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An example of such a justification can be found in Case T-244/08, Konsum Nord v Commission [39].
Nadzorni organ tudi meni, da so razpisna merila, ki niso bila povezana s ceno, deloma izražala javno politiko ali zakonodajne pomisleke, kot so spodbujanje konkurence, povečanje javnega dostopa do širokopasovnih povezav in regionalna kohezija, ki jih zasebni vlagatelj ne bi štel za pomembne.
In that case, a municipality in Sweden had sold a plot of land to a supermarket chain at a price below the price offered by the highest bidder.
Ta merila za dodelitev predstavljajo večji odstotek kot merila, povezana s ceno.
The General Court held that the market value of the sale of land in question could not be established based solely on the presence of a higher bid without considering the particular circumstances invoked by the Swedish authorities.
Nadzorni organ torej ugotavlja, da merila za dodelitev ne izpolnjujejo zahtev preskusa zasebnega prodajalca.
Further, the Court of Justice held in Case C-39/14, BVVG that a rule of national law enabling a public authority to reject a tender offer for agricultural land that is disproportionately high and of a speculative nature does not entail state aid, provided that it results in a price that is as close as possible to the market value of the land in question [40].
V skladu s tem rezultat razpisa ne more zagotoviti zanesljivega merila za določanje tržne cene za zadevno pravico do zakupa.
This case law is not directly applicable to the case at hand, given that Míla did not submit a bid.
Strokovna ocena pravice do zakupa
Nevertheless, the Icelandic authorities argue that its choice of award criteria were justified in the present case.
Na podlagi navedenega nepravilni postopek za oddajo javnega naročila ne izključuje možnosti, da Nadzorni organ uporabi preskus zasebnega prodajalca.
They argue that in particular the disputed criterion on promotion of competition was designed to address the alleged monopolistic feature of the relevant market dominated by the incumbent provider, Míla.
Nadzorni organ pa bo moral proučiti vsebino zadevne transakcije in predvsem primerjati dogovorjeno ceno s tržno ceno.
The Authority also notes that Míla itself declared that it had no economic reason for participating in the tender, given that it already had ample transmission capacity on its own fibres.
Nadzorni organ se za ta namen običajno sklicuje na neodvisno strokovno ocenjevalno študijo kot merilo za tržno ceno.
However, in the present case the particular circumstances invoked by the Icelandic authorities are not sufficient to demonstrate that a private vendor in the same situation would have designed the tender in a similar way.
Takšna študija bi načeloma morala biti pripravljena ob transakciji.
The EFTA Court in Case E-1/13 held that the award criteria other than price appeared to reflect public policy or regulatory considerations, which a private investor would not consider relevant.
Nadzorni organ pa lahko v svoji oceni upošteva tudi naknadno ocenjevalno študijo [41].
The Authority also considers that the non-price criteria in the tender partly reflected public policy or regulatory considerations, such as the promotion of competition, improvement of public broadband access and regional cohesion, which a private investor would not consider relevant.
Islandski organi so zagotovili ocenjevalno študijo podjetja Mannvit, mednarodnega svetovalnega podjetja, ki obravnava predvsem Islandijo in redno zagotavlja strokovne nasvete o infrastrukturnih projektih.
These award criteria outweigh the criteria related to price.
Datum študije je 30. januar 2015.
The Authority therefore concludes that the award criteria of the tender do not meet the requirements of the private vendor test.
Nadzorni organ izpostavlja, da je podjetje Mannvit že svetovalo islandskim organom glede postopka oddaje javnega naročila.
Accordingly, the outcome of the tender cannot provide a reliable proxy for establishing the market price for the lease right in question.
Poleg tega so se islandski organi z zahtevo po ocenjevalni študiji odzvali na oceno cene, ki jo je predložil pritožnik.
Expert valuation of the lease right
Nadzorni organ ni ugotovil nobenih znakov, da bi te okoliščine vplivale na nepristranskost strokovnega svetovalnega podjetja.
As stated above, the absence of a sufficient tender process does not exclude the possibility of the Authority applying the private vendor test.
