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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING (08311/2024 – C100114/2024 – 2013/0186(COD))

On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the Single European Sky (recast)

A-10-2024-0010

Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Jens Gieseke, Johan Danielsson

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Parliament approves the Council position on the regulation implementing the Single European Sky, incorporating the content of another Commission proposal and adopting a joint statement on financing. The regulation sets EU performance targets for air navigation services, establishes an advisory Performance Review Board, and allows functional separation of service providers and supervisory authorities.

Committee position. The Committee on Transport and Tourism recommends that Parliament approve the Council position at first reading without amendments.

Key points

  1. Parliament approves the Council position at first reading, noting the act is adopted accordingly.
  2. Legislative procedure 2020/0264(COD) has lapsed because its content is incorporated into the Council position.
  3. Parliament approves the joint statement with the Council, which will be published in the Official Journal.
  4. The joint statement invites the Commission to propose an additional administrative support budget line under the Connecting Europe Facility for the Secretariat of the Performance Review Board and related bodies.
  5. Financing under CEF should not set a precedent for other boards or prejudge future financing arrangements.
  6. The regulation aims to make air navigation services and network management contribute to climate neutrality, with performance targets reviewed at least every three years.
  7. An independent advisory Performance Review Board will assist the Commission and Member States in implementing performance plans with binding targets and incentives.
  8. Air navigation service providers and national supervisory authorities may be in the same organisation if functionally separated and independent.
  9. Member States may merge economic and safety oversight functions and may authorise opening certain air navigation services to market conditions.

Who is affected

  • Air navigation service providers and national supervisory authorities, which may be part of the same organisation under conditions.
  • Member States, which may merge oversight functions and authorise market opening for certain services.
  • The Commission, which is invited to propose a new budget line under CEF for administrative support.

Figures and deadlines

  • Performance targets reviewed at least every three years.

Legal basis: Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union