01993R0095 — GA — 26.10.2022 — 011.002

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 95/93

of 18 January 1993

on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports







Article 1

Scope

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1. This Regulation shall apply to Community airports.

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2. The application of this Regulation to the airport of Gibraltar is understood to be without prejudice to the respective legal positions of the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom with regard to the dispute over sovereignty over the territory in which the airport is situated.

3. Application of the provisions of this Regulation to Gibraltar airport shall be suspended until the arrangements in the joint declarations made by the Foreign Ministers of the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom on 2 December 1987 have come into operation. The Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom will so inform the Council of that date.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation:

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(a) ‘slot’ shall mean the permission given by a coordinator in accordance with this Regulation to use the full range of airport infrastructure necessary to operate an air service at a coordinated airport on a specific date and time for the purpose of landing or take-off as allocated by a coordinator in accordance with this Regulation;

(b) ‘new entrant’ shall mean: (i) an air carrier requesting, as part of a series of slots, a slot at an airport on any day, where, if the carrier's request were accepted, it would in total hold fewer than five slots at that airport on that day, or (ii) an air carrier requesting a series of slots for a non-stop scheduled passenger service between two Community airports where at most two other air carriers operate the same non-stop scheduled service between these airports or airport systems on that day, where, if the air carrier's request were accepted, the air carrier would nonetheless hold fewer than five slots at that airport on that day for that non-stop service, or (iii) an air carrier requesting a series of slots at an airport for a non-stop scheduled passenger service between that airport and a regional airport where no other air carrier operates a direct scheduled passenger service between these airports or airport systems on that day, where, if the air carrier's request were accepted, the air carrier would nonetheless hold fewer than five slots at that airport on that day for that non-stop service. An air carrier holding more than 5 % of the total slots available on the day in question at a particular airport, or more than 4 % of the total slots available on the day in question in an airport system of which that airport forms part, shall not be considered as a new entrant at that airport;

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(ba) ►M10 le linn na tréimhse ón 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 go dtí an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023, ciallóidh ‘iontrálaí nua’: ◄ (i) aeriompróir a iarrfaidh, mar chuid de shraith sliotán, sliotán ag aerfort aon lá ar bith, dá mba rud é, i gcás go nglacfaí le hiarraidh an aeriompróra, go mbeadh níos lú ná seacht sliotán ar an iomlán aige ag an aerfort sin an lá sin; nó (ii) aeriompróir a iarrfaidh sraith sliotán chun seirbhís sceidealta gan stad a oibriú do phaisinéirí idir dhá aerfort an Aontais, i gcás ina bhfuil dhá aeriompróir eile ar a mhéid ag oibriú na seirbhíse sceidealta céanna gan stad idir na haerfoirt sin an lá sin, agus dá mba rud é, i gcás go nglacfaí le hiarraidh an aeriompróra, go mbeadh, ina ainneoin sin, níos lú ná naoi sliotán i seilbh an aeriompróra ag an aerfort sin an lá sin don tseirbhís gan stad sin. Ní mheasfar gur iontrálaí nua ag an aerfort sin é aeriompróir a bhfuil, i gcomhpháirt lena mháthairghnóthas, lena fhoghnóthais féin nó le foghnóthais a mháthairghnóthais, níos mó ná 10 % d’iomlán na sliotán arna leithroinnt an lá i dtrácht ag aerfort áirithe ina seilbh aige;

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(c) ‘direct air service’ shall mean a service between two airports including stopovers with the same aircraft and same flight number;

(d) ‘scheduling period’ shall mean either the summer or winter season as used in the schedules of air carriers;

(e) ‘Community air carrier’ shall mean an air carrier with a valid operating licence issued by a Member State in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers ( 1 );

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(f) (i) ►M10 ciallóidh ‘aeriompróir’ gnóthas aeriompair a bhfuil ceadúnas bailí oibríochta nó a choibhéis aige an 31 Eanáir ar a dhéanaí don tréimhse sceidealaithe samhraidh ina dhiaidh sin nó an 31 Lúnasa don tréimhse sceidealaithe gheimhridh dá éis sin; chun críoch Airteagail 4, 8, 8a, 10 agus 10a, áireofar freisin sa sainmhíniú ar aeriompróir oibreoirí eitlíochta gnó, nuair a oibríonn siad de réir sceidil; chun críocha Airteagail 7 agus 14, beidh gach oibreoir aerárthaí sibhialta ar áireamh sa sainmhíniú ar aeriompróir; ◄ (ii) ‘group of air carriers’ shall mean two or more air carriers which together perform joint operations, franchise operations or code-sharing for the purpose of operating a specific air service;

(g) ‘coordinated airport’ shall mean any airport where, in order to land or take off, it is necessary for an air carrier or any other aircraft operator to have been allocated a slot by a coordinator, with the exception of State flights, emergency landings and humanitarian flights;

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(h) ‘airport system’ shall mean two or more airports grouped together and serving the same city or conurbation, as indicated in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92;

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(i) ‘schedules facilitated airport’ shall mean an airport where there is potential for congestion at some periods of the day, week or year which is amenable to resolution by voluntary cooperation between air carriers and where a schedules facilitator has been appointed to facilitate the operations of air carriers operating services or intending to operate services at that airport;

(j) ‘managing body of an airport’ shall mean the body which, in conjunction with other activities or otherwise, has the task under national laws or regulations of administering and managing the airport facilities and coordinating and controlling the activities of the various operators present at the airport or within the airport system concerned;

(k) ‘series of slots’ shall mean at least five slots having been requested for the same time on the same day of the week regularly in the same scheduling period and allocated in that way or, if that is not possible, allocated at approximately the same time;

(l) ‘business aviation’ shall mean that sector of general aviation which concerns the operation or use of aircraft by companies for the carriage of passengers or goods as an aid to the conduct of their business, where the aircraft are flown for purposes generally considered not for public hire and are piloted by individuals having, at a minimum, a valid commercial pilot license with an instrument rating;

(m) ‘coordination parameters’ shall mean the expression in operational terms of all the capacity available for slot allocation at an airport during each coordination period, reflecting all technical, operational and environmental factors that affect the performance of the airport infrastructure and its different sub-systems;

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(n) ciallóidh ‘paraiméadair chomhordaithe COVID-19’ paraiméadair chomhordaithe athbhreithnithe as a n-eascraíonn laghdú ar acmhainneacht aerfoirt atá ar fáil ag aerfort comhordaithe mar thoradh ar bhearta sláintíocha sonracha arna bhforchur ag na Ballstáit mar fhreagairt ar ghéarchéim COVID-19.

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Article 3

Conditions for airport coordination

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1. (a) A Member State shall be under no obligation to designate any airport as schedules facilitated or coordinated save in accordance with the provisions of this Article. (b) A Member State shall not designate an airport as coordinated save in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3.

