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practicalimplementation oftheDirectivewithinfive
years,settingoutindetailwhethertheobjectivesoftheDirectivehavebeenachievedandanalyzingthestateof
theEurope-wideDSRRmarket.
DoneatBrussels,27November1991.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
FrancoisSTAEDELIN
OpinionontheCommissionproposalforaCouncilDecisionconcerninganAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,theKingdomofNorwayandtheKingdomof
Swedenoncivilaviation
92/C40/11
On7October1991theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle84(2)oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforTransportandCommunications ,whichwasresponsibleforpreparingthe
Committee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon13November1991.TheRapporteur
wasMrBoGreen.
Atits291stplenarysession(meetingof27November1991),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeunanimouslyadoptedthefollowingOpinion.
—containprovisionsforconsultation ,
—andsetoutprovisionsregardingtheentryintoforce
andreviewoftheAgreement.
1.3.1.OntheJointCommitteereferredtoin
Chapter4,theCommission—inconjunctionwithrep­
resentativesoftheMemberStates—representstheEC.1.Introduction—Commissionproposal
1.1.FurthertotheCouncilDecisionof18-19June
1990theCommissionconductednegotiationswitha
jointdelegationfromNorwayandSwedenandconsen­
suswasreachedonanAgreementwherebyallCom­
munitylegislationaffectingtheair-transportsector
wouldbeapplicableinNorwayandSweden.
1.2.SincetheAgreementisseenasacomponent
ofthecommoncommercialpolicy,thelegalbaseis
Article113oftheTreaty.
1.3.TheproposedAgreement'ssixchapters:
—dealwiththescopeoftheAgreement,
—containatranscriptionoftheTreaty'scompetition
rules,
—concerntheCommission'spowers,
—establishaJointCommittee,2.Generalcomments
2.1.TheCommitteelargelyagreeswiththethrustof
theCommission'sproposal,especiallyinthelightof
theEC-European FreeTradeAssociation (EFTA)
CooperationAgreementconcludedon21October1991.
2.2.InitsDecisionof7October1991theCouncil
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decidedtoconsulttheEuropeanParliament,drawing
thelatter'sattentiontotheproblemsconnectedwith
theproposal'slegalbase.
2.2.1.TheCommitteefeelsthatittooshouldbe
consultedonthismatter.
2.3.Inthisconnection,itwouldrefertoitsOpinion
of19September1990ontheCommissionproposalfor
aCouncilDecisiononaconsultationandauthorization
procedureforagreementsconcerningcommercialavi­
ationrelationsbetweenMemberStatesandthird
countries(Rapporteur :MrMoreland)(1).
2.3.1.ThisESCOpinion,whichwasadoptedunani­
mously,statesthatthelegalbase(Art.113)isclearly
questionableandinsteadrecommendsArticle84(2).
2.3.2.Theargumentthatheldgoodfortheprevious
proposalisevenstrongerinthecaseoftheproposed
CivilAviationAgreement,whichisessentiallypurelya
transportmatter.
2.3.3.TheearlierESCOpinionpointsoutthat:'a)theexclusiveapplicationofArticle113would
runcountertocaselawoftheCourtofJustice
(particularlythejudgementof27September
1988—Case165-87);
b)thereisanautonomousandclearlydefined
positionoftheCommonTransportPolicyvis­
a-visotherCommunitypolicies,inparticular
thoseinvolvingtraderelations;otherwise,
transportpolicyissueswouldbedictatedby
overallcommunitycommercialpolicyandthe
specificcharacteristicsofthetransportsector
willnotbetakenintoaccount;
c)commercialandtechnicalaspectsoftransport
areofteninterdependent andcannoteasilybe
treatedsatisfactorilyunderseparatepartsofthe
Treaty;
d)thescopeofArticle113isnotpreciselydefined
anditsuseinthetransportsectorwouldbe
contrarytotheneedforcoherenceinthedevel­
opmentofeachCommunitypolicyandforlegal
clarityinrespectoftheirimplementation and
decision-making procedures.'
2.4.AsintheaboveOpinion,theCommitteethere­
forerecommendsArticle84(2)oftheTreatyaslegal
basefortheproposedAgreement . (i)OJNoC332,31.12.1990,p.35.
DoneatBrussels,27November1991.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
FrancoisSTAEDELIN