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In this respect, France has stated that no precise deadline was set for repayment of the advances by the CCI-Airport and that these advances were determined each year in order to balance the CCI-Airport’s budget.
Återkravet av det stöd som avses i artikel 1 ska genomföras omedelbart och effektivt.
Furthermore, although it was stipulated that the state would repay the balance of the repayable advances at the end of the concession, it was not planned for it to pay any interest rate correctly remunerating the credit granted by the CCI to its airport arm.
Frankrike ska säkerställa att detta beslut genomförs inom fyra månader efter den dag då detta beslut har delgivits.
Given all the above, it seems that the CCI did not act towards its airport arm as an MEO motivated by the prospect of profits would have done.
Artikel 6
In conclusion, the exceptional subsidies and repayable advances each conferred an economic advantage on the CCI-Airport.
Inom två månader efter den dag då detta beslut har delgivits ska Frankrike lämna följande uppgifter till kommissionen:
In addition, as these advantages each benefited a single undertaking, they were selective.
De stödbelopp som ska återkrävas med tillämpning av artikel 4.
Under the CDSP, the SMAN undertook to pay a flat-rate contribution to VTAN throughout the term of the public service delegation, amounting to EUR [1,2-1,5] million in the ‘reference scenario’ and EUR [1,0-1,3] million in the ‘downturn scenario’.
En beräkning av återkravsräntorna.
VTAN undertook to pay an annual fee of one euro for the occupation of the land, structures and infrastructure.
En detaljerad beskrivning av de åtgärder som redan har vidtagits eller som planeras för att rätta sig efter detta beslut.
As this agreement represented a significant net cost for the SMAN, which could not have expected any tangible financial return on the amounts committed under this agreement, it did not correspond to normal market conditions and conferred an economic advantage on VTAN.
Dokument som visar att stödmottagarna har anmodats att betala tillbaka stödet.
Amendment No 1 to the CDSP increased the flat-rate contribution by EUR [20000-50000], without any prospect of a return for the SMAN.
Frankrike ska hålla kommissionen underrättad om utvecklingen vad gäller de nationella åtgärder som har vidtagits för att genomföra detta beslut till dess att återkravet av det stöd som avses i artikel 1 har slutförts.
This was intended to compensate for the loss of revenue that VTAN could have expected on becoming the airport operator, but which it was forced to relinquish subsequently.
Frankrike ska på kommissionens begäran omgående lämna uppgifter om de åtgärder som redan har vidtagits eller som planeras för att rätta sig efter detta beslut.
Like the CDSP itself, Amendment No 1 represented a net cost for the SMAN without any prospect of a return, and did not correspond to normal market conditions.
Frankrike ska också lämna detaljerade uppgifter om de stödbelopp och räntebelopp som redan har återkrävts från stödmottagarna.
It therefore conferred an economic advantage on VTAN.
Artikel 7
The same reasoning applies to Amendment No 3, which again increased the amount of the flat-rate contribution without any prospect of a return for the SMAN, and therefore conferred an economic advantage on VTAN.
Detta beslut riktar sig till Republiken Frankrike.
However, the situation is different for Amendment No 2.
Utfärdat i Bryssel den 23 juli 2014.
This stipulated that VTAN would renew the terminal’s air-conditioning system and that the SMAN would compensate VTAN for the undepreciated value of the equipment at the end of the delegation.
På kommissionens vägnar
However, prior to the signature of Amendment No 2, Article 25.2 of the CDSP stipulated that all the necessary investments were the responsibility of the SMAN, except for a limited list of investments that were VTAN’s responsibility under Article 25.1 of the CDSP.
Vice ordförande
As a result, without Amendment No 2, it would have been the SMAN, and not VTAN, that would have had to finance the renewal of the air-conditioning system, which had become unusable.
Med verkan från och med den 1 december 2009 har artiklarna 87 och 88 i EG-fördraget ersatts av artikel 107 respektive 108 i fördraget om Europeiska unionens funktionssätt (EUF-fördraget).
Amendment No 2 did not therefore reduce the costs that would normally have had to be met out of VTAN’s financial resources.
Innehållet i bestämmelserna är dock i sak oförändrat.
On the contrary, it represented a financially advantageous solution for the SMAN, which would have had to cover the investment in question, but which, thanks to Amendment No 2, did not have to commit the necessary sums and only had to finance the undepreciated value of the equipment at the end of the delegation.
Inom ramen för detta beslut bör hänvisningar till artiklarna 107 och 108 i EUF-fördraget i förekommande fall förstås som hänvisningar till artikel 87 respektive 88 i EG-fördraget.
Amendment No 2 did not therefore confer any economic advantage on VTAN and is not therefore State aid.
EGT L 240, 24.8.1992, s. 8.
It was stipulated that the equipment subsidies would be readjusted at the end of the delegation in order to bring the payments into line with the expenditure actually incurred by VTAN.
Se fotnot 3.
Without Amendment No 4, the corresponding investment costs, which became necessary due to the closure of the airbase, would have had to be met by the SMAN.
Meddelande från kommissionen – Riktlinjer för statligt stöd till flygplatser och flygbolag (EUT C 99, 4.4.2014, s. 3).
The equipment subsidies did not therefore reduce the costs that would normally have had to be met out of VTAN’s financial resources.
EUT C 113, 15.4.2014, s. 30.
On the other hand, from the SMAN’s point of view, it was economically rational to ask VTAN, as the airport operator, to make the necessary investments identified by working groups composed of various stakeholders, by granting it financial compensation limited to the costs incurred, through the readjustment mechanism at the end of the delegation.
Beslut om godkännande av tillfälligt nyttjande av den 12 november 1986.
In operational terms, it was in fact efficient for the airport operator to make these investments.
Det interministeriella beslutet av den 31 januari 2006.
The equipment subsidies did not therefore confer any economic advantage on VTAN and are not State aid.
De franska myndigheterna klargör att den juridiska formen för denna sammanslutning, som avses i artiklarna L-5721-1 och följande och R 5721-1 och följande i den franska allmänna lagen om regionala myndigheter, bland annat tillåter att regionala myndigheter och andra offentliga organ går ihop för att bedriva offentlig verksamhet som de alla har intresse av.
As regards the specific public contribution, also established by Amendment No 4, this was a subsidy granted by the SMAN without any prospect of a return, just like the flat-rate contribution established by the initial version of the CDSP.
SMAN styrs av en kommitté som består av representanter för medlemmarna.
It did not correspond to normal market conditions.
Gards landsting har fem representanter, storkommunen Nîmes sju och storkommunen Alès Cévennes har tre.
In conclusion, the flat-rate contribution, as established by the initial version of the CDSP and increased by Amendments Nos 1 and 3, conferred an economic advantage on VTAN.
Beslut om inrättande av SMAN av den 9 december 2005.
In addition, as these advantages benefited a single undertaking, they were selective.
Avtal om delegering av offentlig verksamhet av den 31 januari 2006.
On the other hand, neither Amendment No 2 nor the equipment subsidies conferred any economic advantage on VTAN.
Försvarsministerns beslut om överföring av förvaltningen av den 30 juni 2011.
These measures do not therefore constitute State aid.
Ett avtal av den 30 juni 2011 som ingicks mellan staten och SMAN innehåller för övrigt förteckningen över vilka tillgångar som står till SMAN:s förfogande och närmare uppgifter om de tillgångar som varit föremål för godkännanden av tillfälligt nyttjande, med eller utan koppling till tredje parters faktiska rättigheter.
Nîmes airport is in particular in competition with other airport platforms, and especially those serving all or part of the same catchment area, such as Montpellier and Avignon airports.
Högsta förvaltningsdomstolens dom av den 20 maj 1998, Syndicat des Compagnies aériennes autonomes (SCARA).
Aid granted to the operator of Nîmes airport (the CCI-Airport or VTAN) therefore risks distorting competition.
Därefter kodifierad i artikel 1609 i den allmänna skattebalken.
In this respect, the Commission notes that Montpellier airport is only 63 km from Nîmes airport.
Risken för viltolyckor gäller framför allt risken för kollisioner mellan luftfartyg och vilda fåglar, vilket hotar säkerheten för människor och gods ombord på luftfartygen.
As the airport service market and air transport market are open to competition within the EU, aid also risks affecting trade between Member States.
Genomförandet av detta uppdrag kan exempelvis omfatta uppförande och underhåll av inhägnader som avgränsar det allmänt tillgängliga området från det reserverade området eller införande av ett videoövervakningssystem i det reserverade områdets omgivningar.
More generally it should be noted that EU airport operators are in competition with each other to attract airlines.
