# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 of 17 December 2019 on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024 EU Decision 2019/2168 · adopted 17 December 2019 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 of 17 December 2019 on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024 ## Introductory text Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 of 17 December 2019 on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the organisation and use of the airspace in the single European sky (the airspace Regulation), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 establish a Network Management Board to monitor and steer the execution of air traffic management network functions. They also establish a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell to ensure effective crisis management at network level. (1) To ensure their efficient functioning, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members of the Network Management Board and their alternates and the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates should be appointed for the duration of at least one reference period of the performance scheme, this is from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, as laid down in Article 7(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317. (2) In April 2019, the entities to be represented in the Network Management Board proposed candidate voting members and alternates for the Network Management Board. In accordance with Article 21(2)(c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, Member States were consulted and provided their opinion on the proposed nominations. (3) In October 2019, the candidate voting members proposed the candidate chairperson and two candidate vice-chairpersons for the new Board. (4) In November 2019, pursuant to Article 18(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, Eurocontrol proposed the candidate non-voting members representing the air navigation service providers of associated countries in the new Board. (5) In April 2019, the organisations to be represented in the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell proposed their nominations for the Cell. (6) In accordance with those proposals, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons and members of the Network Management Board and their alternates, as well as the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates should now be appointed. (7) This decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency before the beginning of the period covered by the appointments in question. (8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee established by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: ## 1 The persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2024 as chairperson, vice-chairpersons and members of the Network Management Board and their alternates respectively. ## 2 The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2024 as the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates respectively. ## 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. ## Signature Done at Brussels, 17 December 2019. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen ## Annex I VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD Chairperson: Mr Simon HOCQUARD Director-General CANSO 1st Vice Chairperson: Ms Sylviane LUST Director General AIRE 2nd Vice Chairperson: Mr Luc LAVEYNE Senior Advisor ACI Europe Airspace users Voting members Alternates AIRE/ERA Ms Sylviane LUST Director-General Airlines International Representation in Europe (AIRE) Mr Russell DUDLEY Manager Policy and Technical European Regions Airline Association (ERA) A4E Mr Francis RICHARDS ATM Manager EasyJet Airline Company Limited Mr Choorah SINGH Chief Operating Officer Laudamotion IATA Mr Giancarlo BUONO Regional Director Safety and Flight Operations International Air Transport Association (IATA) Mr Rory SERGISON Assistant Director ATM Infrastructure International Air Transport Association (IATA) EBAA/IAOPA/EAS Ms Vanessa RULLIER-FRANCAUD Senior Manager, ATM and Special Projects European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) Dr Michael ERB Senior Vice-President International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block Voting members Alternates BALTIC Mr Janusz JANISZEWSKI Acting President Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) Mr Nerijus MALECKAS Chief Operations Officer Lithuanian Air Navigation Services — State Enterprise ‘Oro Navigacija’ BLUEMED Ms Despoina PAPANDREOU Head of ANSP Management & Development Division/D21 Hellenic Air Navigation Service Provider (HANSP) Mr Maurizio PAGGETTI Chief Operations Officer Ente Nazionale Assistenza al Volo (ENAV) DANUBE Mr Georgi PEEV Director General Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA) Mr Fănică CÂRNU Deputy Director General Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA) DK-SE Ms Carin HOLTZRIN KJELLANDER Director of International Affairs LFV Ms Lise KRONBORG Head of strategic programmes Navigation Via Air (NAVIAIR) FABCE Mr Kornél SZEPESSY Chief Executive Officer HUNGAROCONTROL MS Valerie HACKL Managing Director AUSTRO CONTROL FABEC Mr Robert SCHICKLING Chief Operating Officer Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) Mr. Maurice GEORGES Directeur des Services de