# C_2022134EN.01002801.xml

| 25.3.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 134/28 |
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25.3.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 134/28

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Notification by Italy of the application of Article 19 (2) of Regulation 1008/2008 concerning traffic distribution rules between the airports of Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate.

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 134/07)

Pursuant to Article 19 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community (1), on 22 February 2022 the Commission received notification from Italy of a draft Decree amending the existing traffic distribution rule (2) for the airports of Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate. The proposed rule, when adopted and entered into force, will distribute traffic between the above mentioned airports on the following basis:

| ‘1. | Air carriers may operate point-to-point scheduled routes, using narrow-body aircraft, between Milan Linate airport and other airports in the European Union, or airports belonging to a State which has entered into a vertical-type agreement with the European Union regulating its air services and which are also located within a radius of 1 500 km — measured according to the great circle route method — from Milan Linate airport, within the limits of the defined operating capacity of Milan Linate airport. Only the following air carriers may operate such routes:







  (a) | carriers defined as Community air carriers under Article 2(10) and (11) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 and meeting the requirements laid down by the competent aviation authorities, in accordance with that Regulation; |
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‘1.

Air carriers may operate point-to-point scheduled routes, using narrow-body aircraft, between Milan Linate airport and other airports in the European Union, or airports belonging to a State which has entered into a vertical-type agreement with the European Union regulating its air services and which are also located within a radius of 1 500 km — measured according to the great circle route method — from Milan Linate airport, within the limits of the defined operating capacity of Milan Linate airport. Only the following air carriers may operate such routes:

(a)

carriers defined as Community air carriers under Article 2(10) and (11) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 and meeting the requirements laid down by the competent aviation authorities, in accordance with that Regulation;

| (b) | carriers designated by a country to operate air services based on a vertical-type agreement entered into by that country with the European Union, provided that the route concerns an airport within a radius of 1 500 km — measured according to the great circle route method — from Milan Linate airport. |
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(b)

carriers designated by a country to operate air services based on a vertical-type agreement entered into by that country with the European Union, provided that the route concerns an airport within a radius of 1 500 km — measured according to the great circle route method — from Milan Linate airport.

| 2. | To guarantee compliance with the provisions of paragraph 1, the distribution and sale of tickets and the carriage of passengers on point-to-point routes flying from or to Milan Linate airport shall be permitted only in respect of airports located within the geographical boundaries defined by paragraph 1.’ |
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To guarantee compliance with the provisions of paragraph 1, the distribution and sale of tickets and the carriage of passengers on point-to-point routes flying from or to Milan Linate airport shall be permitted only in respect of airports located within the geographical boundaries defined by paragraph 1.’

The Commission invites interested parties to submit their comments within 20 days of publication of this communication, to:

Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (Unit E1 aviation policy) European Commission

MOVE-TRAFFIC-DISTRIBUTION-RULES@ec.europa.eu

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(1)  OJ L 293, 31.10.2008, p. 3.

(2)  Decree No 15 of the Minister for Transport and Navigation of 3 March 2000

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