
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/2201 of 22 December 2020 on the appointment of certain members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the organisation and use of the airspace in the single European sky (the airspace Regulation), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions, and in particular Articles 18 and 19 thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 establishes a Network Management Board to monitor and steer the execution of the network functions of air traffic management. It also establishes a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell to ensure effective crisis management at network level.

(2) The chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members of the Network Management Board and their alternates and the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates have been appointed for the period from 2020 to 2024 by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168.

(3) In 2020, the Commission received a number of proposals for appointments for both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell pursuant to Article 18 (7) and Article 19 (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123.

(4) The persons proposed should be appointed so as to succeed, as from 1 January 2021, to the persons that had been appointed by Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168.

(5) This decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency before the beginning of the period covered by the appointments in question.

(6) 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 persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2024 as members and alternates of the Network Management Board, in the respective capacities referred to in that Annex. Where the Annex specifies a shorter time period, that time period shall apply. In respect of the positions concerned by these appointments, the mandates of the persons appointed in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2186 expire on 31 December 2020.
Article 2 
The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2024 as the members and alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell, in the respective capacities referred to in that Annex. In respect of the positions concerned by these appointments, the mandates of the persons appointed in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2186 expire on 31 December 2020.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX I
Appointments of voting and non-voting members and their alternates of the Network Management Board
Chairperson: No new appointment
1st Vice Chairperson: No new appointment
2nd Vice Chairperson: No new appointment

Airspace users: Voting members Alternates
AIRE/ERA No new appointment Mrs Montserrat Barriga, Director General European Regions Airline Association (ERA)
A4E Mr Achim Baumann, Policy Director at A4E Mr Matthew Krasa, Head Of Public AffairsRyanair
IATA No new appointment No new appointment
EBAA/IAOPA/EAS No new appointment No new appointment

Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block: Voting members Alternates
BALTIC No new appointment No new appointment
BLUEMED No new appointment No new appointment
DANUBE No new appointment Mr Valentin CIMPUIERU,Director GeneralRomanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA)
DK-SE No new appointment No new appointment
FABCE No new appointment No new appointment
FABEC Mr Dirk MAHNS,COODeutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) No new appointment
NEFAB No new appointment No new appointment
SOUTH-WEST No new appointment No new appointment
IRELAND No new appointment Mr Joe RYAN,Irish Aviation Authority

Airport operators: Voting members Alternates
 No new appointment Mr Ivan BASSATO, Airport Management Director Aeroporti di Roma Via dell’Aeroporto di Fiumicino, 320 Aeroporto ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ 00054 Fiumicino (Roma)
 No new appointment Ms Isabelle BAUMELLE, Chief Operating Officer & Airline Marketing Director Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur BP 3331 06206 Nice Cedex 3 France

Military: Voting members Alternates
Military Air Navigation Service Providers No new appointment No new appointment
Military airspace users No new appointment Col. YANN Pichavant,ATM Representative EU, NATO, EUROCONTROLFrench MOD

Chairperson of the Network Management Board: Non-voting member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment

European Commission: Non-voting member Alternate
 Ms Christine BERG,Head of Unit Single European SkyDG MOVE European Commission Mr Staffan EKWALL,Policy officer,DG MOVE European Commission

EFTA Surveillance Authority: Non-voting member Alternate
 No new appointment Ms Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir, Deputy Director, Internal Market affairs , EFTA Surveillance Authority

Network Manager: Non-voting member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment

Chairperson of the working group on operations (NDOP): Non-voting member Alternate
 No new appointment Mr József BAKOS,Head of ATSHungaroControl

Representatives of Air Navigation Service providers of associated countries: Non-voting members Alternates
  
1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 Mr Sitki Kagan ERTAS,Air Navigation Service provider of Turkey (DHMI) Ms Sevda TURHAN,Air Navigation Service provider of Turkey (DHMI)
 Mr Maksim ET’HEMAJ,Director of Technical DivisionALBCONTROL Mr Dritan ISAKU,Director of Operational DivisionALBCONTROL

Eurocontrol: Non-voting member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment
ANNEX II
APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION COORDINATION CRISIS CELL

Member States : Member Alternate
 No new appointment no new appointment

EFTA States: Member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment

European Commission: Member Alternate
 Ms Christine BERG,Head of Unit Single European SkyDG MOVE European Commission Mr Staffan EKWALL,Policy officer,DG MOVE European Commission

Agency: Member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment

Eurocontrol: Member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment

Network Manager: Member Alternate
 No new appointment Mr Steven Moore,EACCC Operations ManagerDirectorate Network ManagerEUROCONTROL

Military: Member Alternate
 Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Josten,German Military Aviation Authority Colonel YANN Pichavant,French Military Aviation Authority

Air Navigation Service providers: Member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment

Aiport operators: Member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment

Airspace users: Member Alternate
 No new appointment No new appointment