Commission Notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Imposition of a public service obligation on scheduled air services within France (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transport planning

6.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 72/3

COMMISSION NOTICE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4(1)(a) OF COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
No 2408/92

Imposition of a public service obligation on scheduled air services within France

(2001/C 72/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

I. Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air
carriers to intra-Community air routes, France has decided
to impose a public service obligation on scheduled air
services on the following routes:

The service must be non-stop between Toulon/HyŁres and
Toulouse.

The service must be operated with a pressurised aircraft
having a seating capacity of at least 17.

Toulon/HyŁres-Bordeaux,
Toulon/HyŁres-Toulouse,
Toulon/HyŁres-Nantes.

II. The new public service obligation is as follows:

Minimum frequency, capacity provided, type of aircraft used and
timetables

Toulon/HyŁres-Bordeaux

Except on public holidays, the minimum level of service
provided 235 days a year except at weekends must be
two return trips per day, morning and evening, and the
minimum level of service provided 90 days a year at
weekends must be one return trip on Saturday mornings
and one return trip on Sunday evenings.

Timetables must be such as
business
round trip within the day and to spend at
hours at their destination, whether Bordeaux or Toulon.

to enable passengers on
trips during the working week to make the
least seven

The service must be non-stop between Toulon/HyŁres and
Bordeaux.

Toulon/HyŁres-Nantes

Except on public holidays, the minimum level of service
provided 235 days a year except at weekends must be
two return trips per day, morning and evening, and the
minimum level of service provided 90 days a year at
weekends must be one return trip on Saturday mornings
and one return trip on Sunday evenings.

to enable passengers on
Timetables must be such as
business
trips during the working week to make the
round trip within the day and to spend at least six and a
half hours at their destination, whether Nantes or Toulon.

The service must be non-stop between Toulon/HyŁres and
Nantes.

The service must be operated with a pressurised aircraft
having a seating capacity of at least 17.

Flight bookings

Seats on these flights must be marketed by at least one
computerised booking system.

The service must be operated with a pressurised aircraft
having a seating capacity of at least 17.

Service continuity

Toulon/HyŁres-Toulouse

Except on public holidays, the minimum level of service
provided 235 days a year except at weekends must be
two return trips per day, morning and evening, and the
minimum level of service provided 90 days a year at
weekends must be one return trip on Saturday mornings
and one return trip on Sunday evenings.

in cases of

force majeure,

Except
flights
cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier
must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled
in any IATA scheduling season.

the number of

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

Timetables must be such as
business
round trip within the day and to spend at
hours at their destination, whether Toulouse or Toulon.

to enable passengers on
trips during the working week to make the
least seven

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