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We therefore recommend that: • The Member States should promote the achievement of durable results from ERDF-financed productive investments at the OP programming level, in particular through:  more focus on identifying and mitigating risks to the achievement of durable results,  better analysis of the needs of different types of businesses, including the need for public funding, in order to avoid deadweight loss. • During the approval process of OPs, the Commission should pay particular attention to how Member States address durability of outputs and results. 8 
Sodišče priporoča: • Države članice naj spodbujajo doseganje trajnih rezultatov iz produktivnih naložb, ki jih financira ESRR, na ravni načrtovanja operativnih programov, in sicer zlasti z:  večjo osredotočenostjo na opredeljevanju in blaženju tveganj za doseganje trajnih rezultatov,  boljšo analizo potreb različnih vrst podjetij, vključno s potrebo po javnem financiranju, da se preprečijo mrtve izgube. • Komisija naj med postopkom za odobritev operativnih programov nameni posebno pozornost temu, kako države članice obravnavati trajnost izložkov in rezultatov. 8
• The Member States should improve their selection procedures and criteria so that the risk of deadweight loss is taken into account and only productive investment projects with the potential for adequate long-lasting results are supported. • The Member States should conduct appropriate and consistent monitoring and reporting:  using pre-defined and relevant indicators for both outputs and results, as well as for measuring long-lasting results at OP level, while keeping the number of indicators manageable;  establishing monitoring and reporting procedures to be used at project completion and throughout the durability period, which should be described in the grant agreements;  improving the collection and use of relevant data. • The Commission and the Member States should make sure that ex-post evaluations at OP or EU level look into the different aspects of the durability of results achieved at the end of the durability period and beyond in a more systematic manner. 
• Države članice naj izboljšajo svoje izbirne postopke in merila, tako da se upošteva tveganje mrtvih izgub in da se podpirajo samo projekti produktivnih naložb, ki bi lahko zagotovili ustrezne dolgoročne rezultate. • Države članice naj izvajajo ustrezno in dosledno spremljanje in poročanje:  z uporabo vnaprej določenih in ustreznih kazalnikov tako za izložke kot tudi za rezultate ter za merjenje dolgoročnih rezultatov na ravni operativnih programov, pri čemer naj bo število kazalnikov obvladljivo,  z vzpostavitvijo postopkov spremljanja in poročanja, ki naj se uporabljajo ob zaključku projektov in v celotnem obdobju trajnosti, vse to pa naj bo opisano v sporazumih o dodelitvi nepovratnih sredstev,  z izboljšanjem zbiranja in uporabe zadevnih podatkov. • Komisija in države članice naj zagotovijo, da se pri naknadnih vrednotenjih na ravni operativnih programov ali EU bolj sistematično upoštevajo različni vidiki trajnosti rezultatov, doseženih na koncu obdobja trajnosti in po njem.
The evaluation results should be used when designing future EU business support schemes. • The Commission should ensure that Member States apply clear corrective measures including recovery arrangements consistently where projects fail to comply with EU legal durability requirements. • Where Member States have set binding targets at project level, they should establish clear corrective measures and apply them consistently. 9 
Rezultati vrednotenj naj se uporabljajo pri oblikovanju prihodnjih shem EU za podporo podjetjem. • Komisija naj zagotovi, da bodo države članice dosledno uporabljale jasne popravljalne ukrepe, vključno z ureditvami za povračilo sredstev, kadar projekti ne izpolnijo zakonodajnih zahtev EU glede trajnosti. • Države članice, ki so določile zavezujoče cilje na ravni projektov, naj določijo jasne popravljalne ukrepe in jih dosledno uporabljajo. 9
INTRODUCTION Productive investment and business support by the ERDF EU policy objectives 1. 
UVOD Podpora ESRR za produktivne naložbe in podjetja Cilji politike EU 1.
For more than 15 years, enhanced productivity, entrepreneurship, competitiveness, growth and employment and innovation have been at the centre of the Union’s efforts to bring its economy forward. 
Že več kot 15 let so večja produktivnost, podjetništvo, konkurenčnost, rast in zaposlenost ter inovacije v središču prizadevanj Unije, da bi pospešila svoje gospodarstvo.
Support for business investment in the European regions has been embedded in two leading EU strategies: • the Lisbon Strategy of 20001, which aimed to make the EU “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion” and • the Europe 2020 Strategy2, which since 2010 has aimed to boost growth and employment through different flagship initiatives, one of which focused on industrial policy for improving the business environment, targeting SMEs in particular. 
Podpora za naložbe v podjetja v regijah EU je bila umeščena v dve vodilni strategiji EU: • lizbonsko strategijo iz leta 20001, katere cilj je, da EU postane najbolj konkurenčno, dinamično in na znanju temelječe gospodarstvo na svetu, sposobno trajnostne gospodarske rasti s številnejšimi in boljšimi delovnimi mesti ter z večjo socialno kohezijo; • strategijo Evropa 20202, ki je od leta 2010 namenjena spodbujanju rasti in zaposlovanja z različnimi vodilnimi pobudami, od katerih je ena osredotočena na industrijsko politiko za izboljšanje poslovnega okolja in je ciljno usmerjena zlasti na MSP.
ERDF support for businesses 2. 
Podpora ESRR za podjetja 2.
The EU’s strategies for European regions are implemented through a combination of national and European Structural funds (since 2014: the European Structural and Investment Funds or ESIF). 
Strategije EU za evropske regije se izvajajo s kombinacijo nacionalnih in evropskih strukturnih skladov (od leta 2014: Evropski strukturni in investicijski skladi oziroma skladi ESI).
The most important of these funds, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), has provided for direct investments in businesses of different types and sizes. 
Najpomembnejši od teh skladov, Evropski sklad za regionalni razvoj (ESRR), zagotavlja neposredne naložbe v podjetja različnih vrst in velikosti.
Between 2000 and 2013, the regulations governing the ERDF3 stipulated that the funds should contribute to the financing of productive investment to create and safeguard See the Presidency conclusions of the European Council in Lisbon on 23/24 March 2000 (also called ‘the Lisbon agenda’). 
Med letoma 2000 in 2013 sta uredbi, ki veljata za ESRR3, določali, da morajo skladi prispevati k financiranju produktivnih naložb, da bi se ustvarila in ohranila trajna delovna Glej sklepe predsedstva na zasedanju Evropskega sveta v Lizboni dne 23. in 24. marca 2000 (imenovane tudi „lizbonska agenda”).
COM(2010) 2020 final of 3 March 2010 ‘EUROPE 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. 
COM(2010) 2020 final z dne 3. marca 2010, EVROPA 2020 – Strategija za pametno, trajnostno in vključujočo rast.
Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1261/1999 of 21 June 1999 on the European Regional Development Fund (OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 
1261/1999 z dne 21. junija 1999 o Evropskem skladu za regionalni razvoj (UL L 161, 26.6.1999, str.
43), and Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the European Regional Development Fund (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 
1080/2006 Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 5. julija 2006 o Evropskem skladu za regionalni razvoj (UL L 210, 31.7.2006, str.
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sustainable jobs by measures which also encourage local and regional development. 
mesta, in sicer z ukrepi, ki spodbujajo tudi lokalni in regionalni razvoj.
The Commission defines productive investment as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets for enterprises, which are to be used for the production of goods and services, thereby contributing to gross capital formation and employment. 
Komisija opredeljuje produktivne naložbe kot naložbe v osnovna sredstva ali nematerialna sredstva podjetij, ki se uporabijo za proizvodnjo blaga in storitev, s čimer prispevajo k bruto investicijam in zaposlenosti.
These measures were primarily – but not exclusively – intended to support SMEs. 
Ti ukrepi so bili prvenstveno – vendar ne izključno – namenjeni podpori MSP.
The scope of the ERDF in the 2014-2020 period is, in principle, confined to support for creating and safeguarding sustainable jobs in SMEs. 
Področje uporabe ESRR v programskem obdobju 2014–2020 je načeloma omejeno na podporo za ustvarjanje in ohranjanje trajnostnih delovnih mest v MSP.
However, as an exception, large firms can benefit from productive investment provided that this involves cooperating with SMEs and contributes to strengthening research, technological development and innovation or supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy4. Substantive financial support for productive investment provided by the ERDF 5. 
Kljub temu lahko produktivne naložbe izjemoma izkoristijo tudi velika podjetja, pod pogojem, da te vključujejo sodelovanje z MSP in prispevajo h krepitvi raziskav, tehnološkega razvoja in inovacij ali da se z njimi podpira prehod na nizkoogljično gospodarstvo.4 Znatna finančna podpora iz ESRR za produktivne naložbe 5.
Direct support for enterprises and innovation from the ERDF between 2000 and 2020 is planned to amount to almost 143 billion euro. 
Neposredna podpora za podjetja in inovacije iz ESRR v obdobju 2000–2020 bo predvidoma znašala skoraj 143 milijard EUR.
This means that, overall, the private sector has benefited from around one third of the total amount of ERDF funds. 
To pomeni, da je zasebni sektor v splošnem izkoristil približno eno tretjino skupnega zneska sredstev ESRR.
Figure 1 shows the allocations to productive investments between 2000 and 2020, and details for each Member State are set out in Annex I. Depending on the Member States and the regions, the ERDF co-financing rates have generally been between 25 % (in relatively wealthy regions) up to 85 % (in poorer regions). 
Slika 1 prikazuje dodeljena sredstva za produktivne naložbe v obdobju med letoma 2000 in 2020, podrobnosti za vsako državo članico pa so navedene v Prilogi I. Stopnje sofinanciranja iz ESRR so, odvisno od države članice in regije, v splošnem znašale med 25 % (v razmeroma bogatih regijah) in 85 % (v revnejših regijah).
11 4 Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the investment for growth and jobs goal (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 
1301/2013 Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 17. decembra 2013 o Evropskem skladu za regionalni razvoj in o posebnih določbah glede cilja „naložbe za rast in delovna mesta” (UL L 347, 20.12.2013, str.
Figure 1 - ERDF allocations to productive investments for the period 2000 to 2020 Source: European Commission. 
Slika 1 – Sredstva iz ESRR, dodeljena za produktivne naložbe v obdobju 2000–2020 Vir: Evropska komisija.
Shared management of ERDF programmes 6. 
Deljeno upravljanje programov ESRR 6.
Structural Funds projects are co-financed by the EU budget together with the national or regional authorities. 
Projekte strukturnih skladov sofinancirajo EU ter nacionalni ali regionalni organi.
Project funding is subject to rules and conditions laid down partly at EU and partly at Member State level. 
Za financiranje projektov veljajo pravila in pogoji, ki so delno določeni na ravni EU, delno pa na ravni držav članic.
The management of the funds is thus shared. 
Upravljanje finančnih sredstev je zato deljeno.
Within the framework of the management of the ERDF, managing authorities (MA) drew up operational programmes (OPs), managed the implementation of the OPs, set up and operated their management and control systems and submitted annual implementation reports to the Commission. 
V okviru upravljanja ESRR so organi upravljanja pripravili operativne programe, upravljali njihovo izvajanje, vzpostavili in izvajali svoje sisteme upravljanja in kontrole, Komisiji pa predložili letna poročila o izvajanju.
As part of the day-to-day management, these authorities were responsible for selecting projects and for monitoring, implementing, checking and evaluating them5. 7. 
V okviru svojega vsakodnevnega upravljanja so bili ti organi odgovorni za izbiro projektov ter njihovo spremljanje, izvajanje, preverjanje in ocenjevanje.5 7.
The Commission, for its part, issued guidelines for drawing up OPs, then endorsed these and supervised the setting up and operation of the management and control systems in the Member States. 
Komisija je objavila smernice za pripravo operativnih programov, odobrila operativne programe in nadzorovala vzpostavitev in delovanje sistemov upravljanja in kontrole v državah članicah.
In particular, it monitored the implementation of the OPs, mainly through Member States’ implementation reports and by participating in monitoring committees. In Information about EU management and control systems for assistance granted under the ERDF between 2000 and 2020 is available on http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/erdf/. 
Zlasti je spremljala izvajanje operativnih programov, v glavnem na podlagi poročil o izvajanju, ki so jih predložile države članice, in s sodelovanjem v odborih za Informacije o sistemih upravljanja in kontrole za pomoč, dodeljeno v okviru ESRR v obdobju med letoma 2000 in 2020, so na voljo na http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/erdf/.
12 billion euro 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2000-2006 Support to SMEs 2007-2013 Support to enterprises other than SMEs 22.28 4.91 11.28 36.78 44.60 23.05 2014-2020 5 
12 v milijardah EUR 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2000–2006 Podpora MSP 2007–2013 Podpora podjetjem, ki niso MSP 22,28 4,91 11,28 36,78 44,60 23,05 2014–2020 5 spremljanje.
addition, it was able to request specific information (including project selection data from the MAs) at any time up until the final closure of the programmes. 
Poleg tega je lahko kadarkoli do končnega zaključka programov zaprosila za specifične informacije (vključno s podatki organov upravljanja o izboru projektov).
Durability of project results The concept of durability 8. 
Trajnost rezultatov projektov Koncept trajnosti 8.
In this audit, we define durability as the ability of a project to maintain its benefits for a long time after the project has been completed. 
V tej reviziji smo trajnost opredelili kot zmožnost projekta, da svoje koristi obdrži še dolgo časa po tem, ko je bil zaključen.
The main indication that a project has achieved durable outputs and results is a continued flow of net benefits from that project after it has been completed, both during and after the legal durability period (see paragraphs 12 to 15). 
Glavni pokazatelj, da je projekt dosegel trajne izložke in rezultate, je neprekinjen tok neto koristi tega projekta po njegovem zaključku, tako med zakonskim obdobjem trajnosti kot po njegovem izteku (glej odstavke 12 do 15).
Co-financed productive investments should generate financial and economic return on costs, increase production, productivity, employment, competitiveness and entrepreneurship, and enhance innovation. 
Sofinancirane produktivne naložbe bi morale ustvarjati finančno in gospodarsko donosnost na stroške, okrepiti proizvodnjo, produktivnost, zaposlenost, konkurenčnost in podjetništvo ter spodbuditi inovacije.
The operations supported should also provide long-term benefits to the regions in which they are located. 
Dejavnosti, ki prejmejo podporo, bi morale prinesti tudi dolgoročne koristi regijam, v katerih se nahajajo.
In the context of this audit, outputs should be understood as the deliverables of a project (activities, services, operation of project facilities, knowledge and skills). 
V okviru te revizije je izložke treba razumeti kot končne rezultate projekta (dejavnosti, storitve, delovanje projektnih objektov, znanje in spretnosti).
Results are changes that arise for direct addressees at the end of their participation in an intervention (e.g. increased production, productivity, sales, turnover or exports; enhanced entrepreneurship and competitiveness; new products or services introduced; long-term jobs created or maintained) and also the positive effects of projects for the regions concerned. 
Rezultati so spremembe, ki nastanejo pri neposrednih naslovnikih ob koncu njihovega sodelovanja pri posredovanju (npr. povečanje proizvodnje, produktivnosti, prodaje, prometa ali izvoza; okrepljeno podjetništvo in konkurenčnost; novi proizvodi ali storitve; ustvarjena ali ohranjena dolgoročna delovna mesta) in pozitivni učinki projektov za zadevne regije.
In some of our previous reports6, we have highlighted risks in relation to the durability of EU funded infrastructures, including problems with maintaining project outputs and results. 
Sodišče je v nekaterih od svojih prejšnjih poročil6 že opozorilo na tveganja v zvezi s trajnostjo infrastrukture, ki jo je financirala EU, vključno s težavami z ohranjanjem izložkov in rezultatov projektov.
A lack of durability and a lack of attention to this aspect of project management can reduce the effectiveness of public interventions. 
Pomanjkanje trajnosti in premalo pozornosti, ki se nameni temu vidiku vodenja projektov, lahko zmanjšata uspešnost javnega posredovanja.
Ensuring durability requires a robust analysis and strategy at the formulation stage of a programme or project. 
Zagotavljanje trajnosti zahteva robustno analizo in strategijo v fazi oblikovanja programa ali projekta.
planning stage in order to determine what it is that one wishes to achieve and maintain in the long run by financing a specific investment. 
načrtovanja, da se določi, kaj se želi s financiranjem specifične naložbe doseči in dolgoročno ohraniti.
It also requires stable institutions and private-sector beneficiaries which guarantee effective management support for continued operations during the project’s economic life. 
Potrebne so tudi stabilne institucije in upravičenci iz zasebnega sektorja, ki zagotavljajo uspešno podporo upravljanju za neprekinjeno delovanje v obdobju ekonomske življenjske dobe projekta.
According to a study by the European Parliament7, there has only been limited interest by the public sector in Structural and Cohesion Funds in the issue of durability and, consequently, only incomplete data is available on the durability of results from projects co-financed by the ERDF. 
Glede na študijo Evropskega parlamenta7 je javni sektor za vprašanje trajnosti v okviru strukturnih skladov in Kohezijskega sklada doslej izražal le omejeno zanimanje, zato so na voljo samo nepopolni podatki o trajnosti rezultatov pri projektih, ki so bili sofinancirani iz ESRR.
The regulatory framework 12. 
Regulativni okvir 12.
The EU regulation on the ERDF lays down a legal durability requirement. 
V uredbi EU o ESRR je določena zakonodajna zahteva glede trajnosti.
In general, it requires businesses to keep the project outputs/purchased assets for a period of five years (or three years exceptionally for SMEs8 where the Member State concerned had so decided) to avoid recovery of the ERDF co-financing awarded. 
V splošnem se zahteva, da morajo podjetja, da se izognejo izterjavi dodeljenega sofinanciranja ESRR, ohraniti izložke projekta/kupljena sredstva pet let (ali izjemoma tri leta v primeru MSP8, kadar se tako odloči zadevna država članica).
Given that this legal durability only applies to outputs/purchased assets and that it covers a maximum period of five years, it is different from the concept of durability explained above and used in this audit. 
Ker ta zakonodajna zahteva glede trajnosti velja le za izložke/kupljena sredstva in se nanaša na obdobje največ pet let, se razlikuje od koncepta trajnosti, kot je pojasnjen zgoraj in kot se je uporabljal pri tej reviziji.
Over time, the requirement regarding the length of the durability period has become stricter. 
Zahteva glede dolžine obdobja trajnosti je sčasoma postala strožja.
During the 2000-2006 period, the managing authorities had to recover the corresponding ERDF co-financing and inform the Commission if a project underwent a substantial modification9 within five years of the date of the grant decision. Between 2007 Study on “Aspect of durability in the assessment of effectiveness of support for businesses under Structural and Cohesion Funds” commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control, 2013. 
V obdobju 2000– 2006 so organi upravljanja morali izterjati finančna sredstva sofinanciranja ESRR in obvestiti Komisijo, kadar se je projekt v petih letih od datuma sklepa o dodelitvi nepovratnih sredstev 14 7 8 Študija o vidiku trajnosti z naslovom Aspect of durability in the assessment of effectiveness of support for businesses under Structural and Cohesion Funds, ki jo je naročil Odbor Evropskega parlamenta za proračunski nadzor, 2013.
SME are those firms which employ less than 250 persons and have an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million euro or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding 43 million euro. 
MSP so tista podjetja, ki zaposlujejo manj kot 250 ljudi in katerih letni promet ne presega 50 milijonov EUR ali katerih letna bilančna vsota ne presega 43 milijonov EUR.
This applies to all sectors and also includes micro companies. 
To velja za vse sektorje in zajema tudi mikropodjetja.
See SME definition, http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en. 
Za opredelitev MSP glej http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en.
14 7 8 9 and 201310, the legal requirements were similar, but the starting point for counting the five years was moved from the grant decision date to the project completion date. 
bistveno spremenil9. V obdobju 2007–201310 so bile zakonodajne zahteve podobne, vendar začetek štetja petih let ni bil več datum sklepa o dodelitvi nepovratnih sredstev, temveč datum zaključka projekta.
In addition, a penalty was introduced for businesses that had transferred a productive activity within or between Member States. 
Poleg tega je bila uvedena kazen za podjetja, ki so proizvodno dejavnost prenesla znotraj države članice ali med njimi.
In 2010, the application scope for the durability requirement was reduced to operations comprising investment in infrastructure or productive investments only. 
Leta 2010 je bilo področje uporabe za zahtevo glede trajnosti zmanjšano le na dejavnosti, ki obsegajo naložbe v infrastrukturo ali produktivne naložbe.
In addition, to ease the burden on the beneficiaries in the aftermath of the economic crisis, an exception to these requirements was introduced for the cessation of the productive activity due to a non-fraudulent bankruptcy11. 15. 
Poleg tega je bila – da bi se zmanjšalo breme za upravičence po gospodarski krizi – uvedena izjema od teh zahtev v primeru prenehanja proizvodne dejavnosti na podlagi stečaja, ki ni posledica goljufij.11 15.
An important innovation regarding the legal durability requirements in the 2014-2020 ESIF is the tightening of the starting point of the durability period by referring to the date of the project final payment or, alternatively, the date set in the State aid decision. 
Pomembna novost v zvezi z zakonodajnimi zahtevami glede trajnosti v okviru skladov ESI za obdobje 2014–2020 je strožji začetek obdobja trajnosti, ki je določen kot datum končnega projektnega plačila ali, kot druga možnost, datum, določen v odločbi o državni pomoči.
In addition, EU co-financing must be repaid if the productive activity is relocated outside the EU within 10 years, except where the beneficiary is an SME12. The intervention logic for productive investment under the ERDF, including aspects related to durability is detailed in Annex II. 
Poleg tega je treba finančna sredstva EU vrniti, če se proizvodna dejavnost preseli izven EU v obdobju 10 let, razen kadar je upravičenec MSP.12 Intervencijska logika za produktivne naložbe v okviru ESRR, vključno z vidiki, povezanimi s trajnostjo, je podrobno predstavljena v Prilogi II.