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For those reasons, it is concluded that the full exemption from network charges corresponding to the individual costs attributable to the baseload consumers concerned in so far as it would aim at reinforcing the competitiveness of the beneficiaries is not capable of contribution to an objective of common interest.
Vsekakor Nemčija in zainteresirane strani priznavajo, da ga ni mogoče količinsko opredeliti.
Necessity of the full exemption
Poleg tega je bilo ugotovljeno, da tudi če bi se predpostavljalo, da pasovni odjemalci prispevajo k zanesljivosti oskrbe več, kot je stabilizacijski učinek na omrežja, ki se že upošteva pri določitvi individualnih omrežnin, in da posredno prispevajo tudi k spodbujanju proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov, Nemčija ni dokazala, da je pomoč omejena na to, kar bi bilo potrebno za dosego teh pozitivnih učinkov.
In any event, as is demonstrated below (recitals 197 to 199, even assuming that Germany had demonstrated that the full exemption could contribute to and was appropriate to ensure indirectly the promotion of renewable electricity and security of supply, it is not demonstrated that the full exemption was needed in 2012-2013 to reach those objectives.
Agencija BNetzA je v poročilu o vrednotenju iz leta 2015 navedla, da se operaterji omrežja, ki imajo na svoje omrežje priključene pasovne odjemalce, delijo na tiste, ki ugotavljajo, da imajo pasovni odjemalci stabilizacijski učinek, in tiste, ki ugotavljajo, da nimajo takega stabilizacijskega učinka (glej sliki 6 in 7 poročila ter ugotovitve na str. 38 poročila).
This would only have been the case if Germany had demonstrated that the full exemption was necessary to maintain baseload consumption and prevent baseload consumers from disconnecting from the network.
Ker v poročilu ni tega razlikovanja, ni jasno, ali operaterji omrežja, ki so ugotovili stabilizacijske učinke, menijo, da zadevni učinki presegajo tiste, ki so že upoštevani pri izračunu individualnih omrežnin.
The full exemption is not needed to avoid that baseload consumers build a direct line
Če bi namreč pasovni odjemalci ponujali prožne storitve (npr. zmanjšanje porabe na zahtevo operaterja omrežja), ne bi več ustrezali opredelitvi pasovnih odjemalcev, saj ne bi več dosegli 7000 ur polnega odjema.
Germany has not demonstrated that if the baseload consumers benefiting of the exemption would still be subject to individual network charges as would normally result from Paragraph 24 of the EnWG, they would stop contributing to the objective of common interest (stabilizing the network and promotion of renewable electricity) by building a direct connection to a power plant.
S tem je potrjeno vsaj to, da je dodatni prispevek pasovnih odjemalcev k stabilnosti – ob predpostavki, da v določenih razmerah pasovni odjemalci prispevajo k stabilnosti omrežja več, kot je že upoštevano pri izračunu individualnih omrežnin – odvisen od vsakega primera posebej, vendar se ne more samodejno predpostavljati za katerega koli pasovnega odjemalca, ki presega 10 GWh porabe in dosega 7000 ur polne uporabe.
This seems highly unlikely given that individual network charges would be calculated based on the physical path methodology which examines the costs related to the use of the network path between the connection point of the baseload consumer to the network (offtake point) and the nearest baseload power plant.
Niti ni mogoče predpostavljati, da bi v vseh primerih utemeljeval popolno oprostitev omrežnin.
In that sense, individual network charges are mimicking the costs that would be implied by the construction of a direct line to the nearest baseload power plant suitable to match the baseload demand of the baseload consumer.
Poleg tega je treba, kar zadeva trditev Nemčije in zainteresiranih strani, da naj bi oprostitev zagotovila obstoj baznih konvencionalnih elektrarn, ki so same pomembne ponudnice pomožnih storitev, opozoriti, da ta trditev temelji na predpostavki, da bi potrebe po minimalni proizvodnji, ugotovljene v študiji iz leta 2012, stalno ostale enake, ne glede na povpraševanje v Nemčiji, kar pa v tem primeru ne velja.
All costs being equal, a baseload consumer will prefer to remain connected to the network instead of engaging in a lengthy and uncertain permit procedure.
Prav nasprotno, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 93 tega sklepa, je v študiji iz leta 2012 na strani (i) (del „Ergebniszusammenfassung“) poudarjeno, da je obseg minimalne proizvodnje močno odvisen od trenutnega stanja, zlasti od proizvodnje energije iz obnovljivih virov, pa tudi od odjemne obremenitve.
Given that the direct line will in many cases go through properties that do not belong to the baseload consumer, various permits and authorisation will be required and they are difficult to obtain as the general public often opposes electric lines).
