Imposition of a public service obligation pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 for scheduled air services within Germany
Date: 2004-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service, transport capacity

C 79/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2004

Imposition of a public service obligation pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 for
scheduled air services within Germany

(2004/C 79/02)

to

intra-Community

Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC)
1.
No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air
carriers
the German
Government has decided to impose a public service obligation
in respect of scheduled air services on the Rostock-Laage–
Munich and Rostock-Laage–Cologne/Bonn routes with effect
from 1 July 2004.

routes,

air

2.

The public service obligation is as follows:

Frequency, flight times and slots

at

and

approximately

A regular air service providing two round trips to Munich and
one round trip to Cologne/Bonn daily from Monday to Friday
must be provided. Arrival times in Munich should be before
8.00
to
Rostock-Laage should depart before 9.00 and at approximately
18.30. The round trip from/to Cologne/Bonn should operate
between
applies
This
throughout
the year, although a limited service can be
provided between Christmas and the New Year. One daily
round trip on each route is sufficient on Sundays and public
holidays.

requirement

17.30;

15.00.

return

flights

11.00

and

An application for the corresponding slots has been made to
the competent authority in accordance with Article 9(1) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993.

Capacity

Aircraft having at least 30 passenger seats must be used for the
flights involved.

Aircraft types

The aircraft type used should have a turboprop or jet engine
and a pressurised cabin. Flights must be carried out
in
accordance with instrument flight rules.

Fares

The maximum basic fare for a single flight may not exceed
to
EUR 250 (final
from
Munich
Rostock-Laage to Cologne/Bonn.

from Rostock-Laage
consumer

consumer price)

EUR 200

price)

(final

and

Reservations

It should be possible to book flights via at least one inter-
national reservation system (CRS) and on the Internet.

Continuity of air services

The number of flights cancelled for reasons that can be directly
attributed to the air carrier may not exceed 2 % of the planned
annual number of flights.

of

Economic Affairs

3.
The attention of Community air carriers is drawn to the
following: if on 1 June 2004 no air carrier has submitted to the
Ministry
of Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania written proof of commencement of scheduled air
services with effect from 1 July 2004 in accordance with the
public service obligation imposed and without
requesting
compensation, Germany will, under the procedure laid down
in Article 4(1)(d) of
limit
access on one or both routes to a single air carrier and put
out the right to operate such services from 1 July 2004 to
public tender.

the abovementioned Regulation,

An invitation to tender for these services pursuant to Article
4(1)(d) will shortly be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Further information can be obtained from:

Wirtschaftsministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Johannes-Stelling-Straße 14
D-19053 Schwerin
Tel. (49-385) 588 55 10
Fax (49-385) 588 58 65