10 Amendments of Gheorghe FALCĂ related to 2023/2145(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Salutes digital transformation of the European skies, including enhanced mobility options and streamlined qualifications for Air Traffic Controllers, licencing and training and ATM Ground Systems; calls for the amendment of SERA RT phraseologies for communication between pilots and air traffic controllers;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights the importance of Single European Sky tackling the fragmentation of European airspace and aiming at improving ATM performance from the safety, capacity, cost-efficiency and environmental perspectives; welcomes in this regard the agency’s work related to its SES 2+ reform in two pillars in 2022 - human factors and ground equipment (harmonisation ATCOs through licencing and getting to a more effective and efficient system) and the certification by EASA of ATM/ANS ground systems ( harmonizasiotion of those system is very welcomed as currently ground systems vary significantly between Member States; commends that both pillars reduce cost and increase capacity for ATM, and therefore provide significant added value for the Single European Sky 2+ package of initiative;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Stresses that digital transformation of the European skies comprises several individual components and building blocks that are critical solutions for Europe’s future airspace architecture and aim to support safety, efficiency, and environmental performance;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the EASA Sustainable Aviation Programme (2020 - 2024) for achieving a quieter and more sustainable aviation system, including Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) project; calls on providing sufficient funding and incentives for further research and development of SAF to make them more efficient and affordable and to enhance and open their market;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Salutes the progress made in 2022 regarding a wide variety of environment- related initiatives; welcomes the EASA Sustainable Aviation Programme, aligned with the ReFuelEU Aviation legislation, which foresees a central role for the Agency in the monitoring and reporting on the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) and in the development of an EU SAF Clearing House; welcomes that EASA is engaging in 20 new projects in an enhanced cooperation with the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, while partnerships with European Industrial Alliances have been forged to enable the entry into service of hydrogen- and electric powered aircraft;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Commends the response of the Agency to Russian invasion to Ukraine publishing a Conflict Zone Information Bulletin (CZIB) within two hours for aircraft safety. and preventing aircraft flying over or into the areas with intense or heightened military activity; Understands concerns about Russian passenger fleets; highlights Agency’s role in European military mobility;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Salutes the focus of the agency to integrate Ukraine as a Candidate State into the EU system;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Stresses that Russian military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 further impacted EASA’s International Cooperation activities; highlights that as an EU Agency, EASA complied with the sanctions and policies set by the European Commission; consequently, all cooperation activities with the Russian Federation were suspended;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Calls for close relationship with European State and Military Aviation Authorities, and the European Defence Agency (EDA), OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation) and NATO, as appropriate for the discharge of the Agency’s tasks, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, to improve flight safety and security in Europe;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Salutes EASA activities related secure aviation- military program, welcomes particularly EASA becoming a participant of the Civil-Military Airspace Safety Team Ukraine to consider the consequences of the war in Ukraine on the “new normal” concept, with regard to the increasing needs for air space to conduct State and NATO military exercises; commends EASA’s implementation of the work programme with the European Defence Agency (EDA), enhancing the cooperation in the new domain of innovation; welcomes that EASA supported EC initiatives in the framework of RescEU program (fire fighters’ contract and aeronautical MEDEVAC/transport capacity);