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"Madam President, I too should like to begin by congratulating Mr Leichtfried on his report and his excellent work. The dossier that we are debating here today is of the utmost importance for the future of European civil aviation, especially in view of the prospect of a constant increase in air traffic over the coming years and of the European Union’s recent commitments on CO2 emissions, which will certainly affect civil aviation as well.
Through the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), we are seeking to ensure that we have the most stringent civil aviation safety regulations, which will also apply to non-EU operators using European airspace and airports. An assessment of the work carried out by the EASA since 2003 makes it very clear, however, that we need to cautiously extend the Agency’s powers in the areas of air operations, pilot licensing and third-country aircraft, but that must not involve any increase in bureaucracy or unlawful obstacles to the normal performance of this activity.
We can only support these changes if they will in fact help to increase air safety. The inevitable resulting loss of competences by the national aviation authorities is unacceptable unless there is obvious added value in terms of safety management and the future of European civil aviation.
The common objective that we share thus means giving the EASA the practical powers to carry out the new tasks entrusted to it. Until now, each Member State would, in most cases, adopt its own regulations on the basis of internationally agreed minimum standards, and it is a fact, quite frankly, that Europe’s airspace has always been the safest in the world.
I should therefore like to stress the need to take account of the experience built up by the competent national authorities, so as to ensure that common EU rules are laid down and enforced effectively and that safety is constantly improved.
Without going into detail – many details have already been mentioned – we can expect that a number of improvements will need to be introduced in several areas, especially as regards greater interaction with the Member States’ aviation authorities. The aim, Madam President, will remain that of providing all passengers flying in European airspace with even greater protection and safety."@en1
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