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"Mr President, Commissioner, I think that the reason why we have before us today a Council common position differing considerably from the initial Commission proposal and from what Parliament worked out is because, as we all know, this matter has arisen from a misunderstanding between the desire, on the one hand, to substitute the Commission for Eurocontrol, and on the other hand, to give the air traffic controllers too much responsibility for delays, particularly in 1999, which was marked by exceptional military constraints.
I think that, since then, we have done a lot of work and we are not very far from reaching a balance point. We have recognised that air navigation services are of general and security interest. We have left it up to the Member States to appoint their services. We have brought Eurocontrol into the picture, which I think was absolutely necessary.
At present, there are still some points to deal with. Although I am aware of the legal constraints that they imply, I approve of and encourage the efforts that the Commission is making so that the military authorities at least agree to have a discussion. We are aware that there is an obstacle there, and quite a considerable one, which concerns capacity and is undoubtedly much more significant than others that are too often pointed out.
Secondly, the question of arbitration on international airspace blocks has not yet been decided upon. I think that it would be enough for all the parties present to agree to re-establish taking into account Eurocontrol’s assessment; the Commission, as is normal practice, needs to give the final ruling on that assessment.
Finally, I am of the opinion that we need to implement Recital 16 and Article 7 of Mrs Sanders-ten Holte’s report, which are aimed at involving staff as closely as possible, as they are an integral part of the safety chain. The air navigation profession is not simply about the market – and I think that the Commission can take pride in having finally recognised it – it is first of all about ‘policing’ airspace, airspace which will become increasingly overloaded and in which we must at all costs preserve know-how and excellence, avoiding introducing too much competition into the sky ‘policing’ services."@en1
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