V teh okoliščinah pa Nadzorni organ meni, da je treba ocenjevalno študijo podrobno proučiti.
However, the Authority will need to examine the substance of the transaction in question, and in particular compare the agreed price to the market price.
V zvezi s tem Nadzorni organ najprej izpostavlja, da je ocena tržne vrednosti zadevne pravice do zakupa še zlasti zapletena zaradi posebne narave sredstva (vključno s pravico zveze NATO do prekinitve sporazuma) in prisotnosti regulacije v sektorju.
For this purpose, the Authority normally refers to an independent expert valuation study as a proxy for the market price.
Poleg tega je treba upoštevati to, da obstajata dva cenovna elementa, in sicer zakupnina in naložbe v priključne točke.
Such a study should ideally be prepared at the time of the transaction.
Študija podjetja Mannvit temelji na primerjavi med dvema različnima možnostma za pridobitev dostopa do kabla iz vlaken, ki obkroža Islandijo: operater bi lahko zakupil vlakno zveze NATO (kot je storila družba Vodafone) ali pridobil dostop do vlakna od družbe Míla, ki ponuja regulirani veleprodajni proizvod (spojni zakupljeni vodi) po regulirani ceni.
However, the Authority can also rely on an ex post valuation study in its assessment [41].
Udeleženec na trgu, ki želi pridobiti dostop do kabla iz vlaken, na podlagi te izbire ne bi bil pripravljen plačati višje cene od te, ki jo za regulirani veleprodajni dostopovni proizvod ponuja družba Míla.
The Icelandic authorities have provided a valuation study by Mannvit, an international consultancy with a focus on Iceland, which regularly provides expert advice on infrastructure projects.
Regulirana veleprodajna cena torej predstavlja najvišjo ceno za ceno zakupa vlakna zveze NATO, čeprav morda neposredno ne izraža tržne cene pravice do zakupa zaradi elementov, opisanih v naslednjih odstavkih.
The study is dated 30 January 2015.
Nadzorni organ meni, da je zaradi dveh različnih možnosti za pridobitev dostopa do vzporednih vlaken v istem kablu ta pristop, ki temelji na primerjavi cen, razumen [42].
The Authority notes that Mannvit had already advised the Icelandic authorities on the tender process.
Primerjava cen v študiji podjetja Mannvit in najnovejša primerjava cen, ki jo je predložil pritožnik, ne temeljita na cenah v času razpisa.
Furthermore, the valuation study was requested by the Icelandic authorities in response to the price estimate put forward by the complainant.
Nadzorni organ pa meni, da v posebnih okoliščinah obravnavanega primera predložena sklicevanja na ceno še vedno zagotavljajo dobro merilo za tržno ceno v času transakcije.
The Authority has not found any indications that these circumstances have affected the objectivity of the expert consultants.
Regulirane veleprodajne cene, uporabljene za primerjavo, temeljijo na preteklih stroških in se v obdobju več let običajno ne spremenijo [43].
However, under these circumstances the Authority considers it necessary to examine the valuation study in detail.
Ob upoštevanju te indeksacije je lahko torej predloženi izračun, ki temelji na današnjih cenah, dober pokazatelj tega, ali je bila pravica do zakupa v času transakcije dodeljena v skladu s tržnimi pogoji.
In this regard, the Authority first notes that the assessment of the market value of the lease right at issue is particularly complex, given the specific nature of the asset (including the NATO termination rights) and the existence of regulation in the sector.
Kot je pojasnjeno v navedenem oddelku I.7, podjetje Mannvit poudarja več razlik med reguliranim veleprodajnim proizvodom družbe Míla in vlaknom zveze NATO, ki jih je treba upoštevati pri primerjavi cen.
Furthermore, the existence of two price elements, namely the rental fee and the investments in termination points, has to be taken into consideration.
Nadzorni organ najprej meni, da je utemeljeno, da je podjetje Mannvit prilagodilo dolžino vlakna zveze NATO, ki naj bi se upoštevala pri izračunu cene, saj so cene običajno izračunane na podlagi povezave med točkama (tj. neposrednih vodov med ustreznimi priključnimi točkami).
The Mannvit study is based on a comparison between two different scenarios for gaining access to the fibre cable around Iceland: An operator could either lease the NATO fibre (as Vodafone has done) or, alternatively, procure access from Míla, which offers a regulated wholesale product (trunk leased lines) at a regulated price.
Če se ta metoda uporabi za obstoječe priključne točke na vlaknu zveze NATO v času transakcije, znaša skupna dolžina, ki jo je treba upoštevati, 1283 km, kot je ugotovljeno v študiji podjetja Mannvit.
Given this choice, a market operator looking for access to the fibre cable would not be prepared to pay more than the price for the regulated wholesale access product offered by Míla.
Podjetje Mannvit nato oceni, katero veleprodajno ceno in popust bi bilo najustrezneje uporabiti v obravnavanem primeru.
The price comparison in the Mannvit study as well as the most recent one provided by the complainant are not based on prices at the time of the tender.
Podjetje Mannvit torej predlaga, da bi bilo kot podlago za izračun tržne cene bolje uporabiti veleprodajno tarifo drugega operaterja, in sicer družbe Orkufjarskipti.
However, the Authority considers that under the specific circumstances of the case at hand, the price references provided still offer a good proxy for the market price at the time of the transaction.
Tarifa družbe Orkufjarskipti znaša 5020 ISK na km/mesec.
The regulated wholesale prices used as a comparison are based on historic costs and usually remain unchanged over a number of years [43].
Študija podjetja Mannvit je proučila tudi stopnje popusta in ugotovila, da bi bilo treba za veleprodajno ceno uporabiti 25-odstotni popust, ne pa 15-odstotni popust, kar je največji popust, ki je trenutno na voljo za triletne pogodbe.
For instance, Míla's regulated tariff of ISK 7609 per km/month is based on a cost analysis prepared in 2010 and finalised in May 2011 [44].
Podjetje Mannvit utemeljuje to prilagoditev s tem, da izpostavi, da zakupno obdobje traja deset let, kar precej presega trajanje pogodbe, ki je obravnavano v reguliranih tarifah družbe Míla in Orkufjarskipti.
The tariff has been in force unchanged from 1 August 2011 until 2015.
To nadaljuje utemelji s 25-odstotnim popustim, ki ga je družba Míla zagotovila za potrošnike, ki so v času razpisa imeli v zakupu dolžino vlakna, podobno dolžini vlakna zveze NATO.
This demonstrates that the regulated wholesale tariffs used in the price comparison usually remain stable over time, and that the Míla tariff in particular is based on a cost analysis undertaken at around the same time as the contract of 1 February 2010 with Vodafone.
Nadzorni organ se strinja, da regulirana tarifa družbe Míla za spojne zakupljene vode v obravnavanem primeru ne zagotavlja ustrezne primerjave tržne cene.
Moreover, the rent payable by Vodafone is adjusted by the building cost index as from June 2008 (i.e. at the time of the tender).
Zlasti je treba poudariti, da tarifa družbe Míla ne temelji samo na stroških naložb in upravljanja vlaken v istem kablu, v katerem je tudi vlakno zveze NATO (ki so najverjetneje že bili amortizirani), ampak tudi na novejših naložbah v druga vlakna.
Once this indexation has been taken into account, the calculation provided based on today's prices can thus provide a good indication of whether the lease right had been granted on market terms at the time of the transaction.
Nadzorni organ pa izpostavlja, da tudi tarifa družbe Orkufjarskipti, ki jo je predložilo podjetje Mannvit, ne zagotavlja idealne referenčne cene, saj temelji na posamezni strukturi stroškov tega operaterja, ki je javno podjetje.
As explained in section I.7 above, Mannvit highlights a number of differences between the regulated wholesale product offered by Míla and the NATO fibre that should be taken into account when comparing prices.
Nadzorni organ priznava, da se zdi, da popolna primerjava cen ni mogoča, saj ni na voljo tržnih cen, ki bi se lahko uporabile posebej za vlakna zveze NATO in za vzporedna vlakna v istem kablu.
