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Having established that the Real Estate Purchase Agreement, the Ground Lease Agreement and the Supplementary Lease Agreement were entered into directly by the State and thus state resources were involved, the Authority notes, secondly, that Verne, the potential beneficiary of the measures contained in the three agreements, qualifies as an undertaking since it pursues economic activities be offering whole-sale data storage services on the market.
Potem ko je Nadzorni organ ugotovil, da je pogodbo o nakupu nepremičnine, pogodbo o zakupu zemljišča in dodatno pogodbo o zakupu zemljišča sklenila neposredno država in da so bila potemtakem vključena državna sredstva, je ugotovil tudi, da se družba Verne, potencialni upravičenec ukrepov iz treh pogodb, šteje kot podjetje, saj opravlja gospodarske dejavnosti, s tem ko na trgu ponuja veleprodajne storitve shranjevanja podatkov.
Third, since the transactions potentially benefitted a specific undertaking (i.e. Verne), they should be considered as a selective measure.
Ker je imelo posamezno podjetje (tj. družba Verne) morebiti koristi od transakcij, jih je treba obravnavati kot selektiven ukrep.
Fourth, the measures distort or have the potential to distort competition and affect trade between Contracting Parties of the EEA Agreement since Verne intends to operate a global wholesale data centre where the service will be available to customers within the EEA and the world market.
Ukrepi izkrivljajo ali bi lahko izkrivljali konkurenco in vplivali na trgovino med pogodbenicami Sporazuma EGP, saj namerava družba Verne upravljati globalni veleprodajni podatkovni center, kjer bodo storitve na voljo strankam z območja EGP in s svetovnih trgov.
The existence of an advantage – the Market Investor Principle
Obstoj prednosti – načelo vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu
In order to assess whether measures contained in the three agreements constitute state aid, the Authority must ascertain whether the sale of the buildings and the lease of the land confer an advantage on Verne
Da bi Nadzorni organ ocenil, ali ukrepi iz treh pogodb pomenijo državno pomoč, mora ugotoviti, ali prodaja stavb in zakup zemljišča dajeta prednost družbi Verne.
Should the Real Estate Purchase Agreement, the Ground Lease Agreement and the Supplementary Lease Agreement have been carried out in accordance with the market economy investor principle, i.e. if the State sold the buildings for market value and the provisions of the Ground Lease Agreement and the Supplementary Lease Agreement complied with market terms no state aid would be involved.
Če bi se pogodba o nakupu nepremičnine, pogodba o zakupu zemljišča in dodatna pogodba o zakupu zemljišča izvedle v skladu z načelom vlagatelja v tržnem gospodarstvu, tj. če bi država stavbe prodala po tržni vrednosti ter bi se v določbah pogodbe o zakupu zemljišča in dodatne pogodbe o zakupu zemljišča upoštevali tržni pogoji, ne bi šlo za državno pomoč.
In relation to the sale by public authorities of land or buildings to an undertaking or to an individual involved in an economic activity it must be pointed out that the Court has held that such a sale may include elements of state aid, in particular where it is not made at market value, that is to say, where it is not sold at the price which a private market investor, operating in normal competitive conditions, would have been able to fix. [62]
V zvezi s tem, da javni organi prodajo zemljišča ali stavbe podjetju ali posamezniku, ki opravlja gospodarsko dejavnost, je treba navesti, da je Sodišče presodilo, da lahko taka prodaja vsebuje elemente državne pomoči, zlasti kadar se ne izvede po tržni vrednosti, kar pomeni, da se ne proda po ceni, za katero bi se lahko dogovoril zasebni vlagatelj v tržnem gospodarstvu, ki bi posloval v običajnih konkurenčnih pogojih [62].
The Guidelines are based on the test of the private operator in a market economy; the private investor test.
Te smernice temeljijo na preskusu zasebnega subjekta v tržnem gospodarstvu – preskusu zasebnega vlagatelja.
