Joining us today we have Daniel Maurino—I was actually going to say I've seen you play football a lot, but you're not him—who is the coordinator of flight safety and human factors. He's with the International Civil Aviation Organization.

WHO-TEFs for human risk assessment based on the conclusions of the World Health Organisation (WHO) – International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) expert meeting which was held in Geneva in June 2005 (Martin van den Berg et al., The 2005 World Health Organisation Re-evaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds. Toxicological Sciences 93(2), 223–241 (2006))

WHO-TEFs for human risk assessment based on the conclusions of the World Health Organization (WHO) – International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) expert meeting which was held in Geneva in June 2005 (Martin van den Berg et al., The 2005 World Health Organization Re-evaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds. Toxicological Sciences 93(2), 223–241 (2006))

In our opinion, there are two basic factors that relate directly to the strengthening of flight safety rules: the human factor and the state – the airworthiness – of aircraft.

Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the Commission (FR) Mr Karatzaferis, I am shortly going to propose extending the competences of the European Aviation Safety Agency, which will enable it, in particular, to monitor flight procedures and everything related to the human factor, because you are right that pilots must be properly trained and must be able to pilot aircraft.

IV?RAILWAYS PAGEREF _Toc469734303 \h IV?Council Conclusions - see page 9 PAGEREF _Toc469734304 \h IV?WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE PAGEREF _Toc469734305 \h VIIIAIR TRANSPORT PAGEREF _Toc469734306 \h VIII?AVIATION NOISE PROBLEMS - SHORT AND LONG TERM PERSPECTIVES : PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc469734307 \h VIII?ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY (EASA) PAGEREF _Toc469734308 \h VIII?AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - DELAYS IN AIR TRAFFIC PAGEREF _Toc469734309 \h IX?AGREEMENTS WITH CEECs PAGEREF _Toc469734310 \h IXHORIZONTAL ISSUES PAGEREF _Toc469734311 \h IX?GALILEO PAGEREF _Toc469734312 \h IX?COMMUNICATION ON INTERMODALITY AND INTERMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT - RESOLUTION PAGEREF _Toc469734313 \h XMARITIME TRANSPORT PAGEREF _Toc469734 ...[+++]314 \h XII?SHORT SEA SHIPPING - RESOLUTION PAGEREF _Toc469734315 \h XIIOTHER BUSINESS PAGEREF _Toc469734316 \h XIV?MANNING CONDITIONS IN REGULAR PASSENGER AND FERRY SERVICES PAGEREF _Toc469734317 \h XIV?INDICATORS ON TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT (TERM) PAGEREF _Toc469734318 \h XIV?EUROCONTROL PAGEREF _Toc469734319 \h XV?EU-US DIALOGUE IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION PAGEREF _Toc469734320 \h XV?COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON AIR TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT PAGEREF _Toc469734321 \h XV?TRANSIT AGREEMENT WITH ROMANIA PAGEREF _Toc469734322 \h XV?NAVIGATION ON THE DANUBE PAGEREF _Toc469734323 \h XVITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATETRANSPORT--Agreement with Cyprus PAGEREF _Toc469734326 \h XV--ICAO Convention PAGEREF _Toc469734327 \h XVENVIRONMENT--Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms PAGEREF _Toc469734329 \h XVIEXTERNAL RELATIONS--EU Programme for Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Conventional Arms - 2nd Annual Report PAGEREF _Toc469734331 \h XVI--Africa : Review of Common Position on Human Rights, Democratic Principles, the Rule of Law and Good Governance - Presidency report PAGEREF _Toc469734332 \h XX--Textiles - agreement with Egypt PAGEREF _Toc469734333 \h XXV--Macao - Council Conclusions on the Commission Communication: Be ...