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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)771 final
Brussels,10December 1981
Amended
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerning theauthorization ofscheduledinterregional airservices
ofpassengers -mailandcargobetweenMemberStates
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncilonthebasisofArticle
149,2oftheEECTreaty)
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COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
Explanatory note
TheCommissionintroduced aproposalforaCouncilRegulation
concerningtheauthorisation ofinterregional airservicesbetween
MemberStatesinNovember1980.TheEuropeanParliament andtheEconomic
andSocialCommitteegavetheiropinionon16and28October1981
respectively .Inthelightoftheseopinionsandfollowingsomeaddi­
tionalworkintheCouncil'sworkinggrouponairtransport,the
Commissionhasdecidedtoamenditsproposalasprovidedforin
art.149oftheEECTreaty.TheCommission'sdraftdirectiveonair
faresof26October1981(*)willbeamendedinduetimesothat,when
itcomesintoforce,amendmentswillbeintroducedintothemeasure'
oninterregional airservicesforthepurposeofavoidingduplication
oftariffcriteriaandapprovalprocedures.
Detailedamendments
Art.6,par.3DraftingamendmentsuggestedbytheEuropeanParliament
Art.10:Amended:tofurtherclarifytheconsiderations towhichthe
Commission musthaveregardintakingadecisionandtoreducetheCom­
mission'stimetoreachsuchadecision.TheEuropeanParliamentintro­
ducedtwootheramendmentstothisarticlesuggestingthattheCommis-v
sion'sdecisionsshouldbeaccompanied byastatementofreasonsand
thatthestateofregistration oftheairlineshouldcomplywiththe
Commission'sdecisionswithinacertainperiod.Thesetwoamendments
havenotbeenacceptedbecausetheeffeetwishedfcytheEuropeanParliament
isalreadyachievedbytherelevantprovisionsoftheTreatyandthe
currentpracticeoftheCommission.
Art.12:Amended :tounderline,assuggestedbytheEconomicandSocial
Committee,theneedforairlinesoperatinginterregional airservices
torespectsocialrequirements inorderthatworkingconditionsdonot
deteriorate .
Art.13:DraftingamendmentsuggestedbytheEuropeanParliament.
Art.15:Amended :toupdatethetimetable,assuggestedbytheEuropean
Parliament .
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Art.16,1st
sub-par.:Amended:toupdatethetimetable,assuggestedbythe
EuropeanParliament.
Annextothedraftregulation :Amended:
i.toexcludefromthescopeoftheproposedregulationthemaininter­
continentalairportsoftheCommunity.Thepurposeistoavoidan
inordinatediversionofintercontinental trafficfromexisting
gatewaysandnottodisruptthemainintracommunity trunksroutes.
ThisamendmentwassuggestedbytheEuropeanParliament.
ii.ToclassifyLuxemburgairportascategory2insteadof1.
Inreaximingthecriteriausedfordetermining thecategorieof airports
whichwerebasedonthepercentageofinternational traffic,itwas
feltthat,sinceLuxemburgairportistheonlyairportofthecountry,
itsclassification ascategorie 1wouldinpracticeexcludeitfrom
thescopeoftheproposedregulation.Inadditionitstrafficvolume
isrelatively modest.ThispointhasbeenmadealsobytheLuxemburg
delegationduringthediscussions intheCouncil'sworkinggroup.

INITIALTEXTPROPOSED BY
THECOMMISSION\
AMENDEDTEXT
Articles 1to5:unchanged
Article6,par.1and2:unchanged
Article6,par.3
3.Thestateofregistration shallverify
theeconomicandtechnicalvialibility of
theCommuniryaircarrierandshallrefuse
authorization onlyifitisseriously
dissatisfied withtheresultsofthis
verification .Article6,par.3
3.Thestateofregistration shallverify
thefinancialstandingandtechnical
viabilityoftheCommunityaircarrier
andshallrefuseauthorization onlyif
itisseriouslydissatisfied withthe
resultsofthisverification .
Article6,par.4:unchanged
Article7to9:unchanged
Article10
Intheeventofadisputeconcerning
ttjeauthorization oforthetariffsforan
interregional airservice,thepartiesto
tljedisputeshallattempt,byamethodoftl^eirchoice,tosettlethedisputewithin
ttjreemonths.Ifdisagreementpersists
thereafteranyofthepartiesmayreferthe
disputetotheCommissionwithoutprejudice
t<jtheirrighttosubmitittoacompetent
cdurt.
4
2«Onreceiptofacase,asprovidedfor
ii}paragraph 1,theCommissionshallrequest
ttjepartiesandparticuarlytheStateresis­
tingauthorization tosubmittheirobserva­
tionsandallrelevantinformation .Itshall,
within2months,provideforjointconsulta­
tionoftheStatesaffected,theStateof
registration andtheCommunityaircarrier.
TheCommission mayalsoconsultuserrepre­
sentatives,airportsaffectedorindependent
experts.
3.TheCommissionshall,within5monthsof
receivingthecase,notifyitsdecisionto
theMemberStateconcernedandcommunicate
thatdecisiontotheotherparties.
4.ThedecisionoftheCommissionshall
bepublished.Article10
1.Intheeventof
authorization of_a
vice,theparties
attempttoreachaadisputeconcerningthe
ninterregional airser-
tothedisputeshall
settlement withinthree
monthsbyamethod
mayincludeanarboftheirchoicewhich
itrationprocedure.If
disagreement persi
thepartiesmayre
Commission without
tosubmitittoaststhereafter,anyof
ferthedisputetothe
prejudicetotheirright
competentcourt.'
2.Onreceiptofacase,asprovidedfor
inparagraph 1,theCommissionshallrequest
thepartiesandparticularly theState
resistingauthorization tosubmittheir
observations andallrelevantinformation .
Itshall,within2months,provideforjoint
consultation oftheStatesaffected,the
Stateofregistration andtheCommunityair
carrier.TheCommission mayalsoconsult
userrepresentatives ,airportsaffectedor
independent experts.
3.TheCommissionshalldetermine,inaccoi–
dancewiththecriterialaiddownbythis
regulation,whethertheproposedservice
shallbeauthorized .
4.TheCommissionshall,within4months
ofreceivingthecase,notifyitsdecision
totheMemberStatesandtneairlines.
5.ThedecisionoftheCommissionshall
bepublished.

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INITIALTEXTPROPOSED BY AMENDEDTEXT
THECOMMISSION
Article11:unchanged
Article12
Theprovisions ofthisRegulation shall
notprejudicethenationalandlocaltech­
nicalandoperational requirements ofthe
Statesconcerned,totheextentthatthese
requirements donotdiscriminate against
interregional airservices.
Article13
Communityaircarriersoperatinginterre­
gionalairservicescoveredbythisRegu­
lationshallineachStateaffectedenjoy
themostfavourable treatmentgrantedby
thatMemberStateonthesameorneigh­
bouringroutestootheraircarriers,in
particular withrespecttofuel,spares,
staffqualifications andsimilarmatters.Article12
Theprovisions ofthisRegulation shallnot
prejudicethenationalandlocaltechnical,
operational andsocialrequirements ofthe
Statesaffected,totheextentthatthese
requirements donotdiscriminate against
interregional airservices.
Article13
Communityaircarriersoperatingintei–
regionalairservicescoveredbythisRegu­
lationshallineachstateaffectedenjoy
themostfavourable treatmentgrantedbythat
memberstateonthesameorneighbouring routes
tootheraircarrierswithrespecttostaff
qualifications andgroundservicing agreements,
includingfuel,sparesandnavigational
services .
Article14:unchanged
Article15
Inthelightoftheexperience.acquired,
theCouncilmay,asfrom1January1984,
actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonapro­
posalfromtheCommission andaftercon­
sultingtheParliament,amendthepro­
visionsofthisregulation.
Article16,1stsubparagraph
Thisregulationshallenterintoforce
on1January1981.Article15
Inthelightoftheexperience acquired,
theCouncilmay,asfrom1January1985,
actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposal
fromtheCommission andafterconsulting the
Parliament,amendtheprovisions ofthis
regulation .
Article16,1stsubparagraph
Thisregulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1982.
secondsubparagraph :unchanged

AIRPORT CLASSIFICATIONAnnex
Initial text Amended text
Country Airport Airport Category
initial classificationAirport Category
amended classificatioi
BELG imi
Bruxelles-Zaventem
DTTfJT'AHK K/fbnhavn-Kas*trup
FRANCE
Paris-C.D.G.
Paris-Orly
Paris Bourget
Marseille-Karignane
Wice-COte d'Azur
Lyon-Satolas
Bâie-Mulhouse1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2unchanged
unchanged
GEFKA?7Y (Fed*Rep. )
Frankfurt /Main
Diïsceldorf
München
Hamburg
Stuttgart
Köln/öonni
2<
2<
2<
2'unchanged
IRELANDAthmai
Thessaloniki
Dublin
Shannon1
2
1
2
ITALYRome Piumicmo
Roraa-Ciampino
Milano-Linat e
Milano-Malpensa
Napoli Capodi chino
Venezia Tessera
Rimini
Catania Fontanarossa
LUXECTOURG
Luxembourg
KETTCRI.A.'ND S
Aasterdam-Shiphol
UHITFD XPTCS OM
Londor.-Heathrow
London-Gatwick
Manchester
Luton
Birmingham
Glasgow
Allother airports :i
lx
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1<
2<
2<
2(
2'unchanged
unchanged
unchanged