španski organi in družba Iberpotash v svojih stališčih potrjujejo, da je garancija za jalovišče El Cogulló po mnenju višjega sodišče Katalonije nezadostna.
They attempt at mitigating the court's judgment by claiming that: (i) the court acknowledged that, at least partly, the situation dates back to 1929, (ii) the court admitted that it has no conclusive proof, and (iii) the court allegedly did not find any concrete infringement of a particular legal norm.
Presojo sodišča poskušajo omiliti, pri čemer trdijo: (i) da je sodišče priznalo, da razlogi za tako stanje vsaj deloma segajo nazaj v leto 1929, (ii) da je sodišče priznalo, da nima neizpodbitnih dokazov, in (iii) da sodišče domnevno ni našlo nobene konkretne kršitve posamezne pravne norme.
However, none of these arguments with respect to the judgment affect the finding of insufficiency of the guarantee.
Vendar nobena od teh trditev v zvezi s sodbo ne vpliva na ugotovitev o nezadostnosti garancije.
The fact that the Spanish authorities in fact reviewed the guarantee amount following the confirmation of the judgment in appeal and submitted it for approval to the court confirms the relevance of the judgment.
Dejstvo, da so španski organi po potrditvi sodbe v pritožbenem postopku dejansko ponovno preučili znesek garancije in ga predložili v odobritev sodišču, potrjuje pomembnost sodbe.
In addition, the judgment of 11 October 2011 explicitly refers to the relevant legislative provisions set out in Article 8(2) of Law 12/1981 and in Decree 202/1994.
Poleg tega so v sodbi z dne 11. oktobra 2011 izrecno navedene upoštevne zakonodajne določbe iz člena 8(2) zakona št. 12/1981 in odloka št. 202/1994.
In addition to the authoritative finding by a national court, the investigation has revealed several other pieces of evidence corroborating the finding that the original level of the financial guarantees was unduly low.
Poleg uradne ugotovitve nacionalnega sodišča je preiskava razkrila še več drugih dokazov, ki potrjujejo ugotovitev, da je bila prvotna raven finančnih garancij neupravičeno nizka.
First, third parties have submitted official transcripts from the hearing before the Environmental Committee of the Catalan Parliament of 2 October 2013 with explicit statements of the Director-General for Environment at the Generalitat de Catalunya according to which the guarantees were clearly insufficient.
Prvič, tretje osebe so predložile uradne zapisnike obravnave pred okoljskim odborom katalonskega parlamenta z dne 2. oktobra 2013, ki vsebujejo izrecne izjave generalnega direktorja za okolje pri Generalitat de Catalunya, da so bile garancije očitno nezadostne.
The Director-General suggested that the required guaranteed amount could possibly reach up to EUR 200 million.
Generalni direktor je predlagal, naj potrebni znesek garancije po možnosti znaša do 200 milijonov EUR.
Even though the transcripts of a political discussion in parliament do not contain any relevant justification for the amount advanced, and thus need to be treated cautiously, the orders of magnitude and difference with the actual amount do confirm the conclusions reached by experts in the field, who considered the amount of the guarantees set in 2006 and 2008 as clearly insufficient.
Čeprav v zapisnikih politične razprave v parlamentu ni ustrezne utemeljitve navedenega zneska in jih je treba zato obravnavati previdno, pa obseg in razlika v primerjavi z dejanskim zneskom dejansko potrjujeta ugotovitve strokovnjakov s tega področja, ki so menili, da je bil znesek garancij, določenih v letih 2006 in 2008, očitno nezadosten.
Second, the Complainant submitted a study of August 2012 that it commissioned from environmental experts (‘ERF Study’).
Drugič, pritožnik je predložil študijo iz avgusta 2012, ki jo je naročil pri okoljskih strokovnjakih (v nadaljnjem besedilu: študija ERF).
The study is an expert survey analysing and compiling extensive existing information (legal, academic or resulting from market investigation) on the relevant topic.
Študija je strokovna raziskava, s katero se analizirajo in zberejo izčrpne obstoječe informacije (pravne in akademske informacije ali informacije na podlagi tržne raziskave) o zadevni temi.
