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Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93Show full title
Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on common rules for the allocation of slots at United Kingdom airports
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[F1Article 8U.K. Process of slot allocation
1.Series of slots are allocated from the slot pool to applicant carriers as permissions to use the airport infrastructure for the purpose of landing or take-off for the scheduling period for which they are requested, at the expiry of which they have to be returned to the slot pool as set up according to the provisions of Article 10.
2.Without prejudice to Articles 7, 8a, 9, 10(1) [F2and (2a)] and 14, paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply when the following conditions are satisfied:
a series of slots has been used by an air carrier for the operation of scheduled and programmed non-scheduled air services, and
that air carrier can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the coordinator that the series of slots in question has been operated, as cleared by the coordinator, by that air carrier for at least [F3the required percentage] of the time during the scheduling period for which it has been allocated.
In such case that series of slots shall entitle the air carrier concerned to the same series of slots in the next equivalent scheduling period, if requested by that air carrier within the time-limit referred to in Article 7(1).
3.Without prejudice to Article 10(2), in a situation where all slot requests cannot be accommodated to the satisfaction of the air carriers concerned, preference shall be given to commercial air services and in particular to scheduled services and programmed non-scheduled air services. In the case of competing requests within the same category of services, priority shall be given for year round operations.
4.Re-timing of series of slots before the allocation of the remaining slots from the pool referred to in Article 10 to the other applicant air carriers shall be accepted only for operational reasons or if slot timings of applicant air carriers would be improved in relation to the timings initially requested. It shall not take effect prior to the express confirmation by the coordinator.
5.The coordinator shall also take into account additional rules and guidelines established by the air transport industry world-wide or [F4within Europe] as well as local guidelines proposed by the coordination committee and approved by the [F5Secretary of State] or any other competent body responsible for the airport in question, provided that such rules and guidelines do not affect the independent status of the coordinator, comply with [F6the law of the United Kingdom, or of the relevant part of it,] and aim at improving the efficient use of airport capacity. F7...
6.If a requested slot cannot be accommodated, the coordinator shall inform the requesting air carrier of the reasons therefor and shall indicate the nearest available alternative slot.
7.The coordinator shall, in addition to the planned slot allocation for the scheduling period, endeavour to accommodate single slot requests with short notice for any type of aviation, including general aviation. To this end, slots remaining in the pool referred to in Article 10 after distribution among the applicant carriers and slots available at short notice may be used.]
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F1Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 793/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports.
F2Words in Art. 8(2) inserted (30.10.2021) by The Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1200), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)
F3Words in Art. 8(2) substituted (30.10.2021) by The Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1200), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)
F4Words in Art. 8(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Airports Slot Allocation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/276), regs. 1, 12(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 8(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Airports Slot Allocation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/276), regs. 1, 12(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 8(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Airports Slot Allocation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/276), regs. 1, 12(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 8(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Airports Slot Allocation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/276), regs. 1, 12(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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