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As stated by the EU Press Room, “The European Commission has adopted today a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on Visas.This proposal incorporates all legal instruments governing decisions in relation to the conditions and procedures for issuing visas into one Code on Visas. This […]

According to the EU Press Room, “Vice-President Jacques Barrot, the Commissioner responsible for transport, and Marion C. Blakey of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), recently signed a cooperation agreement that will ensure coordination between their respective programmes for the modernisation of air traffic control, SESAR on the European side, and NGATS (‘Next Generation Air

The questionnaire is designed to collect the views of industry stakeholders on the administrative costs of current legislation, as well as the impacts of possible forms of future legislation in the field of timeshare. The aim of DG SANCO in distributing the questionnaire is to elicit a large range of industry views on the topics

Union workers are threatening with strike action at the country’s national airport on 14th July, demanding airport management offer more overtime pay and better working schedules in new contract talks.(Originally posted by Michael Wukoschitz)

As stated by the EU Press Room, “The European Commission has adopted two Regulations concerning the interoperability of European air traffic management systems. The two actions aim at modernising air traffic management systems.Vice-President Jacques Barrot, Commissioner in charge of Transport said: ‘These legal instruments are milestones in the implementation of the Single Sky, as they

According to the EU Press Room, “The European Commission adopted today two initiatives to put a legally sound framework in place for the transfer of PNR data to the United States. These initiatives are the first European answers to correct the legal basis for the Agreement with the US that was struck down by the

When Canada 3000 (“C3”) failed in late 2001, it owed CDN$34m. to various Canadian Airport Authorities and to NAV Canada (“Authorities”). Its planes were leased from a variety of legal titleholders (“Owners”). The Authorities exercised statutory powers to seize the C3 aircraft on account of the debts. The Owners went to Court to recover “their”

Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the United States passed legislation providing that air carriers operating flights to, from or across United States territory have to provide the United States authorities with electronic access to the data contained in their reservation and departure control systems, called ‘Passenger Name Records’ (PNR). Following negotiations with

Claimants (or their relatives) had been passengers on international flights with the defendant carriers. In each case a DVT had resulted in serious injury or death. It was assumed that DVT was caused by the flight, defendants had known about the rsik of DVT and failed to warn of such rsik or advise passengers how

The European Commission adopted a Communication which sets out an ambitious policy approach to halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010. In particular, it provides an EU Action Plan which proposed concrete measures and outlines the responsibilities of EU institutions and Member States, respectively. It also specifies indicators to monitor progress, and a timetable for