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Thus, the Commission concludes that the 2006 schedule of airport charges does not confer an economic advantage on the airlines that they would not have obtained under normal market conditions.
EUT C 113, 15.4.2014, s. 30.
Moreover, it was open to all potential users of the airport on transparent and non-discriminatory terms.
Nedan i detta beslut används Fraport både för att beteckna FAG innan bytet av handelsnamn och Fraport AG därefter.
Therefore, the 2006 schedule of airport charges does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Konfidentiell information.
Pursuant to Article 108(3) of the Treaty, Member States must notify any plans to grant or alter aid, and must not put the proposed measures into effect until the notification procedure has resulted in a final decision.
Delstaten Hessen innehade 45,24 % av aktierna i Fraport, Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH (till 100 % ägt av staden Frankfurt am Main) innehade 28,89 % och Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland 25,87 %.
LEGAL ASSESSMENT — COMPATIBILITY OF AID
Wizz Air-koncernen består av tre olika bolag, nämligen Wizz Air Hungary, Wizz Air Bulgaria och Wizz Air Ukraine.
THE APPLICABILITY OF THE 2014 AND 2005 AVIATION GUIDELINES
Flygbolagens verksamhet är koncentrerad till mindre, regionala flygplatser.
Article 107(3) of the Treaty provides for certain exemptions to the general rule set out in Article 107(1) of the Treaty that State aid is not compatible with the internal market.
Flygbolaget trafikerar för närvarande ungefär 150 europeiska destinationer.
In particular, Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty stipulates that: ‘aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest’, may be considered to be compatible with the internal market.
Wizz Air har en homogen flotta med en genomsnittlig ålder på mindre än tre år, bestående av 34 flygplan av typen Airbus A320 med 180 platser.
In that regard, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines provide a framework for assessing whether aid to airports may be declared compatible pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Notariatshandling utfärdad av notarie Jürgen Scherzer (registernr 268/2000), av den 24 november 2000.
According to the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission considers that the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid [124] applies to unlawful investment aid to airports.
Beslut av bolagsstämman den 3 maj 2000.
In that respect, if the unlawful investment aid was granted before 4 April 2014, the Commission will apply the compatibility rules in force at the time when the unlawful investment aid was granted.
Fraports innehavskommitté har inrättats av företagets tillsynsnämnd och följer den ekonomiska utvecklingen av Fraports innehav.
Accordingly, the Commission will apply the principles set out in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines in the case of unlawful investment aid to airports granted before 4 April 2014 [125].
Med andra ord en kvot mellan eget kapital och skulder på 96 %.
According to the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission also considers that the provisions of the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid should not apply to cases of illegal operating aid to airports granted prior to 4 April 2014.
Årsredovisningar från delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz holdingbolag från 1999, 2001, 2003 och 2004.
Instead, the Commission will apply the principles set out in the 2014 Aviation Guidelines to all cases concerning operating aid to airports (pending notifications and unlawful non-notified aid) even if the aid was granted before 4 April 2014 and the beginning of the transitional period [126].
Gränsen för den årliga turnaroundavgift som Ryanair skulle betala vid en turtäthet på upp till sex flyg per dag sattes vid […] euro.
The Commission has already concluded in recital 496 that the measures under assessment constitute unlawful State aid granted before 4 April 2014.
Akt nr V/21-1011/1.
DISTINCTION BETWEEN INVESTMENT AND OPERATING AID
Bilaga 3: FFHG mottog en provision på […] % för varje biljett som sålts (kontanter eller kreditkort) eller som utfärdats av FFHG:s biljettkassor, en provision på […] % för avgifter för överviktsbagage som tagits ut av FFHG, […] euro för varje förbetald biljett som behandlats av Ryanair samt en provision på […] % till FFHG för varje biluthyrning som bokats via FFHG.
According to point 25(18) of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, investment aid is defined as ‘aid to finance fixed capital assets; specifically, to cover the “capital costs funding gap”’.
Akt nr V/20-1011/1.
Moreover, according to that provision investment aid can relate both to an upfront payment (that is to say cover upfront investment costs) and to aid paid out in the form of periodic instalments (to cover capital costs, in terms of annual depreciation and costs of financing).
Mål C-482/99, Frankrike mot kommissionen (nedan kallat Stardust Marine-målet), REG 2002, s.
