CROATIA FACES ECJ CASE OVER EUROCONTROL CONVENTION FAILURES
December 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking Croatia to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to ratify the European Union’s (EU) membership of ATC organisation Eurocontrol. The EU Council of Ministers decided the EU should become a member (alongside national governments) in 2004, because of the importance of Eurocontrol to EU aviation policies, notably the European Single Sky. But all 28 member states must approve this accession, and Croatia has not, despite Commission demands: Croatia has “not taken all the steps necessary”, said Brussels, announcing the ...
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