19 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2011/0397(COD)
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The limitations set out in paragraph 2 may differ between terminals at the same airport, provided they are not applied in a discriminatory manner, that they do not distort competition, that they comply with this Regulation and that the minimum number of suppliers at each terminal remains the same.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 2
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 2
three suppliers of groundhandling services for airports whose annual traffic has been not less than 5 million passengers or 100 000 tonnes of freight for at least the previous three years., or
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)
- four suppliers of groundhandling services for airports whose annual traffic has been not less than 35 million passengers or 350 000 tonnes of freight for at least the previous three years.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) consistency and plausibility of the business plan as assessed onfor the basis of model costs calculationfirst three years;
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) procedures and safeguards established to ensure compliance with safety and security requirements;
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. A supplier of groundhandling services shall begin to provide services within one month from the start date indicated in the invitation to tender. The tendering authority may, in duly justified cases, at the request of the supplier of groundhandling services and after consulting the Airport Users' Committee, prolong this period for a maximum of six months. After expiry of this period, the authorisation will cease to be validfive months. If, after six months from the start date indicated in the invitation to tender, the supplier has not started its activities and cannot demonstrate its willingness to do so, the tendering authority may decide that the authorisation will cease to be valid. In such cases, Member States may impose financial penalties on suppliers of groundhandling services and instead grant authorisation to suppliers ranked second in terms of the number of points under Article 9(5).
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) if the undertaking satisfies the criteria set out in Chapter IV concerning approval procedures.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Where a managing body of the airport supplying groundhandling services in accordance with paragraph (1) no longer meets the conditions of paragraph (1), this supplier may continue to provide groundhandling services for a period of fivthree years without being subject to the selection procedure laid down in Articles 7 to 10. At the end of this fivthree-year period, the supplier shall inform the relevant tendering authority sufficiently in advance and at least six months before the expiry of the five-year period. Financial penalties may be imposed on the supplier if it does not inform the tendering authority sufficiently in advance unless the supplier can demonstrate force majeure. If the supplier ceases its activity before the end of the fivthree-year period, Articles 10 (4) and 10 (5) shall apply.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
At airports whose annual traffic volume has been not less than 2 million passenger movements or 50 000 tonnes of freight for at least the previous three years, the managing body of the airport or the managing body of the centralised infrastructure shall, if it provides groundhandling services for third parties, establish a separate legal entity for the provision of these groundhandlinghave separate accounts for its activities as a groundhandling services provider and its other activities.
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. The legal entityies providing groundhandling services as referred to in paragraph (1) may not receive any financial cross- subsidisation from aeronautical activities related to the management of airport infrastructure in cases where the managing body of the airport provides groundhandling services, or from aeronautical activities related to the management of centralised infrastructure in cases where the managing body of the centralised infrastructure provides groundhandling services which would allow the legal entity providing groundhandling services to reduce the prices it charges for its groundhandling serviceswhich would allow them to reduce the prices for their groundhandling services if they charge the cost to third parties.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30a Presence of a contact person representing each air carrier Each air carrier shall have a contact person, or be legally represented at airports whose annual traffic volume is more than 2 million passengers. This contact person, who may be a groundhandling assistant, must have the authority to enter into financial, operational and legal commitments on behalf of the air carrier at the airport in question.
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), suppliers of groundhandling services may engage in a level of subcontracting for each category of service.
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. Any supplier of groundhandling services and self-handling airport user using one or morea subcontractors for a category of service shall ensure that the subcontractors complyies with the obligations on suppliers of groundhandling services under this Regulation.
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6
Article 35 – paragraph 6
6. Any supplier of groundhandling services and self-handling airport user using one or morea subcontractors for a category of service shall inform the managing body of the airport of the name and activities of the subcontractors concerned.
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 7
Article 35 – paragraph 7
7. Where a supplier of groundhandling services applies for an authorisation to provide groundhandling services under the selection procedure laid down in Article 7, it shall indicate the number,for each category of service the activities and names of the subcontractors it intends to use.
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to the international commitments of the Union, the Commission may, on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 43 (3), decide that athe Member States or Member Statesf the European Union shall take measures, including the complete or partial suspension of the right of access to the groundhandling market within its territory in respect of suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from that third country, with a view to remedying the discriminatory behaviour of the third country concerned, whenever it appears that a third country, with respect to access to the groundhandling or self- handling market: