CELEX: 51984PC0072(06)
Language: en
Date: 1984-03-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION .../.../EEC ON NON-DISCRIMINATION AND STANDSTILL PROVISIONS IN AIR TRANSPORT

NoC 182/6                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              9. 7. 84
             Proposal for a Council Decision on non-discrimination and standstill provisions in air
                                                      transport
                                                 COM(84) 72 final
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 March 1984)
                                                   (84/C 182/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  States as compared with air carriers who are nation-
COMMUNITIES,                                                 als of that State.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
pean Economic Community, and in particular                                           Article 2
Article 84 (2) thereof,
                                                             Member States shall take measures to ensure that-
                                                             arrangements at airports, including the system or
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
                                                             systems for the allocation of slots, are not less
sion,
                                                             favourable in their direct or indirect effects on air
                                                             carriers of other Member States than on their own
Having regard to the opinion of the European                 air carriers.
Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                                     Article 3
Social Committee,
                                                             Member States shall not render their national legis-
                                                             lation, laws and administrative measures with res-
Whereas, for the purposes of facilitating the adop-          pect to the access to the market on routes between
tion of a common air transport policy, Member                Member States of air carriers established in Member
States should in the meantime avoid taking mea-              States less liberal than those in force on 1 February
sures which would lead to further divergence of              1984.
national policies and which in their direct or indi-
rect effects would make the situation of airlines of
other Member States less favourable,                                                 Article 4
                                                             1. The Member States shall, before 1 January 1985,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:                                   and after consultation with the Commission, take
                                                             the necessary steps to amend their laws and admin-
                                                             istrative provisions to comply with this Decision.
                        Article 1
                                                             2. The Member States shall communicate to the
Until common rules have been adopted on the basis            Commission all laws and administrative provisions
of Article 84 (2) of the Treaty on a particular matter,      made in furtherance of this Decision.
no Member State may, without the unanimous
approval of the Council, make the various provi-
sions governing the subject, at the time of the adop-                                Article 5
tion of this Decision, less favourable in their direct
or indirect effects on air carriers of other Member          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.