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Directive 2002/39 continues this liberalisation and, according to recitals 14 and 24 in the preamble thereto, it provides a timetable for a gradual and controlled opening of the letters market to competition, giving 2009 as the probable date for the full accomplishment of the internal market for postal services.
Cilj Direktive 2002/39 je ta liberalizacija in v skladu z uvodnima izjavama 14 in 24 določa časovni okvir za postopno in nadzorovano odpiranje pisemskega po�tnega trga, pri čemer je leto 2009 določeno kot rok za dokončno oblikovanje notranjega trga po�tnih storitev.
Article 2 of Directive 97/67 provides:
Člen 2 Direktive 97/67 določa:
‘For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
„V tej direktivi se uporabljajo naslednje definicije:
(1) postal services: services involving the clearance, sorting, transport and delivery of postal items;
1. ‚po�tne storitve‘: storitve, ki vključujejo sprejem, usmerjanje, prenos in dostavo po�tnih po�iljk;
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(2) public postal network: the system of organisation and resources of all kinds used by the universal service provider(s) for the purposes in particular of:
2. ‚javno po�tno omrežje‘: sistem organizacije in vseh vrst sredstev, ki jih uporablja(-jo) izvajalec(-i) univerzalne storitve, �e zlasti v naslednje namene:
— the clearance of postal items covered by a universal service obligation from access points throughout the territory,
– za sprejem po�tnih po�iljk, ki spadajo v obveznost univerzalne storitve s točk dostopa po vsem ozemlju,
— the routing and handling of those items from the postal network access point to the distribution centre,
– za prenos teh po�iljk in ravnanje z njimi od točk dostopa do dostavnega centra,
— distribution to the addresses shown on items;
– dostavo na naslove, označene na po�iljkah;
(3) access points: physical facilities, including letter boxes provided for the public either on the public highway or at the premises of the universal service provider, where postal items may be deposited with the public postal network by customers;
3. ‚točke dostopa‘: fizični objekti ali naprave, skupaj s po�tnimi nabiralniki na javnih glavnih cestah ali v prostorih izvajalca univerzalne po�tne storitve, kjer lahko uporabniki oddajo po�tne po�iljke javnemu po�tnemu omrežju;
(4) clearance: the operation of collecting postal items deposited at access points;
4. ‚sprejem‘: proces sprejemanja po�tnih po�iljk, ki so bile oddane prek točk dostopa;
With regard to the services which may be reserved for the provider(s) of the universal postal service, the first, third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 7(1) of Directive 97/67 provide:
Glede storitev, ki se jih lahko rezervira za izvajalca(e) univerzalne po�tne storitve, člen 7(1), prvi, tretji in četrti pododstavek, Direktive 97/67 določa:
‘To the extent necessary to ensure the maintenance of universal service, Member States may continue to reserve services to universal service provider(s).
„Države članice lahko v obsegu, ki je potreben za ohranitev univerzalnih storitev, �e naprej rezervirajo storitve za izvajalca(e) univerzalnih storitev.
Those services shall be limited to the clearance, sorting, transport and delivery of items of domestic correspondence and incoming crossborder correspondence, whether by accelerated delivery or not, within both of the following weight and price limits.
Navedene storitve so omejene na sprejem, usmerjanje, prevoz in dostavo po�tnih po�iljk notranje korespondence in dohodne čezmejne korespondence, s pospe�eno dostavo ali brez, v okviru obeh naslednjih omejitev mase in cene. Masa je omejena na 100 gramov od 1. januarja 2003 in 50 gramov od 1. januarja 2006.
These weight limits shall not apply as from 1 January 2003 if the price is equal to, or more than, three times the public tariff for an item of correspondence in the first weight step of the fastest category, and, as from 1 January 2006, if the price is equal to, or more than, two and a half times this tariff.
Ti masni omejitvi se ne bosta uporabljali od 1. januarja 2003, če je cena enaka ali vi�ja od trikratne javne tarife za po�iljko korespondence v prvi težnostni stopnji najhitrej�e kategorije, in od 1. januarja 2006, če je cena enaka tej tarifi ali 2,5-krat vi�ja od nje.
To the extent necessary to ensure the provision of universal service, direct mail may continue to be reserved within the same weight and price limits.
Direktna po�ta je lahko v obsegu, ki je potreben za zagotovitev univerzalnih storitev, �e naprej rezervirana v okviru enakih omejitev glede mase in cene.
To the extent necessary to ensure the provision of universal service, for example when certain sectors of postal activity have already been liberalised or because of the specific characteristics particular to the postal services in a Member State, outgoing crossborder mail may continue to be reserved within the same weight and price limits.’