Nemčija ni predložila nobenih dokazov o tem, da je popolna oprostitev omejena na pasovni odjem, ki je domnevno potreben za zagotavljanje obstoja baznih konvencionalnih elektrarn, niti da bi bila sčasoma prilagojena spreminjajočim se potrebam.
Indeed, a direct line would imply for the concerned baseload consumer significant investment costs and would also require lengthy and costly permit procedures to build the line.
Vendar kot izhaja iz ugotovitev v oddelkih 5.3.2.1 do 5.3.2.4, ni dokazano, da je popolna oprostitev ustrezna za doseganje zanesljivosti oskrbe in spodbujanje proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov niti da je potrebna in da ima spodbujevalni učinek.
All fixed costs of the line would have to be borne by one single user while under the physical path methodology he only bears his share of those fixed costs.
Poleg tega, kot je prikazano v uvodnih izjavah 205 do 211 tega sklepa, pomoč ni omejena na znesek, potreben za dosego ciljev, in vodi do prekomernega nadomestila.
The full exemption is not needed to avoid that baseload consumers become self-suppliers
Hipotetični pozitivni učinek pomoči je torej izredno omejen, če sploh obstaja.
Germany has not demonstrated either that if the beneficiaries of the full exemption would be subject to individual network charges as would normally result from Paragraph 24 of the EnWG, they would be at risk of becoming self-suppliers.
Nasprotno pa se zdi, da popolna oprostitev ni v skladu s členom 32 Direktive 2009/72/EC in členom 14 Uredbe (ES) št. 714/2009.
Germany has not submitted any documents which would show a trend of baseload consumers becoming self-suppliers due to the level of their individual network charges before the introduction of the full exemption.
V nasprotju z mnenjem Nemčije se izkrivljanje konkurence z drugimi državami članicami ne more šteti za neznatno.
On the contrary, the data submitted by Germany shows that the full exemption is not impacting on the decision of baseload consumers to engage in self-supply.
Prvič, z ukrepom so upravičenci popolnoma oproščeni omrežnin, medtem ko so vsi njihov konkurenti še vedno zavezani plačati omrežnine v svojih državah članicah v skladu z evropsko zakonodajo, ki se uporablja.
Germany has provided figures for the ten largest beneficiaries in terms of electricity consumption for the period 2013 to 2015 (a period covering the last year of the full exemption and two years during which individual network charges were applied).
To lahko ima znaten izkrivljajoč vpliv na konkurenco, ker je – kot je poudarila Nemčija sama – večina upravičencev elektroenergetsko intenzivnih podjetij.
This data shows that six out of these 10 undertakings did not have a self-supply installation in 2013 and did not acquire any self-supply installation after the reintroduction of individual network charges.
Stroški električne energije so tako pomemben dejavnik njihove konkurenčnosti.
The data relating to the four other companies reveal that one of those companies entirely injects into the grid the electricity produced.
Drugič, okoliščina, da naj bi bile cene električne energije v Nemčiji visoke in naj bi močno bremenile stroške proizvodnje elektroenergetsko intenzivnih podjetij v Nemčiji, ni bila dokazana.
The remaining three companies all had self-supply installations already in 2013 and continued to use them throughout the entire period 2013 to 2015 with a decreasing trend for one, an increasing trend for the second and a rather stable trend for the third company.
Nasprotno pa je ugotovljeno, da so med letoma 2011 in 2013 elektroenergetsko intenzivni uporabniki v Nemčiji imeli koristi od znižanj davka na električno energijo, dodatne dajatve na podlagi EEG ter dodatne dajatve za soproizvodnjo toplote in električne energije.
This confirms that the full exemption is not necessary for preventing self-supply and that baseload consumers chose self-supply models on the basis of other factors.
Na podlagi teh elementov je bilo ugotovljeno, da negativni vpliv pomoči presega hipotetični pozitivni prispevek, ki bi ga pomoč lahko imela k spodbujanju proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov ali zanesljivosti oskrbe.
This has been confirmed by Germany in its comments regarding State aid SA.46526 (2017/N) in which Germany first indicated that self-supply solutions in the energy-intensive industry were driven by synergies with heat requirements, synergies with waste gases and production residues and not by the possibility to escape payment of the charge on electricity that consumers pay in Germany to finance the support of renewable electricity (the so-called EEG-surcharge).