Was an unconditional bidding procedure followed - or comparable?
Ali je bil izveden postopek zbiranja ponudb brez pogojevanja ali drug primerljiv postopek?
According to point 2.1 of the Guidelines the existence of state aid in favour of the buyer is automatically excluded when the sale follows “a sufficiently well-published, open and unconditional bidding procedure, comparable to an auction, accepting the best or only bid”.
Glede na točko 2.1 smernic je obstoj državne pomoči v korist kupca avtomatično izključen, ko se prodaja opravi: „po postopku zbiranja ponudb, ki je zadostno oglaševan, odprt in brez pogojevanja ter je primerljiv z dražbo, v okviru katerega se sprejme najboljša ali edina ponudba“.
According to the information gathered by the Authority under the formal investigation procedure, it appears that no bidding procedure was organized by the State or KADECO on its behalf.
Glede na informacije, ki jih je Nadzorni organ zbral med formalnim postopkom preiskave, se zdi, da država ali družba KADECO v njenem imenu nista organizirali postopka zbiranja ponudb.
Therefore, the presence of state aid cannot be automatically excluded on that ground.
Zato na podlagi tega ni mogoče samodejno izključiti prisotnosti državne pomoči.
However, the Authority will in the following assess whether a procedure, comparable to an unconditional bidding procedures, was applied, even if not entirely in compliance with the Guidelines.
Vendar bo Nadzorni organ v nadaljevanju presodil, ali je bil uporabljen postopek, ki je primerljiv s postopki zbiranja ponudb brez pogojevanja, čeprav ni bil povsem v skladu s smernicami.
The Icelandic authorities argued in their comments to the opening decision [63] that the buildings were sold at market value at the time, in February 2008.
Islandski organi so v pripombah k odločbi o začetku postopka [63] trdili, da so bile stavbe prodane po tedanji tržni vrednosti iz februarja 2008.
To support this statement the Icelandic authorities have, even if not referring to the Guidelines, amongst other submitted that “all of the government’s properties, which KADECO was handling at the time, were advertised publicly, several months before the sale to Verne” [64]; that the “property was publicly advertised and there were two offers for Building 869; the […] offer of Verne Holdings ehf. and an offer from [another bidder]”. [65]
Da bi podprli to trditev, so, čeprav se niso sklicevali na smernice, med drugim navedli, da „je bilo vse premoženje v lasti vlade, ki ga je tedaj upravljala družba KADECO, javno oglaševano več mesecev pred prodajo družbi Verne“ [64] ter da „je bilo premoženje javno oglaševano in so prejeli dve ponudbi za stavbo št. 869: ponudbo družbe Verne Holdings ehf. in ponudbo [drugega ponudnika]“ [65].
In order to verify that a procedure similar to an unconditional bidding procedure took place, the Authority has assessed all available information.
Da bi Nadzorni organ preveril, ali je bil izveden postopek, podoben postopku zbiranja ponudb brez pogojevanja, je proučil vse razpoložljive informacije.
The Icelandic National Audit Office (Ríkisendurskoðun) is an independent body operating under the auspices of the Icelandic Parliament, Alþingi.
Islandski nacionalni revizijski urad („Ríkisendurskoðun“) je neodvisen organ, ki deluje pod okriljem islandskega parlamenta („Alþingi“).
In November 2007 to March 2008 the Icelandic National Audit Office carried out a so-called Performance Audit [67] on the operations of KADECO.
Od novembra 2007 do marca 2008 je islandski nacionalni revizijski urad izvedel t. i. revizijo smotrnosti poslovanja [67] dejavnosti družbe KADECO.
The reason for the examination was assertions in the public debate to the effect that the full interests of the State had not been protected when assets in the former defence area at KeflavíkAirportwere sold.
Revizijo so izvedli, ker so se v javni razpravi pojavile trditve o tem, da ob prodaji premoženja na nekdanjem obrambnem območju na letališču Keflavík državni interesi niso bili v celoti zaščiteni.