First, the Authority considers it reasonable when Mannvit adjusts the length of the NATO fibre to be taken into account for the price calculation, as prices are usually calculated on a point-to-point basis (i.e. as direct lines between the relevant termination points).
Nadzorni organ ima iste pomisleke v zvezi s popustom, ki naj bi se uporabil.
When applied to the existing termination points on the NATO fibre at the time of the transaction, the Mannvit study concludes that the total length to be taken into account is 1283 km.
Veleprodajne ponudbe, ki so trenutno na voljo, predvidevajo zgolj 15-odstotni popust za triletno pogodbo.
Mannvit then assesses which wholesale price and discount would be most appropriate to be applied in the case at hand.
Udeleženec na trgu pa bi najverjetneje odobril večji popust za daljše pogodbe in zelo visoke količine.
The study highlights that Míla's regulated tariff (ISK 7609 per km/month) might not be the right benchmark to determine the market price, as the regulated tariff is based on the costs and utilisation ratio of Míla's whole fibre network, including all of Míla's relevant termination points, and not only a fibre network comparable to that of the NATO fibre.
Nadzorni organ izpostavlja, da je družba Míla predhodno zagotovila 25-odstotni popust za zelo podoben namen [45].
Mannvit points out that the NATO fibre is simpler and has much fewer termination points, which indicates that the appropriate cost basis should be lower.
Nadzorni organ glede na navedeno meni, da je ustrezno izraziti oceno tržne cene za pravico do zakupa vlakna zveze NATO kot cenovni razpon, ki temelji na veleprodajni ceni za dostop in navedenimi domnevami glede popusta.
Mannvit therefore proposes to rather use the wholesale tariff of another operator, Orkufjarskipti, as the basis for calculating the market price.
Preglednica 3
The tariff of Orkufjarskipti is ISK 5020 per km/month.
Ocena razponov tržne cene (zakupnina na leto), ki temelji na razpoložljivih tarifah in domnevah glede popustov
The Mannvit study also examines discount rates and concludes that a discount of 25 % should be applied to the wholesale price, instead of the maximum of 15 % currently available for three-year contracts.
Cena na km/mesec
Mannvit justifies this adjustment by pointing out that the lease term is 10 years, which is well in excess of the duration contemplated in the regulated tariffs of Míla and Orkufjarskipti.
dstotni popust
It is further justified by the existence of a 25 % discount Míla offered to customers renting a similar length of fibre as the NATO fibre at the time of the tender.
(*1283 km*12)
The Authority concurs that the regulated tariff of Míla for trunk leased lines does not provide an appropriate market price comparison in the case at hand.
dstotni popust
In particular, Míla's tariff is based not only on the investment and operating costs of fibres in the same cable as the NATO fibre (which have most likely been amortised already) but also on newer investments in other fibres.
Povprečje glede na popust
However, the Authority notes that the tariff of Orkufjarskipti put forward by Mannvit does not provide the ideal point of reference either, given that it is based on the individual cost structure of that operator, a utility company.
Skupno povprečje
The Authority recognises that there appears to be no perfect price comparison possible as there are no available market prices that apply specifically to the NATO fibres as well as the parallel fibres in the same cable.
V preglednici 3 je prikazan razpon cen od 58 milijonov ISK, tj. ocena tržne cene iz študije podjetja Mannvit, do najvišje cene, ki znaša približno 100 milijonov ISK.
The Authority has similar concerns regarding the discount to be applied.
Ocena povprečne tržne cene znaša približno 78 milijonov ISK.
The currently available wholesale offers foresee a mere 15 % discount for a three-year contract.
Družba Vodafone v skladu s pogodbo z dne 1. februarja 2010 za pravico do zakupa plačuje zakupnino, ki znaša 19150000 ISK (brez DDV) in je od 19. junija 2008 indeksirana v skladu z indeksom gradbenih stroškov, plača pa jo 1. julija vsako leto.
