Amended proposal for a Council Directive on safety requirements and attestation of professional competence for cabin crew in civil aviation
Date: 1999-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: civil aviation, crew, liberalisation of the market, professional qualifications, safety standard

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(Preparatory Acts)

COMMISSION

Amended proposal for a Council Directive on safety requirements and attestation of professional
competence for cabin crew in civil aviation (1)

(1999/C 109/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(1999) 68 final (cid:151) 97/0212(SYN)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty on 5 March 1999)

(1) OJ C 263, 29.8.1997, p. 5.

ORIGINAL PROPOSAL

AMENDED PROPOSAL

(Amendment 4)

Article 5(1)

1.
A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions have
successfully completed an initial training covering at least the
subjects listed in Annex I.

1.
A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions must
first have successfully completed an initial course of safety
training covering at least the subjects listed in Annex I.

(Amendment 5)

Article 5(2)

A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions on a
conversion or
the subjects listed in

2.
specific
differences training covering at
Annex II.

aircraft must have

completed a

least

2.
A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions on a
specific aircraft must first have completed training covering at
least the

(Amendment 8)

Article 9, paragraph 3a (new)

3a.
Cabin crew members who are already assigned to safety
functions on aircraft used by Community air carriers upon the
date of adoption of this Directive (hereafter called (cid:145)existing
cabin crew(cid:146)) shall by way of derogation from paragraphs 1
and 2 of Article 5 be subject to the following provisions.

Within the six months following the date of adoption of this
Directive, each Member State shall compare the requirements
imposed by this Directive in relation to the training of cabin
crew with those it imposes upon the date of adoption hereof
on cabin crew members in order to exercise their functions on
board aircraft used by operators to which it has granted air

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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL

AMENDED PROPOSAL

if any,

operators certificates and establish the list of training and/or
checks,
it will require in addition to the training
in order to
followed prior to the date of adoption hereof
ensure a level of professional competence equivalent to that
required by this Directive. The comparative analysed and lists
shall be communicated to the Commission and the other
Member States by the end of such six-month period. This list
the
of additional
measures to be taken by the Member State pursuant to this
Directive.

training and checks shall

form part of

this Directive at

Existing cabin crew members shall be required to fulfil such
additional requirements within 18 months from the date of
adoption of
the
requirements set out in paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 5 and
the attestation of professional competence to be issued
to paragraph 3 of Article 7 shall expressly refer
pursuant
thereto.

in place of

the latest