The buildings purchased by Verne are located in the area.
Stavbe, ki jih je kupila družba Verne, so na tem območju.
However these buildings had not yet been sold when the audit was performed.
Toda te stavbe ob izvedbi revizije še niso bile prodane.
The audit pointed out that the KADECO had, by law, been appointed to manage the facilities in the former defence area at Keflavík Airport and to handle the future development of the area on behalf of the IcelandicState.
Z revizijo se je ugotovilo, da je bila družba KADECO z zakonom imenovana, da upravlja objekte na nekdanjem obrambnem območju na letališču Keflavík in da skrbi za prihodnji razvoj območja v imenu države Islandije.
It had therefore been fully within the company’s rights to handle the selling of the State’s assets in the area without the involvement of the State Trading Centre (Ríkiskaup) [68], and KADECO was not under any obligation to put them out to tender.
Zato je bila izvedba prodaje državnega premoženja na tem območju popolnoma v pristojnosti družbe, ne da bi v to vključila državni trgovinski center („Ríkiskaup“) [68], družbi KADECO pa za premoženje ni bilo treba zagotoviti postopka oddaje javnega naročila.
Moreover, the audit concludes that interests of the State had been protected when the facilities were disposed of.
V reviziji je poleg tega ugotovljeno, da so bili državni interesi ob prodaji objektov zaščiteni.
The report on the Performance Audit was issued 26 March 2008 and it is publicly available at the Icelandic National Audit Office’s website.
Poročilo o reviziji smotrnosti poslovanja je bilo objavljeno 26. marca 2008 in je javno dostopno na spletišču islandskega nacionalnega revizijskega urada [69].
The report describes in detail the sales process of the buildings already sold or in the process of being sold at the time of the audit, by when three fourth of all the properties in the area had already been sold.
V poročilu je podrobno opisan postopek prodaje stavb, ki so bile v času revizije bodisi že prodane bodisi so bile v postopku prodaje; do tedaj je bilo namreč tri četrtine vseh nepremičnin na območju že prodanih.
According to the report the first public advertisements for designated buildings in the area were published in March 2007, whereby 24 specific buildings were offered for sale.
Glede na poročilo so bili marca 2007 objavljeni prvi javni oglasi za navedene stavbe na območju, pri čemer je bilo v prodajo ponujenih 24 posamičnih stavb [70].
In April 2007 eight additional buildings were offered for sale in various newspapers in Iceland.
Z oglasi v različnih islandskih časopisih so aprila 2007 v prodajo ponudili še osem stavb [71].
The report states that since April 2007 no buildings were specifically advertised in newspapers, however regular advertisements were published where reference is made to KADECO and its homepage, and called for ideas of exploitation in the area.
V poročilu je navedeno, da od aprila 2007 v časopisih ni bilo posebnih oglasov za stavbe, vseeno pa so bili redno objavljeni oglasi z navedbo družbe KADECO in njenega spletišča, ki so pozivali k prispevanju zamisli za izrabo območja.
The Icelandic National Audit Office pointed out in its report that it would have been more fortunate to advertise more buildings specifically.
Islandski nacionalni revizijski urad je v svojem poročilu opozoril, da bi bilo ugodneje oglaševati več stavb posamično.
In the case of the five buildings sold to Verne on 26 February 2008, only one building was advertised specifically; namely building No 869.
V primeru petih stavb, prodanih družbi Verne 26. februarja 2008, je bila le ena stavba oglaševana posamično, in sicer stavba št. 869 [72].
The Authority has been provided with a copy of the offer.
Nadzorni organ je prejel izvod te ponudbe.
Atlantic Film Studios offered ISK 35000 pr m2, which given the estimated size of building 869 at the time, 13000 m2, was calculated to ISK 455000000 in the offer.
