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As regards 2011, Germany explains that the losses in revenues that occurred in 2011 could not be recouped through network charges in 2011 as network charges had to be established in advance.
Odjemalci električne energije morajo običajno plačati uporabnino za elektroenergetsko omrežje.
They could also not be recouped in 2012 as network charges have to be calculated based on the forecasted network costs.
Pri tej uporabnini se upošteva strošek, ki ga je ta odjemalec povzročil omrežju.
If then the losses in revenue would have led to a negative difference between the obtained revenues and the authorized maximum revenue level, this difference would be booked on the regulatory account.
S tem ko so bili pasovni odjemalci z letno porabo električne energije, ki je presegala 10 GWh in dosegala 7000 ur polne uporabe, popolnoma oproščeni, so bili na podlagi drugega stavka člena 19(2) StromNEV 2011 razbremenjeni finančnega bremena in stroškov proizvodnje, ki bi jih sicer nosili.
If at the end of the regulatory there was still a negative balance, it might translate into an increase of the maximum authorized revenue levels in the next regulatory period.
Z drugim stavkom člena 19(2) StromNEV 2011 je bila torej pasovnim odjemalcem, ki so izpolnjevali merila za upravičenost, dana prednost.
In this regard, Germany explains furthermore that the competent regulatory authority neither had ownership of the Regulierungskonto nor control over it.
Nekatere zainteresirane strani trdijo, da oprostitev ni pomenila prednosti, ker je pomenila plačilo storitve (stabilen odjem) pod tržnimi pogoji (pri tem se sklicujejo na tako imenovano načelo udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu) ali plačilo nadomestila za storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena.
The Regulierungskonto served the mere purpose of offsetting the proceeds from network charges that exceed the approved maximum revenue level over the course of specific regulatory period under the system described in recital 41.
Brez nadomestila za storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena
Accordingly, no liquid assets were registered on the Regulierungskonto that could be used to finance the losses in revenue resulting from the exemption.
Sodišče je v sodbi Altmark pojasnilo, da morajo biti za to, da nadomestilo za storitev splošnega gospodarskega pomena ne pomeni državne pomoči v skladu s členom 107(1) Pogodbe, izpolnjena naslednja štiri merila:
Germany also considers the full exemption not to be creating an additional burden on the State budget.
podjetje prejemnik mora dejansko izvajati obveznosti javne službe in te obveznosti morajo biti jasno opredeljene;
In particular, the TSO could not be assimilated to the State.
merila, na podlagi katerih se izračuna nadomestilo, morajo biti objektivno in pregledno določena vnaprej, da se prepreči ekonomska ugodnost, ki podjetju, ki prejema nadomestilo, daje prednost v primerjavi s konkurenčnimi podjetji;
By coordinating their procedures as to the administration of the Paragraph 19-surcharge for the purpose of efficiency and transparency, they would not have acted similarly to a fund.
nadomestilo ne more preseči tistega, kar je potrebno za kritje vseh ali dela stroškov, ki so nastali pri izpolnjevanju obveznosti izvajanja javne službe, ob upoštevanju ustreznih prejemkov in razumnega dobička za izpolnjevanje teh obveznosti;
Germany moreover expressed its view that the full exemption from network charges did not create a distortion of competition in the internal market.
če podjetje, ki mora izpolnjevati obveznosti javne službe, v danem primeru ni izbrano v skladu s postopkom za oddajo javnega naročila, ki naj bi omogočil izbiro ponudnika, ki bi bil sposoben te storitve skupnosti zagotavljati po najnižjih stroških, je treba višino potrebnega nadomestila določiti na podlagi analize stroškov, ki bi jih povprečno, dobro vodeno podjetje, ki razpolaga z ustreznimi viri, imelo pri izpolnjevanju teh obveznosti, ob upoštevanju realiziranih prihodkov in primernega dobička zaradi izpolnjevanja teh obveznosti.
In this regard, Germany referred to the high level of electricity costs that would burden energy-intensive undertakings active in Germany more than their competitors active in other Member States.
Vendar je ugotovljeno, da ti štirje kumulativni pogoji v obravnavanem primeru niso izpolnjeni.
In this regard, Germany also argued that it should be allowed for Member States to adopt measures which maintain the competitiveness of the European industry, in particular energy-intensive industries and highlight in this respect that Germany had a very ambitious renewable policy compared to other Member States and that this ambitious policy required important network investments.
Prvič, nemška zakonodaja ne opredeljuje nobene storitve splošnega gospodarskega pomena, ki bi bila stabilen odjem, in pasovnim odjemalcem ne nalaga obveznosti javne službe.
