Aviation security charges

1st to 5th March 2010 - Brussels

Parliament's Transport committee will vote on the new directive on aviation security charges. Without seeking to harmonize different charging systems that exist in the Member States, the directive seeks to establish a number of basic principles like non-discrimination, transparency and cost-relatedness to be respected when determining security charges in airports.

The draft report provides that the scope of the directive should cover all commercial airports. It also says that, when it comes to introduction of more stringent national measures by the Member States, additional costs arising from implementation of such measures shall be borne by the Member States. UK member Jacqui Foster, who is shadow rapporteur on the report, and ECR transport committee coordinator Roberts Zile will be available for comment.

Vote: Monday @ 15.00

Contact

ECR enquiries: James Holtum on +32 473 861762
British delegation: Alex Benjamin on +32 476 056450
Polish delegation: Jakub Piasecki on +32 470 504614
Czech delegation: Jan Krelina on +32 493 214346
Dutch delegation: Maurits van Stuijvenberg on +31 6 52 24 44 64