Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/3136 of 17 December 2024 on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for 2025 and 2026
Date: 2024-12-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, air safety, air space, air traffic, air traffic control, appointment of members, civil aviation, decision-making body (EU)








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2024/3136


18.12.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/3136
of 17 December 2024
         
on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for 2025 and 2026
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on the Implementation of the Single European Sky (1), and in particular Articles 37(5) and 38(15) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 establishes in Article 38(14) a Network Management Board (the Board) to ensure appropriate governance over the execution of the network functions. The detailed rules about composition, functioning and responsibilities and network governance mechanisms of the Board should be set by the Commission.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 (2) refers to the Board in its Article 18. It also establishes a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell (the Cell) to ensure effective crisis management at network level in its Article 19. Pending its revision following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803, it should apply with the necessary modifications having been made (mutatis mutandis) to ensure the continuity of activities.












(3)


To ensure efficient functioning of the Board and the Cell until the adoption of a revised Implementing Regulation, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members and observers of the Board and their alternates and the members of the Cell and their alternates should be appointed for 2 years.












(4)


In April 2024, the voting members unanimously proposed the candidate chairperson for the new Board.












(5)


In June 2024, the entities to be represented in the Network Management Board proposed two vice chairpersons and candidate voting members and alternates for the Network Management Board.












(6)


In June 2024, under Article 18(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, Eurocontrol proposed the candidate non-voting members representing the air navigation service providers of associated countries to join the new Board.












(7)


In June 2024, the Commission received a number of requests for observer status in the Board.












(8)


In June 2024, the organisations to be represented in the Cell proposed their nominations for the Cell.












(9)


In line with those proposals, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members and observers of the Board and their alternates, as well as the members of the Cell and their alternates should be appointed.












(10)


As the mandate of the existing Board expires on 31 December 2024, this Decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency to ensure the continuity of activities.












(11)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee established by Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026 as members, alternates and observers to the Network Management Board, in the capacity referred to in that Annex.


Article 2
The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026 as the members and alternates to the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell, in the capacity referred to in that Annex.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2025.




Done at Brussels, 17 December 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/2803, 11.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2803/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (OJ L 28, 31.1.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/123/oj).




ANNEX I
APPOINTMENTS OF VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES AS WELL AS OBSERVERS OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD







Chairperson:



Mr Enrique MAURER SOMOLINOS
Director-General
ENAIRE





1st Vice Chairperson:



Mr Rory SERGISON
Head ATM Infrastructure Europe Regional Safety and Flight Operations
IATA





2nd Vice Chairperson:


Mr Giovanni RUSSO
COO
Geneva Airport














Airspace users




 


Voting members


Alternates




AIRE/ERA


Ms Dorota DMUCHOWSKA
Chief Operating Officer /
Management Board Member
LOT Polish Airlines – on behalf of AIRE


Mr Jean FELON
Head of Operations Control Centre
Luxair – on behalf of ERA




A4E


Mr Neal MCMAHON
Chief Operations Officer
Ryanair – on behalf of A4E


Mr Jörn MESSNER
Head of Innovation & Tech FactoryLHA MUC
Lufthansa Group – on behalf of A4E




IATA


Mr Rory SERGISON
Head ATM Infrastructure Europe – Regional Safety and Flight Operations
International Air Transport Association (IATA)


Ms Elena Vega Fernandez Assistant Director ATM Infrastructure , Europe
International Air Transport Association (IATA)




EBAA/IAOPA/EAS


Ms Melissa CAPIZZI
Manager, Operational Affairs
European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)


Mr Robert BALTUS
COO
European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)














Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block




 


Voting members


Alternates




PANSA – Poland
Oro Navigacija – Lithuania


Ms Magdalena JAWORSKA-MAĆKOWIAK
President
PANSA


Mr Tomas MONTVILA
Chief Operating Officer
Oro Navigacija




ENAV – Italy
MATS – Malta
HASP – Greece
DCA Cyprus


Mr Haris ANTONIADES
Chief Operations Officer (ANS)
DCA Cyprus


Ms Despoina PAPANDREOU
Head of ANS Management & Development Division
HASP




BULATSA – Bulgaria
ROMATSA -Romania


Mr Adrian COJOC
Director General
ROMATSA


Mr Georgi PEEV
Director General
BULATSA




NAVIAIR – Denmark
LFV – Sweden


Mr Thorsten ELKJAER
COO
NAVIAIR


Mr Petter EKLUND
COO/ Director En-route
LFV




ANS of the Czechia
ATS of the Slovakia
Austro Control – Austria
HungaroControl – Hungary
Croatia Control – Croatia
Slovenia Control – Slovenia
BHANSA – Bosnia and Herzegovina


Mr Gábor MENRÁTH
Deputy CEO, Chief Operating Officer
HungaroControl


Mr Petr FAJTL
Executive Director of Operations of ANS CR




DFS – Germany
skeyes – Belgium
DSNA – France
ANA – Luxembourg
LVNL – The Netherlands
Skyguide – Switzerland


Mr Dirk MAHNS, COO, DFS


Mr Frédéric GUIGNIER
Director DSNA
DSNA
Mr Raimund FRIDRICH
Head of FABEC ANSP Office




EANS – Estonia
Fintraffic – Finland
LGS – Latvia
Avinor – Norway


Mr Christer BJÖRKMAN
Vice President, International & Network ANS
Fintraffic ANS


Mr Aivars PŪCĪTIS
Member of the Management Board
SJSC Latvijas gaisa satiksme




NAV Portugal
ENAIRE – Spain


Mr Pedro Barata
Director of strategy, planning and External relations office
Navegacao Aerea de Portugal (NAV Portugal)