SKLEPNE UGOTOVITVE
Germany in addition showed that despite a significant increase of the EEG-surcharge in the period 2011 to 2014 (with the EEG-surcharge representing more than the electricity wholesale price as of 2013), self-supply in the four main sectors resorting to self-supply (paper, chemical industry, steel manufacturing, oil refineries) remained stable in the period 2010 to 2014.
Pomoč, odobrena za leti 2012 in 2013, ni združljiva z notranjim trgom.
The alleged contribution to the stability of the grid is already taken into account in individual network charges
VRAČILO POMOČI
In order to justify the full exemption Germany has referred to the stability and predictability of baseload consumption as an important element to facilitate network management and thus indirectly facilitate security of supply.
Komisija je v skladu s Pogodbo in ustaljeno sodno prakso Sodišča pristojna za odločanje, ali mora zadevna država članica ukiniti ali spremeniti pomoč, za katero je ugotovila, da ni združljiva z notranjim trgom.
It is noted, however, that all these elements are already taken into account for the calculation of individual network charges given that this calculation allocates to each baseload consumer only the costs linked to the network connection between that baseload consumer and the nearest baseload power plant that can cover its demand.
Prav tako Sodišče dosledno meni, da je namen obveznosti države članice, da ukine pomoč, za katero Komisija meni, da ni združljiva z notranjim trgom, ponovna vzpostavitev prejšnjih razmer.
Costs for balancing energy are anyway not included in network charges in general neither in the individual network charges.
V tem okviru je Sodišče odločilo, da je ta cilj dosežen, če prejemnik vrne zneske, ki so bili dodeljeni z nezakonito pomočjo, in se tako odpove ugodnostim, ki jih je užival v primerjavi s konkurenti na trgu, ter če se ponovno vzpostavi stanje pred plačilom pomoči.
Costs for the various reserves and re-dispatching costs are not included in the individually calculated network charges and energy losses due to the transport of electricity are allocated in proportion to the network portion used.
V skladu s sodno prakso člen 16(1) Uredbe Sveta (EU) 2015/1589 določa, da „če se v primerih nezakonite pomoči sprejmejo negativni sklepi, Komisija odloči, da mora zadevna država članica sprejeti vse potrebne ukrepe, da upravičenec vrne pomoč […]“.
Also the reduced need for reactive power compensation devices will be taken into account given that those devices will only be included in the calculation of the individual network charges if they are located on the network path between the baseload power plant and the baseload consumer.
Ker je bila zadevna pomoč izvedena v nasprotju s členom 108(3) Pogodbe in ni združljiva z notranjim trgom, jo je treba izterjati od upravičencev, da se ponovno vzpostavijo razmere, kakršne so bile na trgu pred njeno odobritvijo.
Given that this calculation allocates to each baseload consumer only the costs linked to the network connection between that baseload consumer and the nearest baseload power plant that can cover its demand, it must be concluded, that the individual network charges already adequately take into account the benefits induced by baseload consumers in terms of network management and indirectly security of supply.
Vračilo pomoči bi moralo zajeti obdobje od datuma, ko je bila upravičencu dodeljena prednost, tj. ko mu je bila pomoč dana na voljo, do datuma njenega dejanskega vračila, zneskom, ki jih je treba vrniti, pa se prištejejo obresti od datuma, ko so bili dodeljeni upravičencu, do datuma dejanskega vračila.
There is thus no need for any aid measure in the form of a full exemption and Germany has not brought forward any element that would show that with network charges based on individual costs (for instance by using the physical path methodology), the beneficiaries would become consumers with a variable and unpredictable consumption profile.
Kar zadeva trditev nekaterih zainteresiranih strani, da bi bilo vračilo v nasprotju z načelom legitimnega pričakovanja, je treba opozoriti, da je Sodišče že večkrat presodilo, da pravica sklicevanja na načelo legitimnega pričakovanja velja za vsako zadevno osebo, pri kateri je institucija Unije ustvarila legitimna pričakovanja, oprta na natančna zagotovila, ki so ji bila dana.
Incentive effect
Vendar če lahko razumen in preudaren gospodarski subjekt predvidi sprejetje ukrepa Unije, ki lahko vpliva na njegove interese, se ob njegovem sprejetju na to načelo ne more sklicevati.
Further, Germany has not demonstrated that the full exemption from network charges would have an incentive effect.
Glede na sodno prakso sodba PreussenElektra ni mogla ustvariti nobenega legitimnega pričakovanja, ker ni podvomila o možnosti pooblastitve zasebnih subjektov za izvajanje sheme pomoči ter opredelitve davkom podobnih taks in dajatev kot državnih sredstev.
An aid has an incentive effect when it changes the behaviour of the undertakings concerned in such a way that they engage in an additional activity which they would not carry out without the aid or which they would carry out in a restricted or different manner.
