Implementing decision 2019/903 - Union-wide performance targets for the air traffic management network for the third reference period starting on 1 January 2020 and ending on 31 December 2024 - Main contents

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 144/49

Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 requires the Commission to adopt for each reference period Union-wide performance targets in the key performance areas of safety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency. Implementing rules regarding those targets have been set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 (2). In particular, paragraph 4 of Article 9 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 requires the Commission to adopt, together with the Union-wide performance targets, the following values: a Union-wide ‘baseline value for determined costs’, a Union-wide ‘baseline value for the determined unit cost’, alert thresholds beyond which Member States may request a revision of the performance targets contained in performance plans as well as the comparator groups of air navigation service providers with a similar operational and economic environment. The setting of determined costs is based on Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).

The Union-wide performance targets for the third reference period (‘RP3’), which covers the calendar years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, Union-wide baseline values, alert thresholds and the comparator groups should be established prior to 1 June 2019 allowing time for the preparation of performance plans, which should be submitted to the Commission by 1 October 2019 for their assessment.

On 16 December 2016, the Commission designated a Performance Review Body of the Single European Sky, in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2296 (4), to assist it in implementing the performance scheme.

To facilitate the adoption of Union-wide performance targets for RP3, the Performance Review Body, on behalf of the Commission, carried out a stakeholder consultation between 20 June 2018 and 16 January 2019. It included all stakeholders listed in Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, including airspace users, air navigation service providers and professional staff representative bodies, on indicative performance target ranges and on the approach and methodology for setting performance targets as well as other values.

The Performance Review Body presented to the Commission its final report on 22 February 2019. That report takes into account changes that were introduced by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317, relevant comments from stakeholders and the latest statistics and forecast for RP3 made available by Eurocontrol's Statistics and Forecast Service (‘STATFOR’) and Central Route Charges Office. The report by the Performance Review Body sets out the assumptions and the rationale underlying the proposed targets, the baseline values, the alert thresholds and the comparator groups.

The Union-wide performance targets set out in this Decision take into account the input received from the Performance Review Body, the Network Manager, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (‘EASA’), and the national supervisory authorities. The Commission also organised, during January and February 2019, meetings and...