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PURPOSE :\n signature, provisional application and conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean\n Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on\n the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other hand.
PROPOSED ACT :\n Council Decision.
CONTENT : the\n Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco has been negotiated under a mandate received from the Council in\n December 2004. Based on the negotiating directives of the mandate, the text\n of the Morocco agreement was agreed ad referendum at the final negotiating\n round on 14 December 2005 on the occasion of the first Euromed conference of\n Transport Ministers held in Marrakech on 15 December 2005. The signature of\n the agreement is foreseen for the first half of 2006.
Due to the\n advance status of the relationship between Morocco and the European Union,\n the Morocco agreement will result in the seamless integration of the Moroccan\n transport market into the single European market through a two-stage\n approach, always based on the three pillars of the aviation external policy:\n regulatory convergence (integration of the EC aviation regulations,\n participation in the Single European Sky) assorted with targeted technical\n assistance (through instruments such as the PAST), leading to the highest possible\n degree of market opening. This would result in an unrestricted commercial\n environment where operators are free to take commercial decisions, and where\n they operate under the highest standards in the areas of aviation safety,\n aviation security, environmental and consumer protection.
\nThe Committee\n on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Johannes BLOKLAND\n (IND/DEM, NL) which aims to approve the proposal for a decision of the\n Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States of\n the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the conclusion of the\n Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its\n Member States, on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other\n hand.
The rapporteur\n underlines that on a certain number of points, this agreement reaches further\n than the EU-US aviation agreement, which has the same structure. This is in\n particular the case for the articles on regulatory cooperation and investment\n (see CNS/2006/0058).
The agreement\n incorporates current EU legislation in the fields of aviation safety, air\n traffic management, environment, consumer protection, computer reservation\n systems and social aspects. No EU legislation on security has been taken on\n board. Parties have agreed on common standards in this area instead.
This agreement\n will enlarge the European internal aviation market, which could be in the\n interest of all parties concerned as it increases the European market of air\n passengers and air cargo.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted a legislative resolution based on the report drafted by Johannes BLOKLAND (IND/DEM, NL) and approved the\n conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\n Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other hand.
\nThe Lisbon\n Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, amended the EU's two\n core treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing\n the European Community (EC Treaty). The latter was renamed the Treaty on the\n Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
These changes\n had various consequences for many ongoing procedures. First of all, the\n articles of the TEU and of the old EC Treaty that constitute the legal basis\n of all the proposals founded on those Treaties were renumbered in\n accordance with the table of equivalences mentioned in Article 5 of the\n Lisbon Treaty.
In addition,\n some proposals underwent a change to their legal basis going beyond a mere\n change to their numbering, and this resulted in changes to the type of\n procedure.
The Lisbon\n Treaty also introduced new concepts of decision-making procedure. The\n old \"codecision procedure\" was extended to new areas and renamed\n the \"ordinary legislative procedure\". A new \"consent\n procedure\" replaced the old \"assent procedure\". New\n interinstitutional procedures were also set up for the adoption of certain\n non-legislative acts, for example the conclusion of some international\n agreements.
The ongoing\n proposals concerned by these changes were formally modified by the Commission\n in a Communication published on 2 December 2009 (COM(2009)0665).
In the case of\n the proposal for a Decision of the Council and the Representatives of the\n Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the\n Council on the conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement\n between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and\n the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other hand, the entry into force of the\n Lisbon Treaty had the following impacts:
· \n the old legal basis – Treaty/EC/Art.80(2), Art. 300(2), (3) and (4) – became Art\n 100(2), Art 218 (6)(a) and (7) of the TFEU. Please note that the numbering\n of the old legal basis corresponds to the consolidated version of the Treaty\n that was applicable immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon\n Treaty, and may differ from the references in the original Commission\n proposal;
· \n the proposal, which had previously fallen\n under the old consultation procedure (CNS), was classified as an\n interinstitutional non-legislative procedure (NLE).
