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Mr President, Mr Jarzembowski, we all agree that slots are public assets. We are talking about the system for allocating a public asset – what in Spain we call a
[concession], a right to use a public asset which is allocated within certain contexts and circumstances. Once we have defined what it consists of, perhaps we will be able to establish that the holder negotiates this public asset, or this right, for an undefined or limited period. That is what we have. In fact, it is a practice which, in a hidden fashion, is currently being employed in some European airports.
The aim of the next proposal is to introduce transparency into these exchanges, into these negotiations, always maintaining the status of public asset. Since a slot is considered a public asset, the public authority always has prerogatives which are being maintained in all cases. These include the power to regulate how these exchanges are carried out, under what conditions etc. That is what we will have to resolve in the next initiative.
If I am not mistaken, I believe that these two initiatives which we have discussed today – the conciliation on the safety of third party aircraft and the second reading on the proposed common rules for the allocation of slots – are the last two initiatives on the air sector which we will approve during this Parliament.
Only three of the usual hard-workers of the ‘House’ are here – in the end, it is always the same people who find ourselves in these discussions – but they are three very important people with whom I have worked and collaborated over all these years wonderfully well, to provide enormous impetus for the European air sector, including, amongst other things, the ‘Single Sky’, certain aspects of safety, the Air Safety Agency, the rights of passengers and slots. I would like to express my gratitude to them in particular.
I would like to thank them for the work we have done, their very positive cooperation throughout all this time and I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the services of the Commission for their wonderful work, which has allowed and facilitated this cooperation, and the Council as well, of course, which has allowed us to move forward.
Meanwhile, before the end of this Parliament's term of office, it is possible that we will have some good news about the negotiations with the United States in the sector of the trans-Atlantic common aviation zone or at least with regard to the first steps. I know that the Transport Secretary, Mr Minetta, is going to appear before this Parliament and I believe that that will also help the debates."@en1
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