Chapter

42
may be made by majority voting.
ist% as well as legal remedies. Decisions. insist on unanimity ,L2
mechan
ever,
Howsafety
th and States may in cases of national
efficiency ofoavierrtiraai:f,liacs security
eantime, the Ell interests ,became involved
wi In the m
ent so that the mandates of the two, organisations began to
managem itiative to create a single European sky)3
ed by the
ELF'S in
evidenc

4. The Fu
ture of Eurocontrol

mmissi°onveisriamnp iinecmreeanstiinnggtaking
re has yet to be determined. The Europe-an C.o
The futu its
uropean Sky pmgramrne whilst EASA is
Single E ed by, among
othen, itsof safety related
number tasks. On the other hand, Eurocontrol has built up anment, help
experti vlanage
impressive se on Aix Traffic I c.
approach towards civil and mi litary air traffi
coordiated
Also. Eur
ocontrol follows the lines o
n f responsib ility and
safety regulation
by the Chicago Convention and ICAO, whereas it has a larger number
mandated of Member
States than the EL-'m Hence, the institutional link between the two
organisations
(FAirocontrol and the EU) is a matter of consideration in the years
to come.

GIONAL ORGANISATIONS
OTHER RE

nd Eurocontrol, the following regional organisations of ICAO

Apart from ECAC a are
mentioned:

can Civil Aviation Commission-1)2 This Commission

AFCAC, the Afri is a branch
ion on economic, social, transport and com
of the Commiss municational affairs,
an affiliation of the Organisation of
which is itself
open to African States which are
African Unity (OALI). Membership is
sion for Africa) or the °AU
members of FICA (the Economic Commis
States.133 CACAS has
- CACAS, the Civil Aviation Council of Arab
established the
translated the main air law treaties into Arabic and
nt to create a
Arabic Services Transit Agreement as well as an agreeme
Pan-Arabic airline.

129 Set Revised Convention. Art. 9(0 dictating that Contracting States may derogate from a decisi°:
or the
taken by the majority of the contracting States upon notification of the General AssemblY
Council that "overriding interests pertaining to national defence and security intere50 °nt
it from acting" on a major decision. Certain decisions may be taken by a qualified majaritY"
See Art 8( I)
130. See. Chapter 3.H btlow

131 See RM.!. Mendes de Leon, The Relationship between Eurocontrol and the EC: Living APart
Together, International Organizations Law Review 302-321 (2008) Space
132. AFCAC was the result of the Addis Ababa Conference of 1969; see 11 Annals of Air and
Law 20220 (1977)
s anK.C'
133. The agreement an the CACAS came into force in October 1967. See C.N. Shawcros
Beaumont, L Air taw para. 138