Legal provisions of COM(2024)78 - EU position in the 231st session of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as regards the envisaged amendment to Annex 13 - Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation

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Article 1

(1)The position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the 231st session of the ICAO Council, or in one of the consequent sessions, shall be to support the proposed amendment to Annex 13 – Aicraft Accident and Incident Investigation to the Chicago Convention 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 amendment to Annex 13 – Aicraft Accident and Incident Investigation to the Chicago Convention referred to in paragraph 1, shall be to not register any 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 accordance with Article 38 of the Chicago Convention.

In the event that Union legislation differs from the standards contained in the Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention, 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 Union position on 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 ICAO Council, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.

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

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.