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PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nBACKGROUND: the EU-US Air Transport Agreement has removed all commercial barriers for flights between any point in the EU and any point in the US. In addition, the US has granted so-called 7th freedom rights to EU air carriers to operate between the US and non-EU countries of the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA), such as Norway and Iceland. However, the ECAA has no external dimension. Therefore, EU air carriers do currently not have the right to operate flights between Norway and Iceland and third countries. In the same way, Norwegian and Icelandic air carriers do currently not have the right to operate between the EU and the US.
\nThe EU-US Air Transport Agreement has created uniform conditions for market access for all Union air carriers, and has established new arrangements for regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US in fields essential for the safe, secure, and efficient operation of transatlantic air services. Norway and Iceland have adopted the complete acquis communautaire in aviation policy. Therefore, the inclusion of both countries in the scope of the EU-US Air Transport Agreement will ensure that all European air carriers applying the acquis communautaire will operate transatlantic air services in a harmonised framework.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission that the extension of the Agreement to Iceland and Norway will give EU air carriers the opportunity to take up the rights granted by the US since 30 March 2008 to operate passenger flights between the US and Iceland or Norway.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.
\nCONTENT: the Air Transport Agreement signed by the European Community and its Member States and the United States of America on April 25 and 30, 2007 explicitly provides for the accession of third countries to the Air Transport Agreement. Norway and Iceland formally requested the accession to the EU-US Air Transport Agreement in 2007.
\nIn accordance with the Agreement, the Joint Committee developed in its meeting on 16 November 2010 a proposal for the accession of Iceland and Norway to the EU-US Air Transport Agreement. The proposal consists of two parts:
\nSince Norway and Iceland are an integral part of the European Common Aviation Area, these Agreements will ensure a consistent regulatory framework for flights between the US and the single aviation market in the EU - including Iceland and Norway.
\nThe proposal will create commercial benefits for airlines and consumers in the EU and it will particularly ensure the consistency of the EU-US Air Transport Agreement with the common Scandinavian air transport policy. At the same time, the proposal ensures that the bilateral character of the EU-US Air Transport
\nAgreement is maintained. Iceland and Norway will be committed to the negotiations of a second-stage air transport agreement with the US.
\nThe accession of Iceland and Norway to the EU-US Air Transport Agreement could be a precedent for the accession of Iceland and Norway to other aviation agreements of the Union (e.g. Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement with Morocco).
\nBUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no implication for the Union budget. \n\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t
PURPOSE: to extend the scope of the Air Transport\nAgreement between the EU-US to Iceland and Norway, whilst retaining\nthe bilateral nature of this Agreement.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Decision of the Council and of the\nRepresentatives of the Governments of the Member States of the\nEuropean Union, meeting within the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: the Air Transport Agreement between the EU\nand the United States signed on 25 and 30 April 2007, as amended by\nthe Protocol to amend the Air Transport Agreement signed by the\nparties on 24 June 2010, explicitly provides for the accession of\nthird countries to the Air Transport Agreement.
\nIn accordance with the Air Transport Agreement, as\namended by the Protocol, the Joint Committee established thereunder\nhas developed a proposal for the accession of Iceland and Norway to\nthe Air Transport Agreement, as amended by the Protocol.
\nOn 16 November 2010 the Joint Committee proposed an\nAir Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of\nthe first part, the European Union and its Member States, of the\nsecond part, Iceland, of the third part, and Norway, of the fourth\npart (\"the Accession Agreement\"). The Commission has negotiated an\nAncillary Agreement between the European Union and its Member\nStates, Iceland and Norway on the application of the Air Transport\nAgreement (\"the Ancillary Agreement\").
\nThe two Agreements were signed on 16 June 2011\nand at Oslo on 21 June 2011 respectively, subject to their\nconclusion at a later date.
\nIt is now necessary to approve the Accession\nAgreement and the Ancillary Agreement.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was\ncarried out.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Article 100(2) in conjunction with\nArticle 218(6) on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European\nUnion (TFEU).
\nCONTENT: by this Decision, the Accession\nAgreement is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, as well\nas the Ancillary Agreement.
\nFor further details of the Agreements, please\nrefer to the initial legislative proposal dated 2 May\n2011.
