Legal provisions of COM(2023)67 - EU position on the amending Annex 16, Volumes I-III to the Chicago Convention, concerning Standards and Recommended Practices relating to environmental protection

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dossier COM(2023)67 - EU position on the amending Annex 16, Volumes I-III to the Chicago Convention, concerning Standards and Recommended Practices ...
document COM(2023)67 EN
date March  9, 2023

Contents

Article 1

(1) The position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the 228th Session of the ICAO Council, or in any subsequent session, in respect of Annex 16, Volumes I-III to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, concerning the amendments of these Volumes shall be to support the proposed amendments in their entirety.

(2) The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf, provided the ICAO Council adopts without any substantial change the proposed amendments to Annex 16, Volumes I-III to the Convention on International Civil Aviation referred to in paragraph 1, shall be not to register disapproval and to notify compliance with the adopted measure in reply to the respective ICAO State Letter. Where Union legislation would deviate from the newly adopted SARPs after the envisaged date of application of those SARPs, a difference with those particular SARPs shall be notified to ICAO. In such case, the Commission shall, in due time and at least two months before any deadline set by the ICAO for the notification of differences, submit to the Council, for discussion and approval, a preparatory document setting out the detailed differences to be notified to the ICAO on the Union’s behalf by the Member States.

Article 2

The position referred to in Article 1(1) shall be expressed by the Member States of the Union that are members of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, acting jointly on behalf of the Union.

The position referred to in Article 1(2) shall be expressed by all the Member States of the Union.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.