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Document 32018D0145
European Common Aviation Area (ECAA)
European Common Aviation Area (ECAA)
SUMMARY OF:
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE AGREEMENT AND DECISIONS?
KEY POINTS
Signatory countries must ensure that:
The Joint Committee and new legislation
A joint committee consisting of representatives of the contracting parties is responsible for administering the agreement and ensuring its proper implementation.
Where a country adopts new legislation it must inform the other parties via the joint committee who may consult representatives on its implications. The joint committee will then either revise Annex I to integrate the legislation, determine that the the legislation accords with the agreement, or take any other action to safeguard the agreement's functioning, with priority given to measures that will least disturb it.
Ratification
The ratification Decision (EU) 2018/145 notes that Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia ceased to be associated parties under the 2006 agreement, following their accession to the EU.
DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE
The agreement entered into force on 1 December 2017.
BACKGROUND
For more information, see:
MAIN DOCUMENTS
Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo* on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (OJ L 285, 16.10.2006, pp. 3-46)
Successive amendments to the agreement have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Decision of the Council 2006/682/EC and of the Representatives of the Member States of the European Union meeting within the Council of 9 June 2006 on the signature and provisional application of the Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo* on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) (OJ L 285, 16.10.2006, pp. 1-2)
Council Decision (EU) 2018/145 of 9 October 2017 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo* on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) (OJ L 26, 31.1.2018, pp. 1-3)
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Decision No 1/2019 of the ECAA Joint Committee of 31 July 2019 replacing Annex I to the ECAA Agreement on the rules applicable to civil aviation [2019/1343] (OJ L 211, 12.8.2019, pp. 4-19)
Information concerning the entry into force of the Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo* on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) (OJ L 10, 14.1.2019, p. 1)
last update 02.07.2020