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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX
5. KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF SAFETY Effectiveness of Safety Management (EOSM) and the application of the severity classification based on the Risk Analysis Tool (RAT) methodology Abbreviations:
6. KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT Horizontal en route flight efficiency of the actual trajectory
7. KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF CAPACITY En route Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delay in min/flight
8. KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF COST-EFFICIENCY Legend:

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation), and in particular Article 11(3)(c) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 of 3 May 2013 laying down a performance scheme for air navigation services and network functions, and in particular Article 14(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, the Member States are to adopt national or functional airspace block (FAB) plans, including binding national targets or targets at the level of FABs, ensuring consistency with the Union-wide performance targets. Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 also provides that the Commission is to assess the consistency of those targets on the basis of the assessment criteria referred to in point (d) of Article 11(6) of that Regulation. Detailed rules in this regard have been set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(2) Following the assessment of the performance plans, the Commission adopted Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 which established, inter alia, that the targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency included in the performance plans submitted by Malta, Bulgaria and Poland were consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period (2015-2019).

(3) The Commission subsequently adopted Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1985, allowing those Member States, upon their request, to revise their targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, in accordance with Article 17(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(4) On that basis, Malta, Bulgaria and Poland each revised those targets and amended their performance plans accordingly and submitted them to the Commission with the request to allow for the revision in 2016.

(5) The Commission assessed those amended plans and, in particular, the revised targets, in accordance with Article 14 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013. The consistency of the targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency, expressed in en route determined unit costs, with the Union-wide targets has been assessed in accordance with the principles laid down in point 5, in conjunction with point 1, of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, by taking account of, in particular, the trend of en route determined unit costs over the second reference period in relation to the targeted reduction of 3,3 % per year on average and over the combined period of the first and the second reference period (2012-2019) in relation to the targeted reduction of 1,7 % per year on average, as well as the level of en route determined unit costs in comparison to Member States having a similar operational and economic environment.

(6) As regards Malta, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 3 % per year on average. This is marginally below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. However, over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs decrease at a higher rate (– 4,6 %) than the the Union-wide target. Furthermore, Malta's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are significantly below (40,4 %) the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Malta. The Commission therefore considers that the revised targets of Malta for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.

(7) As regards Bulgaria, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 1,1 % per year on average. This is below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. However, over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs decrease at a higher rate (– 2,3 %) than the Union-wide target. Furthermore, Bulgaria's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are below (3,0 %) the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Bulgaria. The Commission therefore considers that the revised targets of Bulgaria for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.

(8) As regards Poland, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 0,1 % per year on average. This is below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. Over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs increase (+ 1,4 % per year on average). However, Poland's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are significantly below (14,9 %) the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Poland. Considering that favourable level of en route determined unit costs, and taking into account the specific circumstances which explain the unfavourable trend of en route determined unit costs, notably the taking of necessary measures related to safety, the Commission considers that, on balance, the revised targets of Poland for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.

(9) Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 should therefore be amended, so as to take account of the revised targets of Bulgaria, Malta and Poland.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 December 2017. For the Commission Violeta Bulc Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX

ANNEX Performance targets in the key performance areas of safety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency included in the national or functional airspace block plans submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 found to be consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF SAFETY Effectiveness of Safety Management (EOSM) and the application of the severity classification based on the Risk Analysis Tool (RAT) methodology Abbreviations:

