Legal provisions of COM(2022)10 - EU position as regards the envisaged adoption of amendments to annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation

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Article 1

1. The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the 225th session of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, or in any subsequent session, shall be to support the proposed Amendment 178 to Annex 1, Amendment 47 to Part I of Annex 6, Amendment 40 to Part II of Annex 6, Amendment 24 to Part III of Annex 6, Amendment 7 to Annex 7, Amendment 109 to Annex 8, Amendment 29 to Annex 9, Amendment 91 to Volume IV of Annex 10, Amendment 17 to Volume I of Annex 14, and Amendment 18 to Annex 17 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation in their entirety.

2. The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf, provided that the ICAO Council adopts without substantial changes the Amendments referred to in paragraph 1, shall be not to register disapproval and to notify compliance with each adopted amendment in reply to the respective ICAO State letter.

In the event that Union legislation differs from the standards contained in the Annexes to the Chicago Convention referred to in paragraph 1, as amended by the ICAO, after they become applicable, thus requiring the notification of differences with those Annexes in accordance with Article 38 of the Chicago Convention, the Commission shall, in due time and at least two months before any deadline set by the ICAO for the notification of differences, submit to the Council, for discussion and approval, a preparatory document setting out the detailed differences to be notified to the ICAO on the Union’s behalf by the Member States.

Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of this paragraph, in the event that Union legislation differs from the standards contained in Annexes 1, 6, 8 and 14 to the Chicago Convention as amended by the ICAO, insofar as such standards fall within Union exclusive competence, after they become applicable, thus requiring the notification of differences with those Annexes in accordance with Article 38 of the Chicago Convention, the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the ICAO as regards the notification of such differences shall be established on the basis of Decision (EU) 2021/1092.

Article 2

The position referred to in Article 1(1) shall be expressed by the Member States of the Union that are members of the ICAO Council, acting jointly.

The position referred to in Article 1(2) shall be expressed by all Member States of the Union.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.