19 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2011/0391(COD)
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The slot-allocation system established in 1993 does not ensure the optimum allocation and use of slots and thus of airport capacity. In the context of growing airport congestion and the limited development of major new airport infrastructure, the slots are a rare resource. Access to such resources is of crucial importance for the provision of air transport services and for the maintenance of effective competition. To this end, the allocation and use of slots could be made more effective by introducing marketslot exchange mechanisms, by ensuring that the unused slots are made available to interested operators as soon as possible and in a transparent manner, and by reinforcing the underlying principles of the system with regard to the allocation, management and use of the slots. At the same time, although the historical slots meet the need for stability in schedules for the airlines, during the future assessment of the application of this Regulation, a gradual introduction of other market mechanisms could be envisaged, such as withdrawing and auctioning historical slots.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Experience has shown that secondary trading, that is the exchange of slots for financial or other compensation, does not benefit from a uniform and consistent legislative framework, including guarantees of transparency and competitive safeguards. It is therefore necessary to regulate the exchange of slots and prohibit secondary trading in slots in the European Union.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) To allow air carriers to adapt to imperative situations of urgency, such as a marked decline in traffic or an economic crisis that severely affects the activity of air carriers, affecting a lager part of the scheduling period, the Commission should be allowed to adopt urgent measures to ensure the consistency of measures to be taken at coordinated airports. These measures will allow air carriers to retain priority in allocating the same series for the following scheduling period even if the 8580% rate has not been met.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Experience shows that a significant number of slots are returned to the pool too late to be reallocated effectively. The airport managing body should be encouraged to use the airport charge systemPenalty mechanisms should be introduced to discourage this type of behaviour. Despite having recourse to thisese mechanisms, the airport managing body should not, however, discourage air carriers from entering the market or developing services.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13) 'series of slots' shall mean at least 15 slots for a summer scheduling period and 10 slots for a winter scheduling period requested for the same time on the same day of the week for consecutive weeks and allocated by the coordinator on that basis or, if that is not possible, allocated at approximately the same time;
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. At the end of each scheduling period, the coordinator or schedules facilitator shall submit to the Member States concerned and, to the Commission an activityd to all stakeholders an activity report and financial report describing the general slot allocation and/or schedules facilitation situation, examining , , in particular, the application of Article 9(5) and Articles 13 and 18, as well as any complaints regarding the application of Articles 9 and 10 submitted to the coordination committee and the steps taken to resolve them. The report shall also contain the results of a survey conducted among the interested parties on the quality of services provided by the coordinator.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
d) remaining available slots with respect to each type of constraint taken into consideration in the coordination parameters. The database shall allow the air carriers and airports to verify the availability of slots corresponding to their requests ;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. The coordinator shall also take into account additional guidelines established by the air transport industry worldUnion-wide or Union world-wide as well as local guidelines proposed by the coordination committee and approved by the Member State or any other competent body responsible for the airport in question, provided that such guidelines do not affect the independent status of the coordinator, comply with Union law, aim at improving the efficient use of airport capacity and have been notified in advance to and pre-approved by the Commission . The local guidelines may only concern the supervision of the use of slots allocated or the amendment of the definition of the series of slots for reducing its length below 10 slots for the winter scheduling period or below 15 slots for the summer scheduling period, but under no circumstances below 5 slots. The reduction of the length of the series of slots applies only in airports where demand for air services is highly seasonablewithin a reasonable timeframe, especially in urgent circumstances.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) that air carrier can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the coordinator that the series of slots in question has been operated, as cleared by the coordinator, by that air carrier for at least 850 % of the time during the scheduling period for which it has been allocated.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If the 850 % usage of the series of slots cannot be demonstrated, the priority provided under paragraph (2) shall not be given , unless the non-utilisation can be justified on the basis of any of the following reasons:
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) transferred between two air carriers, with or without monetary or any other kind of compensation;
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) exchanged, one for one, between air carriers, with or without monetary or any other kind of compensation .
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member Statecoordinator shall establish a transparent framework to allow contact between air carriers interested in transferring or exchanging slots in conformity with Union law.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 10(5), if the 850 % usage rate as defined in Article 10(2) cannot be achieved by an air carrier, the coordinator may decide to withdraw from that air carrier the series of slots in question for the remainder of the scheduling period and place them in the pool after having consulted the air carrier concerned.