Odhodna čezmejna po�ta je lahko v obsegu, ki je potreben za zagotovitev izvajanja univerzalnih storitev, denimo v primerih, ko so nekateri sektorji po�tne dejavnosti že liberalizirani ali zaradi posebnih značilnosti po�tnih storitev v državi članici, �e naprej rezervirana v okviru enakih omejitev glede mase in cene.“
Articles 9 and 10 of Directive 97/67 lay down the conditions governing the provision of non-reserved services.
Člena 9 in 10 Direktive 97/67 določata pogoje, ki urejajo ponudbo nerezerviranih storitev.
In that regard, provision is made for general authorisations and individual licences for competitor undertakings.
Glede tega so določene splo�ne odobritve in individualne licence za konkurenčna podjetja.
Under Article 11 of that directive:
Člen 11 navedene direktive določa:
‘The European Parliament and the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission and on the basis of Articles 57(2), 66 and 100a of the Treaty, shall adopt such harmonisation measures as are necessary to ensure that users and the universal service provider(s) have access to the public postal network under conditions which are transparent and non-discriminatory.’
„Evropski parlament in Svet na predlog Komisije in na podlagi členov 57(2), 66 in 100a Pogodbe [ES] sprejmeta tak�ne uskladitvene ukrepe, ki so potrebni, da se zagotovi uporabnikom in izvajalcem univerzalne storitve dostop do javnega po�tnega omrežja pod preglednimi in nediskriminatornimi pogoji.“
With regard to the tariff principles to be observed by the providers of the universal postal service, the fourth and fifth indents of Article 12 of that directive impose on the Member States the obligation to take steps to ensure that the tariffs for each of the services forming part of the provision of that service comply with the principles of transparency and non-discrimination.
Glede tarifnih načel, ki jih morajo spo�tovati ponudniki univerzalnih po�tnih storitev, člen 12, četrta in peta alinea, iste direktive obvezuje države članice, da sprejmejo ukrepe za zagotovitev, da so tarife za vsako storitev, ki je del izvajanja univerzalne storitve, v skladu z načeli preglednosti in nediskriminacije.
Directive 97/67 was transposed into German law by the Law on postal services (Postgesetz) of 22 December 1997 (BGBl. 1997 I, p.
Direktiva 97/67 je bila v nem�ki pravni red prenesena s po�tnim zakonom (Postgesetz) z dne 22. decembra 1997 (BGBl. 1997 I, str.
3294), as subsequently amended (‘the Law on postal services’).
3294), kot je bil naknadno spremenjen (v nadaljevanju: po�tni zakon).
This law lays down that Deutsche Post is the universal postal service provider for the purposes of Article 7 of that directive.
Deutsche Post je na podlagi tega zakona izvajalka univerzalnih po�tnih storitev v smislu člena 7 te direktive. BNA je nem�ki regulativni organ v smislu člena 22 iste direktive.
Paragraph 51 of the Law on postal services provides, with regard to the licences to be granted to the universal postal service provider on the one hand and to the competitor undertakings on the other:
Člen 51 po�tnega zakona pa glede licenc, ki se dodelijo izvajalcem univerzalnih po�tnih storitev in konkurenčnim podjetjem, določa:
‘(1) Until 31 December 2007, Deutsche Post … shall have the exclusive right to handle on a commercial basis postal items and addressed catalogues with an individual weight of less than 50 grams, the unit price of which is less than two and a half times the price applicable to corresponding postal items in the lowest weight category (exclusive statutory licence).
„(1) Deutsche Post ima do 31. decembra 2007 […] izključno pravico do poslovnega prenosa po�tnih po�iljk in katalogov z naslovom, katerih posamezna teža zna�a manj kot 50 gramov in katerih enotna cena je 2,5-krat nižja od cene, ki velja za po�tne po�iljke, ki spadajo v najlažjo kategorijo (zakonita izključna licenca).
The first sentence shall not apply:
Prvi stavek se ne uporablja:
5. to anyone who at the request of the sender collects mail at his premises in order to deposit it at the nearest Deutsche Post collection point …or at another Deutsche Post collection point … situated in the same local authority area;
5. za tistega, ki na zahtevo po�iljatelja pri njem prevzame po�to, da jo odda na najbližji zbirni točki Deutsche Post […] oziroma drugi zbirni točki Deutsche Post […], ki se nahaja v isti občini;
The competitor undertakings may also request the universal postal service provider, subject to certain conditions, to give them access to parts of its handling services.
Konkurenčna podjetja lahko prav tako zahtevajo od izvajalca univerzalnih po�tnih storitev, da jim pod določenimi pogoji dovoli dostop do nekaterih delov svojih storitev prenosa.
