Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within France (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service

C 175/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

23.7.2002

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

(2002/C 175/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Communities C 62 of 9 March 2002, 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.

Journal of

2. The public service obligation is as follows:

Minimum frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be:

— three return trips per day, morning, midday and
evening, excluding public holidays,
from Monday to
Friday, all year round. A reduced service of only two
return trips per day may be provided, particularly from
mid-July to the beginning of September, for a maximum
of eight weeks per year,

— one return trip, in the morning, on Saturdays,

— two return trips, afternoon and evening, on Sundays.
During the reduced-service period defined above, the
afternoon service may be cancelled,

— one return trip on public holidays, except in special
cases and with the agreement of the ‘Syndicat mixte
de l'aménagement et de l'exploitation de l'aéroport
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 jet aircraft
having a seating capacity of at least 50.

Timetables

Except during the abovementioned reduced-service period,
timetables must be such as to enable passengers on business
trips during the working week to make the round trip

within the day and to spend at least eight hours at their
destination, whether Paris or Rodez.

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) to 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. Carriers
interested in this service may obtain any information on
these slots from the coordinator for Paris airports.

Commercial policy

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

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
the
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.

reference parameters,

such as dollar

rates,

Continuity of service

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of 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.

its publication,

3. This public service obligation replaces, with effect from the
date of
service obligation
concerning scheduled air services between Rodez (Marcillac)
and Paris (Orly) published in Official Journal of the European
Communities C 62 of 9 March 2002.

the public