The core of the Commission's proposal aims to raise the minimum number of groundhandling service providers from two to three for those airports with a minimum of 5 million passengers per year.
The adopted text includes important steps forward for our Group as it contains a:
representative collective agreement, including a definition in Article 8 (qualification procedure) and Article 9 (award procedure) which entails that all suppliers, self-handlers and subcontractors comply with the agreement; and a
limitation on subcontracting by defining a subcontractor as an approved handler (according to Articles 16 & 17). This requires them to apply the collective agreement and ensure decent working conditions in order to obtain the approval. Article 40 gives member states the right to withdraw or suspend approvals if the standards are not met.