COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/2224

of 27 November 2015

on the appointment of the chairperson, the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board for the air traffic management network functions for the second reference period (2015-2019)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the organisation and use of the airspace in the single European sky (the airspace Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (2), the Network Manager established a Network Management Board in order to adopt measures relating to the governance of the network functions and to monitor their performance. That Regulation provides that representatives of certain organisations are voting members of the Network Management Board, that those voting members have alternates and that those members and their alternates are to be appointed upon proposals by the organisations concerned. It also provides that the Board shall have a chairperson, who is one of its members.

(2)

In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Network Management Board, the chairperson, the voting and non-voting members and their respective alternates are appointed for the duration of one reference period of the performance scheme referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). Pursuant to Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 691/2010 (4), the second reference period runs from 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2019.

(3)	In February and March 2015, the organisations concerned proposed candidates for their representatives in the Network Management Board.

(4)	In accordance with those proposals, the voting and non-voting members and their respective alternates, as well as the chairperson, of the Network Management Board should now be appointed, for the duration of the second reference period.

(5)	For reasons of clarity and transparency, Commission Decision C(2012) 9613, which concerns the appointment of the chairperson, the voting members and their alternates of the Network Management Board for the duration of the first reference period, should be repealed.

(6)

Considering that the second reference period began on 1 January 2015 and the appointments provided for in this Decision should coincide with that period, this Decision should enter into force on the day following that of its publication and it should apply with retroactive effect from 1 January 2015.

(7)	The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The chairperson of the Network Management Board shall be Mr Simon HOCQUARD, Operations Director Strategy, NATS.

Article 2

The voting and non-voting members of the Network Management Board and their respective alternates shall be the persons listed in the Annex.

Article 3

The appointments referred to in Articles 1 and 2 shall be for the period from 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2019.

Article 4

Commission Decision C(2012) 9613 is repealed.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2015.

Done at Brussels, 27 November 2015.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 of 7 July 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions (OJ L 185, 15.7.2011, p. 1).

(3) Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation) (OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1).

(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 691/2010 of 29 July 2010 laying down a performance scheme for air navigation services and network functions (OJ L 201, 3.8.2010, p. 1).

ANNEX

VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD

CHAIRPERSON

Mr Simon HOCQUARD

Operations Director Strategy

NATS

AIRSPACE USERS

VOTING MEMBERS

ALTERNATES

IACA/ERA

Ms Sylviane LUST (Vice-Chair)

Director-General

International Air Carrier Association (IACA)

Mr Simon MCNAMARA

Director, Infrastructure and Environment

European Regions Airline Association (ERA)

ELFAA

Mr John HANLON

Secretary-General

European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA)

Mr Francis RICHARDS

Director Airspace

European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA)

AEA/IATA

Mr Peter CURRAN

Assistant Director ATM Charges

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Mr Jan ERIKSSON

Technical & Operations Expert

Association of European Airlines (AEA)

EBAA/IOPA/EAS

Ms Vanessa RULLIER-FRANCAUD

Senior Manager, European Affairs

European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)

Mr Martin ROBINSON

Senior Vice President, European Region

International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (IAOPA)

Mr Marcel FELTEN

Vice-President

Europe Air Sports

AIR NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDERS PER FUNCTIONAL AIRSPACE BLOCK

VOTING MEMBERS

ALTERNATES

BALTIC

Mr Maciej RODAK

Board Representative

Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA)

Mr Sergej SMIRNOV

Director ATM

Lithuanian Air Navigation Services — Oro Navigacija

BLUEMED

Mr Maurizio PAGGETTI

Director,

Italian Air Navigation Services (ENAV)

Mr Konstantinos LINTZERAKOS

Governor

Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA)

DANUBE

Mr Fanica CARNU

Deputy General Director

ROMATSA — Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration

Mr Georgi PEEV

Director-General

BULATSA — Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority

DK-SE

Mr Claus SKJAERBAEK

Chief Operating Officer

NAVIAIR Denmark

Mr Anders JERNBERG

Manager En-Route Production

LFV Sweden

FABCE

Mr Jan KLAS

Director-General

Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic

Mr Heinz SOMMERBAUER

Chief Executive Officer

AUSTRO CONTROL.at

FABEC

Mr Robert SCHICKLING

COO

Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS)

Mr Maurice GEORGES

Director

Direction des Services de la Navigation aérienne (DSNA)

NEFAB

Mr Heikki JAAKKOLA

Vice-President, International Affairs, ANS, FINAVIA

Mr Üllar SALUMÄE

Head of ATS Department

Estonian ANS

SOUTH-WEST

Mr Mario NETO

Director Safety, Quality and Strategy

NAV Portugal EPE

Mr Ignacio GONZÁLEZ SANCHEZ

Director

Spanish Air Navigation ENAIRE

UK-IRELAND

Mr Peter KEARNEY

Director ATM Operations & Strategy

Irish Aviation Authority (IAA)

Mr Jonathan ASTILL

Director of International Affairs

NATS UK

AIRPORT OPERATORS

VOTING MEMBERS

ALTERNATES

Mr Luc LAVEYNE (Vice-Chair)

Senior Advisor

Airports Council International

ACI Europe

Mr Robert HILLIARD

Director of Special Projects

Edinburgh Airport

Mr Giovanni RUSSO

Head of Planning & Engineering

Flughafen Zürich AG

Mr Mark C. BURGESS

Manager Air Traffic Services

London Heathrow Airport

MILITARY

VOTING MEMBERS

ALTERNATES

Gen. Eric LABOURDETTE

Directeur de la Circulation aérienne militaire française

Colonel Ulrich GRIEWEL

Bundeswehr, Germany

Col. GS Ian LOGAN

Chief Military Aviation Regulation

Defence, Swiss Airforce

Col. Bas PELLEMANS

Director of the NL MIL Aviation Authority

Ministry of Defence

EUROCONTROL

NON-VOTING MEMBER

ALTERNATE

Mr Frank BRENNER

Director-General

Mr Philippe MERLO

Director ATM

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

NON-VOTING MEMBER

ALTERNATE

Mr Margus RAHUOJA

Director Air Transport Directorate

DG MOVE

Mr Maurizio CASTELLETTI

Head of Unit Single European Sky

DG MOVE

NETWORK MANAGER

NON-VOTING MEMBER

ALTERNATE

Mr Joe SULTANA

Director Network Manager

Directorate Network Manager

Eurocontrol

Mr Razvan BUCUROIU

Head of Network & Strategy Development

Directorate Network Manager

Eurocontrol