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Here, the Norwegian authorities have committed to adopt national legislation with a view to prevent future breaches of EEA rules on public procurement in the area of concessions in the transport sector.
Nadalje se zdi, da plačila, ki niso bila izvedena na podlagi sheme, krijejo stroške, ki bi jih morali kriti sami prevozniki, in pa stroške, ki sploh niso nastali.
In view of these factors, the Authority exercises its surveillance discretion to the effect that, as mentioned above, it does not see at present any need to initiate the appropriate measures procedure laid down in Articles 17 to 19 in Part II of Protocol 3.
Posledično so taka plačila oblika pomoči za tekoče poslovanje, ki izkrivlja konkurenco in vpliva na trgovino med pogodbenicami.
Further, the Authority closes the present formal investigation of potential new aid in respect of the existing aid scheme in Aust-Agder.
V zvezi s tem je Nadzorni organ ocenil informacije norveških organov glede različnih dejavnosti vseh prevoznikov, ki so v okrožju Aust-Agder izvajali lokalne redne in šolske prevoze.
Nevertheless, following Article 1(1) in Part I of Protocol 3 SCA, the Authority will keep the scheme under constant review until its expiry and monitor its application.
Norveški organi so vztrajali, da je razen v primeru podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS izračun nadomestila, ob upoštevanju, da je ustvarjeni prihodek ustrezal ocenjenim stroškom izvajanja prevoznih storitev, zagotavljal, da so prevozniki prejeli nadomestilo le za javne storitve.
NEW AID OUTSIDE THE EXISTING AID SCHEME
Nadzorni organ na podlagi informacij norveških organov za obdobje pred letom 2004 ni opredelil plačil, ki bi lahko veljala za plačila zunaj okvira veljavne sheme pomoči.
General considerations
Kljub temu Nadzorni organ za obdobje po letu 2004 in za uvedbo metode ALFA (in njene indeksacije od leta 2009) ugotavlja, da so bila nekatera plačila dejansko izvedena zunaj veljavne sheme pomoči v korist podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS.
As regards existing aid, it follows from case-law [68] that any overcompensation must be examined in the light of the aid scheme first.
Vendar Nadzorni organ ni ugotovil, da bi bila taka plačila po letu 2004 izvedena v korist drugih prevoznikov v okrožju Aust-Agder.
If the existing aid scheme, by its design or otherwise, allows for overcompensation, the excess or overcompensatory amounts are to be considered existing aid and thus subject to the appropriate measures procedure laid down in Articles 17 to 19 in Part II of Protocol 3 SCA.
Plačila zunaj okvira sheme za podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS za obdobje 2004–2014
If, on the other hand, the overcompensation is paid to the beneficiary outside the scope of the existing aid scheme, the excess or overcompensatory amounts should be dealt with under the new aid procedure.
Podjetje je leta 2009 začelo voditi ločene račune za dejavnosti javne storitve in komercialne dejavnosti.
It follows that only payments made on the basis of an existing aid scheme can be considered as existing aid disbursed under that scheme.
Kot so navedli norveški organi, je metoda ALFA predvsem model, ki temelji na stroških, in sistem, ki temelji na zaupanju.
Conversely, payments which are in excess of the losses actually incurred and which have been executed outside the scope of the aid scheme must thus be treated as new aid [69].
Podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS je pred vsakim poslovnim letom predložilo ocenjene stroške in prihodke, povezane z javnimi storitvami.
Aid granted outside the existing aid scheme in Aust-Agder
Okrožje Aust-Agder je predpostavilo, da je podjetje ustrezno razporedilo prihodke glede na dejavnosti javne storitve in komercialne dejavnosti.
In the opening decision the Authority expressed doubts as regards any potential new aid to the local scheduled and school bus operators in Aust-Agder that has not been granted on the basis of the existing aid scheme since 1994.
Kot norveški organi na podlagi pozneje znanih informacij priznavajo, temu v resnici ni bilo tako.