MEMBER STATE FAB EOSM ATM Ground Level % (RAT) ATM overall Level % (RAT) STATE Level ANSP Level 2017 2019 2017 2019 SC Other MO SMI RI's ATM-S SMI RI's ATM-S SMI RI's ATM-S SMI RI's ATM-S Austria FAB CE C D D 94,17 93,33 80 100 100 100 80 80 80 80 80 100 Croatia Czech republic Hungary Slovak Republic Slovenia Ireland UK — IR C C D 80 80 80 100 100 100 80 80 80 80 80 100 United Kingdom Belgium/Lux FAB EC C C D ≥ 80 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 100 100 100 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 100 France Germany The Netherlands [Switzerland] Poland Baltic C C D ≥ 80 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 100 100 100 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 ≥ 80 90 90 100 Lithuania Cyprus Blue Med C C D 80 80 80 100 100 100 80 80 80 95 95 100 Greece Italy Malta Bulgaria Danube C C D 90 90 80 100 100 100 80 85 80 90 90 100 Romania Denmark DK — SE C C D 80 80 80 100 100 100 80 80 80 80 80 100 Sweden Estonia NEFAB C C D 95 95 85 100 100 100 90 90 85 100 100 100 Finland Latvia [Norway] Portugal SW C D D 90 90 90 100 100 100 80 80 90 80 80 100 Spain SC Management objective safety culture as referred to in point 1.1(a) of Section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 other MO Management objectives as listed in point 1.1(a) of Section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 other than safety culture RIs Runway incursions SMI Separation minima infringements ATM-S ATM-specific occurrences

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT Horizontal en route flight efficiency of the actual trajectory

MEMBER STATE FAB FAB TARGET ENVIRONMENT (%) 2019 Austria FAB CE 1,81 Croatia Czech Republic Hungary Slovak Republic Slovenia Ireland UK — IR 2,99 United Kingdom Belgium/Lux FAB EC 2,96 France Germany The Netherlands [Switzerland] Poland Baltic 1,36 Lithuania Cyprus Blue Med 2,45 Greece Italy Malta Bulgaria Danube 1,37 Romania Denmark DK — SE 1,19 Sweden Estonia NEFAB 1,22 Finland Latvia [Norway] Portugal SW 3,28 Spain

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF CAPACITY En route Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delay in min/flight

MEMBER STATE FAB FAB TARGET EN-ROUTE CAPACITY 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Ireland UK — IR 0,25 0,26 0,26 0,26 0,26 United Kingdom Poland Baltic 0,21 0,21 0,21 0,22 0,22 Lithuania Denmark DK — SE 0,10 0,10 0,10 0,09 0,09 Sweden Estonia NEFAB 0,12 0,12 0,13 0,13 0,13 Finland Latvia [Norway]

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF COST-EFFICIENCY Legend:

Key Item Units (A) Total en route Determined Costs (in nominal terms and in national currency) (B) Inflation rate (%) (C) Inflation index (100 = 2009) (D) Total en route Determined Costs (in real 2009 prices and in national currency) (E) Total en route Services Units (TSUs) (F) En route Determined Unit Cost (DUC) (in real 2009 prices and in national currency)

BALTIC FAB Charging Zone: Lithuania — Currency: EUR Charging Zone: Poland — Currency: PLN

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 23316993 23342321 24186978 25093574 25748766 (B) 1,7 % 2,2 % 2,5 % 2,2 % 2,2 % (C) 112,9 115,4 118,4 121,0 123,7 (D) 20652919 20223855 20434886 20737566 20814037 (E) 490928 508601 524877 541672 559548 (F) 42,07 39,76 38,93 38,28 37,20 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 658592342 687375337 807874605 840660505 795098157 (B) 2,4 % 2,5 % 1,1 % 1,9 % 2,4 % (C) 115,9 118,7 111,3 113,4 116,1 (D) 568474758 578848069 725678008 741339221 685060982 (E) 4362840 4544000 4299929 4419000 4560000 (F) 130,30 127,39 168,77 167,76 150,23

BLUE MED FAB Charging Zone: Cyprus — Currency: EUR Charging Zone: Greece — Currency: EUR Charging Zone: Malta — Currency: EUR

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 52708045 53598493 55916691 57610277 59360816 (B) 1,6 % 1,7 % 1,7 % 1,8 % 2,0 % (C) 112,9 114,8 116,8 118,9 121,3 (D) 46681639 46676772 47881610 48459560 48952987 (E) 1395081 1425773 1457140 1489197 1521959 (F) 33,46 32,74 32,86 32,54 32,16 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 147841464 151226557 155317991 156939780 164629376 (B) 0,3 % 1,1 % 1,2 % 1,3 % 1,6 % (C) 107,9 109,1 110,4 111,8 113,6 (D) 136958572 138630543 140635901 140350008 144936752 (E) 4231888 4318281 4404929 4492622 4599834 (F) 32,36 32,10 31,93 31,24 31,51 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 17736060 19082057 20694940 21720523 22752314 (B) 1,7 % 1,8 % 1,7 % 1,7 % 1,7 % (C) 111,9 114,0 115,9 117,9 119,9 (D) 15844908 16745957 17857802 18429483 18982242 (E) 609000 621000 880000 933000 990000 (F) 26,02 26,97 20,29 19,75 19,17

