Civil aviation: Safety requirements and professional competence for cabin crews

PREVIOUS COMMUNITY LEGISLATION: Regulation 3922/91/EEC on the harmonization of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation (OJ L 373, 31.12.1991) relates to the design, manufacture, operation, and maintenance of aircraft, and to the persons and organizations involved in these tasks; it gives uniform effect to the JAR codes devised by the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to govern the safety of aircraft and their operation. Annex II to the Regulation contains the list of codes in force on 1 January 1992, which constitute the technical requirements and procedures applicable in the Community; to deal with fields not covered in Annex II, the Council has to adopt common technical requirements and administrative procedures on the basis of Article 84(2) of the Treaty and Article 4 of Regulation 3922/91/EEC. PREVIOUS POSITION OF EP: Parliament delivered a favourable opinion on the proposal corresponding to Regulation 3922/91/EEC without amending Article 4. SITUATION IN THE MEMBER STATES: on 28 March 1994 the JAA adopted provisions relating to cabin crew training.