EU Aviation Policy Open Markets, Safe Passengers, Clean Skies

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1 EU Aviation Policy Open Markets, Safe Passengers, Clean Skies EUROPEAN COMMISSION AAPA 51st Assembly November 2007 Francis Morgan, Member of Cabinet Cabinet of Commission Vice-President J Barrot

2 EU Aviation Policy Open Markets, Safe Passengers, Clean Skies.What have we achieved so far?.where are we going?.what are the new challenges facing the EU aviation sector?

3 EU Aviation Policy: Open Markets, Safe Passengers, Clean Skies I. Competitiveness: The Single Market and beyond I. Safety and Security II. Sustainability

4 I. Point of departure: The EU and its aviation policy. The Community approach: an open internal aviation market: 130+ scheduled airlines 450+ airports; 60 air navigation services providers; Contribution to EU GDP: 120 billion euros; 3 million people employed; More than 700 million passengers. With common rules

5 Common rules in most relevant areas of aviation Licenses, fares, market access (1992) Air passenger rights ( ) Allocation of slots ( ) Ground handling (1996) CRS (1999) Noise ( ) Security ( Implementing Rules) Safety ( ) Insurance (2004) ATM - Single European Sky ( I.R.) SESAR Strict competition and state aid rules (EC Treaty)

6 Aiming at simplification Regulation 2407/92 on operating licences Regulation 2408/92 on market access Regulation 2409/92 on air fares One single Regulation for the internal aviation market

7 Liberalisation with results Number of airline routes within the EU increased 170% since the creation of the single aviation market in 1993; Competition has strongly increased: between 1992 and 2006, number of routes with more than 2 competitors rose by 300%.

8 Next Step: Extend the market to other countries Potential by 2010: 48 States 900m inhabitants

9 1. A Common Aviation Area with neighbouring countries Agreements in place with Norway, Iceland, CH Western Balkan countries - ECAA Agreement signed in June 2006 EU-Morocco Agreement signed in December 2006 Ukraine: negotiations launched early 2007 Next: Jordan, Israel Towards a single market of some 50 states by 2010

10 2. Community air transport agreements with key countries EU-US Air Transport Agreement All EU airlines can operate flights between any point in EU and any point in US 46 million scheduled passengers / year 26 million increase in passengers estimated over 5 years Canada Negotiations with Canada to start soon 8 million scheduled passengers / year

11 3. We continue to regularise existing bilateral air agreements.either by EU-wide horizontal agreements that sit on top of existing bilateral ASAs.Or one Member State bilateral at a time.remove nationality clauses on the EU side and ensure that Community air carriers can make use of the traffic rights.substantial openness on this issue throughout Asia..500 Bilateral ASAs brought into conformity worldwide.25 horizontal agreements signed incl. Malaysia and Singapore

12 II. Safety and Security Market opening and developing international relations must be matched by high standards AAPA AAPA 51st 51st Assembly Novemberber

13 A Community Safety System.Joint safety standards applied throughout the single market.the European Aviation Safety Agency was created to permit the development and the uniform implementation of common EU rules in aviation safety.community-wide list of un-safe airlines Latest update: 5 March 2007

14 EASA Created in 2002 based in Cologne, Germany. Current primary responsibility relates to airworthiness certification Proposal to extend the responsibilities of EASA to include: flight crew licensing, air operations and safety surveillance of third country aircraft. At a later stage, maybe airports and air traffic control.

15 Community-Wide List of Unsafe Airlines Operating bans were a clear demand from EU citizens. These are now decided: 1. At the Community level 2. On the basis of common criteria and 3. Are applicable throughout the entire EU First list established in March 2006 Up-dated approx every quarter First carriers withdrawn from the list in March 2007, having proved that they have rectified deficiencies

16 EU Aviation Security Policy.Prior to 9/11 security was dealt with nationally.eu Regulation came into force Jan 2003 moving responsibility to EU level..rules apply to all flights departing from EU airports follows ICAO principle of Host State responsibility..harmonised legislative requirements across EU a common approach (although MS may always apply stricter rules.).commission inspections of EU airports.

17 EU Aviation Security Policy.Latest developments.liquids rule still justified on security grounds.agreements with third countries on duty free for transit passengers in the EU Singapore 1st agreement.currently working closely with airline industry on how to make security simpler and more efficient

18 Environment Aviation must contribute to fighting against climate change Aviation represents only 3 % of the total emissions. But growing fast 87% since 1990 Only a comprehensive approach can meet this goal: Research: Clean sky initiative ATM + Single Sky + SESAR Market-based measures

19 Clean Sky Supporting Aerospace Research and Development.Advances in technology are essential materials, engines, aerodynamics..every new generation of planes is considerably more efficient than the previous models.eu determined that the next step should be a big one..a joint public-private technology initiative worth 1.5 billion to help aerospace move further and faster

20 Air Traffic Management Enhanced Air Traffic Management means LESS POLUTION (wasted emissions 10-12% per flight) FEWER DELAYS LOWER COSTS (fragmentation costs annually 880m 1.4bn) BETTER SAFETY

21 Single European Sky and Airport Capacity Urgent progress needed in the EU to face the capacity crunch both in the sky and at our airports; Restructuring airspace as a function of traffic flows, no longer according to national borders Increasing the efficiency of the air traffic management system Airport package with guidelines from the EU legislator on airport capacity but much in national and local hands

22 SESAR. Europe s next generation ATM. Definition well underway: Final results in March 2008; Community funding is secured; Public-private partnership during development: Industry participation (the users) will be important; The Executive Director appointed

23 Environment The rest of the world agrees with research and ATM to tackle CO2 emissions but: The EU wants to include aviation in its Emissions Trading System We believe economic and financial measures are needed Disagreement in ICAO Assembly: But discussions must go on internally (Ministers and E Parliament) and externally (with other countries)

24 Environment Why does the EU favour ETS? We believe that ETS is the best approach: Better than taxes and charges It allows aviation to grow It can also benefit developing countries through Clean Development mechanisms (CDM) It should apply to aviation as it does to other sectors (without penalising it!) The Commission stands by its ETS proposal.

25 Environment.Political reality in Europe: Letter to the FT, 12 November 2007, from FoE, WWF, RSPB and others The (EU) aviation emissions trading plan.. is the first real world test of EU leadership on climate change However the Commissions plan..looks absurd in comparison with the EU s goal of a 30 percent cut by 2020 To fail [to strengthen the proposal further] would be to risk the EU s credibility when leadership is needed more than ever

26 Conclusions Our objectives: Competitive and strong sector in a liberalised and global framework With highest standards of safety and security And emphasis on sustainable development

27 Thank you for your attention!