COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/2168

of 17 December 2019

on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the organisation and use of the airspace in the single European sky (the airspace Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (2) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 (3) establish a Network Management Board to monitor and steer the execution of air traffic management network functions. They also establish a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell to ensure effective crisis management at network level.

(1) To ensure their efficient functioning, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members of the Network Management Board and their alternates and the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates should be appointed for the duration of at least one reference period of the performance scheme, this is from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, as laid down in Article 7(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 (4).

(2) In April 2019, the entities to be represented in the Network Management Board proposed candidate voting members and alternates for the Network Management Board. In accordance with Article 21(2)(c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, Member States were consulted and provided their opinion on the proposed nominations.

(3) In October 2019, the candidate voting members proposed the candidate chairperson and two candidate vice-chairpersons for the new Board.

(4) In November 2019, pursuant to Article 18(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, Eurocontrol proposed the candidate non-voting members representing the air navigation service providers of associated countries in the new Board.

(5) In April 2019, the organisations to be represented in the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell proposed their nominations for the Cell.

(6) In accordance with those proposals, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons and members of the Network Management Board and their alternates, as well as the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates should now be appointed.

(7) This decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency before the beginning of the period covered by the appointments in question.

(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee established by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2024 as chairperson, vice-chairpersons and members of the Network Management Board and their alternates respectively.

Article 2

The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2024 as the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates respectively.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 677/2011 of 7 July 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions and amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2010 (

OJ L 185, 15.7.2011, p. 1

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (

OJ L 28, 31.1.2019, p. 1

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 of 11 February 2019 laying down a performance and charging scheme in the single European sky and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013 (

OJ L 56, 25.2.2019, p. 1

(5) 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), (

OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1

ANNEX I

VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD

Chairperson:

Mr Simon HOCQUARD

Director-General CANSO

1st Vice Chairperson:

Ms Sylviane LUST

Director General AIRE

2nd Vice Chairperson:

Mr Luc LAVEYNE

Senior Advisor ACI Europe

Airspace users
	Voting members	Alternates
AIRE/ERA	Ms Sylviane LUST Director-General Airlines International Representation in Europe (AIRE)	Mr Russell DUDLEY Manager Policy and Technical European Regions Airline Association (ERA)
A4E	Mr Francis RICHARDS ATM Manager EasyJet Airline Company Limited	Mr Choorah SINGH Chief Operating Officer Laudamotion
IATA	Mr Giancarlo BUONO Regional Director Safety and Flight Operations International Air Transport Association (IATA)	Mr Rory SERGISON Assistant Director ATM Infrastructure International Air Transport Association (IATA)
EBAA/IAOPA/EAS	Ms Vanessa RULLIER-FRANCAUD Senior Manager, ATM and Special Projects European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)	Dr Michael ERB Senior Vice-President International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA)

Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block

Voting members

Alternates

BALTIC

Mr Janusz JANISZEWSKI

Acting President

Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA)

Mr Nerijus MALECKAS

Chief Operations Officer

Lithuanian Air Navigation Services — State Enterprise ‘Oro Navigacija’

BLUEMED

Ms Despoina PAPANDREOU

Head of ANSP Management & Development Division/D21

Hellenic Air Navigation Service Provider (HANSP)

Mr Maurizio PAGGETTI

Chief Operations Officer

Ente Nazionale Assistenza al Volo (ENAV)

DANUBE

Mr Georgi PEEV

Director General

Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA)

Mr Fănică CÂRNU

Deputy Director General

Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA)

DK-SE

Ms Carin HOLTZRIN KJELLANDER

Director of International Affairs

LFV

Ms Lise KRONBORG

Head of strategic programmes

Navigation Via Air (NAVIAIR)

FABCE

Mr Kornél SZEPESSY

Chief Executive Officer

HUNGAROCONTROL

MS Valerie HACKL

Managing Director

AUSTRO CONTROL

FABEC

Mr Robert SCHICKLING

Chief Operating Officer

Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS)

Mr. Maurice GEORGES

Directeur des Services de la Navigation Aérienne

Direction des Services de la Navigation aérienne (DSNA)

Mr François-Xavier PRACH

Chairman

ANSP FABEC Group

NEFAB

Mr Üllar SALUMÄE

Head of ATS Department

Estonian Air Navigation Service

Mr Tormod RANGNES

Director Operations

AVINOR Air Navigation Service

SOUTH-WEST

Mr Enrique MAURER SOMOLINOS

Director of Services of Air Navigation

Spanish Air Navigation (ENAIRE)

Mr Carlos REIS

Director of Operations

Navegação Aérea de Portugal (NAV Portugal)

UK-IRELAND

Mr Billy HAHN

Director ATM Operations & Strategy

Irish Aviation Authority (IAA)

