2023/2774

14.12.2023

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2774

of 13 December 2023

on the appointment of certain members, their alternates and observers of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 airspace in the single European sky (1), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 (2) establishes a Network Management Board to monitor and steer the execution of air traffic management network functions. It also establishes a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell to ensure effective crisis management at network level.

(2) Under Article 18(7) and Article 19(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, the Commission is to appoint members and their alternatives to the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell upon proposals from their organisations, the European Defence Agency or Eurocontrol.

(3) Under Article 18(8) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, the Commission may also appoint observers to the Network Management Board.

(4) 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 have been appointed for the period from 2020 to 2024 by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 (3).

(5) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 (4), took into account a number of proposals by the designated authorities identified in Article 18(7) and Article 19(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 for appointments to both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell.

(6) Subsequently, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/723 (5) and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2446 (6) took into account a number of proposals for appointments for both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and amended Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201.

(7) In 2023, the Commission received a number of proposals for new appointments for both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell.

(8) The proposals include one from Eurocontrol nominating four representatives of air navigation service providers of associated countries for 2024. It is necessary to accept these nominations for 2024 so that the representatives of associated countries can be rotated, as provided for in Article 18(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123.

(9) Proceedings in the Network Management Board have demonstrated the need to bring in new expertise as observers. Some experts from aviation related bodies at European level should therefore be granted observer status to the Network Management Board.

(10) All persons proposed for appointment should replace, as from the entry into force of this Decision, the persons appointed previously.

(11) 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 persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed for the period from the entry into force of this Decision until 31 December 2024 as members, alternates and observers to the Network Management Board, in the capacity referred to in that Annex.

The current terms of office covered by the appointments of persons, referred to in the first paragraph, shall expire upon the entry into force of this Decision.

Article 2

The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed for the period from the entry into force of this Decision until 31 December 2024 as the members and alternates to the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell, in the capacity referred to in that Annex.

The current terms of office covered by the appointments of persons, referred to in the first paragraph, shall expire upon the entry into force of this Decision.

Article 3

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20

(2) 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

(3) 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 (

OJ L 328, 18.12.2019, p. 90

(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 of 22 December 2020 on the appointment of certain members and their alternatives of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (

OJ L 434, 23.12.2020, p. 59

(5) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/723 of 10 May 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 on the appointment of certain members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (

OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 21

(6) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2446 of 12 December 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 on the appointment of certain members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (

OJ L 319, 13.12.2022, p. 93

ANNEX I

APPOINTMENTS OF VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES AS WELL AS OBSERVERS OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD

Chairperson:

Mr Simon Hocquard* (1)

Director-General, CANSO

1st Vice-Chairperson:

Mr Giancarlo Buono *****(2)

Regional Director, safety and flight Operations, IATA

2nd Vice-Chairperson:

Mr Luc Laveyne*

Senior Advisor, ACI Europe

Airspace users
	Voting members	Alternates
AIRE/ERA	Ms Dorota Dmuchowska***** Chief Operating Officer/Management Board Member, Lot Polish airlines (AIRE)	Mr Peter Bjarnesand***(3) Director, Ground Operations, Nova Airlines AB (ERA)
A4E	Mr Neal McMahon***** Chief Operating Officer, Ryanair	Mr Marcus Schnabel***** Senior Vice President, Flight/Ground Operations and Security, Lufthansa Group
IATA	Mr Giancarlo Buono* Regional Director, Safety and Flight Operations	Mr Rory Sergison* Assistant Director, ATM Infrastructure
EBAA/IAOPA/EAS	Mr Robert Baltus **** COO, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)	Ms Melissa Capizzi***** Manager Operational Affairs, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block
	Voting members	Alternates
BALTIC	Mr Maciej Rodak****(4) Vice President, PANSA	Mr Tomas Montvila**** Chief Operations Officer, Oro Navigacija
BLUEMED	Mr Claude Mallia***** Chief Executive Officer, MATS	Mr Haris Antoniades***** Chief Operations Officer, ANS Cyprus
DANUBE	Mr Giorgi Peev* Director-General, Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA)	Mr Adrian Florea*** Operational Director, ROMATSA
DK-SE	Ms Carin Holtzrin Kjellander* Director, International Affairs, Luftfartsverket	Mr Thorsten Elkjaer*** COO, NAVIAIR
FABCE	Mr Gabor Menrath*** Director, ATM, HungaroControl	Mr Alexander Hanslik*** Director, Corporate Strategy and International Affairs, Austrocontrol
FABEC	Mr Dirk Mahns **(5) COO, Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS)	Mr Florian Guillermet*** Director, DSNA
		Mr François-Xavier Prach* Chairman ANSP FABEC Group
NEFAB	Mr Tormod Rangnes*** Director, Operations, Avinor	Mr Janis Lapins*** Deputy Head, ATM, LGS
SOUTH-WEST	Mr Enrique Maurer Somolinos* Director-General, Spanish Air Navigation, ENAIRE	Mr Nuno Simoes**** Director, Strategy, Planning and External Relations Office, Navegacao Aerea de Portugal
IRELAND	David Usher **** Head of Customer Relations and Commercial Development, AirNav, Ireland	Mr Joe Ryan** National Network Manager, AirNav, Ireland
Airport operators
	Voting members	Alternates
	Mr Luc Laveyne* Senior Advisor, ACI Europe	Mr Ivan Bassato** Director, Airport Management, Aeroporti di Roma
	Mr Giovanni Russo* Chief Operating Officer, Aéroport International de Genève	Ms Isabelle Baumelle** Chief Operating Officer & Airline Marketing Director, Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Military
	Voting members	Alternates
Military air navigation service providers	Lt. Col Raymond Martin* Chief Officer, Air Traffic Services, Irish Air Corps HQ	Col Matthias Löwa*** Director, ATM, Military Aviation Authority, Germany
Military airspace users	Brigadier General Laurent Thiebaut**** Director, DSAE, France	Colonel Thierry Bretos***** Head of the International Affairs Office – Single European Sky French State Aviation Safety Authority, France

