NERL - Price Control Archive

Application to re-open the price control - 2002/3

NERL applied to the CAA to modify the cap on Eurocontrol charges in Condition 21 of its air traffic services licence.   The following documents relate to the application:

• Application to re-open the Eurocontrol Charge Control (February 2002) - a NERL document
• CAA note on the application (February 2002)
• CAA notice on its process for handling the application (April 2002)
• NATS' Application to re-open the Eurocontrol Charge Control - Consultation on CAA's Preliminary Conclusions (May 2002)
• Responses to NATS' Application to re-open the Eurocontol Charge Control (June 2002)
• NATS Application to Re-open the Eurocontrol Charge Control: Consultation on CAA Proposals (October 2002)
• Notice under Section 11(2) of the Transport Act 2000 (October 2002)
• Responses to CAA Consultation on NATS Application to Re-open the Eurocontrol Charge Control (November 2002)
• Transcript of hearing with Ryanair and buzz (11 December 2002)
• Decision under Section 11 of the Transport Act 2000 (December 2002)
• NATS' application to re-open the Eurocontrol Charge Control - CAA decision (March 2003) - decision, annexes, erratum to Condition 5
• Proposed options to modify the effect of delay on the Eurocontrol Charge (March 2003) (submissions)
• CAA letter to escrow agent (March 2003)
• Decision under Section 11 of the Transport Act 2000 - modification of the effect of delay on the Eurocontrol charge control (June 2003)

Advice to Government on initial Eurocontrol price control

In 1999 the Government asked the CAA's Economic Regulation Group (ERG) to provide advice on the initial price caps for NATS. The following documents set out ERG's view of the issues in setting the initial price cap for NATS Eurocontrol business.

• Preliminary Consultation Paper, December 1999
• Second Consultation Paper, April 2000
• Setting the charge control for UK en route services for the first five years - Advice to DETR, August 2000

The CAA also commissioned Proffesor D Sibley to undertake an 'Economic Analysis of the Civil Aviation Authority's Initial Incentive Regulation Proposal for the National Air Traffic Services', July 2000.

Advice to Government on initial Oceanic price control

The Government also asked ERG to advise it on the initial price cap for NATS' Oceanic business for the five years from 1 April 2001. The CAA published the following papers:

• Setting a price cap for NATS' charges for their North Atlantic services (consultation paper), June 2000
• Advice to the Government (covering letter, advice), August 2000