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2007/0251(CNS) EC/Armenia agreement: air services

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead TRAN COSTA Paolo (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 080-p2, EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 300-p2/3-a1

Events

2009/06/22
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2009/06/22
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2009/06/22
   CSL - Council Meeting
2009/03/10
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2009/03/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 638 votes to 10, with 14 abstention, a legislative resolution approving unamended, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services.

Documents
2009/02/21
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to approve the Agreement between the EC and Armenia on certain aspects of air services.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2009/513/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services.

CONTENT: following the judgements of the Court of Justice in the “Open Skies” cases, the Council granted the Commission a mandate, in June 2003, to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement (the “horizontal mandate”). The objective of the new agreements is to give all EU air carriers non-discriminatory access to routes between the Community and third countries and to bring bilateral air service agreements between Member States and third countries in line with Community law.

With this Decision, the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

In summary, the Agreement:

replaces the traditional designation clauses with a Community designation clause. This permits all Community carriers to benefit from the right of establishment; deals with the taxation of aviation fuel, a matter which has been harmonised by Council Directive 2003/96/EC restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity; resolves conflicts between the existing bilateral air services agreements and Council Regulation (EC) No 2409/92 on fares and rates for air services which prohibits third country carriers from being price leaders on air services for carriage wholly within the Community; and

brings provisions in bilateral agreements which are clearly anti-competitive (obligatory commercial agreements between airlines) in line with EU competition law.

2009/02/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2009/02/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2009/02/11
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted, without amendment, the report drafted by Paolo COSTA (ALDE, IT), according to the simplified procedure - Rule 43(1) of the Rules of Procedure, on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services.

2009/01/20
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2009/01/13
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2008/11/27
   CSL - Council Meeting
2008/03/03
   CSL - Council Meeting
2007/12/17
   EP - Responsible Committee
2007/11/20
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: i) to sign a provisional application of an Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services and ii) to conclude the Agreement.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: since 2003, when the European Court of Justice delivered the “Open Skies” cases, the Commission had been negotiating with third countries the replacement of certain provisions in existing bi-lateral agreements; the latter being contrary to basic EU law. The objective of the new agreements is to give all EU air carriers non-discriminatory access to routes between the Community and third countries and to bring bilateral air service agreements between Member States and third countries in line with Community law.

CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal is to sign and conclude an agreement on certain aspects of air services between the Community and the Republic of Armenia . In summary, the Agreement negotiated by the Commission:

replaces the traditional designation clauses with a Community designation clause. This permits all Community carriers to benefit from the right of establishment; addresses two types of clauses concerning matters of Community competence; addresses the matter of aviation fuel taxation (a matter which has been harmonised by Council Directive 2003/96/EC); resolves conflicts between the existing bilateral air services agreements and Council Regulation (EC) No 2409/92 on fares and rates for air services which prohibits third country carriers from being price leaders on air services for carriage wholly within the Community; and resolves potential conflicts with EC competition rules.

In accordance with the standard procedure for the signature and conclusion of international agreements, therefore, the Council is asked to approve the proposed Decision.

Documents

Votes

Rapport COSTA A6-0049/2009 - résolution #

2009/03/10 Outcome: +: 638, 0: 14, -: 10
DE FR IT GB ES PL RO BE NL HU EL SE CZ PT AT DK BG FI SK LT IE SI CY EE LU LV MT
Total
90
68
61
65
44
42
32
23
23
20
21
18
18
19
16
14
13
13
13
10
9
7
6
6
5
3
3
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
251

Denmark PPE-DE

1

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Estonia PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE-DE

3

Latvia PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE-DE

2
icon: PSE PSE
186

Czechia PSE

2

Lithuania PSE

2

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

1

Estonia PSE

3

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

1

Malta PSE

For (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
86

Spain ALDE

1
2

Sweden ALDE

2

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

2

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

1

Estonia ALDE

2

Latvia ALDE

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
38

Italy Verts/ALE

2

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

4

Spain Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1
icon: UEN UEN
33

Denmark UEN

For (1)

1

Lithuania UEN

1

Ireland UEN

3
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
29
2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Greece GUE/NGL

2

Sweden GUE/NGL

2

Portugal GUE/NGL

2

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2
icon: NI NI
26

Poland NI

1

Belgium NI

Abstain (1)

3

Czechia NI

1

Austria NI

2

Bulgaria NI

For (1)

1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
13

France IND/DEM

Abstain (1)

1

United Kingdom IND/DEM

4

Netherlands IND/DEM

2

Sweden IND/DEM

2

Denmark IND/DEM

For (1)

1

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  • date: 2009-02-21T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to approve the Agreement between the EC and Armenia on certain aspects of air services. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2009/513/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services. CONTENT: following the judgements of the Court of Justice in the “Open Skies” cases, the Council granted the Commission a mandate, in June 2003, to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement (the “horizontal mandate”). The objective of the new agreements is to give all EU air carriers non-discriminatory access to routes between the Community and third countries and to bring bilateral air service agreements between Member States and third countries in line with Community law. With this Decision, the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. In summary, the Agreement: replaces the traditional designation clauses with a Community designation clause. This permits all Community carriers to benefit from the right of establishment; deals with the taxation of aviation fuel, a matter which has been harmonised by Council Directive 2003/96/EC restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity; resolves conflicts between the existing bilateral air services agreements and Council Regulation (EC) No 2409/92 on fares and rates for air services which prohibits third country carriers from being price leaders on air services for carriage wholly within the Community; and brings provisions in bilateral agreements which are clearly anti-competitive (obligatory commercial agreements between airlines) in line with EU competition law. docs: title: Decision 2009/513 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32009D0513 title: OJ L 173 03.07.2009, p. 0007 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2009:173:TOC
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