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The Complainant thus urged the Commission to conclude that Measures 2 to 5 constitute an incompatible State aid that needs to be recovered.
PRIPOMBE ZDRUŽENEGA KRALJESTVA
Comments from an Anonymous Interested Party
Pripombe Združenega kraljestva v zvezi s sklepom o začetku postopka
The Anonymous Interested Party supported the preliminary analysis in the Opening Decision and considered that Measures 2 to 5 clearly constituted State aid to MMD by which PCC provided ongoing financial support to a chronically inefficient and unprofitable business.
Združeno kraljestvo je v svojih pripombah v zvezi s sklepom o začetku postopka oporekalo predhodnim ugotovitvam Komisije, da bi lahko ukrepi 2 do 5 pomenili državno pomoč, in navedlo dodatne argumente v podporo trditvi, da so bili vsi ukrepi v skladu z načelom vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu.
Without the on-going support, it alleged that MMD would have long become insolvent and gone out of business.
Predložilo je tudi številne dodatne predhodne dokaze, s katerimi je podprlo svojo trditev.
The Anonymous Interested Party did not provide any comments on Measure 1.
Združeno kraljestvo je zlasti trdilo, da je odločitev PCC, da po letu 2008 družbo MMD podpre z nepovratnimi sredstvi za prihodek ali na drug način, temeljila na tržnih interesih ter utemeljeni oceni morebitnih koristi in tveganj.
The Anonymous Interested Party considered that PCC was not acting as a rational commercial investor since it continued providing funding to MMD without securing any meaningful or successful restructuring of MMD to address its problems.
To je vključevalo upoštevanje številnih medsebojno povezanih ekonomij in sinergij ohranitve tržne dejavnosti na območju v 100-odstotni lasti, kjer so dejavnosti z zakonom in politiko omejene na dejavnosti, povezane s pristaniščem.
It claimed that no rational investor would have purchased a failing business and continued to fund its failure over many years without achieving any reforms to address those failures.
Združeno kraljestvo trdi, da se je stalno preskušalo, ali je stalna podpora za družbo MMD glede na vse razumne alternative na tem omejenem območju ekonomsko razumna.
With respect to the revenue grants (Measure 2) the Anonymous Interested Party concurred with the Opening Decision and stressed that PCC simply made good MMD's operating losses each year without any proper assessment.
Združeno kraljestvo je trdilo, da je PCC izvedel natančen finančni pregled svoje naložbe v podjetje in da je zato trditev Komisije, da je PCC „slepo“ sledil neutemeljeno optimistični napovedi uprave družbe MMD, napačna.
As regards Measures 3 and 4, the Anonymous Interested Party again concurred with the Opening Decision and claimed that without the support of PCC no financing on comparable conditions would have been available to MMD.
PCC je za direktorja družbe MMD imenoval svojega najvišjega finančnega uradnika, da bi pregledal finančno uspešnost podjetja, prispeval „ustrezno finančno prodornost“ in zagotovil ustrezno izpolnjevanje predpisanih dolžnosti na področju finančnega poslovodenja.
Finally, it concurred that Measure 5 also constituted an undue benefit to MMD that would have not been available from a rational economic investor.
Kot je bilo dokazano z notranjimi dokumenti, priloženimi stališču Združenega kraljestva, so člani PCC redno obravnavali, ali so dejavniki, na katerih je temeljila pridobitev podjetja leta 2008, še naprej utemeljevali nadaljnjo podporo.
The Anonymous Interested Party thereafter confirms the preliminary assessment in the Opening Decision that these aid measures do not meet even the basic conditions for a compatible rescue or restructuring aid.
Poleg tega je PCC kot kateri koli drug udeleženec v tržnem gospodarstvu z interesi na območju v 100-odstotni lasti z omejenimi možnostmi za alternativne uporabe in gostitelj povezanih ekonomij dobavne verige deloval tako, da je spodbujal vrednost svojega zemljišča in trajnostne donose zase.
