natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
In fact, the proximity of the two airports suggests that such an impact did exist, in the sense that Tarbes airport might have seen more traffic if the equipment subsidies had not been granted and if the operation of Pau airport had been reduced as a result, or even completely halted.
Detta belopp per passagerare och avgång har dividerats med 2, vilket leder till ett sammanlagt belopp på […] euro per passagerare.
The observations made above simply show that there is no clear correlation between the activities of the two airports, confirming the conclusion that they are imperfect substitutes for each other, targeting different market segments, and therefore the subsidies in question had a limited impact on competition between the neighbouring airports.
Kommissionen har tagit del av CCIPB:s kommentar i affärsplanen: I icke-kumulativa termer kommer årsresultatet att vara positivt från och med att marknadsföringskostnaderna sjunker avsevärt 2009 (fjärde året).
Taking into account all these positive and negative effects of the subsidies in question, the Commission takes the view that the 2004 and 2009 equipment subsidies did not affect trade to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Detta förklaras av att enligt avtalet ska betalningarna för marknadsföring uppgå till […] euro per passagerare (med årligt tak på […] euro) under det tredje året och ska sänkas under det fjärde året till […] euros per passagerare ([…] euro för det femte året och […] för det sjätte och sjunde året).
Necessity and proportionality of the aid
Se skäl 84.
As indicated in recital 543, the 2004 and 2009 equipment subsidies involve high aid intensities, respectively 62 % and 88 %.
En marknadsekonomisk aktör kunde också ta hänsyn till sannolikheten för att ett avtal sägs upp före förfallodagen.
However, the information available shows that this aid can be regarded as necessary and proportional in the sense that the CCIPB would not have been able to finance the investments in question without this aid and that it would not have been able to make any significantly higher contribution.
Sannolikheten för att detta ska inträffa beror på hur avtalets uppsägningsklausuler är utformade.
The following table summarises the income statement of Pau airport over the 2000-2012 period, and also indicates its internal financing capacity, which is the sum of the net income and costs not giving rise to cash flows (essentially depreciation and provisions for liabilities and charges).
Tribunalens dom av den 30 april 1998 i mål T-214/95, Het Vlaamse Gewest (Région flamande) mot kommissionen, REG 1998, s.
The internal financing capacity consists of the sums generated by the activities of an undertaking that are available to finance investments, the undertaking’s working capital, loan repayments, savings or dividends paid to shareholders.
II-717.
Table 15
Rådets förordning (EEG) nr 2407/92 av den 23 juli 1992 om utfärdande av tillstånd för lufttrafikföretag (EGT L 240, 24.8.1992, s. 1), 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) och rådets förordning (EEG) nr 2409/92 av den 23 juli 1992 om biljettpriser och tariffer för lufttrafik (EGT L 240, 24.8.1992, s. 15).
Net income and internal financing capacity of Pau airport
Se domstolens dom av den 28 april 1993 i mål C-364/90, Italien mot kommissionen, REG 1993, s.
Years
I-2097, punkt 20.
Net income
Nya riktlinjerna, punkt 174.
Internal financing capacity
Punkt 85 i 2005 års riktlinjer.
This table shows that the airport accumulated losses every year between 2003 and 2011 inclusive.
Se fotnot 18.
These losses reached close to EUR 1 000 000 in 2009.
Kommissionens riktlinjer för tillämpningen av artiklarna 92 och 93 i EG-fördraget och artikel 61 i EES-avtalet på statligt stöd inom luftfartsområdet (EGT C 350, 10.12.1994, s. 5).
The airport’s internal financing capacity also varied between EUR […] and EUR […] per year over this period.
Se beslut NN 109/98 av den 14 juni 1999, Förenade kungariket (Manchester Airport).
In 2005, which was the year when the 2004 equipment subsidy was paid, the airport’s internal financing capacity was only EUR […], i.e. a very modest figure compared to the cost of the taxiway work (EUR 2 600 000).
Kommissionens beslut 2004/393/EG av den 12 februari 2004 om de fördelar som regionen Vallonien och Brussels South Charleroi Airport beviljat flygbolaget Ryanair i samband med dess etablering i Charleroi (EUT L 137, 30.4.2004, s. 1).
In 2009 and 2010, which were the years when the 2009 equipment subsidy was paid, the airport’s internal financing capacity was EUR […] and EUR […] respectively.
