1996 No. 3089

CIVIL AVIATION

The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

Whereas in pursuance of tariffs approved under the Eurocontrol Convention1 and under the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges concluded at Brussels on 12th February 19811 (being international agreements to which the United Kingdom is a party), the Secretary of State for Transport has determined rates of charges, as specified in the following Regulations, payable to Eurocontrol in respect of navigation services provided for aircraft:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 73(1)(a), (1A)(a), (6) and (7) of the Civil Aviation Act 19822 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

2

The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 19953 shall be amended as follows:

a

For regulation 5(3) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

3

If the amount of the charge payable under regulation 4(1) is not paid in cleared funds by the operator of the aircraft within 30 days of the date payment is demanded by Eurocontrol, interest calculated in accordance with paragraph (4) below on the unpaid amount shall be paid from that day until the date when cleared funds are received by Eurocontrol.

b

In regulation 5(4) for the figure “8.69%” there shall be substituted the figure “7.27%”.

c

For regulation 8 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

8

For the purposes of regulations 6 and 7 the rate of exchange of the ECU to a national currency shall be the average monthly rate of exchange of the ECU to that national currency established by Eurocontrol for the month preceding the month during which the flight takes place.

d

After regulation 19 there shall be added the following regulation—

Records of Movements of Aircraft20

1

This regulation shall apply to any aerodrome to which section 88 of the Civil Aviation Act 19824 applies and to Belfast International Airport, Belfast City Airport and City of Derry Airport.

2

The manager of any aerodrome to which this regulation applies shall keep a log (hereafter in this regulation referred to as “the aircraft movement log”) in which the following particulars shall be recorded:

a

the type and registration mark of each aircraft taking off from or landing at the aerodrome;

b

the date and time of each such take off and landing;

c

the origin or destination of each aircraft as the case may be.

3

The aircraft movement log shall be preserved by the aerodrome manager for a period of two years after the date of the last entry therein.

4

The aircraft movement log shall be maintained in a legible form or in a form which is capable of being reproduced in a legible form.

5

The aerodrome manager shall, within seven days after being requested to do so by any officer of the CAA, produce to such officer the aircraft movement log in a legible form.

e

For Schedule 2 thereof there shall be substituted—

SCHEDULE 2SPECIFIED AIRSPACES

Regulations 3(1), 6(1) and 7

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Country

Publication in which FIRS are described

Unit Rate in ECUs

Established at a Rate of exchange of

Austria

AIP Austria

59.72

1 ECU=13.4475 Sch

Belgium & Luxembourg

AIP Belgique

68.39

1 ECU=39.3520 BF

Cyprus

AIP Cyprus

22.90

1 ECU=0.588890 £Cy

Czech Republic

AIP Czech Republic

49.09

1 ECU=33.7305 CZK

Denmark

AIP Denmark

54.66

1 ECU=7.36091 DKr

France

AIP France (France Metropolitaine)

61.89

1 ECU=6.50787 FF

Germany

AIP Germany

72.89

1 ECU=1.91115 DM

Greece

AIP Greece

35.15

1 ECU=303.798 Dra

Hungary

AIP Hungary

24.01

1 ECU=198.814 Hf

Ireland Republic of

AIP Ireland

21.20

1 ECU=0.788059 £Ir

Italy

AIP Italy

65.21

1 ECU=1929.22 L

Malta

AIP Malta

43.66

1 ECU=0.457648 Lm

Netherlands

AIP Netherlands

55.76

1 ECU=2.14253 G

Norway

AIP Norway

50.96

1 ECU=8.19539 NKr

Portugal

AIP Portugal

36.19 Santa Maria FIRS—12.72

1 ECU=195.200 Esc

Slovakia

AIP Slovakia

68.67

1 ECU=38.9975 SKK

Slovenia

AIP Slovenia

76.33

1 ECU=170.483 SIT

Spain

AIP Espana

Madrid & Barcelona FIRS—51.65 Canaries FIRS—48.50

1 ECU=161.095 Pts

Sweden

AIP Sweden

46.80

1 ECU=8.42542 SKr

Switzerland

AIP Switzerland

84.87

1 ECU=1.56306 SF

Turkey

AIP Turkey

48.57

1 ECU=112870.0 LT

United Kingdom

United Kingdom Air Pilot*

75.01

1 ECU=£0.813841

* Excluding Shanwick FIR

f

For Schedule 3 thereof there shall be substituted—

SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 7

(1)