The Anonymous Interested Party further stresses that these subsidies had a significant impact on competition since the fresh produce handling sector is a highly competitive market with low margins where legitimate un-aided operators are particularly vulnerable to an operator supported by illegal State aid.
Podobno kot vse s pristaniščem povezane dejavnosti je tudi glavna dejavnost družbe MMD, tj. pretovarjanje sadja, nepredvidljiva in kratkoročno izpostavljena izgubam/dobičkom posameznih strank.
It also claims that MMD was reputed to have been offering below-market handling rates (including allegedly offering free storage) to attract and retain customers.
Prvih nekaj let po letu 2008 se je podjetje soočalo z nepredvidljivimi težavami.
The aid thus did not only harm specific competitors but also the overall operations of the market.
Vendar se je finančna uspešnost družbe MMD znatno izboljšala – čeprav počasneje, kot je bilo prvotno predvideno, – z nekaj novimi pridobljenimi strankami in načrtom za aktivno prestrukturiranje (določenim v poslovnem načrtu za nakup družbe MMD iz leta 2008 in posodobljenim v okviru v prihodnost usmerjenih poslovnih načrtov družbe MMD), zaradi česar so se znižali stroški in izboljšalo poslovanje, pri čemer je družba postala konkurenčnejša.
The Anonymous Interested Party thus requested the Commission to require recovery of the illegal and incompatible aid provided to MMD.
Združeno kraljestvo še poudarja, da ima PCC v lasti in upravlja tudi prometno trajektno pristanišče v bližini območja družbe MMD.
COMMENTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
PCC lahko sinergije med obema podjetjema izkorišča v korist trajektnega pristanišča, kar tudi počne; PCC lahko na primer operaterjem tržnih trajektnih prevozov ponudi storitve prekladanja družbe MMD za pretovarjanje komercialnega tovora.
United Kingdom comments on the Opening Decision
To je prispevalo k novi dejavnosti trajektnega pristanišča.
The United Kingdom in their comments on the Opening Decision contested the Commission's preliminary findings that Measures 2 to 5 could constitute State aid and provided additional arguments in support of its claim that all the measures were MEIP-compliant.
Poleg tega PCC od družbe MMD prejema prihodek v obliki prilivov od najemnin, davkov na tonažo, davkov na pilotažo in drugih prihodkov.
It also provided a large number of additional ex ante evidence in support of its claim.
Čeprav to samo po sebi ne utemeljuje nujno dolgoročne stalne podpore podjetju, Združeno kraljestvo trdi, da je ustrezno, da PCC te tokove prihodkov upošteva pri oceni, ali je nadaljevanje podpore na splošno poslovno razumno.
The United Kingdom, in particular, argued that PCC's decision to support MMD in the years after 2008, either with revenue grants or by other means, was commercially motivated and based on a reasoned assessment of the potential benefits and risks.
Združeno kraljestvo poudarja tudi, da so se ob različnih priložnostih obravnavale možne alternative za stalne dejavnosti družbe MMD in primerjale z nespremenjenim stanjem, kar zadeva njihovo ekonomsko vrednost.
This included consideration of the numerous inter-related economies and synergies of maintaining a commercial operation on a wholly-owned site whose activities are limited by law and policy to port-related activity.
Prvič, PCC je od leta 2008 obravnaval diverzifikacijo poslovanja družbe MMD z alternativnim tovorom, vendar zaradi različnih logističnih razlogov ni alternativnih dejavnosti, ki bi morda izboljšale finančno uspešnost družbe MMD.
The United Kingdom argues that the economic rationality of the continued support to MMD was continuously tested against all reasonable alternatives on this restricted site.
Drugič, PCC je preučil alternativno možnost likvidacije družbe in ponovno pridobitev zemljišča za alternativno uporabo (npr. med razpravami o načrtu za stalne naložbe leta 2013 – glej uvodno izjavo 57), vendar so to možnost preprečevali številni dejavniki:
The United Kingdom argued that PCC has exercised close financial scrutiny of its investment in the business and thus that the Commission's claim that PCC ‘blindly’ followed the unduly optimistic forecasts of MMD management is incorrect.
7,7 ha veliko območje je razmeroma majhno, zaradi svoje lokacije (med trajektnim pristaniščem in vojaško mornariško ladjedelnico) pa ni primerno za veliko drugih uporab;
PCC appointed its most senior financial officer as a Director of MMD in order to oversee the business financial performance, to provide ‘the appropriate financial acumen’ and to ensure that PCC's statutory financial management duties are properly discharged.
območje je ponovno uporabljeno in zelo onesnaženo.
As demonstrated by the internal documents attached to the United Kingdom submission, PCC members regularly considered whether the factors which motivated the acquisition of the business in 2008 continued to provide the justification for further support.
Zato se zelo verjetno ne bi moglo uporabiti za alternativni poslovni ali stanovanjski razvoj;
Moreover, as any other market economy operator with embedded interests in a wholly owned site with limited scope for alternative uses, and a host of related supply chain economies, PCC acted to promote the value of its land, and to promote sustainable returns to itself.
zemljišče je v prostorskih načrtih namenjeno za pristaniško uporabo, pri čemer ni verjetno, da bi lokalni organ za prostorsko načrtovanje dal soglasje za alternativne uporabe;
Similar to all port related businesses, MMD's main business of fruit handling is ‘lumpy’ and in the short term is vulnerable to individual customer losses/gains.
PCC bi moral pridobiti predpisano soglasje za zaprtje pomolov in uporabo zemljišča za alternativne poslovne namene, vendar bi bilo tako soglasje zelo težko zagotoviti, zaradi česar bi bili sposobnost preživetja ter pridobitnost srednje- in dolgoročni;
In the first few years following 2008, the business was hit by unforeseeable problems.
zemljišče, ki ga zaseda družba MMD, leži na omejenem skupnem območju pristaniških zemljišč, ki jih je mogoče upravljati.
However, MMD's financial performance has significantly improved — albeit more slowly than originally envisaged — by some new customer gains and through an active restructuring programme (set out in the 2008 business case for the purchase of MMD and updated as part of the MMD's forward looking business plans) which has cut costs and streamlined the business making it more competitive.
To pomeni, da je za PCC takega strateškega pomena (glede na morebitno potrebo po prihodnji širitvi ali prilagajanju pristanišča), da si PCC zaradi njegove očitne nujnosti za trg prizadeva ohraniti trgovsko pristaniško dejavnost na tem območju.
The United Kingdom also stresses that PCC also owns and operates a busy ferry port adjacent to MMD's site.
Ob upoštevanju teh omejitev Združeno kraljestvo trdi, da si PCC želi doseči največjo možno donosnost zemljišča, tako da vlaga v družbo MMD kot trajnega najemnika, sposobnega preživetja.
PCC can, and does, exploit synergies between the two businesses for the benefit of the ferry port, for example PCC is able to offer to commercial ferry operators MMD's stevedoring services to handle commercial cargoes.
Da bi Združeno kraljestvo podprlo svoje trditve, je predložilo tudi izvode ekonomskega modela, ki ga je PCC pripravil za oceno svoje naložbe v družbo MMD ter analizo različnih razpoložljivih možnosti in izračun njihove ekonomske vrednosti.
This has helped to bring new business to the ferry port.
Ta model se je redno posodabljal, da je upošteval uspešnost družbe MMD, spreminjajoče se razmere na trgu, napovedi itd., tako da se je redno preverjala ekonomska razumnost nadaljnje podpore družbi MMD v obliki nepovratnih sredstev za prihodek in drugega financiranja v primerjavi z drugimi alternativnimi možnostmi.
Moreover, PCC receives an income from MMD in the form of a rental yield, tonnage dues, pilotage fees and other income.
