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Published: 11 May 2022

Paris/hybrid, 11 May 2022 - During DGCA/158, Oleksandr Bilchuk (DGCA Ukraine), was appointed by acclamation as a new member of the ECAC Coordinating Committee.

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Published: 11 May 2022

Paris/hybrid, 11 May 2022 - ECAC’s Directors General of Civil Aviation gathered in Paris for their 158^th meeting, joined by observers from the European Commission, EASA, EUROCONTROL, ICAO and JAA TO.

Ahead of the ICAO High-level Meeting on the feasibility of a long-term aspirational goal (HLM-LTAG) in July and the 41^st ICAO Assembly in September and October, a significant share of the discussions focused on Europe’s ambitions on environmental matters.

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Published: 10 May 2022

10 May 2022 - A kick-off workshop aimed at feeding into the SAF best practice document was organised to identify barriers for SAF supply-and-use reporting, and claiming of CO₂ reductions under different jurisdictions or schemes. The event welcomed representatives of IATA, ISCC - the sustainability certification scheme, and Fuels Europe, and featured inputs on regulatory developments from representatives of ECAC Member States France, Norway and the United Kingdom.

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Published: 04 May 2022

4 May 2022 - The tenth monthly ECAC familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment was dedicated to understanding electrofuels (also known as synthetic aviation fuels, power-to-liquid (PtL) or e-fuels) – a type of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) promoted by some ECAC Member States and the ReFuelEU regulatory proposal.

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Published: 29 April 2022

Vienna, 25-29 April 2022 - Aviation security auditors from Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova and Slovakia gained a better understanding of their roles, powers and responsibilities as national auditors and strengthened their knowledge and competence in conducting national compliance monitoring activities, at this Best Practices for National Auditors – Level 1 training course. The training introduced the participants to inspection/audit methodology and techniques as well as to debriefing techniques, compliance assessment and report writing.

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Published: 21 April 2022

21 April 2022 - The members of the ECAC Network of Chief Economists (NCE) met virtually to consider the implementation of the group’s 2022 work programme. Participants shared updates on statistical information and economic studies related to civil aviation in general, and in particular focused their attention on the impact of the current crises (COVID-19, war in Ukraine).