WRITTEN QUESTION E-2066/01 by Sir Robert Atkins (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Single European Sky.
Date: 2001-07-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Gibraltar, Spain, United Kingdom, air traffic, air transport, common transport policy, intra-EU relations

C 81 E/102

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2066/01

by Sir Robert Atkins (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 July 2001)

Subject: Single European Sky

What steps is the Commission taking to prevent the status of Gibraltar from delaying the implementation
of (cid:145)Single European Sky(cid:146)?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2064/01, E-2065/01 and E-2066/01
given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(17 September 2001)

The Commission has explained the background of its (cid:145)Single Sky(cid:146)
Questions P-312/011 (1) and P-2062/012 (2) of the Honourable Member.

initiative in its replies to Written

Conscious of the need to propose measures quickly in order to alleviate delays and address the problems of
the current air traffic management organisation, the Commission started work even before the completion
in order to prepare the technical
of the High Level Group report referred to in its previous replies,
background for any legislative proposals.

In this context, several studies were commissioned,
the results of which are published on http://
europa.eu.int/comm/transport/themes/air/english/single_eur_sky_en.html and which were discussed at a
public workshop late May 2001.

The Commission now expects to bring forward legislative proposals shortly after the summer.

Therefore the Commission is not of the opinion that there has up to now been any delay in the
preparation of the (cid:145)Single Sky(cid:146) proposals.

In view of its general experience in the field of air transport, where several of its proposals have been held
up in the Council because of difficulties concerning their application to Gibraltar airport, the Commission
hopes that the United Kingdom and Spain can give it assurances that these difficulties will not arise in
connection with the single sky proposals.

The Commission notes that contacts are under way between the relevant Member States on this question,
expressing the hope that these contacts will produce early agreement. However, since the Commission is
not party to these discussions,
it is not in a position to inform the Honourable Member as to their
progress and contents.

(1) OJ C 235 E, 21.8.2001.
(2) OJ C 350 E, 11.12.2001, p. 237.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2067/01

by Sir Robert Atkins (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Erika II Package (cid:129) Establishing a COPE Fund

(13 July 2001)

What steps does the Commission intend to take to ratify the International Convention on Civil Liability for
Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, and the International Convention on liability and compensation for
damage in connection with the carriage of hazardous and noxious substances by sea, 1996? If ratification
of the Convention on Bunker Fuel Oil 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996
is delayed by other non-EU-member States, what action does the Commission intend to take to implement
the substance of the Conventions within EU waters?