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Is áis doiciméadúcháin amháin an téacs seo agus níl aon éifeacht dhlíthiúil aige. Ní ghabhann institiúidí an Aontais aon dliteanas orthu féin i leith inneachar an téacs. Is iad na leaganacha de na gníomhartha a foilsíodh in Iris Oifigiúil an Aontais Eorpaigh agus atá ar fáil ar an suíomh gréasáin EUR-Lex na leaganacha barántúla de na gníomhartha ábhartha, brollach an téacs san áireamh. Is féidir teacht ar na téacsanna oifigiúla sin ach na naisc atá leabaithe sa doiciméad seo a bhrú

►B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 409/2013 of 3 May 2013 on the definition of common projects, the establishment of governance and the identification of incentives supporting the implementation of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan (Text with EEA relevance) (IO L 123 4.5.2013, lch. 1)

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 409/2013

of 3 May 2013

on the definition of common projects, the establishment of governance and the identification of incentives supporting the implementation of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan

(Text with EEA relevance)







CHAPTER I

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1. This Regulation defines common projects, referred to in Article 15a of Regulation (EC) No 550/2004, explains how they shall be governed and identifies incentives for their deployment.

2. This Regulation shall apply to the European Air Traffic Management Network (EATMN).

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 and in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 shall apply.

In addition the following definitions shall apply:

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(1) ciallaíonn ‘Comhghnóthas SESAR’ an comhlacht arna bhunú faoi Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 219/2007 ón gComhairle ( 1 ), nó an comhlacht a thiocfaidh i gcomharbacht air, a bhfuil sé de chúram air céim forbartha thionscadal SESAR a bhainistiú agus a chomhordú;

(2) ciallaíonn ‘scéim muirearaithe’ an scéim arna bunú le Rialachán Cur Chun Feidhme (AE) 2019/317 ón gCoimisiún ( 2 );

(3) ciallaíonn ‘feidhmiúlacht BAT’ grúpa feidhmeanna nó seirbhísí oibríochtúla idir-inoibritheacha BAT a bhaineann le ruthag, le haerspás agus le bainistiú dromchla nó le comhroinnt faisnéise laistigh de na timpeallachtaí faoi bhealach, críochfoirt, aerfoirt nó oibríochta gréasáin;

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(3a) ciallaíonn ‘fofheidhmiúlacht BAT’ cuid dhílis d’fheidhmiúlacht BAT arb é atá inti feidhm nó seirbhís oibríochtúil, a rannchuidíonn le raon feidhme foriomlán na feidhmiúlachta;

(3b) ciallaíonn ‘réiteach SESAR’ aschur chéim forbartha SESAR, lena dtugtar isteach teicneolaíochtaí caighdeánaithe agus idir-inoibritheacha nua nó feabhsaithe agus nósanna imeachta oibríochtúla comhchuibhithe a thacaíonn le cur chun feidhme an Mháistirphlean BAT don Eoraip;

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(4) ‘SESAR deployment’ means the activities and processes relating to the industrialisation and implementation of ATM functionalities identified in the ATM Master Plan;

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(4a) ciallaíonn “cur chun feidhme sioncrónaithe” feidhmiúlachtaí BAT a chur chun feidhme ar bhealach sioncrónaithe i limistéar geografach sainithe, lena n-áirítear dhá Bhallstát ar a laghad laistigh de EATMN, nó idir geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla aeir agus talún bunaithe ar phleanáil choiteann lena n-áirítear spriocdhátaí cur chun feidhme agus na bearta idirthréimhseacha ábhartha chun imlonnú a dhéanamh de réir a chéile agus lena bhfuil baint ag iliomad geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla;

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(5) ‘industrialisation’ of ATM functionalities means the activities and processes, following their validation that include standardisation, certification and production by the manufacturing industry (ground and airborne equipment manufacturers);

