natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Such effects are, however, similar to the positive effects on economic operators in other sectors whose revenues are linked to the number of air passengers, in particular tourism (car rental, hotels, restaurants, catering, fuelling, retail etc.…).
Återkravet av det stöd som avses i artikel 1.2 ska genomföras omedelbart och effektivt.
Those sectors are highly dependent on the number of passengers arriving at/departing from the Sardinian airports.
Italien ska säkerställa att detta beslut genomförs inom fyra månader efter den dag då detta beslut har delgivits.
Therefore, the Commission considers that the scheme has not been designed in such a way as to channel its secondary effects towards the airport operators, but rather so as to benefit the many tourism-related sectors in Sardinia.
Artikel 4
Furthermore, the effect of the measures on airports is inherent in the nature and objective of the scheme, which is to increase air traffic to Sardinia by providing appropriate incentives to airlines.
Inom två månader efter den dag då detta beslut har delgivits ska Italien lämna följande uppgifter till kommissionen:
The fact that the airlines purchase airport services from the operators of the three Sardinian airports concerned is an inherent feature of the scheme and cannot be detached from it, given that the scheme consists in providing airlines with financial incentives to increase air traffic.
En förteckning över de stödmottagare som har tagit emot stöd enligt den stödordning som avses i artikel 1.2 och det totala stödbelopp som var och en av dem har tagit emot genom stödordningen.
It is thus not an additional, independent condition concerning the acquisition of goods or services that the Region added to the design of its scheme in order to produce an effect other than the main expected effect of the scheme, namely the increase in air traffic to Sardinia.
Det totala belopp (kapital och räntor) som ska återkrävas från varje stödmottagare.
In the light of the foregoing, the Commission concludes that activities 1, 2 and 3 do not confer an indirect advantage on airport operators.
En detaljerad beskrivning av de åtgärder som redan har vidtagits eller som planeras för att uppfylla kraven i detta beslut.
Since one of the cumulative conditions for the presence of State aid is not fulfilled, the Commission also concludes that activities 1 and 2 do not constitute State aid.
Dokument som visar att stödmottagaren har anmodats att betala tillbaka stödet.
For the reasons set out above, it is concluded that the airport operators concerned did not receive State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Italien ska hålla kommissionen informerad om framstegen för de nationella åtgärder som vidtagits för att tillämpa detta beslut till dess återbetalningen av det stöd som anges i artikel 2 har slutförts.
LAWFULNESS OF THE AID TO THE AIRLINES
Italien ska på kommissionens begäran omgående lämna uppgifter om de åtgärder som redan har vidtagits eller som planeras för att rätta sig efter detta beslut.
The measures were notified to the Commission on 30 November 2011.
Italien ska också lämna detaljerade uppgifter om de stödbelopp och räntebelopp som redan har återkrävts från stödmottagarna.
However, Italy implemented the scheme without the Commission having approved it.
Artikel 5
Financing pursuant to Law 10/2010 was provided from the Region to airport operators and from airport operators to airlines throughout the period 2010-2013 [118].
Detta beslut riktar sig till Republiken Italien.
In addition, no block exemption regulation covers the scheme at stake.
Utfärdat i Bryssel den 29 juli 2016.
In particular, the SGEI Decision is not applicable as the financing of airlines under the scheme cannot be considered as compensation for a genuine SGEI entrusted to airlines [119].
På kommissionens vägnar
Thus, Italy has not complied with its obligations under Article 108 of the Treaty and therefore the financing of airlines under the scheme is considered as unlawful pursuant to Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Ledamot av kommissionen
The burden of proof regarding the compatibility of aid with the internal market, by way of derogation from Article 107(1) of the Treaty, is borne principally by the Member State concerned.
Rådets förordning (EU) 2015/1589 av den 13 juli 2015 om genomförandebestämmelser för artikel 108 i fördraget om Europeiska unionens funktionssätt (EUT L 248, 24.9.2015, s. 9).
Italy notes [120] that Law 10/2010 has not been conceived as a scheme to support start-up routes and that the scheme does not fulfil all the compatibility criteria for start-up aid as defined in Article 79 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Riktlinjer för statligt stöd till flygplatser och flygbolag (EUT C 99, 4.4.2014, s. 3).
Italy nevertheless suggests that the Commission should, in this case, apply point 81 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines, which states that ‘The Commission may carry out a case-by-case assessment of aid or a scheme which fails to fully comply with these criteria [those of point 79], but the end result of which would be comparable.’ [121].
