CELEX: 51994PC0503
Language: en
Date: 1994-11-17
Title: RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ESTABLISHING THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

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                                                    COM(94) 503 final - SYN 519
                                                    Brussels, 17.11.1994
                      RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
               ESTABLISHING THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE
                INVESTIGATION OF CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
                   (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 C (d)
                                        of the EC Treaty)
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                           EXPLANATORY MÉMORANDUM
On the first of September 1993 the Commission adopted a proposal for a directive
establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of civil aviation accidents
and incidents.
The European Parliament approved that proposal on 9 March 1994 subject to a number of
eleven amendments.
On 29 March 1994 the Commission submitted an amended proposal taking up seven of the
eleven amendments of the Parliament.
On 16 May 1994 the Council adopted a Common Position with a view to adopting this
Directive. This Common position included, textually or in spirit, five of the amendments
adopted by the Parliament and taken up by the Commission.
On 26 October 1994 the Parliament accepted the Common position of the Council subject to
one amendment.
The Commission decided to take up this amendment as it usefully complements the
provisions of Article 7, para 2 in providing for the publication of an interim report twelve
months after the accident when it is not possible to make public a final investigation report
in this timeframe.
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RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ESTABUSHING THE
 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF CIVIL
                     AVIATION ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
Common Position text                               Re-examined Proposal
                                       Article 7, para 2
The investigating body or entity shall             The investigating body or entity shall
make public the final accident report in the       make public the final accident report in the
shortest possible time, and if possible            shortest possible time, and if possible
within 12 months of the date of the                within 12 months of the date of the
accident.                                          accident. Should issuance of the final
                                                   accident report be prevented bv the
                                                   unavailability of information, an interim
                                                   report shall be made public within 12
                                                   months of the date of the accident.
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