Extension and amendment of public service obligations imposed in respect of three scheduled air services on routes within Greece in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transportation tariff

C 311/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.12.2007

Extension and amendment of public service obligations imposed in respect of three scheduled air
services on routes within Greece in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 311/12)

1. The Greek Government has decided to extend and revise
from 1 May 2008 the public service obligations imposed in
three scheduled air services on routes within
respect of
Greece pursuant
to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Com-
munity air carriers to intra-Community air routes, which
were published in the Official Journal of the European Union
C 312 of 17 December 2004 and Official
the
European Communities C 164 of 10 July 2002, p. 16.

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2. The amendments to the public service obligations concern

the following routes:

— Rhodes-Kastelorizo,

— Athens-Skiros,

— Thessaloniki-Skiros.

(A) Fares

The single economy fare may not exceed the following
rates:

— Rhodes-Kastelorizo:

— Athens-Skiros:

— Thessaloniki-Skiros:

EUR 26

EUR 38

EUR 54

The above amounts may be increased in the event of an
unforeseen increase in the costs of operating the service
outside the control of the carrier. This increase shall be
notified to the carrier operating the service but shall not
it has been published by the
come into effect until
European Commission in the Official
the
European Union.

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(B) Continuity of service

In accordance with Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2408/92, a carrier intending to operate scheduled
services on these routes must give a guarantee that it
will operate the route for at least twelve months without
interruption.

Should the air carrier intend to cease operation of any of
the aforementioned routes, it must notify the Civil Avia-
tion Authority, Directorate for Air Operations, Section II,
at least six months before services are interrupted.

3. Useful information

Operation of flights on these routes by a Community carrier
who does not fulfil the public service obligations imposed
may result in the imposition of administrative or other sanc-
tions.

As regards the types of aircraft to be used, air carriers are
asked to consult Aeronautical Information Publications of
Greece (AIP Greece) as regards technical and business data
and airport procedures.

As regards timetables, arrivals and departures of aircraft
must be planned within the operating times of airports as
determined by decision of the Minister for Transport and
Communications.

It should be noted that if no air carrier has declared to the
Civil Aviation Authority, Directorate for Air Operations an
intention to operate scheduled services from 1 May 2008 on
one or more of the abovementioned routes without financial
compensation, Greece has decided, under the procedure set
out in Article 4(1)(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, to
limit access to each or several of the abovementioned routes
to one carrier for three years and to grant the right to
operate those services from 1 May 2008 following an invita-
tion to tender.

These public service obligations imposed in respect of fares
supersede those published in the Official
the
European Union C 312 of 17 December 2004 and Official
Journal of the European Communities C 164 of 10 July 2002,
p. 16 for the above routes.

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The number of flights cancelled for reasons for which
the carrier is responsible may not exceed 2 % of the
total annual number of flights, except in cases of force
majeure.

Otherwise, the public service obligations published in the
Official Journal of the European Union C 312 of 17 December
2004 and Official Journal of the European Communities C 164
of 10 July 2002, p. 16 continue to apply for those routes.