ALLPIRG/4 - WP/26

25/1/01

FOURTH MEETING OF THE ALLPIRG/ADVISORY GROUP

(Montreal, 6 – 8 February 2001)

Agenda Item 5:	Recent developments in the area of airport and air navigation services economics

FOLLOW-UP BY THE COUNCIL ON ANSCONF 2000 RECOMMENDATIONS

(Presented by the Secretariat)

Summary

This paper reports on follow-up actions taken by the Council on those recommendations of ANSConf 2000 that are of relevance to the work of ALLPIRG.

Action by ALLPIRG: see paragraph 4.1.
Reference

Doc 9764, ANSConf 2000

1.	Introduction

1.1	The Conference on the Economics of Airports and Air Navigation Services (ANSConf 2000), held in Montreal from 19 to 28 June 2000, was attended by 604 participants from 113 Contracting States and 25 international organizations.

1.2	The agenda of the conference contained the following items: 1. Economic situation of airports, air navigation service providers and their financial relationships with air carriers and other users; 2. Organizational issues; 3. Funding issues; 4. Determinants of the economic regulation of airports and air navigation services; 5. ICAO policy on charges for airports and air navigation services (Doc 9082/5); and 6. Guidance and assistance by ICAO.

1.3	The conference adopted 30 recommendations, of which 15 relate to Doc 9082/5. Nineteen recommendations, including some of those relating to Doc 9082/5, are concerned with other aspects of airport and air navigation services economics and management (essentially studies, guidance material and assistance, as well as specific action by States). The conference's report was published as Doc 9764 – ANSConf 2000.

2.	Action by the Council on the Report of ANSConf 2000

2.1	Action by the Council on the two groups of ANSConf 2000 recommendations is described in the Supplement to the conference's report in Doc 9764. It should be noted that the revised Doc 9082/5 has been retitled ICAO's Policies on Charges for Airports and Air Navigation Services (Doc 9082/6), which is in the process of publication.

3.	Recommendations of relevance to the work of ALLPIRG

3.1	Numerous ANSConf 2000 recommendations in both groups may be of relevance to the work of ALLPIRG. These are listed below by group and then by number and title, as well as the relevant paragraph number in the ANSConf 2000 Report in Doc 9764.

a)	Recommendations concerning the ICAO's Policies on Charges for Airports and Air Navigation Services (Doc 9082/6)

•	Recommendation 5 – Joint charges collection, paragraph 2.6.4;

•	Recommendation 6 – Development and application of performance parameters, paragraph 2.8.4;

•	Recommendation 10 – "First resort"mechanism for dealing with complaints, paragraph 4.2.3;

•	Recommendation 12 – Independent mechanism for economic regulation of airports and air navigation services, paragraph 4.6.8;

•	Recommendation 13 – Best commercial practices for airports and air navigation services, paragraph 4.6.8;

•	Recommendation 22 – Pre-funding of projects through charges, paragraph 5.2.6.4.

b)	Other recommendations

•	Recommendation 7 – Guidance on infrastructure financing, paragraph 3.2.5;

•	Recommendation 8 – Assistance in determining operating costs of air navigation services, paragraph 3.2.5;

•	Recommendation 12 – Guidance on independent mechanism for economic regulation of airports and air navigation services, paragraph 4.6.8;

•	Recommendation 13 – Guidance on best commercial practices for airports and air navigation services, paragraph 4.6.8;

•	Recommendation 14 – Slot coordination, paragraph 4.10.6;

•	Recommendation 16 – Cost allocation methodologies, paragraph 5.2.2.5;

•	Recommendation 17 – Study on identification and allocation of air navigation services costs, paragraph 5.2.2.5;

•	Recommendation 18 – Guidance on cost allocation by stage in flight path, paragraph 5.2.2.5;

•	Recommendation 23 – Study on cost recovery for search and rescue, paragraph 5.2.8.4;

•	Recommendation 24 – Search and rescue mechanisms, paragraph 5.2.8.4;

•	Recommendation 25 – Study on allocation of GNSS costs, paragraph 5.2.10.3.

4.	Action by ALLPIRG

4.1	The group is invited to note the ANSConf 2000 recommendations listed in this paper, and comment on their relevance to the work of the planning and implementation regional groups.

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