Detta beslut upphävdes genom tribunalens dom av den 17 december 2008 i mål T-196/04, Ryanair Ltd mot kommissionen (Charleroi-domen), REG 2008, s.
These two figures, even when added together, are well below the costs of the runway and lighting repairs (EUR 4 700 000).
II-3643, men det visar ändå utvecklingen av kommissionens bedömning av de berörda stöden.
The resources generated by the airport’s operation were therefore insufficient to make any significant contribution to the financing of these investments.
Se punkterna 283–297.
The figures available show that the airport’s budgetary outcome after investments but before payment of the equipment subsidies was EUR […] in 2005 (year when the taxiway work was carried out) and EUR […] in 2009 (year when most of the runway and lighting repair work was carried out).
Se punkterna 288–309.
These figures must be compared with the airport’s net income after subsidies, i.e. EUR […] in 2005 and EUR […] in 2009.
Se punkterna 311–317.
Furthermore, given the long-term nature of the losses, it is unlikely that the CCIPB would have been able to finance a significant part of the investments in question by increasing its debt, which was around EUR […] in 2005 and EUR […] in 2009.
Se punkterna 71–75 och 79 b och c i riktlinjerna från 2005, samt punkterna 139, 140, 141 och 151 i de nya riktlinjerna.
Accordingly, the 2004 and 2009 subsidies were necessary so that the investments that they financed could be made.
Se punkterna 79 b, d och i i riktlinjerna från 2005, samt punkt 147 i de nya riktlinjerna.
In other words, they had an incentive effect because the CCIPB would not have undertaken these investments without these subsidies.
Se punkterna 79 g, h och 80 i riktlinjerna från 2005, samt punkterna 150, 152 och 153 i de nya riktlinjerna.
Moreover, they comply with the principle of proportionality as the CCIPB could not have significantly increased its contribution to the financing of these investments.
Nya riktlinjerna, punkt 147.
Conclusion on the 2004 and 2009 equipment subsidies
Se tabell 3.
For the reasons set out in recitals 537 to 578, the Commission considers that the 2004 and 2009 equipment subsidies are aid compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Punkterna 28 och 29
This conclusion is based on the criteria set out in the 2005 Guidelines for investment aid to airports.
Punkterna 34 och 35
It is without prejudice to any assessment of any future investment aid to Pau airport that the Commission may be required to make in the future based on the new Guidelines.
Se näst sista raden i tabell 3.
CONCLUSIONS
Se första och andra raden i tabell 3.
In the light of the above, the Commission finds that France unlawfully granted the 2004 and 2009 equipment subsidies in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Punkt 35.
However, the 2004 and 2009 equipment subsidies are aid compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Punkterna 36 och 37
The subsidies shown in the first two rows of Table 3, which financed sovereign tasks, do not constitute State aid.
Säkerhetskontroll av incheckat bagage, säkerhetskontroll av passagerare och handbagage och kontroll av gemensam åtkomst till det reserverade området ingår i denna kategori.
The other subsidies shown in Table 3 were granted to the Pau airport operator before 12 December 2000.
Den automatiska gränskontrollen genom biometrisk identifiering ingår i denna kategori.
Consequently, this Decision does not concern them.
Som anges i skäl 493 anges dessa tre kategorier uttryckligen i de nya riktlinjerna som exempel på icke-ekonomisk verksamhet.
Furthermore, the Commission finds that the various airport and marketing services agreements signed between the CCIPB and Ryanair, AMS and Transavia and covered by the formal investigation procedure involve State aid, which was granted in breach of Article 108(3) TFEU and which is incompatible with the internal market.
Förebyggande av viltolyckor ingår i denna kategori.
Recovery
Åtgärder för miljökontroll tillhör denna kategori.
According to settled case-law of the Court of Justice, when the Commission has found that aid is incompatible with the internal market, it is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter it.
Tribunalens dom av den 12 maj 2011 i de förenade målen T-267/08 och T-279/08, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, REG 2011, s.
According to Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, ‘Where negative decisions are taken in cases of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary (hereinafter referred to as a “recovery decision”).
II-1999, punkt 108.
The Commission shall not require recovery of the aid if this would be contrary to a general principle of Community law’.
