Considerations on COM(2019)72 - EU position in the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, in respect of the Adoption of Amendment 17 to Annex 13

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dossier COM(2019)72 - EU position in the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, in respect of the Adoption of Amendment 17 to ...
document COM(2019)72 EN
date February  4, 2019
 
(1) The Convention on International Civil Aviation (‘the Chicago Convention’) which regulates international air transport, entered into force on 4 April 1947. It established the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

(2) The Member States are Contracting States of the Chicago Convention and members of the ICAO, while the Union has observer status in certain ICAO bodies.

(3) Pursuant to Article 54 of the Chicago Convention, the ICAO Council may adopt International Standards and Recommended Practices.

(4) The ICAO Council during its 216th session, starting on 14 February 2019, is to adopt Amendment 17 to Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention on reporting and timely investigation of accidents and incidents.

(5) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the ICAO Council as the proposed amendment has legal effect and is in whole or in part capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, namely Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the Parliament and the Council 5 .

(6) The purpose of the amendment is to introduce the following changes: in the areas of timely investigation of accidents and serious incidents, and the release of the final report; the definition for ‘Accredited representative’; the alignment of provisions on notification, and the dissemination of Final Reports; facilitation of the entry of investigators; rights and entitlement of an expert; consultation of draft safety recommendations; the list of examples of serious incidents; and delegation of investigation

(7) The Union is a strong supporter of these efforts by ICAO to improve aviation safety by ensuring a high level of efficiency, expediency, and quality of civil aviation safety investigations.

(8) The Union's position is to be expressed by the Member States of the Union that are members of the ICAO Council.