(2)

(3)

Aerodromes of departure (or of first destination) situated

Aerodromes of first destination (or of departure)

Amount of the charge in ECUs

ZONE I

–between W01400 and W11000 and North of N5500 with the exception of Iceland

Copenhagen

512.37

Frankfurt

1157.26

London

734.66

Paris

985.12

Prestwick

384.80

ZONE II

–between W04000 and W11000 and N2800 and N5500

Abidjan

164.72

Amman

2054.58

Amsterdam

725.97

Athens

1817.34

Bahrain

1892.98

Banjul

159.64

Barcelona

775.04

Basle

862.61

Belfast

184.56

Berlin

1078.82

Birmingham

408.48

Bordeaux

500.95

Bristol

405.85

Brussels

718.25

Bucharest

1489.82

Budapest

1430.14

Cairo

2085.77

Cardiff

267.01

Casablanca

355.56

Cologne-Bonn

877.40

Copenhagen

634.08

Dakar

159.51

Dublin

118.31

Duüsseldorf

839.49

East Midlands

382.56

Frankfurt

954.97

Geneva

867.26

Glasgow

273.04

Gothenburg

830.28

Hamburg

910.46

Helsinki

688.78

Istanbul

1470.30

Jeddah

1971.28

Johannesburg

159.89

Kiev

1228.47

Lagos

160.40

–between W04000 and W11000 and N2800 and N5500

Larnaca

1977.65

Las Palmas (Canary Islands)

499.01

Leeds and Bradford

401.57

Lille

625.48

Lisbon

389.22

London

477.82

Luxembourg

858.69

Lyons

746.46

Maastricht

767.41

Madrid

578.42

Malaga

620.98

Manchester

335.88

Manston

539.59

Marseilles

883.20

Milan

1037.38

Monrovia

159.64

Moscow

862.89

Munich

1159.71

Nantes

435.74

Naples

1408.31

Newcastle

386.44

Nice

923.11

Oporto

283.13

Oslo

297.61

Ostend

608.29

Paris

663.43

Ponta Delgada (Azores)

165.61

Prague

1189.72

Prestwick

248.46

Riyadh

1959.05

Rome

1269.42

Sal Island (Cape Verde)

159.51

Santa Maria (Azores)

177.19

Santiago

271.61

Shannon

80.56

Sofia

1416.97

Stockholm

507.63

Stuttgart

980.26

Tel-Aviv

2088.61

Tenerife

460.01

Toulouse-Blagnac

658.71

Turin

999.31

Venice

1288.78

Vienna

1345.57

Warsaw

980.30

Zurich

985.40

ZONE III

–West of W11000 and between N2800 and N5500

Amsterdam

809.67

Copenhagen

581.05

Cologne-Bonn

924.03

Duüsseldorf

930.09

–West of W11000 and between N2800 and N5500

Frankfurt

1035.24

Geneva

1122.94

Glasgow

343.55

Helsinki

617.62

London

704.95

Luxembourg

985.47

Madrid

455.81

Manchester

545.27

Milan

1297.55

Moscow

570.24

Muünich

1366.84

Paris

903.88

Prestwick

343.55

Rome

1311.10

Shannon

76.74

Warsaw

650.68

Zuürich

1172.59

ZONE IV

–West of W04000 and between N2000 and N2800 (including Mexico)

Amsterdam

747.28

Barcelona

917.79

Berlin

881.50

Brussels

719.76

Cologne—Bonn

864.18

Duüsseldorf

885.92

Frankfurt

947.87

Hamburg

904.62

Helsinki

727.79

Las Palmas (Canary Islands)