\nThe Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union,\nthe Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nThe Agreement was signed on 12 December 2006 and the\nratification process by all Member States was completed on 13\nJanuary 2014.
\nThis proposal concerns a modification of the\nCommission proposal submitted to the Council in 2006 (please\nrefer to the summary of the legislative proposal published on\n03/06/2006).
\nThe intention of the present amended proposal is to\nalign the title of the act proposed and its enacting terms to the\nprovisions of the Treaties.
\nIn order to ease examination by the Council, the whole\nof the relevant text is submitted as amended proposal.
\nThe Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union,\nthe Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nThe Agreement was signed on 12 December 2006 and the\nratification process by all Member States was completed on 13\nJanuary 2014.
\nThis proposal concerns a modification of the\nCommission proposal submitted to the Council in 2006 (please\nrefer to the summary of the legislative proposal published on\n03/06/2006).
\nThe intention of the present amended proposal is to\nalign the title of the act proposed and its enacting terms to the\nprovisions of the Treaties.
\nIn order to ease examination by the Council, the whole\nof the relevant text is submitted as amended proposal.
\nThe Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union,\nthe Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nThe Agreement was signed on 12 December 2006 and the\nratification process by all Member States was completed on 13\nJanuary 2014.
\nThis proposal concerns a modification of the\nCommission proposal submitted to the Council in 2006 (please\nrefer to the summary of the legislative proposal published on\n03/06/2006).
\nThe intention of the present amended proposal is to\nalign the title of the act proposed and its enacting terms to the\nprovisions of the Treaties.
\nIn order to ease examination by the Council, the whole\nof the relevant text is submitted as amended proposal.
\nPURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the Union, the\nEuro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nBACKGROUND: the Commission negotiated on behalf of the\nUnion and of the Member States a Euro-Mediterranean Aviation\nAgreement with Morocco. The Agreement was signed on 12 December\n2006 pursuant to Decision\n2006/959/EC of the Council and of the Representatives of the\nGovernments of the Member States of the European Union.
\nThe Agreement was ratified by all Member States,\nexcept for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. It is intended that the\nlatter Member States will accede to the Agreement in accordance\nwith their respective Acts of Accession.
\nIt is now necessary for this Agreement to be\napproved.
\nCONTENT: the draft Council Decision seeks to\napprove, on behalf of the Union, the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation\nAgreement between the European Community and its Member States,\nof the one part, and Morocco, of the other part.
\nAs a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty\nof Lisbon on 1 December 2009, references to \"the European\nCommunity\" in the text of the Agreement are, where appropriate, to\nbe read as references to \"the European Union\".
\nIn order to ensure close cooperation and unity\nof external representation in the Joint Committee, a coordination\non the positions to be taken within the Joint Committee, on behalf\nof the Union and the Member States, as regards matters falling\nwithin the competence of both the Union and the Member States,\nshould take place prior to any meeting of the Joint Committee\ndealing with such a matter.
\nThe positions to be taken by the Union within the\nJoint Committee set up under Article 22 of the Agreement, as\nregards the amendment to the Annexes to the Agreement other than\nAnnex I (Agreed Services and Specified Routes) and Annex IV\n(Transitional Provisions), shall be adopted by the Commission,\nfollowing consultation with a Special Committee appointed by the\nCouncil.
\nMoreover, it is proposed to delete Articles 2 to 5 of\nDecision 2006/959/EC. These Articles contain provisions on\ndecision-making by the Council with regard to various matters set\nout in the Agreement, including the establishment of the positions\nto be taken within the Joint Committee, and on the information\nobligations of the Member States, during the provisional\napplication of the Agreement.
\nThose provisions are either not necessary or their\napplication should be discontinued in view of the judgment of the\nCourt of Justice of 28 April 2015 in Case C-28/12, Commission v\nCouncil.