Network charges would thus increase.
Drugič, zakonodaja ne vsebuje nobenih meril, na podlagi katerih se izračunajo stroški za preprečitev prekomernega nadomestila.
A limitation of the energy costs that resulted from the deployment of renewable energy was necessary to ensure a level playing field compared with industries in other Member States or in third countries.
Tretjič, pri številnih pasovnih odjemalcih poraba, ki dosega 7000 ur polne uporabe in presega 10 GWh, preprosto ustreza njihovemu običajnemu profilu porabe in ne pomeni nobenih posebnih stroškov.
Without the limitation, the German industry would be threatened.
Popolna oprostitev tako v takih primerih nujno pomeni prekomerno nadomestilo, saj presega nadomestilo, ki bi bilo potrebno za kritje dodatnih stroškov v zvezi z domnevno obveznostjo javne službe.
Furthermore, Germany explains that even if the full exemption would qualify as aid it would in any event constitute compatible aid under Article 107(3)(b) or (c) of the Treaty given that the full exemption in place between 2011 and 2013 was necessary in order to incentivize an electricity consumption pattern that was beneficial for the network and its stability.
Nazadnje, podjetja niso bila izbrana v skladu s postopkom za oddajo javnega naročila in oprostitev ni bila določena na podlagi analize stroškov, ki bi jih povprečno, dobro vodeno podjetje, ki razpolaga z ustreznimi viri, imelo pri izpolnjevanju teh obveznosti, ob upoštevanju realiziranih prihodkov in primernega dobička zaradi izpolnjevanja teh obveznosti.
Germany explains in this respect that the full exemption was necessary to keep baseload consumers within the system of general electricity supply and to prevent that they switch to a system of self-supply or to build a direct line to a power plant at the detriment of network stability.
Nemčija je, nasprotno, navedla, da je težko količinsko opredeliti vrednost, ki jo ima stabilna obremenitev za omrežje.
In that way, the full exemption contributed to the objective of security of supply.
Popolna oprostitev ne ustreza ravnanju udeleženca na trgu
In that connection, Germany repeats that baseload consumers facilitate a secure network management through their predictability and stable consumption.
Kar zadeva trditev, da je popolna oprostitev podobna plačilu, ki bi ga udeleženec na trgu plačal za zadevno storitev, je ugotovljeno, da ni bil predložen noben prepričljiv razlog, ki bi dokazoval, da vrednost popolne oprostitve ustreza ceni, po kateri bi bili operaterji omrežja – če ne bi bilo določbe iz drugega stavka člena 19(2) StromNEV 2011 – pripravljeni kupiti domnevno storitev od pasovnih odjemalcev.
In addition, Germany stresses that the exempted baseload consumption was a prerequisite for the minimum conventional electricity generation necessary to guarantee the stability of the network and referred also to the 2012 Study.
Prvič, dejstvo, da so operaterji omrežja izpodbijali oprostitev pred nacionalnimi sodišči (glej uvodni izjavi 52 in 53), kaže, da operaterji omrežja ne bi sami kupili domnevne storitve v zameno za popolno oprostitev, ki presega raven individualnih omrežnin (za individualne omrežnine glej oddelek 5.1.2 spodaj).
In particular, Germany explains that in the period 2011-2013 the electricity mix in Germany was still dominated by conventional power plants and was not yet very flexible.
Agencija BNetzA je izvedla anketo med operaterji omrežja za pripravo poročila o vrednotenju z dne 30. marca 2015 o učinku člena 19(2) StromNEV na upravljanje elektroenergetskih omrežij in se pri tem osredotočila na podatke za obdobje 2011–2013 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: poročilo o vrednotenju iz leta 2015).
Without a large and constant offtake of electricity conventional power plants with synchronous generators would not have been able to run on a continuous mode and deliver the same ancillary services.
V navedenem poročilu je razkrito, da imajo operaterji omrežja, na omrežja katerih so priključeni pasovni odjemalci, različna mnenja glede koristnosti pasovnih odjemalcev za stabilnost omrežja.
This would be relevant in particular in the light of the increasing share of electricity produced from intermittent renewable energy sources and the decision to close 8 nuclear plants after the Fukushima accident.
Nekateri so navedli, da so v obdobju od leta 2011 do leta 2013 pasovni odjemalci povzročili nižje stroške omrežja – vendar je bistveno, da so v resnici povzročili stroške – v primerjavi z drugimi uporabniki omrežja s spremenljivo in nepredvidljivo obremenitvijo, drugi pa so pojasnili, da je prilagodljiva obremenitev koristnejša za regulacijo nestanovitnosti.
