The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and replace the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1989, as amended.

In addition to some minor and drafting amendments new unit rates and transatlantic charges are introduced to take account of the new apportionment of Eurocontrol costs between the Member States resulting from the accession of Austria to the Eurocontrol Convention on 1st May 1993 (regulations 6 and 7 and Schedules 2 and 3).

The unit rates in ECUs set out in Schedule 2 and the amount of the charges in ECUs set out in Schedule 3 (for transatlantic flights) are calculated by reference to the costs of provision of en-route navigation services in the participating countries in the Eurocontrol charges system, the amount of traffic using each country’s airspace and the relationship of each country’s currency to the ECU over a period agreed by Ministers of the participating countries. The interaction of these elements varies in each country. In calculating the revised charges the average of the exchange rates between the ECU and the currencies of the participating countries obtaining in the month of July 1992 have been used.

The unit rates for Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal and Turkey have decreased on average by 1.79% and for Portugal — Santa Maria by 1.80%. The unit rates for Austria and Hungary have increased on average by 5.12%. The unit rate for mainland Spain and the Canaries remain unchanged. The unit rate for the United Kingdom has decreased by 1.87%.

References to Dubrovnik, Llubljana and Zagreb have been deleted from Schedule 3.

The United Kingdom Air Pilot and the foreign Aeronautical Information Publications referred to in the Regulations can be purchased from the Civil Aviation Authority, Greville House, 37 Gratton Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2BN and can be inspected at major aerodromes in the United Kingdom. The International Financial Statistics published by the International Monetary Fund and the Commission of the European Communities Official Journal (Information and Notices) can be inspected at the Civil Aviation Authority Central Library, Aviation House, South Area, Gatwick Airport, West Sussex RH6 0YR.