The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1998
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
2.
(1)
In regulation 3(1) the definition of “ECUs” shall be omitted.
(2)
In regulations 5(1) and (5) and 6(1) for “ECUs” there shall be substituted “ euros”.
(3)
In regulation 5(4) for the figure “7.73%” there shall be substituted “ 6.75%”.
(4)
In regulation 6(1) and (8) for “ECU” there shall be substituted “ euro”.
(5)
“(v)
flights other than the flights referred to in paragraph (i) of this regulation made exclusively for the purpose of the carriage on official business of a reigning Monarch or his immediate family, a Head of State, a Head of Government or a Government Minister;”.
(6)
“SCHEDULE 2SPECIFIED AIRSPACES
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Country
Publication in which FIRs are described
Unit Rate in euros
Established at a rate of exchange of
Austria
AIP Austria
54.36
1 euro = 13.82542 Sch
Belgium and Luxembourg
AIP Belgique
74.87
1 euro = 40.54495 BF
Bulgaria
AIP Bulgaria
58.25
Croatia
AIP Croatia
47.69
1 euro = 7.168122 HRK
Cyprus
AIP Cyprus
24.39
1 euro = 0.582691 £Cy
Czech Republic
AIP Czech Republic
46.00
1 euro = 35.31326 CZK
Denmark
AIP Denmark
51.91
1 euro = 7.488800 Kr
France
AIP France (France Métropolitaine)
59.60
1 euro = 6.591286 FF
Germany
AIP Germany
62.80
1 euro = 1.966423 DM
Greece
AIP Greece
19.19
1 euro = 338.3268 Dra
Hungary
AIP Hungary
23.23
1 euro = 254.7248 Hf
Ireland, Republic of
AIP Ireland
22.28
1 euro = 0.784127 £Ir
Italy
AIP Italy
64.74
1 euro = 1942.533 L
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
AIP FYROM
50.38
1 euro = 60.91920 MKD
Malta
AIP Malta
35.09
1 euro = 0.441917 Lm
Netherlands
AIP Netherlands
46.95
1 euro = 2.218255 G
Norway
AIP Norway
45.17
1 euro = 8.726241 KR
Portugal
AIP Portugal
Lisbon FIR–41.08
Santa Maria FIR–19.92
1 euro = 201.4387 Esc
Romania
AIP Romania
40.06
Slovakia
AIP Slovakia
71.00
1 euro = 40.35945 SKK
Slovenia
AIP Slovenia
63.76
1 euro = 185.7728 SIT
Spain
AIP España
Madrid & Barcelona FIR–44.35
Canaries FIR–43.35
1 euro = 166.9189 Pts
Sweden
AIP Sweden
48.23
1 euro = 9.121345 SKr
Switzerland
AIP Switzerland
71.55
1 euro = 1.619359 SF
Turkey
AIP Turkey
43.99
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Air Pilot*
76.89
1 euro = £0.687336
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
These Regulations further amend the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1997 (the “principal Regulations”) as follows:
In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations the definition of “ ECUs” is withdrawn (regulation 2(1)).
Regulation 5(1) is amended to require the payment of charges in euros (regulation 2(2)). Consequential changes are made in regulation 2(2) and (4).
In regulation 5(4) of the principal Regulations the rate of interest payable is decreased from 7.73% to 6.75% (regulation 2(3)).
In paragraph (v) of regulation 7 the exemption from the regulations in the case of flights made by aircraft which are used in the service of a State is amended to restrict the exemption to flights made exclusively for the purpose of the carriage on official business of a reigning Monarch or his immediate family, a Head of State, a Head of Government or a Government Minister (regulation 2(5)).
New unit rates are introduced in Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations. Unit rates are expressed in euros.
The unit rates in euros set out in Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations 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 euro 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 rate between the ECU and the currencies of the participating countries obtaining in the month of July 1998 have been used. The euro will replace the ECU at the rate of one euro for one ECU. In the case of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey the unit rate is established in euros.
The unit rates of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia, Spain (Madrid and Barcelona FIRs), Sweden and Switzerland decrease on average by 5.4%. The unit rate for Spain (Canaries FIR) decreases by 6.1%. The unit rates of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey increase on average by 4.1%. The unit rate for Portugal (Santa Maria FIR) increases by 35.1%. The unit rate of the United Kingdom decreases by 3.3%.
The United Kingdom Air Pilot and the foreign Aeronautical Information Publications referred to in the Regulations can be purchased from Westward Digital Limited, 37 Windsor Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 2DG and can be inspected at major aerodromes in the United Kingdom.