Introductory text

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the provision of air navigation services in the single European sky (the service provision Regulation)^f1, and in particular Articles 4, 6 and 7 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC^f2, and in particular Article 8b(6) thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011^f3 establishes implementing rules for the provision of air navigation services. Those implementing rules give effect to the standards and obligations provided for in the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944 (the Chicago Convention), in accordance with objectives laid down in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4 and Article 2(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f5.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has recently amended Annexes 3, 4, 10, 11, 14 and 15 to the Chicago Convention. The amendments of Annexes 3, 4, 10, 11, amendment 11-A of Annex 14 and Annex 15 entered into force on 14 November 2013, whereas amendment 11-B of Annex 14 is due to enter into force on 14 November 2014.

As set out in recital 14 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011, pending the full transposition of the relevant standards of the ICAO into Union law, air navigation services should operate in compliance with the relevant ICAO standards. That also applies with respect to the revised standards resulting from the recent amendments of the Annexes to the Chicago Convention. References to the Convention contained in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 should therefore be updated accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee established by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004,

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