2 Amendments of Roberts ZĪLE related to 2008/0127(COD)
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 -point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 -point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 549/2004
Article 2 − point -a (new)
Article 2 − point -a (new)
(-a) The following point -a shall be inserted: (-a) "right of transit" shall mean the right for air carriers in respect of international air services to fly across the territory of a country without landing in accordance with Article 15 of the Chicago Convention.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 10a (new)
Article 2 – point 10a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 550/2004
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
(10a) The following Article 16a shall be inserted: Article 16a Third countries 1. At the request of a Member State, or on its own initiative, the Commission may examine the limitations, including charges and payments of any kind, imposed by a third country in connection with the transit of Community carriers over its territory. 2. If the Commission determines that the measures referred to in paragraph 1 fail to afford treatment to Community carriers which is not less favourable than that provided under Article 15 of the Chicago Convention or in the Transit Agreement, or which is otherwise discriminatory, it shall report to the Council and may decide that the Member States shall deny or limit the transit over their territory by one or more of the carriers of the third country concerned. 3. Decisions taken pursuant to paragraph 2 shall remain in force for as long as the measures which justify their adoption remain in place. However, if the third country concerned undertakes, in an agreement concluded with the Community, to abolish progressively such measures, the Community may repeal or modify its decision.