European Parliament
Marques (PPE-DE ),
in writing
(PT)
I congratulate Mrs Maes on the report she has drawn up, to which I give my support. Her work deals with a subject of vital importance: enhancing the safety of third countries’ aircraft using Community airports. I therefore welcome the joint text at third reading, which contains three items that I consider essential, namely:
- the need for inspection procedures to be implemented uniformly across the EU, thus preventing third-country aircraft from being diverted to Community airports with less rigorous controls;
- the importance of public access to information on airlines’ compliance with safety standards;
- European authorities must be able to inspect an aircraft and ground it whenever there is reason to suspect that it does not comply with safety rules.

