The Air Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 U.K.

7.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 of the Council of 9 October 1997 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1, for “a single Member State” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”.

(3) In Article 2, in paragraph 1, for point (b) substitute—

“(b) “UK air carrier” means an air carrier with a valid operating licence granted by the Civil Aviation Authority in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the United Kingdom;”.

(4) In Article 3—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Community air carrier” substitute “ UK air carrier ”;

(b) omit paragraph 2.

(5) In Article 3a, for “Community air carrier” substitute “ UK air carrier ”.

(6) In Article 5—

(a) in paragraphs 1 and 3, for “Community air carrier” substitute “ UK air carrier ”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “euro” substitute “ sterling ”.

(7) In Article 6—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Community”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”; and

(ii) for “Community air carriers” substitute “ UK air carriers ”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Community air carriers” substitute “ UK air carriers ”;

(ii) for “Community air carrier” substitute “ UK air carrier ”;

(iii) for “non-Community air carriers” substitute “ non-UK air carriers ”; and

(iv) for “within the Community” substitute “ within the United Kingdom ”.

(8) Omit Article 7 and the second paragraph of Article 8.

(9) In the Annex—

(a) in the first paragraph (air carrier liability for passengers and their baggage), for “Community air carriers” to the end, substitute “ UK air carriers ”;

(b) in the eleventh paragraph (basis for the information)—

(i) for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom in respect of UK air carriers ”; and

(ii) omit “and national legislation of the Member States”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 As amended by Regulation (EC) No 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 May 2002 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in the event of accidents.