It is however likely that a market operator would grant more significant discounts for a longer-term contract and very high quantities.
Nadzorni organ opozarja, da za tarifi družbe Míla in Orkufjarskipti ne velja indeksacija.
The Authority notes that a 25 % discount was previously available from Míla for a very similar purpose [45].
Pri primerjavi je treba torej upoštevati učinek indeksacije.
15 % discount
V pogodbi z dne 1. februarja 2010 je predvidena zakupnina v vrednosti 19150000 ISK pred indeksacijo.
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Glede na to, da se indeks gradbenih stroškov še naprej postopno zvišuje, tako kot se je v zadnjih štirih do petih letih, ta cena ob upoštevanju trajanja pogodbe tudi predstavlja razumno povprečje za letno zakupnino.
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Zakupnino za vlakno zveze NATO pa je mogoče primerjati s tarifami prostorov, ki so namenjeni komercialni uporabi, samo če se ustrezno upošteva precejšnjo naložbo v opremo za prenos, ki jo potrebuje upravljavec vlakna zveze NATO, in sicer družba Vodafone, zato da je vlakno primerno za komercialno uporabo.
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Podjetje Mannvit ocenjuje, da letni strošek za naložbe, ki so zahtevane za primerljivost zakupne cene, ki jo plačuje družba Vodafone, s ponudbo družbe Míla in za izpolnjevanje pogojev razpisne ponudbe, tj. zahtevane naložbe v nove priključne točke, znaša 52 milijonov ISK [47].
Average per discount
Nadzorni organ izpostavlja, da ocena zneska podjetja Mannvit upošteva tehnično opremo, ki je potrebna za začetek uporabe vlakna zveze NATO, in cenovni element, opredeljen v razpisu v zvezi z naložbo v nove priključne točke.
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Nadzorni organ je navzkrižno preveril oceno strokovnega svetovalnega podjetja glede stroškov naložbe v priključne točke (skupno 120 milijonov ISK) z dejanskimi naložbami, ki bi jih morala izvesti družba Vodafone in znašajo skupno 130 milijonov ISK.
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Nadzorni organ poleg tega izpostavlja, da mora družba Vodafone plačati letne licenčnine za opremo v vrednosti 7,5 milijona ISK, ki jih podjetje Mannvit ni upoštevalo.
Total average
Na podlagi navedenega letni finančni prispevki družbe Vodafone v obliki zakupnine in stroškov naložb skupno znašajo približno 87,5 milijona ISK (vključno z letno licenčnino).
Table 3 above shows a price range from ISK 58 million, the market price estimate of the Mannvit study, to a maximum of about ISK 100 million.
Prav tako so precej višji od ocene cene, ki temelji na tarifi družbe Orkufjarskipti (s 15- ali 25-odstotnim popustom), in zelo blizu tarife družbe Míla, ki temelji na 15-odstotnem popustu.
The average market price estimate is about ISK 78 million.
Nadzorni organ izpostavlja, da navedena primerjava tržnih cen ne upošteva učinka posebnih pravic do prekinitve sporazuma na podlagi tega, da je lastnik vlakna zveza NATO.
According to the contract of 1 February 2010, Vodafone pays a rental charge of ISK 19150000 (excluding VAT), indexed as from 19 June 2008 according to the building cost index, for the lease right, payable on 1 July of each year.
Islandski organi so ocenili, da razpon učinka na ceno teh pravic znaša 15–25 %.
The Authority notes that tariffs of Míla and Orkufjarskipti are not subject to indexation.
Če bi se ta razpon uporabil za finančne prispevke družbe Vodafone, bi zadevna osnovna tržna vrednost prispevkov brez upoštevanja teh pravic zveze NATO znašala 94–107 milijonov ISK, kar zelo presega ocene povprečne tržne cene iz preglednice 3.
Accordingly, the effect of the indexation must be taken into account in the comparison.
Poleg tega študija podjetja Mannvit ne upošteva obveznosti Islandije, da mora prenesti vse prihodke od zakupnine, ki presegajo stroške za upravljanje in vzdrževanje vlakna zveze NATO.
Vodafone's rental payments are indexed using the building cost index [46].
Nadzorni organ meni, da ta obveznost ne vpliva na tržno vrednost pravice do zakupa, ki je bila ocenjena v prejšnjih odstavkih na podlagi dejanskih tarif telekomunikacijskih operaterjev, čeprav morda spodbuja islandske organe, da ne povečajo zakupnine (in na primer dajo prednost drugim merilom v postopku oddaje javnega naročila, glej prejšnje odstavke).
According to the statistics, building costs increased strongly following the financial crisis in the autumn of 2008 and during 2009, up to a rate of 30 % per annum, but have since then increased moderately, with a small hike at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012.
V nasprotju s posebnimi pravicami do prekinitve sporazuma iz prejšnjega odstavka, sporazum med Islandijo in zvezo NATO o tem, kako se porazdeli kakršen koli prihodek od pravice do zakupa, nima nobenega vpliva na uporabnika te pravice (tj. družbo Vodafone).
Between June 2008 and July 2010, when the first rental payment was due, the index had already risen by 20,5 %.
Zaradi izčrpnosti Nadzorni organ poudarja, da na to oceno niso vplivale obtožbe družbe Míla, da je oblika postopka oddaje javnega naročila vplivala na ceno.
The movement of the index since January 2008 and the percentage change from the previous year are illustrated by the graph below:
Nadzornemu organu niso bili predloženi nobeni dokazi, da bi lahko določitev pridržane cene, kar je pogosto značilno za razpise, omejila spodbujanje ponudnikov h konkuriranju glede cene.
Building cost index from January 2008
Nadzorni organ tudi izpostavlja, da so štirje neodvisni ponudniki predložili pet ponudb na razpis, pri čemer so vsi ponudniki prejeli vse možne točke (40 %) za merilo glede spodbujanja konkurence.
Source: Statistics Iceland.
V skladu s tem so merila, povezana s ceno, za ponudnike v praksi predstavljala 50 % (tj. 30 od preostalih 60 točk).
The contract of 1 February 2010 foresaw a rental charge of ISK 19150000 before indexation.
Podobno ni bilo nobenih dokazov, da bi lahko bile zaradi morebitne ponudbe družbe Míla, ki ni bila zainteresirana za nadaljnje prenosne zmogljivosti, ponudbe od dejanskih ponudnikov višje, če v razpisu ne bi bilo merila glede spodbujanja konkurence.
By mid-2010, the effect of the indexation had increased this to about ISK 23 million.
Nadzorni organ zlasti poudarja, da so bile zmogljivosti družbe Míla v zvezi s kablom zveze NATO javno znane in da bi kakršna koli morebitna ponudba družbe Míla služila zgolj temu, da bi zaščitila svoj položaj na trgu pred novim udeležencem na trgu [48].
Today, Vodafone pays a rental charge of about ISK 28 million, which corresponds approximately to the mid-term of the 10-year lease contract.
Nadzorni organ na podlagi navedenega meni, da zakup družbe Vodafone ni bil izveden pod tržno ceno.
Provided that the building cost index continues to increase gradually as it has over the last 4-5 years, this price also represents a reasonable average for yearly rental charge when considered over the lifetime of the contract.
Nadzorni organ nazadnje meni, da je postopek oddaje javnega naročila potekal junija 2008, in sicer malo pred začetkom finančne krizi na Islandiji.
The Authority therefore considers that the rental charge of ISK 28 million used by Mannvit represents a reasonable approach for the price comparison in the case at hand.
Med finančno krizo se je postopek ustavil.
However, the rental charge for the NATO fibre can only be compared with tariffs of commercially used facilities if appropriate account is taken of the substantial investment in transmission equipment required by the operator of the NATO fibre, Vodafone, to make the fibre fit for commercial use.
Družba Vodafone je bila kljub finančni krizi in posledičnim spremembam v gospodarskem položaju Islandije pripravljena skleniti zakupno pogodbo pod pogoji, ki so bili dogovorjeni po razpisu leta 2008.