Družba Atlantic Film Studios je ponudila 35000 ISK na m2, kar je glede na tedaj ocenjeno velikost stavbe št. 869, tj. 13000 m2, znašalo 455000000 ISK v ponudbi.
In addition, Atlantic Film Studios, offered to pay ISK 15000000 for asphalt area outside the boundaries of building 869.
Družba Atlantic Film Studios je prav tako ponudila, da bo plačala 15000000 ISK za asfaltirano območje zunaj meja stavbe št. 869.
The Icelandic authorities have explained that this offer was rejected. [73]
Islandski organi so pojasnili, da je bila ta ponudba zavrnjena [73].
On the basis of the aforementioned, the Authority cannot conclude that a procedure, comparable to an unconditional bidding procedure was followed in this case.
Na podlagi navedenega Nadzorni organ ne more ugotoviti, da je bil v tem primeru izveden postopek, primerljiv s postopkom zbiranja ponudb brez pogojevanja.
Thus, state aid cannot be automatically excluded on this basis.
Na tej podlagi torej ni mogoče samodejno izključiti državne pomoči.
Independent expert evaluation
Neodvisna strokovna ocena vrednosti
The Guidelines provide for an alternative procedure to exclude aid, the so-called independent expert valuation method, at Section 2.2.
V smernicah je v oddelku 2.2 naveden alternativni postopek za izključitev pomoči, t. i. metoda neodvisne strokovne ocene vrednosti.
Even if the Icelandic authorities have not argued that aid was excluded on the basis of the method prescribed, the Authority will assess whether this was the case.
Čeprav islandski organi niso trdili, da je bila pomoč izključena na podlagi navedene metode, bo Nadzorni organ presodil, ali je bilo tako.
On 23 April 2007 an expert, a local real estate agency named Fateignastofa Suðurnesja, assessed the market value of this particular building (869), on the size assumption 13382 m2, to be ISK 980000000, or around ISK 73000 pr m2.
Lokalna nepremičninska agencija Fateignastofa Suðurnesja je 23. aprila 2007 strokovno ocenila tržno vrednost te posamezne stavbe (št. 869), ki domnevno meri 13382 m2, na 980000000 ISK ali okrog 73000 ISK na m2.
While Verne bought this building plus four additional building in February 2008 for the total price of USD 14.5 million, then equivalent to ISK 957000000, this raises a legitimate question; whether market value was indeed paid for the buildings.
Ker je družba Verne februarja 2008 kupila to stavbo ter še štiri stavbe za skupno ceno 14,5 milijona USD, kar je tedaj ustrezalo 957000000 ISK, se upravičeno postavlja vprašanje, ali je za stavbe dejansko plačala tržno ceno.
As mentioned before the Icelandic authorities argued in their comments to the opening decision that the buildings were sold at market price and to support this statement they amongst other referred to the independent expert valuation of building 869, mentioned above.
Kakor je bilo prej navedeno, so islandski organi v svojih pripombah k odločbi o začetku postopka dokazovali, da so bile stavbe prodane po tržni ceni, za podporo tej trditvi pa so med drugim navedli neodvisno strokovno oceno vrednosti stavbe št. 869 iz prejšnjega odstavka.
The Icelandic authorities have provided the Authority with a copy of the valuation, dated 23 April 2007, signed by the expert.
Islandski organi so Nadzornemu organu poslali izvod ocene vrednosti z dne 23. aprila 2007, ki ga je podpisal strokovnjak.
The report is short, less than one page, and refers to building No 869 as being 13383 m2 made of steel frame in good condition and with good accessibility.
Poročilo je kratko, ne zajema niti ene strani, in se nanaša na stavbo št. 869, ki meri 13383 m2, je narejena iz jeklenega ogrodja, je v dobrem stanju in lahko dostopna [74].
The expert establishes the market price of ISK 980000000 based on documentation available, the inspection of the house and survey of comparable properties in the area, considering the market conditions.
