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Regarding the quantification of this economic advantage, in recital 34 of the opening decision, the Commission referred to the General Court's judgment in Larko that in circumstances where the borrower is in a delicate financial situation characterised notably by decreasing turnover, negative equity, and inability to reimburse loans from its own funds, the economic advantage embedded on a loan may equal the total amount of the funds borrowed, even if the State only guarantees the loan.
SKLEPNA UGOTOVITEV
The Romanian authorities have not provided any evidence that CE Huneadoara had access to market finance at market conditions, indicating that CE Hunedoara tried, let alone succeeded in, borrowing from the market without State support.
Komisija v skladu z navedenim ugotavlja, da je Romunija družbi CE Hunedoara dodelila nezakonito državno pomoč, ki je nezdružljiva z notranjim trgom in bi jo bilo treba izterjati –
As noted in recital 43, the BRD loan and the BCR loan transferred by the Romanian State in order to finance environmental compliance in 2013-2014 follows instances were Romania had provided grants for the same type of installation (flue gas desulphurisation) for other thermal power plants in 2010 (CE Turceni) and in 2011 (CE Craiova II) and decided to discontinue the practice of providing such grants as aid instrument.
SPREJELA NASLEDNJI SKLEP:
However, given the characteristics, purpose and financial situation of CE Hunedoara, it seems therefore appropriate to consider that the BRD loan and the BCR loan transferred by the State and financing environmental compliance were de facto grants, despite their legal qualification of loans.
Člen 1
In the meantime, the recourse to the Romanian State transferring the loans it was granted by BDR and BCR shows that these private banks did not wish to take any liquidity risk on CE Hunedoara as they considered the default on repayment virtually certain.
Posojilo Mednarodne banke za obnovo in razvoj (posojilo banke IBRD), za katero je jamčila romunska država in ki ga je družba CE Hunedoara prejela kot naslednica upravičenka, družbi CE Hunedoara ni bilo nezakonito dodeljeno v nasprotju s členom 108(3) Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije.
As such, based on the above, the Commission concludes that the five loans granted to CE Hunedoara provided an economic advantage and considers this advantage to equal the total amount of the loans' principal when granted.
Člen 2
Selectivity
Naslednja posojila v korist družbe CE Hunedoara in zneski, določeni v točkah od (a) do (d), pomenijo državno pomoč, ki jo je Romunija nezakonito dodelila (ali ni vrnila, kar zadeva točko (d)) v nasprotju s členom 108(3) Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije, ter niso združljivi z notranjim trgom:
The Commission notes that the five loans were provided on an ad hoc basis to CE Hunedoara to support its continued operation in specific situations requiring investments for environmental compliance, operating costs or repayment of incompatible aid and were not part of a broader measure of general economic policy to provide support to undertakings, in a comparable legal and economic situation, active in the electricity generation or other economic sectors.
posojilo romunske poslovne banke, ki ga je najelo ministrstvo za javne finance in ga nato dalo na voljo družbi CE Hunedoara s pogodbo o podrejenem posojilu (posojilo banke BCR) – 83485450 RON;
Therefore, the Commission concludes that these loans are selective within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
posojilo romunske razvojne banke, ki ga je najelo ministrstvo za javne finance in ga nato dalo na voljo družbi CE Hunedoara s pogodbo o podrejenem posojilu (posojilo banke BRD) – 68371170 RON;
Effect on trade and distortion of competition
posojilo, zagotovljeno za vračilo nezdružljive pomoči, ki jo je bilo treba izterjati v skladu s sklepom v zvezi z nezdružljivo pomočjo (posojilo za vračilo nezdružljive pomoči) – 34785015 RON;
When aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of an undertaking compared to other undertakings competing in intra-Union trade, the latter must be regarded as affected by that aid.
posojilo, ki predstavlja pomoč, dodeljeno v skladu s sklepom o pomoči za reševanje, in obresti (posojilo za reševanje) – kot je bilo dejansko izplačano v znesku 98476900 RON in ni bilo povrnjeno v šestih mesecih po izplačilu.
It is sufficient that the recipient of the aid competes with other undertakings on markets open to competition.
Člen 3
CE Hunedoara supplies electricity and heat in Romania.
Romunija nezdružljivo pomoč iz člena 2 izterja od upravičenke.
Pursuant to the applicable Union rules on the internal electricity market, electricity suppliers can freely establish operations and seek customers in Romania.
Dejanski zneski, ki jih je treba izterjati, so enaki zneskom, ki so bili dejansko izplačani upravičenki in jih ta ni vrnila romunski državi; ti zneski vključujejo tudi obresti od datuma, ko so bili dani na voljo upravičenki, do datuma dejanske izterjave.
Indeed a variety of competitors from Romania (e.g. SN Nuclearelectrica, SN Hidroelectrica) or other Member States (e.g. CEZ, Alpiq) have actually done so.
Obresti se izračunajo z obrestnoobrestnim računom v skladu s poglavjem V Uredbe Komisije (ES) št. 794/2004.
The Commission notes that the Romanian electricity system is at present interconnected with the electricity systems of Bulgaria and of Hungary, so that flows of electricity are produced in and traded between those Member States.
Romunija na dan sprejetja tega sklepa ustavi vsa neizvedena izplačila pomoči iz člena 2.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the loans under scrutiny are liable to affect EU trade and to distort or threaten to distort competition in the internal market.
Člen 4
Conclusion on the presence of aid
Vračilo pomoči iz člena 2 je takojšnje in učinkovito, brez poseganja v ustrezne ukrepe, ki jih lahko Romunija sprejme za ohranitev neprekinjenega obratovanja sredstev za proizvodnjo električne energije, ki so potrebna za oskrbo z električno energijo in ogrevanjem, če so ti ukrepi sorazmerni in razumni ter časovno in po obsegu omejeni na tisto, kar je nujno potrebno za ohranitev vrednosti sredstev.
The Commission concludes based on the arguments presented above that the IBRD loan guaranteed by the Romanian State for CE Hunedoara, the BCR and BRD loans contracted for the benefit of CE Hunedoara, the loan granted to repay earlier incompatible aid, and the rescue aid loan, including the prolonged and not repaid portion of it, constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Romunija zagotovi, da se ta sklep izvede v štirih mesecih od datuma uradnega obvestila o tem sklepu.
Lawfulness of the aid
Člen 5
The State-guaranteed IBRD loan agreement benefiting CE Hunedoara was signed on 31 May 2002 with Electrocentrale Deva, one of the legal predecessors of CE Hunedoara, so before the accession of Romania to the European Union in 2007; as such the IBRD loan was not unlawful, even if it were to be established that the loan involved State aid.
Romunija v dveh mesecih po uradnem obvestilu o tem sklepu Komisiji predloži naslednje informacije:
Therefore, the payments by the State as a guarantor, even though occurring post-accession, represent existing aid and are not, as such, unlawful, without prejudice to the qualification under State aid rules of a possible future failure of the State subsequently exercising its recourse right against CE Hunedoara.
skupni znesek (glavnica in obresti), ki ga je treba izterjati od upravičenke;
However, the BCR loan, the BRD loan and the loan granted to repay the incompatible aid, constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU and, since they have been disbursed in violation of Article 108(3) TFEU, they constitute unlawful State aid.
podroben opis že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepov za uskladitev s tem sklepom;
The rescue aid loan on which the Commission raised no objections by its rescue aid decision of 21 April 2015 was not put into effect before the Commission decision and was therefore not unlawful State aid.
podroben opis že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepov za ohranitev nadaljnjega obratovanja sredstev za proizvodnjo električne energije;
However, its excessive prolongation and non-repayment well beyond the six-month period for which it was granted render the prolongation unlawful.
dokumente, ki dokazujejo, da se je od upravičenke zahtevalo vračilo pomoči.
Compatibility of the aid and the legal basis for the assessment
Romunija redno obvešča Komisijo o napredku državnih ukrepov, sprejetih za izvajanje tega sklepa, do dokončne izterjave pomoči iz člena 2.
The Commission must assess if the aid measures identified above can be found compatible with the internal market.
Na zahtevo Komisije takoj predloži informacije o že sprejetih in načrtovanih ukrepih za uskladitev s tem sklepom.
According to the case law of the Court, it is up to the Member State to invoke possible grounds of compatibility, and to demonstrate that the conditions for such compatibility are met.
Predloži tudi podrobne informacije o zneskih pomoči in obrestih vračila, ki jih je upravičenka že vrnila.
Except initially for the rescue aid loan and its prolongation after six months from the Commission decision of 21 April 2015 and the IBRD loan which was not notifiable since it was granted before the accession of Romania to the Union, Romania has not notified the loan granted to repay the incompatible aid, the BCR loan and the BRD loan nor invoked possible grounds of compatibility with the internal market.
Člen 6
On the basis of the information available and, as noted in the opening decision, the Commission considers that the sole possible compatibility basis for the measures under assessment would be the R&R aid Guidelines.
