Considerations on COM(2010)209 - Signature and provisional application of the Protocol to Amend the Air Transport Agreement with the USA

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dossier COM(2010)209 - Signature and provisional application of the Protocol to Amend the Air Transport Agreement with the USA.
document COM(2010)209 EN
date June 24, 2010
 
table>(1)The Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed on 25 and 30 April 2007 (hereinafter, the ‘Agreement’), included an obligation on both Parties to enter into second stage negotiations.
(2)As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community.

(3)The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Union and of the Member States a protocol to amend the Agreement (hereinafter, the ‘Protocol’) in accordance with Article 21 of that Agreement.

(4)The Protocol was initialled on 25 March 2010.

(5)The Protocol is fully consistent with the Union legislation, particularly with the EU Emissions Trading System.

(6)The Protocol negotiated by the Commission should be signed and applied provisionally by the Union and the Member States, to the extent permitted under domestic law, subject to its possible conclusion at a later date.

(7)It is necessary to lay down procedural arrangements for deciding, if appropriate, how to discontinue the provisional application of the Protocol and how to take measures pursuant to Article 21(5) of the Agreement as amended by the Protocol. It is also necessary to lay down procedural arrangements for the suspension of the reciprocal recognition of regulatory determinations with regard to airline fitness and citizenship pursuant to Article 6 bis(2) of the Agreement as amended by the Protocol and for implementing certain provisions of the Agreement, including those concerning the environment pursuant to Article 15(5) of the Agreement as amended by the Protocol,