EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GIVES CONSENT TO ENHANCED EU-EUROCONTROL COOPERATION
May 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has authorised an enhanced cooperation agreement between the European Union (EU) and Eurocontrol, enshrining the agency as the technical and operational arm of the EU in developing and implementing the EU’s Single European Sky (SES) policy. It is also meant to avoid overlaps between Eurocontrol and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in safety-related air traffic management matters and environmental issues.Under the agreement, which was struck last December by the EU Council of Ministers, the EU and Eurocontrol will also cooperate ...
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