In that regard, Paragraph 28(1) of the Law on postal services states:
Člen 28(1) po�tnega zakona v zvezi s tem določa:
‘If the holder of a licence occupies a dominant position on a market for postal services which are subject to licensing, he must, if requested, offer parts of his handling
„Če ima imetnik licence prevladujoč položaj na trgu po�tnih storitev, za katere je potrebna licenca, mora, če se zahteva, ločeno ponuditi dele svojih storitev prenosa
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The obligation stated in the first sentence shall apply in respect of another provider of postal services only if the undertaking making the request does not occupy a dominant position and if competition would otherwise be restricted disproportionately on that or another market.
Obveznost do drugega ponudnika po�tnih storitev v smislu prvega stavka obstaja le, če podjetje, ki je vložilo zahtevo, nima prevladujočega položaja, in če bi bila konkurenca na tem oziroma na drugem trgu nesorazmerno omejena.
The holder of the licence has the right to refuse partial provision of services if that is likely to put at risk the efficient functioning of his facilities or the security of the business, or if as the case may be he no longer has sufficient capacities to carry out the requested service.’
Imetnik licence ima pravico zavrniti delno izvajanje storitev, če bi to ogrozilo dobro delovanje njegovih naprav oziroma varnost podjetja ali če nima potrebnih zmogljivosti, ki omogočajo izpolnitev zahtevane storitve.“
The main proceedings and the question referred for a preliminary ruling
Spori o glavni stvari in vprašanje za predhodno odločanje
The intermediaries concerned are private undertakings operating in the postal services sector.
Zadevni združevalci so zasebna podjetja, ki opravljajo dejavnost v sektorju po�tnih storitev.
They are holders of a licence under the fifth point of the second sentence of Paragraph 51(1) of the Law on postal services which authorises them to handle items of correspondence collected from the sender’s premises, at his request and in his name, in order to deposit them at the nearest Deutsche Post office or at another Deutsche Post office situated in the same local authority area.
So imetniki licence na podlagi člena 51(1), drugi stavek, točka 5, po�tnega zakona, ki jim dovoljuje prenos korespondenčnih po�iljk, prevzetih pri po�iljatelju na njegovo zahtevo in v njegovem imenu, da se dostavijo v najbližjo enoto Deutsche Post ali v drugo njeno enoto, ki ima sedež v isti občini.
The mail handling system set up by the universal postal service provider in Germany, Deutsche Post, is organised as follows: the mail deposited by senders in letter boxes and at post offices is collected and then transported to the ‘sorting office’ (internal distribution unit which is not usually open to the public) closest to the sender, where the mail is first of all presorted by destination and format.
Sistem prenosa po�te, ki ga je vzpostavil ponudnik univerzalnih po�tnih storitev v Nemčiji, namreč Deutsche Post, je organiziran tako: po�ta, ki jo po�iljatelji oddajo v po�tne nabiralnike in na po�tnih uradih, se prevzame in prenese v „po�tni center“ (notranja dostavna enota, ki običajno ni odprta za javnost), ki je najbliže po�iljatelju in kjer se po�ta najprej predsortira glede na namembni kraj in glede na format.
It is then transported to the sorting office nearest to the addressee, where detailed sorting takes place and, finally, it is delivered to the addressees.
Nato se prenese v po�tni center, ki je najbližji naslovniku, kjer se opravi podrobno sortiranje in se na koncu dostavi naslovniku.
By decision of the BNA of 15 September 2000, Deutsche Post was ordered to agree to special tariffs for business customers who carry out certain preparatory operations themselves, that is who deliver guaranteed minimum quantities of mail, presorted as to destination and format, directly to the sorting offices of despatch.
Deutsche Post je bila z odločbo BNA z dne 15. septembra 2000 primorana odobriti posebne tarife za poslovne stranke, ki same opravijo nekatera pripravljalna dela, kar pomeni, da dostavijo zagotovljene minimalne količine po�te, predsortirane glede na namembni kraj in glede na format, neposredno v po�tne centre odpo�iljanja.
Those special tariffs were set out in the General Terms and Conditions offered by Deutsche Post.
Navedene posebne tarife so bile določene v splo�nih pogojih poslovanja, ki jih je ponudila Deutsche Post.
On 27 June 2001, Vedat Deniz asked Deutsche Post to make it an offer for partial services under Paragraph 28 of the Law on postal services.
27. junija 2001 je Vedat Deniz pozval Deutsche Post, naj mu da ponudbo za izvajanje delne storitve v smislu člena 28 po�tnega zakona.
