
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/290 of 20 February 2015 on the compliance of 2014 unit rates for charging zones under Article 17 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 391/2013 and repealing Decision 2013/631/EU (notified under document C(2015) 882) 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the provision of air navigation services in the Single European Sky (the service provision Regulation) and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 391/2013 lays down a common charging scheme for air navigation services. The common charging scheme is an integral element in reaching the objectives of the performance scheme established under Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(2) Commission Decision 2011/121/EU set Union-wide performance targets, including a cost-efficiency target for the provision of air navigation services for the years 2012 to 2014. By letters of 19 July 2012 and 17 December 2012, the Commission informed the Member States that their revised performance plans and targets are consistent with, and adequately contributing to, the adopted Union-wide performance targets. Cost-efficiency targets are expressed in terms of determined unit rates.

(3) Pursuant to Article 17(1)(b) and (c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 391/2013, the Commission is to assess on a yearly basis the unit rates for charging zones, submitted by the Member States to the Commission, against the provisions of that Regulation and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(4) In 2013, the Commission carried out its assessment of the 2014 unit rates for charging zones with the support of the Performance Review Body (PRB) and Eurocontrol's Central Route Charges Office, using the data and additional information provided by Member States. As a consequence, it adopted Commission Decision 2013/631/EU. By means of that Decision the Commission notified the Member States, in accordance with Article 17(1)(d) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 391/2013, that it had found that the 2014 unit rates for charging zones submitted to it are in compliance with Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013.

(5) Subsequent to the adoption of Decision 2013/631/EU, in 2014, Bulgaria, Denmark, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia informed the Commission about changes in certain parameters for the calculation of the respective unit rates, which were not known to them at the time of submitting the initial data and additional information to the Commission for its compliance assessment and which necessitated certain corrections to the 2014 unit rates concerned. Those six Member States therefore submitted corrected units rates to the Commission.

(6) In accordance with Article 17(1)(c) and (d) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 391/2013, the Commission has assessed those corrected 2014 unit rates for charging zones in Bulgaria, Denmark, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia against the provisions of Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013 and concluded that they are compliant. This finding should therefore be notified to the Member States concerned.

(7) In the interest of clarity and transparency, Decision 2013/631/EU should be repealed and replaced by this Decision.

(8) The notification that unit rates for charging zones are in compliance with Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013 is without prejudice to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 550/2004.

(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 
The 2014 unit rates for charging zones set out in the Annex to this Decision are in compliance with Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013.
Article 2 
Decision 2013/631/EU is repealed.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 February 2015.
For the Commission
Violeta BULC
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Charging zone 2014 en route unit ratein national currency(ISO Code)
Austria 73,39 EUR
Belgium & Luxembourg 72,04 EUR
Bulgaria 73,09 BGN
Cyprus 38,41 EUR
Czech Republic 1 198,16 CZK
Denmark 531,33 DKK
Estonia 23,97 EUR
Finland 52,06 EUR
France 65,77 EUR
Germany 77,32 EUR
Greece 34,53 EUR
Hungary 12 539,4 HUF
Ireland 30,62 EUR
Italy 78,83 EUR
Latvia 28,44 EUR
Lithuania 157,97 LTL
Malta 27,61 EUR
Netherlands 66,47 EUR
Poland 147,43 PLN
Portugal — Lisboa 38,74 EUR
Romania 168,83 RON
Slovakia 60,93 EUR
Slovenia 67,46 EUR
Spain — Continental 71,69 EUR
Spain — Canary Islands 58,36 EUR
Sweden 638,85 SEK
United Kingdom 70,46 GBP
