10 Amendments of Spyros DANELLIS related to 2011/0391(COD)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The slot allocation system established in 1993 does not ensure the optimum allocation and use of slots and thus of airport capacity. In the context of growing airport congestion and the limited development of major new airport infrastructure, the slots are a rare resource. Access to such resources is of crucial importance for the provision of air transport services and for the maintenance of effective competition. To this end, the allocation and use of slots could be made more effective by introducing market mechanisms, by ensuring that the unused slots are made available to interested operators as soon as possible and in a transparent manner, and by reinforcing the underlying principles of the system with regard to the allocation, management and use of the slots. At the same time, although the historical slots meet the need for stability in schedules for the airlines, during the future assessment of the application of this Regulation, a gradual introduction of other market mechanisms could be envisaged, such as withdrawing and auctioning historical slotconcerns regarding efficient allocation of slots must continue to be balanced against the need to protect the external benefits of air transport services and in particular the value that they create for European regions.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
At a coordinated or schedules facilitated airport, the Member State responsible shall ensure the determination of the coordination parameters twice yearly, while taking account of all relevant technical, operational , performance and environmental constraints as well as any changes thereto. These constraints shall be notified to the Commission. The Commission, if necessary with the aid of the network manager, shall examine the constraints and deliver recommendations which the Member State must take into account before determining the coordination parameters.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. At the end of each scheduling periodOn an annual basis, the coordinator or schedules facilitator shall submit to the Member States concerned and to the Commission an activity report describing the general slot allocation and/or schedules facilitation situation, examining, in particular, the application of Article 9(5) and Articles 13 and 18, as well as any complaints regarding the application of Articles 9 and 10 submitted to the coordination committee and the steps taken to resolve them. The report shall also contain the results of a survey conducted among the interested parties on the quality of services provided by the coordinator.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. The coordinator shall also take into account additional guidelines established by the air transport industry Union -wide or world-wide as well as local guidelines proposed by the coordination committee and approved by the Member State or any other competent body responsible for the airport in question, provided that s. Such guidelines shouldo not affect the independent status of the coordinator, should comply with Union law, should aim at improving the efficient use of airport capacity and havetaking local circumstances into account, and should been notified in advance to and pre-approved by the Commission the Commission and be pre-approved. The local guidelines may only concern the monitoring of the use of slots allocated or the amendment of the definition of a series of slots to reduce its length below 10 slots for the winter scheduling period or below 15 slots for the summer schedulallocation and monitoring of slots and can be introduced in cases where they can result ing period, but under no circumstances below 5 slots. The reduction of the length of the series of slots applies only atformance improvements, such as in airports where slot demand for air services is highlydisplays strong seasonableility.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) this decision shall not affect the non- discriminatory and transparent character of the slot allocation process and the system of airport charges, and neither shall it create additional net revenues for the airport managing body;
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) this decision shall not discourage air carriers from developing services or entering the market and it shall be limited to covering the costs incurred by the airport for reserving the airport capacity corresponding to the slots which remained unused;
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
For the transfers or exchanges referred to in paragraph 1(b) and (c), the air carriers shall give the coordinator the details of any monetary or any other kind of compensation. The details regarding compensation for the transfers or exchanges are confidential and the coordinator shall only divulge such details to the Member State where the airport is situated or the Commission, upon their request. The transfers or exchanges may not be subject to restrictive conditions intended to limit the possibility for the air carrier wishing to obtain the slots to enter into competition with the air carrier which transfers or exchanges the slots, or with other members of a group of air carriers that it is part of.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of this Regulation at the latest fourthree years after its entry into force. The report shall address in particular the functioning of Articles 9, 10 11 and 13.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission will monitor the secondary markets for slots based on the data received from co-ordinators and will report on relevant trends, including those relating to regional and intra-EU connectivity, in its Annual Analysis of Air Transport Markets.