Course catalog

The EU’s formal ambitions as laid down in the Treaty of the European Union with a general focus on its political, institutional and socio-economic objectives related to aviation.
EU’s policy ambition to cover all socio-economic domains, including aviation safety.
The EU’s ambitions developing from a confederative organization with supranational elements to a supranational federative union.

Difference between EU and UN/ICAO approach

EU’s aviation policy driven by as well aviation policy interests as by the more general interests of its institutional and socio-economic objectives.
UN-ICAO’s cooperation based on the goals laid down in the ‘Chicago’ preamble and general principles for promoting cooperation between nations to allow a safe and orderly civil aviation development.
Common objectives between the EU and ICAO on aviation as agreed in EU’s EASA- and SES-regulations
Difference in the legal and policy wording used by ICAO and the EU

General EU-principles

A brief overview of main EU-principles relevant for taking part in discussions on EU-rules and policy statements:
- The scope of non-discrimination on the grounds of nationality
- Freedom of services and establishment
- Fair competition
- External relations
- Social policy, environmental policy and other policy principles

EASA’s rules and the SES framework

EASA’s objectives according to Basic Regulation
Overall air safety and interoperability objectives for the Single European Sky initiative.
Review of EASA Basic Regulation on UAV/RPAS
Review of EASA EASA´s Basic regulation
EC Aviation package 2015

Decision-making of EU bodies-MS & consultation Industry from Theory into practice

Decision-making powers of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers
Executive powers of the European Commission
Co-decision and comitology*
EASA as one of the regulatory EU Agencies.

* these theorectical procedures are also explained in the International Aviation Law and Policy courses as well in the course on the EASA Basic Regulation and Total System approach and may, upon the knowledge of the participants, therefore shortened with a focus on practice.

Influencing the EU/EC decision-making processes

European discussions have their own features and points of momentum.
Relation to the various rules of procedures.
Some general aspects: qualified majority rules, working towards consensus, defining counterproposals, convincing interests
Lobby for your proposals, give and take, be pro-active

EU aviation policy making process & EC internal preparations

The role of the Commissioner and his/her Cabinet
The Role of the secretariat general (Impact Assessments etc)
The Directorates (DG – Move, Competition etc.)
The role of the DG-Director-HoU-desk officers
EU-DG Move with ICAO and ECACEU-EASA-Eurocontrol-Sesar-ESA-EDA

Functioning of EASA-tasks, structure, processes

Certification (relation to Industry, Member States)
Standardisation (inside-outside the EU, how is this done in practice)
Rulemaking (from start till adoption, advisory bodies and their functioning, task division with the FAA/TCCA and ICAO)
EASA - Stakeholders
EASA-Committee and EASA input
EASA and its international policy and priorities.

Interactive activities are part of this training session:

Develop strategy to influence the decision-making which is related to participants ‘home-front‘ and daily work.
Role play with participants based on real practice examples of successful and failed ‘processes to influence’.