Tribunalens dom av den 6 mars 2002 i de förenade målen T-127/99, T-129/99 och T-140/99, Territorio Histórico de Álava – Diputación Foral de Álava, Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco och Gasteizko Industria Lurra, SA, och Daewoo Electronics Manufacturing España mot kommissionen, REG 2002, s.
According to settled case-law of the Court of Justice, where aid is regarded by the Commission as incompatible with the internal market, the purpose of the obligation imposed on the State is to re-establish the previously existing situation.
II-1330, punkt 142.
In this respect, the Court of Justice considers that the purpose is achieved when beneficiaries have repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage that they enjoyed over competitors.
I fråga om klassificeringen av medel från Eruf som statligt stöd, se till exempel kommissionens beslut N 514/06 South Yorkshire digital region broadband project, skäl 29 och kommissionens beslut N 44/10, Development of infrastructure on Krievu Sala for relocation of port activities out of the city center, skälen 69–70.
In this way, the situation prior to payment of the aid is restored.
Domstolens dom av den 14 februari 1990 i mål C-301/87, Frankrike mot kommissionen, REG 1990, s.
In this case, it appears that no general principle of Union law prevents recovery of the unlawful and incompatible aid identified in this Decision.
I-307, punkt 41.
In particular, neither France nor the interested third parties have presented any arguments in this respect.
Domstolens dom av den 24 juli 2003 i mål C-280/00, Altmark Trans GmbH och Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg mot Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Altmark GmbH, REG.
France must therefore take all necessary measures to recover from Ryanair, AMS and Transavia the unlawful aid granted through the agreements in question.
2003, s.
The aid amounts to be recovered for each agreement and amendment must be determined as follows.
I-7747.
Each transaction under review (consisting, where applicable, of an airport services agreement and a marketing services agreement) must be regarded as having given rise to an annual aid amount for each year that the agreements forming the transaction applied.
Punkt 13.1.
Each of these amounts is calculated using the negative part of the projected incremental flow (revenues less costs) at the time when the transaction was concluded, as shown in Tables 7 to 12.
Punkt 13.3.
These amounts in fact correspond to the sums that should be deducted each year from the amount for the marketing services (or that should be added to the airport charges and groundhandling charges invoiced to the airlines) so that the net present value of the agreement is positive, in other words so that this complies with the MEO principle.
Punkt 72.
In order to take account of the effective advantage received by the airline and its subsidiaries under the agreements, the amounts referred to in the above recital may be adjusted, using evidence provided by France, according to (i) the difference between, on the one hand, the actual payments, as determined ex post, that were made by the airline for the landing charge, passenger charge and groundhandling services under the airport services agreement and, on the other hand, the (ex ante) projected flows corresponding to these income items, as indicated in Tables 7 to 12, (ii) the difference between, on the one hand, the actual marketing payments, as determined ex post, that were made to the airline or its subsidiaries under the marketing services agreement and, on the other hand, the corresponding (ex ante) projected marketing costs, as indicated in Tables 7 to 12.
EUT C 8, 11.1.2012, s. 4, punkt 52.
In addition, the Commission considers that the effective advantage received by the airline is limited to the effective term of the agreement in question.
Se skäl 27.
In effect, after the termination of each agreement, Ryanair/AMS did not receive any payments under these agreements and did not benefit from access to the airport infrastructure and groundhandling services under these agreements.
Se domen i Altmarkmålet, punkt 90, se fotnot 121.
Consequently, the aid amounts calculated as indicated above and associated with a given agreement are reduced to zero for the years in which the agreement ceased to apply (particularly due to early termination by mutual agreement between the parties).
Dom av den 16 maj 2002 i Stardust Marine-målet, punkt 69, se fotnot 36.
As a result, the aid amounts to be recovered from Ryanair and AMS for certain agreements that did not run to term must be reduced to zero for the period from the effective expiry date of the agreement to the expiry date stipulated when the agreement was signed.
I det fjärde tillägget förtydligas ordningen för egendom som ska återföras efter koncessionen, vilket omfattar all lös och fast egendom som har ställts till koncessionshavarens förfogande av den koncessionsgivande myndigheten.
This point applies to the agreements of 28 January 2003, 30 June 2005 and 25 September 2007, and to the two amendments to the last two agreements.