Operating aid, on the other hand, means aid covering all or part of the operating costs of an airport, defined as ‘the underlying costs of the provision of airport services, including categories such as costs of personnel, contracted services, communications, waste, energy, maintenance, rent, administration, etc., but excluding the capital costs, marketing support or any other incentives granted to airlines by the airport, and costs falling within a public policy remit’ [127].
I-04397, punkt 51 och följande.
In the light of those definitions, it can be considered that the capital increases and direct grants which were linked to investment projects constitute investment aid in favour of FFHG.
Stardust Marine-domen, punkt 51 och följande.
In contrast, the part of the annual loss transfers used to cover FFHG's annual operating losses [128] of FFHG, net of the costs included in the EBITDA that fall within the public policy remit as established in Section 8.1.4.1 constitute operating aid in favour of FFHG.
Se kommissionens meddelande om inslag av stöd vid statliga myndigheters försäljning av mark och byggnader, punkt II.2.
Finally, the part of the annual loss transfers covering losses of FFHG that were not already included in the EBITDA (that is the annual depreciation of assets, costs of financing, etc.), minus costs falling within the public policy remit as established in Section 8.1.4.1, constitute investment aid.
Punkt 33 i 2005 års luftfartsriktlinjer.
As explained earlier, it all cases only support granted after the Aéroports de Paris judgment on 12 December 2000 will be considered.
Mål T-128/98, Aéroports de Paris mot kommissionen (REG 2000, II-3929), bekräftad genom domen i mål C-82/01P, Aéroports de Paris mot kommissionen (REG 2002, I-9297).
COMPATIBILITY OF THE INVESTMENT AID PURSUANT TO THE 2005 AVIATION GUIDELINES
Förenade målen T-443/08 och T-455/08, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG och Flughafen Leipzig-Halle GmbH mot kommissionen (nedan kallad Leipzig/Halle-domen (REG 2011, s.
According to point 61 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission must examine whether the following cumulative conditions are met:
II-1311), särskilt punkterna 93–94, fastställd genom dom av den 19 december 2012 i mål C-288/11 P, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen och Flughafen Leipzig-Halle mot kommissionen (2012), ännu ej offentliggjord i rättsfallssamlingen.
the construction and operation of the infrastructure meets a clearly defined objective of common interest (regional development, accessibility, etc.);
Mål C-458/03, Stadtwerke Brixen AG, REG 2005, s.
the infrastructure is necessary and proportional to the objective which has been set;
I-08585, punkt 67.
the infrastructure has satisfactory medium-term prospects for use, in particular as regards the use of existing infrastructure;
Mål C-340/04, Carbotermo, REG 2006, s.
all potential users of the infrastructure have access to it in an equal and non-discriminatory manner; and
I-04137, punkt 36 och följande.
the development of trade is not affected to an extent contrary to the Union interest.
Rådets förordning (EEG) nr 2408/92 av den 23 juli 1992 om EG-lufttrafikföretags tillträde till flyglinjer inom gemenskapen (EGT L 240, 24.8.1992, s. 8).
In addition, State aid to airports — as any other State aid measure — must have an incentive effect and be necessary and proportional in relation to the aimed legitimate objective in order to be compatible.
Mål C-379/98, Preussen-Elektra, REG 2001, s.
Germany submitted that the investment aid in favour of FFHG complies with all the compatibility criteria contained in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
I-02099, punkt 58.
The aid contributes to a clearly defined objective of common interest
Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ”Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur” (GRW) Gesetz av den 6 oktober 1969 (BGBl.
The investment aid in favour of FFHG aimed at financing the further conversion of the former US military base into a civilian airport and substantially developing the infrastructure of the airport.
I, s.
Those measures provided a significant contribution to the regional development and connectivity of the Hunsrück region, and the creation of new jobs in an area economically hit by the closure of the US military base as well as the decongestion of Frankfurt Main airport.
1861), som senast ändrades genom artikel 8 i lagen av den 7 september 2007 (BGBl.
The Hunsrück region, as pointed out by Germany, is surrounded by a number of areas (such as Landkreis Birkenfeld), which were marked as regions in need of support in the framework of the ‘Gemeinschaftsaufgabe Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’.
I, s.
Indeed, in the period under consideration, Landkreis Birkenfeld was at least partly considered to be a region with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) below the Union average [129].
2246).
The Commission considers that the development of Frankfurt Hahn airport also contributed significantly to the creation of new jobs in the Hunsrück region.
Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn – Regionalökonomische Effekte, ZFL Studie, 03/2007.