Without the conventional power plants with synchronous generators, the network operators would have been required to implement other network stabilizing measures, which would in turn have increased the general network costs.
Tudi eden od operaterjev prenosnega sistema je pojasnil, da je prispevek pasovnih odjemalcev k stabilnosti omrežja odvisen od posebnih okoliščin omrežja.
Germany therefore is of the view that the objective of the full exemption was in line with the overall objectives set out in Paragraph 1 of the EnWG, namely a safe, reasonably priced and efficient electricity supply.
Nazadnje, več teh operaterjev omrežja je navedlo, da so imeli zadevni pasovni odjemalci isti vzorec obremenitve pred uvedbo oprostitve, zato naj oprostitev ne bi bila potrebna, da bi prilagodili svoje ravnanje.
Germany also argues that the full exemption was needed to facilitate the development of renewable electricity given that it guaranteed that there would always be consumers to consume the renewable electricity whenever it was produced.
Povedano drugače: storitev je bila zagotovljena v vsakem primeru, tudi brez ukrepa.
Absent the baseload consumers there was a risk that renewable electricity would be produced at times when there is no electricity demand.
Te ugotovitve dodatno potrjujejo, da operaterji omrežja ne bi vsi na lastno pobudo „kupili“ stabilne obremenitve od pasovnih odjemalcev, nihče od njih pa je ne bi kupil za ceno popolne oprostitve.
This would, however, oblige network operators to curtail renewable electricity installations and compensate them, thereby increasing the costs of renewable electricity support.
Drugič, tudi če bi predpostavljali, da bi v nekaterih primerih operaterji omrežja dejavno kupili domnevno storitev, bi jo nabavili samo v obsegu, potrebnem za upravljanje omrežja, in po ceni, ki upošteva diferenciran prispevek k stabilnosti.
Finally, Germany explains that the full exemption also aimed at implementing Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as recital 32 and Article 32(1) of Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, which require network charges to be applied in a non-discriminatory manner.
Nasprotno pa je popolna oprostitev odobrena pasovnim odjemalcem, ki dosežejo 7000 ur polne uporabe in presežejo 10 GWh, ne da bi se upoštevala raven omrežja, na katerega so priključeni, ali njihov dejanski prispevek k stabilnosti omrežja ali dejstvo, da je morda že dovolj takih pasovnih odjemalcev, da se omogoči stabilno upravljanje omrežja.
Germany claims that the full exemption ensured that the network charges reflected the different cost-causalities of baseload and normal electricity consumption.
Poleg tega, če je stabilno povpraševanje (in ne znižanje stroškov) ključno za varno upravljanje omrežja, ni razloga, da se iz oprostitve izključijo stabilni odjemalci, ki porabijo manj kot 10 GWh.
ASSESSMENT OF THE AID SCHEME
Tretjič, ugotovljeno je, da so tudi nemška sodišča ugotovila, da se popolna oprostitev ne more šteti za plačilo za storitev, prvič, ker pri številnih pasovnih odjemalcih „storitev“ zgolj ustreza njihovemu običajnemu načinu porabe in, drugič, ker pri popolni oprostitvi ni bilo upoštevano konkretno povečanje stabilnosti, ki je bilo zagotovljeno.
The assessment below is based on and limited to an assessment of the legal framework, the market situation, the electricity mix and the network situation in the years 2011 to 2013 only.
Po mnenju teh sodišč bi bilo utemeljeno samo znižanje, ki bi upoštevalo konkretni učinek posameznega pasovnega odjemalca na omrežje (glej uvodni izjavi 52 in 52).
EXISTENCE OF AID WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 107(1) OF THE TREATY
Del zainteresiranih strani se je pri trditvi, da popolna oprostitev ustreza plačilu, ki bi ga udeleženec na trgu plačal za nakup storitve pasovnih odjemalcev, skliceval na študijo iz leta 2012 (glej uvodno izjavo 59 tega sklepa).
Under Article 107(1) of the Treaty, any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, is incompatible with the internal market.
Ugotovljeno je, prvič, da je bila oprostitev uvedena z regulativnim aktom, pri čemer je država ravnala kot regulativni organ.
EXISTENCE OF AN ADVANTAGE
V zvezi s tem je treba uporabiti najnovejšo sodno prakso Splošnega sodišča, zadevo EDF/Komisija.
