2024/3136

18.12.2024

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/3136

of 17 December 2024

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 2025 and 2026

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on the Implementation of the Single European Sky (1), and in particular Articles 37(5) and 38(15) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 establishes in Article 38(14) a Network Management Board (the Board) to ensure appropriate governance over the execution of the network functions. The detailed rules about composition, functioning and responsibilities and network governance mechanisms of the Board should be set by the Commission.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 (2) refers to the Board in its Article 18. It also establishes a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell (the Cell) to ensure effective crisis management at network level in its Article 19. Pending its revision following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803, it should apply with the necessary modifications having been made

(mutatis mutandis)

to ensure the continuity of activities.

(3) To ensure efficient functioning of the Board and the Cell until the adoption of a revised Implementing Regulation, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members and observers of the Board and their alternates and the members of the Cell and their alternates should be appointed for 2 years.

(4) In April 2024, the voting members unanimously proposed the candidate chairperson for the new Board.

(5) In June 2024, the entities to be represented in the Network Management Board proposed two vice chairpersons and candidate voting members and alternates for the Network Management Board.

(6) In June 2024, under 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 to join the new Board.

(7) In June 2024, the Commission received a number of requests for observer status in the Board.

(8) In June 2024, the organisations to be represented in the Cell proposed their nominations for the Cell.

(9) In line with those proposals, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members and observers of the Board and their alternates, as well as the members of the Cell and their alternates should be appointed.

(10) As the mandate of the existing Board expires on 31 December 2024, this Decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency to ensure the continuity of activities.

(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee established by Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026 as members, alternates and observers to the Network Management Board, in the capacity referred to in that Annex.

Article 2

The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026 as the members and alternates to the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell, in the capacity referred to in that Annex.

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L, 2024/2803, 11.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2803/oj

(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

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/123/oj

ANNEX I

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

Chairperson:

Mr Enrique MAURER SOMOLINOS

Director-General

ENAIRE

1st Vice Chairperson:

Mr Rory SERGISON

Head ATM Infrastructure Europe Regional Safety and Flight Operations

IATA

2nd Vice Chairperson:

Mr Giovanni RUSSO

COO

Geneva Airport

Airspace users
	Voting members	Alternates
AIRE/ERA	Ms Dorota DMUCHOWSKA Chief Operating Officer / Management Board Member LOT Polish Airlines – on behalf of AIRE	Mr Jean FELON Head of Operations Control Centre Luxair – on behalf of ERA
A4E	Mr Neal MCMAHON Chief Operations Officer Ryanair – on behalf of A4E	Mr Jörn MESSNER Head of Innovation & Tech FactoryLHA MUC Lufthansa Group – on behalf of A4E
IATA	Mr Rory SERGISON Head ATM Infrastructure Europe – Regional Safety and Flight Operations International Air Transport Association (IATA)	Ms Elena Vega Fernandez Assistant Director ATM Infrastructure , Europe International Air Transport Association (IATA)
EBAA/IAOPA/EAS	Ms Melissa CAPIZZI Manager, Operational Affairs European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)	Mr Robert BALTUS COO European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block

Voting members

Alternates

PANSA – Poland

Oro Navigacija – Lithuania

Ms Magdalena JAWORSKA-MAĆKOWIAK

President

PANSA

Mr Tomas MONTVILA

Chief Operating Officer

Oro Navigacija

ENAV – Italy

MATS – Malta

HASP – Greece

DCA Cyprus

Mr Haris ANTONIADES

Chief Operations Officer (ANS)

DCA Cyprus

Ms Despoina PAPANDREOU

Head of ANS Management & Development Division

HASP

BULATSA – Bulgaria

ROMATSA -Romania

Mr Adrian COJOC

Director General

ROMATSA

Mr Georgi PEEV

Director General

BULATSA

NAVIAIR – Denmark

LFV – Sweden

Mr Thorsten ELKJAER

COO

NAVIAIR

Mr Petter EKLUND

COO/ Director En-route

LFV

ANS of the Czechia

ATS of the Slovakia

Austro Control – Austria

HungaroControl – Hungary

Croatia Control – Croatia

Slovenia Control – Slovenia

BHANSA – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mr Gábor MENRÁTH

Deputy CEO, Chief Operating Officer

HungaroControl

Mr Petr FAJTL

Executive Director of Operations of ANS CR

DFS – Germany

skeyes – Belgium

DSNA – France

ANA – Luxembourg

LVNL – The Netherlands

Skyguide – Switzerland

Mr Dirk MAHNS, COO, DFS

Mr Frédéric GUIGNIER

Director DSNA

DSNA

Mr Raimund FRIDRICH

Head of FABEC ANSP Office

EANS – Estonia

Fintraffic – Finland

LGS – Latvia

Avinor – Norway

Mr Christer BJÖRKMAN

Vice President, International & Network ANS

Fintraffic ANS

Mr Aivars PŪCĪTIS

Member of the Management Board

SJSC Latvijas gaisa satiksme

NAV Portugal

ENAIRE – Spain

Mr Pedro Barata

Director of strategy, planning and External relations office

Navegacao Aerea de Portugal (NAV Portugal)

Ms Laura GARCÉS ACÍN

Deputy Director of Air Navigation Services

ENAIRE

AirNav Ireland

Mr David USHER

Head of Network, Airspace and Stakeholder Engagement

AirNav Ireland

Mr Joe RYAN

National Network Manager

AirNav Ireland

Airport operators
	Voting members	Alternates
	Mr Giovanni RUSSO COO Geneva Airport	Mr Ivan BASSATO COO Aeroporti di Roma
	Mr Alessandro FIDATO COO SEA Milano Airports	Mr Thomas ROMIG COO Brussels Airport

Military
	Voting members	Alternates
Military Air Navigation Service Providers	Col Raymond MARTIN Chief Air Traffic Services Officer Irish Air Corps HQ	Col Matthias LÖWA ATM Director Military Aviation Authority, Germany
Military airspace users	BG Lionel BAVEREY French military ATM Director French State Aviation Safety Authority	Col Thierry BRETOS Head of the International Affairs Office – Single European Sky French State Aviation Safety Authority

Chairperson of the Network Management Board
	Non-voting member	Alternate
	Mr Enrique MAURER SOMOLINOS Director General ENAIRE	Mr Rory SERGISON Head ATM Infrastructure Europe Regional Safety and Flight Operations IATA
		Mr Giovanni RUSSO COO Geneva Airport

European Commission

Non-voting member

Alternate

Ms Maria De Las Flores DIAZ PULIDO

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
	Mr Gunnar Örn INDRIÐASON Senior Legal Officer, Transport and Connectivity EFTA Surveillance Authority	Ms Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir, Deputy Director for Transport and Connectivity EFTA Surveillance Authority
Network Manager
	Non-voting member	Alternate
	Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI Director Network Management Network Management Directorate EUROCONTROL,	Mr Razvan BUCUROIU Head of Airspace and Capacity Division Network Management Directorate EUROCONTROL

Chairperson of the working group on operations (NDOP)

Non-voting member

Alternate

Mr Adrian FLOREA

Operational Director

ROMATSA

Mr Guillaume BLANDEL

Director of Operations

DSNA

Representatives of Air Navigation Service providers of associated countries
	Non-voting members	Alternates
1 January 2025-31 December 2025	Mr Davorin PRIMORAC CEO BHANSA	Mr Tomislav ŠIMIĆ Financial Planning BHANSA
1 January 2025-31 December 2025	Dr Cengiz PAŞAOĞLU Deputy Director-General General Directorate of State Airports Authority	Mr Ilker ÖDEMIŞ Deputy Head of Air Navigation Director General Directorate of State Airports Authority

Eurocontrol

Non-voting member

Alternate

Mr Raúl MEDINA CABALLERO

Director General

EUROCONTROL

Ms Marylin BASTIN

Head of Unit,

Aviation Sustainability

EUROCONTROL

Observers
	Mr Christophe VIVIER Head of Single European Sky Unit European Defence Agency
	Mr Athanassios TZIOLAS Head of Air Traffic Department European Union Aviation Safety Agency
	Ms Cathy MANNION Chair Performance Review Body of the Single European Sky
	Mr Andreas BOSCHEN Executive Director SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking
	Ms Mariagrazia LA PISCOPIA Executive Director SESAR Deployment Manager

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 Maria De Las Flores DIAZ PULIDO

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

ATM Standards & Implementation Section Manager

EASA

Mr Augustin KLUS

Senior Expert & ATS Expert

EASA

Eurocontrol

Member

Alternate

Mr Enrique FRAILE-RIESCO

Chief of Staff

EUROCONTROL

Mr Philip HUGHES

Head of Division EGSD/PCS

EUROCONTROL

Network Manager

Member

Alternate

Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI

Director Network Management

EUROCONTROL

Mr Steven MOORE

EACCC Operations Manager

Network Management Directorate

EUROCONTROL

Military

Member

Alternate

Lieutenant-Colonel Adam KARWOTH

German Military Aviation Authority

Colonel Thierry BRETOS

French Military Aviation Authority

Air Navigation Service providers

Member

Alternate

Ms Tanja GROBOTEK

CANSO

Mr Rafał MARCZEWSKI ,

Strategy, International Affairs and Projects Director

PANSA

Airport operators

Member

Alternate

Mr Rick MERNOCK

ACI-Europe

Mr Yves BROUWERS

Brussels Airport

ACI-Europe

Airspace users

Member

Alternate

Mr Carlo VERELST

EACCC Member

IATA Manager ATM Infrastructure Europe

Mr Rory SERGISON

Head ATM Infrastructure Europe Regional Safety and Flight Operations

IATA

Airspace users #2

Member

Alternate

Mr Achim BAUMANN

EACCC Member

A4E

Mr Chris WOODLAND

EACCC Alternate

AOLC

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/3136/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)