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As regards the economic and accounting concepts used by the Commission, the nature of costs examined and the components of the financial calculations undertaken, which concern complex technical appraisals, since that decision clearly discloses the Commission’s reasoning, enabling the substance of that decision to be challenged subsequently before the competent court, it would be excessive to require a specific statement of reasons for each of the technical choices or each of the figures on which that reasoning is based.
V zvezi z gospodarskimi in računovodskimi pojmi, ki jih je uporabila Komisija, z naravo preverjenih stro�kov in z elementi finančnih izračunov, ki izhajajo iz zapletenih tehničnih presoj, bi bilo, v primeru da iz navedene odločbe jasno izhaja utemeljevanje Komisije, ki bi omogočilo poznej�e izpodbijanje utemeljenosti pri pristojnem sodi�ču, čezmerno zahtevati podrobno obrazložitev za vsako tehnično izbiro ali vsakega od dejavnikov, ki so podlaga za utemeljevanje.
Where a Commission decision finds that no State aid as alleged by a complainant exists, the Commission must at least provide the complainant with an adequate explanation of the reasons for which the facts and points of law put forward in the complaint have failed to demonstrate the existence of State aid.
Kadar je v odločbi Komisije ugotovljeno, da ukrep, ki ga pritožnica očita, ni državna pomoč, mora Komisija pritožnici v vsakem primeru zadostno pojasniti razloge za to, da v pritožbi navedeni pravni in dejanski vidiki niso zadostovali za dokaz obstoja državne pomoči.
The Commission is not required, however, to define its position on matters which are manifestly irrelevant or insignificant or plainly of secondary importance.
Vendar se Komisiji ni treba opredeliti glede stali�č, ki so očitno postranska, brez pomena ali nedvomno manj�ega pomena.
Furthermore, the lawfulness of a decision concerning aid is to be assessed in the light of the information available to the Commission when the decision was adopted.
Zakonitost odločbe na področju državnih pomoči je treba sicer presoditi glede na podatke, ki jih je Komisija imela na voljo, ko jo je izdala.
(see paras 89, 90, 94, 96, 108)
(Glej točke 89, 90, 94, 96 in 108.)
undertakings already present on that market.
konkurenčnih podjetij, ki so že prisotna na trgu.
(see paras 123, 128-130)
(Glej točke 123 in od 128 do 130.)
The concept of State aid covers not only positive benefits such as subsidies, loans or direct investment in the capital of undertakings, but also interventions which, in various forms, mitigate the charges which are normally included in the budget of an undertaking and which therefore, without being subsidies in the strict sense of the word, are of the same character and have the same effect.
Pojem državne pomoči ne zajema le pozitivnih dajatev, kot so subvencije, posojil ali udeležb v kapitalu podjetij, temveč prav tako ukrepe, ki v različnih oblikah zmanj�ujejo stro�ke, ki običajno bremenijo račun podjetja, in so zato, ne da bi bili subvencije v pravem pomenu besede, iste narave in imajo enake učinke.
The supply of goods or services on preferential terms is one of the indirect advantages which have the same effects as subsidies.
V okviru posrednih koristi, ki učinkujejo enako kot subvencije, je treba izpostaviti zlasti zagotavljanje blaga in storitev pod ugodnej�imi pogoji.
Where there is a Commission decision which finds that the logistical and commercial assistance provided by an undertaking entrusted with a service of general economic interest to its subsidiary does not constitute State aid, the Community judicature must check whether the facts relied upon by the Commission are substantively accurate and whether they establish that all the conditions justifying the classification of ‘aid’ within the meaning of the Treaty are fulfilled.
Pri odločbi Komisije, v kateri je ugotovljeno, da logistična in komercialna podpora družbe, ki izvaja storitev splo�nega gospodarskega pomena, njeni hčerinski družbi nista državna pomoč, mora sodi�če Skupnosti preveriti, ali so dejstva, ki jih je navedla Komisija, materialno pravilna in ali so taka, da je mogoče ugotoviti, ali so izpolnjeni vsi pogoji, ki utemeljujejo opredelitev „pomoči“ v smislu Pogodbe.
Since a complex economic appraisal is involved here, in reviewing an act of the Commission which has necessitated such an appraisal, the Court must confine itself to verifying whether the Commission complied with the relevant rules governing procedure and the statement of reasons, whether the facts on which the contested finding was based have been accurately stated and whether there has been any manifest error of assessment or a misuse of powers.
Ker gre za kompleksno gospodarsko oceno, se mora sodni nadzor akta Komisije, v zvezi s katerim je bila taka ocena potrebna, omejiti na preverjanje upo�tevanja postopkovnih pravil in obrazložitve, resničnosti dejstev, na katerih temelji izpodbijana presoja, in očitne napake pri presoji dejstev ali prekoračitev pooblastil.
In addition, since the concept of State aid must be applied to an objective situation appraised on the date on which the Commission takes its decision, it is the appraisals carried out on that date which must be taken into account in the conduct of that review.
Poleg tega je treba, ker pojem državna pomoč namreč odgovarja objektivnemu stanju, ki se presoja na dan, ko Komisija sprejme odločbo, pri tem sodnem nadzoru upo�tevati presojo, ki se opravi ta dan.
However, in the context of the transfer to a private-law subsidiary of the client base of a service which does not belong to the reserved sector and which was established by its parent company operating in a reserved market, the legal and economic conditions of that transfer cannot be entirely disregarded where those conditions are, by themselves, capable of giving rise to a consideration in return for the benefit conferred by that transfer.
Vendar pa v okviru prenosa strank službe na hčerinsko družbo zasebnega prava, ki ne pripada pridržanemu sektorju in ki jo je ustanovila matična družba, ki posluje na pridržanem trgu, ni mogoče v celoti prezreti pravnih in ekonomskih pogojev navedenega prenosa, čeprav bi taki pogoji sami po sebi lahko povzročili protidajatev za prednost, pridobljeno s takim prenosom.
In addition, such classification as ‘State aid’ can be accepted only if the transfer of the client base, as such, fulfils all the conditions referred to in Article 92(1) of the Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87(1) EC).
Poleg tega bi bilo tako opredelitev državne pomoči mogoče sprejeti le, če bi prenos strank kot tak izpolnjeval vse pogoje iz člena 92(1) Pogodbe (po spremembi postal člen 87(1) ES).
As regards the issue whether — under the fourth of those conditions — such a transfer distorts or threatens to distort competition, that could only be the case if, in particular, the transfer altered the structure of the market concerned and affected the situation of the competing
V zvezi z vpra�anjem, ali je, kot izhaja iz četrtega od teh pogojev, tak prenos izkrivljal konkurenco ali grozil, da jo bo izkrivljal, bi lahko bilo tako le, če bi zlasti prenos spreminjal strukturo zadevnega trga in vplival na položaj
In the absence of any possibility of comparing the situation of an undertaking entrusted with a service of general economic interest with that of a private
Ker položaja družbe, ki izvaja storitev splo�nega gospodarskega pomena, ni mogoče primerjati s položajem zasebne
CHRONOPOST AND LA POSTE v UFEX AND OTHERS group of undertakings not operating in a reserved sector, ‘normal market conditions’, which are necessarily hypothetical, must be assessed by reference to the objective and verifiable elements that are available.
CHRONOPOST IN LA POSTE PROTI UFEX IN DRUGIM skupine podjetij brez monopolnega položaja, je treba nujne hipotetične običajne tržne razmere ugotoviti z razpoložljivimi objektivnimi in dokazljivimi dejavniki.
namely data deriving from the report of a consultancy firm, from which it was possible to reconstruct the costs incurred by that undertaking.
so izhajali predvsem iz poročila svetovalne družbe, na podlagi katerih je bilo mogoče rekonstruirati stro�ke, ki jih je imela ta družba.
The use of those data could be open to criticism only if it was established that they were based on manifestly incorrect considerations.
Uporabo teh podatkov bi bilo mogoče grajati le, če bi bilo dokazano, da temeljijo na očitno napačnih ugotovitvah.
In those circumstances, the Commission was fully entitled to base its decision on the only data available to it at the time,
V teh okoli�činah je Komisija sporno odločbo upravičeno lahko utemeljila le na podatkih, ki so bili na voljo in ki
(see paras 142-145, 148, 149)
(Glej točke od 142 do 145, 148 in 149.)
OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERALSHARPSTON delivered on 6 December 2007 1 judgment under appeal, (ii) whether that Court ruled on an inadmissible plea, (iii) its examination of the Commission’s statement of reasons in the contested decision, and (iv) its assessment of the notion of State aid in respect of the transfer of a customer base to SFMI-Chronopost.
SKLEPNI PREDLOGI GENERALNE PRAVOBRALNILKEELEANOR SHARPSTON, predstavljeni 6. decembra 2007 1 sodbe, (ii) vpra�anje, ali je Sodi�če odločalo o nedopustnem tožbenem razlogu, (iii) njegov preizkus obrazložitve izpodbijane odločbe Komisije in (iv) njegovo presojo pojma državne pomoči v zvezi s prenosom strank na družbo SFMI-Chronopost.
These are the second appeals in a longrunning action which relates principally to commercial and logistical assistance provided by the French Post Office to its subsidiary SFMI-Chronopost, which operates an express delivery service.
To sta drugi pritožbi v dolgotrajnem postopku, ki se primarno nana�a na komercialno in logistično podporo, ki jo francoska družba La Poste nudi svoji hčerinski družbi SFMI-Chronopost, ki opravlja storitev hitre dostave.
In Decision 98/365 (‘the contested decision’), the Commission decided that such assistance did not constitute State aid.
Komisija je v Odločbi 98/365 (v nadaljevanju: izpodbijana odločba) odločila, da tak�na podpora ne pomeni državne pomoči.
2Competi- tors of SFMI-Chronopost made an application to the Court of First Instance (‘UFEX I’), 3 which annulled the contested decision.
2 Konkurenti družbe SFMI-Chrono-post so vložili tožbo pri Sodi�ču prve stopnje (v nadaljevanju: sodba UFEX I) 3, ki je izpodbijano odločbo razglasilo za nično.
In the first appeals (‘Chronopost I’), 4the
V prvem pritožbenem postopku (v nadaljevanju: sodba Chronopost I) 4 je Sodi�če sodbo Sodi�ča prve stopnje razveljavilo in zadevo vrnilo v novo odločanje.
The present appeals are brought against the subsequent judgment of the Court of First Instance again annulling the contested decision (‘the judgment under appeal’: UFEX II). 5
Obravnavani pritožbi sta vloženi proti drugi sodbi Sodi�ča prve stopnje, ki je izpodbijano odločbo ponovno razglasilo za nično (v nadaljevanju: izpodbijana sodba UFEX II). 5
The dispute underlying the present case originates in a complaint lodged with the Commission in December 1990.
Spor v obravnavani zadevi izvira iz pritožbe, ki je bila pri Komisiji vložena decembra 1990.
The judgment under appeal sets out the background:
V izpodbijani sodbi je podan naslednji okvir:
The pleas now raised on appeal concern (i) the composition of the Court of First Instance in the proceedings leading to the
Pritožbeni razlogi, ki se uveljavljajo s pritožbo, se nana�ajo na (i) sestavo Sodi�ča prve stopnje v postopku do izdaje izpodbijane
2 — Commission Decision 98/365/EC of 1 October 1997 concerning alleged State aid granted by France to SFMI-Chronopost (OJ 1998 L 164, p. 37).
2 – Odločba z dne 1. oktobra 1997 v zvezi z domnevno državno pomočjo Francoske republike družbi SFMI-Chronopost (UL 1998, L 164, str. 37).
3 — Case T-613/97 UFEX and Others v Commission [2000] ECR II-4055.
3 – Sodba Sodi�ča prve stopnje z dne 14. decembra 2000 v zadevi Ufex in drugi proti Komisiji (T-613/97, Recueil, str. II-4055).
4 — Joined Cases C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P and C-94/01 P Chronopost and Others v UFEX and Others [2003] ECR I-6993.
4 – Sodba z dne 3. julija 2003 v združenih zadevah Chronopost in drugi proti Ufexu in drugim (C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P in C-94/01 P, Recueil, str. I-6993).
5 — Case T-613/97 UFEX and Others v Commission [2006] ECR II-1531.
5 – Sodba Sodi�ča prve stopnje z dne 7. junija 2006 v zadevi UFEX in drugi proti Komisiji (T-613/97, ZOdl., str. II-1531).
‘(2) The French Post Office (“La Poste”), which operates as a legal monopoly in the ordinary mail sector, was an integral part of the French State administration until the end of 1990.
„(2) Francoska družba La Poste (v nadaljevanju: družba La Poste), ki v okviru zakonskega monopola izvaja storitve s področja splo�ne dostave, je bila do konca leta 1990 del francoske uprave. Od 1. januarja 1991 deluje v skladu
CHRONOPOST AND LA POSTE v UFEX AND OTHERS by public law by virtue of Law 90-568 of 2 July 1990 on the organisation of the public post and telecommunications service (JORF of 8 July 1990, p. 8069) ….
(5) z določbami zakona 90-568 z dne 2. julija 1990 o organizaciji javnih po�tnih in telekomunikacijskih storitev (JORF z dne 8. julija 1990, str.
That law authorises it to perform certain activities open to competition, and particularly express delivery services.
Na podlagi tega zakona je poobla�čena za izvajanje določenih dejavnosti proste konkurence, med drugim dejavnosti hitre dostave.
(5) In 1992 the structure of the express delivery business carried out by SFMI changed.
Leta 1992 se je struktura dejavnosti na področju storitev hitre dostave družbe SFMI spremenila.
Sofipost and TAT set up a new company, Chronopost SA, in which their respective holdings were still 66% and 34%.
Družbi Sofipost in TAT sta ustanovili novo družbo, Chronopost SA, v kateri sta imeli �e naprej 66 % in 34 % delnic.
Chronopost, which had exclusive access to La Poste’s network until 1 January 1995, concentrated on domestic express deliveries.
Družba Chronopost, ki je imela vse do 1. januarja 1995 izključni dostop do omrežja družbe La Poste, se je osredotočila na domačo storitev hitre dostave.
SFMI was acquired by GD Express Worldwide France, the subsidiary of an inter national common operator whose participants are the Australian company TNT and the post offices of five countries, a concentration which was authorised by a Commission Decision of 2 December 1991 (Case IV/M.102 — TNT/Canada Post, DBP Postdienst, La Poste, PTT Poste and Sweden Post) (OJ 1991 C 322, p. 19).
Družbo SFMI je kupila družba GD Express Worldwide France, hčerinska družba skupnega mednarodnega podjetja, ki ga sestavljajo avstralska družba TNT in po�te petih držav, koncentracija pa je bila odobrena z Odločbo Komisije z dne 2. decembra 1991 (zadeva IV/M.102 – TNT proti Canada Post, DBP Post -dienst, La Poste, PTT Poste in Sweden Post) (UL C 322, str. 19).
SFMI retained the inter -national express delivery business, using Chronopost as an agent and service provider in the handling of its inter -national dispatches in France (hereinafter “SFMI-Chronopost”). [ 7]
Družba SFMI je obdržala mednarodne dejavnosti hitre dostave, pri čemer je družbo Chronopost vključila kot poobla�čenko in izvajalko storitve prevoza mednarodnih po�iljk v Franciji (v nadaljevanju: družba SFMI-Chronopost). 7
(3) The Société française de messagerie internationale (“SFMI”) is a company incorporated under private law which has been entrusted with the management of La Poste’s express delivery service [ 6] since the end of 1985.
Société française de messagerie internationale (v nadaljevanju: družba SFMI) je družba zasebnega prava, ki je od konca leta 1985 poobla�čena za opravljanje storitev hitre dostave francoske družbe La Poste.
SFMI was formed with a share capital of FRF 10 million (approximately EUR 1 524 490) held as to 66% by Sofipost, a holding company wholly owned by La Poste, and as to 34% by TAT Express, a subsidiary of the airline Transport aérien transrégional (hereinafter “TAT”).
6Ob ustanovitvi je kapital družbe zna�al 10 milijonov francoskih frankov (približno 1.524.490 EUR), od katerih je imela 66 % družba Sofipost, finančna družba v 100-odstotni lasti družbe La Poste, 34 % pa družba TAT Express, hčerinska družba letalske družbe Transport aérien transrégional (v nadaljevanju: družba TAT).
(6) Syndicat français de l’express international (SFEI), now known as the Union française de l’express (UFEX), of which the three other applicants are members, is a trade association established under French law, grouping together almost all the companies offering express delivery services competing with SFMI-Chronopost.
Syndicat française de l’express international (v nadaljevanju: združenje SFEI), katerega pravna naslednica je Union française de l’express (v nadaljevanju: združenje UFEX) in katerega članice so preostale tri tožeče stranke, je v skladu s francoskim pravom strokovno združenje, v katerem so združene skoraj vse družbe, ki ponujajo storitve hitre dostave, konkurenčne družbi SFMI-Chronopost.
(4) The detailed conditions for the operation and marketing of the express delivery service provided by SFMI under the name of EMS/Chronopost were set out in an order from the French Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications of 19 August 1986.
Podrobnosti uporabe in izvajanja storitve hitre dostave, ki jih je družba SFMI opremila z oznako EMS/Chrono-post, so bile določene v navodilu Ministrstva za po�to in telekomunikacije z dne 19. avgusta 1986.
According to that order, La Poste was to provide SFMI with logistical and commercial assistance.
V skladu z njim naj bi La Poste družbi SFMI nudila logistično in komercialno podporo.
The contractual relations between La Poste and SFMI were governed by agreements, the first of which dates from 1986.
Pogodbena razmerja med družbo La Poste in družbo SFMI so bila določena z dogovori, od katerih je bil prvi sklenjen leta 1986.
7 — In this Opinion, as in the contested decision, reference will be made to ‘SFMI-Chronopost’, even when only one of the two companies is involved.
7 – V obravnavanih sklepnih predlogih in v izpodbijani odločbi je navedena družba SFMI-Chronopost, čeprav je vpletena le ena izmed družb.
The judgments cited in footnotes 3 to 5 have followed this practice.
Taki praksi so sledile tudi sodbe, navedene v opombah od 3 do 5.
6 — Which operated under the name of Postadex.
6 – Dejavnost, ki jo je izvajala pod imenom Postadex.
(7) On 21 December 1990 SFEI lodged a complaint with the Commission alleging principally that the logistical and commercial assistance provided by La Poste to SFMI constituted State aid within the meaning of Article 92 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87 EC).
21. decembra 1990 je združenje SFEI pri Komisiji vložilo pritožbo, v kateri je med drugim uveljavljalo, da naj bi bila logistična in komercialna podpora, ki jo je francoska družba La poste nudila družbi SFMI, državna pomoč v smislu člena 92 Pogodbe ES (po spremembi člen 87 ES).
In particular, SFEI complained that the remuneration paid by SFMI for the assistance provided by La Poste was not in accordance with normal market conditions.
V pritožbi je kot glavni očitek navedlo, da plačilo, ki ga je družba SFMI plačala družbi La Poste za to podporo, ne ustreza običajnim tržnim razmeram.
It alleged that the difference between the market price for the purchase of such services and the price actually paid by SFMI constituted State aid.
Razlika med tržno ceno za opravljanje tovrstnih storitev in ceno, ki jo je plačala družba SFMI, je državna pomoč.
An economic study carried out by Braxton, a consultancy firm, at SFEI’s request, was appended to the complaint in order to demonstrate the value of the amount of aid during the period from 1986 to 1989.
Za presojo pomoči v obdobju med letoma 1986 in 1989 je k pritožbi priložilo gospodarsko �tudijo, ki jo je po naročilu združenja SFEI izdelala svetovalna družba Braxton.
the first study and evaluating the amount of the aid up to the end of 1991.
obdobje presoje pomoči podalj�ano do konca leta 1991.
In a judgment of 5 January 1994, the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris referred several questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 92 of the Treaty and Article 93 of the EC Treaty (now Article 88 EC), one of which sought clarification of the concept of State aid in the circumstances of the present case.
Tribunal de commerce Paris je s sodbo z dne 5. januarja 1994 Sodi�ču predložilo več vpra�anj za predhodno odločanje glede razlage členov 92 Pogodbe ES in 93 Pogodbe ES (zdaj člen 88 ES), eno izmed njih se je nana�alo tudi na pojem državne pomoči v okoli�činah predloženega primera.
The French Government lodged, as an annexe to its observations of 10 May 1994, an economic study by Ernst & Young. In [SFEI and Others 8] the Court ruled that “the provision of logistical and commercial assistance by a public undertaking to its subsidiaries, which are governed by private law and carry on an activity open to free competition, is capable of constituting State aid within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty if the remuneration received in return is less than that which would have been demanded under normal market conditions” (paragraph 62).’ 9 The Commission’s investigations and the contested decision
Francoska vlada je kot prilogo svojim izjavam z dne 10. maja 1994 Sodi�ču predložila gospodarsko �tudijo družbe Ernst & Young. Sodi�če je [v sodbi SFEI in drugi 8] odločilo, da ‚[l]ogistična in komercialna podpora, ki jo javno podjetje nudi svojim zasebnopravnim hčerinskim družbam, ki izvajajo dejavnosti proste konkurence, lahko pomeni državno pomoč v smislu člena 92 Pogodbe, če je plačilo, prejeto kot nasprotna dajatev, nižje od tistega, ki bi se zahtevalo v običajnih tržnih razmerah‘ (točka 62). 9“ (8)
(8) By letter of 10 March 1992 the Commission notified SFEI of its decision to take no action on the complaint.
V dopisu z dne 10. marca 1992 je Komisija združenju SFEI sporočila, da je bil v zvezi z njegovo pritožbo uveden postopek.
On 16 May 1992 SFEI together with other undertakings lodged an action with the Court of Justice for annulment of that decision.
Združenje SFEI in druga podjetja so 16. maja 1992 pri Sodi�ču vložila tožbo za razglasitev ničnosti te odločitve.
The Court ruled that it was not necessary to proceed to judgment (order of 18 November 1992 in Case C-222/92 SFEI and Others v Commission, not published in the ECR) in the light of the Commission Decision of 9 July 1992 to withdraw the decision of 10 March 1992.’
Potem ko je Komisija z odločbo z dne 9. julija 1992 sklenila umakniti odločitev z dne 10. marca 1992, je Sodi�če postopek ustavilo (sklep Sodi�ča z dne 18. novembra 1992 v zadevi SFEI in drugi proti Komisiji, C-222/92, neobjavljen v ZOdl.).“
In 1993, the Commission requested and received further information from France.
Komisija je leta 1993 zahtevala, naj Francoska republika posreduje dodatne informacije, in te tudi prejela.
In March 1996, it notified that Member State that it was initiating the procedure under Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty (now Article 88(2) EC) regarding aid allegedly granted by France to SFMI-Chronopost. On
Marca 1996 jo je obvestila, da je v zvezi s podporo, ki naj bi jo ta nudila SMFI-Chronopost, uvedla postopek na podlagi člena 93(2) ES (zdaj 88(2) ES).
8 — Case C-39/94 [1996] ECR I-3547.
8 – Sodba z dne 11. julija 1996 v zadevi SFEI in drugi (C-39/94, Recueil, str. I-3547).
I refer to this judgment as ‘SFEI’.
To zadevo bom poimenovala sodba SFEI.
In addition to the complaint to the Commission, ‘[o]n 16 June 1993 SFEI and other undertakings brought an action before the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris (Paris Commercial Court) against SFMI, Chronopost, La Poste and others.
Poleg vložene pritožbe pri Komisiji so „združenje SFEI in druga podjetja 16. junija 1993 zoper družbe SFMI, Chronopost, La Poste in druge vložila tožbo na Tribunal de commerce Paris (gospodarsko sodi�če v Parizu).
A second study by Braxton was attached to the application, updating the information contained in
K tej tožbi je bila priložena druga �tudija družbe Braxton, v kateri so bili podatki iz prve �tudije posodobljeni in
9 — Paragraph 10 of the judgment under appeal.
9 – Uvodna izjava 10 izpodbijane sodbe.