The ERF Study analysed the existing situation as regards the environmental impact of Iberpotash's mining sites and forecasted future developments as regards the total amount of material accumulated on the waste heaps.
V študiji ERF sta se analizirala obstoječe stanje, kar zadeva vpliv rudnikov družbe Iberpotash na okolje, in predviden prihodnji razvoj, kar zadeva skupno količino materiala, nakopičenega na jaloviščih.
It concludes that the environmental impacts of the waste heaps were significant and expected to further grow in the future.
Ugotovljeno je bilo, da so vplivi jalovišč na okolje precejšnji in naj bi se v prihodnosti še povečali.
Based on available information, the ERF Study estimates the following evolution of the volume of waste accumulated on waste heaps in Suria and Sallent till the end of the mining activities in 2035:
V študiji ERF je bilo na podlagi razpoložljivih informacij ocenjeno naslednje gibanje količin odpadkov, nakopičenih na jaloviščih rudnikov Suria in Sallent do ustavitve rudarskih dejavnosti v letu 2035:
Estimated accumulation of the waste on the heaps in Suria and Sallent
Ocenjeno gibanje količine odpadkov na jaloviščih rudnikov Suria in Sallent
Volume in 2012
Količina v letu 2012
Net annual increase of the volume (in kt/year)
Neto letno povečanje količine (v kt/leto)
Volume in 2035
Količina v letu 2035
TOTAL
Ugotovljeno je bilo, da je v primeru območij rudnikov družbe Iberpotash najprimernejša metoda prekritje jalovišč.
Further, the ERF Study analyses possible options for restoration of the waste heaps including: (i) backfilling of the waste material in the underground mines, (ii) dissolution of the salt contained in the waste heaps by pumping water and disposal of the resulting brine either to the sea or underground, or (iii) covering the waste heaps with material preventing infiltration of rain water and preventing leaks of salts in the environment.
Gre za razmeroma preprosto in dobro poznano metodo, saj je bila uporabljena že večkrat, celo s strani samih katalonskih organov.
It concludes that in the situation of Iberpotash's sites the most appropriate method is the covering of the waste heaps.
Poleg tega je to za javne uprave najustreznejša metoda sanacije, kadar rudarska družba ne izpolni svojih obveznosti, saj v nasprotju z drugimi metodami ne zahteva dodatne namestitve pomembne industrijske infrastrukture.
It is a rather simple and well known method since it has been already used in a number of cases, even by the Catalan authorities themselves.
V študiji ERF so zato izračunani pričakovani stroški sanacije območij rudnikov družbe Iberpotash s prekritjem jalovišč.
In addition, it is the most appropriate method for restoration by public administrations in case the mining company does not fulfil its obligations since, contrary to other methods, it does not require any additional installation of significant industrial infrastructure.
Izračun pričakovanih stroškov temelji na analizi stroškov na enoto za posamezne komponente prekritja jalovišča na podlagi tržne raziskave, ki so jo strokovnjaki izvedli pri ponudnikih različnih zadevnih del in blaga, in uporabe podatkov o določanju cen iz leta 2012, ki jih je objavil katalonski inštitut za tehnologijo in gradnjo (Institut de Tecnologia de la Construcció de Catalunya – ITeC).
Therefore, the ERF Study calculates the expected costs of restoration of Iberpotash's sites by covering the heaps.
Za primerjavo so v študiji uporabljeni tudi skupni stroški sanacije za različne možnosti sanacije, kot so bili ocenjeni v študiji, ki jo je leta 2001 skupina Symonds Group pripravila za GD za okolje Evropske komisije.
The calculation of the expected costs is based on the analysis of the unit costs of the individual components of the covering for the waste heap resulting from a market research by the experts with suppliers of various works and supplies involved and using the 2012 pricing data published by the Catalan Institute of Technology and Construction (Institut de Tecnologia de la Construcció de Catalunya — ITeC).
Vključuje tudi stroške vzdrževanja in nadzora prekritih jalovišč še deset let po prekritju.
For comparison, the study also uses overall costs of restorations for different restoration options as estimated in the study prepared in 2001 by Symonds Group for DG Environment of the European Commission.
