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Council Regulation (EC) No 219/2007 of 27 February 2007 on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR)

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Article 1Establishment of a Joint Undertaking

1.In order to manage the activities of the development phase of the project to modernise air traffic management in Europe and to enhance safety, (the SESAR project), a Joint Undertaking is hereby established, known as ‘SESAR Joint Undertaking’ (the Joint Undertaking).

2.The Joint Undertaking shall cease to exist eight years after an endorsement by the Council of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan (the ATM Master Plan) resulting from the definition phase of the SESAR project. The Council shall decide on such endorsement acting on a proposal from the Commission.

3.The ATM Master Plan shall be communicated to the European Parliament.

4.The scope, governance, funding and duration of the Joint Undertaking shall, where appropriate, be reviewed by the Council on the basis of a proposal from the Commission according to the development of the project and of the ATM Master Plan, taking into account the evaluation referred to in Article 7.

5.The aim of the Joint Undertaking shall be to ensure the modernisation of the European air traffic management system by coordinating and concentrating all relevant research and development efforts in the Community. It shall be responsible for the execution of the ATM Master Plan and in particular for carrying out the following tasks:

  • organising and coordinating the activities of the development phase of the SESAR project, in accordance with the ATM Master Plan, resulting from the definition phase of the project managed by Eurocontrol, by combining and managing under a single structure public and private sector funding,

  • ensuring the necessary funding for the activities of the development phase of the SESAR project in accordance with the ATM Master Plan,

  • ensuring the involvement of the stakeholders of the air traffic management sector in Europe, in particular: air navigation service providers, airspace users, professional staff associations, airports, and manufacturing industry; as well as the relevant scientific institutions or the relevant scientific community,

  • organising the technical work of research and development, validation and study, to be carried out under its authority while avoiding fragmentation of such activities,

  • ensuring the supervision of activities related to the development of common products duly identified in the ATM Master Plan and if necessary, to organise specific invitations to tender.

6.The Joint Undertaking shall be operational at the latest when the ATM Master Plan has been transferred to the Joint Undertaking.

7.The seat of the Joint Undertaking shall be located in Brussels.

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