欧盟对荷兰船厂展开调查

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State aid: Commission approves Dutch operating aid for Groningen airport

The European Commission has found that operating aid totalling €19.2 million in support of operations at Groningen Airport Eelde is in line with EU state aid rules. The state aid granted by The Netherlands will improve the region's connectivity and the decongestion of bigger airports without unduly distorting competition in the Single Market.
 
Commission Vice-President in charge of competition policy Joaquín Almunia said: "Today's decision is the first to be adopted under the new EU guidelines on state aid to airports and airlines, which entered into force on 4 April 2014. The case of Groningen airport shows that operating aid granted for a transitional period can be combined with incentives for small airports to increase their efficiency, adjust their business model and to eventually become profitable."
 
Groningen Airport Eelde is an airport with around 200 000 passengers per year. Since 2001, the Dutch authorities have subsidised the operation of the airport with yearly amounts fixed in advance that were paid to the company partly upfront and partly in annual instalments.
 
The Commission's investigation found that the aid helps to improve regional connectivity and the decongestion of bigger airports such as Schiphol, in line with EU transport policy objectives. Moreover, the aid provided an incentive to Groningen airport to adapt its business model and rationalise its operations in order to become profitable in the long term. Indeed, the aid amount was calculated on the basis of a business plan according to which breakeven would occur in 2017. The objective of this measure was to phase out operating aid to Groningen airport entirely by 2016 and to give the airport time to attract traffic in order to grow. At the same time, the potential distortions of competition brought about by the aid are limited, because there are no other airports within Groningen's catchment area (i.e. not within a distance of 100 km or 60 minutes travelling time by road).
 
Source:Tradewinds
 
DATE：2014.4.18
 
欧盟对荷兰船厂展开调查
 
    在接到来自西班牙船厂的投诉后，欧委会针对荷兰船厂享受的一项抵税租赁政策展开调查
　　
　　据船厂方面的消息人士透露，欧委会竞争专员Joaquin Almunia已要求荷兰造船商提供进一步的信息。
　　
　　此前在2012年12月欧委会首次接到相关投诉时，就曾要求他们作出回应。当时荷兰船厂已提交部分资料。
　　
　　据身为竞争对手的西班牙船厂称，去年荷兰出台的税务激励政策相当于为每艘船的购价提供35%的补贴。
 
　　欧盟曾在2011年6月对西班牙本身的相关政策展开调查，结果发现该国在2002至2011年间，存在部分违反欧盟"国家补助规则"（State Aid Rules）的情况。
 
　　据悉相关业者最多可能须返还1.89亿欧元（约合2.61亿美元）的补贴金。
 
来源:Tradewinds
 
日期：2014年4月9日