The concept of advantage within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty embraces not only positive benefits, such as subsidies, but also measures which, in various forms, mitigate the charges which are normally included in the budget of an undertaking and which, therefore, without being subsidies in the strict sense of the word, are similar in character and have the same effect.
V skladu s to sodbo mora država članica, kadar se sklicuje na načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, dokazati, da je svojo regulativno odločbo sprejela kot delničar in ne kot javni organ.
Electricity consumers normally have to pay a charge for using the electricity network.
V obravnavani zadevi Nemčija (na zvezni ravni) ni delničarka v operaterjih omrežja.
This charge reflects the cost created by that consumer for the network.
Vsekakor Nemčija ni predložila nobenih dokumentov, v katerih bi bilo navedeno, da je upoštevala lastniške deleže regionalnih in lokalnih organov v operaterjih omrežja.
For undertakings using the electricity network, network charges thus constitute part of their normal production costs.
Nemčija dejansko ni predložila nobenih sočasnih dokazil o komercialnih premislekih, niti niso tega storile zainteresirane strani.
By fully exempting baseload consumers with an annual electricity consumption exceeding 10 GWh and reaching 7000 hours of full use, the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 relieved them from a financial burden and production costs that they otherwise would have to bear.
Ugotovljeno je, drugič, da tudi če bi se načelo udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu uporabljalo, kar pa se ne, je bila ta študija poznejša od uvedbe oprostitve.
The second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 therefore conferred an advantage to baseload consumers fulfilling the eligibility criteria.
Zato se udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu ne bi mogel zanesti nanjo pri določanju oprostitve.
Some interested parties have claimed that the exemption did not constitute an advantage because it amounted to the payment for a service (stable consumption) at market conditions (invoking the so-called Market Economy Operator Principle, ‘MEOP’) or to the payment of a compensation for a service of general economic interest.
Tudi če bi bila študija iz leta 2012 pomembna za uporabo načela udeleženca v tržnem gospodarstvu, kar pa ni, ne podpira navedenih trditev.
No compensation for a service of general economic interest
Zainteresirane strani trdijo, da je za zagotovitev potrebne minimalne proizvodnje takih elektrarn potrebno stabilno in veliko povpraševanje, ker bo to zagotovilo dobičkonosnost zadevne elektrarne in njeno delovanje brez začasne ustavitve.
In its ‘Altmark’ ruling, the Court of Justice has clarified that following four criteria must all be met for a compensation for a service of general economic interest not to constitute State aid under Art. 107(1) of the Treaty:
Vendar je treba opozoriti, da se študija iz leta 2012 sama sploh ne nanaša na koristnost pasovnih odjemalcev za vzdrževanje potrebne minimalne proizvodnje konvencionalnih elektrarn v Nemčiji za zagotovitev zanesljivega upravljanja omrežja.
the recipient undertaking must actually have public service obligations to discharge and the obligations must be clearly defined;
To ni predmet študije iz leta 2012 in pasovni odjemalci dejansko niso navedeni v njej.
the parameters on the basis of which the compensation is calculated must be established in advance in an objective and transparent manner, to avoid it conferring an economic advantage which may favour the recipient undertaking over competing undertakings;
Nasprotno, v povzetku rezultatov študije je poudarjeno, da je bila minimalna proizvodna zmogljivost, potrebna v Nemčiji za zagotavljanje zanesljivega upravljanja omrežja, ocenjena na podlagi obstoječega povpraševanja v Nemčiji.
the compensation cannot exceed what is necessary to cover all or part of the costs incurred in the discharge of public service obligations, taking into account the relevant receipts and a reasonable profit for discharging those obligations;
Povedano drugače, minimalna proizvodna zmogljivost, ki je potrebna v Nemčiji za zagotavljanje zanesljivega upravljanja omrežja, je odvisna od obsega porabe in vrste obremenitve, ki jo je treba zadovoljiti.
where the undertaking which is to discharge public service obligations, in a specific case, is not chosen pursuant to a public procurement procedure which would allow for the selection of the tenderer capable of providing those services at the least cost to the community, the level of compensation needed must be determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs which a typical undertaking, well run and adequately provided with the necessary means, would have incurred in discharging those obligations, taking into account the relevant receipts and a reasonable profit for discharging the obligations.
Če bi bilo povpraševanje manjše ali če ne bi bilo potrebe po zagotavljanju bazne proizvodnje za kritje pasovnega odjema, bi bila minimalna proizvodna zmogljivost, potrebna v Nemčiji, drugačna.
However, it is observed that those four cumulative conditions are not fulfilled in the present case.
