CELEX: 51988PC0577(01)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES IN THE FIELD OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES AND AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT

No C 34/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  10. 2. 89
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Decision on consultation and coordination between Member States in
                              the field of air traffic services and air traffic flow management
                                                       COM(88) 577 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 11 December 1988)
                                                          (89/C 34/13)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas this situation can be remedied by the estab-
                                                                    lishment of a centralized air traffic flow management
                                                                    system;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 84 (2)
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, according to the amended 'International
                                                                    Convention relating to cooperation for the safety of air
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  navigation', Eurocontrol has been assigned the task inter
                                                                    alia 'to assist the Contracting Parties and interested
                                                                    non-Member States in the institution and operation of an
Having regard       to  the   opinion   of   the    European        international air traffic flow management system';
Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                    Whereas the existing Eurocontrol central data bank
Social Committee,                                                   could be expanded to serve as the core of such a system;
Whereas the completion of the internal market by the                Whereas the existing relationship between              the
end of 1992 requires the existence of an efficient air              Community and Eurocontrol, based on a Cooperation
transport system to ensure the unhindered movement of               Agreement signed in 1981, should be further enhanced in
people and goods within the Community;                              order to ensure that Eurocontrol having been assigned
                                                                    the responsibility of an important function in the real-
                                                                    ization of the common air transport policy is fully
Whereas the smooth running of the air traffic system will
                                                                    supported by the Community,
improve the implementation of the common transport
policy in the field of civil aviation;
Whereas air transport in Europe is presently under                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
considerable strain due to air traffic congestion;
Whereas the saturation of the airspace available to civil                                     Article 1
aviation in Europe is one of the primary causes of this             1.    Member States shall establish a common air traffic
air traffic congestion;                                             flow management system, to be administered by a
                                                                    centralized unit, which shall be served by the Euro-
                                                                    control central data bank.
Whereas this situation stems largely from the provision
of often uncoordinated air traffic services at national
level, hence the need for consultation and coordination
between Member States;                                              2.    The Member States Contracting Parties to the
                                                                    International Convention relating to cooperation for the
                                                                    safety of air navigation shall take the necessary steps to
Whereas the lack of coordination in the Community is                ensure that Eurocontrol is in a position to assume
particularly evident in air traffic control (ATC) and in            responsibility for the organization and operation of the
air traffic flow management;                                        centralized air traffic flow management system.
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                             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.