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Following two formal complaints on 11 and 14 April 2014 by competitors (who wish their identities not to be disclosed), the Commission opened a preliminary investigation regarding alleged support measures in favour of Italian steelmaker Ilva SpA in Amministrazione Straordinaria (‘Ilva’).
Komisija je po dveh uradnih pritožbah konkurentov (ki želita, da se njuna identiteta ne razkrije) z dne 11. in 14. aprila 2014 uvedla predhodno preiskavo v zvezi z domnevnimi ukrepi podpore v korist italijanske jeklarske družbe Ilva S.p.A. in Amministrazione Straordinaria (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Ilva).
These complainants were supported on 25 June 2015 by the British Steel Association.
Z dopisom z dne 13. maja 2016 je Italijo obvestila o razširitvi tega postopka na peti ukrep podpore.
By letter dated 20 January 2016, the Commission informed Italy that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereafter, ‘TFEU’) in respect of four support measures granted in favour of Ilva.
Sklep Komisije o začetku formalnega postopka preiskave (v nadaljnjem besedilu: sklep o začetku postopka) in sklep Komisije o razširitvi tega postopka na peti ukrep (v nadaljnjem besedilu: sklep o razširitvi postopka) sta bila objavljena v Uradnem listu Evropske unije.
By letter dated 13 May 2016, the Commission informed Italy of the extension of this procedure to a fifth support measure.
Komisija je pozvala zainteresirane strani, naj predložijo svoje pripombe o ukrepih.
The Commission decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure (hereafter, ‘the Opening Decision’) and the Commission decision to extend this procedure to a fifth measure (hereafter, ‘the Extension Decision’) were both published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Italija je pripombe v zvezi s sklepoma o začetku in razširitvi postopka predložila z dopisoma z dne 3. marca in 26. julija 2016.
The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the measures.
Komisija je prejela tudi pripombe zainteresiranih strani.
Italy submitted comments on the Opening and Extension Decisions by letters of 3 March and 26 July 2016.
Posredovala jih je Italiji in ji dala možnost, da nanje odgovori.
The Commission also received comments from interested parties.
Njene odgovore je prejela z dopisom z dne 29. julija 2016.
It forwarded them to Italy, which was given the opportunity to react.
Komisija je potem, ko je bila obveščena o odločitvi Italije za prodajo premoženja družbe Ilva, Italijo pozvala, naj imenuje neodvisnega nadzornega skrbnika, ki bo Komisiji poročal o organizaciji in izvajanju postopka prodaje.
The Commission requested additional information from Italy by letters of 24 February 2016, 4 May 2016, 30 September 2016, 1 February 2017 and 8 September 2017.
Upravičenec
Having been informed of Italy's decision to offer Ilva's assets for sale, the Commission asked Italy to appoint an independent monitoring trustee, whose role has been to report to the Commission on the organisation and implementation of the sale process.
Od leta 1996 je v lasti družine Riva, prej pa je bila prek Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (v nadaljnjem besedilu: inštitut IRI) pod nadzorom italijanske države.
The monitoring trustee sent reports to the Commission on 15 June 2016, 3 October 2016, 13 and 14 December 2016, 1 February 2017, 22 February 2017, 30 June 2017 and submitted his final report on the sale process on 20 July 2017.
Leta 2016 je bilo v njej zaposlenih skupno približno 14000 ljudi, od tega približno 11000 v njenem glavnem proizvodnem obratu v Tarantu (dežela Apulija).
The Italian authorities also informed the Commission of the result of tender process by letter of 7 June 2017 and submitted further information concerning the sale process on 24 July 2017.
Družba Ilva ima tudi druge proizvodne enote v Italiji ter komercialne obrate v Franciji, Tuniziji in Grčiji.
DESCRIPTION
Družba Ilva proizvaja izdelke iz ogljikovega jekla iz točk (a) do (e) seznama izdelkov, ki opredeljujejo jeklarski sektor, kot je določeno v Prilogi IV k Smernicam o regionalni državni pomoči za obdobje 2014–2020.
