CELEX: 51986PC0677
Language: en
Date: 1986-11-24
Title: Amended Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down the procedure for the rules on competition applying to undertakings in the air transport sector (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (86) 677
Vol. 1986/0274
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                                                                     C0MC86) 677         fin a l
                                                                    B ru s s e ls , 24 N ovem ber              1986.
                                       Amended P r o p o s a l       fo r   a
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION
            la y in g   down t h e     p ro ce d u re    fo r   th e   ru le s     on c o m p e t i t i o n
             a p p ly in g   to   u n d e rta k in g s   in   th e   a ir   tra n s p o rt    s e c to r
        (s u b m itte d    to   th e  C o u n c i l by t h e     C o m m is s io n p u r s u a n t   to     th e
               second p a ra g ra p h o f          A rtic le    149 o f     t r ie  EEC T r e a t y )
C0MC86)  677 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The I n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l     C o n fe re n c e   h e ld   in    L u x e m b o u r g on 9 S e p te m b e r 1985
c a lle d     upon       th e     C o m m u n ity      in s titu tio n s        to    e s ta b lis h      p rin c ip le s       and
ru le s     fo r      th e     e x e r c is e     of     th e    e x e c u tiv e      p ow ers       c o n fe rre d      on     th e
C o m m i s s io n .
The     C o m m is s io n      has     a c c o r d in g ly    s u b m itte d       to    th e     C o u n c il   a    p ro p o sa l
(D o c.    COM ( 8 6 )      35 f i n a l )      la y in g   down t h e       p ro ce d u re s     fo r    th e   e x e r c is e   of
its     e x e c u tiv e      p o w e rs.       The      p ro p o s a l    ta k e s    over       th e    th re e     ty p e s     of
c o m m itte e       p ro c e d u re     d is c u s s e d    at      th e     C o n fe re n c e ,       n a m e ly    a d v is o ry
c o m m itte e ,     m anagem ent         c o m m itte e     and    re g u la to ry      c o m m itte e .
The C o m m is s io n        c o n s id e rs    th a t   th e   fir s t     o f th e s e     p ro c e d u re s   is   th e    m ost
a p p ro p ria te      in    th e   fie ld      c o n ce rn e d by i t s       p ro po sa l     of    18 N o ve m be r 1 9 8 2 1
a nd    th e re fo re        p ro po se s     to      amend      its      p ro p o sa l     to    re v e rt    to    a     s im p le
a d v is o ry    c o m m itte e p r o c e d u r e .
    OJ No C 3 1 7 , 3 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 2 .
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                                                                   COUNCIL REGULATION
                                                   la y in g   down t h e       p ro ce d u re     fo r   th e    ru le s   on
                     c o m p e titio n a p p ly in g        to    u n d e rta k in g s   in     th e   a ir    tra n s p o rt   s e c to r
 The       p ro p o sa l    s u b m itte d     to     th e    C o u n c il    on    18     N o ve m be r     1982      is    h ereby       amended      as
 fo llo w s       :
            O rig in a l    p ro p o sa l
                                                                                                                         New p r o p o s a l
                 A rtic le     8
                                                                                                                          A rtic le      8
 L ia is o n     w ith    th e   a u to ritje s
                                                                                                            L ia is o n   w ith    th e    a u to r itje s
       o f th e      Member S t a t e s
                                                                                                                   o f th e     Member S t a t e s
 1.      The C o m m is s io n s h a l l c a r r y o u t t h e p r o c e d u r e s
                                                                                                                   1 -    3 : U n ch a n g e d
 p r o v i d e d f o r i n t h i s R e g u l a t i o n i n c l o s e and c o n s t a n t
 lia is o n       w ith     th e     c o m p e te n t a u t h o r i t i e s    o f t h e member
 S ta te s ;        th e s e     a u th o r itie s       s h a ll     have t h e         r ig h t      to
e x p r e s s t h e i r v i e w s on s u c h p r o c e d u r e s .
2.         The      C o m m is s io n s h a l l       im m e d ia te ly fo r w a r d          to     th e
c o m p e t e n t a u t h o r i t i e s o f t h e Member S t a t e s c o p i e s               o f th e
c o m p l a i n t s a nd a p p l i c a t i o n s ,         a nd o f t h e m o s t i m        p o rta n t
d o c u m e n ts s e n t t o i t o r w h i c h i t s e n d s o u t i n t h e                    co urse
o f such p r o c e d u r e s .
3.       The A d v i s o r y C o m m itt e e on R e s t r i c t i v e P r a c t i c e s and
D o m in a n t P o s i t i o n s i n t h e T r a n s p o r t I n d u s t r y e s t a b l i s h e d
b y A r t i c l e 1 6 ( 3 ) o f R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 1 0 1 7 / 6 8 s h a l l be
c o n s u lte d p r i o r t o th e t a k i n g o f any d e c is io n f o l l o w i n g
upon a p r o c e d u r e u n d e r A r t i c l e                3 o r o f any d e c is io n
under th e second s u b p a ra g ra p h o f A r t i c l e 5 ( 3 ) ,                        o r under
th e       second        su b p a ra g rp a h     of      p ara g ra p h     4 of        t h e same
A rtic le .         The A d v i s o r y C o m m itt e e s h a l l a l s o be c o n s u l t e d
p r io r       to      a d o p tio n      of      th e       im p le m e n tin g       p ro v is io n s
p ro v id e d f o r in A r t i c l e 21.
