Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2021
of 17 December 2018
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 as regards the consistency of the revised targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency included in the amended national or functional airspace block plans submitted by Portugal and Romania
(notified under document C(2018) 8489)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation)1, and in particular point (c) of Article 11(3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 of 3 May 2013 laying down a performance scheme for air navigation services and network functions2, and in particular Article 14(2) thereof,
Whereas:
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, the Member States are to adopt national or functional airspace block (‘FAB’) plans, including binding national targets or targets at the level of FABs, ensuring consistency with the Union-wide performance targets. Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 also provides that the Commission is to assess the consistency of those targets on the basis of the assessment criteria referred to in point (d) of Article 11(6) of that Regulation. Detailed rules in this regard have been set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.
Following the assessment of the performance plans, the Commission adopted Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/3483 which established, inter alia, that the local targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency of Portugal and Romania included in the performance plan of South-West FAB and Danube FAB, respectively, were consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period (2015-2019).
The Commission subsequently adopted Impementing Decision (EU) 2018/17824, allowing targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the years 2018 and 2019 for air navigation services of Portugal and Romania to be revised in accordance with Article 17(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.
On that basis, Portugal and Romania each revised those targets and amended their performance plans accordingly.
The documentation submitted by Portugal and Romania was assessed by the Performance Review Body (‘PRB’), which assists the Commission in the implementation of the performance scheme pursuant to Article 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013. The report from the PRB on the assessment of the revised targets for Portugal was submitted to the Commission on 20 September 2018 and updated on 12 October 2018.
The report from the PRB on the assessment of the revised targets for Romania was submitted to the Commission on 16 October 2018.
The Commission assessed those amended plans and in particular the revised targets, in accordance with Article 14 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, taking into account the documentation received and the reports from the PRB. The consistency of the targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency, expressed in en route and terminal determined unit costs, with the Union-wide targets has been assessed in accordance with the principles laid down in point 5, in conjunction with point 1, of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013. The Commission took account of, in particular, the trend of en route determined unit costs over the second reference period in relation to the targeted reduction of 3,3 % per year on average and over the combined period of the first and the second reference period (2012-2019) in relation to the targeted reduction of 1,7 % per year on average. It also took into account the level of en route determined unit costs in comparison to Member States having a similar operational and economic environment.
As regards Portugal, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 2 % per year on average. This is below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. However, Portugal's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are significantly lower (– 30 %) than the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Portugal. Over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs decrease at a significantly higher rate (– 4 %) than the Union-wide target. The Commission therefore considers that the revised targets of Portugal for the years 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.
