Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-03-Speech-2-020"
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"Mr President, both the explosion in air traffic in recent years and the saturation of Europe’s skies mean that a number of measures to reduce congestion are needed. One of these measures should be improved regulatory coordination between the European countries.
From this perspective, the Commission’s Single Sky initiative which aims to provide a safer and more fluid airspace appears to be based on the obvious. Yet, the obvious seems much less clear, however, when you study the practical details of the project and when you realise that there is already a body that regulates air traffic, Eurocontrol, which has a great deal of technical expertise and covers a much wider territory than that of the Union, since its membership includes 31 countries of the continent.
In this respect, there is a considerable discrepancy which, in truth, the texts presented by the Commission do not mention. This discrepancy is fully evident even in Article 1 of the regulation laying down the general framework, as it is stated that the Community shall be given the means necessary in order to create the Single European Sky whilst taking into account Eurocontrol’s task in establishing a pan-European airspace. Further into the text, the issue of coordination between the Commission, which represents the Community, and Eurocontrol, does not become any clearer. This could be summed up in one sentence: who gives the orders and who is has the last say in drafting the regulation? Although the text attempts to suggest the opposite, we can only see one possible answer. It is Eurocontrol that gives the orders, which the Community must obey, alongside Member States which still have the most important role.
We feel that the majority of Member States share the same view. We must maintain Eurocontrol and its prerogatives and we must, therefore, firstly clarify the prerequisites of regulatory relations with this body. Failure to do so will risk complicating matters rather than simplifying them."@en1
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