\nBUDGETARY IMPACT: the proposal has no impact on the\nEUs budget.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nBACKGROUND: the EU-US Air Transport Agreement has removed all commercial barriers for flights between any point in the EU and any point in the US. In addition, the US has granted so-called 7th freedom rights to EU air carriers to operate between the US and non-EU countries of the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA), such as Norway and Iceland. However, the ECAA has no external dimension. Therefore, EU air carriers do currently not have the right to operate flights between Norway and Iceland and third countries. In the same way, Norwegian and Icelandic air carriers do currently not have the right to operate between the EU and the US.
\nThe EU-US Air Transport Agreement has created uniform conditions for market access for all Union air carriers, and has established new arrangements for regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US in fields essential for the safe, secure, and efficient operation of transatlantic air services. Norway and Iceland have adopted the complete acquis communautaire in aviation policy. Therefore, the inclusion of both countries in the scope of the EU-US Air Transport Agreement will ensure that all European air carriers applying the acquis communautaire will operate transatlantic air services in a harmonised framework.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission that the extension of the Agreement to Iceland and Norway will give EU air carriers the opportunity to take up the rights granted by the US since 30 March 2008 to operate passenger flights between the US and Iceland or Norway.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.
\nCONTENT: the Air Transport Agreement signed by the European Community and its Member States and the United States of America on April 25 and 30, 2007 explicitly provides for the accession of third countries to the Air Transport Agreement. Norway and Iceland formally requested the accession to the EU-US Air Transport Agreement in 2007.
\nIn accordance with the Agreement, the Joint Committee developed in its meeting on 16 November 2010 a proposal for the accession of Iceland and Norway to the EU-US Air Transport Agreement. The proposal consists of two parts:
\nSince Norway and Iceland are an integral part of the European Common Aviation Area, these Agreements will ensure a consistent regulatory framework for flights between the US and the single aviation market in the EU - including Iceland and Norway.
\nThe proposal will create commercial benefits for airlines and consumers in the EU and it will particularly ensure the consistency of the EU-US Air Transport Agreement with the common Scandinavian air transport policy. At the same time, the proposal ensures that the bilateral character of the EU-US Air Transport
\nAgreement is maintained. Iceland and Norway will be committed to the negotiations of a second-stage air transport agreement with the US.
\nThe accession of Iceland and Norway to the EU-US Air Transport Agreement could be a precedent for the accession of Iceland and Norway to other aviation agreements of the Union (e.g. Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement with Morocco).
\nBUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no implication for the Union budget. \n\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t
PURPOSE: to extend the scope of the Air Transport\nAgreement between the EU-US to Iceland and Norway, whilst retaining\nthe bilateral nature of this Agreement.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Decision of the Council and of the\nRepresentatives of the Governments of the Member States of the\nEuropean Union, meeting within the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: the Air Transport Agreement between the EU\nand the United States signed on 25 and 30 April 2007, as amended by\nthe Protocol to amend the Air Transport Agreement signed by the\nparties on 24 June 2010, explicitly provides for the accession of\nthird countries to the Air Transport Agreement.
\nIn accordance with the Air Transport Agreement, as\namended by the Protocol, the Joint Committee established thereunder\nhas developed a proposal for the accession of Iceland and Norway to\nthe Air Transport Agreement, as amended by the Protocol.
\nOn 16 November 2010 the Joint Committee proposed an\nAir Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of\nthe first part, the European Union and its Member States, of the\nsecond part, Iceland, of the third part, and Norway, of the fourth\npart (\"the Accession Agreement\"). The Commission has negotiated an\nAncillary Agreement between the European Union and its Member\nStates, Iceland and Norway on the application of the Air Transport\nAgreement (\"the Ancillary Agreement\").
\nThe two Agreements were signed on 16 June 2011\nand at Oslo on 21 June 2011 respectively, subject to their\nconclusion at a later date.
\nIt is now necessary to approve the Accession\nAgreement and the Ancillary Agreement.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was\ncarried out.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Article 100(2) in conjunction with\nArticle 218(6) on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European\nUnion (TFEU).
\nCONTENT: by this Decision, the Accession\nAgreement is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, as well\nas the Ancillary Agreement.
\nFor further details of the Agreements, please\nrefer to the initial legislative proposal dated 2 May\n2011.
\nBUDGETARY IMPACT: the proposal has no impact on the\nEUs budget.
\n