As regards Romania, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 3,2 % per year on average. This is marginally below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. Romania's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are lower (– 1,5 %) than the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Romania. Over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs decrease at the same rate (– 1,7 %) than the Union-wide target. The Commission therefore considers that the revised targets of Romania for the years 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.
Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 should therefore be amended, so as to take account of the revised targets of Portugal and Romania.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2018.
For the Commission
Violeta Bulc
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
ANNEXPerformance targets in the key performance areas of safety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency included in the national or functional airspace block plans submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 found to be consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period
KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF SAFETYEffectiveness of Safety Management (EOSM) and the application of the severity classification based on the Risk Analysis Tool (RAT) methodology
MEMBER STATE
FAB
EOSM
ATM Ground Level % (RAT)
ATM overall Level % (RAT)
STATELevel
ANSPLevel
2017
2019
2017
2019
SC
Other MO
SMI
RI's
ATM-S
SMI
RI's
ATM-S
SMI
RI's
ATM-S
SMI
RI's
ATM-S
Austria
FAB CE
C
D
D
94,17
93,33
80
100
100
100
80
80
80
80
80
100
Croatia
Czechia
Hungary
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ireland
UK — IR
C
C
D
80
80
80
100
100
100
80
80
80
80
80
100
United Kingdom
Belgium/Lux
FAB EC
C
C
D
≥ 80
≥ 80
≥ 80
100
100
100
≥ 80
≥ 80
≥ 80
≥ 80
≥ 80
100
France
Germany
The Netherlands
[Switzerland]
Poland
Baltic
C
C
D
≥ 80
≥ 80
≥ 80
100
100
100
≥ 80
≥ 80
≥ 80
90
90
100
Lithuania
Cyprus
Blue Med
C
C
D
80
80
80
100
100
100
80
80
80
95
95
100
Greece
Italy
Malta
Bulgaria
Danube
C
C
D
90
90
80
100
100
100
80
85
80
90
90
100
Romania
Denmark
DK — SE
C
C
D
80
80
80
100
100
100
80
80
80
80
80
100
Sweden
Estonia
NEFAB
C
C
D
95
95
85
100
100
100
90
90
85
100
100
100
Finland
Latvia
[Norway]
Portugal
SW
C
D
D
90
90
90
100
100
100
80
80
90
80
80
100
Spain
Abbreviations:
- ‘SC’
Management objective ‘safety culture’ as referred to in point 1.1.(a) of section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013
- ‘other MO’
Management objectives as listed in point 1.1.(a) of section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 other than ‘safety culture’
- ‘RIs’
Runway incursions
- ‘SMI’
Separation minima infringements
- ‘ATM-S’
ATM-specific occurrences
KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTHorizontal en route flight efficiency of the actual trajectory
MEMBER STATE
FAB
FAB TARGET ENVIRONMENT (%)
2019
Austria
FAB CE
1,81
Croatia
Czechia
Hungary
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ireland
UK — IR
2,99
United Kingdom
Belgium/Lux
FAB EC
2,96
France
Germany
The Netherlands
[Switzerland]
Poland
Baltic
1,36
Lithuania
Cyprus
Blue Med
2,45
Greece
Italy
Malta
Bulgaria
Danube
1,37
Romania
Denmark
DK — SE
1,19
Sweden
Estonia
NEFAB
1,22
Finland
Latvia
[Norway]
Portugal
SW
3,28
Spain
KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF CAPACITYEn route Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delay in min/flight
MEMBER STATE
FAB
FAB TARGET EN-ROUTE CAPACITY
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Ireland
UK — IR
0,25
0,26
0,26
0,26
0,26
United Kingdom
Poland
Baltic
0,21
0,21
0,21
0,22
0,22
Lithuania
Denmark
DK — SE
0,10
0,10
0,10
0,09
0,09
Sweden
Estonia
NEFAB
0,12
0,12
0,13
0,13
0,13
Finland
Latvia
[Norway]
KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF COST-EFFICIENCY
Legend:
Key
