CELEX: 51988PC0577(02)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION EXTENDING DECISION 78/174/EEC TO THE FIELD OF SEA AND AIR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

10. 2. 89                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 34/9
                             Article 2                                2.    An Advisory Committee, consisting of represen-
                                                                      tatives of the Member States and chaired by a represen-
1.     Member States shall consult with each other and
                                                                      tative of the Commission, shall be set up under the
the Commission on the activities they undertake in the
                                                                      auspices of the Commission.
field of air traffic services, in particular with regard to:
                                                                      3.    The Committee may examine any problem relating
— the establishment and functioning              of the system        to air traffic services which is referred to it by its
     envisaged by Article 1,                                          chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of
                                                                      a representative of a Member State.
— the planning         and    acquisition   of   air  navigation
     facilities,                                                                               Article 3
— the development of common ATC procedures and                        Member States Contracting Parties to the International
                                                                      Convention relating to cooperation for the safety of air
     training programmes for ATC controllers.
                                                                      navigation shall take the necessary steps to ensure that a
To this end the Member States shall inform the                        clause is inserted in the Convention permitting the
Commission, at the earliest possible stage and in any case            Community to adhere to the said Convention.
before undertaking any concrete action or commitment,
                                                                                               Article 4
of their intentions. The Commission shall immediately
inform the other Member States.                                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                 Proposal for a Council Decision extending Decision 78/174/EEC to the field of sea and air
                                                       transport infrastructure
                                                          COM(88)    577final
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 11 December 1988)
                                                             (89/C 34/14)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              effectiveness, consistency and continuity of transport
                                                                      infrastructure measures; whereas that Decision applies
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 only to transport by rail, road and inland waterway;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 84(2)
thereof,                                                              Whereas it is appropriate to extend the application of the
                                                                      Decision to sea and air infrastructure measures, taking
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    into account the geographical structure of the enlarged
                                                                      Community and the significance of both transport modes
Having regard         to   the    opinion   of   the   European       for the functioning of the internal market,
 Parliament,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                                              Article 1
 Social Committee,
                                                                      Decision 78/174/EEC shall apply to plans and
Whereas Council Decision 78/174/EEC of 20 February                    programmes for the development of transport infra-
 1978 instituting a consultation procedure and setting up             structures and to projects of Community interest in the
a committee in the field of transport infrastructure (J)              field of sea and air transport.
creates an organizational framework to guarantee the
                                                                                               Article 2
(') OJ No L 54, 25. 2. 1978, p. 16.                                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.