Pasovni odjemalci so del razloga, zakaj je tak obseg proizvodne zmogljivosti sploh potreben.
First, the German legislation does not identify any service of general economic interest that would consist in stable consumption and it does not entrust baseload consumers with any public service obligation.
Njihovo povpraševanje je torej težko opisati kot storitev.
Second, the law does not contain any parameters on the basis of which costs should be calculated to avoid overcompensation.
Vsekakor zgolj obstoj pasovnih odjemalcev ne bi zadoščal za zagotavljanje, da zadevne elektrarne ostanejo na trgu.
Third, for many of the baseload consumers, having a consumption reaching 7000 hours of full use and exceeding 10 GWh simply corresponds to their normal consumption profile and does not imply any particular costs.
To je nazadnje odvisno od cene, po kateri se električna energija prodaja.
The full exemption is in those cases then necessarily leading to overcompensation as it exceeds what compensation would have been necessary to cover the extra costs related to the alleged public service obligation.
Če je ta cena prenizka, bazni elektrarni ne bo omogočila, da ostane na trgu.
Finally, the undertakings were not chosen pursuant to a public procurement procedure and the exemption has not been determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs which a typical undertaking, well run and adequately provided with the necessary means, would have incurred in discharging those obligations, taking into account the relevant receipts and a reasonable profit for discharging the obligations.
Odvisno je tudi od ravni proizvodnje električne energije iz obnovljivih virov.
Germany has on the contrary indicated that it was hard to quantify the value that stable load had for the network.
Kadar je povpraševanje majhno, proizvodnja električne energije iz obnovljivih virov pa velika, ima električna energija iz obnovljivih virov prednost pri dispečiranju in prednostni dostop pred elektrarnami na fosilna goriva.
The full exemption does not correspond to the behaviour of a market operator
Nazadnje, treba je opozoriti, da del konvencionalnih elektrarn, navedenih v študiji iz leta 2012 v zvezi z minimalno proizvodnjo konvencionalnih elektrarn, ni baznih elektrarn, temveč so to konvencionalne elektrarne, katerih proizvodnjo je mogoče hitro povečati, kot so plinske turbine.
As to the argument that the full exemption was akin to the payment that a market operator would make to buy the service in questions, it is observed that no convincing argument has been submitted that would demonstrate that the value of the full exemption corresponds to the price at which network operators would be – absent the provision of the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 – willing to purchase the alleged service from baseload consumers.
Pasovni odjemalci ne bodo pomenili spodbude, da te vrste elektrarn ostanejo na trgu, ker je njihova dobičkonosnost povezana z možnostjo, da dosežejo višje cene električne energije, kadar je sistem v kriznem stanju.
The BNetzA conducted a survey amongst network operators for the purposes of an evaluation report of 30 March 2015 on the impact of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV on the management of electricity networks and focussing on data relating to the period 2011 to 2013 (the ‘2015 Evaluation Report’).
Ta načrt je opisan v kodeksu o prenosu iz leta 2007 (omrežna in sistemska pravila nemških operaterjev prenosnega sistema).
That report reveals that network operators having baseload consumers connected to their grid are divided over the usefulness of baseload consumers for the stability of the network.
Trdijo tudi, da naj bi to razbremenjevanje potekalo brez kakršnega koli pogodbenega razmerja in brez nadomestila ter da je popolna oprostitev nadomestilo za njihov prispevek k zanesljivosti oskrbe.
Some indicated that in the period 2011 to 2013 baseload consumers caused lower network costs – but crucially still did cause costs — compared to other network users with variable and non-predictable load while others explained that flexible load would be more useful to regulate volatility.
Poleg tega ni korelacije med popolno oprostitvijo in razbremenjevanjem v smislu, da vključitev petstopenjskega načrta razbremenjevanja ni zahteva za upravičenost do popolne oprostitve.
Also one TSO explained that the contribution of baseload consumers to the stability of the networks depended on the specific circumstances of the network.
Zainteresirane strani pri tem priznavajo, da njihova stalna poraba zgolj povečuje verjetnost, da bodo vključeni v načrt.
Finally, several of those network operators had observed that the concerned baseload consumers had already the same load pattern before the introduction of the exemption so that the exemption would not be needed in order for them to modify their behaviour.
Tudi odjemalci, ki ne izpolnjujejo pogojev za pasovne odjemalce, so lahko del načrta.
In other words: the service had been provided in any event, already absent the measure.
Dejansko mora petstopenjski načrt razbremenjevanja vključevati odjemalce, ki niso pasovni odjemalci.