Chairperson of the Network Management Board
	Non-voting member	Alternate
	Mr Simon Hocquard* Director-General, CANSO	Mr Giancarlo Buono ***** Regional Director, Safety and Flight Operations, IATA
		Mr Luc Laveyne* Senior Advisor, ACI Europe

European Commission

Non-voting member

Alternate

Ms Christine Berg**

Head of Unit, Single European Sky

DG Move, European Commission

Mr Staffan Ekwall**

Policy Officer,

DG Move, European Commission

EFTA Surveillance Authority

Non-voting member

Alternate

Gunnar Örn Indriðason*

Legal Officer, Security Inspector,

EFTA Surveillance Authority

Ms Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir**

Deputy Director, Internal Market Affairs Directorate,

EFTA Surveillance Authority

Network Manager

Non-voting member

Alternate

Mr Iacopo Prissinotti*

Director, Network Management, Directorate Network Manager

Eurocontrol

Mr Razvan Bucoroiu*

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, Operations,

ENAIRE

Mr Guillaume Blandel**** Director, operations,

DSNA

Representatives of air navigation service providers of associated countries
	Non-voting members	Alternates
Until 31 December 2024.	Ms Kathryn Leahy***** Chief Operations Officer, NATS	Mr Martin Donnan,***** Director, En-route ATM, NATS
Until 31 December 2024	Mr Andreii Yarmak***** Director, UkSATSE	Mr Sergeii Perevezentsev***** Deputy Director, Operations, UkSATSE

Eurocontrol

Non-voting member

Alternate

Raúl Medina Caballero****

Director-General,

Eurocontrol

Ms Marylin Bastin*****

Head of Unit, Aviation Sustainability,

Eurocontrol

OBSERVERS
European Defence Agency	Christophe Vivier***** Head of Unit, Single European Sky.

(1) Representatives marked with an * in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2019/2168, which remains in force.

(2) Representatives marked with an ***** in the Annexes I and II are being appointed by this Decision.

(3) Representatives marked with an *** in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/723.

(4) Representatives marked with an **** in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2022/2446.

(5) Representatives marked with an ** in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2020/2201.

ANNEX II

APPOINTMENTS OF 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 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 Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States*

European Commission

Member

Alternate

Ms Christine Berg**

Head of Unit, Single European Sky

DG Move, European Commission

Mr Staffan Ekwall**

Policy officer,

DG Move, European Commission

Agency

Member

Alternate

Mr Fabio Grasso***

Manager, ATM Standards and Implementation Section

Mr Augustin Klus*

Senior Expert, ATM/ANS Standards, Implementation

& Oversight

Eurocontrol

Member

Alternate

Predrag Vranjkovic*****

DG office

Mr Philip Hugues****

EGSD

Network Manager

Member

Alternate

Mr Iacopo Prissinotti*

Director, Network Management,

Directorate Network Manager

Eurocontrol

Mr Steven Moore**

EACCC Operations Manager,

Head of Operations Division

Directorate Network Manager

Eurocontrol

Military

Member

Alternate

Lieutenant –Colonel Adam Karwoth****

German Military Aviation Authority

Colonel Thierry Bretos*****

French State Aviation Safety Authority, France

Air navigation service providers

Member

Alternate

Ms Tanja Grobotek*

Director, Europe Affairs,

CANSO

Mr Vital Bride*****

DSNA, France

Airport operators

Member

Alternate

Mr Aidan Flanagan***

Safety Manager,

ACI Europe

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

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2774/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)