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2. ►M3 ◄ provided that principles of transparency, neutrality and non-discrimination are met. A Member State may, however, provide for any airport to be designated as aschedules facilitated airportprovided that principles of transparency, neutrality and non-discrimination are met.

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3. The Member State responsible shall ensure that a thorough capacity analysis is carried out at an airport with no designation status or at a schedules facilitated airport by the managing body of that airport or by any other competent body when that Member State considers it necessary, or within six months: (i) following a written request from air carriers representing more than half of the operations at an airport or from the managing body of the airport when either considers that capacity is insufficient for actual or planned operations at certain periods; or (ii) upon request from the Commission, in particular where an airport is in reality accessible only for air carriers that have been allocated slots or where air carriers and in particular new entrants encounter serious problems in securing landing and take off possibilities at the airport in question.

This analysis, based on commonly recognised methods, shall determine any shortfall in capacity, taking into account environmental constraints at the airport in question. The analysis shall consider the possibilities of overcoming such shortfall through new or modified infrastructure, operational changes, or any other change, and the time frame envisaged to resolve the problems. It shall be updated if paragraph 5 has been invoked, or when there are changes at the airport influencing significantly its capacity and capacity usage. Both the analysis and the method used shall be made available to the parties having requested the analysis and, upon request, to other interested parties. The analysis shall be communicated to the Commission at the same time.

4. On the basis of the analysis, the Member State shall consult on the capacity situation at the airport with the managing body of the airport, the air carriers using the airport regularly, their representative organisations, representatives of general aviation using the airport regularly and air traffic control authorities.

5. Where capacity problems occur for at least one scheduling period, the Member State shall ensure that the airport is designated as coordinated for the relevant periods only if: (a) the shortfall is of such a serious nature that significant delays cannot be avoided at the airport, and (b) there are no possibilities of resolving these problems in the short term.

6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, Member States may, in exceptional circumstances, designate as coordinated the airports affected for the appropriate period.

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►M3 ◄ 7. ►M3 ◄ , its desgination as a fully coordinated airport shall be lifted. When a capacity sufficient to meet actual or planned operations is provided at acoordinated airport, its desgination as a fully coordinated airport shall be lifted.

Article 4

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The schedules facilitator and the coordinator

1. The Member State responsible for a schedules facilitated or coordinated airport shall ensure the appointment of a qualified natural or legal person as schedules facilitator or airport coordinator respectively after having consulted the air carriers using the airport regularly, their representative organisations and the managing body of the airport and the coordination committee, where such a committee exists. The same schedules facilitator or coordinator may be appointed for more than one airport.

2. The Member State responsible for a schedules facilitated or coordinated airport shall ensure: (a) that at a schedules facilitated airport, the schedules facilitator acts under this Regulation in an independent, neutral, non-discriminatory and transparent manner; (b) the independence of the coordinator at a coordinated airport by separating the coordinator functionally from any single interested party. The system of financing the coordinators' activities shall be such as to guarantee the coordinator's independent status; (c) that the coordinator acts according to this Regulation in a neutral, non-discriminatory and transparent way.

3. The schedules facilitator and the coordinator shall participate in such international scheduling conferences of air carriers as are permitted by Community law.

4. The schedules facilitator shall advise air carriers and recommend alternative arrival and/or departure times when congestion is likely to occur.

5. The coordinator shall be the sole person responsible for the allocation of slots. He shall allocate the slots in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and shall make provision so that, in an emergency, slots can also be allocated outside office hours.

6. The schedules facilitator shall monitor the conformity of air carriers' operations with the schedules recommended to them. The coordinator shall monitor the conformity of air carriers' operations with the slots allocated to them. These conformity checks shall be carried out in cooperation with the managing body of the airport and with the air traffic control authorities and shall take into account the time and other relevant parameters relating to the airport concerned. The coordinator shall submit on request to the Member States concerned and to the Commission an annual activity report, concerning, in particular, the application of Articles 8a and 14, as well as any complaints regarding the application of Articles 8 and 10 submitted to the coordination committee and the steps taken to resolve them.

7. All schedules facilitators and coordinators shall cooperate to detect inconsistencies in schedules.

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►M3 ◄ 8. ►M3 ◄ The coordinator shall on request and within a reasonable time make available free of charge for review to interested parties, in particular to members or observers of the coordination committee, either in written form or in any other easily accessible form, the following information:

(a) historical slots by airline, chronologically, for all air carriers at the airport,

(b) requested slots (initial submissions), by air carriers and chronologically, for all air carriers,

(c) all allocated slots, and outstanding slot requests, listed individually in chronologcial order, by air carriers, for all air carriers,

(d) remaining available slots,

(e) full details on the criteria being used in the allocation.

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9. The information referred to in paragraph 8 shall be made available at the latest at the time of the relevant scheduling conferences and as appropriate during the conferences and thereafter. On request, the coordinator shall provide such information in a summarised format. A cost-related fee may be charged for the provision of such summarised information.

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10. Where relevant and generally accepted schedules information standards are available, the schedules facilitator, the coordinator and the air carriers shall apply them provided that they comply with Community law.

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Article 5

Coordination committee

1. At a coordinated airport, the Member State responsible shall ensure that a coordination committee is set up. The same coordination committee may be designated for more than one airport. Membership of this committee shall be open at least to the air carriers using the airport(s) in question regularly and their representative organisations, the managing body of the airport concerned, the relevant air traffic control authorities and the representatives of general aviation using the airport regularly.

The tasks of the coordination committee shall be:

(a) to make proposals concerning or advise the coordinator and/or the Member State on: — the possibilities for increasing the capacity of the airport determined in accordance with Article 3 or for improving its usage; — the coordination parameters to be determined in accordance with Article 6; — the methods of monitoring the use of allocated slots; — local guidelines for the allocation of slots or the monitoring of the use of allocated slots, taking into account, inter alia, possible environmental concerns, as provided for in Article 8(5); — improvements to traffic conditions prevailing at the airport in question; — serious problems encountered by new entrants, as provided for in Article 10(9); — all questions relating to the capacity of the airport;

(b) to mediate between all parties concerned on complaints on the allocation of slots, as provided for in Article 11.

2. Member State representatives and the coordinator shall be invited to the meetings of the coordination committee as observers.

3. The coordination committee shall draw up written rules of procedure covering, inter alia participation, elections, the frequency of meetings, and language(s) used. Any member of the coordination committee may propose local guidelines as provided for in Article 8(5). At the request of the coordinator, the coordination committee shall discuss suggested local guidelines for the allocation of slots as well as those suggested for the monitoring of the use of allocated slots. A report of the discussions in the coordination committee shall be submitted to the Member State concerned with an indication of the respective positions stated within the committee.

Article 6

Coordination parameters

1. At a coordinated airport the Member State responsible shall ensure the determination of the parameters for slot allocation twice yearly, while taking account of all relevant technical, operational and environmental constraints as well as any changes thereto.

This exercise shall be based on an objective analysis of the possibilities of accommodating the air traffic, taking into account the different types of traffic at the airport, the airspace congestion likely to occur during the coordination period and the capacity situation.

The parameters shall be communicated to the airport coordinator in good time before the initial slot allocation takes place for the purpose of scheduling conferences.

2. For the purpose of the exercise referred to in paragraph 1, where the Member State does not do so, the coordinator shall define relevant coordination time intervals after consultation of the coordination committee and in conformity with the established capacity.

3. The determination of the parameters and the methodology used as well as any changes thereto shall be discussed in detail within the coordination committee with a view to increasing the capacity and number of slots available for allocation, before a final decision on the parameters for slot allocation is taken. All relevant documents shall be made available on request to interested parties.

Article 7

Information for schedules facilitators and coordinators

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1. Beidh ar aeriompróirí a bhíonn ag oibriú nó a bhfuil sé beartaithe acu oibriú ag aerfort éascaithe sceideal nó ag aerfort comhordaithe gach faisnéis ábhartha a iarrfar orthu a chur chuig an éascaitheoir sceideal nó chuig an gcomhordaitheoir faoi seach. Cuirfear an fhaisnéis ábhartha go léir ar fáil san fhormáid agus faoin teorainn ama atá sonraithe ag an éascaitheoir sceideal nó ag an gcomhordaitheoir. Go háirithe, cuirfidh an t-aeriompróir in iúl don chomhordaitheoir, tráth a n-iarrfar an leithroinnt, i dtaobh an mbainfeadh sé sochar as stádas iontrálaí nua, i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 2(b) nó (ba),i ndáil le sliotáin iarrtha.

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For all other airports with no particular designation status, the managing body of the airport shall provide, when requested by a coordinator, any information in its possession about the planned services of air carriers.

2. Where an air carrier fails to provide the information referred to in paragraph 1, unless it can satisfactorily demonstrate that mitigating circumstances exist, or provides false or misleading information, the coordinator shall not take into consideration the slot request or requests by that air carrier to which the missing, false or misleading information relates. The coordinator shall give that air carrier the opportunity to submit its observations.

3. The schedules facilitator or the coordinator, the managing body of the airport and the air traffic control authorities shall exchange all the information they require for the exercise of their respective duties, including flight data and slots.

Article 8

Process of slot allocation

1. Series of slots are allocated from the slot pool to applicant carriers as permissions to use the airport infrastructure for the purpose of landing or take-off for the scheduling period for which they are requested, at the expiry of which they have to be returned to the slot pool as set up according to the provisions of Article 10.

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2. Gan dochar d’Airteagail 7, 8a ná 9, Airteagal 10(1) ná Airteagal 14, ní bheidh feidhm ag mír 1 den Airteagal seo i gcás ina gcomhlíontar na coinníollacha seo a leanas: ▼M3 — a series of slots has been used by an air carrier for the operation of scheduled and programmed non-scheduled air services, and — that air carrier can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the coordinator that the series of slots in question has been operated, as cleared by the coordinator, by that air carrier for at least 80 % of the time during the scheduling period for which it has been allocated.

In such case that series of slots shall entitle the air carrier concerned to the same series of slots in the next equivalent scheduling period, if requested by that air carrier within the time-limit referred to in Article 7(1).

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2a. Le linn na tréimhse ón 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 go dtí an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023, agus faoi réir acmhainneacht a bheith ar fáil ag an aerfort, déanfar sraith sliotán a chuirfear ar ais sa chomhthiomsú sliotán i gcomhréir le mír 1 den Airteagal seo ag deireadh na tréimhse sceidealaithe (‘an tréimhse sceidealaithe thagartha’) a leithroinnt, arna iarraidh sin, don chéad tréimhse sceidealaithe choibhéiseach eile, ar aeriompróir a d’oibrigh ar a laghad cúig shliotán den tsraith sin tar éis chur i bhfeidhm Airteagal 10a(7) le linn na tréimhse sceidealaithe thagartha.

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I gcás ina gcomhlíonann níos mó ná iarratasóir amháin ceanglais na chéad fhomhíre, tabharfar tosaíocht don aeriompróir a d’oibrigh an líon is mó sliotán den tsraith sin.

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3. Without prejudice to Article 10(2), in a situation where all slot requests cannot be accommodated to the satisfaction of the air carriers concerned, preference shall be given to commercial air services and in particular to scheduled services and programmed non-scheduled air services. In the case of competing requests within the same category of services, priority shall be given for year round operations.

4. Re-timing of series of slots before the allocation of the remaining slots from the pool referred to in Article 10 to the other applicant air carriers shall be accepted only for operational reasons or if slot timings of applicant air carriers would be improved in relation to the timings initially requested. It shall not take effect prior to the express confirmation by the coordinator.

5. The coordinator shall also take into account additional rules and guidelines established by the air transport industry world-wide or Community-wide as well as local guidelines proposed by the coordination committee and approved by the Member State or any other competent body responsible for the airport in question, provided that such rules and guidelines do not affect the independent status of the coordinator, comply with Community law and aim at improving the efficient use of airport capacity. These rules shall be communicated by the Member State in question to the Commission.

6. If a requested slot cannot be accommodated, the coordinator shall inform the requesting air carrier of the reasons therefor and shall indicate the nearest available alternative slot.

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6a. Laistigh den tréimhse ar lena linn a bheidh feidhm ag paraiméadair chomhordaithe COVID-19 agus chun cur i bhfeidhm cuí paraiméadair chomhordaithe den sórt sin a chumasú, féadfaidh an comhordaitheoir, tar éis dó an aeriompróir lena mbaineann a éisteacht, amchlár sliotán iarrtha nó leithroinnte a thagann faoin tréimhse ón 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 go dtí an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023 a leasú nó iad a chur ar cheal. Sa chomhthéacs sin, cuirfidh an comhordaitheoir na rialacha agus treoirlínte breise dá dtagraítear i mír 5 san áireamh, faoi réir na gcoinníollacha a leagtar síos iontu.

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7. The coordinator shall, in addition to the planned slot allocation for the scheduling period, endeavour to accommodate single slot requests with short notice for any type of aviation, including general aviation. To this end, slots remaining in the pool referred to in Article 10 after distribution among the applicant carriers and slots available at short notice may be used.

Article 8a

Slot mobility

1. Slots may be: (a) transferred by an air carrier from one route or type of service to another route or type of service operated by that same air carrier; (b) transferred: (i) between parent and subsidiary companies, and between subsidiaries of the same parent company, (ii) as part of the acquisition of control over the capital of an air carrier, (iii) in the case of a total or partial take-over when the slots are directly related to the air carrier taken over; (c) exchanged, one for one, between air carriers.

