Common Aviation Area Agreement Between the European Union and Ukraine

Summary:

Agreement signed by the European Union (EU) and Ukraine in 2021 concerning the integration of the latter in the Common Aviation Area (CAA), also known as the Open Skies Agreement.

Further information:

The aim of this Agreement is the gradual creation of a CAA between the European Union, its Member States and Ukraine founded on, in particular, identical rules in the areas of safety, security, air traffic management, the environment, consumer protection and computerised reservation systems, as well as identical rules with regard to social aspects. For this purpose, this Agreement sets out the rules, technical requirements, administrative procedures, basic operational standards and implementing rules applicable between the Parties.

The Council of the European Union authorized in December 2006 the European Commission to launch negotiations with Ukraine for a Common Aviation Area Agreement. This agreement was initialled in November 2013. It was published in the EU's Official Journal on 3 November 2021.

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EUR-LEX: OJ L 387: Council Decision (EU) 2021/1897 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/1897/oj

EUR-LEX: COM(2014)17: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Ukraine https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2014:17:FIN

EUR-LEX: COM(2014)18: Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of a Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Ukraine https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2014:18:FIN

EUR-LEX: COM(2021)158: Amended proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Ukraine https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2021:158:FIN

EUR-LEX: COM(2021)159: Amended proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Ukraine https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2021:159:FIN

Ukrainian Government: News, 12/10/2021: Ukraine and the European Union have signed a Common Aviation Area Agreement https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayina-ta-yevropejskij-soyuz-uklali-ugodu-pro-spilnij-aviacijnij-prostir

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Reuters, 16/09/2021: Ryanair eyes aggressive expansion in Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ryanair-eyes-aggressive-expansion-ukraine-2021-09-16/

Bloomberg, 11/10/2021: EU to Sign Agreement on Common Aviation Area With Ukraine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-11/eu-to-sign-agreement-on-common-aviation-area-with-ukraine

Reuters, 11/10/2021: EU-Ukraine summit to sign deal facilitating low-cost air travel https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-ukraine-summit-sign-deal-facilitating-low-cost-air-travel-2021-10-11/

Kyiv Post, 11/10/2021: The Common Aviation Area agreement to be signed at Ukraine-EU summit https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/the-common-aviation-area-agreement-to-be-signed-at-ukraine-eu-summit.html

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Euro|topics, October 2021: Ukraine joins European airspace https://www.eurotopics.net/en/269640/

Atlantic Council: Blog, 14/10/2021: Open Skies agreement will deepen Ukraine’s European integration https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/open-skies-agreement-will-deepen-ukraines-european-integration/

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