EN
19.12.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
L 323/99
COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2022/2494 of 9 December 2022 on the approval of the request submitted by Lithuania for the revision of its performance targets for the third reference period (notified under document C(2022) 8985) (Only the Lithuanian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 11(3), point (c), thereof,
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 of 11 February 2019 laying down a performance and charging scheme in the single European sky and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013 (2), and in particular Article 18(1) thereof,
Whereas:
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
(1)
Pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, a performance scheme for air navigation services (‘ANS’) is to be set up, including national performance plans setting out binding performance targets consistent with the Union-wide targets adopted by the Commission for the reference period concerned.
The detailed rules concerning those performance plans are set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317.
In accordance with Article 11(3), point (c), of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, the Commission assesses the performance targets established by the Member States for consistency with the corresponding Union-wide performance targets.
(2)
On 13 April 2022, the Commission adopted Decision (EU) 2022/769 (3), in which it concluded that the performance targets included in the draft performance plan for the third reference period (‘RP3’) submitted by the Republic of Lithuania (‘Lithuania’) were consistent with the Union-wide performance targets.
On the basis of Decision (EU) 2022/769, Lithuania formally adopted its RP3 performance plan in accordance with Article 16, point (a), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317.
(3)
On 26 August 2022, Lithuania submitted to the Commission a request for the revision of its en route capacity and en route cost-efficiency performance targets for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 calendar years, on the basis of Article 18(1), point (a)(ii), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317.
(1) OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 56, 25.2.2019, p. 1.
(3) Commission Decision (EU) 2022/769 of 13 April 2022 on the consistency of the performance targets contained in the draft performance plan submitted by Lithuania 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 (OJ L 139, 18.5.2022, p. 116).