Ms Juliet KENNEDY

Operations Director

National Air Traffic Services UK (NATS)

Airport operators
	Voting members	Alternates
	Mr Luc LAVEYNE Senior Advisor Airports Council International ACI Europe	Ms Isabelle BAUMELLE Chief Operating Officer & Airline Marketing Director Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur
	Mr Giovanni RUSSO Chief Operating Officer Aéroport International de Genève	Mr Mark C. BURGESS Head of Operational Planning, Performance & Transformation Operations Heathrow Airport Limited

Military
	Voting members	Alternates
Military Air Navigation Service Providers	Lt. Col Raymond MARTIN Chief Air Traffic Services Officer Irish Air Corps HQ	Col. Bernhard MAYR Branch Chief German Military Aviation Authority (GE MAA) Germany
Military airspace users	Brigadier General Etienne HERFELD Directeur de la circulation aérienne militaire française (DIRCAM) Direction de la sécurité aéronautique d’Etat (DSAE)	Col. Stéphane GOURG Direction de la circulation aérienne militaire française (DIRCAM)

Chairperson of the Network Management Board
	Non-voting member	Alternate
	Mr Simon HOCQUARD Director-General CANSO	Ms Sylviane LUST Director-General AIRE
		Mr Luc LAVEYNE Senior Advisor ACI

European Commission

Non-voting member

Alternate

Mr Filip CORNELIS

Director for Aviation

DG MOVE European Commission

Ms Christine BERG

Head of Unit Single European Sky

DG MOVE European Commission

EFTA Surveillance Authority

Non-voting member

Alternate

Gunnar Örn Indriðason

Legal Officer, Security Inspector

EFTA Surveillance Authority

To be nominated

Network Manager

Non-voting member

Alternate

Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI

Director Network Management Directorate Network Manager

Eurocontrol

Mr Razvan BUCUROIU

Head of Network & Strategy Development

Directorate Network Manager

Eurocontrol

Chairperson of the working group on operations (NDOP)

Non-voting member

Alternate

Mr Xavier BENAVENT

Director of Operations

ENAIRE

To be nominated

Representatives of Air Navigation Service providers of associated countries
	Non-voting members	Alternates

1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020	Representative of the Air Navigation Service provider of Turkey (DHMI)	To be nominated
	Representative of the Air Navigation Service provider of Albania (ALBCONTROL)	To be nominated
1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021	To be nominated	To be nominated
	To be nominated	To be nominated
1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022	To be nominated	To be nominated
	To be nominated	To be nominated
1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023	To be nominated	To be nominated
	To be nominated	To be nominated
1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024	To be nominated	To be nominated
	To be nominated	To be nominated

Eurocontrol

Non-voting member

Alternate

Mr Eamonn BRENNAN

Director-General

Eurocontrol

Mr Philippe MERLO

Director European Civil-Military Aviation (DECMA)

Eurocontrol

ANNEX II

PERMANENT MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION COORDINATION CRISIS CELL

Member States
	Member	Alternate
	Representative of the Member State that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union	Representative of the Member State that holds the next Presidency of the Council of the European Union

EFTA states
	Member	Alternate
	Representative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States	Representative of the EFTA State that holds the next Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States

European Commission

Member

Alternate

Mr Filip CORNELIS

Director for Aviation

DG MOVE European Commission

Ms Christine BERG

Head of Unit Single European Sky

DG MOVE European Commission

Agency

Member

Alternate

Mr Denis KOEHL

Senior Military Advisor

EASA

Mr Augustin KLUS

ATM/ANS Standards, Implementation & Oversight Senior Expert

EASA

Eurocontrol

Member

Alternate

Mr Donal Handley

Head of the Director General Office

Eurocontrol

Mr Philippe Merlo

Director DECMA

Directorate European Civil-Military Aviation

Eurocontrol

Network Manager

Member

Alternate

Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI

Director Network Management

Directorate Network Manager

EUROCONTROL

Mr Kenneth Thomas

EACCC Operations Manager

Directorate Network Manager

EUROCONTROL

Military

Member

Alternate

Lieutenant-Colonel Hans-Jörg Fietz

German Military Aviation Authority

Lieutenant-Colonel Gert Jan van Kralingen

Dutch Military Aviation Authority

Air Navigation Service providers

Member

Alternate

Ms Tanja Grobotek

Director Europe Affairs

CANSO

Mr Flavio Sgrò

ENAV

Aiport operators

Member

Alternate

Mr Guillaume Auquier

Regulation, Policy and Compliance Manager

Groupe ADP

Mr Olivier Jankovec

Director General

ACI EUROPE

Airspace users

Member

Alternate

Mr Carlo Verelst

Manager ATM Infrastructure Europe IATA

Mr Achim Baumann

Policy Director

A4E