The EU External Aviation Strategy at a Crossroads

摘要

On 17 April 2019, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (hereinafter the 'EU') adopted Regulation (EU) No. 2019/712 on safeguarding competition in air transport and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 868/2004. Welcomed by the entire aviation community, the new Regulation includes some relevant developments as to the identification of, and protection against, distortive practices carried out by non-EU countries to the detriment of the EU air transport market. Regulation (EU) No. 2019/712 must also be discussed in light of the broader EU Aviation Strategy, which laid out in 2015, includes the guiding principles of EU external aviation relations and calls upon a more aggressive external aviation policy for the Union.