Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2376

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation)^note, and in particular Article 11(3)(c) thereof,Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 of 3 May 2013 laying down a performance scheme for air navigation services and network functions^note, and in particular Article 14(2) thereof,Whereas:

(1)In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, the Member States are to adopt national or functional airspace block (‘FAB’) plans, including binding national targets or targets at the level of FABs, ensuring consistency with the Union-wide performance targets. Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 also provides that the Commission is to assess the consistency of those targets on the basis of the assessment criteria referred to in point (d) of Article 11(6) of that Regulation. Detailed rules in this regard have been set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(2)Following the assessment of the performance plans, the Commission adopted Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348^note which established, inter alia, that the targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency included in the performance plans submitted by Malta, Bulgaria and Poland were consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period (2015-2019).

(3)The Commission subsequently adopted Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1985^note, allowing those Member States, upon their request, to revise their targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, in accordance with Article 17(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.

(4)On that basis, Malta, Bulgaria and Poland each revised those targets and amended their performance plans accordingly and submitted them to the Commission with the request to allow for the revision in 2016.

(5)The Commission assessed those amended plans and, in particular, the revised targets, in accordance with Article 14 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013. The consistency of the targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency, expressed in en route determined unit costs, with the Union-wide targets has been assessed in accordance with the principles laid down in point 5, in conjunction with point 1, of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, by taking account of, in particular, the trend of en route determined unit costs over the second reference period in relation to the targeted reduction of 3,3 % per year on average and over the combined period of the first and the second reference period (2012-2019) in relation to the targeted reduction of 1,7 % per year on average, as well as the level of en route determined unit costs in comparison to Member States having a similar operational and economic environment.

(6)As regards Malta, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 3 % per year on average. This is marginally below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. However, over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs decrease at a higher rate (– 4,6 %) than the the Union-wide target. Furthermore, Malta's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are significantly below (40,4 %) the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Malta. The Commission therefore considers that the revised targets of Malta for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.

(7)As regards Bulgaria, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 1,1 % per year on average. This is below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. However, over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs decrease at a higher rate (– 2,3 %) than the Union-wide target. Furthermore, Bulgaria's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are below (3,0 %) the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Bulgaria. The Commission therefore considers that the revised targets of Bulgaria for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.

(8)As regards Poland, the assessment showed that the revised targets are based on a planned reduction of its en route determined unit costs over the second reference period by 0,1 % per year on average. This is below the targeted reduction of the average Union-wide en route determined unit costs over that period. Over the combined period of the first and the second reference period the planned en route determined unit costs increase (+ 1,4 % per year on average). However, Poland's revised target for 2019 is based on planned en route determined unit costs that are significantly below (14,9 %) the average en route determined unit costs of Member States having a similar operational and economic environment to the one of Poland. Considering that favourable level of en route determined unit costs, and taking into account the specific circumstances which explain the unfavourable trend of en route determined unit costs, notably the taking of necessary measures related to safety, the Commission considers that, on balance, the revised targets of Poland for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 are consistent with the Union-wide targets in the key performance area of cost-efficiency for the second reference period.

(9)Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 should therefore be amended, so as to take account of the revised targets of Bulgaria, Malta and Poland.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 #

The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/348 is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2 #

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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Performance targets in the key performance areas of safety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency included in the national or functional airspace block plans submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 found to be consistent with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period

Key performance area of safety

Effectiveness of Safety Management (EOSM) and the application of the severity classification based on the Risk Analysis Tool (RAT) methodology