The beneficiary
Letna proizvodna zmogljivost obrata družbe Ilva v Tarantu znaša […] ton, kar je približno 9,8 % skupne proizvodne zmogljivosti Unije za ogljikovo jeklo.
Ilva is one of Europe's largest steelmakers, operating in the production, processing and sale of carbon steel products, inter alia, by managing industrial establishments of national strategic interest as defined in Article 1 of Law Decree No 207 of 3 December 2012, converted with amendments by Law No 231 of 24 December 2012 (‘Law Decree No 207/2012’).
Pod sedanjo izredno upravo in zaradi okoljskih omejitev družba Ilva deluje z […] njene nominalne zmogljivosti (delujejo tri peči od petih).
It has been owned by the Riva family since 1996 and previously under the control of the Italian State through the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (‘IRI’).
Leta 2016 je proizvedla 5,8 milijona ton ogljikovega jekla, kar ustreza približno 65 % celotne proizvodnje v Italiji in približno 7 % proizvodnje ogljikovega jekla v Uniji.
By 2016, Ilva was employing around 14000 people overall, of which around 11000 employees in its main production site in Taranto (Apulia Region).
Družba Ilva prodaja predvsem znotraj Italije ([…]), nato v druge evropske ([…]) in tretje države ([…]).
Ilva has also other production units in Italy and commercial sites in France, Tunisia, and Greece.
Območje Taranta, na katerem deluje glavni proizvodni obrat družbe Ilva, je močno onesnaženo.
Ilva produces carbon steel products included in the list of products, which defines the steel sector as provided in Annex IV to the Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014-2020, points (a) to (e).
Testi so pokazali veliko onesnaženje zraka, tal, površinskih voda in podtalnice, tako na območju obrata družbe Ilva kot tudi na bližnjih poseljenih območjih mesta Taranto, kar ima resne posledice za zdravje ljudi in okolje.
With […] tonnes annual production capacity, Ilva's plant in Taranto accounts for ca.
Družba Ilva ter njeni glavni delničarji in nekdanje vodstvo so bili v Italiji obtoženi zaradi domnevne okoljske katastrofe.
9,8 % of Union total production capacity for carbon steel.
Družba Ilva je tudi v središču postopka za ugotavljanje kršitev, ki ga je Komisija uvedla zoper Italijo.
Under the current extraordinary administration and environmental constraints, Ilva has been running at […] of its nominal capacity (three furnaces working out of five).
Komisija je po dveh uradnih opominih 16. oktobra 2014 Italiji poslala svoje obrazloženo mnenje (v nadaljnjem besedilu: obrazloženo mnenje) zaradi kršitve Direktive 2008/1/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta ter Direktive 2010/75/EU Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta, v katerih so določena pravila za države članice za izdajo okoljskih dovoljenj za industrijske obrate.
It produced 5,8 million tonnes of carbon steel in 2016, accounting for ca.
Sredi tega okoljskega škandala so morali nekdanji vodilni odstopiti od vodenja družbe, junija 2013 pa jih je nadomestil izredni upravitelj, ki ga je imenovala vlada.
65 % of Italian and ca.
Naloga izrednega upravitelja je bila zagotoviti nadaljevanje industrijske dejavnosti, ob tem pa uporabiti sredstva družbe za kritje stroškov škode za zdravje ljudi in okolje, ki jo je družba Ilva povzročila v preteklosti s kršitvami okoljskega dovoljenja.
7 % of Union carbon steel production.
V tem okviru je svet ministrov 14. marca 2014 odobril „okoljski načrt“, katerega cilj je bil preprečiti onesnaževanje in nadgraditi obrat v skladu z okoljskim dovoljenjem.
Ilva sells primarily in Italy ([…]), then in other European ([…]) and third countries ([…]).
V skladu s tem načrtom so leta 2014 skupni stroški naložb, potrebnih za prilagoditev obrata v Tarantu zahtevam okoljskega dovoljenja, znašali […] EUR.
The Taranto area where Ilva operates its main production site is heavily polluted.
