Activities of Daniela AIUTO related to 2015/0277(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Common rules in the field of civil aviation and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council PDF (1 MB) DOC (244 KB)
Amendments (31)
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) A high and uniform level of civil aviation safety and environmental protectof protection of the environment and the social dimension should be ensured at all times through the adoption of common safety rules and minimum social standards, and by measures ensuring that any goods, persons and organisations involved in civil aviation activity in the Union comply with such rules and with those adopted to protect the environment and the socioeconomic dimension.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) there is a direct link between aviation safety and employees’ health, and with the socioeconomic conditions in which they work;
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) The Agency should provide the technical expertise to the Commission in the preparation of the necessary legislation and assist, where appropriate, the Member States and industry in its implementation, after consulting workers’ representatives, particularly in regard to safety and to protecting health and social conditions. It should be able to issue certification specifications and guidance material and to make technical findings and issue certificates or register declarations as required.
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The principal objective of this Regulation is to establish and maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in the Union, while ensuring a high uniform level of environmental protection and that workers’ social dimension is respected, through the adoption of minimum common safety and social standards.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) promoting social sustainability, looking at the correlation between safety- related factors and socioeconomic ones;
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) take into account interdependencies between the different domains of aviation safety, and between aviation safety and other technical domains of aviation regulation, without prejudice to the different regulatory and operational roles;
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) take non-binding measures, including safety promotion actions, where possiblemeasures to promote and improve safety standards;
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, after consulting the Agency and other stakeholders (unions), adopt, publish and update as required a document describing the functioning of the European aviation safety system, containing the rules, activities and processes which are used to manage the safety of civil aviation in the Union in accordance with this Regulation (the 'European Aviation Safety Programme').
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) protection of health and social standards for aviation safety at European level;
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Cabin crew involved in commercial air transport operations shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with an attestation licence by the competent authority.
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Where the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 25 so provide, cabin crew involved in operations other than commercial air transport shall also be subject to certification and shall be issued with an attestation licence by the competent authority.
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Those attestationlicences shall be issued upon application, when the applicant has demonstrated that he or she complies with the rules established by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 25 to ensure compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 19 on theoretical knowledge, practical skill and medical fitness.
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Those certificates shall cover the aerodrome, its staff and its safety-related equipment and shall be an essential requirement for permission to operate in airports, including ground-handling services and apron management.
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Organisations responsible for the operation of aerodromes and for ground-handling services shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with a certificate.
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Examination by the Agency of the individual technological specifications that are most suitable and of the apparatus shall be based on the risks posed by the operations for which these have been designed in this Regulation, in order to help the operator conduct flights safely and in line with safety regulations.
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the conditions and procedures shall contain provisions relating to lightweight unmanned aircraft;
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5 – point b
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5 – point b
(b) pilot and cabin crew training organisations that have been issued an approval in accordance with Article 22 and operators that have been issued a certificate in accordance with Article 27 shall be responsible for issuing the cabin crew attestationlicences referred to in Article 21.
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 6
Article 51 – paragraph 6
6. In order to facilitate the exercise of their tasks related to certification, oversight and enforcement, the Commission, the Agency and, national competent authorities, and, where necessary, Eurocontrol shall exchange information, including on possible or identified infringements.
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Agency may grant exemptions to any legal or natural person to whom it has issued a certificate in the situations and subject to the conditions set out in Article 60(1). In such a case, the Agency shall immediately notify the Commission and the Member States, through the repository established under Article 63, of the exemptions granted, the reasons for granting them and, where applicable, the necessary mitigation measures applied. Where the duration of an exemption exceeds eight consecutive months or where the Agency has granted the same exemption repetitively and their total duration exceeds eighttwo months, the Commission shall assess whether those conditions have been met, and where it considers that this is not the case, it shall adopt an implementing decision to that effect, which shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into the repository established under Article 63. The Agency shall immediately revoke the exemption upon the notification of that implementing decision.
Amendment 867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States, the Commission and the Agency shall cooperate on security matters related to civil aviation, including the regulation of cyber security, with a view to ensuring that interdependencies between civil aviation safety and security are taken into account.
Amendment 900 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 3
Article 77 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall assist Member States in respecting their obligations under international agreements relating to matters covered by this Regulation, in particular their obligations under the Chicago Convention, and, in agreement with the Commission, shall lay down clear criteria for its working relationship with Eurocontrol.
Amendment 902 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 4 – point b – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Member States, the Commission, the Agency, and other bodies shall cooperate, within their spheres of responsibility, on social and employment matters, ensuring that socio-economic factors are such as to allow proper compliance with safety standards and determining specific measures to mitigate risks.
Amendment 907 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1
Article 79 – paragraph 1
In order to promote best practices and uniformity in the implementation of this Regulation and the measures adopted on the basis thereof, the Agency may provide training, including through external providers, to national competent authorities, competent authorities of third countries, international organisations, the legal and natural persons subject to the provisions of this Regulation and other interested parties. The training shall include specific training on subjects related to aviation safety, including health at work and safety aspects, for instance the risk of fatigue and just culture systems. The Agency shall establish and publish in its official publication the conditions to be met by external training providers when used by the Agency for the purposes of this Article.
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83
Article 83
Amendment 918 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2
Article 84 – paragraph 2
2. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall also have jurisdiction to give judgment pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in a contract concluded by the Agency.
Amendment 919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 4
Article 84 – paragraph 4
4. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have jurisdiction including in disputes over compensation for damages referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of representatives from Member States and, from the Commission, and from the European Parliament, all with voting rights. Each Member State shall appoint one member of the Management Board and one alternate who will represent the member in his or her absence. The Commission shall appoint two representatives and their alternates. The European Parliament shall appoint two representatives and their alternates. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. That term shall be extendable once only.
Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 4
Article 90 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, two representatives of the Commission, two representatives of the European Parliament, and six other members appointed by the Management Board from among its members with the right to vote. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote. The Advisory Board may appoint one of its members as observer.
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 109 – paragraph 1 – point f