# C_2007151EN.01000901.xml

| 5.7.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 151/9 |
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5.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/9

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Imposition by France of a public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services between Dijon and Bordeaux and between Dijon and Toulouse

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 151/04)

| 1. | France has decided to impose a public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services operated between Dijon-Bourgogne and Bordeaux (Mérignac) and between Dijon-Bourgogne and Toulouse (Blagnac) pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes (1). |
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France has decided to impose a public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services operated between Dijon-Bourgogne and Bordeaux (Mérignac) and between Dijon-Bourgogne and Toulouse (Blagnac) pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes (1).

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| 2. | The public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services between Dijon-Bourgogne and Bordeaux (Mérignac) and between Dijon-Bourgogne and Toulouse (Blagnac) is as follows: |
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The public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services between Dijon-Bourgogne and Bordeaux (Mérignac) and between Dijon-Bourgogne and Toulouse (Blagnac) is as follows:

2.1.   Frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be:

| — | two return trips a day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 220 days a year, |
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two return trips a day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 220 days a year,

| — | one return trip on Sunday evening for 48 weeks a year. |
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one return trip on Sunday evening for 48 weeks a year.

From Monday to Friday, the services must be operated in the morning according to the following route: Dijon-Bordeaux-Toulouse-Dijon, and in the evening according to the following route: Dijon-Toulouse-Bordeaux-Dijon, without any other stopover in the morning or evening.

2.2.   Type of aircraft used and minimum capacity provided

The services must be operated with a pressurised aircraft with a minimum seating capacity of 28.

2.3.   Timetables

From Monday to Friday, the timetables must allow passengers to make a round trip within the day and to spend at least seven hours at their destination, be it Bordeaux, Toulouse or Dijon.

The timetables must allow transit passengers to take national or European connecting flights at Bordeaux or Toulouse.

2.4.   Flight bookings

The flights must be marketed by means of a computerised booking system.

2.5.   Continuity of service

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. In addition, the carrier must give a minimum of six months' advance notice before discontinuing the services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the abovementioned public service obligation may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.

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(1)  OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.

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