Air transport: slots at Community airports and competition (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 95/93)

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the report by Ulrich STOCKMANN (PES, Germany) on slot allocation. (Please refer to the document dated 22/05/02.) With regard to the role of the coordinator, Parliament inserted an amendment stating that the coordinator should at all events be exempt from any claim for damages. The coordination committee will not be empowered to take decisions that are the sole responsibility of the coordinator. Member States' discretionary powers include the ability to restrict an entitlement to a series of slots in response to changed environmental protection conditions at the airport concerned. Member States may also penalise air carriers who use aircraft other than those most recently agreed on with the coordinator where this has a detrimental effect on capacity.