I den egendom som ska återföras ingår mark, arbeten, installationer, nätverk och immateriella verk som krävs för att förvalta flygplatsen och som koncessionshavaren har renoverat eller uppfört under koncessionsperioden, samt den lösa egendom som krävs för att förvalta flygplatsen och som koncessionshavaren har renoverat eller inrättat under koncessionsperioden.
Table 16 gives information on the amounts to be used to calculate the amounts to be recovered.
Enligt det fjärde tillägget ska denna egendom obligatoriskt och kostnadsfritt återgå till den koncessionsgivande myndigheten i väl underhållet skick när koncessionsavtalet löper ut.
These amounts consist of the negative parts of the incremental flows (revenues less costs) established by applying the MEO test, with reductions for the Ryanair and AMS agreements for the years that these agreements did not run to term.
I det fjärde tillägget anges också att vid koncessionsperiodens slut ska den koncessionsgivande myndigheten överta räntor och amorteringar på lån som koncessionshavaren lagenligt har tagit upp för att upprätta anläggningarna i koncessionen, samt ersätta koncessionshavaren för de förskott som denne har betalat från egna medel, eller för värdet på de icke avskrivna anläggningar som koncessionshavaren har gjort med egna medel, om denna ersättning inte har kunnat ske genom kontering av flygplatstens rörelsekapital.
Table 16
Dessa finansiella bestämmelser, som ska tillämpas när koncessionsperioden löper ut, påverkar inte det faktum att de investeringar som krävs för flygplatsens funktion ska betalas av koncessionshavaren när investeringarna görs.
Information on the amounts to be recovered
Nya riktlinjerna, punkt 43.
Identity of the beneficiary
Nya riktlinjerna, punkt 173.
Agreements
Punkt 61.
Indicative amount of the aid received under the various agreements [148]
Mindre än 10 % av de sammanlagda investeringskostnaderna (se tabell 4 och fotnot 1).
Indicative amount of the aid to be recovered
Se kommissionens beslut SA.38168, Croatia – Dubrovnik Airport Development, punkterna 10 och 28.
(Principal)
Följande anges på flygplatsens webbplats:
London — 28 January 2003
Se skäl 536.
Charleroi — 25 September 2007
Rådets förordning (EG) nr 659/1999 av den 22 mars 1999 om tillämpningsföreskrifter för artikel 93 i EG-fördraget (EGT L 83, 27.3.1999, s. 1).
Amendment of 16 June 2009 to the agreement of 25 September 2007 (Charleroi)
Domstolens dom av den 14 september 1994 i de förenade målen C-278/92, C-279/92 och C-280/92, Spanien mot kommissionen, REG 1994 s.
Bristol — 17 and 31 March 2008
I-4103, punkt 75.
Bristol — 16 June 2009
Domstolens dom av den 17 juni 1999 i mål C-75/97, Belgien mot kommissionen, REG 1999, s.
London, Charleroi & Beauvais — 28 January 2010
I-3671, punkterna 64–65.
Total (Ryanair/AMS)
Som förklaras i analysen av förekomsten av en ekonomisk fördel i de olika avtalen är stödet ett resultat av flöden i båda riktningarna mellan CCIPB och Ryanair eller Ryanair/AMS.
[1 500 000- 2 199 999]
Dessa flöden har olika frekvens och är i vissa fall kontinuerliga flöden eller har en betalningsfrekvens som inte går att förutsäga exakt när avtalen sluts.
Amsterdam — 23 January 2006
Detsamma gäller för betalningen av flygplatsavgifter.
As explained in recital 290, the Commission considers that, for the purpose of applying the State aid rules, Ryanair and AMS form a single economic entity, and that the marketing services agreements and airport services agreements that were signed at the same time must be regarded as forming a single transaction between this entity and the CCIPB.
Vid analysen av förekomsten av en ekonomisk fördel är det de preliminära ytterligare flödena som räknas.
However, Ryanair alone is responsible for repaying the aid inherent in the agreement of 28 January 2003, with an indicative principal amount of EUR [300 000-599 999], as this single agreement was signed directly between the CCIPB and Ryanair, without AMS being involved in this transaction.
Därför är det logiskt att stödbeloppen för de olika avtalen också fastställs på årsbasis.