Italijanska vlada je 5. januarja 2015 glede na vse slabši finančni položaj družbe Ilva sprejela zakonski odlok št. 1/2015, s katerim je za družbo Ilva uvedla ad hoc postopek zaradi insolventnosti.
Tests have shown heavy pollution of the air, soil, surface and ground waters both at the Ilva site and in nearby inhabited areas of the city of Taranto, with serious consequences for human health and the environment.
Ta ad hoc postopek je bil oblikovan po vzorcu tako imenovanega Marzanovega zakona, posebnega zakona o insolventnosti, s katerim je urejena izredna uprava velikih podjetij v težavah, ki so jim zaupane temeljne javne storitve.
Ilva as well as its main shareholders and former management have been indicted in Italy for alleged environmental disaster.
Vlada je za upravljanje družbe imenovala tri izredne upravitelje.
Ilva is also at the centre of an infringement procedure opened by the Commission against Italy.
Zakonski odlok št. 1/2015 bil 3. marca 2015 s spremembami preoblikovan v zakon št. 20/2015.
Following two letters of formal notice, on 16 October 2014 the Commission sent its reasoned opinion (‘the Reasoned Opinion’) to Italy for breach of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, which set rules for Member States in granting environmental permits to industrial installations.
Italijanski organi so 4. decembra 2015 Komisijo obvestili, da je bil istega dne sprejet zakonski odlok št. 191/2015 z naslovom „Disposizioni urgenti per la cessione a terzi dei complessi aziendali del Gruppo Ilva“.
The Extraordinary Commissioner's mandate was to guarantee the continuation of the industrial activity while using the company's resources to cover the costs of the health and environmental damages caused by past breaches of Ilva's environmental permit.
Člen 1 določa prodajo premoženja družbe Ilva na podlagi preglednega in nediskriminacijskega javnega postopka do 30. junija 2016, da se zagotovi prekinitev v odnosu do prejšnje družbe.
In this context, the Council of Ministers approved on 14 March 2014 an ‘Environmental Plan’ designed to prevent pollution and upgrade the plant in compliance with the environmental permit.
Izredni upravitelji družbe Ilva so 5. januarja 2016 objavili poziv za izkaz interesa v zvezi s prenosom poslovnih enot v lasti družbe Ilva in drugih družb iste skupine.
According to this plan, in 2014 the total cost of the investments needed to bring the Taranto plant in line with the requirements of the environmental permit was EUR […].
V prodajnem postopku so nastale nekatere zamude.
Considering Ilva's increasingly fragile financial situation, on 5 January 2015, the Italian Government adopted Law Decree No 1/2015, by which it introduced an ad hoc insolvency procedure for Ilva.
Ob koncu postopka, tj. 26. maja 2017, so upravitelji družbe Ilva priporočili, naj se premoženje družbe Ilva proda konzorciju AM, ki je ponudil ceno v višini 1,8 milijarde EUR.
This ad hoc procedure was modelled on the so-called Marzano law, a special insolvency law organising the extraordinary administration of large undertakings in difficulty that are entrusted with essential public services.
To priporočilo je upošteval minister za gospodarski razvoj, ki je 5. junija 2017 izdal dokončno odločbo o prodaji konzorciju AM.
As a result, the Court of Milan declared Ilva insolvent on 30 January 2015.
Zaključek transakcije je odložen, dokler Komisija ne odobri koncentracije.
The Government appointed three Extraordinary Commissioners for the management of the company.
Ukrepi, ki so predmet ocene
Law Decree No 1/2015 was converted into Law No 20/2015 on 3 March 2015, with amendments.
Italijanski organi so sprejeli in spremenili različne ukrepe za podporo družbi Ilva.
On 4 December 2015, the Italian authorities informed the Commission of the adoption on the same day of Law Decree No 191/2015 entitled ‘Disposizioni urgenti per la cessione a terzi dei complessi aziendali del Gruppo Ilva’.
