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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/553 of 22 March 2017 concerning the consistency of the targets in the key performance areas of capacity and cost-efficiency included in the revised functional airspace block plan submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 by Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period (notified under document C(2017) 1798) (Only the Dutch, French, and German texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

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Contents
  1. Preamble
    1. Article 1
    2. Article 2
  3. ANNEX
  4. ANNEX Performance targets in the key performance areas of capacity and cost-efficiency included in the revised 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
  5. Key performance area of capacity En route Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delay in min/flight
  6. Key performance area of cost-efficiency
  7. FAB EC

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 of 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 15(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) that Regulation. Detailed rules in this regard have been set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(2) Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, as regards Functional Airspace Block Europe Central (FABEC), submitted such a plan to the Commission. Pursuant to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/347, those Member States revised the plan and the targets included therein. However, by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/259, the Commission established that the revised performance targets concerning the key performance areas of capacity for FABEC as a whole and cost-efficiency for France, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as the appropriate measures included in the revised plan, were still not adequate and that those Member States are to take certain corrective measures leading to further revised performance targets so as to address inconsistencies with the Union-wide targets.

(3) On 30 January 2017, those Member States submitted a further revised plan, which included further revised performance targets, based on corrective measures where required. Those revised targets and corrective measures were subsequently assessed by the Commission.

(4) Concerning the key performance area of capacity, the consistency of those targets for en route Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delay has been assessed, in accordance with the principle laid down in point 4 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, by using the respective FAB reference values for capacity that, when applied, ensure at Union level that the Union-wide performance target is met, calculated by the Network Manager and set out in the Network Operations Plan (2014-2018/2019) in its most recent version. That assessment has demonstrated that those targets are consistent with the relevant Union-wide performance target.

(5) Concerning the key performance area of cost-efficiency, those targets, expressed in en route determined unit costs, have 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 the trend of en route determined unit costs over the second reference period and the combined period of the first and the second reference period (2012-2019), the number of service units (traffic forecast) and the level of en route determined unit costs in comparison to Member States having a similar operational and economic environment. That assessment has demonstrated that those targets are consistent with the relevant Union-wide performance target.

(6) Therefore, the corrective measures taken by Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, as regards FABEC, are consistent with Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/259 and the targets concerning the key performance areas of capacity and cost-efficiency included in the revised performance plan submitted by those Member States are consistent with the Union-wide performance targets in those areas for the second reference period (2015-2019). It is appropriate, for reasons of clarity and legal certainty, to establish that finding by means of this Decision and notify the Member States concerned thereof.

(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The targets concerning the key performance areas of capacity and cost-efficiency included in the revised performance plan submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, listed in the Annex, are consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period set out in Commission Implementing Decision 2014/132/EU.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Done at Brussels, 22 March 2017. For the Commission Violeta Bulc Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX Performance targets in the key performance areas of capacity and cost-efficiency included in the revised 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 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 Belgium/Luxembourg FAB EC 0,48 0,49 0,42 0,42 0,43 France Germany The Netherlands [Switzerland]

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)

FAB EC

Charging Zone: Belgium-Luxembourg — Currency: EUR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 168277718 172792013 177260922 180556020 183521461 (B) 1,1 % 1,2 % 1,3 % 1,4 % 1,4 % (C) 111,6 112,9 114,4 116,0 117,6 (D) 150757603 152984440 154897964 155652698 156055562 (E) 2440000 2510000 2580000 2650000 2720000 (F) 61,79 60,95 60,04 58,74 57,37 Charging Zone: France — Currency: EUR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 1290640175 1296576851 1328676964 1334112339 1337956806 (B) 0,1 % 0,8 % 1,1 % 1,1 % 1,3 % (C) 108,2 109,1 110,3 111,5 113,0 (D) 1192625922 1188249284 1204538004 1196187863 1184005999 (E) 18662000 19177000 19300000 20204000 20333000 (F) 63,91 61,96 62,41 59,21 58,23 Charging Zone: Germany — Currency: EUR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 1069142223 1039587943 933436977 927369907 922283254 (B) 1,4 % 1,6 % 1,7 % 1,7 % 1,7 % (C) 109,9 111,7 113,6 115,5 117,5 (D) 972517385 930742228 821735846 802748084 784999985 (E) 12801000 13057000 13122000 13242000 13365000 (F) 75,97 71,28 62,62 60,62 58,74 Charging Zone: Netherlands — Currency: EUR 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (A) 184921748 184103594 187092113 193763267 198069117 (B) 1,0 % 1,2 % 1,4 % 1,5 % 1,5 % (C) 110,6 112,0 113,6 115,3 117,0 (D) 167178324 164400112 164697149 168065588 169244781 (E) 2806192 2825835 2845616 3045000 3077000 (F) 59,57 58,18 57,88 55,19 55,00

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