Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

SECTION 5 U.K. Air transport infrastructure

Article 24 U.K. Infrastructure components

1. Air transport infrastructure shall comprise, in particular:

(a) air space, routes and airways;

(b) airports;

(c) the connections of the airports to the other modes in the trans-European transport network;

(d) associated equipment;

(e) air navigation systems, including the new-generation European air traffic management system (the "SESAR system").

2. Airports shall comply with one of the following criteria:

(a) for passenger airports, the total annual passenger traffic is at least 0,1 % of the total annual passenger volume of all airports of the Union, unless the airport in question is situated outside a radius of 100 km from the nearest airport in the comprehensive network or outside a radius of 200 km if the region in which it is situated is provided with a high-speed railway line;

(b) for cargo airports, the total annual cargo volume is at least 0,2 % of the total annual cargo volume of all airports of the Union.

The total annual passenger volume and the total annual cargo volume are based on the latest available three-year average, as published by Eurostat.

Article 25 U.K. Transport infrastructure requirements

1. Member States shall ensure that any airport located on their territory offers at least one terminal which is open to all operators in a non-discriminatory way and which applies transparent, relevant and fair charges.

2. Member States shall ensure that common basic standards for safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference, as adopted by the Union in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), apply to the air transport infrastructure of the comprehensive network.

3. Member States shall ensure that infrastructure for air traffic management is such as to permit the implementation of the Single European Sky in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3), Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) and Regulation (EC) No 552/2004, and of air transport operations, in order to improve the performance and sustainability of the European aviation system, of implementing rules and of Union specifications.

Article 26 U.K. Priorities for air transport infrastructure development

In the promotion of projects of common interest related to air transport infrastructure, and in addition to the priorities set out in Article 10, priority shall be given to the following:

(a)

increasing airport capacity;

(b)

supporting the implementation of the Single European Sky and of air traffic management systems, in particular those deploying the SESAR system;

(c)

improving multimodal interconnections between airports and infrastructure of other transport modes;

(d)

improving sustainability and mitigating the environmental impact from aviation.

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 72).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation) (OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1).

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the provision of air navigation services in the single European sky (the service provision Regulation) (OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 10).

(4)

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) (OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20).