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The Commission considers that the losses in revenue resulting from the full exemption from network charges in 2012 and 2013 were passed on entirely to end users by a full offset mechanism financed by a compulsory contribution imposed on them by the State.
VPLIV NA KONKURENCO
As described in recitals 35 to 39 of this Decision, the legal framework in place in 2012 and 2013 provided for a financing mechanism that would offset the losses in revenue encountered by the network operator to which the exempted baseload consumers was connected.
Za ukrep, ki ga dodeli država, velja, da izkrivlja ali bi lahko izkrivljal konkurenco, kadar bi verjetno izboljšal konkurenčni položaj prejemnika pomoči v primerjavi z drugimi podjetji, s katerimi tekmuje.
The TSO were obliged to compensate the DSO for their losses in revenue and equalise this additional financial burden amongst them.
Proizvodni sektorji, v katerih so oproščena podjetja običajno dejavna, in trg za podatkovne centre so odprti za konkurenco.
Pursuant to the regulatory decision of the BNetzA of 14 December 2011 adopted on the basis of Paragraph 29(1) of the EnWG and point 6 of Paragraph 30(2) of the StromNEV 2011, the TSO were compensated for this financial burden through the Paragraph 19-surcharge.
V številnih od teh sektorjev stroški električne energije predstavljajo velik delež stroškov proizvodnje, kar je Nemčija potrdila v dopisu z dne 6. decembra 2013 v zvezi s papirno industrijo, industrijo cementa, kemično industrijo, industrijo aluminija in drugimi kovinskimi industrijami.
The Paragraph 19-surcharge constituted a parafiscal levy on end users.
V tem okviru se s popolno oprostitvijo omrežnin znižajo stroški proizvodnje oproščenih podjetij.
As such, it did not form part of the general system of network charges as suggested by the comments submitted by the interested parties.
Zato lahko ta izboljša konkurenčni položaj upravičencev oprostitve v primerjavi z njihovimi konkurenti v drugih državah članicah.
The BNetzA itself has explained in its decision of 14 December 2011 that the Paragraph 19-surcharge had a special purpose, namely to compensate TSO for their financial losses, and therefore did not correspond to a general network charge but rather constituted ‘another charge’ within the meaning of Paragraph 17(8) of the StromNEV, that has to be collected separately from the general network charges.
Verjetno je tudi, da izboljša njihov konkurenčni položaj v primerjavi s podjetji, ki ne dosežejo letne porabe električne energije 10 GWh in 7000 ur polne uporabe, vendar so dejavna v istem sektorju.
The Paragraph 19-surcharge amounts to a compulsory contribution imposed by the State.
Ugotovljeno je, da ni mogoče izključiti niti vpliva na trgovino niti učinka izkrivljanja konkurence zaradi domnevno višje ravni stroškov električne energije v Nemčiji v primerjavi s stroški električne energije v drugih državah članicah.
It had been provided for in the StromNEV 2011 and has then been introduced via binding regulatory decision of the BNetzA, a high federal public authority entrusted with administrative and regulatory tasks and acting under the supervision of the Ministry for economic affairs and energy.
Z drugim stavkom člena 19(2) StromNEV 2011 je bila pasovnim odjemalcem odobrena popolna oprostitev omrežnin.
Its president and vice-presidents are nominated by the Minister, while its council is composed of representatives of the Bundesrat and Bundestag.
Zaradi tega ti odjemalci niso imeli nobenega finančnega bremena zaradi uporabe električnega omrežja, medtem ko so morala konkurenčna podjetja v drugih državah članicah plačevati omrežnine.
Furthermore, the network operators had been appointed to levy and administer the Paragraph 19-surcharge in accordance with the legal framework in place.
Poleg tega je Sodišče že odločilo, da kadar poskuša država članica z enostranskimi ukrepi pogoje konkurence v določenem gospodarskem sektorju približati tistim v drugi državi članici, tem ukrepom ne more odvzeti narave državne pomoči.
In this regard, it is to be recalled that the Court has repeatedly ruled that also a private entity can be appointed with the administration of State resource.
SKLEPNA UGOTOVITEV O OBSTOJU POMOČI
Also, it follows from the Essent-judgment that more than just one entity can be appointed to carry out the administration of the surcharge.
Glede na zgoraj navedeno popolna oprostitev omrežnin v letih 2012 in 2013 za pasovne odjemalce, ki so presegli letno porabo električne energije 10 GWh in dosegli 7000 ur polne uporabe, pomeni državno pomoč, ker so bili z njo ti odjemalci izvzeti iz stroškov omrežja, ki jih je povzročila njihova poraba električne energije, in iz minimalnega prispevka v višini 20 % objavljene omrežnine.
First, the DSOs and the TSOs were obliged to levy and collect the Paragraph 19-surcharge from the end users and DSOs were obliged to transfer the Paragraph 19-surcharge to the TSO.
Oprostitev omrežnin, odobrena leta 2011, se ni financirala iz državnih sredstev in zato ne pomeni državne pomoči.
Second, the TSO could use the proceeds from the Paragraph 19-surcharge for the sole purpose of compensating for the losses in revenue stemming from the exemption for baseload consumers under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) StromNEV 2011 and the equalisation mechanism described in recital 35 of this Decision.
NEZAKONITOST
This is demonstrated by the fact that the amount of the Paragraph 19-surcharge was adapted to the financial needs triggered by the full exemption.
Nemčija ukrepa ni priglasila pred začetkom njegovega izvajanja in tako ni izpolnila svojih obveznosti iz člena 108(3) Pogodbe.
In particular, any proceeds in year x in excess of the amount required to compensate for that financial burden led to a reduction of the surcharge in year x + 2 (see recital 39).
Zato ukrep pomoči pomeni nezakonito državno pomoč.
The Commission therefore does not share the view of Germany and the interested parties according to which the network operators could use the proceeds of the Paragraph 19-surcharge as they wish.
ZDRUŽLJIVOST Z NOTRANJIM TRGOM
In light of the above, it is noted that the introduction of the Paragraph 19-surcharge gave a guarantee for the network operators that their losses in revenue resulting from the exemption granted under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 were fully compensated and is therefore different from both the PreussenElektra and the ENEA cases in which the undertakings on which the purchase obligation rested had to finance the obligation through their own financial means and could not pass on the costs to their customers.
Spodnja ocena združljivosti se nanaša samo na popolno oprostitev, odobreno pasovnim odjemalcem v letih 2012 in 2013, ki pomeni pomoč (glej uvodno izjavo 160).
In that respect, the view presented by the interested parties that the proceeds of the Paragraph 19-surcharge were not hypothecated to the financing of the exemption under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 cannot be accepted.
Komisija je v sklepu o začetku postopka izrazila pomisleke glede tega, ali je mogoče popolno oprostitev omrežnin za pasovne odjemalce razglasiti za združljivo z notranjim trgom.
Indeed, as of 2012, the exemption from network charges could not be financed differently than via the Paragraph 19-surcharge which was calculated so as to correspond exactly to the financial needs created by the exemption.
Zato je Nemčijo pozvala k predložitvi dodatnih pripomb glede združljivosti popolne oprostitve z notranjim trgom.
Based on those elements, the Commission maintains its conclusion that the advantage granted to baseload consumers in the form of the full exemption in 2012 and 2013 must be considered as financed through State resources.
Nemčija trdi, da je mogoče popolno oprostitev razglasiti za združljivo na podlagi člena 107(3)(b) ali (c) Pogodbe, ker ima naslednje cilje:
Financing through State resources before the Paragraph 19-surcharge was imposed (year 2011)
zagotavljanje zanesljivosti oskrbe z električno energijo,
While the full exemption under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) StromNEV 2011 was applicable as of 1 January 2011, the Paragraph 19-surcharge only entered into force on 1 January 2012 (see recital 40 of this Decision).
omogočanje spodbujanja proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov,
In its Opening Decision, the Commission therefore questioned whether the exemptions granted in 2011 were equally financed through State resources and invited Germany to provide additional information on how the full exemption was financed in 2011.
izvajanje sistema dostopa do omrežnega sistema brez diskriminacije med uporabniki sistema, kot je določeno v členu 32 Direktive 2009/72/ES,
On the basis of the additional information provided by Germany, but also taking into account the comments made by interested parties, the Commission does not consider the financing mechanism in place in 2011 to involve State resources.
zagotavljanje, da se pri omrežninah upoštevajo dejanski nastali stroški, kot je določeno v členu 14 Uredbe (ES) št. 714/2009.
As Germany has explained (see recital 77) and as the BNetzA has explicitly stated in the regulatory decision of 14 December 2011, no compensation and set-off mechanism was in place in 2011.
Na splošno je Nemčija menila tudi, da popolna oprostitev krepi konkurenčnost evropske industrije in je v skladu s ciljem Unije, da se Evropa ponovno industrializira.
In particular, the sixth and the seventh sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 were not yet applicable.
ZDRUŽLJIVOST NA PODLAGI ČLENA 107(3)(B)
Accordingly, the losses incurred due to the full exemption from network charges in 2011 were not passed on to the end users by a full offset mechanism or – in the absence of the Paragraph 19-surcharge in 2011 – by a compulsory contribution imposed by the State.
V zvezi s prvim razlogom Nemčije za združljivost je ugotovljeno, da popolna oprostitev ni povezana z nobenim posebnim in konkretnim „pomembnim projektom skupnega evropskega interesa“.
Instead, as the regulatory decision of 14 December 2011 establishes, the DSO and the TSO had to cover the losses in revenues encountered due to the full exemption in 2011 from their own resources.
Nemčija ni opisala nobenega projekta, katerega izvajanje naj bi spodbujala s popolno oprostitvijo omrežnin.
They were entitled to include those losses as costs in their regulatory accounts established under the ARegV 2011.
Prav tako ni predložila nobenih informacij, ki bi kazale na to, da naj bi se s popolno oprostitvijo odpravile resne motnje v gospodarstvu v Nemčiji.
However, as set out in recital 47, the losses in revenue incurred in 2011 could not be recouped by an adaptation of the 2011 network charges given that those charges have to be set in advance and cannot be modified in the course of the year.
Popolne oprostitve torej ni mogoče utemeljiti s členom 107(3)(b) Pogodbe.
The loss in revenues – if not compensated by other increases in revenues, and hence own resources of the TSO and DSO, for 2011 – had to be booked on the Regulierungskonto.
ZDRUŽLJIVOST NA PODLAGI ČLENA 107(3)(C)
Where at the end of the regulatory period ending in 2013 the losses in revenue for 2011 were compensated by additional revenues in other years of that regulatory period, then no compensation of the losses would occur, and the losses would be covered by own resources of the TSO and DSO.
Člen 107(1) Pogodbe določa splošno načelo prepovedi državne pomoči v Uniji.
Only where the losses could not be set off against additional revenues in the regulatory period ending in 2013 could the losses of revenue encountered in 2011 lead to compensation over the next regulatory period.
Vendar lahko Komisija ukrep pomoči razglasi za združljiv neposredno na podlagi člena 107(3)(c) Pogodbe, če je namenjen in ustrezen za doseganje dobro opredeljenega cilja v skupnem interesu, če je potreben za dosego tega cilja, če je spodbujevalen in sorazmeren ter ima več pozitivnih učinkov za skupni cilj kot negativnih učinkov na konkurenčnost in trgovino.
However, even in that situation, there was no guarantee of full compensation.
Država članica nosi dokazno breme za združljivost.
Rather, the level of compensation depended on other factors, in particular the efficiency (or not) of the DSO and TSO, as the ARegV is not based on real costs, but on ideal costs of an efficient undertaking.
Ker Nemčija trdi, da je popolna oprostitev pripomogla k spodbujanju proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov in zanesljivosti oskrbe, je Komisija preverila, ali bi zadevni ukrep spadal na področje uporabe Smernic Skupnosti o državni pomoči za varstvo okolja (v nadaljnjem besedilu: smernice o okoljski pomoči).
The network operators therefore enjoyed no guarantee that their losses in revenue resulting from the full exemption in 2011 would be compensated.
Vendar smernice o okoljski pomoči ne vsebujejo pravil o združljivosti za ukrepe, ki so namenjeni zagotavljanju zanesljivosti oskrbe.
In other words, in 2011, the network operators had to finance the full exemption from their own financial means.
Kar zadeva spodbujanje proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov, vsebujejo samo merila za združljivost za pomoč, dodeljeno obratom za proizvodnjo električne energije iz obnovljivih virov (oddelek 1.5.6 smernic o okoljski pomoči).
The Commission therefore concludes that the advantage granted to baseload consumers in the form of a full exemption from network charges in 2011 had to be financed through the own resources of the network operators and was not financed through State resources.
Ta merila pa se ne nanašajo na ukrepe, kot je ta, obravnavan v tej zadevi, ki bi vključeval izvzetje odjemalcev električne energije iz omrežnin, s čimer so ti „spodbujeni“, da ostanejo priključeni na omrežje, zato da je takrat, ko se v obratih za proizvodnjo električne energije iz obnovljivih virov proizvaja električna energija, večja verjetnost, da tudi odjemalci porabljajo električno energijo.
EFFECT ON TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
Smernice o okoljski pomoči se ne uporabljajo za tukaj preučevani ukrep.
