Introductory text

United Kingdom

Commission Decision

of 3 March 2009

on the Community position as regards Decision No 1/2008 of the ECAA Joint Committee set up under the Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area, amending Annex I to the Agreement

(2009/243/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Decision 2006/682/EC of the Council and of the Representatives of the Member States of the European Union meeting within the Council of 9 June 2006 on the signature and provisional application of the Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo^f1 on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA)^f2,

Having regard to the Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic xof Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area^f3 (the Agreement), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

the Agreement was signed on 9 June 2006.

(2)

Article 18 of the Agreement sets up a Joint Committee with responsibility for the administration and proper implementation of the Agreement.

(3)

New Community legislation relevant to the implementation of the Agreement has been adopted since the signature of the Agreement.

(4)

Article 17(3)(a) of the Agreement requires the Joint Committee to adopt decisions revising Annex I to the Agreement.

(5)

Article 2(2) of the Decision of the Council as regards the Agreement provides that the Community’s position with regard to the adoption of decisions by the Joint Committee which simply extend acts of Community legislation to ECAA Partners shall be adopted by the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
f2: OJ L 285, 16.10.2006, p. 1.
f3: OJ L 285, 16.10.2006, p. 3.