12.12.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 318/117
(4)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/728 (6) was addressed to Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, and Sweden.
In that Decision, the Commission found that the en route cost-efficiency performance targets included in the draft performance plan for RP3 of Sweden are not consistent with the Union-wide performance targets, and issued recommendations for the revision of those targets.
(5)
In response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022, the Union has imposed restrictive measures which prohibit Russian air carriers, any Russian-registered aircraft and any nonRussian-registered aircraft which is owned or chartered, or otherwise controlled by any Russian natural or legal person, entity or body, from landing in and taking off from, or overflying the territory of the Union.
Those restrictive measures and the counter-measures adopted by Russia have led to changes in air traffic in European airspace.
Certain Member States, including Sweden, have been severely affected by a significant reduction in the number of overflights in the airspace under their responsibility.
However, at Union-wide level, the observed impact on the number of flights has been limited in contrast with the sharp reduction of air traffic across Europe which resulted from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(6)
On 13 July 2022, Sweden submitted a revised draft performance plan for RP3 (the ‘revised draft performance plan’) for assessment to the Commission.
(7)
The performance review body, assisting the Commission in the implementation of the performance scheme pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, has submitted to the Commission a report containing its advice on the assessment of the revised draft performance plan.
(8)
In accordance with Article 15(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317, the Commission has assessed the consistency of the local performance targets included in the revised draft performance plan on the basis of the assessment criteria laid down in point 1 of Annex IV to that Implementing Regulation, and taking account of local circumstances.
In respect of each key performance area and the related performance targets, the Commission has complemented its assessment by reviewing the elements set out in point 2 of Annex IV to that Implementing Regulation.
(9)
The Eurocontrol Statistics and Forecast Service (‘STATFOR’) base traffic forecast, published in June 2022, takes account of the change in circumstances referred to in recital 5.
On the basis of that forecast, the Commission notes that Sweden continues to face a significantly deteriorated traffic outlook for the remainder of RP3 as a consequence of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
As those changes in circumstances considerably impact the performance targets included in the revised draft performance plan, they should be taken into account in the assessment of the local performance targets included therein.
COMMISSION ASSESSMENT
Assessment of performance targets in the key performance area of safety
(10)
Concerning the key performance area of safety, the Commission has assessed the consistency of the targets submitted by Sweden regarding the effectiveness of safety management of air navigation service providers (‘ANSPs’) based on the criterion laid down in point 1.1 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317.
(11)
The local safety performance targets proposed by Sweden for the main air navigation service provider, namely LFV, in respect of the effectiveness of safety management, broken down per safety management objective and expressed as a level of implementation, are as follows:
(6) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/728 of 13 April 2022 on the inconsistency of certain performance targets contained in the draft national and functional airspace block performance plans submitted by Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, and Sweden pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council with the Union-wide performance targets for the third reference period and setting out recommendations for the revision of those targets (OJ L 135, 12.5.2022, p. 4).