Združeno kraljestvo je pojasnilo, da ne razpolaga z vsemi preteklimi različicami tega modela za posamezna leta, saj je pripravilo enotno Excelovo datoteko, ki se je stalno posodabljala, pri čemer se prejšnji rezultati niso arhivirali.
While this, in and of itself, would not necessarily justify continued support of the business over the longer term, the United Kingdom argues that it is appropriate for PCC to take account of these income streams in the assessment of the overall commercial rationality for PCC to continue its support.
Vendar je potrdilo, da se je model dosledno uporabljal kot podlaga za odločanje o tem, ali je ekonomsko smiselno družbo MMD še naprej podpirati ali izbrati drugo alternativo.
The United Kingdom also stresses that, at various occasions, possible alternatives to the continued operations of MMD with the support of PCC were considered and compared with the status quo as to their economic merits.
Predložilo je dve delovni različici modela iz maja in junija 2013, ki sta bili med datotekami.
First, since 2008 PCC considered diversifying MMD's business to alternative cargoes, but for various logistical reasons there are no alternative activities which are more likely to improve MMD's financial performance.
Po pretehtanju vseh teh dejavnikov je PCC sprejel mnenje, da je srednje- do dolgoročno poslovno ugodneje podjetje še naprej podpirati in izvajati različne ukrepe za prestrukturiranje, da bi se obnovila dobičkonosnost družbe MMD.
Second, PCC considered the alternative of liquidating the company and re-acquiring the land for alternative use (e.g. during the discussions of the case for continued investment in 2013 — see Recital 57), but there were a multitude of factors that militated against this option:
Združeno kraljestvo poudarja, da obstajajo trdni temeljni poslovni razlogi za podporo podjetju.
the 7,7 Ha site is relatively small, and its location (between the ferry port and the military naval dockyard) makes it unsuitable for many other uses;
Družba MMD ima dobro lokacijo za pretovarjanje tovora svežih proizvodov južnih proizvajalcev ter je eno redkih pristanišč s potrebnim strokovnim znanjem in zmožnostjo pretovarjanja hladilnih plovil s hlajenim tovorom svežih proizvodov.
the land site is on reclaimed land and is heavily contaminated.
Uspešno se je prilagodila trendom novih vrst plovil, zaradi česar je pridobila nekaj pomembnih novih strank.
It is therefore extremely unlikely that it could be used for alternative commercial or residential development;
Z naložbo v specializirano pretovarjanje svežega sadja in zelenjave (shranjevanje v hladilnicah, žerjavi in prevoz) bo zagotovila, da bo še naprej konkurenčna kot vodilna vstopna točka za uvoznike sadja.
the land is earmarked for port uses under the planning regime, and it is unlikely that the local planning authority would see the case for granting planning consent for alternative uses;
Združeno kraljestvo poudarja tudi, da pozitivni finančni rezultati v proračunskem letu 2016/2017 kažejo znatno izboljšanje finančne uspešnosti in potrjujejo njegove prejšnje predpostavke, da bi lahko družba MMD postala dobičkonosno podjetje tudi brez stalnih nepovratnih sredstev za prihodek.
PCC would need to obtain statutory consent to close the wharves and use the land for alternative commercial purposes, but it would be extremely difficult to secure such consent — committing it, therefore, to a medium and long term view of its viability and commerciality;
Združeno kraljestvo poudarja tudi dejstvo, da mora Komisija pri oceni tega, ali so ukrepi 2 do 5 v skladu z načelom vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu, preskusiti, ali bi zasebni delničar na mestu PCC videl razloge za nadaljnjo podporo družbi v teh okoliščinah.
the site occupied by MMD lies in a limited overall area of operable port land.
Za to ni potrebna naknadna, ampak predhodna ocena na podlagi informacij, ki so PCC na voljo v zadevnem trenutku.
This means that it is of such strategic importance to PCC (given the potential need for future expansion or adaptation of the port) that PCC has a clear market imperative to maintain commercial port activity on the site.