The existing aid scheme in place in Aust-Agder provides for local scheduled and school bus transport in Aust-Agder since before the entry into force of the EEA Agreement in Norway on 1 January 1994.
Kot je navedeno v uvodnih izjavah 93 in 94, se na podlagi informacij, ki so jih norveški organi predložili v zvezi z obsegom prevozov podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS, sporočan obseg prevozov razlikuje od obsega, ki bi moral biti sporočen za nadomestilo za javno storitev.
The provision of these services are carried out by the following transport operators: Birkeland Busser AS, Frolandsruta Frode Oland, Høyvågruta AS, Nettbuss Sør AS, RTB, L/L Setesdal Bilruter and Telemark Bilruter.
Glede na predložene preglednice prevozov je podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS nadomestilo neposredno prejelo tudi za komercialne dejavnosti.
As from 2009, and following the mergers of Nettbuss Sør AS with Høyvågruta AS and RTB, five operators remained to carry out the transport services under the Aust-Agder contracts.
Na primer, preglednice razkrivajo, da je podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS prejemalo nadomestilo tudi za storitve nočnega avtobusnega prevoza, čeprav so te storitve del komercialnih dejavnosti podjetja.
The concession contract with Nettbuss Sør AS expired on 31 December 2014.
Podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS ni zanikalo, da so bile zadevne komercialne proge dejansko vključene v izračune za nadomestilo po metodi ALFA.
Currently there are only four transport operators that provide the services concerned under the existing aid scheme.
Iz predloženih informacij je razvidno tudi, da je okrožje Aust-Agder še naprej izplačevalo nadomestilo za javne storitve za nekatere proge (npr. Grimstad–Heggedalen in Heggedalen–Grimstad), čeprav proge sploh niso več obratovale.
Their concession contracts expire on 31 December 2016.
Nadzorni organ še ugotavlja, da je bilo nadomestilo za javno storitev izplačano za proge, ki niso del pogodbe o javni storitvi (npr. odsek Kilsund–Kitron, Tangen Hisøy–Kitron, Tangen Hisøy–Kilsund in prevoz brez potnikov do prvega avtobusnega postajališča za „Sørlandsekspressen“, ki je ekspresni prevoz iz Kristiansanda v Oslo).
The Authority notes that the EFTA States enjoy a wide margin of discretion in defining services of general economic interest, as well as the conditions of its implementation, including an assessment of the costs and revenues of such a service and the appropriate methodology for cost and revenue allocation in cases of operators carrying out also commercial activities.
Posledično ta nadomestila za dejavnosti, ki so bile napačno ali pomotoma vključene v preglednice prevozov v okviru metode ALFA, niso temeljila na predpisih in upravni praksi veljavne sheme pomoči v okrožju Aust-Agder.
The scope and the control which the Authority is entitled to exercise in that regard is limited to one of manifest error [70].
V spodnji preglednici so povzeti sporočen obseg prevozov, bruto stroški, prilagoditve zaradi odstopanj ter razlike v obsegu prevozov in stroških, ki jih je izračunalo svetovalno podjetje Asplan Viak na podlagi preglednic ALFA in indeksacije [72]:
In the present case, the local scheduled and bus transport services in Aust-Agder have been defined by the Norwegian authorities as services of general economic interest pursuant to the provisions of the CTA, the CTR, the Education Act and the administrative practice.
Preglednica 2
The Authority has agreed with this definition and it has now also concluded that the aid scheme in Aust-Agder is existing in nature.
Razlike v obsegu prevozov in stroških za obdobje 2004–2014
The legal provisions under the existing aid scheme allow for compensation to cover the cost of the local scheduled and school bus transport services in Aust-Agder (minus the ticket revenues for the net contracts) plus a reasonable profit.
Leto
Therefore, only compensatory payments for the provision of the said services can be part of the existing aid scheme in Aust-Agder, including payments in excess of losses actually incurred, which are within the scope of that scheme [71].