4 . C o n s u l t a t i o n s h a l l t a k e p l a c e , and t h e
                                                                                    4.       C o n s u lt a t io n s h a l l ta k e p la c e a t a
C o m m itte e s h a l l d e l i v e r i t s o p i n i o n i n
                                                                                    m e e tin g convened a t th e i n v i t a t i o n o f th e
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r u l e s l a i d down i n
                                                                                    C o m m i s s io n . A sum m ary o f t h e f a c t s ,
A r t i c l e 1 6 ( 5 ) a n d ( 6 ) o f R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)                   t o g e t h e r w i t h th e most im p o r t a n t
No 1 0 1 7 / 6 8 .
                                                                                    d o c u m e n ts a n d a p r e l i m i n a r y d r a f t o f t h e
                                                                                    d e c i s i o n t o be t a k e n , s h a l l be s e n t w i t h
                                                                                    t h e i n v i t a t i o n . When s e e k i n g t h e o p i n i o n
                                                                                     o f t h e Ad/isory Committee, the Commission may set
                                                                                    a t im e l i m i t w i t h i n w h ic h such o p i n i o n
                                                                                    s h a l l be g i v e n .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                       5 . The Advisory Committee s h a ll not vote on
                                                                                      o u tc o m e o f i t s d e l i b e r a t i o n s . H o w e ver
                                                                                      a n y o f i t s members may a s k f o r h i s
                                                                                      o p i n i o n t o be r e c o r d e d i n t h e m i n u t e s
                                                                                      w h i c h s h a l l be a n n e x e d t o t h e d r a f t
                                                                                      d e c i s i o n b u t s h a l l n o t be p u b l i s h e d .
                       A rtic le        9                                                                 A rtic le   9
                                                                                                          D e le te d
 C o n s id e ra tio n        by       th e     C o u n c il     of      q u e s tio n s      of
p rin c ip le        c o n c e r n i n g t h e common t r a n s p o r t p o l i c y
 r a is e d in s p e c i f i c cases
 1.       The C o m m is s io n s h a l l n o t t a k e a d e c i s i o n                      in
 re s p e c t    of     w h ic h       c o n s u lta tio n       as     la id      down i n
A r t i c l e 8 i s c o m p u ls o ry u n t i l a f t e r th e e x p i r y o f
t w e n t y d a y s f r o m t h e d a t e on w h i c h t h e A d v i s o r y
 C o m m itte e h a s d e l i v e r e d i t s o p i n i o n .
 2.        B e fo re     e x p iry        of      th e     p e rio d     s p e c ifie d        in
p a ra g ra p h 1 ,        a n y Member S t a t e may r e q u e s t t h a t t h e
 C o u n c i l be c o n v e n e d t o e x a m in e w i t h t h e C o m m is s io n
any q u e s tio n o f               p r in c ip le      c o n c e rn in g     th e    common
t r a n s p o r t p o l i c y w h i c h s u c h Member S t a t e c o n s i d e r s
t o be i n v o l v e d i n a p a r t i c u l a r c a s e .
The C o u n c i l s h a l l m e e t w i t h i n t h i r t y d a y s f r o m t h e
 r e q u e s t b y t h e Member S t a t e c o n c e r n e d f o r t h e s o l e
p u rp o se o f c o n s id e r in g such q u e s tio n s o f p r i n c i p l e .
The C o m m is s io n s h a l l n o t t a k e i t s                   d e c is io n u n t i l
a f t e r th e C o u n c il m e e tin g .
3.        F u rth e r,      t h e C o u n c i l may a t a n y t i m e ,               a t th e
 r e q u e s t o f a Member S t a t e o r o f t h e                          C o m m is s io n ,
c o n s id e r        g e n e ra l         q u e s tio n s       ra is e d        by        th e
im p le m e n ta tio n o f th e c o m p e t it io n p o l i c y i n th e a i r
tra n s p o rt s e c to r.
4.       I n a l l c a s e s w h e re t h e C o u n c i l i s a s k e d t o m eet
to      c o n s id e r,        under         p a ra g ra p h     2,       q u e s tio n s     of
p r in c ip le o r , under p ara g ra p h 3 , g e n e ra l q u e s tio n s ,
t h e C o m m is s io n s h a l l ,              fo r    th e p u rpo se s o f t h i s
R e g u la tio n , ta k e in t o a c co u n t th e p o l ic y g u id e lin e s
w h ic h e m e rg e f r o m t h a t m e e t i n g .