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The Authority recognises that the alterations made to the draft Agreement included in the tender documents are significant and although the EEA public procurement rules do allow for some changes to be made to the Agreement through negotiations after the supplier has been selected, the changes exceed the limits laid out in the Public Procurement Directive [113].
Poleg tega odobritev učinkovitega veleprodajnega dostopa konkurentom zmanjšuje izkrivljanja konkurence, ki izhajajo iz kakršnega koli ukrepa državne pomoči.
As previously noted, the Procurement Directive does not apply to the procedure at hand as procurements concerning the construction of telecommunication networks are exempted from its scope [114].
Pomembnost odobritve učinkovitega veleprodajnega dostopa tretjih oseb do subvencioniranih omrežij je poudarila praksa Komisije, ki je starejša od Pogodbe, ki se ocenjuje [122].
However, according to the Broadband Guidelines the selection process shall nevertheless be conducted in line with the spirit and the principles of the Public Procurement Directives [115].
Smernice za širokopasovna omrežja poudarjajo tudi, da bi bilo treba obveznosti zagotavljanja veleprodajnega dostopa, ki veljajo za subvencionirano omrežje, uskladiti s portfeljem obveznosti zagotavljanja dostopa, kot so določene v skladu s pravili o sektorski ureditvi.
It is clear that the price paid to Síminn following the expansion of the scope of the project was still significantly lower than the price offered by the other bidders [116], and the price estimated by the Fund in advance.
Vendar bi morala subvencionirana podjetja načeloma zagotoviti bolj raznolike veleprodajne dostopovne izdelke kot podjetja, ki jih pooblastijo nacionalni regulativni organi v okviru sektorske ureditve, saj upravičenec do pomoči za postavitev svoje infrastrukture ne uporablja le svojih sredstev, ampak tudi denar davkoplačevalcev.
The changes may therefore have been justifiable due to the discrepancy between the prices.
Tak veleprodajni dostop je treba zagotoviti čim prej pred začetkom delovanja omrežja [123].
It was also clear from Chapter 2.3.4 of the tender description, entitled ‘New connections and the obligation to connect’, that the average unit price of the original tender would be used as a benchmark in case of unforeseen increases in the scope of the project.
Po analizi trga veleprodajnega širokopasovnega dostopa iz leta 2008 je islandski nacionalni regulativni organ, tj. Uprava za pošto in telekomunikacije, od operaterja Síminn (kot podjetja z znatno tržno močjo) zahteval, naj izpolni vse poštene in razumne zahteve drugih podjetij s področja elektronskih komunikacij za odprt dostop do specializirane omrežne infrastrukture, povezane z žičnimi bakrenimi krajevnimi zankami na veleprodajni ravni, vključno z možnostjo zagotavljanja storitev bitnega toka na različnih točkah omrežja [124].
The aforementioned Chapter in fact specifically mandates the use of an average price method when evaluating the cost for new sites that are added to the project.
V njej je bilo navedeno, da operater Síminn med drugim izpolni vse razumne in ustrezne zahteve za dostop do možnosti 1, 2, 3 in 4, kot so opredeljene v uvodni izjavi 32 zgoraj.
Furthermore, in accordance with established case-law, the Authority considers that it can be acceptable, at least in extreme circumstances, for states to substitute a certain outcome for an uncertain one and obtain in that regard a fixed and satisfactory return in place of the one that could not be predicted [117].
Ta sklep Uprave za pošto in telekomunikacije je bil citiran v opisu razpisa.
Therefore, considering that the purpose of conducting a tender process is to achieve the lowest price for the community, the emphasis on price in the award criteria, the inclusion of the average price method in the tender documents as well as the great discrepancies in the bids submitted, the Authority finds that the equal and non-discriminatory treatment of all bidders was ensured in this case and that the selection process and the expansion of the scope of the project was in line with the spirit and the principles of the Public Procurement Directives.
Regulativni okvir EU za elektronske komunikacije si prizadeva omogočiti konkurenco tako, da se novi udeleženci vedno bolj zanašajo na svojo infrastrukturo, kjer je to učinkovito [125].
Finally, with regard to the switch from consumer price indexation to foreign currency indexation, the complainant claims that this has resulted in a further increase in payment to Síminn due to the devaluation of the ISK following the financial crisis.
Ureditev, ki spodbuja učinkovito naložbo podjetij v lastno infrastrukturo, se šteje za boljšo spodbudo za spodbujanje učinkovite in samozadostne konkurence.
The Icelandic authorities have confirmed that these changes did not entail that all of the risk was put on their shoulders, since Síminn also incurred increased costs from other aspects of the project not tied to the DKK exchange rate, i.e. labour costs, oil and other inputs [118].
To je povzročilo regulativni pristop na trgih elektronskih komunikacij, pri čemer so ob prisotnosti znatne tržne moči alternativnim operaterjem istočasno na voljo številni dostopovni izdelki na različnih ravneh hierarhije omrežja.
They have also demonstrated that even after these changes were introduced in the Agreement, the amount of aid needed was still considerably lower than the second lowest valid bid as well as the Fund's cost estimates.
Take različne možnosti dostopa ustrezajo različnim ravnem razvoja omrežja alternativnih ponudnikov.
In light of the above, the Authority concludes that overall the tender and the selection process were in line with the spirit and the principles of the Public Procurement Directives and that the Icelandic authorities selected the most economically advantageous offer.
Kot je navedla Evropska skupina regulatornih organov (ERG, zdaj Organ evropskih regulatorjev za elektronske komunikacije ali BEREC), je ta pristop „lestvice naložb“ k ureditvi uveljavljeno načelo v trenutnem regulativnem okviru za elektronska komunikacijska omrežja in storitve [126].
Technological neutrality
Poleg ustaljene regulativne prakse o učinkovitem veleprodajnem dostopu do širokopasovnih storitev so tudi sklepi o državni pomoči vključevali dinamični pristop k številnim možnostim dostopa, ki so bile zahtevane.
Pursuant to Paragraph 74(e) of the Broadband Guidelines, the tender should not favour or exclude any particular technology or network platform.
V sklepih iz let 2006/2007 o naložbi mesta Amsterdam v širokopasovno optično omrežje do doma [127] je bil veleprodajni dostop odobren na pasivni [128] in aktivni [129] plasti omrežja.
Bidders should thus be entitled to propose the provision of the required broadband services using or combining whatever technology they deem most suitable.
Poleg tega je bil veleprodajni dostop v sklepu iz leta 2010 glede vzpostavitve zelo hitrih širokopasovnih omrežij v Franciji [130] zahtevan na vseh ravneh subvencionirane infrastrukture.
On the basis of the objective tender criteria, the granting authority should be entitled to select the most suitable technological solution or mix of technology solutions.
Ker je bila podpora dodeljena za pasivno infrastrukturo omrežja (tj. vode, temna optična vlakna), bi se moral dostop do pasivne ravni omrežja omogočiti, kot je že bilo predvideno leta 2010 v sklepu francoskega nacionalnega regulativnega organa ARCEP [131].
In accordance with Article 2.1 of the tender description, the project was technologically neutral and there were no particular specifications on how the network should be constructed or which technological solution should be used.
Vendar bi se moral vsaki tretji osebi z razumnim povpraševanjem po izdelku aktivnega dostopa zagotoviti tudi ta [132].
The tender did not favour any particular technology or network platform leaving it to bidders to define the most appropriate technological solutions to connect the buildings which had been identified in the mapping exercise.
Povpraševanje se je štelo za razumno, če so bili izpolnjeni naslednji trije pogoji: (i) subjekt, ki si prizadeva pridobiti dostop, zagotovi usklajen poslovni načrt, ki utemeljuje aktivacijo omrežja, (ii) subjekt, ki si prizadeva pridobiti dostop, dokaže, da nima finančnih sredstev za namestitev svoje aktivne opreme, in (iii) zasebni operater še ne ponuja izdelkov aktivnega dostopa na istem geografskem območju po cenah, ki so enake cenam na gosteje poseljenih območjih [133].
The tender was therefore open for all technical solutions and hence technology neutral, as required by the Broadband Guidelines.
Čeprav se prej navedeni primeri večinoma nanašajo na veleprodajni internetni dostop do žičnih omrežij, Nadzorni organ ne vidi razloga, zakaj se podoben dinamični pristop k dostopu ne bi mogel uporabljati v primeru veleprodajnega internetnega dostopa do omrežij s tehnologijami mobilnega dostopa.
The Authority finds that by applying the technological neutrality principle, the most appropriate technologies or a mix of them were selected [119].
Če so na primer nacionalni regulativni organi opredelili znatno tržno moč na veleprodajnem trgu za mobilni dostop in storitve posredovanja klica v regulativnem okviru, so se omogočila številna različna pravna sredstva za dostop za prepoznavanje različnih ravni razvoja omrežja udeležencev na trgu.
Use of existing infrastructure
Uprava za pošto in telekomunikacije je leta 2007 proučila, ali obstaja prevladujoč položaj na trgu za veleprodajni mobilni dostop in posedovanje klicev na Islandiji, in opazila, da bi zaradi raznolikosti trga mobilne telefonije in različnih potreb oseb, ki bi lahko iskale dostop, vse oblike veleprodajnega dostopa, ki se lahko razumno odobrijo in ki lahko spodbujajo konkurenco na maloprodajnem trgu, morale spadati v področje uporabe obveznosti zagotavljanja dostopa [134].
In line with the Broadband Guidelines, the EFTA States should encourage bidders to have recourse to any available existing infrastructure so as to avoid unnecessary and wasteful duplication of resources and to reduce the amount of public funding [120].
V zvezi s tem je moral operater Síminn izpolniti vse razumne in ustrezne zahteve za dostop (i) do nacionalnega gostovanja [135], (ii) do kolokacije in skupne uporabe [136], (iii) operaterja mobilnega navideznega omrežja [137] in (iv) za preprodajo [138].
As previously noted, the buildings in question were, prior to the construction of the network, not covered by any broadband network.
Iz člena 2.1 opisa razpisa, ki je priložen kot Priloga I k Pogodbi, izhaja, da je bil projekt, ki se ocenjuje, tehnološko nevtralen.
Moreover, the Authority has received no indication from any network operators or interested parties concerning wasteful duplication of resources in this case.
V skladu s tem načelom je operater Síminn vzpostavil javno financirano omrežje z uporabo tehnologij ADSL in UMTS ter satelitske tehnologije in tehnologije Wi-Fi [139].
Against this background, the use of existing infrastructure does not appear to have played an important role in the deployment of the subsidised network.
Za preprečevanje morebitnih izkrivljanj konkurence na trgih elektronskih komunikacij, kadar je vključena državna pomoč, se zdi, da bi bilo treba tretjim osebam, ki so operaterji, na splošno odobriti učinkovit veleprodajni dostop na tehnološko nevtralni način, ki bi moral biti smiselno prilagojen njihovim zadevnim potrebam po dostopu.
Wholesale access
V dopisu je bilo posebej navedeno, da je bil projekt odprt za vse ponudnike storitev.
Mandating effective third-party wholesale access to a subsidised broadband infrastructure is a necessary component of any state measure funding the construction of a new broadband infrastructure.
Sklad je poslal tudi obvestilo vsem telekomunikacijskim podjetjem, ki so bila v navedenem obdobju registrirana pri Upravi za pošto in telekomunikacije, vključno vsem ponudnikom internetnih storitev, in jih obvestil, da so na voljo nove strukture, ki jih lahko uporabijo.
In particular, wholesale access enables third party operators to compete with the selected bidder (e.g. when the latter is also present at the retail level), thereby strengthening choice and competition in the areas concerned by the measure, while at the same time avoiding the creation of regional service monopolies [121].
Zato so lahko vsi ponudniki internetnih storitev na trgu začeli ponujati konkurenčne maloprodajne storitve v istem obdobju kot operater Síminn.
Furthermore, granting effective wholesale access to competitors minimises the distortions of competition that follow from any State aid measure.
V skladu s Prilogo II k Pogodbi lahko prodajalec ponudi možnosti od 1 do 4, vendar mora vsaj možnost 3 ponuditi v vseh primerih, v katerih se v okviru projekta uporablja širokopasovna tehnologija ADSL (glej uvodno izjavo 33 tega dokumenta) [140].
The importance of granting effective third-party wholesale access to subsidised networks has been emphasised by Commission practice which predates the Agreement under assessment [122].
Vendar je v Prilogi II k Pogodbi obenem določeno tudi, da bi se moral veleprodajni dostop do storitev ADSL odobriti pod enakimi pogoji, kot so določeni v Sklepu št. 8/2008 Uprave za pošto in telekomunikacije o veleprodajnem širokopasovnem dostopu, v skladu s katerimi je moral operater Síminn zagotoviti možnosti 1, 2, 3 in 4 [141].
The Broadband Guidelines also emphasise that wholesale access obligations imposed on a subsidised network should be aligned with the portfolio of access obligations laid down under the sectoral regulation rules.
Če se za zagotavljanje širokopasovnih storitev v okviru projekta uporablja tehnologija UMTS, mora prodajalec upoštevati le možnost dostopa 4.
However, in principle, subsidised companies should provide a wider range of wholesale access products than those mandated by national regulatory authorities (‘NRAs’) under sectoral regulation since the aid beneficiary is using not just its own resources, but also taxpayers' money to deploy its own infrastructure.
Po navedbah islandskih organov je glavni razlog za to ureditev dejstvo, da mora imeti prodajalec popoln dostop do omrežja UMTS med koncema in nadzor nad njim.
Such wholesale access should be granted as early as possible before starting network operation [123].
Možnost 4 temelji na opredelitvi osnovnih storitev, določenih v poglavju 2.2.9 razpisne dokumentacije, ki opisuje tradicionalno preprodajo internetnih storitev, pri kateri prodajni posrednik ne upravlja nobenega dela omrežja.
Following its 2008 analysis of the market for wholesale broadband access, the Icelandic NRA, the PTA, required Síminn (as the firm designated with significant market power) to comply with all fair and reasonable requests by other electronic communications undertakings for open access to specialised network infrastructure related to copper local loops at the wholesale level, including the possibility of having bitstream services delivered at various points along the network [124].
Poleg tega v skladu s tem opisom operater Síminn v vseh primerih dobavi in namesti opremo za uporabnike, ne glede na to, kdo je prodajalec na drobno, obenem pa upravlja tudi storitve za stranke in zagotavlja vzdrževanje.
It was specified therein that Síminn shall, inter alia, respond to reasonable and appropriate requests for access to Options 1, 2, 3 and 4 as defined in recital 32 above.
Islandski organi so potrdili, da mora operater Síminn na podlagi prej navedene obveznosti iz Pogodbe od začetka projekta zagotavljati učinkovit veleprodajni dostop svojim konkurentom.
This PTA Decision was cited in the tender description.
Operater Síminn mora prav tako ponujati veleprodajni dostop do svojega omrežja ADSL vsem ponudnikom internetnih storitev na trgu, tudi operaterju Vodafone, v skladu s Sklepom št. 8/2008 Uprave za pošto in telekomunikacije.
Regulation that promotes efficient investment in companies' own infrastructure is considered more conducive to promoting effective and self-sustaining competition.
Kot so sporočili islandski organi, je operater Síminn dejansko sklenil že 11 pogodb o veleprodajnem dostopu s svojimi konkurenti za zagotovitev storitev ADSL, dve veleprodajni pogodbi za zagotovitev storitev UMTS/3G in dve pogodbi o zagotavljanju storitev 2G [142].
This has led to a regulatory approach in electronic communications markets whereby, in the presence of significant market power, multiple access products at different levels of the network hierarchy are simultaneously available to alternative operators.
Islandski organi navajajo, da niso prejeli informacij, povezanih z zavrnitvijo razumne zahteve za veleprodajni dostop s strani operaterja Síminn.
Such differentiated access options accommodate differing levels of network roll-out of the alternative providers.
Prav nasprotno se veleprodajni dostop zagotavlja že od začetka projekta, operater Síminn pa je objavil ponudbo za veleprodajni dostop UMTS na svojem spletnem mestu [143].
As noted by the European Regulators' Group (‘ERG’, now known as the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications or ‘BEREC’), this ‘ladder of investment’ approach to regulation is a well-established principle in the present regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services [126].
Glede na informacije islandskih organov je operater Vodafone zaprosil le za dostop za gostovanje do oddajnikov 3G operaterja Síminn, da bi zagotovil mobilne komunikacijske storitve 3G.
In addition to the established regulatory practice on effective wholesale access to broadband services, State aid decisions have also involved a dynamic approach to the range of access options which have been required.
Vendar operater Vodafone za zadevna območja iz projekta ni zahteval veleprodajnega dostopa ali dostopa za preprodajo do hitrih internetnih storitev prek UMTS, ADSL ali satelitske povezave.
For example, in the 2006/2007 decisions concerning investment by the city of Amsterdam in a fibre-to-the-home broadband network [127]. wholesale access was to be granted at both the passive [128] and active [129] layers of the network.
Operater Síminn in islandski organi niso prejeli take zahteve operaterja Vodafone.
Furthermore, in a 2010 decision concerning the deployment of very high-speed broadband networks in France [130], wholesale access was to be required on all levels of the subsidised infrastructure.
Po navedbah islandskih organov je operater Síminn operaterju Vodafone ponudil dostop za gostovanje 3G pod tržnimi pogoji, vendar po podatkih operaterja Síminn ni želel skleniti pogodbe.
Since the support was granted for the passive infrastructure of the network (e.g. ducts, dark fibre), access to the passive level of the network was to be facilitated as already foreseen in a decision taken by the French NRA, ARCEP, in 2010 [131].
Po navedbah operaterja Síminn ima operater Vodafone trenutno sklenjeno pogodbo z operaterjem Nova za dostop za gostovanje 3G [144].
However, an active access product was also to be provided to any third party with a reasonable demand for such a product [132].
Islandski organi so dokazali, da sta si zadevni projekt in irska nacionalna širokopasovna shema precej podobna.
The demand was considered reasonable if the following three conditions were fulfilled: (i) the access-seeker provides a coherent business plan which justifies the activation of the network; (ii) the access-seeker shows that it does not have the financial means to install its active equipment; and (iii) no active access product is already offered in the same geographic area by a private operator at equivalent prices to those of more densely populated areas [133].
Projekta sta se izvajala približno ob istem času, pri obeh projektih je moral omrežni operater ponuditi podoben veleprodajni širokopasovni dostop, pri obeh projektih sta ponudnika omrežja uporabila različne tehnologije (vključno z brezžično tehnologijo) in noben projekt ni vključeval zahtev glede obveznih glasovnih storitev UMTS/3G.
While the above examples predominantly refer to wholesale internet access to fixed-line networks, it is not clear to the Authority why a similar dynamic access approach would not also be applicable in the case of wholesale internet access to networks using mobile access technologies.
Pri projektu nacionalne širokopasovne sheme je bila uporabljena ista tehnična rešitev za veleprodajni dostop 3G kot pri islandskem projektu.
For example, where NRAs have identified significant market power in the wholesale market for mobile access and call origination services in a regulatory context, a range of different access remedies have been facilitated in recognition of the differing levels of network roll-out of market participants.
Komisija je po oceni projekta nacionalne širokopasovne sheme sklenila, da bi določbe o obveznem dostopu omogočile tretjim osebam, ki so operaterji, da konkurirajo izbranemu ponudniku omrežja, s čimer krepijo izbiro in konkurenco na območjih, na katera se nanaša ukrep [145].
In its 2007 finding of dominance in the wholesale mobile access and call origination market in Iceland, the PTA observed that, given the diversity of the mobile phone market and the various needs of the parties that might conceivably seek access, all forms of wholesale access that may reasonably be granted and that can promote competition in the retail market should fall within the scope of the access obligation [134].
Ob upoštevanju navedenega je Nadzorni organ sklenil, da so islandski organi prek Pogodbe z operaterjem Síminn in obveznosti v Pogodbi zagotovili učinkovit veleprodajni dostop tretjih oseb do subvencionirane širokopasovne infrastrukture.
In this respect, Síminn was required to comply with all reasonable and appropriate requests for access to (i) national roaming [135]; (ii) co-location and joint utilisation [136]; (iii) mobile virtual network operator (‘MVNO’) access [137]; and (iv) resale [138].
Oblikovanje cen veleprodajnega dostopa
It follows from Article 2.1 of the tender description, which is marked as Annex I to the Agreement, that the project under assessment was technologically neutral.
V skladu z odstavkom 74(h) smernic za širokopasovna omrežja bi morale cene veleprodajnega dostopa temeljiti na načelih oblikovanja cen, ki jih določi nacionalni regulativni organ, in referenčnih vrednostih, upoštevati pa bi morale tudi pomoč, ki jo je prejel omrežni operater.
In accordance with this principle, Síminn deployed the publicly-funded network using ADSL, UMTS, satellite and Wi-Fi technology [139].
Vendar islandska Uprava za pošto in telekomunikacije ni vključila širokopasovnih storitev, ki se zagotavljajo prek optičnih infrastruktur, v svoj sklep o veleprodajnem širokopasovnem trgu, tj. trgu 5, iz priporočila Nadzornega organa o upoštevnih trgih [146].
Thus, to avoid potential distortions of competition in electronic communications markets where State aid is involved, it appears that third party operators should generally be granted effective wholesale access in a technology-neutral manner and which should be reasonably adapted to their respective access needs.
Tudi optika je izključena s trga veleprodajnega dostopa do (fizične) omrežne infrastrukture (vključno z deljenim dostopom ali popolnoma razvezanim dostopom) na stalni lokaciji (trg 4).
The Icelandic authorities have shown that the commencement of marketing and sales for each section of the project was publicly announced on the Fund's website over the period from August 2009 to August 2010.
Zato islandska Uprava za pošto in telekomunikacije še ni uvedla obveznosti oblikovanja cen veleprodajnega dostopa za optična omrežja.
Moreover, in order not to favour any one service provider, the homes and businesses involved in the project received a letter from the Fund in order to explain the nature of the project and informing people that they could after a specific date begin ordering the service from any internet service provider willing to provide them with the service.
Vendar je treba zaradi posebnosti tega primera ponovno navesti, da Uprava za pošto in telekomunikacije sicer ni uvedla obveznosti oblikovanja cen veleprodajnega dostopa, vendar so bile standardizirane pogodbe o preprodaji, vključno s standardnim popustom pri preprodaji za tehnologijo ADSL in UMTS, kljub temu vključene v Prilogo 10 k Pogodbi.