Air transport: ratification by the Community of the Protocol on the accession to the revised Eurocontrol Convention

PURPOSE: to approve in the name of the European Community the Protocol on the accession of the European Community to the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol). PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. CONTENT: the congestion of airspace and the forthcoming implementation of the Single European Sky initiative require that urgent measures be taken at Community level and in the framework of Eurocontrol. The Commission has negotiated with the contracting parties, in the name of the Community, a Protocol on the accession of the European Community to Eurocontrol. In accordance with the cooperation obligations between the Community and the Member States, it is necessary that the Community and the Member States which are members of Eurocontrol simultaneously ratify the Protocol on accession and the revised convention in order to ensure uniform and complete application of the provisions within the Community.