Sporočen obseg prevozov
In the context of the present case, the following payments cannot be based on the legal provisions and the administrative practice of the scheme:
Prilagoditve obsega prevozov zaradi odstopanj
direct payments for transport services that have not been defined as services of general economic interest (e.g. commercial services);
Bruto stroški (v NOK)
direct payments for other transport services that are not the subject of the concession contracts signed (e.g. certain routes); and
Prilagoditve stroškov zaradi odstopanj
direct payments for public transport services that used to be part of the existing aid scheme but have long ceased to exist.
Indeksacija (v %)
Such payments borne from state resources, as described above, provide a selective advantage to the transport operators that cannot be covered by the provisions and the administrative practice of the existing aid scheme in Aust-Agder, as they refer either to services that the market already provides, or to transport services that have not been defined as such to receive public service compensation, or finally to situations that exceed the boundaries of the aid scheme as originally constructed.
Razlike v obsegu prevozov in stroških (v NOK)
That said, in reference to the latter situation, a compensatory payment of a public service that does not longer exist cannot be held to have been made on the basis of the provisions providing for the scheme, simply because such services are no longer subjected to that scheme.
Znesek
Further, it appears that these payments that were made not on the basis of the scheme cover costs that should have been borne by the transport operators themselves and costs that have not even been incurred.
Norveški organi so navedli odstopanja od obsegov prevozov tudi v zvezi z dobro opredeljenimi obveznostmi javne storitve.
As a result, such payments constitute a form of operating aid that distorts competition and affects trade between the Contracting Parties.
Nadzorni organ bo ocenil, ali so ta odstopanja znotraj okvira veljavne sheme pomoči ali zunaj njega.
In this context, the Authority has assessed the information provided by the Norwegian authorities concerning the different activities of all transport companies involved in the provision of the local scheduled and school bus services in Aust-Agder.
Nadzorni organ ugotavlja, da v povezavi s Preglednico 1 iz uvodne izjave 96 Preglednica 2 v okviru odstopanj vključuje primere šolskih prevozov v obsegu prevozov.
The Norwegian authorities have maintained, with an exception for Nettbuss Sør AS, that the way of calculating the compensation, taking into account that the income generated corresponded to the estimated costs of performing the transport services, has ensured that the bus operators have been compensated only for the public services.
Kot so sporočili norveški organi, se zlasti v zvezi s prevozom šolarjev na tečaje plavanja in nazaj ter za posebno avtobusno progo zdi, da je podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS hkrati prejemalo nadomestilo iz dveh različnih virov, tj. od okrožja Aust-Agder in občin [74].
For the period before 2004, the Authority has not identified, on the basis of the information provided by the Norwegian authorities, any payments that could be held to fall outside the remit of the existing aid scheme.
V zvezi s prevozi za šolska leta in „podvojena šolska leta“ ter za šolske prevoze je bilo sporočeno, da je podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS nadomestilo prejemalo dlje časa med letom, kot je bilo potrebno, tj. 51 šolskih tednov (255 šolskih dni) namesto 38 šolskih tednov (192 šolskih dni).
Nevertheless, for the period after 2004 and the introduction of the ALFA-method (and its indexation as from 2009) the Authority notes that certain payments were indeed made outside the existing aid scheme in favour of Nettbuss Sør AS.
Norveški organi so poleg tega še navedli, da so bile nekatere proge javnega prevoza (primerov prog niso navedli) skrajšane brez odobritve okrožja, to pa v preglednicah prevozov za dodelitev nadomestila ni bilo navedeno.
The Authority has not identified, for the period after 2004, any such payments as having been made in favour of any other transport operator in Aust-Agder.
Nadzorni organ meni, da se ta odstopanja v obsegu prevozov nanašajo na prevozne storitve, za katere je bilo dodeljeno nadomestilo na podlagi veljavne sheme pomoči.
Payments outside the scheme made to Nettbuss Sør AS for the period 2004-2014
Zato tega domnevno čezmernega nadomestila ne more šteti za novo pomoč, dodeljeno zunaj okvira sheme.
The company introduced account separation in 2009, distinguishing between public and commercial activities.
Zaradi dejstva, da je bila shema pomoči slabo zasnovana in je omogočala nadomestilo, ki je presegalo dejanske izgube, ki pa so v okviru sheme pomoči, to čezmerno nadomestilo še ni nova pomoč.
As the Norwegian authorities have submitted, the ALFA-method is materially a cost-based model and has been a system based on trust.
Zato to čezmerno nadomestilo ostaja v okviru veljavne sheme pomoči.
Prior to each production year, Nettbuss Sør AS submitted estimated costs and revenues connected to the public services.
V zvezi s storitvijo avtobusnega prevoza do letališča podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS, ki je bila del projekta ATP, kot je navedeno v uvodnih izjavah 56 do 62, Nadzorni organ ugotavlja, da je okrožje Aust-Agder s tem, ko je znižalo stroške obratovanja prog javne storitve 39 in 40, podjetju omogočilo neposredne prihranke stroškov v ocenjeni višini 1020000 NOK, kot navajajo norveški organi, zaradi česar je podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS lahko ohranilo avtobusni prevoz do letališča.
Aust-Agder assumed that the company has also been properly allocating the revenues between public and commercial services.
Navedeni znesek je bil sprva vključen v skupno nadomestilo za podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS za izvajanje obveznosti javnega prevoza v okrožju Aust-Agder.
As the Norwegian authorities admit, on the basis of the information they lately identified, this seems not to have been the case.
Ker teh obveznosti (tj. prog 39 in 40) med oktobrom 2013 in 20. januarjem 2014 ni bilo več, bi bilo treba ocenjeni znesek 1020000 NOK odšteti od skupnega nadomestila, izplačanega letno podjetju Nettbuss Sør AS.
As mentioned above in recitals 93 to 94, on the basis of the information submitted by the Norwegian authorities regarding the production of Nettbuss Sør AS, the production reported deviates from what should have been reported as production for public service compensation.
To, da ta znesek ni bil odštet od skupnega nadomestila, temveč je bil uporabljen za komercialne dejavnosti, pomeni obliko čezmernega nadomestila, izplačanega zunaj okvira veljavne sheme pomoči.
According to the production spreadsheets submitted, Nettbuss Sør AS has been compensated also directly for the company's commercial activities.
Zato se ta znesek obravnava kot nova pomoč v obliki pomoči za tekoče poslovanje.
For example, the spreadsheets reveal that Nettbuss Sør AS has been receiving compensation for late night services, although these constitute part of the company's commercial activities.
Postopkovne zahteve
Nettbuss Sør AS has not objected to the fact that these commercial routes have indeed been included in the calculations for compensation under the ALFA-method.
V skladu s členom 1(3) dela I Protokola 3 „[j]e Nadzorni organ Efte o vseh načrtih za dodelitev ali spremembo pomoči obveščen dovolj zgodaj, da lahko predloži pripombe.
It is also revealed from the information submitted that Aust-Agder continued to pay public service compensation for some routes (e.g. Grimstad-Heggedalen and Heggedalen-Grimstad) although these routes ceased to operate.
Zadevna država ne sme izvajati svojih predlaganih ukrepov, dokler v tem postopku ni sprejeta dokončna odločitev.“
The Authority, moreover, notes that public service compensation has been paid for routes that are not part of the public service contract (e.g. the stretch Kilsund-Kitron, Tangen Hisøy-Kitron, Tangen Hisøy-Kilsund and transportation without passengers to the first bus stop for ‘Sørlandsekspressen’, which is the express bus from Kristiansand to Oslo).
Ker norveški organi niso priglasili zgoraj opredeljenih ukrepov pomoči, niso izpolnili obveznosti priglasitve.
Consequently, all the above compensatory payments for activities that have wrongly or mistakenly been included in the production spreadsheets under the ALFA-method have not been based on the legal provisions and the administrative practice of the existing aid scheme in Aust-Agder.
Ker so izvedli ukrepe pomoči, niso upoštevali obveznosti mirovanja.
The table below summarizes the reported production, the gross costs, the adjustments due to deviations and the production and cost differences as calculated by Asplan Viak using the ALFA spreadsheets and the indexation [72]:
Nadzorni organ je zato sklenil, da norveški organi niso izpolnili svojih obveznosti v skladu s členom 1(3) dela I Protokola 3.
Table 2
Združljivost plačil zunaj okvira sheme za podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS za obdobje 2004–2014
Production and cost differences for the period 2004-2014
Nadzorni organ je preveril, ali so zadevni ukrepi pomoči združljivi s Sporazumom EGP.
Year
Kot je opisano zgoraj, pomoč pomeni financiranje storitev, ki jih trg že zagotavlja, ali prevoznih storitev, ki jih predpisi, ki urejajo veljavno shemo pomoči v okrožju Aust-Agder za nadomestilo za javno storitev, ne opredeljujejo, ali prevoznih storitev, ki sploh ne obstajajo več.
Reported production
To financiranje pomeni pomoč za tekoče poslovanje, ki zmanjšuje tekoče odhodke podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS.
Production adjustments due to deviations
Norveški organi niso predložili dokazov, da bi taka pomoč lahko veljala za združljivo s Sporazumom EGP.
Gross costs (NOK)
Nasprotno, sami so sporočili odstopanja v obsegu prevozov, ki da niso del veljavne sheme pomoči, na podlagi katere je bilo podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS upravičeno do nadomestila za javno storitev.
Cost adjustments due to deviations
Podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS načeloma navaja, da po določenih poravnavah in pogajanjih, kot je navedeno v uvodnih izjavah 109 in 110, čezmernega nadomestila ni bilo, saj da so bile napake v sporočenih stroških prevozov za dodelitev nadomestila in spremembe v razporedu prevozov „odpravljene“ z odpisom plačil od nadomestila za podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS.
Indexation %
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 111, so bili prihodki, ustvarjeni s komercialnimi dejavnostmi, pri izračunu nadomestila odšteti, in sicer kot posledica dejstva, da so bile v preglednice prevozov za izračun nadomestila vključene določene komercialne proge.
Production and cost difference (NOK)
Podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS še navaja, da je bilo dejansko dodeljeno nadomestilo nižje od nadomestila po metodi ALFA.
Sum
V zvezi s trditvijo podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS metoda ALFA, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 48, vsebuje ključne elemente za izračun normaliziranih stroškov avtobusnih prevozov, kot so: (i) izračun obsega prevozov na podlagi števila kilometrov v obdobju prevoza za vozilo; (ii) izračun stroškov na podlagi stroškov na enoto, pomnoženih s številom kilometrov za vozilo; in (iii) izračun prihodkov v obdobju prevoza.
The Norwegian authorities have submitted production deviations also in reference to well-defined public service obligations.
Ocenjeni prihodki za naslednje leto se prilagodijo z upoštevanjem prihodkov avtobusnih podjetij v tekočem letu ter z upoštevanjem zvišanja cen vozovnic, ki ga za naslednje leto predlaga okrožje Aust-Agder.
The Authority shall assess whether these deviations are made within or outside the scope of the existing aid scheme.
Prihodek se potem odšteje od dodeljenega nadomestila.
The Authority notes that, in conjunction with Table 1 as displayed above in recital 96, the table above includes as part of the production deviations instances of school bus services.
Vendar pa je v tem primeru očitno, da je izračun nadomestila za javno storitev za podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS z metodo ALFA vključeval dejavnosti, ki niso bile obveznosti javne storitve, ali druge dejavnosti, ki na podlagi veljavne sheme pomoči sploh niso bile upravičene do nadomestila za javno storitev.
Particularly, as it has been reported by the Norwegian authorities, in reference to the transportation of schoolchildren to and from swimming lessons and for a specific bus route, it appears that Nettbuss Sør AS has been receiving compensation from two different sources at the same time, i.e. the County of Aust-Agder and the municipalities [74].
Norveški organi za obdobje po letu 2004 niso mogli potrditi in dokazati vrste stroškov prevozov, za katere naj bi se dodelilo nadomestilo za javno storitev, in prav tako ne zadevnega prihodka, ki se odšteje.
Also, concerning the production regarding school years and ‘duplication school years’ as well as for school bus services, it has been reported that Nettbuss Sør AS has been receiving compensation for a longer period during the year than required, e.g. 51 school weeks (255 school days) instead of 38 (192 school days).
Zato Nadzorni organ na podlagi predloženih informacij ne more določiti razlike med stroški, ki se pripišejo dejavnostim javne storitve, in ustreznimi prihodki [75].
Additionally, the Norwegian authorities have submitted that some public transport stretches (no examples of specific routes are provided) have been shortened without the County's approval and without having this reflected in the production spreadsheets for the granting of the compensation.
To je dokaz, da plačila, izvedena za podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS zunaj okvira metode ALFA, pomenijo novo pomoč, ki prevozniku daje neupravičeno prednost.
The Authority is of the view that these production deviations refer to transport services for which compensation has been granted on the basis of the existing aid scheme.
Trditev, da so že potekali pogajanja in poravnave za prilagoditev nadomestila za podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS, ki je bilo po navedbah podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS nižje od nadomestila po metodi ALFA, spornih ukrepov ne uvršča v področje uporabe člena 49 Sporazuma EGP in prevoznih predpisov.
It cannot thus be submitted that this alleged overcompensation constitutes new aid granted outside the boundaries of the scheme.
Še več, to ne more izravnati napak v obsegu prevozov v preglednicah prevozov, ki so bile podlaga za izračun nadomestila.
The mere fact that the aid scheme has been ill-designed to allow for compensation in excess of the losses actually incurred, but which are within the scope of the aid scheme, does not render this overcompensation new aid.
Metoda ALFA (z indeksacijo od leta 2009) je bila uvedena za izračun nadomestila po veljavni shemi pomoči; vendar pa je bila v tem primeru metoda napačno uporabljena pri vključitvi prevozov podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS, ki bi jih norveški organi morali izpustiti pri izračunu nadomestila za javno storitev.
These overcompensatory payments therefore remain within the scope of the existing aid scheme.
Ker to nadomestilo ne spada v okvir veljavne sheme pomoči v okrožju Aust-Agder, pomeni novo pomoč, ki ni bila dodeljena na podlagi sheme in ki jo Nadzorni organ oceni ločeno.
Finally, concerning Nettbuss Sør AS's airport shuttle bus service integrated into the ATP project, as referred to above in recitals 56 to 62, the Authority notes that Aust-Agder, by reducing the costs associated with running the public service routes 39 and 40, has provided direct cost-savings for the company at the estimated amount of NOK 1020000, as submitted by the Norwegian authorities, enabling thus Nettbuss Sør AS to maintain its airport shuttle bus service.
Zato so prizadevanja podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS, da bi povezalo ta ločena postopka pomoči, brez pomena za oceno državne pomoči, ki jo Nadzorni organ izvede v zvezi s plačili, ki jih je podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS prejelo zunaj veljavne sheme pomoči za obdobje 2004–2014.
The above amount had initially been included in the overall compensation granted to Nettbuss Sør AS for the discharge of transport public service obligations in Aust-Agder.
Tudi kar zadeva prihodke, Nadzorni organ ne more sprejeti utemeljitve podjetja Nettbuss Sør AS, da so prihodki iz komercialnih dejavnosti po metodi ALFA privedli do ustreznega znižanja dejansko dodeljenega nadomestila, in sicer zaradi dejstva, da so bili, kot priznava podjetje Nettbuss Sør AS, določeni komercialni prevozi vključeni za namene izračuna.