2. The transfers or exchanges referred to in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the coordinator and shall not take effect prior to the express confirmation by the coordinator. The coordinator shall decline to confirm the transfers or exchanges if they are not in conformity with the requirements of this Regulation and if the coordinator is not satisfied that: (a) airport operations would not be prejudiced, taking into account all technical, operational and environmental constraints; (b) limitations imposed according to Article 9 are respected; (c) a transfer of slots does not fall within the scope of paragraph 3.

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3. (a) Ní fhéadfar sliotáin arna leithroinnt ar iontrálaí nua mar atá sainmhínithe in Airteagal 2(b) nó (ba) a aistriú de réir mar a fhoráiltear dóibh i mír 1(b) den Airteagal seo ar feadh tréimhse arb ionann í agus dhá thréimhse sceidealaithe choibhéiseacha, ach amháin i gcás táthcheangal gníomhaíochtaí gnóthais fhéimhithe, rud atá údaraithe de réir an dlí. (b) Ní fhéadfar sliotáin arna leithroinnt ar iontrálaí nua mar atá sainmhínithe in Airteagal 2(b)(ii) agus (iii) nó in Airteagal 2(ba)(ii) a aistriú go haerbhealach eile dá bhforáiltear i mír 1(a) den Airteagal seo do thréimhse arb ionann í agus dhá thréimhse sceidealaithe choibhéiseacha ach amháin dá mba rud é gur tugadh an tosaíocht chéanna don iontrálaí nua ar an aerbhealach nua agus a tugadh dó ar an aerbhealach tosaigh. (c) Ní fhéadfar sliotáin arna leithroinnt ar iontrálaí nua mar atá sainmhínithe in Airteagal 2(b) nó (ba) a mhalartú de réir mar a fhoráiltear dóibh i mír 1(c) den Airteagal seo ar feadh tréimhse arb ionann í agus dhá thréimhse sceidealaithe choibhéiseacha, ach amháin chun amchlár na sliotán a fheabhsú do na seirbhísí seo i ndáil leis na hamchláir a iarradh i dtosach.

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Article 8b

Exclusion of compensation claims

The entitlement to series of slots referred to in Article 8(2) shall not give rise to any claims for compensation in respect of any limitation, restriction or elimination thereof imposed under Community law, in particular in application of the rules of the Treaty relating to air transport. This Regulation shall not affect the powers of public authorities to require the transfer of slots between air carriers and to direct how these are allocated pursuant to national competition law or to Articles 81 or 82 of the Treaty or Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings ( 2 ). These transfers can only take place without monetary compensation.

Article 9

Public service obligations

1. Where public service obligations have been imposed on a route in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, a Member State may reserve at a coordinated airport the slots required for the operations envisaged on that route. If the reserved slots on the route concerned are not used, they shall be made available to any other air carrier interested in operating the route in accordance with the public service obligations, subject to paragraph 2. If no other carrier is interested in operating the route and the Member State concerned does not issue a call for tenders under Article 4(1)(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, the slots shall either be reserved for another route subject to public service obligations or be returned to the pool.

2. The tender procedure established in Article 4(1)(d) to (g) and 4(1)(i) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 shall be applied for the use of the slots referred to in paragraph 1 above if more than one Community air carrier is interested in serving the route and has not been able to obtain slots within one hour before or after the times requested from the coordinator.

Article 10

Slot pool

1. The coordinator shall set up a pool, which shall contain all the slots not allocated on the basis of Article 8(2) and 8(4). All new slot capacity determined pursuant to Article 3(3) shall be placed in the pool.

2. A series of slots that has been allocated to an air carrier for the operation of a scheduled or a programmed non-scheduled air service shall not entitle that air carrier to the same series of slots in the next equivalent scheduling period if the air carrier cannot demonstrate to the satisfaction of the coordinator that they have been operated, as cleared by the coordinator, by that air carrier for at least 80 % of the time during the scheduling period for which they have been allocated.

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3. Slots allocated to an air carrier before 31 January for the following summer season, or before 31 August for the following winter season, but which are returned to the coordinator for reallocation before those dates shall not be taken into account for the purposes of the usage calculation.

4. If the 80 % usage of the series of slots cannot be demonstrated, all the slots constituting that series shall be placed in the slot pool, unless the non-utilisation can be justified on the basis of any of the following reasons: (a) unforeseeable and unavoidable circumstances outside the air carrier's control leading to: — grounding of the aircraft type generally used for the air service in question; — closure of an airport or airspace; — serious disturbance of operations at the airports concerned, including those series of slots at other Community airports related to routes which have been affected by such disturbance, during a substantial part of the relevant scheduling period; (b) interruption of air services due to action intended to affect these services which makes it practically and/or technically impossible for the air carrier to carry out operations as planned; (c) serious financial damage for a Community air carrier concerned, with, as a result, the granting of a temporary license by the licensing authorities pending financial reorganisation of the air carrier in accordance with Article 5(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92; ▼M10 (d) imeachtaí breithiúnacha a bhaineann le hAirteagal 9 den Rialachán seo a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le bealaí a bhfuil oibleagáidí seirbhíse poiblí forchurtha ina leith de réir Airteagal 4 de Rialachán (CEE) Uimh. 2408/92 agus ar a mbeidh, mar thoradh, fionraí shealadach ar bhealaí den saghas sin a oibriú. ▼M10 —————

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I gcás ina ndéanfaidh tionchar chogadh foghach na Rúise i gcoinne na hÚcráine agus scriosadh bonneagair chriticiúil difear don chumas aersheirbhísí a sholáthar, chomh maith leis an éileamh ar aersheirbhísí, cuirfidh comhordaitheoirí an chéad fhomhír, pointe (a), i bhfeidhm ar na bealaí idir an tAontas agus an Úcráin ar feadh fad tréimhse dhúnadh an aerspáis nó dhúnadh an aerfoirt, cibé acu is déanaí a tharlóidh, agus ar feadh tréimhse bhreise 16 seachtaine. Cuirfidh an comhordaitheoir dáta tosaigh agus dáta deiridh na tréimhse 16 seachtaine in iúl don Choimisiún.

4a. Ina theannta sin, le linn na tréimhse ón 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 go dtí an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023, d’fhéadfadh údar a bheith le neamhúsáid sliotán de dheasca srianta, arna dtabhairt isteach ag na húdaráis phoiblí, a bhfuil sé i gceist leo dul i ngleic le mórstaid eipidéimeolaíoch, tubaiste nádúrtha nó corraíl pholaitiúil ag ceann scríbe amháin de bhealach a raibh sé i gceist nó beartaithe an sliotán i dtrácht a oibriú, ar choinníoll go mbeadh tionchar mór ag na srianta sin ar an bhféidearthacht taistil, nó ar an éileamh ar thaisteal, agus go bhféadfadh, ar na bealaí lena mbaineann, aon cheann de na nithe seo a leanas a bheith mar thoradh ar na srianta: (a) an teorainn, an t-aerfort nó an t-aerspás a bheith dúnta i bpáirt nó go hiomlán le linn cuid shubstaintiúil den tréimhse sceidealaithe ábhartha; (b) dianbhac ar chumas paisinéirí taisteal le haon iompróir ar an mbealach díreach sin le linn cuid shubstaintiúil den tréimhse sceidealaithe ábhartha, mar shampla, i gcás ina mbeadh an bac nasctha le haon cheann de na cúiseanna seo a leanas: — srianta taistil bunaithe ar náisiúntacht nó áit chónaithe, toirmeasc ar gach taisteal seachas taisteal bunriachtanach, nó toirmeasc ar eitiltí ó thíortha nó limistéir gheografacha áirithe nó chucu, — srianta gluaiseachta, nó bearta coraintín nó leithlisithe, laistigh den tír nó réigiún ina bhfuil aerfort an chinn scríbe lonnaithe (lena n-áirítear pointí idirmheánacha), mura féidir coraintín a sheachaint le tástáil dhiúltach, cruthúnas téarnaimh nó cruthúnas vacsaínithe arna aithint ag an Aontas, — srianta ar infhaighteacht na seirbhísí atá bunriachtanach chun tacú go díreach le hoibriú aersheirbhíse, lena n-áirítear seirbhísí fáilteachais agus seirbhísí poiblí a dhúnadh, lena n-áirítear iompar, arb é a bheidh mar thoradh orthu géarchor chun donais ar éileamh ag ceachtar de dá cheann an bhealaigh, — teorainneacha ar líon na bpaisinéirí in aghaidh na heitilte agus ar mhinicíochtaí in aghaidh an aeriompróra arb é a bheidh mar thoradh orthu géarchor chun donais ar éileamh ag ceachtar ceann den bhealach; (c) srianta ar ghluaiseachtaí criú aerlíne a chuireann isteach go mór ar oibriú aersheirbhísí ó aerfoirt a bhfreastalaítear orthu nó chucu, lena n-áirítear toirmisc thobann ar iontráil nó sáinniú criú gan choinne de dheasca bearta coraintín, mura féidir coraintín a sheachaint le tástáil dhiúltach, cruthúnas téarnaimh nó cruthúnas vaicsínithe arna aithint ag an Aontas. Beidh feidhm ag an mír seo don tréimhse ar lena linn a bheidh feidhm ag na srianta dá dtagraítear sa chéad fhomhír agus ar feadh suas le 6 seachtaine breise, faoi réir an tríú agus an ceathrú fomhír. Mar sin féin, i gcás ina scoirfidh na srianta sin d’fheidhm a bheith acu tráth nach lú ná 6 seachtaine roimh dheireadh na tréimhse sceidealaithe, ní bheidh feidhm ag an mír seo maidir leis an gcuid den tréimhse 6 seachtaine atá fágtha ach amháin i gcás ina n-úsáidfear na sliotáin don tréimhse sceidealaithe ina dhiaidh sin don bhealach céanna. Ní bheidh feidhm ag an mír seo ach amháin maidir le sliotáin a úsáidtear le haghaidh bealaí ar lena n-aghaidh a úsáideadh iad roimh fhoilsiú na srianta dá dtagraítear sa chéad fhomhír. Scoirfidh an mhír seo d’fheidhm a bheith aici nuair a dhéanfaidh an t-aeriompróir, agus na sliotáin i dtrácht á n-úsáid aige, an bealach nach ndéanann na srianta dá dtagraítear sa chéad fhomhír difear dó a athrú. Nuair a chuireann tromlach na mBallstát, a ionadaíonn do 50 % ar a laghad de dhaonra an Aontais, srianta i bhfeidhm da dtagraítear sa chéad fhomhír, a bhfuil tionchar suntasach acu ar an bhféidearthacht taisteal nó ar an éileamh ar thaisteal agus as a leanann aon cheann de na cásanna dá dtagraítear i bpointí (a) go (c) den chéad fhomhír, maidir le gach comhordaitheoir, bunaithe ar chinneadh d’aon toil ó chomhordaitheoirí na n-aerfort uile go bhfuil údar maith i gcoitinne le neamhúsáid sliotán agus go bhfuil fógra tugtha don Choimisiún agus do na Ballstáit ina leith sin, féadfaidh siad an mhír seo a chur i bhfeidhm maidir leis na sliotáin uile atá ar seilbh ag na haerfoirt sin ar feadh ré na srianta atá i bhfeidhm agus ar feadh suas le 6 seachtaine breise, ar choinníoll go ndéanfaidh na srianta sin difear do líon suntasach bealaí chuig aerfort Comhphobail nó uaidh, rud a d’fhágfadh aerthrácht san Aontas neamh-inmharthana den chuid is mó nó go mbeadh míchothroime iomaíochta ann mar thoradh air..

4b. I gcás ina mbeidh údar le neamhúsáid sliotáin de dheasca na srianta dá dtagraítear i mír 4 nó 4a, measfaidh na comhordaitheoirí gur oibríodh an sliotán laistigh den tsraith sliotán lena mbaineann.

4c. Maidir le haeriompróirí a gcuirtear bac ar a n-oibríochtaí le bearta sriantacha arna nglacadh de bhun Airteagal 29 den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach (CAE) nó Airteagal 215 den Chonradh ar Fheidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh (CFAE), lena n-áirítear iad sin atá i bhfeidhm na 26 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 agus aeriompróirí atá faoi réir toirmeasc ar a n-oibriú laistigh den Aontas agus a liostaítear in Iarscríbhinní A nó B a ghabhann le Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 474/2006 ón gCoimisiún ( 3 ), ní bheidh siad i dteideal údar a agairt maidir le neamhúsáid sliotán faoi mhíreanna 4 ná 4a den Airteagal seo.

Mar sin féin, de mhaolú ar an gcéad fhomhír, i gcás ina gceadófar d’aeriompróirí den sórt sin aerárthaí léasa fhliuch de chuid aeriompróra a oibriú nach gcuireann bearta sriantacha den sórt sin bac ar a n-oibríochtaí agus nach bhfuil faoi réir toirmeasc ar oibriú den sórt sin, féadfaidh siad údar a agairt maidir le neamhúsáid sliotán faoi mhíreanna 4 agus 4a, ar choinníoll go gcomhlíonfaí na rialacha sábháilteachta is infheidhme san Aontas.

4d. Déanfaidh comhordaitheoirí dea-chleachtas a mhalartú go rialta maidir le cur chun feidhme mhíreanna 4 agus 4a agus é a bheith d’aidhm acu cur chun feidhme comhleanúnach comhsheasmhach a áirithiú ar fud an Aontais.

Foilseoidh comhordaitheoirí liosta na gceann scríbe a bhfuil feidhm ag míreanna 4 agus 4a maidir leo agus tabharfaidh siad cothrom le dáta go rialta é.

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5. Arna iarraidh sin do Bhallstát nó ar a thionscnamh féin, scrúdóidh an Coimisiún cur i bhfeidhm mhíreanna 4 agus 4a ag comhordaitheoir aerfoirt a thagann faoi raon feidhme an Rialacháin seo.

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6. Without prejudice to Article 8(2) of this Regulation and without prejudice to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, slots placed in the pool shall be distributed among applicant air carriers. 50 % of these slots shall first be allocated to new entrants unless requests by new entrants are less than 50 %. The coordinator shall treat the requests of new entrants and other carriers fairly, in accordance with the coordination periods of each scheduling day.

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I measc na n-iarrataí ó iontrálaithe nua, tabharfar tús áite d’aeriompróirí atá i dteideal stádas a fháil mar iontrálaí nua faoi Airteagal 2(b)(i) agus (ii), faoi Airteagal 2(b)(i) agus (iii) nó faoi Airteagal 2(ba)(i) agus (ii).

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7. A new entrant which has been offered a series of slots within one hour before or after the time requested but has not accepted this offer shall not retain its new entrant status for that scheduling period.

8. In the case of services operated by a group of air carriers, only one of the participating air carriers can apply for the required slots. The air carrier operating such a service assumes responsibility for meeting the operating criteria required to maintain historical precedence referred to in Article 8(2).

Slots allocated to one air carrier may be used by (an)other air carrier(s) participating in a joint operation, provided that the designator code of the air carrier to whom the slots are allocated remains on the shared flight for coordination and monitoring purposes. Upon discontinuation of such operations, the slots so used will remain with the air carrier to whom they were initially allocated. Air carriers involved in shared operations shall advise coordinators of the detail of such operations prior to the beginning of such operations.

9. If serious problems continue to exist for new entrants, the Member State shall ensure that a meeting of the airport coordination committee is convened. The purpose of the meeting shall be to examine possibilities for remedying the situation. The Commission shall be invited to that meeting.

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Sliotáin a leithroinnt mar fhreagairt ar ghéarchéimeanna áirithe

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3. Le linn na tréimhse ón 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 go dtí an 25 Márta 2023 agus chun críocha Airteagail 8(2), 10(2) agus (4), agus Airteagal 14(6), an chéad fhomhír, má léiríonn an t-aeriompróir sin go sásúil don chomhordaitheoir go ndearna sé an tsraith sliotán a leithroinneadhair a oibriú, de réir mar a rinne an comhordaitheoir é sin a imréiteach, ar feadh 75 % ar a laghad den am le linn na tréimhse sceidealaithe dár leithroinneadh í, beidh an t-aeriompróir sin i dteideal na sraithe céanna sliotán don chéad tréimhse sceidealaithe choibhéiseach eile.

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5. I gcás ina léirítear go soiléir sna sonraí a fhoilsíonn Eurocontrol gur thit aerthrácht seachtainiúil, thar thréimhse dhá sheachtain i ndiaidh a chéile„ faoi bhun 80 % de leibhéil 2019 sna seachtainí comhfhreagracha, de dheasca ghéarchéim COVID-19, staideanna eipidéimeolaíocha eile nó mar éifeacht dhíreach ar chogadh foghach na Rúise i gcoinne na hÚcráine, agus gur dócha, ar bhonn réamhaisnéisí aerthráchta Eurocontrol, go leanfaidh an laghdú ar leibhéal an aerthráchta i gcomparáid leis an leibhéal aerthráchta sa tréimhse chomhfhreagrach in 2019, tugtar de chumhacht don Choimisiún gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlacadh i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 12a chun na luachanna céatadáin a leagtar amach i mír 3 den Airteagal seo agus in Airteagail 8(2), 10(2) agus (4) agus Airteagal 14(6), an chéad fhomhír, laistigh de raon idir 0 % agus 70 % maidir le haon tréimhse sceidealaithe idir an 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 agus an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023. Beidh an luach céatadáin a chuirfear i bhfeidhm comhréireach le leibhéal na réamhaisnéisí aerthráchta ó Eurocontrol.

Agus na gníomhartha tarmligthe sin á nglacadh aige, tabharfaidh an Coimisiún aird ar gach ceann de na gnéithe seo a leanas:

(a) sonraí arna foilsiú ag Eurocontrol maidir le leibhéil aerthráchta agus réamhaisnéisí aerthráchta;

(b) táscairí a bhaineann le héileamh ar aeriompar paisinéirí agus lastais, lena n-áirítear treochtaí maidir le réamháirithintí, sceidil bheartaithe na n-aerlínte, méid an fhlít, úsáid an fhlít, agus tosca ualaigh;

(c) bearta arna ndéanamh ag údaráis phoiblí atá nasctha le géarchéim COVID-19 nó le staid eipidéimeolaíoch eile a bhfuil éifeacht shuntasach orthu ar leibhéil aerthráchta go dtí aerfoirt an Aontais nó uathu, ar athródú éigeantach de dheasca dúnadh aerspáis nó toirmeasc ar aeriompróirí an Aontais dul isteach in aerspás tríú tír, agus comhairle ó Ghníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh ina Feasachán Faisnéise Crios Coinbhleachta á cur san áireamh;

(d) sonraí ón Lárionad Eorpach um Rialú Galar agus ón Eagraíocht Dhomhanda Sláinte maidir le COVID-19 nó staid eipidéimeolaíoch eile arb é is saintréith dó a bheith an-tógálach agus ar dócha go spreagfaidís géarchor chun donais maidir le haerthaisteal.

I bhfianaise na sceideal a bheith á n-ullmhú ag aeriompróirí roimh an tréimhse sceidealaithe, féachfaidh an Coimisiún leis na gníomhartha tarmligthe sin a ghlacadh roimh thús na tréimhse sceidealaithe, chun ligean d’aeriompróirí a sceidil eitilte a phleanáil. Féadfaidh an Coimisiún gníomhartha den sórt sin a ghlacadh i rith na tréimhse sceidealaithe i gcás imthosca gan choinne.

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5a. I gcás ina gcinneann an Coimisiún, de dheasca scriosadh an bhonneagair agus an tionchar ar dhálaí maireachtála mar thoradh ar chogadh foghach na Rúise i gcoinne na hÚcráine, go bhfuil gá le ráta úsáide níos ísle maidir le bealaí lena bhfreastalaítear ar an Úcráin chun aerthrácht idir an Úcráin agus an tAontas a athbhunú de réir a chéile, tugtar de chumhacht don Choimisiún gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlacadh i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 12a chun na luachanna céatadáin a leagtar amach i mír 3 den Airteagal seo agus in Airteagail 8(2), 10(2) agus (4) agus Airteagal 14(6), an chéad fhomhír, a leasú laistigh de raon idir 0 % agus 70 % maidir le sliotáin a úsáidtear ar bhealaí chuig an Úcráin nó uaithi le haghaidh aon tréimhse sceidealaithe idir an 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 agus an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023.

Agus na gníomhartha tarmligthe sin á nglacadh aige, tabharfaidh an Coimisiún aird ar na gnéithe seo a leanas:

(a) sonraí a fhoilsíonn Eurocontrol maidir le leibhéil aerthráchta agus réamhaisnéisí aerthráchta idir an tAontas agus an Úcráin;

(b) táscairí a bhaineann le héileamh ar aeriompar paisinéirí agus lastais, lena n-áirítear treochtaí maidir le réamháirithintí agus sceidil na n-aerlínte atá beartaithe;

(c) athródú éigeantach de dheasca dúnadh aerspáis nó toirmeasc ar aeriompróirí an Aontais dul isteach in aerspás tríú tír, agus comhairle i bhFeasachán Faisnéise Crios Coinbhleachta Ghníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh á cur san áireamh.

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6. I gcás, de thoradh tionchar fada a bheith ag géarchéim COVID-19, staideanna eipidéimeolaíocha eile nó éifeachtaí díreacha chogadh foghach na Rúise i gcoinne na hÚcráine, go n-éilítear amhlaidh ar mhórchúiseanna práinne, beidh feidhm ag an nós imeachta dá bhforáiltear in Airteagal 12b maidir le gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlactar de bhun an Airteagail seo.

7. Le linn tréimhse i gcás ina mbeidh feidhm ag díolúine sliotán de réir mhír 3, 5 nó 5a den Airteagal seo, cuirfidh aeriompróirí aon sliotán nach bhfuil sé beartaithe acu a úsáid, tráth nach lú ná 3 seachtaine roimh dháta na hoibríochta beartaithe, ar fáil don chomhordaitheoir chun é a ath-leithroinnt ar aeriompróirí eile. Gan dochar d’Airteagal 10(4) agus (4a), i gcás ina mainníonn ar aeriompróir níos mó ná trí shliotán i sraith a chur ar fáil don chomhordaitheoir i gcomhréir leis an mír seo, ní bheidh an t-aeriompróir sin i dteideal na sraithe iomláine sliotán sa chéad tréimhse sceidealaithe choibhéiseach eile ach amháin más rud é go ndearna an t-iompróir an tsraith iomlán sliotán a oibriú nó go meastar an tsraith iomlán sliotán a bheith á n-oibriú ag an iompróir i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 10(4b), ar feadh 80 % den am ar a laghad, is cuma cé acu ar leasaíodh nó nár leasaíodh Airteagail 8(2) agus 10(2) leis an ngníomh tarmligthe dá dtagraítear san Airteagal seo.

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Article 11

Complaints and rights of appeal

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1. Gan dochar do chearta achomhairc faoin dlí náisiúnta, cuirfear gearáin maidir le cur i bhfeidhm Airteagal 7(2), Airteagail 8, 8a agus 10, Airteagail 10a(7), 14(1) go (4) agus (6) faoi bhráid an choiste comhordúcháin. Déanfaidh an coiste, laistigh de thréimhse míosa tar éis an gearán a bheith curtha faoina bhráid, an t-ábhar a bhreithniú agus, más féidir, cuirfidh sé moltaí chuig an gcomhordaitheoir ar mhaithe leis an bhfadhb a réiteach. Más rud é nach féidir an gearán a réiteach, féadfaidh an Ballstát atá freagrach as, laistigh de thréimhse 2 mhí bhreise, a shocrú go ndéanfaidh eagraíocht ionadaíoch aeriompróirí nó eagraíocht ionadaíoch aerfort nó tríú páirtí eile idirghabháil.

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2. Member States shall take appropriate measures, in accordance with national law, to protect coordinators with regard to claims for damages relating to their functions under this Regulation, save in cases of gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

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Article 12

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Relations with third countries

1. Whenever it appears that, with respect to the allocation and use of slots at its airports, a third country: (a) does not grant Community air carriers treatment comparable to that granted by this Regulation to air carriers from that country, or (b) does not grant Community air carriers de facto national treatment, or (c) grants air carriers from other third countries more favourable treatment than Community air carriers, the Commission may, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2), decide that a Member State or Member States shall take measures, including the suspension in whole or in part of the application of this Regulation in respect of an air carrier or air carriers of that third country with a view to remedying the discriminatory behaviour of the third country concerned.

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2. Member States shall inform the Commission of any serious difficulties encountered, in law or in fact, by Community air carriers in obtaining slots at airports in third countries.

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An tarmligean a fheidhmiú

1. Is faoi réir na gcoinníollacha a leagtar síos san Airteagal seo a thugtar an chumhacht don Choimisiún chun gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlacadh.

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2. Déanfar an chumhacht chun gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlacadh dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 10a a thabhairt don Choimisiún go dtí an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023.

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3. Féadfaidh Parlaimint na hEorpa nó an Chomhairle tarmligean na cumhachta dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 10a a chúlghairm aon tráth. Le cinneadh chun cúlghairm a dhéanamh, cuirfear deireadh le tarmligean na cumhachta atá sonraithe sa chinneadh sin. Gabhfaidh éifeacht leis an lá tar éis fhoilsiú an chinnidh in Iris Oifigiúil an Aontais Eorpaigh nó ar dháta is déanaí a shonrófar sa chinneadh. Ní dhéanfaidh sé difear do bhailíocht aon ghníomhartha tarmligthe atá i bhfeidhm cheana.

4. Sula nglacfaidh sé gníomh tarmligthe, rachaidh an Coimisiún i mbun comhairliúchán le saineolaithe arna n‐ainmniú ag gach Ballstát i gcomhréir leis na prionsabail a leagtar síos i gComhaontú Idirinstitiúideach an 13 Aibreán 2016 maidir le Reachtóireacht Níos Fearr.

5. A luaithe a ghlacfaidh sé gníomh tarmligthe, tabharfaidh an Coimisiún fógra, an tráth céanna, do Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus don Chomhairle faoi.

6. Ní thiocfaidh gníomh tarmligthe a ghlactar de bhun Airteagal 10a i bhfeidhm ach amháin mura mbeidh aon agóid curtha in iúl ag Parlaimint na hEorpa nó ag an gComhairle laistigh de thréimhse dhá mhí tar éis fógra faoin ngníomh sin a thabhairt do Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus don Chomhairle nó más rud é, roimh dhul in éag na tréimhse sin, go mbeidh Parlaimint na hEorpa agus an Chomhairle araon tar éis a chur in iúl don Choimisiún nach ndéanfaidh siad aon agóid. Déanfar an tréimhse sin a fhadú dhá mhí ar thionscnamh Pharlaimint na hEorpa nó na Comhairle.

Airteagal 12b

An nós imeachta práinne

1. Tiocfaidh gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlactar faoin Airteagal seo i bhfeidhm gan mhoill agus beidh feidhm acu ar choinníoll nach ndéanfar agóid i gcomhréir le mír 2. Déanfar na cúiseanna le húsáid a bhaint as an nós imeachta práinne a lua san fhógra faoi ghníomh tarmligthe a thugtar do Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus don Chomhairle.

2. Féadfaidh Parlaimint na hEorpa nó an Chomhairle agóid a dhéanamh i gcoinne gníomh tarmligthe i gcomhréir leis an nós imeachta dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 12a(6). I gcás den sórt sin, déanfaidh an Coimisiún an gníomh tarmligthe a aisghairm láithreach tar éis do Pharlaimint na hEorpa nó don Chomhairle fógra a thabhairt don Choimisiún maidir leis an gcinneadh agóid a dhéanamh.

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Article 13

Committee procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph Articles 5 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred to the Commission ( *1 ) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. The committee may also be consulted by the Commission on any other matter concerning application of this Regulation.

4. The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 14

Enforcement

1. An air carrier's flight plan may be rejected by the competent Air Traffic Management authorities if the air carrier intends to land or take off at a coordinated airport, during the periods for which it is coordinated, without having a slot allocated by the coordinator.

2. The coordinator shall withdraw the series of slots provisionally allocated to an air carrier in the process of establishing itself and place them in the pool on 31 January for the following summer season or on 31 August for the following winter season if the undertaking does not hold an operating licence or equivalent on that date or if it is not stated by the competent licensing authority that it is likely that an operating licence or equivalent will be issued before the relevant scheduling period commences.

3. The coordinator shall withdraw and place in the pool the series of slots of an air carrier, which it has received following an exchange pursuant to Article 8a(1)(c) if they have not been used as intended.

4. Air carriers that repeatedly and intentionally operate air services at a time significantly different from the allocated slot as part of a series of slots or uses slots in a significantly different way from that indicated at the time of allocation and thereby cause prejudice to airport or air traffic operations shall lose their status as referred to in Article 8(2). The coordinator may decide to withdraw from that air carrier the series of slots in question for the remainder of the scheduling period and place them in the pool after having heard the air carrier concerned and after issuing a single warning.

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5. Déanfaidh na Ballstáit pionóis éifeachtacha, chomhréireacha agus athchomhairleacha nó bearta coibhéiseacha a shuíomh agus a chur i bhfeidhm i leith aeriompróirí a mainníonn orthu arís agus arís eile agus d’aon ghnó an Rialachán seo a chomhlíonadh.

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6. Gan dochar d’Airteagal 10(4) agus (4a), más rud é nach féidir le haeriompróir an ráta úsáide 80 % mar atá sainmhínithe in Airteagal 8(2) a bhaint amach, féadfaidh an comhordaitheoir a chinneadh an tsraith sliotán i dtrácht a tharraingt siar ón aeriompróir sin don chuid sin den tréimhse sceidealaithe atá fágtha agus na sliotáin a chur leis an gcomhthiomsú, tar éis dó éisteacht a thabhairt don aeriompróir lena mbaineann.

Gan dochar d’Airteagal 10(4) agus (4a), más rud é nár úsáideadh aon sliotán den tsraith sliotán sin tar éis tréimhse leithroinnte a fhreagraíonn do 20 % de thréimhse bhailíocht na sraithe, cuirfidh an comhordaitheoir an tsraith sliotán sin i dtrácht leis an gcomhthiomsú don tréimhse sceidealaithe atá fágtha, tar éis dó éisteacht a thabhairt don aeriompróir lena mbaineann.

Le linn na tréimhse ón 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 go dtí an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023, i gcás ina gcinneann comhordaitheoir, ar bhonn faisnéise atá ar fáil dó, go bhfuil deireadh curtha ag aeriompróir lena oibríochtaí ag aerfort agus nach bhfuil sé in ann na sliotáin a leithroinneadhair a oibriú, déanfaidh an comhordaitheoir an tsraith sliotán i dtrácht a tharraingt siar ón aeriompróir sin don chuid eile den tréimhse sceidealaithe agus cuirfidh sé leis an gcomhthiomsú iad, tar éis dó éisteacht a thabhairt don aeriompróir lena mbaineann.

Le linn na tréimhse ón 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 go dtí an 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023, i gcás ina gcinneann comhordaitheoir, ar bhonn faisnéise atá ar fáil dó, go bhfuil aeriompróir atá faoi réir na mbeart sriantach arna nglacadh de bhun Airteagal 29 CAE nó Airteagal 215 CFAE, lena n-áirítear iad siúd atá i bhfeidhm an 26 Deireadh Fómhair 2022, nó go bhfuil aeriompróir atá faoi réir toirmeasc ar a n-oibriú laistigh den Aontas agus a liostaítear in Iarscríbhinn A nó B a ghabhann le Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 474/2006, nach féidir leis sliotáin a oibriú ar feadh cuid shubstaintiúil den tréimhse sceidealaithe, déanfaidh an comhordaitheoir, tar éis dó éisteacht a thabhairt don aeriompróir lena mbaineann, an tsraith sliotán i dtrácht a tharraingt siar ón aeriompróir sin don chuid den tréimhse sceidealaithe atá fágtha agus cuirfidh sé an tsraith sliotán leis an gcomhthiomsú.

Mar sin féin, i gcás ina bhfuil aeriompróir faoi réir toirmeasc ar a n-oibriú laistigh den Aontas agus ina liostaítear é in Iarscríbhinn A nó B a ghabhann le Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 474/2006, agus i gcás ina gceadaítear dó aerárthaí léasa fhliuch a oibriú, ar aerárthaí de chuid aeriompróra é nach gcuireann bearta sriantacha den sórt sin bac ar a gcuid oibríochtaí agus nach bhfuil faoi réir toirmeasc ar a n-oibriú den sórt sin, ní bheidh feidhm ag an gceathrú fomhír den mhír seo maidir le sliotáin an iompróra sin, ar choinníoll go gcomhlíonfar na rialacha sábháilteachta is infheidhme san Aontas.

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Article 14a

Report and cooperation

1. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of this Regulation at the latest three years after its entry into force. The report shall address in particular the functioning of Articles 8, 8a and 10.

2. Member States and the Commission shall cooperate in the application of this Regulation, particularly as regards the collection of information for the report mentioned in paragraph 1.

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Article 15

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.