Nanašala se je na poseben položaj, ki je bil že ugotovljen v zadevi Van Tiggele.
Several elements in the file show that in many cases the full exemption was granted to baseload consumers for adopting a consumption pattern that corresponds to their usual consumption pattern given that their production process involves constant electricity consumption.
Poleg tega je Komisija ugotovila obstoj državne pomoči v velikem številu shem, financiranih na podlagi dodatne dajatve, ki jo je uvedla država.
Individual network charges for baseload consumers exist since 2005.
Vsekakor je Sodišče v zadevi Essent pojasnilo meje sodbe PreussenElektra in ponovilo svojo prejšnjo sodno prakso, da se za državna sredstva šteje tudi ugodnost, financirana iz dodatne dajatve, ki jo naloži država in upravlja subjekt, ki ga določi država.
Initially those individual network charges were possible only for baseload consumers reaching 7500 hours of full use.
Razlaga državnih virov, sprejeta v tem sklepu, je v skladu z ustaljeno sodno prakso Sodišča in prakso odločanja Komisije.
At least for baseload consumers who were already benefitting from individual network charges under that initial regime, the full exemption did hence not change their behaviour compared with their behaviour during the application of individual network charges and thus had no incentive effect.
Ker bi lahko to predvidel kateri koli razumen in preudaren gospodarski subjekt, se z vračilom ne bi kršilo načelo legitimnega pričakovanja.
In addition, the number of baseload consumers obtaining individual network charges in 2014 is very close to the number of baseload consumers having obtained an exemption in 2011 to 2013 and the applicants are often the same.
Ob upoštevanju zgoraj navedenega in zlasti glede na uvodno izjavo 216, je treba pomoč vrniti, ker ni združljiva z notranjim trgom, zneskom, ki jih je treba vrniti, pa se prištejejo obresti od datuma, ko so bili dodeljeni upravičencu, do datuma dejanskega vračila.
This also confirms that for most of the baseload consumers, the full exemption has not modified their behaviour compared to what they would anyway do based on individual network charges.
Vračilo bi se moralo nanašati samo na popolno oprostitev omrežnin, odobreno v obdobju od 1. januarja 2012 do 31. decembra 2013, s primerjavo z individualnimi omrežninami, ki bi se plačale, če ne bi bilo oprostitve, saj se za državno pomoč šteje samo ta del.
The German national courts have made the same observations (see recital 52).
Izterljivi zneski za vsako od zadevnih leto predstavljajo individualne omrežnine, ki bi jih upravičenci morali plačati, če ne bi bilo polne oprostitve.
Finally, the 2015 Evaluation Report also highlights that several network operators had observed that the baseload consumers concerned already had the same consumption pattern before the full exemption had been introduced.
Individualne omrežnine iz predhodne uvodne izjave bi bilo treba izračunati na podlagi metodologije fizične poti, kot jo je predstavila agencija BNetzA v smernicah „Leitfaden zur Genehmigung individueller netzentgeltvereinbarungen nach § 19 Abs. 2 S. 1 und 2 StromNEV“, izdanih 26. oktobra 2010.
Proportionality, negative impact on trading conditions and overall balance
Izterljivi znesek za vsako od zadevnih let je enak vsaj 20 % zneska, ki bi ga plačal upravičenec, če bi moral plačati objavljene omrežnine.
Even assuming that for some baseload consumers the full exemption was appropriate, and necessary to contribute to an objective of common interest and had an incentive effect, it should be noted that the full exemption was not proportionate and that the negative impact of the aid outweigh its hypothetical positive impact.
Če skupni znesek ugodnosti, ki jo je prejel upravičenec, znaša manj kot 200000 EUR in če ugodnost izpolnjuje vse druge pogoje iz Uredbe Komisije (EU) št. 1407/2013 ali Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 1998/2006, bi bilo treba za tako ugodnost šteti, da ne pomeni državne pomoči v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe in torej ne bi smela biti predmet izterjave.
In order to be proportionate, the full exemption would have had to be limited to the amount necessary to trigger the change in the behaviour of the concerned baseload consumer that is beneficial for either the security of supply or the promotion of renewable electricity.
Ugotovljeno je bilo, da je Nemčija v obdobju med 1. januarjem 2012 in 31. decembrom 2013 nezakonito izvajala pomoč v obliki popolne oprostitve omrežnin za pasovne odjemalce, ki so dosegli letno porabo električne energije vsaj 10 GWh in 7000 ur polne uporabe, v nasprotju s členom 108(3) Pogodbe.
