16th Field Company, Siberia

Royal Canadian Engineers Field Company [ RCE Field Company ]

5th Field Bakery, Siberia

The central element of this campaign is the publication of a charter of existing rights and its display where passengers will see it, beginning with airports and then moving on to the offices of travel agents and airlines [11].

52. Stresses that the Russian Federation is still refusing to respect the agreement on the phasing-out of Siberian overflight royalties, and that, in the context of recent EU sanctions against Russia, Russia has threatened to ban European airlines from using Siberian airspace; urges the Commission to put in place effective legal measures (including reciprocal measures refusing or limiting use of Union airspace by air carriers of the Russian Federation) to force Russia to stop charging illegal fees which subject Union carriers to long-term discriminatory conditions and hamper free and fair competition between airlines on routes between t ...[+++]he EU and Asia;

6. Expresses its concerns about the ongoing issue of Siberian overflights; calls on the Commission to make all the necessary efforts, including pursuing this issue in the context of Russia's WTO accession negotiations, to avoid any distortion of competition between EU airlines;

15. Welcomes the agreement reached at the above-mentioned EU-Russia Summit of 24 November 2006 to phase out the fees which Russia charges to EU airlines flying over Siberia, resolving a 20-year dispute between the two sides and paving the way for EU carriers to increase the number of routes to the growing markets in Asia; notes that the dispute over charges, which cost EU airlines more than EUR 250 million a year, was one of the last hurdles the EU identified after its agreement with Russia on the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which will open up new possibilities for increased cooperation and trade between t ...[+++]he EU and Russia;