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(6) ciallaíonn ‘cur chun feidhme’, i ndáil le feidhmiúlachtaí BAT, trealamh agus córais a sholáthar, a shuiteáil, a thástáil, a oiliúint agus a chur i seirbhís, lena n-áirítear nósanna imeachta oibríochtúla gaolmhara, arna gcur i gcrích ag geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla;

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(6a) ciallaíonn ‘spriocdháta cur chun feidhme’ dáta faoinar gá cur chun feidhme fheidhmiúlacht BAT nó fofheidhmiúlacht a chur i gcrích;

(6b) ciallaíonn ‘spriocdháta tionsclaíochta’ dáta faoinar gá na caighdeáin agus na sonraíochtaí a chur ar fáil don fheidhmiúlacht BAT nó don fhofheidhmiúlacht chun gur féidir é a chur chun feidhme;

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(7) ‘essential operational change’ means an Air Traffic Management (ATM) operational change that provides significant network performance improvements to the operational stakeholders, as referred to in the ATM Master Plan;

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(8) ciallaíonn ‘scéim feidhmíochta’ scéim arna bunú le Rialachán Cur Chun Feidhme (AE) 2019/317;

(9) ciallaíonn ‘spriocanna feidhmíochta ar fud an Aontais Eorpaigh’ na spriocanna dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 9 de Rialachán Cur Chun Feidhme (AE) 2019/317;

(10) ciallaíonn ‘geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla’ an Bainisteoir Gréasáin, na geallsealbhóirí sibhialta agus míleata san áireamh: úsáideoirí aerspáis, soláthróirí seirbhísí aerloingseoireachta, oibreoirí aerfoirt;

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(11) ciallaíonn ‘tionscadal SESAR’ timthriall nuálaíochta a sholáthraíonn córas ardfheidhmithe, caighdeánaithe agus idir-inoibritheach um bainistíocht aerthráchta don Aontas, arb é atá ann céimeanna sainmhínithe, forbartha agus imlonnaithe SESAR.

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Article 3

ATM Master Plan

1. The ATM Master Plan is the roadmap driving the modernisation of the European ATM system and connecting SESAR research and development with deployment. It shall be the key SES instrument for the seamless operation of the EATMN and the timely, coordinated and synchronised SESAR deployment.

2. The updates of the ATM Master Plan shall contribute to achieving the European Union-wide performance targets and maintain consistency between these targets, SESAR deployment and SESAR research, development, innovation and validation activities. For this purpose, the ATM Master Plan updates shall take into account the Network Strategy Plan and the Network Operation plan.







CHAPTER II

COMMON PROJECTS

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Cuspóir agus ábhar

1. Sainaithneofar leis na comhthionscadail feidhmiúlachtaí BAT agus a bhfofheidhmiúlachtaí. Beidh na feidhmiúlachtaí agus na fofheidhmiúlachtaí sin bunaithe ar réitigh SESAR chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar na hathruithe oibríochtúla bunriachtanacha atá sainmhínithe i Máistirphlean BAT don Eoraip, beidh siad réidh lena gcur chun feidhme agus beidh cur chun feidhme sioncronaithe ag teastáil ina leith.

Déanfar measúnú ar ullmhacht le haghaidh cur chun feidhme, inter alia, bunaithe ar thorthaí an bhailíochtaithe arna dhéanamh le linn na tréimhse forbartha, ar stádas tionsclaíochta agus ar mheasúnú ar idir-inoibritheacht, agus i ndáil le Plean Domhanda Aerloingseoireachta na hEagraíochta Eitlíochta Sibhialta Idirnáisiúnta (“ICAO”) agus i ndáil le hábhar ábhartha ICAO.

2. Leagfar amach na saintréithe seo a leanas i gcomhthionscadail i gcás fheidhmiúlacht agus fhofheidhmiúlacht BAT: (a) athruithe oibríochtúla bunriachtanacha a rannchuidíonn siad leo; (b) an raon feidhme oibríochtúil agus teicniúil; (c) an raon feidhme geografach; (d) na geallsealbhóirí oibríochta a bhfuil sé de cheangal orthu iad a chur chun feidhme; (e) na ceanglais sioncrónaithe; (f) na spriocdhátaí cur chun feidhme; (g) na hidirthuilleamaíochtaí le feidhmiúlachtaí nó fofheidhmiúlachtaí eile.