However, Germany has not demonstrated that the full exemption is calibrated to being limited to what would be necessary to incentivize a change in the consumption pattern of baseload consumers, nor that the full exemption is the least distortive tool to keep the baseload consumers' contribution to the stability and security of the network.
Državna pomoč predstavlja stroške omrežja, ki so jih oproščeni pasovni odjemalci dejansko povzročili v letih 2012 in 2013, ali pa predstavlja minimalne omrežnine, če ti stroški omrežja znašajo manj kot te minimalne omrežnine v višini 20 % objavljenih omrežnin.
In this respect, some interested parties have claimed that in order to be sure that they would reach the 7000 hours of full use, their employees needed to reserve part of their time to the monitoring of the consumption and that a continuous consumption also involved continuous production and thus possibly increased stocks when product demand was decreasing.
Za toliko popolna oprostitev, odobrena na podlagi drugega stavka člena 19(2) StromNEV 2011, odstopa od referenčnega sistema, kot je bil vzpostavljen.
However, the same interested party admits that those costs differed for each company.
V skladu s tem je državna pomoč enaka vrednosti individualnih omrežnin, ki jih pasovni odjemalci niso plačali za leto 2012 in 2013, ter ustreza vsaj 20 % objavljenih omrežnin za zadevni leti.
Therefore, even assuming that in order to reach 7000 hours of full use some of the baseload consumers would face additional costs, there was no guarantee that the exemption would in all cases correspond to what would have been necessary to cover those extra costs and Germany did not demonstrate that it had been the case.
Državna pomoč ne izpolnjuje pogojev nobene od izjem iz člena 107(2) in (3) Pogodbe in se ne more šteti za združljivo z notranjim trgom iz katerega koli drugega razloga.
It is noted in addition that the measure does not seem to promote security of supply beyond what is already taken into account to compute individual network charges.
Zato ni združljiva z notranjim trgom.
Such additional contribution has not been demonstrated.
Komisija mora v skladu s členom 16(1) Uredbe (ES) št. 2015/1589 od zadevne države članice zahtevati, naj sprejme vse potrebne ukrepe za izterjavo pomoči od upravičencev.
In any event, both Germany and interested parties admit that it cannot be quantified.
Nemčija bi zato morala vrniti nezdružljivo pomoč –
In addition, it is noted that even if it was assumed that baseload consumers would contribute to security of supply beyond the stabilizing effect on networks already taken into account in the determination of individual network charges and would also indirectly contribute to the promotion of renewable electricity, Germany has not demonstrated that the aid is limited to what would be necessary to achieve those positive effects.
SPREJELA NASLEDNJI SKLEP:
In its 2015 Evaluation Report, the BNetzA noted that network operators having baseload consumers connected to their network were split between those finding that baseload consumers had stabilizing effects and those finding that they had no such stabilizing effects (see figures 6 and 7 of the report and the findings on p. 38 of the report).
Člen 1
As the report does not make this distinction, it is unclear whether for those network operators having identified stabilizing effects, the effects concerned would go beyond those already taken into account to calculate individual network charges.
Popolna oprostitev plačila omrežnin za pasovne odjemalce v Nemčiji, ki jo je Nemčija nezakonito izvajala v letih 2012 in 2013, pomeni državno pomoč v smislu člena 107(1) Pogodbe, če so bili ti odjemalci oproščeni plačila omrežnin, ki ustrezajo stroškom omrežja, ki so jih povzročili, ali plačila minimalnih omrežnin, če so ti stroški omrežja znašali manj kot te minimalne omrežnine v višini 20 % objavljenih omrežnin.
One TSO explained that the contribution of baseload consumers to the stability of the networks depended on the specific circumstances of the network: in the event of overload, baseload consumers were threatening network stability while at times of underload, they were contributing to it so that the key to network stability was actually flexible load.
Nemčija je državno pomoč iz odstavka 1 izvajala v nasprotju s členom 108(3) Pogodbe, pri čemer je ta pomoč nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom.
However, baseload consumers by definition do not constitute flexible load but stable and inflexible load.
Člen 2
Indeed, if the baseload consumers were to offer flexibility services (reduction of consumption upon request of the network operator for instance), they would not comply with the definition of baseload consumers anymore as they would not reach the 7000 hours of full use anymore.
Individualna pomoč, dodeljena v okviru sheme iz člena 1, ne pomeni pomoči, če je takrat, ko je bila dodeljena, izpolnjevala pogoje iz uredbe, ki je bila sprejeta v skladu s členom 2 Uredbe Sveta (ES) št. 994/98 in se je uporabljala takrat, ko je bila pomoč dodeljena.