Ta sklep je naslovljen na Romunijo.
These Guidelines provide rules and conditions for the purposes of the compatibility assessment of rescue and restructuring aid to undertakings in difficulty pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
V Bruslju, 8. novembra 2018
Applicability of the R&R aid Guidelines
Za Komisijo
According to points 137 and 138 of the R&R aid Guidelines, ‘[t]he Commission will examine the compatibility with the internal market of any rescue or restructuring aid granted without its authorisation and therefore in breach of Article 108(3) [TFEU] on the basis of these guidelines if some or all of the aid is granted after their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union’ and ‘[i]n all other cases it will conduct the examination on the basis of the guidelines which applied at the time the aid was granted’.
Članica Komisije
The rescue aid loan and the loan granted to repay the incompatible aid were granted after the entry into force of the R&R aid Guidelines on 1 August 2014.
UL C 158, 4.5.2018, str. 47.
Therefore, the R&R aid Guidelines are applicable to these two loans.
Glej sprotno opombo 1.
In addition, the BCR and the BRD loans were not notified to the Commission, in breach of Article 108(3) TFEU.
UL C 23, 25.1.2013, str. 3.
It follows that even if these two loans had been granted before 1 August 2014, insofar as they must be assessed jointly as part of a single operation providing aid to a company in difficulty, the R&R aid Guidelines also apply to the BCR and BRD loans.
Sklep Sveta 2010/787/EU z dne 10. decembra 2010 o državnih pomočeh za lažje zaprtje nekonkurenčnih premogovnikov (UL L 336, 21.12.2010, str. 24).
Application of the R&R aid Guidelines
Sklep Komisije (EU) 2015/1877 z dne 20. aprila 2015 o cenah, ki jih je podjetje S.C.
Only undertakings in difficulty as defined in point 20 of the R&R aid Guidelines and not active in the coal, steel and financial sectors as defined in point 16 thereof can benefit from rescue or restructuring aid.
Hidroelectrica S.A. iz Romunije zaračunalo podjetjema S.C.
As noted in the rescue aid decision, CE Hunedoara fulfilled already in April 2015 the criteria for being placed in collective insolvency proceedings set out in point 20(c) of the R&R aid Guidelines and, indeed, in January 2016, the company entered into such proceedings (see recital 22 above).
Termoelectrica S.A. in S.C.
Therefore, CE Hunedoara can be considered a firm in difficulty in the sense of the R&R aid Guidelines.
Electrocentrale Deva S.A. – SA.33475 (12/C) (UL L 275, 20.10.2015, str. 46), uvodne izjave od 117 do 124.
The Commission first notes that Romania has not provided any evidence on possible compliance with the conditions for compatibility for rescue or restructuring aid set out in the R&R aid Guidelines.
Menjalni tečaj, uporabljen v informativne namene v tem sklepu, je RON/EUR= 0,215 (31. januar 2018).
As regards, the BCR loan, the BRD loan, and the loan granted to repay the incompatible aid the Commission will in the following assess them jointly because they were granted to a company in difficulty as investment or operating aid allowing CE Hunedoara to meet its costs in the absence of access to financial markets (see recital 99).
Sklep Komisije z dne 21. aprila 2015, SA.41318 (2015/N) – Romunija – Priglasitev pomoči za reševanje za družbo Complexul Energetic Hunedoara (UL C 203, 19.6.2015, str. 5).
On this basis, the Commission considers that the compatibility conditions for restructuring aid laid down in the R&R aid Guidelines are not met, because (i) the restructuring plan (submitted in October 2015 and amended in January 2016) was not valid at the outset insofar as it could not ensure the long term viability of CE Hunedoara without further continuous aid and has not been pursued, (ii) there is no discernible own contribution of CE Hunedoara in line with points 62 to 64 of the R&R aid Guidelines, and (iii) no measures limiting distortions of competition in line with points 74 to 86 of the R&R aid Guidelines could be identified.
UL C 249, 31.7.2014, str. 1.
Regarding points 99 to 103 of the R&R aid Guidelines, even though they provide for specific conditions for aid to SGEI providers in difficulty, the Commission comes to the view that the loans under assessment cannot be assessed or taken into account as a compensation for the provision of such services as referred to in point 100 of the R&R aid Guidelines.
O navedenem načrtu se je razpravljalo tudi na sestanku z romunskimi organi 23. oktobra 2015.
First, it is not claimed nor established that CE Hunedoara has been operating on the basis of valid entrustment acts singling out any justifiable difference with the production of electricity by other electricity generators active in Romania; according to established case law of the European Court of Justice, the presence of a valid entrustment act is an essential condition for state aid to be considered as valid compensation of a Service of General economic Interest.
Odobritev državne pomoči v skladu s členoma 107 in 108 Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije – Primeri, v katerih Komisija ne vloži ugovora (UL C 127, 21.4.2017, str. 1).
Second, the loans at issue were ad hoc loans for specific purposes and have not been granted with regard to identifiable and justified extra costs of service provision.
Obratovati je začela v dveh fazah, prva faza med letoma 1969 in 1971, druga pa med letoma 1977 in 1980 – glej poročilo družbe GMC Insolvency Consulting iz marca 2016, str. 37, cigmc.ro/files/Raport%20art.%2097.pdf.
Third, the loan amounts have not been set, individually or cumulatively, on the basis of objective parameters set out in advance and calibrated specifically for the determined costs of the SGEI taking into account all revenues and costs of Hunedoara.
Obratovati je začela v dveh fazah, prva faza med letoma 1956 in 1959, druga pa med letoma 1962 in 1964 – glej javno dostopne informacije na https://uzinaparoseni.wordpress.com/.
Therefore, the Commission cannot, under points 100 and 101 of the R&R aid Guidelines, consider that the loans in question should be regarded as valid compensations under the SGEI Decision or the SGEI Framework.
Sklep v zvezi z nezdružljivo pomočjo, sprejet 20. aprila 2015, uvodne izjave 84, od 88 do 90, 98 in od 117 do 124.
Romania has also failed to meet its commitment to legally separate the coal mines from the power generation within CE Hunedoara, which was a commitment it made at the time the rescue aid was approved and which, according to its submissions, could take between six and nine months.
Sklep o pomoči za reševanje z dne 21. aprila 2015, uvodni izjavi 13 in 63.
Two coal mines are receiving operating aid for closure pursuant to the Decision regarding the second aid to coal mines (recital 12 above).
Sklep o prvi pomoči premogovnikom, sprejet 22. februarja 2012, uvodne izjave od 4 do 10.
Romania has argued in its comments to the opening decision that separate accounts are held for the mining and electricity generation activities; however, separate accounts themselves do not prevent cross-financing of the mining activity.
Letna poročila organa ANRE za leta 2013, 2014 in 2015, na voljo na: http://www.anre.ro/en/about-anre/annual-reports-archive.
Romania did not demonstrate that cross-financing does not occur by e.g. presenting evidence that the use of the State aid only benefits the electricity generation activity.
Glej tudi podatke družbe Transelectrica o skupni razpoložljivi inštalirani proizvodni zmogljivosti za vsako enoto, ki jo je mogoče dispečirati, glede na primarne vire energije, na voljo na: http://transelectrica.ro/web/tel/productie.
Absent this necessary evidence, it cannot be excluded that some of the loans covered by the present decision have benefitted directly or indirectly the coal mines of CE Hunedoara, in violation of point 16 of the R&R aid Guidelines which exclude the coal sector from R&R aid.
Družba CE Hunedoara, poročila, ki jih je upravni odbor izdal za leta 2013, 2014 in 2015, na voljo na: http://www.cenhd.ro/index.php/situatii-financiare/.
Finally, it is worth noting that the proceeds from loan granted to repay the incompatible aid remain available to CE Hunedoara.
Letna poročila borze OPCOM za leta 2013, 2014 in 2015, na voljo na: https://www.opcom.ro/compania/compania.php?lang=ro&id=6.
In light of the Deggendorf principle, the accumulation of a non-repaid loan granted to repay earlier incompatible aid with the other three loans, does not allow considering that the possible restructuring aid to CE Hunedoara is compatible with the internal market on the basis of point 94 of the R&R aid Guidelines.
Glej na primer faktorje obremenitve iz Sklepa SA.38760 (2016/C) (UL C 46, 5.2.2016, str. 19).
Yet, whilst benefitting from State aid in the form of the loans at issue to the extent that they have not been repaid, CE Hunedoara continues to operate at the detriment of competitors.
http://www.cenhd.ro/images/File/Situatii%20financiare/2013/Raportul%20administratorilor%20-%202013.pdf, stran 3.http://www.cenhd.ro/images/File/Situatii%20financiare/2014/Raportul%20administratorilor%20-%202014.pdf, stran 3.http://www.cenhd.ro/images/File/Situatii%20financiare/2015/Raportul%20administratorilor%20-%202015.pdf, stran 11.