PCC je zadovoljen, da so se ustrezno upoštevale in pretehtale verjetne koristi in tveganja vseh njegovih podpornih ukrepov.
In the context of these constraints, the United Kingdom argues that PCC is motivated to get the best return achievable on the land asset by investing in MMD as a sustainable and viable tenant.
PCC po prvotni pridobitvi družbe MMD v njene finančne ocene ni vključil neekonomskih meril (kot je lokalna zaposlenost, okoljsko tveganje ali regionalna politika).
To support its claims, the United Kingdom also provided copies of an economic model prepared by PCC in order to assess its investment in MMD and analyse various options available and calculating their economic merits.
Vedno je deloval tako, kot bi v podobnih okoliščinah ravnal zasebni delničar.
This model was regularly updated to take into account the performance of MMD, changing market conditions, prospects etc. and the economic rationality of further support of MMD in the form of revenue grants and other financing was thus regularly checked against other alternative options.
Po sestanku s Komisijo 26. aprila 2017 je Združeno kraljestvo predložilo nadaljnje podrobnosti o razvoju okoliščin poslovanja družbe MMD v celotnem zadevnem obdobju in navedlo, kar je PCC vedel v času odobritve posameznega podpornega ukrepa.
The United Kingdom explained that it does not have all past versions of this model available for individual years since it constituted a single Excel file that was continuously updated without archiving previous results.
Vsako leto se je štelo, da so ključni dogodki, ki so vplivali na finančno uspešnost družbe MMD, dokazovali, da PCC ni nepreudarno sledil nepodprtim in preveč optimističnim napovedim, ki jih je predstavila uprava družbe MMD.
However, it confirmed that the model was consistently used as the basis for deciding whether it makes economic sense to continue supporting MMD or whether to choose another alternative.
Nasprotno Združeno kraljestvo trdi, da je iz dokazov jasno razvidno, da je uprava družbe MMD vprašanja, ki so se pojavila, obravnavala neposredno in s poslovnega vidika ter podjetje vodila v prihodnjo dobičkonosnost, pri čemer je PCC v času sprejemanja ključnih odločitev izvajal povsem ustrezen nadzor.
It provided two working versions of the model of May/June 2013 that were found in the files.
To stališče Združenega kraljestva je bilo dopolnjeno z dodatnimi sočasnimi dokazi o teh predhodnih ekonomskih in poslovnih analizah, ki sta jih izvedla družba MMD in PCC.
Balancing all these factors, PCC has adopted the view that it is commercially more advantageous over the medium to long term to continue to support the business and to carry out the various restructuring measures to restore MMD to profitability.
Poleg tega je Združeno kraljestvo pojasnilo, da so bila PCC številna notranja poročila o družbi MMD predstavljena ustno namesto pisno in jih zato ni mogoče podpreti s pisnimi dokazi.
The United Kingdom stresses that there is a strong underlying commercial rationale to support the business.
Kljub temu Združeno kraljestvo meni, da predloženi dokumenti ustrezno dokazujejo, da je PCC po pridobitvi družbe MMD leta 2008 v zvezi z njo sprejemal razumne odločitve, ki so temeljile na poslovnih interesih.
MMD is well located to handle fresh produce cargoes from southern producers, and is one of the few ports to have the necessary expertise and ability to handle ‘reefer’ shipping with refrigerated fresh produce cargoes.
V dodatnem stališču je tudi poudarjeno (in podprto z ustreznimi dokumentarnimi dokazili), da je bilo v zadevnem obdobju več primerov, v katerih je PCC obravnaval alternativne predloge:
It has successfully adapted itself to trends in new ship types, which has led to some significant new customer wins.
leta 2011 se je družba Condor Logistics obrnila na PCC, da bi se pogajala o nakupu družbe MMD.
The investment it has made in the specialised handling of fresh fruit and vegetable (refrigerated storage, cranes, and haulage) will ensure that it remains competitive as a leading point of entry for fruit importers.
