Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within France
Date: 2002-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, inland transport, public service

C 62/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9.3.2002

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within
France

(2002/C 62/05)

1. France has decided to alter the public service obligation in
respect of scheduled air services between Rodez (Marcillac)
and Paris (Orly), as published in Official
the
European Communitites C 165 of 31 May 1997, 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.

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2. The new public service obligation is as follows:

Minimum frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be:

(cid:151) three return trips per day, morning, midday and
evening, excluding public holidays,
from Monday to
Friday, all year round. The frequency at midday may
be reduced at most eight weeks a year,
in particular
from mid-July to the beginning of September,

(cid:151) one return trip, in the morning, on Saturdays,

(cid:151) two return trips, afternoon and evening, on Sundays,

(cid:151) one return trip on public holidays, except in special
cases and with the agreement of the Syndicat mixte de
l’amØnagement et de l’exploitation de l’aØroport Rodez/
Marcillac.

The services must be operated without a stopover between
Rodez (Marcillac) and Paris (Orly).

Type of aircraft used and capacity provided

The service must be operated with a pressurised aircraft
having a seating capacity of at least 50.

Timetables

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

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

Timetables must be such as to allow transit passengers to
make use of Community and international connections at
Paris (Orly).

Slots are reserved at Paris (Orly) airport for the scheduled
Paris (Orly)(cid:150)Rodez (Marcillac) service pursuant to Article 9
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 on common rules for
the allocation of slots at Community airports. Air carriers
interested in this route can obtain information about these
slots from the Paris airports coordinator.

Flight bookings

Flights must be marketed by means of at
computerised reservation system.

least one

Fare increases must not exceed increases in the gross
domestic product (GDP) price index excluding taxes and
charges, except in the event of a significant increase in
dollar reference parameters, fuel,
insurance premiums, or
any other substantial change in the economic environment
which the carrier can justify over a given period in excess of
three months.

Continuity of service

in cases of

force majeure,

the number of

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 carrier
must give six months’ notice before discontinuing the
services.

In addition,

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.

3. This public service obligation replaces, with effect from 31
March 2002,
the public service obligation concerning
scheduled air services between Rodez (Marcillac) and Paris
(Orly), as published in Official
the European
Communities C 165 of 31 May 1997.

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