The Licensing of Air Carriers (Third Amendment and other Provisions) Regulations 1994

2.—(1) The Licensing of Air Carriers Regulations 1992(1)

shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the Council Regulation”, for the words “Council Decision 93/453/EEC concerning the amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community, the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden on civil aviation” there shall be substituted the words “the EEA Agreement(2)as amended by the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 7/94 of 21 March 1994(3)”.

(3) In regulation 2(1), after the definition of “the Council Regulation”, there shall be inserted the following definitions—

““EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement but until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein does not include the State of Liechtenstein; and”.

(4) In regulation 18(3) for the words “a member State” there shall be substituted the words “an EEA State”.

(1)

S.I. 1992/2992, amended by S.I. 1993/101 and 1993/3039.

(2)

Cm 2073 and 2183.

(3)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 7/94 of 21st March 1994 amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEAAgreement: OJ No. L 160, 28.6.94, p1.