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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in view of the broad consensus about my report and that of my fellow Members Mr Clegg and Mr Nicholson, I can be brief, and shall be using no more speaking time than is necessary. According to the Commission, the safety measures in very small airports had to be adapted because they were difficult to put into practice. It was necessary to alleviate the distress that was caused by the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security.
Safety in aviation has always been important to the public and therefore also to this Parliament, even more so after 11 September 2001. That is why the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism carefully studied the topic in 2002 and insisted on 100% control, appropriate technical standards and attention to the question of who should pay for everything. On 16 December 2002, a Regulation was approved, and entered into effect a month or so later. I was still new to this House at that time and was not really in a position to follow those discussions. The Regulation in question had been prepared by the Commission in a short space of time, in order to respond to the increased sense of lack of safety in civil aviation. Parliament was very keen to approve the Regulation at the earliest opportunity. From the first experiences with applying it, it transpired that there was room for improvement in some areas and that some terms needed clarifying. That is how this amending proposal, which is mainly technical, came about. It appeared inefficient and expensive to apply the same safety regulations to airports for small aircraft only and for adjacent zones for light aircraft in larger airports.
Even so, safety must be guaranteed in those places too. That is why safety measures established nationally will now apply each time when the Regulation provides for measures that are, objectively speaking, impractical or disproportionate. Accordingly, for general aviation involving small aircraft, delineated areas have been introduced which are separate from the rest of the airport. In addition, a criterion for the eligibility of being a small airport has been clarified. The word 'control' has also been clarified, and a number of inconsistencies have been removed. I take the view that it is important for the Regulation to be made clearer and for the mistakes in the legislative text to be corrected, but, above all, to ensure that the regulations are practical and applicable. We once again have an excellent working relationship with the Commission, but if at first reading, the Council adopts a position as a result of which the Regulation is altered dramatically, we should probably review our position. I suggest at this stage to approve the proposal amending the Regulation, and would thank the services for the support that I have had during the compiling of my report."@en1
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