595.35

Lisbon

454.87

London

497.76

Luxembourg

908.67

Madrid

609.22

Manchester

344.73

Milan

1006.61

Muünich

1117.84

Paris

634.34

Prague

1164.63

Rome

1199.29

Sal Island (Cape Verde)

104.18

Salzburg

1146.85

Santa Maria (Azores)

178.21

Santiago

464.04

Shannon

169.60

Vienna

1301.83

Zuürich

932.90

ZONE V

–West of W04000 and between the Equator and N2000

Amsterdam

903.14

Barcelona

929.67

Basle

968.61

Berlin

1266.15

Bordeaux

823.55

Brussels

820.94

Cologne-Bonn

996.09

Copenhagen

1353.70

Duüsseldorf

1022.76

Frankfurt

1046.96

Glasgow

358.15

–West of W04000 and between the Equator and N2000

Hamburg

1075.36

Hannover

1057.88

Helsinki

1194.20

Las Palmas (Canary Islands)

609.20

Lille

901.55

Lisbon

539.61

London

669.93

Lyons

972.76

Madrid

714.61

Manchester

406.23

Marseilles

1141.28

Milan

1117.82

Munich

1153.29

Nantes

792.62

Oporto

524.83

Paris

868.08

Porto Santo (Madeira)

346.67

Prestwick

358.15

Rome

1466.96

Salzburg

1170.90

Santa Maria (Azores)

233.16

Santiago

546.96

Shannon

277.55

Stuttgart

991.39

Tenerife

604.35

Toulouse-Blagnac

952.26

Vienna

1358.92

Zuürich

1092.10

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Goschen

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Transport

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1995 (“the Principal Regulations”) as follows:

Regulation 5(3) of the Principal Regulations is amended to provide that if the amount of the charge payable under regulation 4(1) of the Principal Regulations is not paid in cleared funds by the operator of the aircraft within 30 days of the date payment is demanded by Eurocontrol, interest shall be paid from that day until the date when cleared funds are received by Eurocontrol (regulation 2(a)).

In regulation 5(4) of the Principal Regulations the rate of interest is reduced from 8.69% to 7.27% (regulation 2(b)).

Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended to provide for the establishment of the average monthly rate of exchange of the ECU to a national currency by Eurocontrol (regulation 2(c)).

A new regulation is introduced requiring the manager of every aerodrome to which section 88 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 applies together with Belfast International Airport, Belfast City Airport and City of Derry Airport to keep an aircraft movement log which records particulars of the type and registration mark of each aircraft taking off from or landing at the aerodrome, the date and time of each such take off and landing and the origin or destination of each aircraft. The log has to be preserved for a period of 2 years after the date of the last entry and has to be capable of being reproduced in a legible form (regulation 2(d)).

New unit rates and transatlantic charges are introduced, reflecting forecasts of costs and traffic for 1997 and taking into account the balance of over and under recoveries of revenue as compared with costs experienced by the countries participating in the Eurocontrol charging system in 1995. Italy, Slovakia and Sweden became participating States in the Eurocontrol charging system from 1st January 1997 (regulations 2(e) and (f)).

The unit rates in ECUs set out in Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations and the amount of the charges in ECUs set out in Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations (for transatlantic flights) are calculated by reference to the costs of provision of en-route navigation services in the participating countries in the Eurocontrol charges system, the amount of traffic using each country’s airspace and the relationship of each country’s currency to the ECU over a period agreed by Ministers of the participating countries. The interaction of these elements varies in each country. In calculating the revised charges the average of the exchange rates between the ECU and the currencies of the participating countries obtaining in the month of July 1996 have been used.

The unit rates for Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland have decreased on average by 6.1%. The unit rates for Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey have increased on average by 32.2% and for Portugal (Santa Maria) and Spain (Canaries) by 37.9%. The unit rate for the United Kingdom has decreased by 0.1%.

Amman, Gothenburg, Salzburg, Copenhagen and Lille have been added to certain zones in Schedule 3.

The United Kingdom Air Pilot and the foreign Aeronautical Information Publications referred to in the Regulations can be purchased from the Civil Aviation Authority, Greville House, 37 Gratton Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2BN and can be inspected at major aerodromes in the United Kingdom.