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CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
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Proposal for Resolution No 104 /XII
Portugal is Party to the International Convention on Cooperation for Security of the
Air Navigation Eurocontrol, December 13, 1960, consolidated by the Protocol of
June 27, 1997, approved for ratification by the Resolution of the Assembly of the Republic
n. 35/2001 of May 4 and ratified by the Decree of the President of the Republic
n. 28/2001, of May 4.
The Protocol on the accession of the European Community to the International Convention of
Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation Eurocontrol aims to enable the
accession of the European Union to the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation,
evolution that constitutes an important milestone towards the promotion of a larger
cooperation between these organizations.
The accession of the European Union to the International Convention on Cooperation for Security
Aerial Eurocontrol aims, in this way, to create the conditions for greater assistance from the
community institutions to Eurocontrol in the achievement of the objectives set out in the Convention,
notably that of constituting a single and efficient body of the
policy on the Management of Air Traffic in Europe.
The conditions of accession of the European Union allow this to exercise, within the
Eurocontrol, the skills conferred on it by its Member States and
make a significant contribution to the achievement of the objectives and tasks of Eurocontrol,
under the conditions expressed in the Protocol of Accession.
CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
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This articulation is, ademals, essential to the success of the "Single European Sky" project, being
fundamental the competences and experience of Eurocontrol with regard to the management of
aspements related to the warranty, safety and quality of the provision of services of
air navigation.
Thus:
Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the
Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:
Approves the Protocol on the accession of the European Community to the International Convention
of Cooperation for the Security of Air Navigation Eurocontrol, of December 13 of
1960, consolidated by the Protocol of June 27, 1997, the text of which, in the versions
authenticated in the French and Portuguese languages, it publishes in annex.
Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of December 4, 2014
The Prime Minister
The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
The Minister of the Presidency and Parliamentary Affairs