la Navigation Aérienne Direction des Services de la Navigation aérienne (DSNA) Mr François-Xavier PRACH Chairman ANSP FABEC Group NEFAB Mr Üllar SALUMÄE Head of ATS Department Estonian Air Navigation Service Mr Tormod RANGNES Director Operations AVINOR Air Navigation Service SOUTH-WEST Mr Enrique MAURER SOMOLINOS Director of Services of Air Navigation Spanish Air Navigation (ENAIRE) Mr Carlos REIS Director of Operations Navegação Aérea de Portugal (NAV Portugal) UK-IRELAND Mr Billy HAHN Director ATM Operations & Strategy Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) Ms Juliet KENNEDY Operations Director National Air Traffic Services UK (NATS) Airport operators Voting members Alternates Mr Luc LAVEYNE Senior Advisor Airports Council International ACI Europe Ms Isabelle BAUMELLE Chief Operating Officer & Airline Marketing Director Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Mr Giovanni RUSSO Chief Operating Officer Aéroport International de Genève Mr Mark C. BURGESS Head of Operational Planning, Performance & Transformation Operations Heathrow Airport Limited Military Voting members Alternates Military Air Navigation Service Providers Lt. Col Raymond MARTIN Chief Air Traffic Services Officer Irish Air Corps HQ Col. Bernhard MAYR Branch Chief German Military Aviation Authority (GE MAA) Germany Military airspace users Brigadier General Etienne HERFELD Directeur de la circulation aérienne militaire française (DIRCAM) Direction de la sécurité aéronautique d’Etat (DSAE) Col. Stéphane GOURG Direction de la circulation aérienne militaire française (DIRCAM) Chairperson of the Network Management Board Non-voting member Alternate Mr Simon HOCQUARD Director-General CANSO Ms Sylviane LUST Director-General AIRE Mr Luc LAVEYNE Senior Advisor ACI European Commission Non-voting member Alternate Mr Filip CORNELIS Director for Aviation DG MOVE European Commission Ms Christine BERG Head of Unit Single European Sky DG MOVE European Commission EFTA Surveillance Authority Non-voting member Alternate Gunnar Örn Indriðason Legal Officer, Security Inspector EFTA Surveillance Authority To be nominated Network Manager Non-voting member Alternate Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI Director Network Management Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol Mr Razvan BUCUROIU Head of Network & Strategy Development Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol Chairperson of the working group on operations (NDOP) Non-voting member Alternate Mr Xavier BENAVENT Director of Operations ENAIRE To be nominated Representatives of Air Navigation Service providers of associated countries Non-voting members Alternates 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020 Representative of the Air Navigation Service provider of Turkey (DHMI) To be nominated Representative of the Air Navigation Service provider of Albania (ALBCONTROL) To be nominated 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023 To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024 To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated To be nominated Eurocontrol Non-voting member Alternate Mr Eamonn BRENNAN Director-General Eurocontrol Mr Philippe MERLO Director European Civil-Military Aviation (DECMA) Eurocontrol ## Annex II PERMANENT MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION COORDINATION CRISIS CELL Member States Member Alternate Representative of the Member State that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union Representative of the Member State that holds the next Presidency of the Council of the European Union EFTA states Member Alternate Representative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States Representative of the EFTA State that holds the next Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States European Commission Member Alternate Mr Filip CORNELIS Director for Aviation DG MOVE European Commission Ms Christine BERG Head of Unit Single European Sky DG MOVE European Commission Agency Member Alternate Mr Denis KOEHL Senior Military Advisor EASA Mr Augustin KLUS ATM/ANS Standards, Implementation & Oversight Senior Expert EASA Eurocontrol Member Alternate Mr Donal Handley Head of the Director General Office Eurocontrol Mr Philippe Merlo Director DECMA Directorate European Civil-Military Aviation Eurocontrol Network Manager Member Alternate Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI Director Network Management Directorate Network Manager EUROCONTROL Mr Kenneth Thomas EACCC Operations Manager Directorate Network Manager EUROCONTROL Military Member Alternate Lieutenant-Colonel Hans-Jörg Fietz German Military Aviation Authority Lieutenant-Colonel Gert Jan van Kralingen Dutch Military Aviation Authority Air Navigation Service providers Member Alternate Ms Tanja Grobotek Director Europe Affairs CANSO Mr Flavio Sgrò ENAV Aiport operators Member Alternate Mr Guillaume Auquier Regulation, Policy and Compliance Manager Groupe ADP Mr Olivier Jankovec Director General ACI EUROPE Airspace users Member Alternate Mr Carlo Verelst Manager ATM Infrastructure Europe IATA Mr Achim Baumann Policy Director A4E --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/2168 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2168 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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