CELEX: 51999PC0068
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-05
Title: Amended proposal for a Council Directive on safety requirements and attestation of professional competence for cabin crew in civil aviation

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51999PC0068

Amended proposal for a Council Directive on safety requirements and attestation of professional competence for cabin crew in civil aviation  /* COM/99/0068 final - SYN 97/0212 */  

Official Journal C 109 , 20/04/1999 P. 0006

Amended proposal for a Council Directive on safety requirements and attestation of professional competence for cabin crew in civil aviation(1)(1999/C 109/10)(Text with EEA relevance)COM(1999) 68 final - 97/0212(SYN)(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty on 5 March 1999)(Amendment 4)Article 5(1)>Original text>1. A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions have successfully completed an initial training covering at least the subjects listed in Annex I.>Amended text>1. A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions must first have successfully completed an initial course of safety training covering at least the subjects listed in Annex I.(Amendment 5)Article 5(2)>Original text>2. A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions on a specific aircraft must have completed a conversion or differences training covering at least the subjects listed in Annex II.>Amended text>2. A cabin crew member assigned to safety functions on a specific aircraft must first have completed training covering at least the(Amendment 8)Article 9, paragraph 3a (new)>Amended text>3a. Cabin crew members who are already assigned to safety functions on aircraft used by Community air carriers upon the date of adoption of this Directive (hereafter called "existing cabin crew") shall by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 5 be subject to the following provisions.Within the six months following the date of adoption of this Directive, each Member State shall compare the requirements imposed by this Directive in relation to the training of cabin crew with those it imposes upon the date of adoption hereof on cabin crew members in order to exercise their functions on board aircraft used by operators to which it has granted air operators certificates and establish the list of training and/or checks, if any, it will require in addition to the training followed prior to the date of adoption hereof in order to ensure a level of professional competence equivalent to that required by this Directive. The comparative analysed and lists shall be communicated to the Commission and the other Member States by the end of such six-month period. This list of additional training and checks shall form part of the measures to be taken by the Member State pursuant to this Directive.Existing cabin crew members shall be required to fulfil such additional requirements within 18 months from the date of adoption of this Directive at the latest in place of the requirements set out in paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 5 and the attestation of professional competence to be issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 7 shall expressly refer thereto.(1) OJ C 263, 29.8.1997, p. 5.