This model ensures the separation from regulatory bodies as it turns the Network Manager away from the role of an intergovernmental organisation, overseeing a patchwork of national airspace blocks and towards a more rational air navigation service coordination, focused on the creation of a more efficient and cost-effective European airspace network, worthy of the name — Single European Sky.

Hon. Peter MacKay (Minister of National Defence, CPC): Mr. Speaker, in response to (a), after a thorough analysis of the current and perceived future roles and missions that the next generation fighter capability, NGFC, will be responsible for, as defined in the Canada first defence strategy, and the environment, both physical and threat, in which the NGFC will be required to operate, the Directorate of Air Requirements, DAR, 5, fighters and trainers, drafted the NGFC statement of operational requirements, NGFC SOR.

"Aviation Flights which arrive at or depart from an airport situated in the territory of a Member State to which the Treaty applies. This activity shall not include: (a) military flights performed by military aircraftflights by customs and police services, flights for search and rescue purposes as well as medical and disaster relief including fire-fighting which are authorised by the appropriate competent authority; (b) flights for humanitarian purposes under a mandate from the United Nations or its subsidiary organisations and Emergency Medical Service flights, if the aircraft operator has been instructed to perform them (e.g. by the United Nations) or holds the necessary official authorisation (licence for such EMS flights under its Air ...[+++]Operator's Certificate); (c) flights terminating at the aerodrome from which the aircraft has taken off and during which no intermediate landing has been made; (d) training flights performed exclusively for the purpose of obtaining a licence, or a rating in the case of cockpit flight crew where this is substantiated by an appropriate remark in the flight plan provided that the flight does not serve for the transport of passengers and/or cargo ; (e) flights performed exclusively for the purpose of scientific research or for the purpose of checking, testing, qualifying or certifying aircraft , equipment or air-traffic-management procedures , whether airborne or ground-based; ferrying new aircraft as well as ferry flights performed by or on behalf of an aircraft owner as a consequence of the occurrence of a sudden early termination event, event of default, repossession, or similar occurrence in respect of a leasing, charter or similar arrangement ; and (f) flights performed by aircraft with a certified maximum take-off weight of less than 20 000 kg , under the condition that operators of these aircraft participate in an offset scheme which operates according to strict criteria and which must be open to external control (comparab ...

The Europol Convention thus limits Europol's tasks basically to information exchange, crime analysis and co-ordination. This means that Europol's mandate is limited to a much narrower range of tasks than those which the national police forces of the Member States traditionally perform, such as assuring public order and security, the power to effect arrests and the right to use weapons.

Legacy fighters, tankers and airborne warning control aircraft in use today adequately meet the operational needs of the NORAD air sovereignty mission.

What we found during the Kosovo air campaign was that the majority of the fighters operating in the air campaign were not capable, in fact, virtually all of the coalition members except for perhaps one or two at the very most, of using or did not have the fitted HAVE QUICK yet and so the coalition lead, which was the Americans in this case, reduced that requirement by one level.