COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in reply to the State Letter issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as regards the review of limits of liability conducted by the ICAO under Article 24 of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the Montreal Convention) Adoption

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• 1339424 IBcm 1 1
• TREE.2.A 1
• Brussels 18 September 2024 OR. en 1339424 LIMITE AVIATION 115 ICAO 32 RELEX 1111 CONSOM 281 1
• Interinstitutional File 1
• 20240223NLE 1
• IA ITEM NOTE 1
• From General Secretariat of the Council 1
• To Permanent Representatives CommitteeCouncil 1
• No. Cion doc. 1314924 1
• 1. The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air the 1
• Montreal Convention agreed at Montreal on 28 May 1999 sets up rules on liability in 1
• Union and its Member States are Parties to the Montreal Convention . 1
• 2. Article 241 of the Montreal Convention provides that the limits of liability are to be 1
• 3. By State Letter LE 338.1-IND244 of 28 June 2024 ICAO notified State Parties of an 1
• 1339424 IBcm 2 2
• TREE.2.A 2
• States Parties have registered their disapproval with ICAO. 2
• 4. On 11 September 2024 the Commission submitted to the Council a proposal for a Council 2
• Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union in reply to ICAO State Letter LE 2
• 338.1-IND244. 2
• 5. The Working Party on Aviation examined the proposal on 16 September 2024. Delegations 2
• 6. In light of the above the Council is invited subject to confirmation by the Permanent 2
• Representatives Committee to adopt the decision as set out in document ST 1332224 as 2
• 7. Once the Decision has been adopted the European Parliament will be informed thereof. 2