1. EUROCONTROL

2. GENERAL OVERVIEW of EUROCONTROL
Jean-Jacques Sauvage
Head of Cabinet of the Director General
Moscow, 1-2 July 2004
EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

3. EUROCONTROL Mission
To harmonise and integrate Air Navigation Services in Europe, aiming at the creation of a uniform Air Traffic Management System for civil and military users, in order to achieve the safe, orderly, expeditious and economic flow of traffic throughout Europe. (Article 1 of the revised Convention)

4. EUROCONTROL Conventions
Underlying Reasons
Objective
Result
Initial Convention
Signed: 1960
In force: 1963
Amended Convention
Signed: 1981
In force: 1986
Revised Convention
Signed: 1997
Ratification: in progress
Safety of jet flights
A rise in traffic/delays
Regulatory functions
Majority-based
decision-making
Relations with the
European Commission
A common European
system in Upper Airspace
Centralised planning
Research coordination
A seamless European
system: one sky,
multiple service providers
Maastricht Control Centre
Central Flow Management
Pan-European Development
Safety Regulations
Performance Reviewing
Accession of the European
Community to EUROCONTROL

5. European Union 25 States Austria Cyprus Czech Republic Belgium Estonia
Sweden
Spain
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Finland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Ireland
Portugal
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

6. EUROCONTROL 33 States Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
FYROM
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Ukraine

7. European Civil Aviation Conference
Albania
Austria
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia&Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
FYROM
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
41 States
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia & Montenegro
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Ukraine

8. EUROCONTROL: Structure
General Assembly
MINISTERS
Council
Civil & Military Representatives
Performance Review
Commission
Civil/Military Interface
Standing Committee
Safety Regulation
Commission
Regulatory
Committee
Standing Committee on Finance
Audit Board
Managing EUROCONTROL
As managers, you would probably like to know how EUROCONTROL is managed.
We have two main decision-making bodies. Once our revised Convention has been ratified, those will be the General Assembly and a Council. We have a system of weighted majority voting. There are also Standing Committees for the Air Traffic Control Centres and for Civil and Military interfaces as well as a Regulatory Committee and two independent Commissions for Performance and Safety Regulation. An Audit Board staffed by representatives of Member States keeps a watchful eye on our revenue and expenditure.
AGENCY
Director General
National Providers

9. CORE BUSINESS
Management of pan-European programmes

10. CORE BUSINESS
Management of pan-European programmes
Research & Development work aimed at increasing Air Traffic Control capacity and safety in Europe

11. CORE BUSINESS Operation of a Central Flow Management Unit
Management of pan-European programmes
Research & Development work aimed at increasing Air Traffic Control capacity and safety in Europe
Operation of a Central Flow Management Unit

12. CORE BUSINESS 5.6 B € billed in 2003
Management of pan-European programmes
Research & Development work aimed at increasing Air Traffic Control capacity and safety in Europe
Operation of a Central Flow Management Unit
Collection of Route Charges on behalf of Member States and through bilateral agreements with non-Member States
5.6 B € billed in 2003

13. CORE BUSINESS
Management of pan-European programmes
Research & Development work aimed at increasing Air Traffic Control capacity and safety in Europe
Operation of a Central Flow Management Unit
Collection of Route Charges on behalf of Member States and through bilateral agreements with non-Member States : 5.6 B € billed in 2003
Provision of training, education and knowledge transfer in Air Navigation Services inside and outside Europe

14. CORE BUSINESS
Management of pan-European programmes
Research & Development work aimed at increasing Air Traffic Control capacity and safety in Europe
Operation of a Central Flow Management Unit
Collection of Route Charges on behalf of Member States and through bilateral agreements with non-Member States : 5.6 B € billed in 2003
Provision of Air Traffic Services
Management of an international (4 States) ATC Centre: Maastricht
Development of an international (8 States) ATC Centre: CEATS
Provision of Air Traffic Services
Management of an international (4 States) ATC Centre: Maastricht
Development of an international (8 States) ATC Centre: CEATS

15. CORE BUSINESS Total 2004 budget: 655 M€
Management of pan-European programmes
Research & Development work aimed at increasing Air Traffic Control capacity and safety in Europe
Operation of a Central Flow Management Unit
Collection of Route Charges on behalf of Member States and through bilateral agreements with non-Member States : 5.6 B € billed in 2003
Provision of training, education and knowledge transfer in Air Navigation Services inside and outside Europe
Provision of Air Traffic Services
Management of an international (4 States) ATC Centre: Maastricht
Development of an international (8 States) ATC Centre: CEATS
Total 2004 budget: 655 M€

16. Central Flow Management Unit
Brussels
Headquarters
Central Flow Management Unit
Central Route Charges Office
Maastricht
Upper Area Control Centre
Luxembourg
Institute of Air Navigation Services
Prague
CEATS Strategic Planning & Development Unit
Brétigny-sur-Orge
Experimental Centre
Budapest
CEATS Simulation Centre

17. 24 Hours of European Air Traffic
The European Air Traffic Situation
Let us take a look now at the current Air Traffic Situation in Europe. As you know full well, Europe has a very dense air network. We have seventy-three Air Traffic Control Centres, with over one thousand sectors, and we use over thirty different systems to control over 25,000 flights a day.
Nearly 90% of our traffic is intra-European – and 50% of traffic flies for less than 600km. This means that a lot of flights are constantly in the process of descending and climbing, which makes air traffic control very complex.

18. Flexible Use of Airspace Programme
EUROCONTROL is addressing this issue with its Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) Concept which abolishes the idea of reserving airspace permanently for one group of users. It allows both civil and military users to have access to the airspace as and when they need it. It is an advance in the more efficient distribution of airspace capacity. a

19. TRAFFIC
SAFETY
DELAYS
COST-EFFECTIVENESS

20. Air Transport Safety in the World 10-year averages
3.4
8.1
0.4
1.8
2.2
0.2
World 1.1
Hull Losses per Million Departures. Western Built Jets 10-year average
2.0
0.6
4.0
Source: Airlines

21. Fatal accidents involving Air Traffic Management in Europe
The Safety Challenge 5 4 3 2 1
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1980
1982
1984
1986
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2002
2003
Fatal accidents involving Air Traffic Management in Europe

22. Regional Cooperation Maastricht UAC Belgium Germany Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Nordic ANS Programme
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Caucasus
Regional Development
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Armenia
CARDS
Albania
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Serbia & Montenegro
FYROM
South-Eastern Europe
Bulgaria
Moldavia
Romania
Turkey
CEATS
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Italy
Slovenia
Slovak Republic
AEFMP Plan
Algeria
France
Morocco
Portugal
Spain
Balkan States Regional Development
Albania
FYROM
Greece
Middle East
Regional Development
Cyprus
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria

23. EUROCONTROL