Item
Units
(A)
Total en-route Determined Costs
(in nominal terms and in national currency)
(B)
Inflation rate
(%)
(C)
Inflation index
(100 = 2009)
(D)
Total en-route Determined Costs
(in real 2009 prices and in national currency)
(E)
Total en-route Services Units
(TSUs)
(F)
En-route Determined Unit Cost (DUC)
(in real 2009 prices and in national currency)
BALTIC FAB
Charging Zone: Lithuania – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
23 316 993
23 342 321
24 186 978
25 093 574
25 748 766
(B)
1,7 %
2,2 %
2,5 %
2,2 %
2,2 %
(C)
112,9
115,4
118,4
121,0
123,7
(D)
20 652 919
20 223 855
20 434 886
20 737 566
20 814 037
(E)
490 928
508 601
524 877
541 672
559 548
(F)
42,07
39,76
38,93
38,28
37,20
Charging Zone: Poland – Currency: PLN
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
658 592 342
687 375 337
807 874 605
840 660 505
795 098 157
(B)
2,4 %
2,5 %
1,1 %
1,9 %
2,4 %
(C)
115,9
118,7
111,3
113,4
116,1
(D)
568 474 758
578 848 069
725 678 008
741 339 221
685 060 982
(E)
4 362 840
4 544 000
4 299 929
4 419 000
4 560 000
(F)
130,30
127,39
168,77
167,76
150,23
BLUE MED FAB
Charging Zone: Cyprus – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
52 708 045
53 598 493
55 916 691
57 610 277
59 360 816
(B)
1,6 %
1,7 %
1,7 %
1,8 %
2,0 %
(C)
112,9
114,8
116,8
118,9
121,3
(D)
46 681 639
46 676 772
47 881 610
48 459 560
48 952 987
(E)
1 395 081
1 425 773
1 457 140
1 489 197
1 521 959
(F)
33,46
32,74
32,86
32,54
32,16
Charging Zone: Greece – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
147 841 464
151 226 557
155 317 991
156 939 780
164 629 376
(B)
0,3 %
1,1 %
1,2 %
1,3 %
1,6 %
(C)
107,9
109,1
110,4
111,8
113,6
(D)
136 958 572
138 630 543
140 635 901
140 350 008
144 936 752
(E)
4 231 888
4 318 281
4 404 929
4 492 622
4 599 834
(F)
32,36
32,10
31,93
31,24
31,51
Charging Zone: Malta – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
17 736 060
19 082 057
20 694 940
21 720 523
22 752 314
(B)
1,7 %
1,8 %
1,7 %
1,7 %
1,7 %
(C)
111,9
114,0
115,9
117,9
119,9
(D)
15 844 908
16 745 957
17 857 802
18 429 483
18 982 242
(E)
609 000
621 000
880 000
933 000
990 000
(F)
26,02
26,97
20,29
19,75
19,17
DANUBE FAB
Charging Zone: Bulgaria – Currency: BGN
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
166 771 377
172 805 739
219 350 068
228 283 095
232 773 544
(B)
0,9 %
1,8 %
1,1 %
1,2 %
1,4 %
(C)
110,1
112,1
106,9
108,1
109,7
(D)
151 495 007
154 219 178
205 254 233
211 080 244
212 260 655
(E)
2 627 000
2 667 000
3 439 000
3 611 824
3 745 039
(F)
57,67
57,82
59,68
58,44
56,68
Charging Zone: Romania – Currency: RON
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
690 507 397
704 650 329
718 659 958
848 257 273
859 757 273
(B)
3,1 %
3,0 %
2,8 %
4,7 %
3,1 %
(C)
126,9
130,7
134,4
126,6
130,5
(D)
543 963 841
538 937 162
534 681 066
670 078 574
658 908 133
(E)
4 012 887
4 117 019
4 219 063
5 075 000
5 222 000
(F)
135,55
130,90
126,73
132,04
126,18
DENMARK-SWEDEN FAB
Charging Zone: Denmark – Currency: DKK
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
726 872 134
724 495 393
735 983 926
749 032 040
750 157 741
(B)
1,8 %
2,2 %
2,2 %
2,2 %
2,2 %
(C)
111,6
114,1
116,6
119,1
121,8
(D)
651 263 654
635 160 606
631 342 985
628 704 443
616 095 213
(E)
1 553 000
1 571 000
1 589 000
1 608 000
1 628 000
(F)
419,36
404,30
397,32
390,99
378,44
Charging Zone: Sweden – Currency: SEK
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
1 951 544 485
1 974 263 091
1 970 314 688
1 964 628 986
1 958 887 595
(B)
1,6 %
2,4 %
2,1 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
(C)
106,1
108,6
110,9
113,1
115,4
(D)
1 840 204 091
1 817 994 673
1 777 040 937
1 737 169 570
1 698 130 296
(E)
3 257 000
3 303 000
3 341 000
3 383 000
3 425 000
(F)
565,00
550,41
531,89
513,50
495,80
FAB CE
Charging Zone: Croatia – Currency: HRK
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
670 066 531
687 516 987
691 440 691
687 394 177
674 346 800
(B)
0,2 %
1,0 %
1,5 %
2,5 %
2,5 %
(C)
109,2
110,4
112,0
114,8
117,7
(D)
613 414 184
622 991 131
617 287 272
598 707 050
573 017 597
(E)
1 763 000
1 783 000
1 808 000
1 863 185
1 926 787
(F)
347,94
349,41
341,42
321,34
297,40
Charging Zone: Czechia– Currency: CZK
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
3 022 287 900
3 087 882 700
3 126 037 100
3 149 817 800
3 102 014 900
(B)
1,9 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
(C)
111,5
113,7
116,0
118,3
120,7
(D)
2 710 775 667
2 715 303 433
2 694 955 079
2 662 212 166
2 570 401 338
(E)
2 548 000
2 637 000
2 717 000
2 795 000
2 881 000
(F)
1 063,88
1 029,69
991,89
952,49
892,19
Charging Zone: Hungary – Currency: HUF
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
28 133 097 383
29 114 984 951
29 632 945 277
30 406 204 408
31 345 254 629
(B)
1,8 %
3,0 %
3,0 %
3,0 %
3,0 %
(C)
119,3
122,8
126,5
130,3
134,2
(D)
23 587 547 923
23 699 795 100
23 418 852 735
23 330 056 076
23 350 067 982
(E)
2 457 201
2 364 165
2 413 812
2 453 639
2 512 526
(F)
9 599,36
10 024,6
9 702,02
9 508,35
9 293,46
Charging Zone: Slovenia – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
32 094 283
33 168 798
33 870 218
34 392 801
35 029 005
(B)
1,6 %
2,1 %
1,9 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
(C)
111,9
114,3
116,5
118,8
121,2
(D)
28 675 840
29 018 678
29 079 819
28 949 500
28 906 876
(E)
481 500
499 637
514 217
529 770
546 470
(F)
59,56
58,08
56,55
54,65
52,90
NEFAB
Charging Zone: Estonia – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
23 098 175
24 757 151
25 985 553
27 073 003
28 182 980
(B)
3,0 %
3,1 %
3,0 %
3,0 %
3,0 %
(C)
123,3
127,1
130,9
134,8
138,9
(D)
18 739 585
19 481 586
19 852 645
20 081 013
20 295 459
(E)
774 641
801 575
827 117
855 350
885 643
(F)
24,19
24,30
24,00
23,48
22,92
Charging Zone: Finland – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
45 050 000
45 596 000
46 064 000
46 321 000
46 468 000
(B)
1,5 %
1,7 %
1,9 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
(C)
114,4
116,4
118,6
121,0
123,4
(D)
39 368 663
39 179 750
38 843 860
38 294 684
37 662 953
(E)
792 600
812 000
827 000
843 000
861 000
(F)
49,67
48,25
46,97
45,43
43,74
Charging Zone: Latvia – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
22 680 662
23 118 000
23 902 000
24 692 818
25 534 000
(B)
2,5 %
2,3 %
2,3 %
2,3 %
2,3 %
(C)
109,7
112,2
114,8
117,4
120,1
(D)
20 683 885
20 603 685
20 823 477
21 028 777
21 256 247
(E)
802 000
824 000
844 000
867 000
890 000
(F)
25,79
25,00
24,67
24,25
23,88
SW FAB
Charging Zone: Portugal – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
111 331 252
117 112 878
121 117 127
133 551 913
137 314 735
(B)
1,2 %
1,5 %
1,5 %
1,6 %
1,6 %
(C)
110,5
112,2
113,8
112,9
114,7
(D)
100 758 704
104 424 905
106 399 345
118 261 552
119 678 710
(E)
3 095 250
3 104 536
3 122 232
3 895 148
4 077 832
(F)
32,55
33,64
34,08
30,36
29,35
SPAIN
Charging Zone: Spain Continental – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
620 443 569
622 072 583
622 240 962
625 580 952
627 777 294
(B)
0,8 %
0,9 %
1,0 %
1,0 %
1,1 %
(C)
110,6
111,6
112,7
113,9
115,1
(D)
561 172 369
557 638 172
552 025 959
549 379 889
545 563 910
(E)
8 880 000
8 936 000
9 018 000
9 128 000
9 238 000
(F)
63,20
62,40
61,21
60,19
59,06
Charging Zone: Spain Canarias – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
98 528 223
98 750 683
99 003 882
98 495 359
98 326 935
(B)
0,8 %
0,9 %
1,0 %
1,0 %
1,1 %
(C)
110,6
111,6
112,7
113,9
115,1
(D)
89 115 786
88 522 066
87 832 072
86 497 790
85 450 091
(E)
1 531 000
1 528 000
1 531 000
1 537 000
1 543 000
(F)
58,21
57,93
57,37
56,28
55,38
UK-IR FAB
Charging Zone: Ireland – Currency: EUR
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
118 046 200
121 386 700
125 595 100
129 364 400
130 778 800
(B)
1,1 %
1,2 %
1,4 %
1,7 %
1,7 %
(C)
103,7
105,0
106,4
108,2
110,1
(D)
113 811 728
115 644 664
118 001 964
119 511 684
118 798 780
(E)
4 000 000
4 049 624
4 113 288
4 184 878
4 262 135
(F)
28,45
28,56
28,69
28,56
27,87
Charging Zone: United Kingdom – Currency: GBP
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
(A)
686 348 218
687 119 724
690 004 230
682 569 359
673 089 111
(B)
1,9 %
1,9 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
2,0 %
(C)
118,2
120,5
122,9
125,3
127,8
(D)
580 582 809
570 397 867
561 561 156
544 617 914
526 523 219
(E)
10 244 000
10 435 000
10 583 000
10 758 000
10 940 000
(F)
56,68
54,66
53,06
50,62
48,13