The aid effectively paid from 2006 to 2009 under the airport services agreement and marketing services agreement signed on 26 January 2006 between the CCIPB and Transavia is an indicative amount of EUR [300 000-599 999].
Dessa stödbelopp motsvarar de summor som en marknadsekonomisk aktör i förhandlingarna om de olika avtalen skulle ha begärt att Ryanair/AMS skulle betala årligen utöver flygplatsavgifterna och avgifterna för marktjänster, allt annat lika (bland annat betalningar för marknadsföring) för att avtalet skulle bli lönsamt.
The French authorities must recover the amounts indicated above within 4 months of the date of notification of this Decision.
När det gäller avtalet om flyglinjen Pau–London av den 28 januari 2003 är beloppen för det stöd som har tagits emot med tillämpning av detta avtal lika med noll för åren 2006–2008, eftersom avtalet sades upp den 30 juni 2005.
The French authorities must also add recovery interest to the aid amount, which shall be calculated from the date on which the aid in question was put at the disposal of the undertaking, namely on each effective date of granting of the aid, until the date of its effective recovery, in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004.
För år 2005 motsvarar stödbeloppet den negativa delen av det preliminära ytterligare flöde som beräknats för 2005, justerat med en faktor som motsvarar den del av år 2005 då avtalet verkligen tillämpades.
Given that, in this case, the flows making up this aid are complex and stem from several dates during the year, and are even continuous for certain categories of revenue, the Commission takes the view that it is acceptable, in calculating the recovery interest, to consider that the moment of payment of the aid concerned is at the year end, namely 31 December of each year in question.
Samma resonemang har tillämpats på avtalen av den 30 juni 2005 som i verkligheten upphörde att tillämpas den 1 januari 2009 (till följd av tillägget av den 16 juni 2009).
In accordance with settled case-law, if a Member State encounters unforeseen and unforeseeable difficulties or perceives consequences overlooked by the Commission, it may submit those problems for consideration by the Commission, together with proposals for suitable amendments.
Detta resonemang har även tillämpats på samma tillägg av den 16 juni 2009, på avtalet av den 25 september 2007 och på tillägget av den 16 juni 2009 om ändring av det senare avtalet, som i verkligheten upphörde att tillämpas den 30 mars 2010, då det nya avtalet om flyglinjerna till London, Charleroi och Beauvais trädde i kraft.
In such a case, the Commission and the Member State concerned must work together in good faith with a view to overcoming the difficulties whilst fully observing the provisions of the TFEU.
Beloppen i tabell 16 kan emellertid justeras för beräkningen av de belopp som ska återkrävas, se skäl (589).
The Commission invites France to submit to it any problem encountered in implementing this Decision,
För beräkningen av ränta anses utbetalningen av stödet ha gjorts den 31 december det berörda året.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Se skäl 597.
Article 1
Se artikel 14.2 i förordning (EG) nr 659/99.
The State aid unlawfully granted by France to Ryanair in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, under the airport and marketing services agreement signed on 28 January 2003 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn with Ryanair for the Pau-London Stansted route, is incompatible with the internal market.
Kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 794/2004 av den 21 april 2004 om genomförande av rådets förordning (EG) nr 659/1999 om tillämpningsföreskrifter för artikel 93 i EG-fördraget (EUT L 140, 30.4.2004, s. 1).
airport services agreement signed on 30 June 2005 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn with Ryanair and marketing services agreement signed on the same date by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn with Airport Marketing Services, with regard to the Pau-London Stansted route;
I-673, punkt 17.
amendment of 16 June 2009 to the marketing services agreement signed on 30 June 2005 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn with Airport Marketing Services, with regard to the Pau-London Stansted route;
Se skäl 286.
letter from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn to Ryanair of 16 June 2009 extending the terms of the airport services agreement signed on 30 June 2005 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn with Ryanair to the Pau-Bristol route, and marketing services agreement signed on the same date by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn with Airport Marketing Services with regard to the same route;
Kommissionens beslut om att inleda förfarandet offentliggjordes i Europeiska unionens officiella tidning den 15 februari 2008.
marketing services agreement signed on 28 January 2010 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn with Airport Marketing Services with regard to the Pau-London, Pau-Charleroi and Pau-Beauvais routes, and identified ‘implicit’ airport services agreement.
Vid offentliggörandet uppmanade kommissionen berörda parter att inkomma med synpunkter.