The EC/Swiss Air Transport Agreement (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2004

4.  In the Access for Community Air Carriers to Intra-Community Air Routes Regulations 1992(1) there shall be inserted—

(a) in regulation 2(1) in the definition of “the Council Regulation”, after “21st March 1994”, the words “and in accordance with the Decision of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological co-operation, of 4th April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation, in so far as it applies to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport”;

(b) in regulation 2(1A):

after the definition of “EEA State”—

“; and “Swiss air carrier” means an air carrier which is licensed and has its principal place of business and, if any, its registered office in Switzerland.”;

(c) in regulation 2(2) at the beginning of the paragraph, the words “Subject to paragraph (3)”;

(d) after regulation 2(2), “2(3) In regulations 4, 4A, 6 and 6A the expression “Community air carrier” shall not include a Swiss air carrier.”;

(e) after regulation 4,

“4A— (1) Community air carriers and Swiss air carriers are hereby permitted to exercise traffic rights on routes between the United Kingdom and Switzerland and in operating air services may combine air services and use the same flight number on combined air services;

(2) From 1st June 2004 Swiss air carriers are hereby permitted to exercise traffic rights on routes between the United Kingdom and another EEA State.”;

(f) in regulation 5, after the words “Nothing in regulation 4”, the words “or 4A”;

(g) in regulation 5(d) after the words “EEA State”, the words “or by Switzerland”;

(h) in regulation 5 (f) after the words “EEA State”, the words “or Switzerland”;

(i) after regulation 6,

“6A   Regulation 6 shall apply—

(a) to a Community air carrier and a Swiss air carrier in relation to routes between the United Kingdom and Switzerland and,

(b) from 1st June 2004 to a Swiss air carrier in relation to routes between the United Kingdom and another EEA State,

as it applies to a Community air carrier on routes between the United Kingdom and another EEA State.”; and

(1)

S.I. 1992/2993, amended by S.I. 1993/3040 and 1994/1731.