Stroški na enoto so se nato uporabili za ocenjeno količino odpadnega materiala na jaloviščih v treh različnih obdobjih: (i) dejanske količine v letu 2012, (ii) pričakovane količine v letu 2015 (leto, ko naj bi se začela proizvodnja soli iz odpadnega materiala v novem obratu na območju rudnika Suria), in (iii) pričakovane količine v letu 2035 (ko naj bi bile rudarske dejavnosti družbe Iberpotash ustavljene).
It also includes the costs of maintenance and control of the covered heaps for additional 10 years after the finalisation of the covering.
Dobljeni skupni stroški sanacije v teh obdobjih so povzeti v naslednji preglednici:
These unit costs are then applied to the estimated amount of the waste material on the heaps in three different moments in time: (i) actual amounts in 2012, (ii) amounts expected in 2015 (year of the expected start of the production of salt from the waste material in a new plant in Suria), and (iii) amounts expected in 2035 (when the mining activities of Iberpotash are planned to be stopped).
Preglednica 2
The resulting total costs of restoration in these periods are summarised in the following table:
Ocenjeni stroški sanacije glede na študijo ERF
Table 2
Leto
Estimated restoration costs according to the ERF Study
Ocenjeni stroški sanacije (v milijonih EUR)
Estimated restoration costs (EUR million)
Na tej podlagi je v študiji ERF ugotovljeno, da znesek finančne garancije na podlagi novih zakonodajnih pravilih iz kraljevega odloka št. 975/2009 nikakor ne bi smel biti nižji od osnovnih stroškov sanacije v letu 2012, ki so znašali 71 milijonov EUR za oba rudnika, tako da bi moral njen ustrezni znesek ob upoštevanju skupnih stroškov v prihodnosti znašati približno 100 milijonov EUR.
Total
Ob upoštevanju različnih scenarijev, kar zadeva pričakovano proizvodnjo kalijevega oksida in soli v prihodnje (vključno z najambicioznejšimi načrti družbe Iberpotash, da bo na leto prodala 1,5 milijona ton soli), je v študiji ERF ugotovljeno, da bi se v katerem koli od navedenih scenarijev z načrtom Phoenix zgolj upočasnila in ne ustavila stalna letna rast skupne količine odpadnega materiala, nakopičenega na območjih rudnikov družbe Iberpotash.
On this basis, the ERF Study considers that the amount of the financial guarantee based on the new legislative rules of the Royal Decree 975/2009 should definitely not be lower than the basic costs of restoration in 2012 amounting to EUR 71 million for both sites and its appropriate amount, taking into account the total costs in the future, should rather be around EUR 100 million.
V najbolj optimističnem scenariju bi načrt Phoenix privedel do zmanjšanja skupne količine odpadnega materiala, odloženega na jaloviščih, na 1213 kt na leto (v primerjavi s 1979 kt na leto brez načrta Phoenix).
Finally, the ERF Study analyses the impact of the planned extraction and commercialisation of the salt in the heaps based on the newly announced Plan Phoenix that started to be implemented in 2012.
Čeprav je vpliv načrta Phoenix torej občuten, saj se za skoraj 40 % zmanjša letno kopičenje odpadkov, se v študiji ERF ugotavlja, da načrta Phoenix ni mogoče šteti za samozadosten sanacijski ukrep, temveč je bolj blažilni dejavnik, saj bo le upočasnil rast obstoječih jalovišč, ne pa jih tudi odpravil.
Taking into account various scenarios as regards the expected production of potash and salt in the future (including the most ambitious plans of Iberpotash to sell annually 1,5 million tonnes of salt), the ERF Study concludes that under any of those scenarios, the Plan Phoenix would only slow down but not stop the continued annual growth of the total waste material accumulated at Iberpotash's sites.
Družba Iberpotash trdi, da študija ERF ne more biti podlaga za izračun zneska garancije, saj se v njej priznava, da ne temelji na ustreznih določbah odloka št. 202/1994, ter vsebuje več nenatančnih in nepravilnih navedb in podatkov.
In the most optimistic scenario, the Plan Phoenix would lead to a reduction of the total waste material deposited on the heaps to 1213 kt per year (compared to 1979 kt per year without the Plan Phoenix).
Komisija priznava, da študija ne upošteva ustreznih določb odloka št. 202/1994 in je bolj osredotočena na pogoje iz kraljevega odloka št. 975/2009, s katerim je bila prenesena direktiva o rudarskih odpadkih, pri čemer se osredotoča na pričakovane stroške sanacije.
Therefore, while the Plan Phoenix has an appreciable impact by reducing the annual waste accumulation by up to almost 40 %, the ERF Study considers that the Plan Phoenix cannot be considered as a self-sufficient restoration measure, but rather as a mitigating factor, since it will at most lead to slow down of the growth of the existing waste heaps but not to their elimination.
Vendar njeni rezultati, iz katerih so razvidni ocenjeni stroški sanacije območij posameznih rudnikov družbe Iberpotash, temeljijo na zanesljivi metodologiji in razumnih predpostavkah, kot so opisane v uvodnih izjavah od 68 do 73, tako da je dejansko upoštevna za izračun garancij tudi na podlagi odloka št. 202/1994.
Iberpotash argues that the ERF Study cannot serve as a basis for calculating the amount of the guarantee since it itself acknowledges that it is not based on the relevant provisions of the Decree 202/1994 and since it contains a number of imprecise and incorrect statements and data.
To dokazuje zlasti člen 2(4)(h) odloka št. 202/1994, ki se sklicuje na stroške drugih posameznih sanacijskih ukrepov, ki so morda potrebni, tako da izračun ni omejen na ukrepe, ki so posamično našteti v predhodnih točkah člena 2.
The Commission acknowledges that the study does not follow the relevant provisions of Decree 202/1994 and focuses rather on the conditions of Royal Decree 975/2009 transposing the Extractive Waste Directive focussing on the expected costs of restoration.
Poleg tega je pomen obsega škode za okolje in pričakovanih stroškov sanacije vsaj implicitno razviden tudi iz besedila sodbe višjega sodišča Katalonije z dne 11. oktobra 2011, v kateri je glede zneska finančnih garancij navedeno, da: „je ključna in osrednja določba člen 8(2) zakona št. 12/1981 […], ki določa, da je treba v vsakem primeru znesek v zvezi s sanacijo določiti glede na območje, na katero vpliva sanacija, skupne stroške sanacije ali na podlagi obeh teh meril […] (‚el precepto cardinal y central del caso es el artículo 8.2 de Ley 12/1981[…] al disponer que en cualquier caso, en lo referente a la restauración, la cuantía debe fijarse en función de la superficie afectada por la restauración, por el coste global de la restauración o por ambos aspectos conjuntamente […]‘)“, na podlagi tega pa je ugotovljeno, da dovoljenje ni v skladu z veljavnim pravom, saj „garancije v tem primeru niso bile določene v skladu z zakonskimi omejitvami […] (‚no ha establecido une fianza ajustada al caso en los límites legales […]‘)“.
However, its results indicating the estimated restoration costs for individual Iberpotash's sites are based on a sound methodology and reasonable assumptions as described above in recitals 68-73 and are thus indeed relevant for the calculation of the guarantees also under Decree 202/1994.
Nazadnje, taki pričakovani stroški sanacije so očitno pomembni za izračun garancije v skladu s členom 43 kraljevega odloka št. 975/2009, ki se je za družbo Iberpotash uporabljal od 1. maja 2014.
This is demonstrated in particular by Article 2.4(h) of Decree 202/1994, which refers to the costs of any other specific restoration measures that may be necessary and thus not limiting the calculation to the measures individually enumerated in the previous points of Article 2.
Poleg tega Komisija ugotavlja, da razen splošnih očitkov zaradi domnevno nenatančnih in nepravilnih predpostavk iz študije ERF niti španski organi niti družba Iberpotash teh domnevnih nenatančnosti in nepravilnih domnev ne opredeljujejo oziroma ne navajajo konkretnih argumentov ali predlagajo svoje alternativne ocene skupnih stroškov sanacije za območji rudnikov družbe Iberpotash.