Activites

• 2011/03/24 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T7-0107/2011 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft decision of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council on the conclusion of the Agreement on Air Transport between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part.Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement.

• 2011/03/02 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A7-0045/2011
• 2011/02/28 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2010/11/25 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2010/11/08 Legislative proposal published
  • 15380/2010 summary

    PURPOSE: to conclude the EU-Canada Air Transport Agreement.PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the Commission negotiated on behalf of the Community and of the Member States an Agreement on Air Transport with Canada. The Agreement was signed on 17 and 18 December 2009 and applies provisionally subject to its conclusion at a later date. It is now necessary to approve the Agreement by the Union and its Member States.IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out.LEGAL BASIS: Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a)(v) and the first subparagraph of Article 218(8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).CONTENT: by this Decision, the Agreement on Air Transport between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. For details of the content of the Agreement, please refer to the summary of the previous initial legislative document dated 17/02/2009.Termination of the Agreement: procedural arrangements have been laid down in the Agreement for deciding, if appropriate, how to terminate the Agreement and a decision to withdraw such notice, shall be taken by the Council, on behalf of the Union and of the Member States, acting unanimously on the basis of a Commission proposal.Joint Committee: it also lays down appropriate procedural arrangements for the participation of the Union and the Member States in the Joint Committee set up under Article 17 of the Agreement and in the dispute settlement procedures provided for in Article 21 of the Agreement, as well as for implementing certain provisions of the Agreement concerning security and safety.It should be noted that as a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to "the European Community" in the text of the Agreement are, where appropriate, to be read as "the European Union".BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this proposal has no implication for the EU budget.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/mobility-and-transport_en', 'title': 'Mobility and Transport'}, KALLAS Siim
• 2009/12/02 Additional information
• #2979
• 2009/11/30 Council Meeting
• #2935
• 2009/03/30 Council Meeting
• 2009/02/17 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(2009)0062 summary

    PURPOSE: signature and conclusion of the EU-Canada Air Transport Agreement.PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the Council and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council. BACKGROUND: this Agreement was negotiated under a mandate received from the Council in October 2007. Air services between the EU and Canada presently operate on the basis of bilateral agreements between individual Member States and Canada. These bilateral agreements contain provisions that the European Court of Justice ruled in November 2002 to be incompatible with Community law. It is therefore essential that a new Community-level framework for EU/Canada air services is established. The negotiating mandate set the objective of establishing an Open Aviation Area (OAA) between the EU and Canada. This would create a single market for air transport between the EU and Canada in which investment could flow freely and in which European and Canadian airlines would be able to provide air services without any restriction, including in the domestic markets of both parties. Achievement of the mandate in full would require significant legislative changes in Canada, in particular to remove the existing legal restrictions on foreign ownership and control of Canadian airlines and on cabotage. For this reason, the mandate explicitly recognises the possibility of implementing an agreement in a phased approach.The EU accepted during the negotiations that full investment opening could not be achieved from the start, but would be gradually introduced in different phases during a transitional period. Based on the negotiating directives of the mandate, and in line with conclusions of theEU-Canada summit of October 2008, the draft Agreement with Canada was finalised by the Commission in November 2008.IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Agreement ensures the gradual establishment of an EU/Canada Open Aviation Area. A report prepared for the Commission in 2006 by consultants, estimated that an EU/Canada Open Aviation Area would generate upwards of 17 million extra passengers a year, consumer benefits of at least EUR 5 billion a year, and would support employment on both sides of the Atlantic. CONTENT: this Agreement represents a comprehensive agreement that will replace the existing bilateral agreements concluded by the Member States with Canada. It removes all existing restrictions on the rights of both Community air carriers and Canadian air carriers to operate between points in the European Community and points in Canada. In this respect, the Agreement removes the obstacles to the ability of Community air carriers to benefit from the right of establishment within the Community, including the right to non-discriminatory market access, in relation to the provision of air services to and from Canada.It includes a gradual phasing-in of traffic rights and investment opportunities. It would meet the legal requirements of the Community and deliver substantial immediate economic benefits for transatlantic air travellers and shippers.The Agreement:creates simultaneously for all Community air carriers uniform conditions for market access, and establishes new arrangements for regulatory co-operation between the European Community and Canada in fields essential for the safe, secure, and efficient operation of transatlantic air services. In particular, there will be strengthened co-operation in matters concerning aviation security and aviation safety. There will also be new arrangements for cooperation to ensure a competitive level playing-field. These arrangements can only be achieved at Community level because they involve a number of areas of exclusive Community competence;allows for the simultaneous extension of its terms to the 27 Member States, applying the same rules without discrimination and benefiting all Community air carriers regardless of their nationality. These carriers can now operate freely from any point in the European Union to any point in Canada. Removal of all market access restrictions between the EU and Canada will not only attract new entrants to the market and create opportunities to operate to underserved airports, but will also facilitate consolidation between Community air carriers;secures for all Community air carriers access to commercial opportunities, such as the possibility to freely establish prices, which no Member State has been able to secure by negotiating individually. One of the main objectives of the mandate is to create a level playing field between all EU and Canadian air carriers, and this requires strong regulatory co-operation which can only be delivered at Community level.BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: the proposal has no implication for the Community budget.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/mobility-and-transport_en', 'title': 'Mobility and Transport'}, KALLAS Siim

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: 15380/2010
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A7-0045/2011
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0107/2011
• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2009)0062

History

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