Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2774of 13 December 2023on 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)

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 OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20. , and in particular Article 6(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 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). 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 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). . (5) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2201 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). , 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 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).

and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2446 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). 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

Annex

ANNEX I APPOINTMENTS OF VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES AS WELL AS OBSERVERS OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD Representatives marked with an in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2019/2168, which remains in force.

Representatives marked with an in the Annexes I and II are being appointed by this Decision. Chairperson: Mr Simon Hocquard Director-General, CANSO 1st Vice-Chairperson: Mr Giancarlo Buono Regional Director, safety and flight Operations, IATA 2nd Vice-Chairperson: Mr Luc Laveyne Senior Advisor, ACI Europe Representatives marked with an in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/723. Airspace usersVoting membersAlternatesAIRE/ERA Ms Dorota Dmuchowska Chief Operating Officer/Management Board Member, Lot Polish airlines (AIRE) Mr Peter Bjarnesand 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) Representatives marked with an in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2022/2446. Representatives marked with an in the Annexes I and II were appointed by Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2020/2201. Air navigation service providers per functional airspace blockVoting membersAlternatesBALTIC Mr Maciej Rodak 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 COO, Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) Mr Florian Guillermet Director, DSNA Mr François-Xavier Prach Chairman ANSP FABEC GroupNEFAB 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 operatorsVoting membersAlternates 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 MilitaryVoting membersAlternatesMilitary 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 BoardNon-voting memberAlternate Mr Simon Hocquard Director-General, CANSO Mr Giancarlo Buono Regional Director, Safety and Flight Operations, IATA Mr Luc Laveyne Senior Advisor, ACI Europe European CommissionNon-voting memberAlternate Ms Christine Berg Head of Unit, Single European Sky DG Move, European Commission Mr Staffan Ekwall Policy Officer, DG Move, European Commission EFTA Surveillance AuthorityNon-voting memberAlternate Gunnar Örn Indriðason Legal Officer, Security Inspector, EFTA Surveillance Authority Ms Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir Deputy Director, Internal Market Affairs Directorate, EFTA Surveillance Authority Network ManagerNon-voting memberAlternate 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 memberAlternate Mr Xavier Benavent Director, Operations, ENAIRE Mr Guillaume Blandel Director, operations, DSNA Representatives of air navigation service providers of associated countriesNon-voting membersAlternatesUntil 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 EurocontrolNon-voting memberAlternate Raúl Medina Caballero Director-General, Eurocontrol Ms Marylin Bastin Head of Unit, Aviation Sustainability, Eurocontrol OBSERVERSEuropean Defence AgencyChristophe Vivier Head of Unit, Single European Sky.

Annex

ANNEX II APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION COORDINATION CRISIS CELL Member StatesMemberAlternateRepresentative 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 UnionEFTA StatesMemberAlternateRepresentative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA StatesRepresentative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA StatesEuropean CommissionMemberAlternate Ms Christine Berg Head of Unit, Single European Sky DG Move, European Commission Mr Staffan Ekwall Policy officer, DG Move, European Commission AgencyMemberAlternate Mr Fabio Grasso Manager, ATM Standards and Implementation Section Mr Augustin Klus Senior Expert, ATM/ANS Standards, Implementation & Oversight EurocontrolMemberAlternate Predrag Vranjkovic DG office

Mr Philip Hugues EGSD Network ManagerMemberAlternate Mr Iacopo Prissinotti Director, Network Management, Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol Mr Steven Moore EACCC Operations Manager, Head of Operations Division Directorate Network Manager Eurocontrol MilitaryMemberAlternate Lieutenant –Colonel Adam Karwoth German Military Aviation Authority Colonel Thierry Bretos French State Aviation Safety Authority, France Air navigation service providersMemberAlternate Ms Tanja Grobotek Director, Europe Affairs, CANSO Mr Vital Bride DSNA, France Airport operatorsMemberAlternate Mr Aidan Flanagan Safety Manager, ACI Europe Mr Olivier Jankovec Director-General, ACI EUROPE Airspace usersMemberAlternate Mr Carlo Verelst Manager, ATM Infrastructure Europe, IATA Mr Achim Baumann Policy Director, A4E