As shown by Germany, taking into account all parts of the airport activities, Frankfurt Hahn airport created 3063 jobs in the Hunsrück region in 2012 out of which 74 % were full-time positions and 90 % of those employees also live in that region.
Synpunkter från Tyskland, september 2014.
Moreover, the development of Frankfurt Hahn airport had also positive indirect, induced and catalysing effects on the creation of jobs in the region as well as regional development in general through an increasing number of economic and touristic activities.
Oxera, How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test? – Practical application, den 31 januari 2014, utarbetad för Ryanairs räkning.
According to the information provided by Germany, Frankfurt Hahn airport contributes significantly to the development of incoming (~ 33 % of passengers corresponding to approximately 1 million passengers in 2005) and outgoing tourism (~ 67 % of passengers) in the Land Rhineland-Palatinate.
Oxera klargjorde att de uppskattningar som presenterats för 1999 och 2004 har justerats för att avspegla inlednings- och slutdatumen för 1999 års avtal i april 1999 respektive mars 2004.
As pointed out by Germany, 88 % of the incoming passengers stay at least one night in the region and generated approximately 5,7 million overnight stays in 2005.
Oxera klargjorde att avskrivningarna har modellerats på ett nettonuvärdeneutralt sätt.
Since 88 % of incoming tourists from Frankfurt Hahn stay at least one night and more than 80 % of those even stay two to 10 days, they generate a total turnover of about EUR 133,7 million per year.
Enligt Oxera säkerställer denna metod att summan av det diskonterade nuvärdet för avskrivningar under tillgångens livslängd motsvarar det ursprungliga beloppet för kapitalutgifter.
Moreover, incoming tourism generated around 11000 jobs in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Oxera uppgav att uppgifterna presenteras i nominella termer.
The aided investments at issue also helped to improve the accessibility of the area.
Oxera klargjorde att de uppskattningar som presenterats för 2002 och 2017 har justerats för att avspegla inlednings- och slutdatumen för 2002 års avtal i februari 2002 respektive februari 2017.
Nevertheless, the duplication of unprofitable airports (or the creation of additional unused capacity) does not contribute to an objective of common interest.
Målen T-228/99 och T-233/99 DEP, Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale mot kommissionen, REG 2003, s.
In this case, the Commission takes the view that the investment aid does not lead to such a duplication which would diminish the medium-term prospects for the use of existing infrastructure at other, neighbouring airports.
II-00435, punkt 314.
Indeed, there are no other airports within 100 kilometres or 60 minutes travelling time from Frankfurt Hahn airport.
Stardust Marine-domen, punkterna 34 och 35.
The closest airports to Frankfurt Hahn are Frankfurt Main airport, which is located at 115 kilometres distance or 1 hour 15 minutes traveling time by car, and Luxembourg airport, which is located 1 hour and 30 minutes travelling time (111 kilometres) away.
Kommissionens direktiv 2006/111/EG av den 16 november 2006 om insyn i de finansiella förbindelserna mellan medlemsstater och offentliga företag samt i vissa företags ekonomiska verksamhet (EUT L 318, 17.11.2006, s.
Frankfurt Main airport is an international hub airport with a wide variety of destinations and is predominantly served by network carriers offering connecting traffic, whereas Frankfurt Hahn airport serves low-cost point-to-point flights.
17).
Traffic at Frankfurt Main airport has continuously increased since 2000, from 49,4 million passengers in 2000 to approximately 58 million in 2012.
Mål T-196/04, Ryanair mot kommissionen (nedan kallat Charleroi-domen), REG 2008, s.
However, during that period growth has been affected by congestion problems and capacity constraints.
II-3643.
As pointed out by Germany, the capacity limits of Frankfurt Main airport were constantly exceeded.
Marknadsföringsavtalet från 2005 ingick inte heller i beslutet om att inleda förfarandet från 2011.
Therefore, according to Germany, especially in the light of its 24 hour operating licence, Frankfurt Hahn airport played an important role in providing additional capacity in order to relieve the congestion at Frankfurt Main airport.
Mål T-128/89, Aéroports de Paris mot kommissionen, REG 2000, s.
In fact, until 2009 Fraport was the majority shareholder of FFHG, the operator of Frankfurt Hahn airport (2,7 million passengers in 2013, around 4 million passengers in 2007 at its peak) and the operator of Frankfurt-Main airport (58 million passengers and 2,1 million freight), and was as such pursuing a diversification strategy.
II-3929 (bekräftad genom domstolens dom i mål C-82/01 P, REG 2002, s.
