COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2774

| Official Journal of the European Union | EN Series L ---|---|--- * * * | 2023/2774 | 14.12.2023 ---|---|--- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2774 of 13 December 2023 on the appointment of certain members, their alternates and observers of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the organisation and use of airspace in the single European sky (1), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 (2) establishes a Network Management Board to monitor and steer the execution of air traffic management network functions. It also establishes a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell to ensure effective crisis management at network level. ---|--- (2) | Under Article 18(7) and Article 19(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, the Commission is to appoint members and their alternatives to the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell upon proposals from their organisations, the European Defence Agency or Eurocontrol. ---|--- (3) | Under Article 18(8) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, the Commission may also appoint observers to the Network Management Board. ---|--- (4) | The chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members of the Network Management Board and their alternates, and the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates have been appointed for the period from 2020 to 2024 by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 (3). ---|--- (5) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 (4), took into account a number of proposals by the designated authorities identified in Article 18(7) and Article 19(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 for appointments to both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell. ---|--- (6) | Subsequently, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/723 (5) and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2446 (6) took into account a number of proposals for appointments for both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and amended Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201. ---|--- (7) | In 2023, the Commission received a number of proposals for new appointments for both the Network Management Board and the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell. ---|--- (8) | The proposals include one from Eurocontrol nominating four representatives of air navigation service providers of associated countries for 2024. It is necessary to accept these nominations for 2024 so that the representatives of associated countries can be rotated, as provided for in Article 18(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123. ---|--- (9) | Proceedings in the Network Management Board have demonstrated the need to bring in new expertise as observers. Some experts from aviation related bodies at European level should therefore be granted observer status to the Network Management Board. ---|--- (10) | All persons proposed for appointment should replace, as from the entry into force of this Decision, the persons appointed previously. ---|--- (11) | The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed for the period from the entry into force of this Decision until 31 December 2024 as members, alternates and observers to the Network Management Board, in the capacity referred to in that Annex. The current terms of office covered by the appointments of persons, referred to in the first paragraph, shall expire upon the entry into force of this Decision. Article 2 The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed for the period from the entry into force of this Decision until 31 December 2024 as the members and alternates to the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell, in the capacity referred to in that Annex. The current terms of office covered by the appointments of persons, referred to in the first paragraph, shall expire upon the entry into force of this Decision. Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 13 December 2023. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (OJ L 28, 31.1.2019, p. 1). (3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 of 17 December 2019 on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024 (OJ L 328, 18.12.2019, p. 90). (4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 of 22 December 2020 on the appointment of certain members and their alternatives of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (OJ L 434, 23.12.2020, p. 59). (5) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/723 of 10 May 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 on the appointment of certain members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 21). (6) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2446 of 12 December 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 on the appointment of certain members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions (OJ L 319, 13.12.2022, p. 93). * * * ANNEX I APPOINTMENTS OF VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES AS WELL AS OBSERVERS OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD Chairperson: | Mr Simon Hocquard* (1) Director-General, CANSO ---|--- 1st Vice-Chairperson: | Mr Giancarlo Buono ***** (2) Regional Director, safety and flight Operations, IATA 2nd Vice-Chairperson: | Mr Luc Laveyne* Senior Advisor, ACI Europe Airspace users --- | Voting members | Alternates AIRE/ERA | Ms Dorota Dmuchowska***** Chief Operating Officer/Management Board Member, Lot Polish airlines (AIRE) | Mr Peter Bjarnesand*** (3) Director, Ground Operations, Nova Airlines AB (ERA) A4E | Mr Neal McMahon***** Chief Operating Officer, Ryanair | Mr Marcus Schnabel***** Senior Vice President, Flight/Ground Operations and Security, Lufthansa Group IATA | Mr Giancarlo Buono* Regional Director, Safety and Flight Operations | Mr Rory Sergison* Assistant Director, ATM Infrastructure EBAA/IAOPA/EAS | Mr Robert Baltus **** COO, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) | Ms Melissa Capizzi***** Manager Operational Affairs, European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block --- | Voting members | Alternates BALTIC | Mr Maciej Rodak**** (4) Vice President, PANSA | Mr Tomas Montvila**** Chief Operations Officer, Oro Navigacija BLUEMED | Mr Claude Mallia***** Chief Executive Officer, MATS | Mr