That request related in particular to the possibility of depositing at a sorting office, on a commercial basis, in its own name and at the same special rates applicable to Deutsche Post business customers, bulk quantities of mail collected from various customers, consolidated and pre-sorted.
Ta predlog se je nana�al zlasti na možnost, da v po�tni center, poslovno, v svojem imenu in po enakih posebnih tarifah, kot se uporabljajo za poslovne stranke Deutsche Post, dostavi velike količine po�te, ki se pobira pri različnih strankah, razporeja ter predsortira.
Since Deutsche Post refused to make Vedat Deniz such an offer, the latter applied to the BNA to fix the conditions of access to partial services.
Ker Deutsche Post ni dala take ponudbe Vedatu Denizu, je ta od BNA zahteval, naj določi pogoje za dostop do delnih storitev.
By decision of 5 September 2001, the BNA rejected Vadat Deniz’s request, finding that the licence granted pursuant to point 5 of the second sentence of Paragraph 51(1) of the Law on postal services does not authorise its holder to provide services forming certain parts of the mail handling chain.
Slednja je z odločbo z dne 5. septembra 2001 zavrnila zahtevo Vedata Deniza z ugotovitvijo, da licenca, odobrena na podlagi člena 51(1), drugi stavek, točka 5, po�tnega zakona, njenemu imetniku ne daje pravice, da opravlja delne storitve v verigi po�iljanja po�te.
On 10 October 2001, Vedat Deniz brought an action before the referring court against the decision rejecting its application.
Vedat Deniz je 10. oktobra 2001 pri predložitvenem sodi�ču vložil tožbo zoper navedeno zavrnilno odločbo.
Some years later, by decision of 11 February 2005, the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office), prohibited Deutsche Post from refusing intermediaries access to partial services to the extent that it grants such access and discounts to bulk mailers
Bundeskartellamt (zvezni organ, pristojen na področju konkurence) je nekaj let pozneje z odločbo z dne 11. feruarja 2005 Deutsche Post prepovedal, da združevalcem zavrne dostop do delnih storitev, če odobri tak dostop in popust, na eni strani
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2008 – ZADEVE OD C-287/06 DO C-292/06 po�iljateljem masovne po�te v okviru „pogodbe o delnih storitvah s stranko“, in to ne glede na omejitve mase in cene, določene z izključno licenco, ter na drugi strani združevalcem v okviru „pogodbe o delnih storitvah s konkurenti“ za dostavo korespondenčnih po�iljk, ki presegajo navedene omejitve mase in cene.
Following that Bundeskartellamt decision, the intermediaries concerned asked Deutsche Post to make them an offer for partial services for postal items which they handle for their customers at rates in line with those offered by Deutsche Post to its customers.
Zadevni združevalci so zaradi navedene odločbe Bundeskartellamt pozvali Deutsche Post, naj jim da ponudbo glede delnih storitev za po�iljke, ki jih po�iljajo svojim strankam po cenah, ki so enake tistim, ki jih je svojim strankam ponudila Deutsche Post.
A few weeks later, those intermediaries applied to the BNA to fix the conditions for access to those partial services.
Nekaj tednov pozneje so navedeni združevalci predlagali BNA, naj določi pogoje za dostop do navedenih delnih storitev.
Their requests were based on the fact that, according to them, Deutsche Post discriminates against them by not granting them the same tariffs as those enjoyed by its customers.
Ti predlogi so bili utemeljeni z dejstvom, da Deutsche Post po njihovem mnenju ravna diskriminatorno, ko jim ne odobri enakih tarif, kot jih imajo stranke te družbe.
By decisions of 24 October 2005, the BNA allowed the applications to the extent that, in particular, it ordered Deutsche Post to grant the intermediaries access to the sorting offices on the General Terms and Conditions applicable to business intermediaries.
BNA je s sklepom z dne 24. oktobra 2005 delno ugodila navedenim predlogom v delu, v katerem je med drugim Deutsche Post prisilila, da združevalcem dovoli dostop do po�tnih centrov pod splo�nimi pogoji, ki veljajo za poslovne združevalce.
The decision was revocable in the event that the Bundeskartellamt’s decision were annulled in appeal proceedings or by reason of a decision of the Commission of the European Communities or a judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities or of the Court of Justice.
Sklep je bil sprejet pod pogojem, da se prekliče, če bi bil sklep Bundeskartellamt po pritožbenem postopku ali na podlagi odločbe Komisije Evropskih skupnosti ali sodbe Sodi�ča prve stopnje oziroma Sodi�ča Evropskih skupnosti razgla�en za ničnega.
The intermediaries concerned, with the exception of Vedat Deniz, and Deutsche Post brought actions for different reasons before the referring court against those decisions of the BNA.
Zadevni združevalci, razen Vedata Deniza, in Deutsche Post so iz različnih razlogov vložili tožbe pri predložitvenem sodi�ču zoper odločbe BNA.
Since the Verwaltungsgericht (Administrative Court) Köln has doubts concerning the interpretation to be given to the fifth indent of Article 12 of Directive 97/67 in conjunction with Article 7 of the directive, it decided to stay the proceedings and to refer to the Court for a preliminary ruling the following question, which has the same wording in Cases C-287/06 to C-292/06:
Ker je Verwaltungsgericht Köln podvomilo o tem, kako razlagati člen 12, peta alinea, Direktive 97/67 v povezavi z njenim členom 7, je prekinilo odločanje in Sodi�ču v predhodno odločanje predložilo vpra�anje, ki je enako kot v zadevah od C-287/06 do C-292/06:
‘Is Article 47(2) EC, in conjunction with Article 95 EC, the fifth indent of Article 12 and Article 7(1) of Directive [97/67], to be interpreted as meaning that, where a universal service provider applies special tariffs for business customers who give postal items to the sorting office presorted for the postal network, that universal service provider is obliged to apply those special tariffs also to undertakings which collect postal items from the sender and give them presorted for the postal network at the same access points and on the same terms and conditions as business customers, without the universal service provider being permitted to refuse to do so, having regard to its obligation to provide a universal service?’
„Ali je treba člen 47(2) ES v povezavi s členom 95 ES in členoma 12, peta alinea, in 7(1) Direktive 97/67/ES […] razlagati tako, da mora izvajalec univerzalnih storitev, kadar uporablja posebne tarife za poslovne stranke, ki po�tne po�iljke oddajajo v po�tno omrežje, tako da jih predsortirane dostavljajo po�tnim centrom, iste posebne tarife uporabljati tudi za podjetja, ki po�iljke prevzemajo pri po�iljateljih in jih v po�tno omrežje oddajajo predsortirane na istih točkah omrežja in pod istimi pogoji kot poslovne stranke, ne da bi smel izvajalec univerzalnih storitev ob upo�tevanju obveznosti izvajanja univerzalnih storitev to zavrniti?“
By order of the President of the Court of 31 October 2006, Cases C-287/06 to C-292/06 were joined for the purposes of the written and oral procedure and the judgment.
Zadeve od C-287/06 do C-292/06 so bile s sklepom predsednika Sodi�ča z dne 31. oktobra 2006 združene za namen pisnega in ustnega postopka ter izdaje sodbe.
Question referred for a preliminary ruling
Vprašanje za predhodno odločanje
By its question, the referring court asks essentially whether Directive 97/67 must be interpreted as precluding refusal to apply to businesses which consolidate, on a commercial basis and in their own name, postal items from various senders the special tariffs which the national universal postal service provider grants, within the scope of its exclusive licence, to business customers for the deposit of minimum quantities of presorted mail at its sorting offices.
Predložitveno sodi�če s svojim vpra�anjem v bistvu spra�uje, ali je treba Direktivo 97/67 razlagati tako, da nasprotuje temu, da se podjetjem, ki poslovno in v svojem imenu zbirajo po�tne po�iljke več po�iljateljev, zavrne ugodnost posebnih tarif, ki jih nacionalni ponudnik univerzalnih po�tnih storitev na področju svoje izključne licence odobri poslovnim strankam za dostavo minimalnih količin predsortiranih po�iljk v njegove po�tne centre.
At the outset, it must be pointed out that, with regard to the application of special tariffs, Directive 97/67 expressly provides, in the fifth indent of Article 12, that ‘Member States shall take steps to ensure that the tariffs for each of the services forming part of the provision of the universal service comply with the following principles:
Takoj je treba opozoriti, da je v členu 12, peta alinea, Direktive 97/67 glede uporabe posebnih tarif izrecno določeno, da „[…] države članice sprejmejo ukrepe za zagotovitev, da so tarife za vsako storitev, ki je del izvajanja univerzalne storitve, v skladu načeli:
— whenever universal service providers apply special tariffs, for example for services for businesses, bulk mailers or consolidators of mail from different customers, they shall apply the principles of transparency and non-discrimination with regard both to the tariffs and to the associated conditions.
– [k]adarkoli izvajalci univerzalnih storitev uporabljajo posebne tarife, na primer za storitve za podjetja, za po�iljatelje masovne po�te ali za združevalce po�te od različnih strank, morajo spo�tovati načeli preglednosti in nediskriminiranja tako kar zadeva tarife kot z njimi povezane pogoje.