The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1998
S.I. 1998/1537 · Made 22 June 1998
CIVIL AVIATION
Made 22nd June 1998
Laid before Parliament 29th June 1998
Coming into force 1st July 1998
Whereas in pursuance of tariffs approved under the Eurocontrol Conventionf1 and under the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges concluded at Brussels on 12th February 1981 (being international agreements to which the United Kingdom is a party), the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions has determined rates of charges, as specified in regulation 2, payable to Eurocontrol in respect of navigation services provided for aircraft:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 73(1)(a), (1A)(b), and (6) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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Footnotes
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Cmnd. 8662.
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1982 c. 16; section 73(1A) was added by section 1 of the Civil Aviation (Air Navigation Charges) Act 1989 (c. 9); “prescribed” is defined in section 105(1).
Contents
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These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st July 1998.
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For Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1997f1 there shall be substituted—
“Schedule 2
SPECIFIED AIRSPACES
Regulations 3(1), 4(3) and 6(1)
(1) (2) (3) (4) Country Publication in which FIRS are described Unit Rate in ECUs Established at a Rate of exchange of Excluding Shanwick FIR
Austria AIP Austria 54.07 1 ECU = 13.79612 Sch Belgium and Luxembourg AIP Belgique 78.46 1 ECU = 40.46577 BF Bulgaria AIP Bulgaria 60.32 Croatia AIP Croatia 47.44 1 ECU = 6.896589 HRK Cyprus AIP Cyprus 25.39 1 ECU = 0.580735 £Cy Czech Republic AIP Czech Republic 45.28 1 ECU = 36.79034 CZK Denmark AIP Denmark 52.08 1 ECU = 7.465173 Kr France AIP France (France Métropolitaine) 61.61 1 ECU = 6.588673 FF Germany AIP Germany 66.81 1 ECU = 1.960314 DM Greece AIP Greece 25.85 1 ECU = 309.0668 Dra Hungary AIP Hungary 24.84 1 ECU = 214.7737 Hf Ireland, Republic of AIP Ireland 21.76 1 ECU = 0.740373 £Ir Italy AIP Italy 65.24 1 ECU = 1912.460 L Malta AIP Malta 34.56 1 ECU = 0.435052 Lm Netherlands AIP Netherlands 45.70 1 ECU = 2.207741 G Norway AIP Norway 49.43 1 ECU = 8.011991 KR Portugal AIP Portugal Lisbon FIR-39.82 Santa Maria FIR-14.75 1 ECU = 199.1187 Esc Romania AIP Romania 36.98 Slovakia AIP Slovakia 68.06 1 ECU = 37.63354 SKK Slovenia AIP Slovenia 65.25 1 ECU = 184.0652 SIT Spain AIP España Madrid & Barcelona FIR-48.05 Canaries FIR-46.15 1 ECU = 165.3699 Pts Sweden AIP Sweden 49.45 1 ECU = 8.435991 SKr Switzerland AIP Switzerland 74.42 1 ECU = 1.613105 SF Turkey AIP Turkey 41.15 United Kingdom United Kingdom Air Pilotf2 79.52 1 ECU = £0.684627 ”
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd June 1998
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1997.
The 1997 Regulations provide for a charge to be paid to Eurocontrol by the operator of an aircraft. The unit rates in ECUs set out in Schedule 2 are calculated by reference to the costs of provision of en-route navigation services in the participating countries in the Eurocontrol charges system, the amount of traffic using each country’s airspace and the relationship of each country’s currency to the ECU over a period agreed by Ministers of the participating countries. The interaction of these elements varies in each country These regulations introduce new unit rates for Austria, Cyprus, the Republic of Ireland and Turkey. In calculating the revised charges the average of the exchange rates between ECU and the currencies of the participating countries obtaining in July 1997 have been used. In the case of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the unit rate is established in ECUs.
The unit rates for Cyprus and Turkey have increased on average of 6 per cent and the unit rates for Austria and the Republic of Ireland have decreased on average by 4.8 per cent. The unit rates of all other States including the United Kingdom remain unchanged.
The United Kingdom Air Pilot and the foreign Aeronautical Information Publications referred to in the Regulations can be purchased from Westward Digital Limited, 37 Windsor Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 2DG and can be inspected at major aerodromes in the United Kingdom.