PCC je z družbo Condor Logistics začel pogovore glede celotne ali delne prodaje podjetja ter brez predsodkov preučil to poslovno priložnost, vendar je družba Condor Logistics oktobra 2012 prenehala opravljati storitve v tovornem prometu, zato so se pogovori končali,
The United Kingdom also stresses that the positive financial results of MMD in the financial year 2016/2017 show a significant improvement in financial performance and confirm its previous assumptions that MMD may become a profitable business even without continued revenue grants.
leta 2012 je PCC na seji 30. oktobra 2012 nadalje razpravljal o možnosti, da obdrži ali proda/zapre družbo MMD,
Finally, the United Kingdom points to the fact that the test which the Commission is required to apply on assessing whether the Measures 2 to 5 conform to the MEIP is whether a private shareholder in PCC's position would have been motivated to continue to support the company in these circumstances.
uprava družbe MMD je v notranjem dokumentu z dne 21. junija 2013 analizirala možnost prodaje podjetja ali uporabe območja za alternative namene,
This requires an ex ante, not ex post, assessment based on the information available to PCC at the relevant point in time.
oktobra 2013 je PCC izvedel popolno oceno alternativnih možnosti za družbo MMD, ki je temeljila na dokumentirani oceni gospodarskih obetov za družbo MMD v okviru posamezne možnosti,
PCC is satisfied that all its support measures were properly considered and weighed up in terms of the likely benefits and risk.
v obdobju 2014/2015 je PCC ocenil predlog glede uporabe območja družbe MMD za gradnjo vetrnih turbin za proizvodnjo električne energije.
Nowhere, after its initial acquisition of MMD, has PCC included non-economic criteria in its financial appraisals of MMD (such as local employment, environmental risk or regional policy).
Vendar načrt ni dobil lokacijskega dovoljenja, zato ga ni bilo mogoče nadaljevati,
It has at all times behaved as a private shareholder in similar circumstances would have done.
v obdobju 2015/2016 […].
Following a meeting with the Commission on 26 April 2017, the United Kingdom provided further details about the evolving circumstances of the MMD business throughout the entire period concerned and indicated what PCC knew at the time of the granting of each support measure.
Nazadnje je Združeno kraljestvo po konferenčnem klicu 18. aprila 2018 sočasno s podrobnim pojasnilom metodologije temeljnega ekonomskega modela predložilo dodatne dokaze o predhodnih ekonomskih analizah različnih razpoložljivih možnosti.
Within each year, key events which impacted on MMD's financial performance were considered to demonstrate that PCC did not ‘blindly’ follow unsupported, over-optimistic forecasts presented by MMD management.
Pripombe Združenega kraljestva v zvezi s pripombami zainteresiranih strani
On the contrary, the United Kingdom argues that the evidence clearly demonstrates that, as issues arose, they were addressed in a robust, commercially-minded fashion by MMD's management as it moved the business towards future profitability, with entirely appropriate supervision by PCC at the times of key decision-making.
V zvezi s pripombami pritožnika je Združeno kraljestvo poudarilo, da so v njih zgolj ponovljene domneve o državni pomoči iz sklepa o začetku postopka, ne da bi bile predložene posebne pripombe ali dokazi.
This submission by the United Kingdom was supplemented with additional contemporaneous evidence of these economic and commercial ex ante evaluations by MMD and PCC.
Stališče Združenega kraljestva glede teh domnev je bilo navedeno v njegovih pripombah v zvezi s sklepom o začetku postopka.
Furthermore, the United Kingdom explained that many of the internal briefings provided to PCC about MMD were provided orally rather than in writing and thus they cannot be demonstrated by written evidence.
V zvezi s pripombami anonimne zainteresirane strani je Združeno kraljestvo tudi poudarilo, da so v večini pripomb enostavno ponovljene domneve iz sklepa o začetku postopka, ne da bi bile predložene posebne pripombe ali dokazi.