DANUBE FAB Charging Zone: Bulgaria — Currency: BGN Charging Zone: Romania — Currency: RON

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 166771377 172805739 219350068 228283095 232773544 (B) 0,9 % 1,8 % 1,1 % 1,2 % 1,4 % (C) 110,1 112,1 106,9 108,1 109,7 (D) 151495007 154219178 205254233 211080244 212260655 (E) 2627000 2667000 3439000 3611824 3745039 (F) 57,67 57,82 59,68 58,44 56,68 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 690507397 704650329 718659958 735119853 753216461 (B) 3,1 % 3,0 % 2,8 % 2,8 % 2,7 % (C) 126,9 130,7 134,4 138,2 141,9 (D) 543963841 538937162 534681066 532030334 530795951 (E) 4012887 4117019 4219063 4317155 4441542 (F) 135,55 130,90 126,73 123,24 119,51

DENMARK-SWEDEN FAB Charging Zone: Denmark — Currency: DKK Charging Zone: Sweden — Currency: SEK

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 726872134 724495393 735983926 749032040 750157741 (B) 1,8 % 2,2 % 2,2 % 2,2 % 2,2 % (C) 111,6 114,1 116,6 119,1 121,8 (D) 651263654 635160606 631342985 628704443 616095213 (E) 1553000 1571000 1589000 1608000 1628000 (F) 419,36 404,30 397,32 390,99 378,44 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 1951544485 1974263091 1970314688 1964628986 1958887595 (B) 1,6 % 2,4 % 2,1 % 2,0 % 2,0 % (C) 106,1 108,6 110,9 113,1 115,4 (D) 1840204091 1817994673 1777040937 1737169570 1698130296 (E) 3257000 3303000 3341000 3383000 3425000 (F) 565,00 550,41 531,89 513,50 495,80

FAB CE Charging Zone: Croatia — Currency: HRK Charging Zone: Czech Republic — Currency: CZK Charging Zone: Hungary — Currency: HUF Charging Zone: Slovenia — Currency: EUR

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 670066531 687516987 691440691 687394177 674346800 (B) 0,2 % 1,0 % 1,5 % 2,5 % 2,5 % (C) 109,2 110,4 112,0 114,8 117,7 (D) 613414184 622991131 617287272 598707050 573017597 (E) 1763000 1783000 1808000 1863185 1926787 (F) 347,94 349,41 341,42 321,34 297,40 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 3022287900 3087882700 3126037100 3149817800 3102014900 (B) 1,9 % 2,0 % 2,0 % 2,0 % 2,0 % (C) 111,5 113,7 116,0 118,3 120,7 (D) 2710775667 2715303433 2694955079 2662212166 2570401338 (E) 2548000 2637000 2717000 2795000 2881000 (F) 1063,88 1029,69 991,89 952,49 892,19 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 28133097383 29114984951 29632945277 30406204408 31345254629 (B) 1,8 % 3,0 % 3,0 % 3,0 % 3,0 % (C) 119,3 122,8 126,5 130,3 134,2 (D) 23587547923 23699795100 23418852735 23330056076 23350067982 (E) 2457201 2364165 2413812 2453639 2512526 (F) 9599,36 10024,60 9702,02 9508,35 9293,46 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 32094283 33168798 33870218 34392801 35029005 (B) 1,6 % 2,1 % 1,9 % 2,0 % 2,0 % (C) 111,9 114,3 116,5 118,8 121,2 (D) 28675840 29018678 29079819 28949500 28906876 (E) 481500 499637 514217 529770 546470 (F) 59,56 58,08 56,55 54,65 52,90

NEFAB Charging Zone: Estonia — Currency: EUR Charging Zone: Finland — Currency: EUR Charging Zone: Latvia — Currency: EUR

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 23098175 24757151 25985553 27073003 28182980 (B) 3,0 % 3,1 % 3,0 % 3,0 % 3,0 % (C) 123,3 127,1 130,9 134,8 138,9 (D) 18739585 19481586 19852645 20081013 20295459 (E) 774641 801575 827117 855350 885643 (F) 24,19 24,30 24,00 23,48 22,92 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 45050000 45596000 46064000 46321000 46468000 (B) 1,5 % 1,7 % 1,9 % 2,0 % 2,0 % (C) 114,4 116,4 118,6 121,0 123,4 (D) 39368663 39179750 38843860 38294684 37662953 (E) 792600 812000 827000 843000 861000 (F) 49,67 48,25 46,97 45,43 43,74 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 22680662 23118000 23902000 24692818 25534000 (B) 2,5 % 2,3 % 2,3 % 2,3 % 2,3 % (C) 109,7 112,2 114,8 117,4 120,1 (D) 20683885 20603685 20823477 21028777 21256247 (E) 802000 824000 844000 867000 890000 (F) 25,79 25,00 24,67 24,25 23,88

SW FAB Charging Zone: Portugal — Currency: EUR

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 111331252 117112878 121117127 124427807 127871286 (B) 1,2 % 1,5 % 1,5 % 1,5 % 1,5 % (C) 110,5 112,2 113,8 115,5 117,3 (D) 100758704 104424905 106399345 107692336 109037112 (E) 3095250 3104536 3122232 3147209 3171128 (F) 32,55 33,64 34,08 34,22 34,38

SPAIN Charging Zone: Spain Continental — Currency: EUR Charging Zone: Spain Canarias — Currency: EUR

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 620443569 622072583 622240962 625580952 627777294 (B) 0,8 % 0,9 % 1,0 % 1,0 % 1,1 % (C) 110,6 111,6 112,7 113,9 115,1 (D) 561172369 557638172 552025959 549379889 545563910 (E) 8880000 8936000 9018000 9128000 9238000 (F) 63,20 62,40 61,21 60,19 59,06 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 98528223 98750683 99003882 98495359 98326935 (B) 0,8 % 0,9 % 1,0 % 1,0 % 1,1 % (C) 110,6 111,6 112,7 113,9 115,1 (D) 89115786 88522066 87832072 86497790 85450091 (E) 1531000 1528000 1531000 1537000 1543000 (F) 58,21 57,93 57,37 56,28 55,38

UK-IR FAB Charging Zone: Ireland — Currency: EUR Charging Zone: United Kingdom — Currency: GBP

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 118046200 121386700 125595100 129364400 130778800 (B) 1,1 % 1,2 % 1,4 % 1,7 % 1,7 % (C) 103,7 105,0 106,4 108,2 110,1 (D) 113811728 115644664 118001964 119511684 118798780 (E) 4000000 4049624 4113288 4184878 4262135 (F) 28,45 28,56 28,69 28,56 27,87 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 686348218 687119724 690004230 682569359 673089111 (B) 1,9 % 1,9 % 2,0 % 2,0 % 2,0 % (C) 118,2 120,5 122,9 125,3 127,8 (D) 580582809 570397867 561561156 544617914 526523219 (E) 10244000 10435000 10583000 10758000 10940000 (F) 56,68 54,66 53,06 50,62 48,13

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• Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/704 of 8 May 2018 on the compliance of unit rates for charging zones with Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013 pursuant to Article 17 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 391/2013 (notified under document C(2018) 2729) (Only the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) Decision · Grade B

  Bulgaria, Malta and Poland revised in 2016 their performance targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the remaining years of the second reference period, that is, 2017, 2018 and 2019. By Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2376, the consistency of those revised targets with the Union-wide performance targets has been established. On the grounds of its assessment, taking account of those revised targets, the Commission has found that the unit rates for en route charging zones for 2017 submitted by Bulgaria, Malta and Poland are in compliance with Implementing Regulation