In accordance with the Court's settled case-law, for the purpose of categorising a national measure as State aid, it is necessary, not to establish that the aid has a real effect on trade between Member States but only to examine whether that aid is liable to affect such trade.
Komisija je zato preučila združljivost popolne oprostitve neposredno na podlagi člena 107(3)(c) Pogodbe.
In particular, when aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of an undertaking compared with other undertakings competing in intra-Community trade, the latter must be regarded as affected by that aid.
Cilj v skupnem interesu in ustreznost pomoči
As indicated above, the large majority of the undertakings concerned are active in the chemical industry (including industrial gases), paper, textile, steel, non-ferrous metal industry, oil refineries and glass manufacturing.
Združljivost z evropsko zakonodajo o omrežninah
Some beneficiaries also operate data centres as service providers.
Glede te trditve se napotuje na ugotovitve iz uvodnih izjav od 85 do 121 tega sklepa.
All those sectors are open to trade between Member States with cross-border exchanges of goods.
Kot je prikazano v teh ugotovitvah, je bila s popolno oprostitvijo, ki je bila upravičenim pasovnim odjemalcem odobrena med letoma 2011 in 2013, dana selektivna prednost, ker so bili izvzeti tudi iz stroškov omrežja, ki jih je povzročila njihova poraba električne energije.
By exempting the undertakings concerned from a cost that undertakings active in the same sector in other Member States normally have to bear (network charges), the full exemption is strengthening the position of the exempted undertakings as compared with other undertakings competing in intra-community trade, the full exemption from network charges is therefore liable to affect trade between Member States.
To ni v skladu niti s ciljem zagotavljanja, da se pri omrežninah upoštevajo dejanski nastali stroški, kot je določeno v členu 14 Uredbe (ES) št. 714/2009, niti z načelom nediskriminacije.
IMPACT ON COMPETITION
Komisija se zato ne strinja z Nemčijo, da popolna oprostitev omrežnin prispeva k uresničevanju teh ciljev ali da je potrebna na podlagi evropske zakonodaje.
A measure granted by the State is considered to distort or threaten to distort competition when it is liable to improve the competitive position of the recipient compared to other undertakings with which it competes.
Spodbujanje zanesljivosti oskrbe in proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov
The manufacturing sectors, in which the exempted undertakings are typically active, as well as the market for data centres, are open to competition.
Nemčija trdi, da je popolna oprostitev prispevala k zanesljivosti oskrbe in spodbujanju proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov na tri različne načine (glej uvodno izjavo 165):
In many of these sectors electricity costs represent a large share of production costs, which Germany has confirmed in its letter of 6 December 2013 as concerns the paper, the cement, the chemical sectors and the aluminium and other metal industries.
Najprej trdi, da so pasovni odjemalci zagotavljali potrebno stabilnost storitve v obdobju 2011– 2013, preden je bilo mogoče uvesti ukrepe za stabilizacijo omrežja.
In this context, the full exemption from network charges lowers the production costs of the exempted undertakings.
Nemčija trdi, da naj bi neprekinjen in stalen odjem električne energije, ki so ga izvajali pasovni odjemalci, razbremenjeval in stabiliziral omrežje.
It is therefore liable to improve the competitive position of the beneficiaries of the exemption compared to their competitors in other Member States.
Predvidljivost oproščenega pasovnega odjema naj bi prispevala k učinkovitemu izkoriščanju proizvodnih zmogljivosti, frekvenčna in napetostna odstopanja pa naj bi se zmanjšala.
It is also likely to improve their competitive position compared to undertakings that do not reach an annual electricity consumption of 10 GWh and 7000 hours of full use but which are active in the same sector.
S tem naj bi se zmanjšala potreba po rezervah in izravnalni električni energiji.
The full exemption hence threatens to distort competition.
Nemčija je poleg tega pojasnila, da so oproščeni pasovni odjemalci pogosto blizu velikih elektrarn.
It is noted that neither an effect on trade nor a distortive effect on competition can be excluded because of an allegedly higher level of electricity costs in Germany compared to the electricity costs in other Member States.
Zato je razdalja, prek katere je treba prenesti električno energijo, razmeroma majhna, s čimer naj bi se zmanjšale izgube pri prenosu in potreba po napravah za zagotavljanje jalove moči.
The second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 granted a full exemption from network charges to baseload consumers.
Zainteresirane strani so poudarile tudi, da so pasovni odjemalci pogosto vključeni v petstopenjski načrt razbremenjevanja operaterjev prenosnega sistema brez pogodbe in brez nadomestila.
As a consequence, these consumers did not experience any financial burden from using the electricity grid, whereas competing undertakings in other Member States had to pay network charges.
Poleg tega so nekatere zainteresirane strani navedle, da za končne uporabnike veljajo tehnične zahteve, če se želijo priključiti na omrežje, in da so za to potrebne določene naložbe za izboljšanje regulacije napetosti brez nadomestila.
In addition, the Court has already ruled that a Member State was seeking to approximate, by unilateral measures, the conditions of competition in a particular sector of the economy to those prevailing in other Member States cannot deprive the measures in question of their aid character.
Nemčija trdi tudi, da so bile konvencionalne elektrarne potrebne za zagotavljanje zanesljivega upravljanja omrežja v času, ko se je začela hitreje uveljavljati električna energija iz obnovljivih virov in ko še niso bile razvite prožne rešitve za elektroenergetski sistem (kot je prilagajanje odjema), ker zagotavljajo pomembne pomožne storitve za omrežje, ter da so bili za vzdrževanje obstoja teh konvencionalnih elektrarn potrebni pasovni odjemalci, zlasti glede na naraščajoč delež električne energije, proizvedene iz obnovljivih virov energije.
CONCLUSION ON THE EXISTENCE OF AID
Hkrati Nemčija trdi, da je stabilen odjem električne energije s strani pasovnih odjemalcev zagotavljal, da je bila električna energija iz obnovljivih virov vedno porabljena, ko je bila proizvedena, s čimer se je zmanjšala potreba po sprejetju (drugih in dražjih) ukrepov za stabilizacijo omrežja (omejevanje).
In light of the above the full exemption from network charges in place in 2012 and 2013 for baseload consumers exceeding an annual electricity consumption of 10 GWh and reaching 7000 hours of full use amounts to State aid to the extent that it exempted those consumers from the network costs caused by their electricity consumption and from the minimum contribution of 20 % of the published network charge.
To je olajšalo prenos energije in prispevalo k spodbujanju proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov.
The exemption from network charges granted in 2011 was not financed through State resources and therefore did not amount to State aid.
Na splošno je ugotovljeno, da so cilji zagotavljanja zanesljivosti oskrbe in spodbujanja proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov priznani kot cilji v skupnem interesu.
UNLAWFULNESS
Vendar se ugotavlja, da ni jasno dokazano, da bi lahko popolna oprostitev prispevala k doseganju in da je bila ustrezna za doseganje ciljev zanesljivosti oskrbe in spodbujanja proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov.
By failing to notify the measure before its implementation, Germany did not fulfil their obligations under Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Nemčija zlasti ni dokazala, da bi lahko popolna oprostitev prispevala k doseganju in da je bila ustrezna za doseganje zastavljenih ciljev.
The aid measure thus constitutes unlawful State aid.
Kot bo pojasnjeno spodaj, popolna oprostitev vodi do nasprotujočih si rezultatov glede doseženih ciljev in lahko pomeni celo oviro za doseganje zadevnih ciljev.
COMPATIBILITY WITH THE INTERNAL MARKET
Pasovni odjem lahko pomeni oviro za uresničevanje cilja spodbujanja proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov in zanesljivosti oskrbe
The compatibility assessment below only covers the full exemption granted to baseload consumers in 2012 and 2013 to the extent that it constitutes aid (see recital 160).
Da bi Nemčija dokazala, da je lahko popolna oprostitev omrežnin, odobrena na podlagi drugega stavka člena 19(2) StromNEV 2011, prispevala k zagotavljanju in je bila ustrezna za zagotavljanje zanesljivosti oskrbe v obdobju 2011–2013, se sklicuje na nekaj značilnosti pasovnih odjemalcev, ki olajšajo upravljanje omrežja in koristijo vsem uporabnikom omrežja: njihovo stabilno in predvidljivo povpraševanje zmanjša potrebo po izravnalnih ukrepih, rezervah in ponovnem dispečiranju.
In its Opening Decision, the Commission raised doubts as to whether the full exemption from network charges for baseload consumers could be declared compatible with the internal market.
Ker so običajno bliže elektrarnam, povzročajo manj izgub električne energije pri prenosu in manj potrebe po napravah za kompenzacijo jalove moči.
Accordingly, the Commission invited Germany to submit additional comments as regards the compatibility of the full exemption with the internal market.
Ugotovljeno je, da lahko ti elementi znižajo stroške omrežja in olajšajo upravljanje omrežja ter da se lahko zanje šteje, da posredno olajšajo obveznosti operaterjev prenosnega sistema glede zagotavljanja zanesljivosti oskrbe.