Imposition by France of public service obligations on scheduled air services between Lyons and Ajaccio, Lyons and Bastia, Lyons and Calvi, and Lyons and Figari (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transport planning

C 297/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19.10.2000

Imposition by France of public service obligations on scheduled air services between Lyons and
Ajaccio, Lyons and Bastia, Lyons and Calvi, and Lyons and Figari

(2000/C 297/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. Pursuant to the decision of the Corsican regional authorities
of 25 May 2000, France has decided to impose, from 29
October 2000 (start of the 2000/2001 winter scheduling
season), public
service obligations on scheduled air
services between Lyons and Ajaccio, Lyons and Bastia,
Lyons and Calvi, and Lyons and Figari, pursuant to Article
4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July
to intra-
1992 on access
Community air routes (1).

for Community air carriers

2. The public service obligations take account of Corsica’s

island status and are as follows:

2.1. Minimum frequency

The minimum frequencies are as follows:

(a) Between Lyons and Ajaccio and between Lyons and Bastia

(cid:151) four round trips per week from 1 October to 30

April,

(cid:151) one round trip per day from 1 May to 30

September.

The purchase of tickets at these prices may be subject to an
advance booking requirement which may not exceed 14
days before the departure date.

(vi) passengers whose principal place of residence is in
Corsica and who use tickets purchased in Corsica, the
validity of which is restricted to a stay outside the
island of less than 40 days, in order to make a round
flights without
trip starting from Corsica, on all
capacity restriction and without
time constraints on
ticket reservations or purehases.

These fares exclude per capita taxes and duties charged by
the State,
local authorities and airport authorities, and
identified as such on the air ticket.

If an abnormal and unforeseeable increase in the cost factors
affecting the operation of the routes takes place for which
the carriers are not responsible, that fare may be raised in
proportion to the increase. The new maximum fare must be
notified to the carriers operating the services and will apply
after its publication by the European Commission in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

(b) Between Lyons and Calvi and between Lyons and Figari

2.3. Continuity of service

(cid:151) two round trips per week from 1 October to 30

April,

(cid:151) three round trips per week from 1 May to 30

September.

The services must be non-stop.

2.2. Fares

in cases of

force majeure,

Except
fligths
cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier
must not exceed 1 % of the number of flights scheduled
in any IATA scheduling season.

the number of

In accordance with Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No
2408/92, any carrier intending to operate one or other of
least 12
these services must undertake to do so for at
consecutive months.

The following categories of passengers must be charged a
fare not exceedings FRF 780, with no capacity restriction:

The carrier must give at least six months notice before
discontinuing these services.

(i) young persons (under 25 years of age);

(ii) senior citizens (aged 60 years or over);

(iii) students (under 27 years of age);

(iv) families (one or both parents travelling with at least one

of their children who is a minor);

(v) disabled persons.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of
air services without regard to the abovementioned public
and/or
result
service obligations may
criminal penalties.

in administrative

Air carriers are hereby informed that the French authorities
reserve the right to grant aid having a social character to
certain categories of passengers on these routes on the basis
of Article 87(2)(a) of the Treaty.

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.