Activities of Jacqueline FOSTER related to 2012/2299(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU’s External Aviation Policy – Addressing future challenges PDF (202 KB) DOC (130 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas aviation is a rapidly growing area of the economy, especially outside the Unionboth within the Union and outside the Union especially in Asia and the Middle East;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas aviation has an important role to play in connecting people and business both inside the Union and with the worldglobally, especially with developing markets;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that there has been important progress in defining and implementing Union mechanisms and systems such as the Single European Sky (SES), the SES Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to enhance safety and meet passenger requirements, further progress must be made in these areas to avoid negative economic consequences;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is deeply concerned that many Member States have both failed to meet the December 2012 deadline and failed to make any progress regarding the Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs); supports the Commission in taking punitive action against those Member States who have not complied;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that these EU programmes are important not only for the internal market but also for external policy; the completion and implementation of these instruments will help to consolidate the position of the EU's industry in the competitive global market;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that some of the requests in Parliament's 2006 resolution are still to be met; emphasises, in particular, the need to promote highappropriate international safety and security standards in order to reduce the effects on the environment,. In addition, the need to ensure the equal treatment of Union and non-Union air carriers, and promote social rightsto mitigate negative effects on the environment;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes an important increase in traffic to, from and within the Asia-Pacific region, reflecting its trend economic growth; is worried about the possibility that, if nothing is done, EU airlines may lose the capacity to compete fairly in order to generate profits;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the importance of airport hubs and the urgent need for investments in airport infrastructure, for example, building new runway capacity;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to complete the negotiations of comprehensive air agreements with key partners, including the Russian Federation and Brazil, and on the Council to grant the Commission a mandate to negotiate such agreements with fast- growing economies such as China and India, India and the Gulf States;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to complete a fair agreement with the Russian Federation regarding the modernisation of the existing system of utilisation of Trans-Siberian Routes; Notes that the Russian Federation refuses to respect the agreement on the phasing-out of Siberian overflight royalties reached in the framework of the Russian Federation's WTO accession in 2011; considers that, as the EU carriers are placed under long-term discriminatory conditions by these illegal transit charges, the EU should be able to take reciprocal measures by denying or limiting transit over its territory or generally by establishing any measure related to the use of EU airspace for air carriers of the Russian Federation in order to motivate the Russian Federation to remove the above-mentioned charges which are illegal as they contravene international agreements (the Chicago Convention) and therefore calls on the Commission and the Council to examine possible measures to ensure reciprocity in relation to the use of air space between the Russian Federation and the Union;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has an important role to play in developing regulatory frameworks for the global aviation sector, for example in the liberalisation of ownership and control of airlines; encourages the ICAO to continue to develop global, market-based measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions; believes that an agreement within ICAO onregarding a global approach to ETS should be reached as soon as possible;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission to think carefully before introducing any additional punitive measures that damage the competitiveness of Union air carriers;