3. De mhaolú ar mhír 1, féadfaidh feidhmiúlachtaí nó fofheidhmiúlachtaí BAT nach bhfuil réidh lena gcur chun feidhme ach atá ina gcomhpháirt bhunriachtanach den chomhthionscadal lena mbaineann a bheith ar áireamh i gcomhthionscadail freisin agus ar choinníoll go meastar go bhfuil a dtionsclú tugtha chun críche laistigh de 3 bliana ó ghlacadh an chomhthionscadail lena mbaineann. Chun na críche sin, déanfar spriocdháta tionsclaíochta le haghaidh na bhfeidhmiúlachtaí nó na bhfofheidhmiúlachtaí BAT sin a shainmhíniú sa chomhthionscadal freisin.

4. Ar dhul in éag don spriocdháta tionsclaíochta, fíoróidh an Coimisiún, le tacaíocht ó Ghníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh, go bhfuil na feidhmiúlachtaí nó na fofheidhmiúlachtaí BAT dá dtagraítear i mír 3 caighdeánaithe agus go bhfuil siad réidh lena gcur chun feidhme. I gcás ina bhfaighfear amach nach bhfuil siad réidh lena gcur chun feidhme, bainfear iad den rialachán maidir le comhthionscadail.

5. Comhoibreoidh an bainisteoir imlonnaithe, an Comhghnóthas SESAR, na heagraíochtaí Eorpacha um chaighdeánú, Eurocae agus an tionscal monaraíochta ábhartha faoi chomhordú Ghníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh chun a áirithiú go gcomhlíonfar an spriocdháta tionsclaíochta.

6. Beidh an méid seo a leanas fíor freisin i gcás comhthionscadal: (a) beidh siad comhsheasmhach leis na spriocanna feidhmíochta ar fud an Aontais Eorpaigh agus rannchuideoidh siad leo; (b) léireofar leo cás dearfach gnó le haghaidh EATMN, bunaithe ar anailís chostais agus tairbhe, agus sainaithneofar leo aon tionchar diúltach áitiúil nó réigiúnach a d’fhéadfadh a bheith ann ar aon chatagóir sonrach geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla; (c) cuirfear san áireamh leo na heilimintí ábhartha imlonnaithe a shonraítear sa Phlean Straitéise Gréasáin agus i bPlean Oibríochtaí Gréasáin an Bhainisteora Ghréasáin; (d) Léireofar leo feidhmíocht chomhshaoil fheabhsaithe.

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Article 5

Setup, adoption and implementation

1. The Commission shall set up proposals for common projects in accordance with the requirements of Article 4.

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2. Tabharfaidh an Bainisteoir Gréasáin, Gníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh agus an Comhlacht Athbhreithnithe Feidhmíochta cúnamh don Choimisiún de réir a ról agus a n-inniúlachtaí faoi seach, mar aon le Comhghnóthas SESAR, Eurocontrol, na heagraíochtaí Eorpacha um chaighdeánú, Eurocae agus bainisteoir an imlonnaithe. Beidh na geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla agus an tionscal monaraíochta rannpháirteach sna comhlachtaí sin.

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2a. Arna iarraidh sin don Choimisiún, tabharfaidh Gníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh tuairim maidir le hullmhacht theicniúil le haghaidh imlonnú na bhfeidhmiúlachtaí BAT, agus a bhfofheidhmeanna, atá beartaithe le haghaidh comhthionscadail.

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3. Rachaidh an Coimisiún i gcomhairle leis na geallsealbhóirí i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 6 agus le hAirteagal 10 de Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 549/2004 lena n-áirítear tríd an nGníomhaireacht Eorpach um Chosaint, laistigh dá sainchúram chun comhordú na dtuairimí míleata a éascú, agus leis an ngrúpa comhairliúcháin saineolaithe ar an ngné shóisialta den aerspás Eorpach aonair maidir lena thograí le haghaidh comhthionscadal.

Fíoróidh an Coimisiún go bhfuil tograí le haghaidh comhthionscadal formhuinithe ag na húsáideoirí aerspáis agus ag na geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla ar an talamh is gá chun comhthionscadal sonrach a chur chun feidhme.

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5. The Commission shall adopt common projects and any amendments to them in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 15a(3) of Regulation (EC) No 550/2004.

6. Common projects shall be implemented through implementation projects and in accordance with the deployment programme defined in Chapter III, Section 2.

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7. Déanfaidh na Ballstáit agus an Bainisteoir Gréasáin na hinfheistíochtaí a bhaineann le cur chun feidhme an chomhthionscadail a chur san áireamh sna pleananna feidhmíochta agus sa phlean feidhmíochta gréasán.

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Article 6

Monitoring

1. The Commission shall monitor the implementation of common projects and their impact on the performance of the EATMN through specific reporting requirements. Those requirements shall be set out by the Commission under the framework partnership referred to in Article 9(5).

2. In monitoring the effectiveness of common projects with regard to performance of the EATMN, the Commission shall make best use of existing monitoring and reporting instruments and shall be assisted, in particular, by the Network Manager and the Performance Review Body in accordance with Regulations (EU) No 677/2011 and (EU) No 691/2010 and by the European Aviation Safety Agency regarding the safety aspects.

3. The Single Sky Committee shall be informed on the implementation of common projects.







CHAPTER III

DEPLOYMENT GOVERNANCE AND INCENTIVES







SECTION 1

Deployment Governance

Article 7

General principles

1. Deployment governance shall ensure the timely, coordinated and synchronised implementation of common projects while interfacing with and facilitating industrialisation.

2. Deployment governance shall be composed of three levels: policy level; management level; and implementation level.

Article 8

Policy level

1. The policy level shall be responsible for overseeing SESAR deployment, ensuring that it is in line with the single European sky regulatory framework and safeguards the public interest.

2. The Commission shall be responsible for the policy level, in particular for: (a) setting up and adopting common projects in accordance with Article 5; (b) selecting the deployment manager, approving the deployment programme and selecting the implementation projects; (c) managing the Union funds supporting the deployment manager and the implementation projects; (d) identifying incentives for SESAR deployment and enforcing the framework partnership agreement concluded with the deployment manager in accordance with Article 9(5) and any relevant agreements for implementation projects; (e) promoting the participation of the civil and military stakeholders; (f) developing cooperation and coordination with third countries; ▼M1 (g) comhordú a bhunú le Gníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh agus leis na heagraíochtaí Eorpacha um chaighdeánú chun tionsclaíocht a éascú agus idir-inoibritheacht fheidhmiúlachtaí agus fhofheidhmiúlachtaí BAT a chur chun cinn; ▼B (h) monitoring the deployment of common projects and their contribution to achieving the European Union-wide performance targets; (i) issuing recommendations to operational stakeholders and Member States.

3. The Commission shall be assisted by the Single Sky Committee, the Industry Consultation Body, the consultative group of experts on the social dimension of the single European sky, the National Supervisory Authorities and the Performance Review Body, within their respective roles and competencies as defined in the single European sky regulatory framework. The Commission may consult the Single Sky Committee on any matter concerning the application of this Regulation.

4. The Commission shall also involve, within their respective competencies and roles: (a) Eurocontrol, through cooperative arrangements between Eurocontrol and the Union, to take full advantage of its expertise and its civil-military and pan-European competencies; (b) the European Defence Agency, to facilitate the coordination of military views from and in support of the Member States and the relevant international military organisations on SESAR deployment and inform military planning mechanisms of the requirements stemming from SESAR deployment; ▼M1 (c) Gníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh, chun a áirithiú go mbunófar ceanglais agus caighdeáin sábháilteachta, idir-inoibritheachta agus comhshaoil na gcomhthionscadal i gcomhréir le Rialachán (AE) 2018/1139 ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle ( 3 ) agus lena rialacha cur chun feidhme, agus i gcomhréir leis an bPlean Eorpach um Shábháilteacht Eitlíochta a bhunaítear i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 6 de; ▼B (d) the SESAR Joint Undertaking, to ensure continuous connection between SESAR research, development, innovation and validation activities and SESAR deployment and to ensure that common projects and the deployment programme are in line with the ATM Master Plan; ▼M1 (e) na heagraíochtaí Eorpacha um chaighdeánú agus Eurocae, chun próisis chaighdeánaithe thionsclaíocha agus úsáid na gcaighdeán iarmhartach a éascú agus faireachán a dhéanamh orthu. ▼B

Article 9

Management level

1. The deployment manager shall be responsible for the management level.

2. The deployment manager shall, in particular, be responsible for: (a) developing, proposing, maintaining and implementing the deployment programme, in accordance with Section 2; (b) associating the operational stakeholders that are required to implement common projects; (c) establishing mechanisms and decision-making processes that ensure efficient synchronisation and overall coordination of the implementation projects and the related investment in line with the deployment programme; (d) ensuring effective management of risks and conflict of interest; (e) advising the Commission on issues related to the implementation of common projects and to the setting up new common projects; (f) implementing Commission decisions and ensuring and monitoring their implementation by the implementation level; (g) identifying the most appropriate financing mechanisms combining public and private funding; (h) monitoring implementation of the deployment programme; (i) reporting to the Commission; ▼M1 (j) comhordú iomchuí leis na hÚdaráis Mhaoirseachta Náisiúnta a áirithiú; ▼M1 (k) comhordú iomchuí le Gníomhaireacht Sábháilteachta Eitlíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh a áirithiú. ▼B

3. The deployment manager shall be composed of groupings of operational stakeholders or individual operational stakeholders, including from third countries, under the conditions defined in the relevant Union funding programmes. Operational stakeholders may participate in the deployment manager through FAB structures.

4. The deployment manager shall demonstrate, inter alia, its capacity to: (a) represent operational stakeholders that are required to implement common projects; (b) manage multi-national implementation programmes; (c) understand funding and financing mechanisms and financial programme management; and (d) use existing structures to involve all operational stakeholders.

5. The selection of the members of the deployment manager by the Commission shall take the form of the award of a framework partnership following a call for proposals in accordance with Article 178 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of 29 October 2012 on the rules of application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union ( 4 ) (Rules of Application). The call for proposals shall define the objectives, requirements and the criteria for the selection of the members of the deployment manager in accordance with the Rules of Application. The Single Sky Committee shall be informed on the process of selection of the deployment manager.

6. Members of the deployment manager shall carry out at least one implementation project or part of it.

7. The deployment manager shall make appropriate cooperative arrangements with the Network Manager, the SESAR Joint Undertaking and the military. The appropriate cooperative arrangements shall be submitted to the Commission for approval. The cooperation shall be as follows: (a) the deployment manager and the Network Manager shall cooperate to ensure their tasks are fulfilled without any form of duplication or competition, in particular, for the deployment aspects that have an impact on the network infrastructure, airspace organisation and performance as well as coherence with the Network Strategy Plan and the Network Operations Plan; the Network Manager shall also support, within its mandate, the members of the deployment manager in accordance with Articles 4(1)(i) and 4(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 677/2011; (b) the deployment manager shall cooperate with the SESAR Joint Undertaking to ensure the necessary connections between SESAR research, development, innovation and validation activities and SESAR deployment and shall consult with the SESAR Joint Undertaking on the priorities and the progress made during the development phase on issues related to industrialisation and to ensure consistency with the ATM Master Plan; (c) the deployment manager shall coordinate with the military to avoid any adverse impact on national and collective defence capabilities.

8. The deployment manager shall duly take into account the opinion of the entities referred to in paragraph 7 in its decisions that may impact the activities of these entities.

9. In the event of disagreement between the deployment manager and the entities referred to in paragraph 7 the deployment manager shall submit the matter to the Commission for a decision. The deployment manager shall comply with the Commission’s decision.

10. The deployment manager shall seek assistance from the manufacturing industry, through cooperative arrangements, which shall be communicated to the Commission, to receive, inter alia, information on the industrialisation of products.

11. Subject to the availability of funds and under the conditions set out in the relevant Union funding Programme, the Commission shall provide financial support to the deployment manager solely for the execution of its tasks referred to in paragraph 2.

Article 10

Implementation level

1. The implementation level consists of the implementation projects selected by the Commission to implement common projects in line with the deployment programme.

2. Implementation projects shall be selected by the Commission through calls for proposals to implement the deployment programme and in accordance with the rules and procedures of relevant Union funding programmes.

3. The proposals for implementation projects shall take due account of the maturity of the industrialisation processes for these projects, based on information provided by the manufacturing industry, in particular on the impact of the implementation projects on legacy ATM systems, technical feasibility, cost estimates and roadmaps for technical solutions.

4. The implementation projects and their execution shall comply with the conditions agreed on with the Commission.







SECTION 2

Deployment programme

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1. Cuirfidh an clár imlonnaithe plean oibre cuimsitheach agus struchtúrtha ar fáil maidir leis na gníomhaíochtaí uile is gá chun na teicneolaíochtaí agus na nósanna imeachta a chur chun feidhme agus na dea-chleachtais is gá chun comhthionscadail a chur chun feidhme. Sonrófar sa chlár imlonnaithe na cumasóirí teicneolaíocha chun na comhthionscadail a chur chun feidhme.

2. Saineofar sa chlár imlonnaithe conas a shioncrónófar cur chun feidhme comhthionscadal laistigh de EATMN, agus ceanglais agus srianta oibríochtúla áitiúla á gcur san áireamh.

3. Is é a bheidh sa chlár imlonnaithe na tagairtí do na geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla go léir a theastaíonn chun comhthionscadail a chur chun feidhme agus le haghaidh leibhéil na bainistíochta agus an chur chun feidhme. Cuirfidh na geallsealbhóirí oibríochtúla an fhaisnéis ábhartha maidir le cur chun feidhme an chláir imlonnaithe ar fáil don bhainisteoir imlonnaithe. Beidh an clár imlonnaithe ina chuid den chreat-chomhaontú comhpháirtíochta agus, dá réir sin, tabharfaidh na tairbhithe uile gealltanas go gcuirfidh siad chun feidhme é.

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Article 12

Establishment and implementation

1. The deployment manager shall submit the proposal for the deployment programme and any proposals for amendments to the Commission for approval.

2. In preparing the proposal for the deployment programme or proposals to amend it, the deployment manager shall coordinate with the Network Manager, the SESAR Joint Undertaking and the military in accordance with Article 9(7).

3. Upon adoption of each common project the Commission shall request the deployment manager to adapt the deployment programme.







SECTION 3

Incentives

Article 13

Union Funding

1. Union funding to support SESAR deployment shall focus on implementation projects provided for in Article 10, selected for Union funding in accordance with the rules and procedures of the relevant Union funding programmes.

2. The Commission shall make contractual arrangements covering the implementation projects selected to receive Union funding. These arrangements shall define penalties for non-execution of the deployment programme and non-execution of the implementation projects.

Article 14

Other Incentives

1. Incentives in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 1794/2006 and (EU) No 691/2010 for SESAR deployment may be identified when establishing common projects.

2. Union funding granted in accordance with Article 13 shall be considered as ‘other revenue’ in accordance with Article 2(k) of Regulation (EC) No 1794/2006.







CHAPTER IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 15

Review

The Commission shall review the implementation of common projects by the end of the second reference period established by Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 691/2010.

Article 16

Entry into force

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

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