
Article 1 

1. The Performance Review Commission of Eurocontrol, supported by the performance review unit of the Eurocontrol agency, is designated as the Performance Review Body of the single European sky until 31 December 2016.
2. The designation is subject to the condition that the Performance Review Body maintains collective competence in the four key performance areas of safety, capacity, environment and cost-efficiency, and that sufficient, independent and competent support is provided to it by the Eurocontrol performance review unit.
3. When performing the duties entrusted to it by this Decision, the Performance Review Body, its chair and its individual members shall be impartial and shall exercise their functions with independence, avoiding conflicts of interests.
4. The Performance Review Body shall be granted access to the performance-related data referred to in the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, available within Eurocontrol.
Article 2 

1. The Performance Review Body shall act in full transparency and report directly to the Commission. Its reports and recommendations shall be the property of the Commission. Publication or dissemination of those reports and recommendations shall require the prior written consent of the Commission.
2. The Performance Review Body shall report once a year to the Commission:
(a) on its cooperation with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the working arrangements with air navigation service providers, airport operators, airport coordinators and air carriers, as referred to in Article 3(7) and (8) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, respectively;
(b) on the work performed under this Decision and on the use of its resources.
Article 3 

1. The chair and the members of the Performance Review Body are listed in the Annex.
2. The chair and the members shall sign a statement by which they undertake to exercise their functions within the Performance Review Body in an independent manner.
3. If the chair or a member leaves the Performance Review Body before 31 December 2016, a replacement shall be selected among candidates demonstrating the appropriate experience and competence, as well as independence and absence of conflict of interest. That replacement shall be appointed by the Commission in accordance with Article 3(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.
Article 4 

1. The Performance Review Body shall adopt its rules of procedure, subject to prior approval by the Commission, by simple majority voting.
2. The Performance Review Body shall adopt its reports and recommendations by simple majority voting.
Article 5 

1. The work of the Performance Review Body to carry out the tasks referred to in Article 3(3), (4), (5) and (6)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, including the costs of the chair and members of the Performance Review Body as well as the relevant staff costs of Eurocontrol's performance review unit, shall be financed from the budget of the Union.
2. The tasks referred to in Article 3(6)(b) and (c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 shall be subject to specific financing from Member State(s) covering the additional costs incurred resulting from the request of the Performance Review Body's assistance to the Member State(s) concerned.
Article 6 

1. The failure by the chair or a member of the Performance Review Body to comply with the provisions of this Decision shall give the Commission the right to terminate their appointment.
2. The failure by Eurocontrol to comply with the provisions of this Decision shall give the Commission the right to revise or to terminate the designation upon three months prior written notice.
Article 7 
Commission Decision of 29 July 2010 and Commission Decision of 25 July 2013 are repealed.
Article 8 
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 2015 and shall apply until 31 December 2016.
Done at Brussels, 24 September 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

— GRIFFITHS Peter


— BARTHELEMY Laurent
— BAUMGARTNER Marc
— BILLINGER Nils Gunnar
— BRUN René
— BUJIA LORENZO Juan Manuel
— ERDURAK Hasan Bahadir
— HUTCHINGS Marja
— ISCRA Giorgio
— LAHTINEN Antero J.
— LAMBERT Anne
— NIEMEIER Hans-Martin
— RIEDLE Ralph
