CELEX: 51981PC0771
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Date: 1981-12-10
Title: Amended Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning the authorization of scheduled interregional air services of passengers, mail and cargo between Member States (presented by the Commission to the Council on the basis of Article 149,2 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                             COM(81)771 final
                                             Brussels , 10 December 1981
                                  Amended
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      concerning the authorization of scheduled interregional air services
      of passengers - mail and cargo between Member States
      ( presented by the Commission to the Council on the basis of Article
        149,2 of the EEC Treaty )
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                 COMMUNICATION TO THE COUNCIL
                     Explanatory note
           The Commission introduced a proposal for a Council Regulation
 concerning the authorisation of interregional air services between
 Member States in November 1980 . The European Parliament and the Economic
 and Social Committee gave their opinion on 16 and 28 October 1981
 respectively . In the light of these opinions and following some addi­
 tional work in the Council 's working group on air transport , the
 Commission has decided to amend its proposal as provided for in
 art . 149 of the EEC Treaty . The Commission 's draft directive on air
 fares of 26 October 1981 (*) will be amended in due timeso that , when
it comes into force , amendments will be introduced into the measure '
 on interregional air services for the purpose of avoiding duplication
 of tariff criteria and approval procedures .
                      Detailed amendments
 Art . 6 , par . 3   Drafting amendment suggested by the European Parliament
 Art . 10 : Amended : to further clarify the considerations to which      the
 Commission must have regard in taking a decision and to reduce the Com­
 mission 's time to reachsuch a decision . The European Parliament intro­
 duced two other amendments to this article suggesting that the Commis-v
 sion 's decisions should be accompanied by a statement of reasons and
 that the state of registration of the airline should comply with the
 Commission 's decisions within a certain period . These two amendments
 have not been accepted because the ef feet wi shed fcy the European Parliament
 is already achieved by the relevant provisions of the Treatyand the
 current practice of the Commission .
 Art . 12:Amended : to underline , as suggested by the Economic and Social
 Committee , the need for airlines operating interregional air services
 to respect social requirements in order that working conditions do not
 deteriorate .
 Art . 13 :    Drafting amendment suggested by the European Parliament .
 Art . 15:Amended : to update the timetable , as suggested by the European
 Parliament .
 (*) COM ( 81 ) 590 final
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Art . 16 , 1st
sub-par . :    Amended : to update the timetable , as suggested by the
European Parliament .
Annex to the draft regulation : Amended :
i . to exclude from the scope of the proposed regulation the main inter­
    continental airports of the Community . The purpose is to avoid an
    inordinate diversion of intercontinental traffic from existing
    gateways and not to disrupt the main intracommunity trunks routes .
    This amendment was suggested by the European Parliament .
ii.To classify Luxemburg airport as category 2 instead of 1 .
In reaximing the criteria used for determining the categorieof airports
which were based on the percentage of international traffic , it was
felt that , since Luxemburg airport is  the only airport of the country ,
its classification as categorie 1 would in practice exclude it from
the scope of the proposed regulation . In addition its traffic volume
is relatively modest . This point has been made also by the Luxemburg
delegation during the discussions in the Council 's working group .
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            INITIAL TEXT PROPOSED BY                           AMENDED TEXT
                THE COMMISSION
                                     Articles 1 to 5 : unchanged
                                     Article 6 , par . 1 and 2 : unchanged
Article 6 , par . 3                                  Article 6 , par . 3
3 . The state of registration shall verify           3 . The state of registration shall verify
the economic and technical vialibility of            the financial standing and technical
the Communiry air carrier and shall refuse           viability of the Community air carrier
authorization only if it is seriously                and shall refuse authorization only if
dissatisfied with the results of this                it is seriously dissatisfied with the
verification .                                       results of this verification .
                                     Article 6 , par . 4 : unchanged
                                     Article 7 to 9 : unchanged
Article 10                                         Article 10
    In the event of a dispute concerning             1 . In the event of a dispute concerning the
ttje authorization of or the tariffs for an          authorization of_a n  interregional air ser-
interregional air service , the parties to           vice , the parties to the dispute shall
tlje dispute shall attempt , by a method of          attempt to reach a settlement within three
tl^eir choice , to settle the dispute within         months by a method of their choice which
ttjree months . If disagreement persists             may include an arb itration procedure . If
thereafter any of the parties may refer the          disagreement persi sts thereafter , any of
dispute to the Commission without prejudice          the parties may re fer the dispute to the
t<j their right to submit it to a competent          Commission without prejudice to their right
cdurt .                                              to submit  it to a competent court.'
