Sunday, 5 February 2012

The EU would like to have sovereignty over our Sky before the end of 2012.

This means that Mr Cameron has to give the people of this Country a referendum on this great give away over our Air traffic Control/management. 'Planes queue up long enough now with-out any "help" from the EU. This is all part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Policy of which the HS2 is also part. The next massive and almost final give away of sovereignty is the permanent loss of Sovereignty over our Ports and Seas. Permanent because World Maps would have to be changed to show sea ways as well as the loss of our 12 mile limit and that is why they want to take over our Ports, so that EU ships (and our ships will also be classed as EU Ships) can come and go as and when they please without asking permission because they will almost have the lot. The English Channel will be but a rather wide choppy river. Anne

Brussels, 22.12.2011 COM(2011) 923 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
Governance and incentive mechanisms for the deployment of SESAR, the Single
European Sky's technological pillar.

Communication from the Commission on governance and incentive mechanisms for the deployment of SESAR, the Single European Sky's technological pillar

The European Commission has adopted a Communication (COM(2011)923 of 22.12.2011 pdf - 60 KB [60 KB] ) on preparing the deployment phase of the SESAR Programme, the technological pillar of the Single European Sky (SES) sets the path for establishing governance and incentive mechanisms to deploy SESAR technologies in a timely and synchronised manner.

In the Communication, the Commission proposes to activate those SES instruments that will enable the timely and coordinated deployment of SESAR. In particular, it proposes to use "Common projects" and the related "guidance material" defined in Article 15a of Regulation (EC) 550/2004. Deployment incentive mechanisms, such as interim arrangements for steering on-going deployment activities and facilitating industrialisation processes, also include focussed EU financial support that will be channelled through the common projects. Before the end of 2012, and after consulting Member States and relevant stakeholders, the Commission plans to establish and adopt guidance material for common projects defining in detail the 3 levels of governance and the eligibility criteria for common projects.

As SESAR deployment will spread over many years, it is also necessary that ATM research and development remains closely interrelated with deployment and that it ensures the necessary technological reactivity required by an evolving operational environment. As the SESAR Joint Undertaking's mandate expires on 31.12.2016, the Commission will carry out the necessary evaluation and consultations with a view to submitting a relevant proposal before 2013 in view of extending the SJU's mandate.

SESAR Deployment Task Force

SESAR is a fundamental component - the technological pillar - of the Single European Sky, alongside other vital elements such as Functional Airspace Blocks, the Performance Scheme (Performance Review Body), and the Network Manager. SESAR is now in the phase of development under the leadership of the Joint Undertaking, then followed by the deployment phase implying the large scale production and implementation of the new air traffic management infrastructure.

In response to the Council's request of March 2009, the European Commission should present proposals for the preparation and transition from the development to the deployment phase of SESAR, focusing in particular on the establishment of the appropriate governance and funding arrangements. As a first contribution to this objective, the European Commission issued a Staff Working Document in December 2010, in which it presented a preliminary assessment of different questions and options for consideration.

To assist the european Commission by providing input to the preparation of its proposal to the Transport Council before the end of 2011, it was decided to set up a dedicated task Force composed of representatives of the main European organisations that play a role in the implementation of the SES and SESAR. The Task Force issued its report in June 2011 pdf - 67 KB [67 KB] , accompanied by the report of the Experts Group pdf - 268 KB [268 KB] established by the Task Force to provide a technical contribution to its discussions.

The attached report from the Task Force does not reflect the views or the position of the European Commission or of its services.




9th March 2010. The Council will receive information from the presidency followed by a policy debate on the outcome of the European Single Sky Conference (Madrid 25 and 26 February). The UK continues to be a firm supporter of the Single European Sky and its supporting technology programme, SESAR, and endorses the conclusions reached at the conference in Madrid on the Single European Sky second package and its associated roadmap. The roadmap sets out actions under four pillars-performance, safety, technology and airport capacity, and under an overarching fifth pillar (human factors) integral to the other four. A very tight deadline of 2012 is stipulated in the amended legislation. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm100309/wmstext/100309m0001.htm

Asked by Lord Fearn

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the 20-year European Union plan to improve air traffic controls is still in place; and, if so, what stage it is at. [HL1390]

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Lord Adonis: The single European sky initiative was first launched in 1999 and is still in place. The first package of measures under the initiative has led to the separation of service provision from regulation to improve the interoperability of air traffic control equipment, as well as common approaches to the certification of service providers and to the charging of users in this field.

A second package of measures was agreed by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament on 4 December 2009 to reinvigorate the initiative. This will see the introduction of a Europe-wide performance scheme to incentivise better air traffic management by 2012 and better co-ordinated management of the network. It also imposes a deadline of 2012 for the introduction of functional airspace blocs within which groups of EU member states will co-ordinate their air traffic management. The UK and Ireland have led the way in this area, concluding the first functional airspace bloc in July 2008.

SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) is the single European sky project to develop the technology needed to modernise air traffic management across Europe. It was launched on 12 July 2009 as a partnership between the European Commission, Eurocontrol (the intergovernmental organisation for air traffic control in Europe) and 15 industry partners, including NATS and a consortium that includes BAA amongst its membership.


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