Council Directive 89/463/EEC of 18 July 1989 amending Directive 83/416/EEC concerning the authorization of scheduled inter-regional air services for the transport of passengers, mail and cargo between Member States

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 July 1989 amending Directive 83/416/EEC concerning the authorization of scheduled inter-regional air services for the transport of passengers, mail and cargo between Member States (89/463/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 84 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas Directive 83/416/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 86/216/EEC (4), establishes a Community procedure for authorizing scheduled inter-regional air services between Member States;
Whereas this initiative represents a significant step towards the completion of the internal market;
Whereas the system set up by the aforementioned Directive is of an experimental nature and Article 13 of the Directive therefore provides for the Council to review the operation of the Directive before 1 July 1986 on the basis of reports furnished by  the Commission;
Whereas experience has shown that only a few services have been authorized in accordance with the Directive and that it would therefore be desirable to give air carriers greater scope to develop markets and thereby contribute to the evolution of the  intra-Community network;
Whereas common rules should promote the development of direct services between the various regions in the Community rather than indirect services;
Whereas a direct service between two airports should not be rejected when an air service between neighbouring airports exists;
Whereas the potential traffic from some regional airports is small but viable services can be operated from such airports when combined with services to other regional airports in the Community, with consequent energy and cost savings;
Whereas arrangements for greater cooperation over the use of Gibraltar airport were agreed in London on 2 December 1987 by the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom in a Joint Declaration by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the two Member States  and such arrangements have yet to come into operation;
Whereas Directive 83/416/EEC should be amended accordingly,