The Aviation Statistics (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Statistical Returns Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 437/2003)

11.—(1) The Statistical Returns Regulation is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 (objective)—

(a) for “Member States”, substitute “The CAA”;

(b) for “Community airports”, substitute “commercial airports in the United Kingdom”.

(3) Omit Article 2 (Gibraltar).

(4) In Article 3 (data collection characteristics)—

(a) in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “Each Member State”, substitute “The CAA”;

(b) in paragraph 2, in the first subparagraph—

(i) for “Community”, substitute “commercial”;

(ii) for “its territory”, substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(c) in paragraph 2, omit the second subparagraph;

(d) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Member States”, substitute “the CAA”;

(ii) for “transmit”, substitute “collect”;

(e) omit paragraphs 4 and 5.

(5) In Article 4 (collection of data), in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “the CAA”.

(6) Omit Articles 5 and 6.

(7) In Article 7 (transmission of results)—

(a) for paragraph 1, substitute—

“1.   The CAA must transmit to the Secretary of State whatever data collected under this Regulation the Secretary of State directs it to provide, in the form directed.”;

(b) omit paragraphs 2 and 3.

(8) Omit Articles 8 to 11 (dissemination, reports, implementing arrangements, committee procedure).

(9) After Article 12 (entry into force), omit the sentence beginning “This Regulation shall be binding”.

(10) In Annex 1—

(a) in the first heading, omit “FOR DATA TRANSMISSION TO EUROSTAT”;

(b) under the heading “CODES”, in paragraph 4 (airline information),

(i) at the beginning insert—

“‘1UK’ for airlines licensed in the United Kingdom,”;

(ii) in the second line, after “not licensed in the European Union”, insert “or the United Kingdom”.

(11) In Annex 2, in paragraph 1—

(a) in subparagraph 1—

(i) in the heading, for “Community” substitute “Commercial”;

(ii) for “a Member State subject to the provisions of the treaty” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(b) in subparagraph 3, omit the second sentence;

(c) after subparagraph 9, insert—

“9A.   The CAA (Articles 1, 3, 4 and 7)

The Civil Aviation Authority.”.