Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123Show full title

Article 19 European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell

1. The management of network crises shall be supported by the establishment of a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell (the EACCC). The EACCC shall contribute, through its work, to a coordination of responses to network crises.

2. The EACCC shall have as permanent members one representative of each of the following:

(a)

a Member State mandated for these purposes by all Member States;

(b)

the Commission;

(c)

the Agency;

(d)

Eurocontrol;

(e)

the Network Manager;

(f)

the military;

(g)

the air navigation services providers;

(h)

the airport operators;

(i)

the airspace users.

The Commission shall appoint those members and their alternates. The appointment shall be made following a proposal by:

(1)

the Member States in the case referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph;

(2)

the Agency, Eurocontrol and the Network Manager in the case referred to in points (c), (d) and (e) of the first subparagraph, as the case may be;

(3)

EDA in the case referred to in point (f) of the first subparagraph;

(4)

the respective European representative bodies in the case referred to in points (g), (h) and (i) of the first subparagraph;

3. Each Member States shall nominate a focal point (State focal point) and an alternate to the EACCC and facilitate their access to relevant information from national crisis management structures not limited to the aviation domain. The State focal points shall carry out their duties in accordance with the EACCC Rules of Procedure.

4. The EACCC may involve, on a case-by-case basis, experts depending on the nature of the specific crisis to assist it in formulating its crisis management responses.

5. The EACCC shall prepare its Rules of Procedure and amendments thereto for approval by the Network Management Board in accordance with Article 18(1)(e).

6. The Network Manager shall provide the resources required for the establishment and operation of the EACCC.