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07LJUBLJANA457
2007-07-17 14:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ljubljana
Cable title:
SLOVENIA SYMPATHETIC TO MANY U.S. PRIORITIES FOR
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UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000457
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
IO/T, EB/TRA, FAA FOR JIM FILIPPATOS, DI REIMOLD, CARL
BURLSON, EUR/NCE FOR MNORDBERG, EHANSEN,TSA FOR JILLENE
MACCREERY, U.S. MISSION TO ICAO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ETRD SENV ECON SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SYMPATHETIC TO MANY U.S. PRIORITIES FOR
ICAO
REF: A. SECSTATE 77572
¶B. SECSTATE 83246
(SBU) In a meeting with Econoff July 17, Director of Civil
Aviation at the Ministry of Transport Franc Zeljko-Zupanic
expressed his support for U.S. points on aviation safety (ref
A). Zupanic, who will be attending the International Civil
Aviation Organization Assembly meeting in September, said the
Government of Slovenia (GOS) would discuss the possibility of
co-authorship on the working paper on the Universal Safety
Oversight Audit Program (USOAP). In regards to the
environmental concerns and the European Emissions Trading
Scheme (ETS) (ref B),the GOS has a position paper that is
currently going through the clearance process, which will
likely be made public by the end of July. Zupanic agreed
that economic impact and administrative burdens would need to
be taken into consideration before adopting the ETS. He
intimated that the GOS would not be eager to see the ETS
implemented in the near future, although in the end Zupanic
declared that the GOS would support the dominant EU position.
ROBERTSON