Ms Laura GARCÉS ACÍN
Deputy Director of Air Navigation Services
ENAIRE




AirNav Ireland


Mr David USHER
Head of Network, Airspace and Stakeholder Engagement
AirNav Ireland


Mr Joe RYAN
National Network Manager
AirNav Ireland














Airport operators




 


Voting members


Alternates




 


Mr Giovanni RUSSO
COO
Geneva Airport


Mr Ivan BASSATO
COO
Aeroporti di Roma




 


Mr Alessandro FIDATO
COO
SEA Milano Airports


Mr Thomas ROMIG
COO
Brussels Airport














Military




 


Voting members


Alternates




Military Air Navigation Service Providers


Col Raymond MARTIN
Chief Air Traffic Services Officer
Irish Air Corps HQ


Col Matthias LÖWA
ATM Director
Military Aviation Authority, Germany




Military airspace users


BG Lionel BAVEREY
French military ATM Director
French State Aviation Safety Authority


Col Thierry BRETOS
Head of the International Affairs Office – Single European Sky
French State Aviation Safety Authority














Chairperson of the Network Management Board




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Enrique MAURER SOMOLINOS
Director General
ENAIRE


Mr Rory SERGISON
Head ATM Infrastructure Europe Regional Safety and Flight Operations
IATA




 


Mr Giovanni RUSSO
COO
Geneva Airport














European Commission




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Ms Maria De Las Flores DIAZ PULIDO
Head of Unit Single European Sky DG MOVE European Commission


Mr Staffan EKWALL
Policy Officer
DG MOVE European Commission














EFTA Surveillance Authority




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Gunnar Örn INDRIÐASON
Senior Legal Officer, Transport and Connectivity
EFTA Surveillance Authority


Ms Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir, Deputy Director for Transport and Connectivity
EFTA Surveillance Authority




Network Manager




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI
Director Network Management
Network Management Directorate
EUROCONTROL,


Mr Razvan BUCUROIU
Head of Airspace and Capacity Division
Network Management Directorate
EUROCONTROL














Chairperson of the working group on operations (NDOP)




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Adrian FLOREA
Operational Director
ROMATSA


Mr Guillaume BLANDEL
Director of Operations
DSNA














Representatives of Air Navigation Service providers of associated countries




 


Non-voting members


Alternates




1 January 2025-31 December 2025


Mr Davorin PRIMORAC
CEO
BHANSA


Mr Tomislav ŠIMIĆ
Financial Planning
BHANSA




1 January 2025-31 December 2025


Dr Cengiz PAŞAOĞLU
Deputy Director-General
General Directorate of State Airports Authority


Mr Ilker ÖDEMIŞ
Deputy Head of Air Navigation Director
General Directorate of State Airports Authority














Eurocontrol




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Raúl MEDINA CABALLERO
Director General
EUROCONTROL


Ms Marylin BASTIN
Head of Unit,
Aviation Sustainability
EUROCONTROL














Observers




 


Mr Christophe VIVIER
Head of Single European Sky Unit
European Defence Agency


 




 


Mr Athanassios TZIOLAS
Head of Air Traffic Department
European Union Aviation Safety Agency


 




 


Ms Cathy MANNION
Chair
Performance Review Body of the Single European Sky


 




 


Mr Andreas BOSCHEN
Executive Director
SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking


 




 


Ms Mariagrazia LA PISCOPIA
Executive Director
SESAR Deployment Manager


 









ANNEX II
APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION COORDINATION CRISIS CELL







Member States




 


Member


Alternate




 


Representative of the Member State that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union


Representative of the Member State that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union














EFTA states




 


Member


Alternate




 


Representative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States


Representative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States














European Commission




 


Member


Alternate




 


Ms Maria De Las Flores DIAZ PULIDO
Head of Unit Single European Sky DG MOVE
European Commission


Mr Staffan EKWALL
Policy Officer
DG MOVE
European Commission














Agency




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Fabio GRASSO
ATM Standards & Implementation Section Manager
EASA


Mr Augustin KLUS
Senior Expert & ATS Expert
EASA














Eurocontrol




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Enrique FRAILE-RIESCO
Chief of Staff
EUROCONTROL


Mr Philip HUGHES
Head of Division EGSD/PCS
EUROCONTROL














Network Manager




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI
Director Network Management
EUROCONTROL


Mr Steven MOORE
EACCC Operations Manager
Network Management Directorate
EUROCONTROL














Military




 


Member


Alternate




 


Lieutenant-Colonel Adam KARWOTH
German Military Aviation Authority


Colonel Thierry BRETOS
French Military Aviation Authority














Air Navigation Service providers




 


Member


Alternate




 


Ms Tanja GROBOTEK
CANSO


Mr Rafał MARCZEWSKI ,
Strategy, International Affairs and Projects Director
PANSA














Airport operators




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Rick MERNOCK
ACI-Europe


Mr Yves BROUWERS
Brussels Airport
ACI-Europe














Airspace users




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Carlo VERELST
EACCC Member
IATA Manager ATM Infrastructure Europe


Mr Rory SERGISON
Head ATM Infrastructure Europe Regional Safety and Flight Operations
IATA














Airspace users #2




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Achim BAUMANN
EACCC Member
A4E


Mr Chris WOODLAND
EACCC Alternate
AOLC







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/3136/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)