MEMBER STATE	FAB	EOSM	ATM Ground Level % (RAT)	ATM overall Level % (RAT)
	STATE Level	ANSP Level	2017	2019	2017	2019
	SC	Other MO	SMI	RI's	ATM-S	SMI	RI's	ATM-S	SMI	RI's	ATM-S	SMI	RI's	ATM-S
Austria	FAB CE	C	D	D	94,17	93,33	80	100	100	100	80	80	80	80	80	100
Croatia
Czech republic
Hungary
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Ireland	UK — IR	C	C	D	80	80	80	100	100	100	80	80	80	80	80	100
United Kingdom
Belgium/Lux	FAB EC	C	C	D	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	100	100	100	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	100
France
Germany
The Netherlands
[Switzerland]
Poland	Baltic	C	C	D	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	100	100	100	≥ 80	≥ 80	≥ 80	90	90	100
Lithuania
Cyprus	Blue Med	C	C	D	80	80	80	100	100	100	80	80	80	95	95	100
Greece
Italy
Malta
Bulgaria	Danube	C	C	D	90	90	80	100	100	100	80	85	80	90	90	100
Romania
Denmark	DK — SE	C	C	D	80	80	80	100	100	100	80	80	80	80	80	100
Sweden
Estonia	NEFAB	C	C	D	95	95	85	100	100	100	90	90	85	100	100	100
Finland
Latvia
[Norway]
Portugal	SW	C	D	D	90	90	90	100	100	100	80	80	90	80	80	100
Spain

Abbreviations:“SC”Management objective “safety culture” as referred to in point 1.1(a) of Section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013“other MO”Management objectives as listed in point 1.1(a) of Section 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 other than “safety culture”“RIs”Runway incursions“SMI”Separation minima infringements“ATM-S”ATM-specific occurrences

Key performance area of environment

Horizontal en route flight efficiency of the actual trajectory

MEMBER STATE	FAB	FAB TARGET ENVIRONMENT (%)
		2019
Austria	FAB CE	1,81
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Ireland	UK — IR	2,99
United Kingdom
Belgium/Lux	FAB EC	2,96
France
Germany
The Netherlands
[Switzerland]
Poland	Baltic	1,36
Lithuania
Cyprus	Blue Med	2,45
Greece
Italy
Malta
Bulgaria	Danube	1,37
Romania
Denmark	DK — SE	1,19
Sweden
Estonia	NEFAB	1,22
Finland
Latvia
[Norway]
Portugal	SW	3,28
Spain

Key performance area of capacity

En route Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delay in min/flight

MEMBER STATE	FAB	FAB TARGET EN-ROUTE CAPACITY
2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Ireland	UK — IR	0,25	0,26	0,26	0,26	0,26
United Kingdom
Poland	Baltic	0,21	0,21	0,21	0,22	0,22
Lithuania
Denmark	DK — SE	0,10	0,10	0,10	0,09	0,09
Sweden
Estonia	NEFAB	0,12	0,12	0,13	0,13	0,13
Finland
Latvia
[Norway]

Key performance area of cost-efficiency

Legend:

Key	Item	Units
(A)	Total en route Determined Costs	(in nominal terms and in national currency)
(B)	Inflation rate	(%)
(C)	Inflation index	(100 = 2009)
(D)	Total en route Determined Costs	(in real 2009 prices and in national currency)
(E)	Total en route Services Units	(TSUs)
(F)	En route Determined Unit Cost (DUC)	(in real 2009 prices and in national currency)

Baltic fab

Charging Zone: Lithuania – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	23316993	23342321	24186978	25093574	25748766
(B)	1,7 %	2,2 %	2,5 %	2,2 %	2,2 %
(C)	112,9	115,4	118,4	121,0	123,7
(D)	20652919	20223855	20434886	20737566	20814037
(E)	490928	508601	524877	541672	559548
(F)	42,07	39,76	38,93	38,28	37,20

Charging Zone: Poland – Currency: PLN
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	658592342	687375337	807874605	840660505	795098157
(B)	2,4 %	2,5 %	1,1 %	1,9 %	2,4 %
(C)	115,9	118,7	111,3	113,4	116,1
(D)	568474758	578848069	725678008	741339221	685060982
(E)	4362840	4544000	4299929	4419000	4560000
(F)	130,30	127,39	168,77	167,76	150,23