Tillämpning av artiklarna 92 och 93 i EG-fördraget och artikel 61 i EES-avtalet på statligt stöd inom luftfartssektorn (EGT C 350, 10.12.1994, s. 5).
APPLICABLE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Riktlinjer för finansiering av flygplatser och för statliga igångsättningsstöd för flygbolag med verksamhet på regionala flygplatser (EUT C 312, 9.12.2005, s. 1).
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that ‘As regards start-up aid to airlines, the Commission will apply the principles set out in these guidelines to all notified start-up aid measures in respect of which it is called upon to take a decision from 4 April 2014, even where the measures were notified prior to that date.
Legge Regionale 13 aprile 2010, n.10 – Misure per lo sviluppo del trasporto aereo – Art.3: Incentivi alla destagionalizzazione dei collegamenti aerei isolani.
Accordingly, it will not apply the principles set out in these guidelines in the case of unlawful start-up aid to airlines granted before 4 April 2014’ [122].
Deliberazione della Giunta regionale No 29/36 del 29.7.2010 – Attuazione dell'art.
ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED BY AIRPORT OPERATORS TO AIRLINE COMPANIES FOR THE FINANCING OF ACTIVITIES 1 AND 2 (LAW 10/2010) IN THE PERIOD 2010-2013
Deliberazione No 52/117 del 23.12.2011 – Legge regionale 13 aprile 2010, No 10.
For this reason start-up aid must be degressive and of limited duration’.
Determinazione No 22 del 30.1.2012 – Legge regionale 30 giugno 2011, No 12 – Art.
The activities defined under Law 10/2010 have never been defined to target the long-term viability of the routes in question and nothing in the system established by Law 10/2010 ensures that the aid amount is degressive over the period 2010-2013 [124].
4, commi 32 e 33 – Fondo regionale per anticipazioni finanziarie – Regolamento attuativo.
There is no indication that the routes concerned would become profitable for the airlines without the public funding.
Determinazione Prot.
Point 79(e) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines adds the criterion of compensation for additional start-up costs: ‘the amount of aid must be strictly linked to the additional start-up costs incurred in launching the new route or frequency and which the air operator will not have to bear once it is up and running’.
No 7641 Rep.
The regional financing is not related to specific start-up costs and nothing in the system established by Law 10/2010 ensures that the aid amount is limited to such costs.
No 694 del 2 ottobre 2012 – Legge regionale 30 giugno 2011, No 12 – Art.
Italy has never adduced any evidence to show that the funding provided by the Region with respect to activities 1 and 2 was calculated on the basis of the airlines' start-up costs or limited to such costs.
4, commi 32 e 33, modificata e integrata dalla legge regionale 7 agosto 2012, No 15, art.
The Region, by financing airport operators, intended to develop air traffic through the opening of new routes, increasing the frequencies on existing routes, and the de-seasonality of existing routes and to improve regional development and tourism through marketing actions undertaken by airlines.
2 – Fondo regionale per anticipazioni finanziarie – Rimodulazione e integrazione Regolamento attuativo.
The Region thus never intended to compensate airlines for additional start-up costs.
Deliberazione No 4/34 del 5.2.2014 – Legge regionale 13 aprile 2010, n.10.
Therefore this criterion is not fulfilled.
Till exempel reklam- eller resebyråer.
In addition, point 79(f) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines sets out conditions of intensity and duration: ‘The amount of aid in any 1 year may not exceed 50 % of total eligible costs for that year and total aid may not exceed an average of 30 % of eligible costs.’
Deliberazione No 29/36, 29 juli 2010, s. 1.
At no point has Italy mentioned the concept of ‘eligible costs’ as explained in the Guidelines nor any thresholds for such costs.
Källa: Google Maps.
Airport operators presented their plans of activities to the Region with an indication of the total amount of the costs incurred for the implementation of the measures.
Källa: Italien i sitt meddelande till kommissionen av den 5 maj 2016.
The Region then decided the amount to be granted to each airport operator per year, but that amount was never limited to 50 % of the costs incurred for 1 year.
I lag nr 580 av den 29 december 1993 regleras handelskamrarnas ställning i Italien.
There is no evidence that the regional spending in respect of activities 1 and 2 amounted to twice the amount of the aid.
Flygplatsens största aktieägare har för avsikt att sälja 40 % av sitt aktieinnehav inom den allra närmaste framtiden.
Point 79(h) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines adds the criterion of the non-discriminatory allocation: ‘any public body which plans to grant start-up aid to an airline for a new route, whether or not via an airport, must make its plans public in good time and with adequate publicity to enable all interested airlines to offer their services.
Källa: Wikipedia.
The notification must in particular include the description of the route as well as the objective criteria in terms of the amount and the duration of the aid.
Källa: Flygplatsens officiella webbplats.
The rules and principles relating to public procurement and concessions must be respected where applicable’.
Såsom förklaras i skäl 53 hade den ekonomiska ersättningen ursprungligen planerats att omfatta samtliga flygplatser på Sardinien, inklusive Oristanos flygplats, men detta upphävdes senare.
Neither the Region nor the airport operators organised proper tenders complying with the public procurement rules to select the airlines in charge of the implementation of activities 1 and 2.
Se skäl 44.
The Commission has not been informed of any tender organised by airport operators and, according to Italy, airlines have been selected on the basis of the most attractive commercial offers submitted to airport operators upon publication of notices on their websites.
Sedan år 2000 har allmän trafikplikt införts på inrikeslinjer mellan flygplatser på Sardinien och flygplatser på det italienska fastlandet i enlighet med unionens luftfartsregler.
Therefore the Commission considers that point 81 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines cannot be applied in this case, as several of the criteria in point 79 are not fulfilled.
Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning (EG) nr 1008/2008 av den 24 september 2008 om gemensamma regler för tillhandahållande av lufttrafik i gemenskapen (EUT L 293, 31.10.2008, s. 3).
Compliance with those criteria is essential for start-up aid to be considered compatible.
Beträffande Tortolì-Arbatax nämns i rättsakten att flygplatsoperatören endast lämnade in en plan för hela treårsperioden (inte för 2010).
Since the compatibility criteria in point 79 are not fulfilled, the aid is not compatible with the internal market.
I sitt meddelande till kommissionen av den 11 september 2015 (se skäl 14) angav Italien som exempel GEASAR, som under 2013 skar ner på sina marknadsföringsaktiviteter jämfört med de ursprungliga planerna (inom aktivitetsområde 2, som regionen finansierar).
The financial compensation provided by airport operators to airline companies for the financing of activities 1 and 2 under Law 10/2010 in the period 2010-2013 cannot be considered compatible with the internal market, as the compatibility criteria referred to in point 79 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines are not fulfilled.
Regionen minskade följaktligen det slutliga bidraget.
The State aid granted to airlines by the Region therefore constitutes unlawful State aid which is incompatible with the internal market.
Italien nämner som exempel på detta Oristanos flygplats, där regionen vägrade godta en viss flyglinje som planerades i flygplatsens aktivitetsplan, se meddelandet från Italien till kommissionen av den 5 maj 2015, s. 5–6.
RECOVERY
Fondo regionale per anticipazioni finanziarie – Legge Regionale 30 giugno 2011, n.12 Art.4, commi 32 e 33.
According to the Treaty and the Court's established case-law, the Commission has power to require the Member State concerned to abolish or alter aid when it has found that that aid to be incompatible with the internal market [125].
Högst 90 % för 2011 – se Determinazione prot.
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a Member State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the previously existing situation [126].
No 7641 rep.
In this context, the Court has established that this objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [127].
No 694 del 2/10/2012.
In line with the case-law, Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 states that ‘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 […]’.
Beloppet motsvarar det bidrag som beslutats av regionen med avdrag för källavgiften på 4 % och det förskott som redan har beviljats till flygplatsoperatören.
Thus, given that the measures in question were implemented in breach of Article 108 of the Treaty, and are to be considered as unlawful and incompatible aid, they must be recovered in order to re-establish the situation that existed on the market prior to their being granted.
Italien har lämnat tabeller till kommissionen som visar det slutliga belopp som regionen har anslagit.
Recovery should cover the time from when the advantage accrued to the beneficiary, that is to say when the aid was put at the disposal of the beneficiary, until effective recovery, and the sums to be recovered should bear interest until effective recovery.
Kommissionen konstaterar att de italienska myndigheterna inte ger någon förklaring till varför de förskott som anges i tabellerna emellanåt överskrider det bidrag som regionen har fastställt.
Regarding the amounts to be recovered, the Commission will consider the amounts effectively paid by the Region and passed on by GEASAR and SOGAER to airlines throughout the period 2010-2013 for the implementation of measures 1 and 2.
Avvikelserna är dock inte relevanta för bedömningen av stödet, eftersom kommissionen endast använder sig av det budgetmässiga åtagandet (kolumn A) och det belopp som faktiskt tagits emot av flygplatsoperatörerna (kolumn D) – se tabell 14.
As shown in Table 6 in recital 89, airport operators have, in practice, provided more funding than they received from the Region: airport operators have been undercompensated by the Region since they must pay the financial interest on the financial advances received [128] and since regional contributions for 2014 have not yet been paid to Cagliari and Olbia airport operators.
”Disposti ma non erogati”.
Table 14 summarises these findings.
Affärshemlighet.
Table 14
Se skäl 47: trots att anbudsförfaranden hade föreskrivits i Sardiniens rättsliga ram anordnades inga anbudsförfaranden för att välja ut flygbolag.
Difference between the amount effectively paid to airlines for measures 1 and 2 and the financing received from the Region and passed to by GEASAR and SOGAER
Beslutet att inleda förfarandet omfattade inte det eventuella stöd som flygplatsoperatörer beviljat andra tjänsteleverantörer utöver flygbolag för aktivitetsområde 3.
Net amount effectively received from the Region by airport operators (B)
Kommissionen kan därför inte ta ställning i den frågan.
Total amount paid by airport operators to airlines for measures 1 & 2 (C)
Kommissionens beslut (EU) 2015/1584 av den 1 oktober 2014 om det statliga stöd SA.23098 (C 37/07) (f.d.
Table 15
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).
Payments received by airlines from the airports operators of Olbia and Cagliari
Meddelande från kommissionen – Europeiska unionens rambestämmelser för statligt stöd i form av ersättning för offentliga tjänster (2011) (EUT C 8, 11.1.2012, s. 15).
AMOUNT
Se fotnot 4.
PAYMENT DATE
Se fotnot 8.
CAGLIARI
Se fotnot 3.
[EUR 8-20 mio]
Italien lämnade tre rapporter till kommissionen som gav en ekonomisk och finansiell analys av flygplatserna med avseende på de åtgärder som föreskrivs i lag 10/2010.
OLBIA
Kommissionen grundar sin analys på dessa rapporter.
[EUR 0-10 mio]
Källa: Årsredovisningar för SOGAER för perioden 2010–2013.
29/10/10
Källa: SOGEAAL:s årsredovisningar för perioden 2010–2013.
16/11/12
Till stöd för detta har GEASAR lämnat en finansiell simulering till kommissionen, och enligt denna simulering antas företaget utöka sin skuldsättning för att finansiera åtgärderna enligt lag 10/2010, varvid slutsatsen pekar på att de viktigaste finansiella indikatorerna förvärras för företaget.
16/10/13
Valutazione economica degli accordi tra GEASAR SpA e i vettori aerei stipulati nell'ambito della legge regionale n.10/2010 – Deloitte Financial Advisory S.r.l.
[EUR 0-1 mio]
Källa: GEASAR:s årsredovisningar för perioden 2010–2013.
1/07/2011 & 12/07/2011
[70] Market Economy Investor Principle.
12/07/2011 & 4/11/2011
Mål om statligt stöd beträffande Ryanair, meddelande som sammanställts av Oxera på uppdrag av Ryanair, den 9 april 2013.
4/11/2011 & 04/01/12
Principer som underbygger lönsamhetsanalysen vid tester beträffande principen om en rationell investerare i en marknadsekonomi.
[EUR 2-10 mio]
Brand building: why and how small brands should invest in marketing.
[EUR 0-7 mio]
Studie utarbetad för Ryanair av professor D.P.
17/05/2011 & 23/05/2011 & 02/08/2011
McLoughlin, den 10 april 2013.
The global amount received from the Region by the two airport operators has been used to finance the three measures 1, 2 and 3.
Den gemensamma lönsamhetsanalysen för AMS och avtalen om flygplatstjänster har utarbetats för alla de flygplatser för vilka konsultföretaget har kunnat erhålla nödvändiga uppgifter.
The Commission has not received any information from Italy regarding the exact allocation of the regional funds per type of measure and per air carrier.
[76] [Övers.anm.
Therefore the Commission proposes an allocation per type of measure and per air carrier based on percentages deducted from the amounts shown in Table 16.
Denna fotnot förklarar en förkortning som inte används i den svenska versionen.]
As shown in Table 7 in recital 91 and repeated in Table 16, the distribution between measures 1 and 2 (paid to airlines) and measure 3 (paid to third service providers) is indicated as a percentage of the total.
Allocation of investment costs.
Table 16
Oxeras rapport av den 12 september 2014.
Financial flows from GEASAR and SOGAER to airlines and third service providers for the financing of measures 1, 2 and 3
Se fotnot 52.
For each airport manager, the Commission applies the percentages representing the share of measures 1 and 2 in the overall financing provided by the airport managers, to the net amount effectively received by the two airport operators from the Region.
Evaluation of the wider impact of AMS Agreements on airport traffic.
The result obtained should tentatively indicate the real amount of public funding provided by the Region and spent for measures 1 and 2 (see Table 17).
Rapport från Oxera av den 26 september 2014.
Table 17
[Övers. anm.
Indicative amount received from the Region and spent for measures 1 and 2
Denna fotnot förklarar en förkortning som inte används i den svenska versionen.]
Net amount effectively received from the Region by airport operators and spent for measures 1 & 2
The role of comparator analysis in MEOP assessments (”MEOP”: ”Market Economy Operator Principle”).
The annual breakdown per airport and the part of the financing provided to airlines for the implementation of activities 1 and 2 and received from the Region, is indicated in the following tables:
Meddelande från Ryanair av den 26 januari 2015.
Table 18
Economic MEOP assessments: comparator analysis including AMS.Meddelande från Ryanair av den 27 februari 2015.
Annual breakdown per airport operator for the financing of activities 1 and 2
Economic MEOP assessment: Cagliari airport, Profitability analysis.
Financing of activities 1 & 2
Rapport från Oxera av den 2 mars 2015.
Part of the financing of the activities received from the Region (%)
[84] The impact of Ryanair's operations on airports' non-aeronautical revenues.
The Commission will apply these percentages to the level of funding provided by each airport operator to the beneficiary airlines as shown in Table 15 in order to get the amount to be recovered per airport and per airline company.
Rapport från Oxera utarbetad för Ryanair av den 4 december 2015.
The indicative amounts to be recovered by Italy from the various airlines are indicated in Table 19, on the basis of the information made available to the Commission.
[85] Konsultföretaget hänvisade till den metod som kommissionen använt i besluten om flygplatserna i Pau och Nîmes, där kommissionen beräknade förväntade icke-luftfartsrelaterade intäkter per avresande passagerare baserat på uppgifter som samlats in vid flygplatsen innan avtalen undertecknades, med justeringar för inflation.Kommissionens beslut (EU) 2015/1227 av den 23 juli 2014 om det statliga stöd SA.22614 (C 53/07) som Frankrike har genomfört till förmån för handels- och industrikammaren i Pau-Béarn, Ryanair, Airport Marketing Services och Transavia (EUT L 201, 30.7.2015, s. 109, särskilt skäl 414).Kommissionens beslut (EU) 2016/633 av den 23 juli 2014 om det statliga stöd SA.33961 (2012/C) (f.d.
Table 19
2012/NN) som Frankrike har genomfört till förmån för industri- och handelskammaren för Nîmes, Uzès och Le Vigan, Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes, Ryanair Limited och Airport Marketing Services Limited (EUT L 113, 27.4.2016, s. 32, särskilt skäl 436).
Indicative amounts to be recovered from airlines
Enligt konsultföretaget inleds Ryanairs verksamhet det år flygbolaget inleder en ”betydande” trafik vid en flygplats, vilket definieras som det första år då antalet avresande passagerare med Ryanair överskrider 50 % av det maximala antalet avresande passagerare med Ryanair under ett år vid samma flygplats under perioden 1994–2012.
TOTAL TO BE RECOVERED
Avtalet med Cagliari avser trafik på följande flyglinjer: Stansted, Genève, Basel, Schönefeld.
to be determined
Avtalet med Olbia avser trafik på följande flyglinjer: Bristol, Basel, Genève, London-Gatwick, Milano-Malpensa, Schönefeld, Lyon, Orly och Madrid-Barajas.
To take into account the actual advantage received by the airlines, the amounts indicated in Table 19 may be adjusted, according to the supporting evidence provided by Italy, in particular the exact date for all payments.
Ingendera av affärsplanerna har delgivits kommissionen.