On 2 March 2007, negotiators from the EU and the US agreed on a draft text for a comprehensive transatlantic aviation Agreement. Once adopted, this Agreement will further open up the skies between the EU and US, launch cooperation on regulatory issues, and set the scene for a set of "second stage" negotiations to be started 60 days after the application of the Agreement. ECA welcomes this as a step into the right direction, while stressing that, in particular, the imbalance in market access opportunities needs to be urgetly addressed during the second stage.
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More information, including the draft agreement:
- Air Transport Agreement - Stage 1
- Air Transport Agreement - Stage 2
- Memorandum of Consultations
- ECA Position Paper on EU-US Draft Air Transport Agreement (31.01.2006)
- ECA Position Paper on the Resumption of EU-US Negotiations on a Transatlantic Open Aviation Area (OAA) (04.10.2005)
- ECA Position Paper on EU-US Negotiations on a Transatlantic Open Aviation Area (OAA) (27.04.2005)