Luxembourg airport, which is the nearest airport to Frankfurt Hahn but still around 111 kilometres or 1 hour 30 minutes traveling time by car away, had around 1,7 million passengers in 2008 and experienced a rapid growth to 2,2 million in 2013.
I-9297, punkt 75 med ytterligare hänvisningar).
Even though Luxembourg airport is slightly smaller than Frankfurt Hahn airport in terms of passenger traffic, its freight activity is substantially larger with 674000 tonnes in 2013.
Mål T-455/08, Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH och Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG mot kommissionen, [2011] ECR I-00000, särskilt punkterna 105 och 106.
It offers a variety of scheduled flights to European capitals and charter flights to leisure destinations.
Se särskilt kommissionens beslut av den 17 juni 2008 i ärende C-29/08 Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn – påstått statligt stöd till flygplatsen och avtalet med Ryanair (EUT C 12, 17.1.2009, s. 6), punkterna 204–208, och kommissionens beslut av den 21 mars 2012 i ärende C 76/2002 Charleroi Airport – påstått stöd till flygplatsen och Ryanair (EUT C 248, 17.8.2012, s. 1).
That selection of destinations to a large extent meets the needs of the employees of the financial and international institutions located in Luxembourg.
Följande anges i artikel 1 d i förordning (EG) nr 659/1999: ”stödordning: varje rättsakt på grundval av vilken individuellt stöd kan beviljas företag som i rättsakten definieras på ett allmänt och abstrakt sätt, utan att några ytterligare genomförandeåtgärder krävs, samt varje rättsakt på grundval av vilken stöd, som inte är hänförbart till ett visst projekt, kan beviljas ett eller flera företag för obestämd tid och/eller med obestämt belopp.”
Saarbrücken airport is located around 128 kilometres away from Frankfurt Hahn airport which amounts to over 2 hours traveling time by car.
FFHG:s lägesrapport från 2002, s. 5.
In addition, Frankfurt Hahn is served mainly by low-cost carriers (Ryanair) and freight constitutes a rather important element in its business model whereas Saarbrücken airport offers mainly scheduled flights to national destinations and has only limited air freight transport.
Dom av den 16 maj 2002 i mål C-482/99, Frankrike mot kommissionen (Stardust Marine) (REG 2002, s.
With regard to Zweibrücken airport, Germany emphasised that the distance of 127 km to Frankfurt Hahn airport translates into a travelling time of 1 hour and 27 minutes by car or around 4 hours by train.
I-4397).
Moreover, Germany submitted that, looking at passenger and air freight traffic between 2005 and 2012, no relationship of substitution between the airports can be deduced.
De förenade målen T-267/08 och T-279/08, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 2011, ännu ej offentliggjorda, punkt 108.
The Commission observes that there is a certain overlap in the activities of both Frankfurt Hahn and Zweibrücken airports, as Zweibrücken airport also engaged in handling air freight and the destinations served by Zweibrücken airport are predominantly for charter traffic.
Se t.ex. kommissionens beslut C 41/2005, Icke-återvinningsbara kostnader i Ungern (EUT C 324, 21.12.2005, s. 12), med ytterligare hänvisningar.
In that regard, the Commission notes that freight is usually more mobile than passenger transport [130].
Stardust-Marine-domen, punkterna 52 och 57.
Comments from the industry suggest that up to a half-day of trucking time (that is to say, up to 12 hours driving time by trucks) would in general be acceptable for freight forwarders to transport their goods [131].
Delstaten Hessen innehade 45,24 % av aktierna i Fraport, Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH (till 100 % ägt av staden Frankfurt am Main) innehade 28,89 % och Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland 25,87 %.
Moreover, charter traffic is also, in general, less time sensitive and may accept traveling times of up to 2 hours by car.
Stardust-Marine-domen, punkterna 55 och 56.
At the same time it should be noted that, before Zweibrücken entered the market in 2006, Frankfurt Hahn airport was already a well-established airport with more than 3 million passengers and channelling 123000 tonnes of freight.
Mål T-442/03, Sociedade Independente de Comunicação mot kommissionen, REG 2008, s.
In view of the historical development of the two airports, their geographical location and the free capacity available at Frankfurt Hahn airport at the time when Zweibrücken airport entered the commercial aviation market in 2006, the Commission concludes that it is rather the opening of Zweibrücken airport which constituted an unnecessary duplication of infrastructure.
II-01161, punkt 100.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the investments into Frankfurt Hahn airport do not constitute a duplication of existing non-profitable infrastructure.