Detta uppdrag omfattar i synnerhet bulleråtgärder, vid behov i relation till luftfartygens banor, samt kontroll av luft- och vattenkvaliteten i flygplatsernas omgivning.
Airlines decide on which routes to operate and their corresponding frequencies based on a range of criteria.
Uppdrag som är behöriga för finansiering genom flygplatsskatten, såsom de som beskrivs ovan
These criteria not only include the potential customers that they can expect on these routes, but also the characteristics of the airports situated at either end of these routes.
De allmänna avgifterna är framför allt kopplade till stödfunktioner som personalförvaltning, finansiella frågor, ekonomisk kontroll, anskaffning, generella informationssystem, juridisk ledning, allmänna tjänster, allmän ledning, bokföringsfunktioner och förvaltningskontroll.
Airlines particularly look at criteria such as type of airport services provided, population or economic activity around the airport, congestion, whether there is access by land, or even the level of charges and overall commercial conditions for use of airport infrastructure and services.
Artikel 31 i koncessionsavtalet från 1965.
The charge level is a key factor, since public funding granted to an airport could be used to maintain airport charges at an artificially low level in order to attract airlines and may thus significantly distort competition.
Delegeringsavtalet mellan staten och SMAN av den 1 februari 2006, artikel 8.
Consequently, airlines allocate their resources, particularly aircraft and crew, to the various routes by looking at the services offered by airport operators and the prices charged for those services, among other criteria.
Inledningen till delegeringsavtalet mellan staten och SMAN av den 1 februari 2006.
It is clear from the above that the various measures granted to the CCI-Airport and VTAN and covered by this assessment were likely, in so far as they conferred an economic advantage on one of these two undertakings, to have reinforced the respective positions of these two undertakings compared with other European airport operators.
Delegeringsavtalet mellan staten och SMAN av den 1 februari 2006, artikel 27.
Consequently, these measures may have distorted competition and affected trade between Member States.
Delegeringsavtalet mellan staten och SMAN av den 1 februari 2006, artikel 29.
Conclusion on the existence of State aid
Frankrikes synpunkter på beslutet om att inleda förfarandet, s. 8 och 13.
The sovereign task subsidies do not constitute State aid.
Frankrikes synpunkter på beslutet om att inleda förfarandet, s. 8.
The exceptional operating subsidies and repayable advances received by the CCI-Airport constitute State aid to the latter.
Affärshemlighet
The flat-rate contribution, as established by the initial version of the CDSP and increased by Amendments Nos 1 and 3, constitutes State aid to VTAN, as does the specific public contribution.
De två första beloppen anges i kolumnen ”kommuner och delar av kommuner”.
Amendment No 2 and the equipment subsidies are not State aid.
Detta belopp finns i kolumnen ”övriga” i tabellen ovan.
UNLAWFULNESS OF THE AID
Ingår i skulderna i balansräkningen för industri- och handelskammarens flygplatsavdelning under ”Förskott mellan enheterna”.
The exceptional operating subsidies, repayable advances, flat-rate contribution and their various amendments, as also the specific public contribution, were implemented without being notified.
Enligt de franska myndigheternas skrivelse av den 27 februari 2012.
The Commission Decision of 28 November 2005 on the application of Article 106(2) TFEU to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest (‘the 2005 SGEI Decision’) lays down the conditions under which certain aid granted as public service compensation may be exempt from the requirement of notification laid down in Article 108(3) TFEU.
Redan den 8 augusti 2006 krävde industri- och handelskammaren att förskott till ett belopp på mer än 9 miljoner euro skulle betalas tillbaka.
According to France, the measures granted to the CCI-Airport or VTAN after 19 December 2005 meet these conditions.
Artikel 46 i koncessionsavtalet från 1965.
The Commission considers that this is not the case.
Artikel 1 och 1a i delegeringsavtalet.
Firstly, the overall management of Nîmes airport cannot be regarded as a genuine SGEI, as proven above.
Frankrikes synpunkter på beslutet om att inleda förfarandet, s. 15.
Consequently, as the various aforementioned measures were granted to finance the overall management of the airport, they do not meet the criteria laid down by the 2005 SGEI Decision.
Delegeringsavtalet av den 12 december 2006, artikel 25.
Secondly, as indicated previously, even if the overall management of the airport could be defined as an SGEI, none of the measures in question stemmed from the application of a compensation mechanism for which the parameters were established in advance in an objective and transparent manner.
Tillägget av den 20 juli 2010.
In fact, as indicated previously, the measures in question do not satisfy the second Altmark condition.
Skrivelse från Frankrike av den 20 mars 2014.
Accordingly, these measures do not satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 4(d) and (e) of the 2005 SGEI Decision, according to which the act or acts entrusting the operation of a service of general economic interest must specify the description of the compensation mechanism and the parameters for calculating, controlling and reviewing the compensation as well as the arrangements for avoiding and repaying any overcompensation.
Frankrikes synpunkter på beslutet om att inleda förfarandet, s. 56.
This is the second reason why the aforementioned measures could not have been exempted, under the 2005 SGEI Decision, from the requirement of notification laid down by Article 108(3) TFEU.
Skrivelser av den 28 november 2001, den 11 och den 18 december 2002, den 21 och den 24 december 2001, den 2 och den 5 februari 2002 och den 15 februari 2002.
In the light of the above, the exceptional operating subsidies, repayable advances, flat-rate contribution, as established by the initial version of the CDSP and increased by Amendments Nos 1 and 3, and specific public contribution constitute unlawful aid.
Skrivelser av den 10 och den 16 mars 2004.
As proven above, France has committed a manifest error of assessment in claiming that the overall management of Nîmes airport was an SGEI.
Skrivelse från Frankrike av den 25 april 2014.
In particular, the activity of the Nîmes airport operator consisting in handling commercial passenger transport flights at that airport cannot be regarded as a genuine SGEI.
”[…] including greater prominence and a stronger brand, alongside network externalities and repeat passenger”.
These conclusions apply both to the CCI-Airport operating period and the VTAN operating period.
Förbindelsen till Liverpool som också drevs vid denna tidpunkt.
In so far as the various financial support measures covered by this assessment were intended to finance the operation of the airport’s activity as a whole, they cannot be regarded as financial compensation granted with a view to the management of a genuine SGEI.
Frankrike har förklarat att denna förbindelse upprätthölls mellan 2005 och 2012, men att det alltid rörde sig om en säsongslinje.
Moreover, as proven above, even if all or part of the management of Nîmes airport could have been validly defined as an SGEI, none of the financial support measures covered by this assessment stemmed from a financial compensation mechanism for which the parameters were established in advance in an objective and transparent manner, accompanied by parameters for calculating, controlling and reviewing the compensation and arrangements for avoiding and repaying any overcompensation.
Frankrike understryker att denna förbindelse inte omfattades av marknadsföringsavtalet av den 27 augusti 2008 eftersom förbindelsen var osäker (man planerade på den tiden att lägga ner den), men den fortsatte att trafikeras mellan 2008 och 2011 med minskat antal avgångar.
As a result, the measures in question do not satisfy the cumulative conditions established by the European Union framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation, which is applicable to this case ratione temporis.
Marknadsföringsavtalet från 2008 föreskrev således inga köp av tjänster på Ryanairs webbplats för denna förbindelse.
Moreover, for the same reasons and as proven in recitals 633 to 635, the measures in question also do not satisfy the cumulative conditions established by the 2005 SGEI Decision.
Denna drevs mellan 2008 och 2010 utan att man betalade för marknadsföring.
Consequently, these measures cannot be declared compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 106(2) TFEU.
Se fotnot 42.
The Commission will now analyse the measures covered by this assessment in the light of the various criteria laid down in Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Skrivelse från Frankrike av den 26 maj 2014.
All the State aid identified in this assessment is operating aid in so far as it was intended to finance the operation of Nîmes airport, and not specific investments made within that airport.
Riktlinjer för finansiering av flygplatser och för statliga igångsättningsstöd för flygbolag med verksamhet på regionala flygplatser (EUT C 312, 9.12.2005, s. 1).
All this operating aid was granted unlawfully before 4 April 2014, which was the date of entry into force of the new Guidelines, in which the Commission declared that it would apply the principles set out in those guidelines to all ongoing cases concerning operating aid to airports, even if that aid was granted before 4 April 2014.
Conseil d’État, den 21 februari 2011, Société Ophrys mot CA Clermont Communauté, dom nr 337349.
According to the new Guidelines, operating aid granted to airports before 4 April 2014 may be declared compatible to the full extent of uncovered operating costs provided that a series of conditions is met.
Kommissionens beslut 2012/21/EU av den 20 december 2011 om tillämpningen av artikel 106.2 i fördraget om Europeiska unionens funktionssätt på statligt stöd i form av ersättning för allmännyttiga tjänster som beviljas vissa företag som fått i uppdrag att tillhandahålla tjänster av allmänt ekonomiskt intresse (EUT L 7, 11.1.2012, s. 3).
These conditions may be summarised as follows:
Dom i mål C-482/99, Frankrike mot kommissionen, EU:C:2002:294.
the aid contributes to a well-defined objective of common interest (it increases the mobility of Union citizens and the connectivity of the regions, it combats air traffic congestion at major Union hub airports, or it facilitates regional development),
Dom i mål C-482/99, Frankrike mot kommissionen, EU:C:2002:294, punkterna 52 och 58.
state intervention is needed,
Frankrikes högsta förvaltningsdomstol, yttrande nr 351.654 av den 16 juni 1992.
the aid is an appropriate policy instrument,
Dom i de förenade målen C-83/01 P och C-93/01 P, Chronopost mot Ufex, EU:C:2003:388, punkterna 38 och 40.
the aid has an incentive effect, in the sense that, in its absence, the level of economic activity of the airport concerned would be significantly reduced,
Ryanair påtalar att Nîmes flygplats på goda grunder kan jämföras med flygplatserna i […], […], […], […] och […].
the aid is proportionate, in the sense that it is limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place,
Detta innebär att en viss flygplats skulle kunna sänka risken för att påverkas av en lågkonjunktur och förbättra sitt kassaflöde, och på så sätt minska den avkastningsgrad som krävs av en vanlig privat investerare.
The Commission will apply these criteria to the aid in question.
Ryanair menar att stödet kan ha använts för att ”betala av” förluster från gamla transaktioner med Air Liberté och Air Littoral, bolag som har blivit insolventa och är skyldiga flygplatsen stora summor, eller ha gått till den tidigare förvaltaren av flygplatsens parkeringsområden.
Contribution to a well-defined objective of common interest
Kommissionens beslut 2004/393/EG a 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 so far as this aid financed Nîmes airport’s operating deficit, it allowed the airport to continue operating.
Oxera, ”Are prices set by AMS in line with the market rate?”, utarbetad för Ryanair den 20 december 2013.
As underlined by France, this airport’s activity has a positive impact on the economic development of the Gard department, particularly in the tourism sector.
Oxera, ”How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test?”, utarbetad för Ryanair den 17 januari 2014.
Local economic development is recognised by the new Guidelines as an objective of common interest that could have justified operating aid being granted to an airport before 4 April 2014, if certain conditions were met.
Kommissionens beslut 2011/60/EU av den 27 januari 2010 om statligt stöd C 12/08 (f.d.
With regard to the tourism sector, it is undeniable that Nîmes airport serves a tourist region and that the scheduled flights offered by Ryanair to this airport since 2000 have brought significant flows of tourists into the Nîmes region.
NN 74/07) – Slovakien – Avtal mellan Bratislava flygplats och Ryanair (EUT L 27, 1.2.2011, s. 24), skäl 114.
For example, the aforementioned 2006 study on the economic impact of Nîmes airport states that, for 2006 alone, the tourists carried to Nîmes airport spent EUR 100 million in the local economy, including EUR 21 million on accommodation, EUR 26 million on meals, EUR 20 million on other food purchases, EUR 9 million on transport (excluding air transport), EUR 4 million on visits and EUR 6 million on souvenirs.
Cirkulär nr 111 av den 30 mars 1992 om regler för budget, räkenskaper och ekonomi som gäller för församlingen av franska industri- och handelskammare, regionala industri- och handelskammare, industri- och handelskammare och mellankonsulära grupperingar.
The economic impact indirectly resulting from the airport’s activities (i.e. the effect on the rest of the local economy) is estimated in that study at EUR 2,38 billion, taking account of the investment effect.
I detta beslut avses med avtal de olika avtalen i fråga, oavsett juridisk form (vilket inbegriper tilläggen, olika följebrev etc.).
Furthermore, this 2006 study indicates that 2200 jobs were directly linked to the airport’s activities.
Kommissionen påpekar att det första av dessa avtal är daterat till den 11 april 2000 (det första avtalet mellan Ryanair och industri- och handelskammaren), medan kommissionens utredning inleddes med skrivelsen av den 16 mars 2010, som bland annat avser denna åtgärd.