\nIt is therefore appropriate that all those provisions\ncease to apply at the date of entry into force of this\nDecision.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 511 votes to 112,\nwith 40 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council\ndecision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the\nEuro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nFollowing the recommendation of its Committee on\nTransport and Tourism, the European Parliament gave its consent\nto the conclusion of the agreement.
\nAs a reminder, this agreement aims to open markets and\nto move towards the alignment of aviation legislation on both\nsides, in particular around key aspects of European rules on\naviation, including those concerning safety, economic regulation\nand, in particular, competition, air traffic control and consumer\nprotection. It also contains provisions concerning bilateral\ninvestment on both sides of the Mediterranean.
\nPURPOSE :\n signature, provisional application and conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean\n Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on\n the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other hand.
PROPOSED ACT :\n Council Decision.
CONTENT : the\n Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco has been negotiated under a mandate received from the Council in\n December 2004. Based on the negotiating directives of the mandate, the text\n of the Morocco agreement was agreed ad referendum at the final negotiating\n round on 14 December 2005 on the occasion of the first Euromed conference of\n Transport Ministers held in Marrakech on 15 December 2005. The signature of\n the agreement is foreseen for the first half of 2006.
Due to the\n advance status of the relationship between Morocco and the European Union,\n the Morocco agreement will result in the seamless integration of the Moroccan\n transport market into the single European market through a two-stage\n approach, always based on the three pillars of the aviation external policy:\n regulatory convergence (integration of the EC aviation regulations,\n participation in the Single European Sky) assorted with targeted technical\n assistance (through instruments such as the PAST), leading to the highest possible\n degree of market opening. This would result in an unrestricted commercial\n environment where operators are free to take commercial decisions, and where\n they operate under the highest standards in the areas of aviation safety,\n aviation security, environmental and consumer protection.
\nThe Committee\n on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Johannes BLOKLAND\n (IND/DEM, NL) which aims to approve the proposal for a decision of the\n Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States of\n the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the conclusion of the\n Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its\n Member States, on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other\n hand.
The rapporteur\n underlines that on a certain number of points, this agreement reaches further\n than the EU-US aviation agreement, which has the same structure. This is in\n particular the case for the articles on regulatory cooperation and investment\n (see CNS/2006/0058).
The agreement\n incorporates current EU legislation in the fields of aviation safety, air\n traffic management, environment, consumer protection, computer reservation\n systems and social aspects. No EU legislation on security has been taken on\n board. Parties have agreed on common standards in this area instead.
This agreement\n will enlarge the European internal aviation market, which could be in the\n interest of all parties concerned as it increases the European market of air\n passengers and air cargo.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted a legislative resolution based on the report drafted by Johannes BLOKLAND (IND/DEM, NL) and approved the\n conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\n Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other hand.
\nThe Lisbon\n Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, amended the EU's two\n core treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing\n the European Community (EC Treaty). The latter was renamed the Treaty on the\n Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
These changes\n had various consequences for many ongoing procedures. First of all, the\n articles of the TEU and of the old EC Treaty that constitute the legal basis\n of all the proposals founded on those Treaties were renumbered in\n accordance with the table of equivalences mentioned in Article 5 of the\n Lisbon Treaty.
In addition,\n some proposals underwent a change to their legal basis going beyond a mere\n change to their numbering, and this resulted in changes to the type of\n procedure.
The Lisbon\n Treaty also introduced new concepts of decision-making procedure. The\n old \"codecision procedure\" was extended to new areas and renamed\n the \"ordinary legislative procedure\". A new \"consent\n procedure\" replaced the old \"assent procedure\". New\n interinstitutional procedures were also set up for the adoption of certain\n non-legislative acts, for example the conclusion of some international\n agreements.
The ongoing\n proposals concerned by these changes were formally modified by the Commission\n in a Communication published on 2 December 2009 (COM(2009)0665).