Kommissionens beslut 2014/273/EU av den 19 september 2012 om de åtgärder SA.26379 (C 13/10) (ex NN 17/10) som Slovenien har genomfört till förmån för Elan d.o.o.
On the contrary, Frankfurt Hahn airport has played an important role in decongesting Frankfurt Main airport without limiting the latter's plans to expand.
(EUT L 144, 15.5.2014, s. 1), skäl 99.
Without the investments into Frankfurt Hahn airport there was in fact a risk that the region would be underserved in terms of its transport needs.
Enligt § 11 I nr 2 lit. c Strafgesetzbuch.
In the light of the considerations in recitals 512 to 523, the Commission therefore concludes that the investment aid directed at the construction and operation of infrastructure at Frankfurt Hahn airport meets a clearly defined objective of common interest, namely regional economic development, creation of jobs and improvement of the accessibility of the region.
Se Fraports årsredovisningar (Geschäftsbericht) för åren 2001–2006, offentliggjorda på http://www.fraport.de/de/investor-relations/termine-und-publikationen/publikationen.html.
According to Germany, the investments were undertaken according to the needs (and were thus proportionate) and the constructed infrastructure was necessary for the airport in order to serve the connectivity and the development of the region and to decongest Frankfurt Main airport.
Se särskilt Geschäftsbericht 2001, s. 46, Geschäftsbericht 2002, s. 66, Geschäftsbericht 2003, s. 54, Geschäftsbericht 2004, s. 80, Geschäftsbericht 2005, s. 64 och Geschäftsbericht 2006, s. 72.
Based on the information provided by Germany, the Commission agrees that the financed investments were necessary and proportionate to the objective of common interest.
Grundläggande avtal mellan Fraport och delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz av den 31 augusti 1999.
Indeed, without those investments the conversion of the former U.S. base into a fully functioning civil aviation airport could not have been completed.
Tillsynsnämnden gav sitt godkännande av ingåendet av det grundläggande avtalet vid sitt sammanträde den 1 oktober 1999.
The construction of passenger and freight facilities, aprons and modernisation of taxiways had to be carried out in order to further develop civil flight operations.
Grundläggande avtal mellan Fraport och delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz av den 31 augusti 1999, se punkterna 4 och 5.
Hence, the constructed infrastructure was necessary for the airport in order to serve the connectivity and the development of the region.
§ 13 i FFHG:s bolagsordning av den 29 november 2001, med titeln ”Verfügung über Geschäftsanteile” (dvs. fördelning av aktier).
Also, the infrastructure project was undertaken only to the extent it was necessary to attain the goals set: while the infrastructure was built for a maximum passenger traffic of around 4 to 5 million passengers and 500000 tonnes of freight, the traffic statistics displayed in Tables 1 and 2 show that the passenger traffic steadily increased until 2007 to reach a record of 4 million passengers (following by a decline to 2,7 million in 2013 for the reasons set out in recital 532) and that the freight volume increased to more than 500000 tonnes of freight in 2011.
Protokoll från sammanträdet i tillsynsnämndens kommitté för förvärv den 30 maj 2001.
This means that the expected traffic demand largely corresponded to the actual demand and that the investments were not disproportionately large.
Handlingar som lagts fram för styrelsen (”Vorstandsvorlage”) om FFHG:s ekonomiska utveckling av den 14 maj 2001, se även protokollet från sammanträdet i tillsynsnämndens kommitté för förvärv den 30 maj 2001, se även BCG:s analys av FFHG:s potential av den 14 februari 2001, s. 10.
While it is important to avoid that the investment constitutes a duplication of an existing unprofitable infrastructure, that is not the case here.
Förslag om beslut till Fraports tillsynsnämnd av den 23 november 2001.
As already explained in recitals 516 to 523, there are no other airports within 100 kilometres distance and 60 minutes travelling time, and even if a wider catchment area was to be considered there are no duplications effects.
Dom av den 11 juli 1996 i mål C-39/94, Syndicat français de l'Express international (SFEI) m.fl. mot La Poste m.fl.
The closest airport is Frankfurt Main airport, which Frankfurt Hahn airport was intended to decongest.
(REG 1996, s.
In the light of those considerations, the Commission considers that this compatibility condition is met.
I-3547), punkt 60, och dom av den 29 april 1999 i mål C-342/96, Konungariket Spanien mot Europeiska kommissionen (REG 1999, s.