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ERA represents its members on various regulatory and legal affairs matters including Public Service Obligations, slots, airport charges, consumers affairs (including EU261, passengers with reduced mobility and package travel), competition (including the EU State Aid framework and airline mergers), air ticket distribution and multimodality.

We work with key EU regulatory bodies to ensure that legislation is developed in a way that considers the specific needs of the regional aviation industry.

For further details on any of the information provided below, please contact Roberta Filosa, Policy Manager at policy.technical@eraa.org

To read our policy publications click here.

To read our policy position papers click here.

Upcoming EU Transport Council meeting

26 November 2024: 

21st Plenary meeting of EC Thessaloniki Forum

19 November 2024: ERA recently attended the 21st Plenary me

Transport and Tourism Commissioner Tzitzikostas confirmed by the TRAN Committee

13 Novembver 2024: Last week, Transport Commissioner Aposto

EC consults on Passenger Name Records Directive

13 November 2024: The European Commission is preparing a pu

High-level meeting on EES rollout

29 October 2024: A high-level meeting was held today betwee

European Commission proposes EU digital travel application

15 October 2024: The European Commission has proposed two i

Mario Draghi publishes report on the future of European competitiveness

17 September 2024: After a few months delay, Mario Draghi h

Ursula Von der Leyen shares political guidelines

3 September 2024: Ursula Von der Leyen was re-elected as Pr

EC adopts new Interpretative Guidelines on EU261 and PRMs

8 August 2024: The European Commission published on 22 July

European Parliament holds first plenary session

24 July 2024: Last week, the European Parliament held its first

ERA meets with CAAs at ECAC Plenary (Triennia) Session

19 July 2024: ERA’s Director General, Montserrat Barriga wa

EC report on current trends and issues in EU transport

9 July 2024: The European Commission has released an overvi

EU leaders come up with a deal for top jobs

9 July 2024: During the last European Council meeting on th

Council progress report on EC multimodal passenger rights proposal

11 June 2024: The Council of the European Union recently publish

EU election results

11 June 2024: The EU election results shows that the overall div

PNR agreement between the EU and Canada

11 June 2024: Last week, the Council issued the agreement b

ECAC holds seventh Environmental Forum

11 June 2024: ERA took part in the ECAC Environmental Forum

FSR summer school on transport regulation

28 May 2024: The second edition of the

US DoT requires automatic refunds to consumers

29 April 2024: The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has iss

EC Fitness Check on airport regulations

29 April 2024: The European Commission has launched a

Joint European airline position on recent ADR developments

16 April 2024: Following the adoption by the European Parliament

Romania and Bulgaria officially join Schengen area

2 April 2024: As of 31March, Romania and Bulgaria officially joi

ERA Board meets with Magda Kopczyńska of DG MOVE

27 March 2024: Today, the ERA team and members of the Board

API agreement between European Council and Parliament

4 March 2024:  The European Council and the Parliament met&

ERA provides perspective on PSOs at CPRM transport working group

4 March 2024: ERA recently had the opportunity to take part

IMCO Committee adopts its position on ADR

4 March 2024: The European Parliament’s Internal Market and Cons

FSR and DG MOVE joint conference on EU transport policy

4 March 2024: ERA attended a conference organised jointly by the

Finnish Government calls for balance on passengers rights

6 February 2024: In a Union communication presented to the

EC stakeholder consultation on revised EU261 and PRM interpretative guidelines

18 January 2024: The European Commission (DG MOVE) recently laun

European Commission adopts Passenger Mobility Package

12 December 2023: The European Commission adopted the Passenger

Transport Commissioner calls for standardisation of hand luggage

12 December 2023: European Commissioner for Transport, Adin

ERA welcomes suspension of reduced movements at Schiphol Airport

15 November 2023: Yesterday, the Dutch caretaker government

IMCO Committee study on the Package Travel Directive

14 November 2023: This week, the European Parliament’s Committee

New Tourism Manifesto in progress

14 November 2023: ERA recently attended a workshop in Bruss

EU Council endorses postponement of ETIAS

24 October 2023: The European Council has endorsed the new

EP resolution on uniform standards for airline carry-on luggage

18 October 2023: During its plenary session on 4 October 2023, t

EU ministers sign the Barcelona Declaration

2 October 2023: During the informal meeting of EU mini

DG GROW Together for EU Tourism stakeholder meeting

19 September 2023: ERA participated last week in the Togeth

European Commission proposes negotiations on PNR data agreements

18 September 2023: Earlier this month, the European Commission a

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport movement reductions

5 September 2023: Despite letters to the Tweede Kamer and c

Industry feedback on the revision of the visa suspension mechanism

4 September 2023: ERA, together with other leading worldwide ind

PNR letter to Commissioner Ylva Johansson

25 July 2023: ERA along with other associations, addressed

EC positive decision on the prolongation of operating aids for regional airports

10 July 2023: The European Commission has prolonged the pos

LIBE Committee draft its first opinion on API proposal

10 July 2023: The LIBE Committee published its draft report on t

ERA working group on PSOs and thin commercial routes

10 July 2023: Following the workshop held in May 2023 on the rev

Industry statement on slot regulations

26 June 2023: ERA, together with other leading industry ass

DG MOVE stakeholders’ workshop on MDMS

26 June 2023: Last week, ERA attended a workshop organised by th

New McKinsey study on regional air mobility

12 June 2023: McKinsey recently published a study ‘Short-ha

ERA discusses API proposals and opinion draft with rapporteur

30 May 2023: Last Monday, ERA met with MEP Jan-Christoph Oe

NATO Air Defender 2023

30 May 2023: NATO is organising a military exercise Air Defender

ERA workshop on ASR revision and essential air connectivity

30 May 2023: Last week, ERA members met in Brussels for an

Belgian CAA stakeholder consultation meeting

16 May 2023: ERA attended a stakeholder consultation meetin

EC consultation – prolongation of state aid rules to regional airports

12 May 2023: The European Commission has launched a

DG MOVE workshop on the Slots Regulation review

28 April 2023: ERA recently attended a workshop organised by DG

API workshop with Commission representatives

17 April 2023: In December 2022, the European Commission ad

ERA response to European Commission survey on API

4 April 2023: ERA recently responded to the European Commis

Minutes of EC MDMS public workshop available

21 March 2023: The European Commission (DG MOVE) has shared the

EC fine tunes policy options for MDMS

7 March 2023: DG MOVE (unit B4) organised a stakeholder&nbs

EC launches Import Control System 2 (ICS2)

7 March 2023: At the start of this month, the European Unio

Florence School of Regulation’s Forum on multimodal ticketing

22 Febraury 2022: ERA recently participated in the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) Intermodal Forum on 'Avia

ERA letter to Transport Commissioner

8 February 2023: ERA has today sent a letter to Transport Commis

EC releases MPMF final report

6 February 2023: The European Commission has released the final

New Code of Conduct on data sharing in tourism

3 February 2023: ERA recently attended a webinar hosted by

ERA passenger rights webinar

3 February 2023: ERA held a webinar focussed on passenger rights

Impact assessment on the review of the Slots regulation

24 January 2023: The consultancy Steer is conducting