Statistical returns in respect of carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air

The Commission endorses the Council's unanimous common position. The Commission has published a declaration which states that it confirms that, for the "airline information" coding in tables A1 and B1 of Annex I, it is not seeking to make transmission of the airline code obligatory. The "airline information" variable is designed for the collection of information at a higher level of aggregation, such as the country in which the airline is registered, or whether the airline is based in the EU or not".