COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/780
of 13 April 2022
on the inconsistency of certain performance targets contained in the draft functional airspace block performance plan submitted by Switzerland pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council with the Union-wide performance targets for the third reference period and setting out recommendations for the revision of those targets
(notified under document C(2022) 2313)
(Only the German, French and Italian texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport (‘the Agreement’) (1),
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) (2) and in particular Article 11(3), point (c), second subparagraph thereof,
After consulting the Single Sky Committee,
Whereas:
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Background
(1) Pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 a performance scheme for air navigation services and network functions is to be set up. Furthermore, pursuant to Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 (3) Member States are to draw up, either at national level or at the level of functional airspace blocks (‘FABs’), binding performance targets for each reference period of the performance scheme for air navigation services and network functions. Those performance targets have to be consistent with the Union-wide targets adopted by the Commission for the reference period concerned. The Commission is responsible for assessing whether the proposed performance targets contained in the draft performance plans are consistent with the Union-wide performance targets, on the basis of the assessment criteria set out in Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317.
(2) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has, since the first quarter of calendar year 2020, significantly impacted the air transport sector and has considerably reduced air traffic volumes compared to pre-pandemic levels, because of the measures taken by the Member States and third countries to contain the pandemic.
(3) Union-wide performance targets for the third reference period (‘RP3’) were initially set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/903 (4). As those Union-wide performance targets and the draft RP3 performance plans subsequently submitted by the Member States and Switzerland were drawn up before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, they could not take account of the resulting significantly changed circumstances for air transport.
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