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2 « On receipt of a case , as provided for           2 . On receipt of a case , as provided for
ii} paragraph 1 , the Commission shall request       in paragraph 1 , the Commission shall request
ttje parties and particuarly the State resis­        the parties and particularly the State
ting authorization to submit their observa­          resisting authorization to submit their
tions and all relevant information . It shall,       observations and all relevant information .
within 2 months, provide for joint consulta­         It shall , within 2 months , provide for joint
tion of the States affected , the State of           consultation of the States affected , the
registration and the Community air carrier .         State of registration and the Community air
The Commission may also consult user repre­          carrier . The Commission may also consult
sentatives , airports affected or independent        user representatives , airports affected or
experts .                                            independent experts .
                                                     3 . The Commission shall determine , in accoi–
                                                     dance with the criteria laid down by this
                                                     regulation , whether the proposed service
                                                     shall be authorized .
3 . The Commission shall , within 5 months of        4 . The Commission shall , withi n 4 months
receiving the case , notify its decision to          of receiving the case , notify its decision
the Member State concerned and communicate           to the Member States and tne airlines .
that decision to the other parties .
4 . The decision of the Commission shall             5 . The decision of the Commission shall
be published .                                       be published .
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        INITIAL TEXT PROPOSED BY                                     AMENDED TEXT
           THE COMMISSION
                                     Article 11 : unchanged
Arti c le 12                                        Article 12
The provisions of this Regulation shall             The provisions of this Regulation shall not
not prejudice the national and local tech­          prejudice the national and local technical ,
nical and operational requirements of the           operational and social requirements of the
States concerned , to the extent that these         States affected , to the extent that these
requirements do not discriminate against            requirements do not discriminate against
interregional air services .                        interregional air services .
Article 13                                           Article 13
Community air carriers operating interre­           Community air carriers operating intei–
gional air services covered by this Regu­           regional air services covered by this Regu­
lation shall in each State affected enjoy           lation shall in each state affected enjoy
the most favourable treatment granted by            the most favourable treatment granted by that
that Member State on the same or neigh­             member state on the same or neighbouring routes
bouring routes to other air carriers , in           to other air carriers with respect to staff
particular with respect to fuel , spares ,          qualifications and ground servicing agreements ,
staff qualifications and similar matters .          including fuel , spares and navigational
                                                    services .
                                     Article 14 : unchanged
Article 15                                          Article 15
In the light of the experi ence . acqui red ,       In the light of the experience acquired ,
the Council may , as from 1 January 1984 ,          the Council may , as from 1 January 1985 ,
acting by a qualified majority on a pro­            acting by a qualified majority on a proposal
posal from the Commission and after con­            from the Commission and after consulting the
sulting the Parliament , amend the pro­             Parliament , amend the provisions of this
visions of this regulation .                        regulation .
Article 16 , 1st subparagraph                       Article 16 , 1st subparagraph
This regulation shall enter into force              This regulation shall enter into force on
on 1 January 1981 .                                 1 January 1982 .
                                     second subparagraph : unchanged
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                                 AIRPORT CLASSIFICATION
              Initial text                                     Amended text
Country      Airport              Airport Category            Airport Category
                                  initial classification       amended classificatioi
BELG imi
            Bruxelles-Zaventem             1                   unchanged
DTTfJT'AHK K/fbnhavn-Kas*trup              1
FRANCE
            Paris-C.D.G.                   1
            Paris-Orly                     1
            Paris Bourget                  1
            Marseille-Karignane            2
            Wice-COte d' Azur              2                   unchanged
           Lyon-Satolas                    2
            Bâie-Mulhouse                  2
GEFKA?7Y ( Fed* Rep. )
            Frankfurt /Main                i
            Diïsceldorf
           München                         2<
           Hamburg                         2<                  unchanged
            Stuttgart                      2<
            Köln/öonn                      2'
            Athmai                         1
            Thessaloniki                   2
IRELAND
            Dublin                         1
            Shannon                        2
ITALY
            Rome Piumicmo                  i
            Roraa-Ciampino                 lx
            Mi lano-Linat e                Κ
           Milano-Malpensa                 1<
            Napoli Capodi chino            2<                  unchanged
            Venezia Tessera                2<
            Rimini                         2(
            Catania Fontanarossa           2'
LUXECTOURG
            Luxembourg
KETTCRI.A.'ND S
            Aasterdam-Shiphol
 UHITFD XPTCSOM
            Londor.-Heathrow
            London-Gatwick
            Manchester
            Lut on                                              unchanged
            Birmingham
            Glasgow
  All other airports :                                          unchanged