Haris Antoniades***** Chief Operations Officer, ANS Cyprus DANUBE | Mr Giorgi Peev* Director-General, Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA) | Mr Adrian Florea*** Operational Director, ROMATSA DK-SE | Ms Carin Holtzrin Kjellander* Director, International Affairs, Luftfartsverket | Mr Thorsten Elkjaer*** COO, NAVIAIR FABCE | Mr Gabor Menrath*** Director, ATM, HungaroControl | Mr Alexander Hanslik*** Director, Corporate Strategy and International Affairs, Austrocontrol FABEC | Mr Dirk Mahns ** (5) COO, Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) | Mr Florian Guillermet*** Director, DSNA | | Mr François-Xavier Prach* Chairman ANSP FABEC Group NEFAB | Mr Tormod Rangnes*** Director, Operations, Avinor | Mr Janis Lapins*** Deputy Head, ATM, LGS SOUTH-WEST | Mr Enrique Maurer Somolinos* Director-General, Spanish Air Navigation, ENAIRE | Mr Nuno Simoes**** Director, Strategy, Planning and External Relations Office, Navegacao Aerea de Portugal IRELAND | David Usher **** Head of Customer Relations and Commercial Development, AirNav, Ireland | Mr Joe Ryan** National Network Manager, AirNav, Ireland Airport operators | Voting members | Alternates | Mr Luc Laveyne* Senior Advisor, ACI Europe | Mr Ivan Bassato** Director, Airport Management, Aeroporti di Roma | Mr Giovanni Russo* Chief Operating Officer, Aéroport International de Genève | Ms Isabelle Baumelle** Chief Operating Officer & Airline Marketing Director, Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France Military --- | Voting members | Alternates Military air navigation service providers | Lt. Col Raymond Martin* Chief Officer, Air Traffic Services, Irish Air Corps HQ | Col Matthias Löwa*** Director, ATM, Military Aviation Authority, Germany Military airspace users | Brigadier General Laurent Thiebaut**** Director, DSAE, France | Colonel Thierry Bretos***** Head of the International Affairs Office – Single European Sky French State Aviation Safety Authority, France Chairperson of the Network Management Board --- | Non-voting member | Alternate | Mr Simon Hocquard* Director-General, CANSO | Mr Giancarlo Buono ***** Regional Director, Safety and Flight Operations, IATA | | Mr Luc Laveyne* Senior Advisor, ACI Europe European Commission --- | Non-voting member | Alternate | Ms Christine Berg** Head of Unit, Single European Sky DG Move, European Commission | Mr Staffan Ekwall** Policy Officer, DG Move, European Commission EFTA Surveillance Authority --- | Non-voting member | Alternate | Gunnar Örn Indriðason* Legal Officer, Security Inspector, EFTA Surveillance Authority | Ms Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir** Deputy Director, Internal Market Affairs Directorate, EFTA Surveillance Authority Network Manager --- | Non-voting member | Alternate | Mr Iacopo Prissinotti* Director, Network Management, Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol | Mr Razvan Bucoroiu* Head of Network & Strategy Development Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol Chairperson of the working group on operations (NDOP) --- | Non-voting member | Alternate | Mr Xavier Benavent* Director, Operations, ENAIRE | Mr Guillaume Blandel**** Director, operations, DSNA Representatives of air navigation service providers of associated countries --- | Non-voting members | Alternates Until 31 December 2024. | Ms Kathryn Leahy***** Chief Operations Officer, NATS | Mr Martin Donnan,***** Director, En-route ATM, NATS Until 31 December 2024 | Mr Andreii Yarmak***** Director, UkSATSE | Mr Sergeii Perevezentsev***** Deputy Director, Operations, UkSATSE Eurocontrol --- | Non-voting member | Alternate | Raúl Medina Caballero**** Director-General, Eurocontrol | Ms Marylin Bastin***** Head of Unit, Aviation Sustainability, Eurocontrol OBSERVERS | | ---|---|--- European Defence Agency | Christophe Vivier***** Head of Unit, Single European Sky. | * * * (1) Representatives marked with an * in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2019/2168, which remains in force. (2) Representatives marked with an ***** in the Annexes I and II are being appointed by this Decision. (3) Representatives marked with an *** in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/723. (4) Representatives marked with an **** in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2022/2446. (5) Representatives marked with an ** in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2020/2201. * * * ANNEX II APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION COORDINATION CRISIS CELL Member States --- | Member | Alternate | Representative of the Member State that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union * | Representative of the Member State that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union* EFTA States --- | Member | Alternate | Representative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States* | Representative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States* European Commission --- | Member | Alternate | Ms Christine Berg** Head of Unit, Single European Sky DG Move, European Commission | Mr Staffan Ekwall** Policy officer, DG Move, European Commission Agency --- | Member | Alternate | Mr Fabio Grasso*** Manager, ATM Standards and Implementation Section | Mr Augustin Klus* Senior Expert, ATM/ANS Standards, Implementation & Oversight Eurocontrol --- | Member | Alternate | Predrag Vranjkovic***** DG office | Mr Philip Hugues**** EGSD Network Manager --- | Member | Alternate | Mr Iacopo Prissinotti* Director, Network Management, Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol | Mr Steven Moore** EACCC Operations Manager, Head of Operations Division Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol Military --- | Member | Alternate | Lieutenant –Colonel Adam Karwoth**** German Military Aviation Authority | Colonel Thierry Bretos***** French State Aviation Safety Authority, France Air navigation service providers --- | Member | Alternate | Ms Tanja Grobotek* Director, Europe Affairs, CANSO | Mr Vital Bride***** DSNA, France Airport operators --- | Member | Alternate | Mr Aidan Flanagan*** Safety Manager, ACI Europe | Mr Olivier Jankovec* Director-General, ACI EUROPE Airspace users --- | Member | Alternate | Mr Carlo Verelst* Manager, ATM Infrastructure Europe, IATA | Mr Achim Baumann* Policy Director, A4E * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2774/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *