Imposition by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within France
Date: 2004-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service

30.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 79/3

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

(2004/C 79/03)

1.
France has decided to impose a public service obligation
on scheduled air services between La Rochelle (Île de Ré) and
Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) 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.

Timetables

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 La Rochelle or Lyon.

The new public service obligation between La Rochelle-Île

2.
de Ré and Lyon-Saint-Exupéry is as follows:

Flight bookings

Minimum frequency

Flights must be marketed by means of
computerised reservation system.

at

least one

The minimum level of service provided all year round must be:

Continuity of service

— two round trips per day, morning and evening,

from
Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 220 days a
year,

— one round trip on Sundays 44 times a year.

Type of aircraft used

The services must be operated with a pressurised twin turbo
prop or twin jet aircraft.

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 year. Moreover,
the carrier must give at least six months' notice before discon-
tinuing these services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that failure to observe
the public service obligations when operating the services may
lead to administrative and/or judicial penalties.

Amendment by France of public service obligations imposed on scheduled air services within
France

(2004/C 79/04)

1.
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
amend the public service obligations imposed on scheduled air
services between Aurillac and Paris (Orly) published in the
the European Communities C 385/09 of 11
Official
Journal of
December 1998.

From 1 July 2004, the public service obligations are as

2.
follows:

Timetables

During the periods where at least two return trips a day are
required, timetables must be such as to enable passengers on
business trips to make the round trip within the day and to
spend at least seven hours in Aurillac and at least eight hours
in Paris.

Flight bookings

Flights must be marketed using at least one computerised reser-
vation system.

Minimum frequency

Continuity of service

The minimum level of service provided must be two return
trips a day from Monday to Thursday inclusive, and three
return trips on Friday, 225 working days a year. During the
rest of the year, there must be one return trip a day from
Monday to Friday inclusive, excluding public holidays.

Services must be operated without a stopover between Paris
(Orly) and Aurillac.

Type of aircraft used and capacity provided

Services must be operated with a pressurised turboprop or jet
aircraft having a seating capacity of at least 19.

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 year.

The carrier must give six months' notice before discontinuing
these services.

3.
Slots are currently reserved at Paris (Orly) airport for the
scheduled Paris (Orly)–Aurillac service pursuant to Article 9 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on
the allocation of slots at Community
common rules
airports. Air carriers
route can obtain
information about these slots from the Paris airports coor-
dinator.

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