In the case of\n the proposal for a Decision of the Council and the Representatives of the\n Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the\n Council on the conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement\n between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and\n the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other hand, the entry into force of the\n Lisbon Treaty had the following impacts:
· \n the old legal basis – Treaty/EC/Art.80(2), Art. 300(2), (3) and (4) – became Art\n 100(2), Art 218 (6)(a) and (7) of the TFEU. Please note that the numbering\n of the old legal basis corresponds to the consolidated version of the Treaty\n that was applicable immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon\n Treaty, and may differ from the references in the original Commission\n proposal;
· \n the proposal, which had previously fallen\n under the old consultation procedure (CNS), was classified as an\n interinstitutional non-legislative procedure (NLE).
\nThe Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union,\nthe Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nThe Agreement was signed on 12 December 2006 and the\nratification process by all Member States was completed on 13\nJanuary 2014.
\nThis proposal concerns a modification of the\nCommission proposal submitted to the Council in 2006 (please\nrefer to the summary of the legislative proposal published on\n03/06/2006).
\nThe intention of the present amended proposal is to\nalign the title of the act proposed and its enacting terms to the\nprovisions of the Treaties.
\nIn order to ease examination by the Council, the whole\nof the relevant text is submitted as amended proposal.
\nPURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the Union, the\nEuro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nBACKGROUND: the Commission negotiated on behalf of the\nUnion and of the Member States a Euro-Mediterranean Aviation\nAgreement with Morocco. The Agreement was signed on 12 December\n2006 pursuant to Decision\n2006/959/EC of the Council and of the Representatives of the\nGovernments of the Member States of the European Union.
\nThe Agreement was ratified by all Member States,\nexcept for Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. It is intended that the\nlatter Member States will accede to the Agreement in accordance\nwith their respective Acts of Accession.
\nIt is now necessary for this Agreement to be\napproved.
\nCONTENT: the draft Council Decision seeks to\napprove, on behalf of the Union, the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation\nAgreement between the European Community and its Member States,\nof the one part, and Morocco, of the other part.
\nAs a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty\nof Lisbon on 1 December 2009, references to \"the European\nCommunity\" in the text of the Agreement are, where appropriate, to\nbe read as references to \"the European Union\".
\nIn order to ensure close cooperation and unity\nof external representation in the Joint Committee, a coordination\non the positions to be taken within the Joint Committee, on behalf\nof the Union and the Member States, as regards matters falling\nwithin the competence of both the Union and the Member States,\nshould take place prior to any meeting of the Joint Committee\ndealing with such a matter.
\nThe positions to be taken by the Union within the\nJoint Committee set up under Article 22 of the Agreement, as\nregards the amendment to the Annexes to the Agreement other than\nAnnex I (Agreed Services and Specified Routes) and Annex IV\n(Transitional Provisions), shall be adopted by the Commission,\nfollowing consultation with a Special Committee appointed by the\nCouncil.
\nMoreover, it is proposed to delete Articles 2 to 5 of\nDecision 2006/959/EC. These Articles contain provisions on\ndecision-making by the Council with regard to various matters set\nout in the Agreement, including the establishment of the positions\nto be taken within the Joint Committee, and on the information\nobligations of the Member States, during the provisional\napplication of the Agreement.
\nThose provisions are either not necessary or their\napplication should be discontinued in view of the judgment of the\nCourt of Justice of 28 April 2015 in Case C-28/12, Commission v\nCouncil.
\nIt is therefore appropriate that all those provisions\ncease to apply at the date of entry into force of this\nDecision.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 511 votes to 112,\nwith 40 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council\ndecision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the\nEuro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European\nCommunity and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom\nof Morocco, of the other part.
\nFollowing the recommendation of its Committee on\nTransport and Tourism, the European Parliament gave its consent\nto the conclusion of the agreement.
\nAs a reminder, this agreement aims to open markets and\nto move towards the alignment of aviation legislation on both\nsides, in particular around key aspects of European rules on\naviation, including those concerning safety, economic regulation\nand, in particular, competition, air traffic control and consumer\nprotection. It also contains provisions concerning bilateral\ninvestment on both sides of the Mediterranean.
\n