Ta sklep se nanaša na pet ukrepov, ki so bili predmet sklepov o začetku in razširitvi postopka:
The Law Decree was converted into Law No 13/2016 on 1 February 2016 with modifications.
ukrep 1: prenos premoženja, zaseženega v kazenskem postopku zoper prejšnje lastnike družbe Ilva;
Article 1 of the Law Decree provides for the sale of Ilva's assets through a transparent and non-discriminatory public procedure by 30 June 2016 to ensure discontinuity with the previous company.
ukrep 2: zakon o posojilih z največjo prednostjo pri poplačilu, uporabljen za zasebno posojilo v višini 250 milijonov EUR;
On 5 January 2016, Ilva's Extraordinary Commissioners published a call for expressions of interest in relation to the transfer of businesses owned by Ilva and other companies of the same group.
ukrep 3: državno poroštvo za posojilo v višini 400 milijonov EUR;
25 interested parties were accepted to the preliminary due diligence phase, following which acquisition consortia were formed for the submission of formal offers by 30 June 2016.
ukrep 4: sporazum o poravnavi z družbo Fintecna;
On 30 June 2016, two bidders were accepted to the final phase of the tender process: (i) a consortium led by the global steel company ArcelorMittal, in addition to the Italian steel producer Marcegaglia and the bank Intesa Sanpaolo as members (‘the AM Consortium’); and (ii) the so-called AcciaItalia consortium (‘the AcciaItalia Consortium’) formed, inter alia, by the Italian steelmaker Arvedi, the Indian steel company Jindal Steel and the State-owned investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (‘CDP’).
ukrep 5: državno posojilo v višini 300 milijonov EUR.
The sale process encountered some delays.
Ukrep 1: prenos premoženja, zaseženega v kazenskem postopku zoper prejšnje lastnike družbe Ilva
At the end, on 26 May 2017, Ilva's Commissioners recommended to award Ilva's assets to the AM Consortium, who offered a price of EUR 1,8 billion.
Nekateri člani družine Riva, prej vključeni v upravljanje družbe Ilva, so bili pred italijanskimi sodišči obtoženi različnih kaznivih dejanj goljufije.
This recommendation was followed by the Minister of Economic Development, who issued the final adjudication decree in favour of the AM Consortium on 5 June 2017.
Nacionalni sodnik je maja 2013 odredil preventivni zaseg (sequestro preventivo) likvidnih sredstev v višini […] EUR, ki so bila v lasti družine Riva (v nadaljnjem besedilu: premoženje družine Riva), do zaključka kazenskega postopka zoper člane družine.
The closing of the transaction is still pending merger clearance by the Commission.
V skladu s splošnim kazenskim procesnim pravom v Italiji je treba premoženje, zaseženo v okviru kazenskega postopka, prenesti na tako imenovani pravosodni sklad (Fondo Unico di Giustizia), tj. sklad italijanskega ministrstva za pravosodje, ki do zaključka kazenskega postopka opravlja vlogo „skrbnika“ (custode ex lege) premoženja.
In this respect, on 21 September 2017 the AM Consortium notified the transaction to the Commission, which on 8 November 2017 decided to open an in-depth investigation.
Sklad upravlja družba Equitalia Giustizia S.p.A. (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Equitalia).
The measures under assessment
V skladu s pooblastilom družbe Equitalia za vlaganje se lahko likvidna sredstva, ki jih ima sklad Fondo Unico di Giustizia, položijo samo na tekoče račune, ki so dovolj trdni in zanesljivi, ali vložijo v italijanske državne obveznice.
The Italian authorities have adopted and amended various measures to support Ilva.
Zaseženi zneski med celotnim sodnim postopkom še naprej pripadajo prvotnim lastnikom, ki pa z njimi ne morejo razpolagati.
This Decision concerns the five measures that have been subject to the Opening and Extension Decisions:
V primeru premoženja družine Riva je bila s členom 3(1) zakonskega odloka št. 1/2015 uvedena ad hoc določba, na podlagi katere se je lahko zadevno premoženje na družbo Ilva preneslo pred koncem kazenskega postopka.
measure 1: the transfer of the assets seized during criminal proceedings against Ilva's previous owners;
V skladu s to določbo je moral biti prenos izveden pod določenimi pogoji.
measure 2: the law on pre-deductible loans as applied to a private EUR 250 million loan;
Družba Ilva naj bi najprej izdala obveznice v vrednosti premoženja družine Riva.
measure 3: the State guarantee on a EUR 400 million loan;
Fondo Unico di Giustizia naj bi nato uporabil premoženje družine Riva pod svojim skrbništvom, da bi vpisal te obveznice.
measure 4: the settlement agreement with Fintecna;
Obveznice družbe Ilva naj bi nato nadomestile premoženje družine Riva na računih Fondo Unico di Giustizia kot zavarovanje s premoženjem v okviru tekočega kazenskega postopka.
measure 5: the EUR 300 million State loan.
V istem zakonskem odloku je bilo določeno, da mora biti denar, ki ga po tem prenosu prejme družba Ilva, namenjen izvajanju njenega okoljskega načrta.
Measure 1: the transfer of the assets seized during criminal proceedings against Ilva's previous owners
Nacionalno sodišče je 11. maja 2015 s sodnim sklepom (Decreto di Trasferimento) odredilo prenos premoženja družine Riva.
Some members of the Riva family previously involved in the management of Ilva have been indicted before the Italian courts for various fraud-related offenses.
Vendar pa prenosa na Fondo Unico di Giustizia ni bilo mogoče izvesti, ker je družina Riva svoje premoženje hranila na bančnih računih zunaj Italije, tuja sodišča, pristojna za te račune, pa so prenos premoženja v Italijo vztrajno zavračala.
In May 2013, the national judge seized (sequestro preventivo) EUR […] in liquid assets owned by the Riva family (‘the Riva assets’), pending criminal proceedings against them.
Položaj je bil rešen decembra 2016, ko sta družina Riva in družba Ilva dosegli sporazum o poravnavi, v okviru katerega so člani družine Riva privolili, da se premoženje družine Riva, ki ga hranijo na tujih bančnih računih, dokončno da na voljo družbi Ilva v pravni obliki, določeni s členom 3(1) zakonskega odloka št. 1/2015.
Under general criminal procedural law in Italy, assets seized in the context of criminal proceedings must be transferred to the so-called Justice Fund (Fondo Unico di Giustizia), a fund of the Italian Ministry of Justice that has the role of ‘custodian’ (custode ex lege) until the criminal proceedings come to an end.
Po navedbah italijanskih organov bi lahko odškodninski zahtevki družbe Ilva zoper družino Riva znašali približno […] EUR.
The management of the fund is ensured by Equitalia Giustizia SpA (‘Equitalia’).
Poleg zneska v višini 1,1 milijarde EUR, ki je bil zasežen in v skladu z zakonom namenjen izvajanju okoljskega načrta, je družina Riva privolila tudi, da se družbi Ilva da na voljo dodaten znesek v višini 145 milijonov EUR za podporo njenemu tekočemu poslovanju.
According to Equitalia's investment mandate, liquid assets held by the Fondo Unico di Giustizia may only be deposited on current accounts showing adequate levels of solidity and reliability, or be invested in Italian State bonds.
Po tem sporazumu o poravnavi je bilo premoženje družine Riva vrnjeno v Italijo in preneseno na Fondo Unico di Giustizia, ki je 13. in 22. junija 2017 vpisal za skupaj […] EUR novih obveznic družbe Ilva.
Throughout court proceedings, the seized amounts keep belonging to the original owners, who cannot dispose of them.
Ukrep 2: zakon o posojilih z največjo prednostjo pri poplačilu
In the case of the Riva assets, Article 3, paragraph 1, of Law Decree No 1/2015 introduced an ad hoc provision, by which these assets could be transferred to Ilva before the end of the criminal proceedings.
Po navedbah tiska se je družba Ilva maja 2014 spopadala s težavami pri izplačevanju plač in plačevanju dobaviteljev.
Pursuant to this provision, the transfer had to take place under specific terms and conditions.
Mediji so poročali, da banke očitno niso naklonjene odobritvi premostitvenega posojila za kritje likvidnostnih potreb družbe.
Ilva would first issue bonds amounting to the value of the Riva assets.
Prav tako se zdi, da so se italijanski organi (zlasti predstavniki ministrstva za gospodarski razvoj in regionalni organi Apulije) skozi vse leto 2014 intenzivno udeleževali sestankov in razprav s finančnimi institucijami glede odobritve takega posojila.
The Fondo Unico di Giustizia would then use the Riva assets under its custody to subscribe to these bonds.
Italija je 11. avgusta 2014 spremenila člen 12(5) zakonskega odloka št. 101/2013, s čimer je posojila, odobrena podjetjem nacionalnega strateškega interesa pod izredno upravo zaradi izvajanja načrtov sanacije okolja in zdravja, izjemoma opredelila kot posojila z največjo prednostjo pri poplačilu.
As a result, Ilva's bonds would replace the Riva assets in the accounts of the Fondo Unico di Giustizia as collateral in the context of the pending criminal proceedings.
Posojila z največjo prednostjo pri poplačilu uživajo privilegij prednostnega poplačila iz stečajne mase insolventnega podjetja s prednostjo pred drugimi posojili in obveznostmi do upnikov podjetja.
The same Law Decree specified that money received by Ilva following this transfer had to be earmarked for the implementation of its Environmental Plan.
Položaj družbe Ilva je ustrezal opredelitvi iz zakona in tako je bilo torej mogoče posojila družbi Ilva opredeliti kot posojila z največjo prednostjo pri poplačilu.
On 11 May 2015, by means of a judicial decree (Decreto di Trasferimento), the national judge ordered the transfer of the Riva assets.
En mesec po tej spremembi zakona so 11. septembra 2014 tri zasebne banke privolile, da bodo družbi Ilva odobrile posojilo v višini 250 milijonov EUR.
However, the transfer to the Fondo Unico di Giustizia could not take place because the Riva assets were kept by the Riva family on bank accounts located outside of Italy, and the foreign courts having jurisdiction on these accounts consistently refused to transfer the assets to Italy.
Družba Ilva posojila ob zapadlosti 28. februarja 2015 ni vrnila.
The situation unlocked when, in December 2016, the Riva family and Ilva reached a settlement agreement, by which the concerned members of the Riva family gave their consent to making the Riva assets held by them on their foreign bank accounts definitely available to Ilva in the legal form provided for by Article 3, paragraph 1, of Law Decree No 1/2015.
Ukrep 3: državno poroštvo za posojilo v višini 400 milijonov EUR
According to the Italian authorities, Ilva's damage claims against the Riva family could have reached ca.
S členom 3(1b) zakonskega odloka št. 1/2015 je bilo družbi Ilva omogočeno, da se z zainteresiranimi bankami dogovori o posojilu z največjo prednostjo pri poplačilu v višini 400 milijonov EUR, kritem z državnim poroštvom.
EUR […].
Posojilo naj bi se uporabilo za izvajanje okoljskega načrta družbe Ilva.
In addition to the EUR 1,1 billion which were object of the seizure and earmarked by law for the Environmental Plan, the Riva family also agreed to make available to Ilva a further amount of EUR 145 million in order to support its business operations.
Minister za gospodarstvo in finance je 30. aprila 2015 z uredbo izdal državno poroštvo z letno premijo v višini 3,12 %.
As a result of this settlement agreement, the Riva assets were repatriated to Italy and transferred to the Fondo Unico di Giustizia, which on 13 and 22 June 2017 subscribed in total to EUR […] of bonds newly issued by Ilva.
Po izdaji državnega poroštva so 27. maja 2015 tri finančne institucije privolile, da družbi Ilva odobrijo posojilo v višini 400 milijonov EUR, razčlenjeno na naslednji način: 330 milijonov EUR od banke CDP, 50 milijonov EUR od banke Intesa Sanpaolo in 20 milijonov EUR od banke Banco Popolare.
Measure 2: the law on pre-deductible loans
Intesa Sanpaolo in Banco Popolare sta isti zasebni banki, ki sta sodelovali v ukrepu 2.
According to the press, in May 2014 Ilva was facing difficulties in paying salaries and suppliers.
Ukrep 4: sporazum o poravnavi z družbo Fintecna