Strokovnjak je določil tržno ceno v višini 980000000 ISK na podlagi razpoložljive dokumentacije, pregleda stavbe in pregleda primerljivih nepremičnin na območju, pri čemer je upošteval tržne pogoje.
The expert refers to the possibility of an exploitation of the building in connection with the nearby international airport at Keflavík and refers to multiple exploitation possibilities of the property as high ceiling building.
Strokovnjak navaja, da se lahko stavba izrabi v povezavi z bližnjim mednarodnim letališčem Keflavík ter da ima zaradi visokih stropov mnogovrstne možnosti izrabe.
The Authority notes that Icelandic authorities submitted in their comments to the opening decision that the expert assessment “was to reflect a new building value of comparable properties”.
Nadzorni organ navaja, da so islandski organi v svojih pripombah k odločbi o začetku postopka trdili, da „naj bi“ strokovna ocena vrednosti: „odražala vrednost nove stavbe primerljivih lastnosti“ [75].
This is however not reflected in the wording of the expert valuation which clearly refers to the conditions of building 869 and does not contain any reference to new buildings.
Vendar se to ne odraža v besedilu strokovne ocene vrednosti, ki se očitno nanaša na stanje stavbe št. 869 in ne vsebuje nobenih sklicevanj na nove stavbe.
Moreover, the report of the Icelandic National Audit Office referred to above does not support the understanding that the expert valuation reflected the value of new buildings.
Poleg tega poročilo islandskega nacionalnega revizijskega urada, navedeno zgoraj, ne podpira razumevanja, da je strokovna ocena vrednosti odražala vrednost novih stavb.
Since the expert valuation does only cover one of the five buildings sold to Verne, it was performed 10 months before the buildings were sold to Verne and it appears to be uncertain whether this valuation actually was based on generally accepted market indicators and valuation standards, it cannot be regarded as independent expert valuation for all five buildings sold to Verne, within the meaning of the Guidelines for the purposes of the case at hand.
Ker strokovna ocena vrednosti zajema le eno od petih stavb, prodanih družbi Verne, ker je bila opravljena deset mesecev pred prodajo stavb tej družbi ter ker se ne zdi gotovo, ali je ocena vrednosti dejansko temeljila na splošno priznanih tržnih kazalnikih in standardih vrednotenja, se v obravnavani zadevi ne more upoštevati kot neodvisna strokovna ocena vrednosti za vseh pet stavb, prodanih družbi Verne, v smislu smernic.
The question then arises, how the market price for the buildings can be established in the case at hand.
Postavlja se torej vprašanje, kako se lahko določi tržna cena za stavbe v obravnavani zadevi.
In the absence of the procedure to automatically exclude state aid, that was available to the State under the Authority’s Guidelines, the Authority will take the systematic and logical approach on which the Guidelines are based, in its assessment of the market value in the case at hand.
Ker ni postopka, s katerim bi samodejno izključili državno pomoč, ki bi bil na razpolago državi v skladu s smernicami Nadzornega organa, bo Nadzorni organ za oceno tržne vrednosti v obravnavani zadevi uporabil sistematični in logični pristop, na katerem temeljijo smernice,.
The total size of all five buildings purchased by Verne was 31008 m2.
Površina vseh petih stavb skupaj, ki jih je kupila družba Verne, je bila 31008 m2 [76].
The total price paid, equivalent to ISK 957000000 at the time, gives a price of around ISK 31000 pr. m2, which is about ISK 4000 below the price pr. m2 offered by Atlantic Film Studios 10 months earlier for building 869; an offer that was rejected according to the Icelandic authorities.
Glede na skupni znesek plačila, ki ustreza tedanjim 957000000 ISK, je bila cena okoli 31000 ISK na m2, kar je približno 4000 ISK na m2 manj, kot je deset mesecev prej ponudila družba Atlantic Film Studios za stavbo št. 869; po trditvah islandskih organov pa je bila ta ponudba zavrnjena [77].
In the Authority’s view this already gives an indication that the buildings were sold below market price to Verne.
Nadzorni organ meni, da to že nakazuje, da so bile stavbe družbi Verne prodane pod tržno ceno.
As indicated above, the Authority cannot rely entirely on the expert valuation performed.
Kot je navedeno zgoraj, se Nadzorni organ ne more v celoti zanesti na opravljeno strokovno oceno vrednosti.
However, it indicates in the Authority’s view, that the price paid might have been below market price, also viewed in the light of the only other offer that was put forward, according to the Icelandic authorities, which, in addition, was already 10 months before the actual sale to Verne took place.
Vendar po njegovem mnenju ta nakazuje, da je bila plačana cena morda nižja od tržne, tudi z vidika edine druge predložene ponudbe glede na navedbe islandskih organov, ki je bila poleg tega oddana že deset mesecev pred dejansko prodajo družbi Verne.
The assessment of whether market price was paid, is, in the absence of the automatic assumption provided for under the Authority’s Guidelines, by nature retrospective.
Ker v smernicah Nadzornega organa ni predvidena samodejna predpostavka, je ocena o tem, ali je bila plačana tržna cena, po svoji naravi naknadna [78].
It is the duty of the Authority to apply the most reliable method to determine the value of a property in such cases, based on all information available.
Nadzorni organ mora uporabiti najzanesljivejšo metodo, s katero na podlagi vseh razpoložljivih informacij določi vrednost nepremičnin v takih primerih.
The Authority is of the view that reliable information in this regard can be found in the report of the Icelandic National Audit Office referred to above, even if it cannot be excluded that other sales contracts entered into by the State and discussed in the report entail state aid.
Nadzorni organ meni, da je zanesljive informacije v zvezi s tem moč najti v zgoraj navedenem poročilu islandskega nacionalnega revizijskega urada, čeprav ni mogoče izključiti, da pomenijo državno pomoč tudi druge prodajne pogodbe, ki jih je sklenila država in jih urad obravnava v poročilu.
In the Authority’s view, the report provides helpful information on the situation prior to and at the time of the sale to Verne and it can be useful in the process of establishing market value in the area concerned.
Po mnenju Nadzornega organa poročilo zagotavlja koristne informacije o razmerah pred prodajo in ob prodaji družbi Verne ter je lahko koristno v postopku določanja tržne vrednosti na zadevnem območju.
The report also provides information on the assumptions made by the expert and clarifies that the assessments were based on market prices in the area, taking into account construction costs.
Poročilo vsebuje tudi informacije o predpostavkah strokovnjaka in pojasnjuje, da so ocene temeljile na tržnih cenah na tem območju ob upoštevanju gradbenih stroškov.
However, as the report clarifies, the buildings were not individually assessed, but rather grouped according to age, condition and exploitation possibilities.
Vendar, kot je pojasnjeno v poročilu, stavbe niso bile ocenjene posamezno, ampak razvrščene v skupine glede na starost, stanje in možnosti izrabe.
Then, different groups were assessed.
Nato so bile različne skupine stavb ocenjene.
The expert assessment took into consideration necessary improvements of electricity (from US to European standards), location and distance from infrastructure.
Pri strokovni oceni vrednosti so se upoštevale potrebne izboljšave električnih inštalacij (iz standardov ZDA v evropske), lokacija in oddaljenost od infrastrukture.
In contrast, it neither took into consideration the vast extra supply of real estate in the area when the US Navy area was taken into civilian use nor the resale and exploitation restriction apparently imposed in some cases.
Nasprotno pa se niso upoštevale niti znatna dodatna ponudba nepremičnin na območju, ko se je območje vojne mornarice ZDA začelo uporabljati v civilne namene, niti omejitve glede nadaljnje prodaje in izrabe, očitno določene v nekaterih primerih.