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,
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions(2), and in particular Articles 18 and 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 establishes a Network Management Board to monitor and steer the execution of the network functions of air traffic management. It also establishes a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell to ensure effective crisis management at network level.
(2) The chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members of the Network Management Board and their alternates and the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates have been appointed for the period from 2020 to 2024 by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168(3).
(3) In 2020, the Commission received a number of proposals for appointments for both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell pursuant to Article 18 (7) and Article 19 (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123.
(4) The persons proposed should be appointed so as to succeed, as from 1 January 2021, to the persons that had been appointed by Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168.
(5) This decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency before the beginning of the period covered by the appointments in question.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2024 as members and alternates of the Network Management Board, in the respective capacities referred to in that Annex. Where the Annex specifies a shorter time period, that time period shall apply. In respect of the positions concerned by these appointments, the mandates of the persons appointed in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2186 expire on 31 December 2020.
The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2024 as the members and alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell, in the respective capacities referred to in that Annex. In respect of the positions concerned by these appointments, the mandates of the persons appointed in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2186 expire on 31 December 2020.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula von der Leyen
| Chairperson: | No new appointment |
| 1st Vice Chairperson: | No new appointment |
| 2nd Vice Chairperson: | No new appointment |
| Voting members | Alternates | |
|---|---|---|
| AIRE/ERA | No new appointment | Mrs Montserrat Barriga, Director General European Regions Airline Association (ERA) |
| A4E | Mr Achim Baumann, Policy Director at A4E | Mr Matthew Krasa, Head Of Public Affairs Ryanair |
| IATA | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| EBAA/IAOPA/EAS | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Voting members | Alternates | |
|---|---|---|
| BALTIC | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| BLUEMED | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| DANUBE | No new appointment | Mr Valentin CIMPUIERU, Director General Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA) |
| DK-SE | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| FABCE | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| FABEC | Mr Dirk MAHNS, COO Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) | No new appointment |
| NEFAB | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| SOUTH-WEST | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| IRELAND | No new appointment | Mr Joe RYAN, Irish Aviation Authority |
| Voting members | Alternates | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | Mr Ivan BASSATO, Airport Management Director Aeroporti di Roma Via dell’Aeroporto di Fiumicino, 320 Aeroporto ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ 00054 Fiumicino (Roma) | |
| No new appointment | Ms Isabelle BAUMELLE, Chief Operating Officer & Airline Marketing Director Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur BP 3331 06206 Nice Cedex 3 France |
| Voting members | Alternates | |
|---|---|---|
| Military Air Navigation Service Providers | No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Military airspace users | No new appointment | Col. YANN Pichavant, ATM Representative EU, NATO, EUROCONTROL French MOD |
| Non-voting member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Non-voting member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Christine BERG, Head of Unit Single European Sky DG MOVE European Commission | Mr Staffan EKWALL, Policy officer, DG MOVE European Commission |
| Non-voting member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | Ms Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir, Deputy Director, Internal Market affairs , EFTA Surveillance Authority |
| Non-voting member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Non-voting member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | Mr József BAKOS, Head of ATS HungaroControl |
| Non-voting members | Alternates | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 | Mr Sitki Kagan ERTAS, Air Navigation Service provider of Turkey (DHMI) | Ms Sevda TURHAN, Air Navigation Service provider of Turkey (DHMI) |
| Mr Maksim ET’HEMAJ, Director of Technical Division ALBCONTROL | Mr Dritan ISAKU, Director of Operational Division ALBCONTROL |
| Non-voting member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | no new appointment |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Christine BERG, Head of Unit Single European Sky DG MOVE European Commission | Mr Staffan EKWALL, Policy officer, DG MOVE European Commission |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | Mr Steven Moore, EACCC Operations Manager Directorate Network Manager EUROCONTROL |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Josten, German Military Aviation Authority | Colonel YANN Pichavant, French Military Aviation Authority |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| No new appointment | No new appointment |
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (OJ L 28, 31.1.2019, p. 1).
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 of 17 December 2019 on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024 (OJ L 328, 18.12.2019, p. 90).