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2007/210/EC: Council Decision of 19 March 2007 on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services
2007/210/EC: Council Decision of 19 March 2007 on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services
2007/210/EC: Council Decision of 19 March 2007 on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services
IO L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 26–27
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IO L 4M, 8.1.2008, p. 311–312
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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2007/210/oj
4.4.2007 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 94/26 |
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 March 2007
on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services
(2007/210/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Council authorised the Commission on 5 June 2003 to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement. |
(2) |
On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement. |
(3) |
Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement negotiated by the Commission should be signed and provisionally applied, |
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the said Agreement.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Community, subject to its conclusion.
Article 3
Pending its entry into force, the Agreement shall be applied provisionally from the first day of the first month following the date on which the parties have notified each other of the completion of the necessary procedures for this purpose.
Article 4
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to make the notification provided for in Article 9(2) of the Agreement.
Done at Brussels, 19 March 2007.
For the Council
The President
Horst SEEHOFER
AGREEMENT
between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
of the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA (hereinafter Malaysia)
of the other part
(hereinafter referred to as the Parties)
RECOGNISING that certain provisions of the bilateral air service agreements between Member States of the European Community and Malaysia, which are contrary to European Community law, must be brought into conformity with it in order to establish a sound legal basis for air services between the European Community and Malaysia and to preserve the continuity of such air services,
NOTING that the European Community has exclusive competence with respect to several aspects that may be included in bilateral air service agreements between Member States of the European Community and third countries,
NOTING that under European Community law Community air carriers established in a Member State have the right to non-discriminatory access to air routes between the Member States of the European Community and third countries,
HAVING REGARD to the agreements between the European Community and certain third countries providing for the possibility for the nationals of such third countries to acquire ownership in air carriers licensed in accordance with European Community law,
NOTING that under European Community law air carriers may not, in principle, conclude agreements which may affect trade between Member States of the European Community and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition,
RECOGNISING that provisions in bilateral air service agreements concluded between Member States of the European Community and the Malaysia which (i) require or favour the adoption of agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings or concerted practices that prevent, distort or restrict competition between air carriers on the relevant routes; or (ii) reinforce the effects of any such agreement, decision or concerted practice; or (iii) delegate to air carriers or other private economic operators the responsibility for taking measures that prevent, distort or restrict competition between air carriers on the relevant routes, may render ineffective the competition rules applicable to undertakings,
NOTING that it is not a purpose of the European Community, as part of these negotiations, to increase the total volume of air traffic between the European Community and Malaysia, to affect the balance between Community air carriers and air carriers of Malaysia, or to negotiate amendments to the provisions of existing bilateral air service agreements concerning traffic rights,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
General provisions
1. For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘Member States’ shall mean Member States of the European Community.
2. References in each of the agreements listed in Annex I to nationals of the Member State that is a party to that agreement shall be understood as referring to nationals of the Member States of the European Community.
3. References in each of the agreements listed in Annex I to air carriers or airlines of the Member State that is a party to that agreement shall be understood as referring to air carriers or airlines designated by that Member State.
Article 2
Designation by a Member State
1. The provisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall supersede the corresponding provisions in the Articles listed in Annex II(a) and (b) respectively, in relation to the designation of an air carrier by the Member State concerned, its authorisations and permissions granted by Malaysia, and the refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of the authorisations or permissions of the air carrier, respectively.
2. On receipt of a designation by a Member State, Malaysia shall grant the appropriate authorisations and permissions with minimum procedural delay, provided that:
(i) |
the air carrier is established, under the Treaty establishing the European Community, in the territory of the designating Member State and has a valid Operating Licence in accordance with European Community law; and |
(ii) |
effective regulatory control of the air carrier is exercised and maintained by the Member State responsible for issuing its Air Operators Certificate and the relevant aeronautical authority is clearly identified in the designation; and |
(iii) |
the air carrier has its principal place of business in the territory of the Member State from which it has received the valid Operating Licence; and |
(iv) |
the air carrier is owned, directly or through majority ownership, and it is effectively controlled by Member States and/or nationals of Member States, and/or by other States listed in Annex III and/or nationals of such other States. |
3. Malaysia may refuse, revoke, suspend or limit the authorisations or permissions of an air carrier designated by a Member State where:
(i) |
the air carrier is not established, under the Treaty establishing the European Community, in the territory of the designating Member State or does not have a valid Operating Licence in accordance with European Community law; or |
(ii) |
effective regulatory control of the air carrier is not exercised or not maintained by the Member State responsible for issuing its Air Operators Certificate, or the relevant aeronautical authority is not clearly identified in the designation; or |
(iii) |
the air carrier is not owned, directly or through majority ownership, or it is not effectively controlled by Member States and/or nationals of Member States, and/or by other States listed in Annex III and/or nationals of such other States; or |
(iv) |
the air carrier is already authorised to operate under a bilateral agreement between Malaysia and another Member State and Malaysia can demonstrate that, by exercising traffic rights under this Agreement on a route that includes a point in that other Member State, it would be circumventing restrictions on the traffic rights imposed by that other agreement; or |
(v) |
the air carrier designated holds an Air Operators Certificate issued by a Member State and no bilateral air services agreement is in force between Malaysia and that Member State and that Member State has denied traffic rights to the air carriers designated by Malaysia. |
In exercising its right under this paragraph, Malaysia shall not discriminate between Community air carriers on the grounds of nationality.
Article 3
Safety
1. The provisions in paragraph 2 of this Article shall complement the corresponding provisions in the Articles listed in Annex II(c).
2. Where a Member State (the first Member State) has designated an air carrier whose regulatory control is exercised and maintained by a second Member State, the rights of Malaysia under the safety provisions of the agreement between the first Member State that has designated the air carrier and Malaysia shall apply equally in respect of the adoption, exercise or maintenance of safety standards by that second Member State and in respect of the operating authorisation of that air carrier.
Article 4
Taxation of aviation fuel
1. The provisions in paragraph 2 of this Article shall complement the corresponding provisions in the Articles listed in Annex II(d).
2. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, nothing in each of the agreements listed in Annex II(d) shall prevent a Member State from imposing, on a non-discriminatory basis, taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied in its territory for use in an aircraft of a designated air carrier of Malaysia that operates between a point in the territory of that Member State and another point in the territory of that Member State or in the territory of another Member State.
Article 5
Tariffs for carriage within the European Community
1. The provisions in paragraph 2 of this Article shall complement the corresponding provisions in the Articles listed in Annex II(e).
2. The tariffs to be charged by the air carrier(s) designated by Malaysia under an agreement listed in Annex I containing a provision listed in Annex II(e) for carriage wholly within the European Community shall be subject to European Community law.
Article 6
Compatibility with competition rules
1. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, nothing in each of the agreements listed in Annex I shall (i) favour the adoption of agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings or concerted practices that prevent, distort or restrict competition; (ii) reinforce the effects of any such agreement, decision or concerted practice; or (iii) delegate to private economic operators the responsibility for taking measures that prevent, distort or restrict competition.
2. The provisions contained in the agreements listed in Annex I that are incompatible with paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be applied.
Article 7
Annexes to the Agreement
The Annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.
Article 8
Revision or amendment
The Parties may, at any time, revise or amend this Agreement by mutual consent.
Article 9
Entry into force and provisional application
1. This Agreement shall enter into force when the Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Parties agree to provisionally apply this Agreement from the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.
3. Agreements and other arrangements between Member States and Malaysia which, at the date of signature of this Agreement, have not yet entered into force and are not being applied provisionally are listed in Annex I(b). This Agreement shall apply to all such Agreements and arrangements upon their entry into force or provisional application.
Article 10
Termination
1. In the event that an agreement listed in Annex I is terminated, all provisions of this Agreement that relate to the agreement listed in Annex I concerned shall terminate at the same time.
2. In the event that all agreements listed in Annex I are terminated, this Agreement shall terminate at the same time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised, have signed this Agreement.
Done at Brussels in duplicate, on the twenty-second day of March in the year two thousand and seven, in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish and Bahasa Melayu languages.
За Европейската общност
Por la Comunidad Europea
Za Evropské společenství
For Det Europæiske Fællesskab
Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft
Euroopa Ühenduse nimel
Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα
For the European Community
Pour la Communauté européenne
Per la Comunità europea
Eiropas Kopienas vārdā
Europos bendrijos vardu
Az Európai Közösség részéről
Għall-Kominità Ewropea
Voor de Europese Gemeenschap
W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej
Pela Communidade Europeia
Pentru Comunitatea Europeană
Za Európske spoločenstvo
Za Evropsko skupnost
Euroopan yhteisön puolesta
För Europeiska gemenskapen
За правителството на Малайзия
Por el Gobierno de Malasia
Za vládu Malajsie
For Malaysias regering
Für die Regierung Malaysias
Malaisia valitsuse nimel
Για την Κυβέρνηση της Μαλαισίας
For the Government of Malaysia
Pour le gouvernement de la Malaisie
Per il governo della Malaysia
Malaizijas valdības vārdā
Malaizijos Vyriausybės vardu
Malaijzia Kormánya részéről
Għall-Gvern tal-Malažja
Voor de Regering van Maleisië
W imieniu Rządu Malezji
Pelo Governo da Malásia
Pentru Guvernul Malaeziei
Za vládu Malajzie
Za Vlado Malezije
Malesian hallituksen puolesta
För Malaysias regering
ANNEX I
List of agreements referred to in Article 1 of this Agreement
(a) |
Air service agreements between Malaysia and Member States of the European Community which, at the date of signature of this Agreement, have been concluded, signed and/or are being applied provisionally;
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(b) |
Air service agreements and other arrangements initialled or signed between Malaysia and Member States of the European Community which, at the date of signature of this Agreement, have not yet entered into force and are not being applied provisionally;
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ANNEX II
List of articles in the agreements listed in Annex I and referred to in Articles 2 to 6 of this Agreement
(a) |
Designation by a Member State:
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(b) |
Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions:
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(c) |
Safety:
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(d) |
Taxation of aviation fuel:
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(e) |
Tariffs for carriage within the European Community:
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ANNEX III
List of other States referred to in Article 2 of this Agreement
(a) |
The Republic of Iceland (under the Agreement on the European Economic Area); |
(b) |
The Principality of Liechtenstein (under the Agreement on the European Economic Area); |
(c) |
The Kingdom of Norway (under the Agreement on the European Economic Area); |
(d) |
The Swiss Confederation (under the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport). |