Blue med fab

Charging Zone: Cyprus – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	52708045	53598493	55916691	57610277	59360816
(B)	1,6 %	1,7 %	1,7 %	1,8 %	2,0 %
(C)	112,9	114,8	116,8	118,9	121,3
(D)	46681639	46676772	47881610	48459560	48952987
(E)	1395081	1425773	1457140	1489197	1521959
(F)	33,46	32,74	32,86	32,54	32,16

Charging Zone: Greece – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	147841464	151226557	155317991	156939780	164629376
(B)	0,3 %	1,1 %	1,2 %	1,3 %	1,6 %
(C)	107,9	109,1	110,4	111,8	113,6
(D)	136958572	138630543	140635901	140350008	144936752
(E)	4231888	4318281	4404929	4492622	4599834
(F)	32,36	32,10	31,93	31,24	31,51

Charging Zone: Malta – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	17736060	19082057	20694940	21720523	22752314
(B)	1,7 %	1,8 %	1,7 %	1,7 %	1,7 %
(C)	111,9	114,0	115,9	117,9	119,9
(D)	15844908	16745957	17857802	18429483	18982242
(E)	609000	621000	880000	933000	990000
(F)	26,02	26,97	20,29	19,75	19,17

Danube fab

Charging Zone: Bulgaria – Currency: BGN
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	166771377	172805739	219350068	228283095	232773544
(B)	0,9 %	1,8 %	1,1 %	1,2 %	1,4 %
(C)	110,1	112,1	106,9	108,1	109,7
(D)	151495007	154219178	205254233	211080244	212260655
(E)	2627000	2667000	3439000	3611824	3745039
(F)	57,67	57,82	59,68	58,44	56,68

Charging Zone: Romania — Currency: RON
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	690507397	704650329	718659958	735119853	753216461
(B)	3,1 %	3,0 %	2,8 %	2,8 %	2,7 %
(C)	126,9	130,7	134,4	138,2	141,9
(D)	543963841	538937162	534681066	532030334	530795951
(E)	4012887	4117019	4219063	4317155	4441542
(F)	135,55	130,90	126,73	123,24	119,51

Denmark-sweden fab

Charging Zone: Denmark – Currency: DKK
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	726872134	724495393	735983926	749032040	750157741
(B)	1,8 %	2,2 %	2,2 %	2,2 %	2,2 %
(C)	111,6	114,1	116,6	119,1	121,8
(D)	651263654	635160606	631342985	628704443	616095213
(E)	1553000	1571000	1589000	1608000	1628000
(F)	419,36	404,30	397,32	390,99	378,44

Charging Zone: Sweden – Currency: SEK
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	1951544485	1974263091	1970314688	1964628986	1958887595
(B)	1,6 %	2,4 %	2,1 %	2,0 %	2,0 %
(C)	106,1	108,6	110,9	113,1	115,4
(D)	1840204091	1817994673	1777040937	1737169570	1698130296
(E)	3257000	3303000	3341000	3383000	3425000
(F)	565,00	550,41	531,89	513,50	495,80

Fab ce

Charging Zone: Croatia – Currency: HRK
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	670066531	687516987	691440691	687394177	674346800
(B)	0,2 %	1,0 %	1,5 %	2,5 %	2,5 %
(C)	109,2	110,4	112,0	114,8	117,7
(D)	613414184	622991131	617287272	598707050	573017597
(E)	1763000	1783000	1808000	1863185	1926787
(F)	347,94	349,41	341,42	321,34	297,40

Charging Zone: Czechia– Currency: CZK
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	3022287900	3087882700	3126037100	3149817800	3102014900
(B)	1,9 %	2,0 %	2,0 %	2,0 %	2,0 %
(C)	111,5	113,7	116,0	118,3	120,7
(D)	2710775667	2715303433	2694955079	2662212166	2570401338
(E)	2548000	2637000	2717000	2795000	2881000
(F)	1063,88	1029,69	991,89	952,49	892,19

Charging Zone: Hungary – Currency: HUF
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	28133097383	29114984951	29632945277	30406204408	31345254629
(B)	1,8 %	3,0 %	3,0 %	3,0 %	3,0 %
(C)	119,3	122,8	126,5	130,3	134,2
(D)	23587547923	23699795100	23418852735	23330056076	23350067982
(E)	2457201	2364165	2413812	2453639	2512526
(F)	9599,36	10024,60	9702,02	9508,35	9293,46

Charging Zone: Slovenia – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	32094283	33168798	33870218	34392801	35029005
(B)	1,6 %	2,1 %	1,9 %	2,0 %	2,0 %
(C)	111,9	114,3	116,5	118,8	121,2
(D)	28675840	29018678	29079819	28949500	28906876
(E)	481500	499637	514217	529770	546470
(F)	59,56	58,08	56,55	54,65	52,90

Nefab

Charging Zone: Estonia – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	23098175	24757151	25985553	27073003	28182980
(B)	3,0 %	3,1 %	3,0 %	3,0 %	3,0 %
(C)	123,3	127,1	130,9	134,8	138,9
(D)	18739585	19481586	19852645	20081013	20295459
(E)	774641	801575	827117	855350	885643
(F)	24,19	24,30	24,00	23,48	22,92

Charging Zone: Finland – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	45050000	45596000	46064000	46321000	46468000
(B)	1,5 %	1,7 %	1,9 %	2,0 %	2,0 %
(C)	114,4	116,4	118,6	121,0	123,4
(D)	39368663	39179750	38843860	38294684	37662953
(E)	792600	812000	827000	843000	861000
(F)	49,67	48,25	46,97	45,43	43,74

Charging Zone: Latvia – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	22680662	23118000	23902000	24692818	25534000
(B)	2,5 %	2,3 %	2,3 %	2,3 %	2,3 %
(C)	109,7	112,2	114,8	117,4	120,1
(D)	20683885	20603685	20823477	21028777	21256247
(E)	802000	824000	844000	867000	890000
(F)	25,79	25,00	24,67	24,25	23,88

Sw fab

Charging Zone: Portugal — Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	111331252	117112878	121117127	124427807	127871286
(B)	1,2 %	1,5 %	1,5 %	1,5 %	1,5 %
(C)	110,5	112,2	113,8	115,5	117,3
(D)	100758704	104424905	106399345	107692336	109037112
(E)	3095250	3104536	3122232	3147209	3171128
(F)	32,55	33,64	34,08	34,22	34,38

Spain

Charging Zone: Spain Continental – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	620443569	622072583	622240962	625580952	627777294
(B)	0,8 %	0,9 %	1,0 %	1,0 %	1,1 %
(C)	110,6	111,6	112,7	113,9	115,1
(D)	561172369	557638172	552025959	549379889	545563910
(E)	8880000	8936000	9018000	9128000	9238000
(F)	63,20	62,40	61,21	60,19	59,06

Charging Zone: Spain Canarias – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	98528223	98750683	99003882	98495359	98326935
(B)	0,8 %	0,9 %	1,0 %	1,0 %	1,1 %
(C)	110,6	111,6	112,7	113,9	115,1
(D)	89115786	88522066	87832072	86497790	85450091
(E)	1531000	1528000	1531000	1537000	1543000
(F)	58,21	57,93	57,37	56,28	55,38

Uk-ir fab

Charging Zone: Ireland – Currency: EUR
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	118046200	121386700	125595100	129364400	130778800
(B)	1,1 %	1,2 %	1,4 %	1,7 %	1,7 %
(C)	103,7	105,0	106,4	108,2	110,1
(D)	113811728	115644664	118001964	119511684	118798780
(E)	4000000	4049624	4113288	4184878	4262135
(F)	28,45	28,56	28,69	28,56	27,87

Charging Zone: United Kingdom – Currency: GBP
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(A)	686348218	687119724	690004230	682569359	673089111
(B)	1,9 %	1,9 %	2,0 %	2,0 %	2,0 %
(C)	118,2	120,5	122,9	125,3	127,8
(D)	580582809	570397867	561561156	544617914	526523219
(E)	10244000	10435000	10583000	10758000	10940000
(F)	56,68	54,66	53,06	50,62	48,13

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