The Aviation Statistics (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART 3 Amendment etc. of retained direct EU legislation

Interpretation

10.  In this Part—

“the Implementing Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003 of 31 July 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air and amending Annexes I and II thereto;

“the Statistical Returns Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air.

Amendment of the Statistical Returns Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 437/2003)

11.—(1) The Statistical Returns Regulation is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 (objective)—

(a) for “Member States”, substitute “The CAA”;

(b) for “Community airports”, substitute “commercial airports in the United Kingdom”.

(3) Omit Article 2 (Gibraltar).

(4) In Article 3 (data collection characteristics)—

(a) in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “Each Member State”, substitute “The CAA”;

(b) in paragraph 2, in the first subparagraph—

(i) for “Community”, substitute “commercial”;

(ii) for “its territory”, substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(c) in paragraph 2, omit the second subparagraph;

(d) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Member States”, substitute “the CAA”;

(ii) for “transmit”, substitute “collect”;

(e) omit paragraphs 4 and 5.

(5) In Article 4 (collection of data), in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “the CAA”.

(6) Omit Articles 5 and 6.

(7) In Article 7 (transmission of results)—

(a) for paragraph 1, substitute—

“1.   The CAA must transmit to the Secretary of State whatever data collected under this Regulation the Secretary of State directs it to provide, in the form directed.”;

(b) omit paragraphs 2 and 3.

(8) Omit Articles 8 to 11 (dissemination, reports, implementing arrangements, committee procedure).

(9) After Article 12 (entry into force), omit the sentence beginning “This Regulation shall be binding”.

(10) In Annex 1—

(a) in the first heading, omit “FOR DATA TRANSMISSION TO EUROSTAT”;

(b) under the heading “CODES”, in paragraph 4 (airline information),

(i) at the beginning insert—

“‘1UK’ for airlines licensed in the United Kingdom,”;

(ii) in the second line, after “not licensed in the European Union”, insert “or the United Kingdom”.

(11) In Annex 2, in paragraph 1—

(a) in subparagraph 1—

(i) in the heading, for “Community” substitute “Commercial”;

(ii) for “a Member State subject to the provisions of the treaty” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(b) in subparagraph 3, omit the second sentence;

(c) after subparagraph 9, insert—

“9A.   The CAA (Articles 1, 3, 4 and 7)

The Civil Aviation Authority.”.

Saving provision

12.  The omission of Article 10 (implementing measures) of the Statistical Returns Regulation (by regulation 11(8)) does not revoke the amendments that Article 4 of the Implementing Regulation made to Annexes 1 and 2 to the Statistical Returns Regulation.

Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003

13.—(1) The Implementing Regulation is amended as follows.

(2) For Article 1, substitute—

“For the purposes of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, Annex 1 to this Regulation has effect.”

(3) Omit Articles 2 and 3.

(4) After Article 5, omit the sentence beginning “This Regulation shall be binding”.

(5) In Annex 1—

(a) in the heading, omit “, LISTS OF COMMUNITY AIRPORTS AND DEROGATIONS”;

(b) in Section 1 (Airport categories and reference periods taken into account)—

(i) in the first paragraph, for “Community”, substitute “commercial”;

(ii) in the third indented paragraph (beginning “category 2”), omit from “but may” until “2005,”;

(iii) in the fourth indented paragraph (beginning “category 3”), omit from “but may” until the end of the sentence;

(c) omit Section 2 (Permitted derogations) and Section 3 (List of Community airports covered and derogations).

(6) Omit Annex 2.