In conclusion, based on the above, the Commission considers that the BCR and BRD loans contracted for the benefit of CE Hunedoara, jointly assessed with the excessive prolongation of the rescue aid loan transforming it into a restructuring loan and the loan granted to repay the incompatible aid, are incompatible with the internal market.
Sklep o pomoči za reševanje z dne 21. aprila 2015, uvodne izjave 14, 16 in 17.
As regards the rescue aid loan, in line with point 55(d) of the R&R aid Guidelines, Romania committed to submitting, within maximum six months from the date of the rescue aid decision or the disbursement of the first instalment (recital 54 of the rescue aid decision), either proof that the loan was reimbursed, or a valid restructuring plan, or a substantiated liquidation plan setting out the steps leading to the liquidation of CE Hunedoara within a reasonable time frame, without further aid.
33812 (2012/NN) – Romunija – Nezakonita državna pomoč za obvezne okoljske projekte.
Romania did not meet this commitment, since (i) the rescue loan has not been fully reimbursed and (ii) Romania was informed that the restructuring plan (submitted by Romania in October 2015 and amended in January 2016) did not ensure that CE Hunedoara could reach long term viability without further continuous aid.
Izredni vladni odlok št. 26/2018 in sklep vlade št. 760/2017.
In addition to the above, the Commission notes that the timeline for the liquidation of CE Hunedoara with a minimum duration of three years, as submitted by Romania in May 2017 (that is 1,5 years after the deadline of October 2015, i.e. six months after granting the rescue aid approved by the rescue aid decision), appears to be rather long.
Izvedbeni sklep Komisije (EU) 2017/1442 z dne 31. julija 2017 o določitvi zaključkov o najboljših razpoložljivih tehnikah (BAT) v skladu z Direktivo 2010/75/EU Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta za velike kurilne naprave (UL L 212, 17.8.2017, str. 1).
From the above the Commission concludes that the prolongation of the rescue aid loan is incompatible with the internal market.
Glej zadevo C-482/99, Francija proti Komisiji (Stardust Marine), ECLI:EU:C:2002:294.
RECOVERY
Zadeva C-248/84, Nemčija proti Komisiji, ECLI:EU:C:1987:437, točka 17.
According to the TFEU and the Court's established case-law, the Commission is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter aid when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market.
Sodba Sodišča z dne 19. marca 2013 v združenih zadevah C-399/10 P in C-401/10 P, Bouygues in Bouygues Télécom proti Komisiji in drugim, ECLI:EU:C:2013:175, točke 137, 138 in 139.
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a Member State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation.
Zadeva C-300/16 P, Komisija proti Frucona Košice, ECLI:EU:C:2017:706, točka 28.
In this context, the Court has established that this objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored.
Sklep o pomoči za reševanje z dne 21. aprila 2015, uvodni izjavi 30 in 31.
In this regard, Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 states that ‘where negative decisions are taken in cases of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary […]’.
Zadeva T-423/14, Larko Geniki Metalleftiki kai Metallourgiki AE proti Komisiji, ECLI:EU:T:2018:57, točka 193 in navedena sodna praksa.
Thus, (i) the BCR loan (ii) the BRD loan, (iii) the loan to repay the incompatible aid and (iv) the rescue aid loan — which became unlawful as from the moment when the rescue aid was not repaid within six months after its granting and/or disbursement- were implemented in violation of Article 108(3) TFEU, and are to be considered as unlawful and incompatible aid, they must be recovered in order to re-establish the situation that existed on the market prior to their granting.
Glej zlasti zadevo C-730/79, Philip Morris proti Komisiji, EU:C:1980:209, točka 11; zadevo C-53/00, Ferring, ECLI:EU:C:2001:627, točka 21; zadevo C-372/97, Italija proti Komisiji, ECLI:EU:C:2004:234, točka 44.
Recovery should cover the time from when the advantage accrued to the beneficiary, that is to say when the aid in the form of principal amount of loans was unlawfully put at the disposal of the beneficiary, until effective recovery, and the sums to be recovered should bear interest until effective recovery.
Zadeva T-214/95, Het Vlaamse Gewest proti Komisiji, ECLI:EU:T:1998:77.
The recovery interest is distinct from the contractual interest, the interest for late payments or other related sums related to the loans at issue owed by Hunedoara to the State.
Direktiva 2009/72/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 13. julija 2009 o skupnih pravilih notranjega trga z električno energijo in o razveljavitvi Direktive 2003/54/ES (UL L 211, 14.8.2009, str. 55).