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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1055 of 30 June 2015 concerning the consistency of certain targets included in            the national or functional airspace block plans submitted by Switzerland pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European            Parliament and of the Council with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period (notified under document            C(2015) 4403) (Only the French, German and Italian texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1055                     

# of 30 June 2015

# concerning the consistency of certain targets included in the national or functional airspace block plans submitted by Switzerland                        pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council with the Union-wide performance targets                        for the second reference period                     

# *(notified under document C(2015) 4403)*

# (Only the French, German and Italian texts are authentic)

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport (the Agreement)(1),                        

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the                           framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation)(2), as incorporated into the Agreement, and in particular Article 11(3)(c) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, as incorporated into the Agreement, the Member States and Switzerland are to adopt                              national or functional airspace block (‘FAB’) plans, including binding national targets or targets at the level of FABs, ensuring                              consistency with the Union-wide performance targets. That Regulation also provides that the Commission is to assess the consistency                              of those targets on the basis of the assessment criteria referred to in point (d) of its Article 11(6) and that the Commission                              may decide to issue recommendations in case it identifies that those criteria have not been met. Detailed rules in this regard                              have been set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013(3).

(2)Union-wide performance targets in the key performance areas of safety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency for the second                              reference period (2015-2019) were adopted by Commission Implementing Decision 2014/132/EU(4).

(3)Switzerland submitted to the Commission the performance plan, at FAB level, in this case FAB Europe Central (‘FABEC’), on                              30 June 2014. For its assessment, the Commission has based itself on the information submitted in the performance plan.

(4)The Performance Review Body, which is charged with assisting the Commission in the implementation of the performance scheme                              pursuant to Article 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, submitted an initial assessment report to the Commission                              on 7 October 2014 and an updated version of that report on 15 December 2014. The Commission further received from the Performance                              Review Body reports based on information from national supervisory authorities on the monitoring of the performance plans                              and targets submitted in accordance with Article 18(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(5)Concerning the key performance area of safety, the consistency of the targets submitted by Switzerland, as laid down in the                              FABEC performance plan, regarding the effectiveness of safety management and the application of severity classification on                              the basis of the Risk Analysis Tool (RAT) methodology has been assessed, in accordance with the principles laid down in point                              2 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013. That assessment has demonstrated that those targets are consistent                              with the relevant Union-wide performance target.

(6)Concerning the key performance area of environment, the consistency of the targets submitted by Switzerland, as laid down                              in the FABEC performance plan, has been assessed, in accordance with the principles laid down in point 3 of Annex IV to Implementing                              Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, by using the respective FAB reference values for horizontal *en route* flight efficiency of the actual trajectory that, when applied, ensure at Union level that the Union-wide performance target                              is met, calculated by the Network Manager and set out in the Network Operations Plan (2014-2018/2019) in its most recent version                              of June 2014 (‘Network Operations Plan’). That assessment has demonstrated that those targets are consistent with the relevant                              Union-wide performance target.

(7)Therefore, the Commission considers that the targets included in the performance plan drawn up by Switzerland as regards FABEC                              are consistent with the Union-wide performance targets in the key performance areas of safety and environment. Therefore,                              in relation to all those targets, there is no need to issue recommendations that the national supervisory authority concerned                              propose revised targets. With respect to the targets submitted by Switzerland in the key performance areas of capacity and                              cost-efficiency, as laid down in the FABEC performance plan, that are not consistent with the relevant Union-wide performance                              targets, the Commission has issued recommendations to revise those targets, as set out in the Commission Implementing Decision                              concerning inconsistency of targets submitted by Switzerland.

(8)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The performance targets concerning the key performance areas of safety and environment included in the FABEC performance plan                     submitted by Switzerland pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, as incorporated in the Agreement, listed in the Annex, are                     consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period set out in Implementing Decision 2014/132/EU.                  

# Article 2U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Swiss Confederation.

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2015.

*For the Commission*                            

Violeta Bulc                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEXU.K.**Performance targets in the key performance areas of safety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency included in the national                           or functional airspace block plans submitted by Switzerland pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 found to be consistent                           with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period**

### KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF SAFETYU.K.

#### **Effectiveness of Safety Management (EOSM) and the application of the severity classification based on the Risk Analysis Tool                           (RAT) methodology**

#### Abbreviations:U.K.

:

Management objective ‘safety culture’ as referred to in point 1.1(a) of Section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU)                        No 390/2013                     

:

Management objectives as listed in point 1.1(a) of Section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 other                        than ‘safety culture’                     

:

Runway incursions

:

Separation minima infringements

:

ATM-specific occurrences

### KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTU.K.

#### **Horizontal *en route* flight efficiency of the actual trajectory**

1

OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 73.                           

2

OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1.                           

3

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 of 3 May 2013 laying down a performance scheme for air navigation services                              and network functions (OJ L 128, 9.5.2013, p. 1).                           

4

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/132/EU of 11 March 2014 setting the Union-wide performance targets for the air traffic                              management network and alert thresholds for the second reference period 2015-19 (OJ L 71, 12.3.2014, p. 20).