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02ROME5560
2002-11-15 13:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Rome
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ITALY MAINTAINS STATUS QUO AFTER ECJ OPEN SKIES

Tags:  EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN FAA AVIATION 
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UNCLAS ROME 005560 

SIPDIS

DOT FOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MCDERMOTT, GRETCH, STREET
FAA FOR MAILLET
MONTREAL FOR STIMPSON
LONDON, PARIS, BRUSSELS ALSO FOR FAA
UNCLASSIFIED

PAGE 02 ROME 05560 151500Z

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN FAA AVIATION
SUBJECT: ITALY MAINTAINS STATUS QUO AFTER ECJ OPEN SKIES
DECISION

REF: A. STATE 221334


B. ROME 4883

UNCLAS ROME 005560

SIPDIS

DOT FOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MCDERMOTT, GRETCH, STREET
FAA FOR MAILLET
MONTREAL FOR STIMPSON
LONDON, PARIS, BRUSSELS ALSO FOR FAA
UNCLASSIFIED

PAGE 02 ROME 05560 151500Z

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN FAA AVIATION
SUBJECT: ITALY MAINTAINS STATUS QUO AFTER ECJ OPEN SKIES
DECISION

REF: A. STATE 221334


B. ROME 4883


1. WE CONTACTED ALDO SANSONE, DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN RELATIONS
AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND MARIA LUISA TIMPONE,
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, ENAC (ITALY'S CIVIL AVIATION
AUTHORITY) REGARDING THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (ECJ)
DECISION ON MEMBER STATE OPEN SKIES AGREEMENTS WITH THE U.S.
(REF A). BOTH STATED THAT AS ITALY WAS NOT A PARTY TO THE
SUIT, THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW ITALY WOULD BE AFFECTED, NOR DID
THEY KNOW WHEN OR HOW THE EU WOULD IMPLEMENT THE DECISION.
THEY FELT THAT THE DECISION BROUGHT THE EU COMMISSION ONE
STEP CLOSER TO GAINING A MANDATE TO NEGOTIATE AN EU/U.S. OPEN
SKIES AGREEMENT, BUT THEY DOUBTED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN
ANYTIME SOON. IN THE MEANTIME, ITALY'S TREATIES IN FORCE
WILL REMAIN VALID AND THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.
SKODON

UNCLASSIFIED

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2002ROME05560 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED