2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı

The DGCA extended the scope of the regulation on carriage of liquids on airplanes to include
all international airports. It finalised a circular on passenger rights which is undergoing
stakeholder consultation with the aviation industry. The DGCA also issued a regulation on
safety assessment of national and foreign aircraft (SAFA – SANA). Despite widespread use in
practice, DGCA still has not issued a regulation on computerised reservation systems.
Air traffic management is still suffering from a lack of regional cooperation. The lack of
communications between air traffic control centres in Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus is
seriously compromising air safety in the Nicosia flight information region. A technical
solution has been submitted by the Commission and Eurocontrol to the parties and the
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for further consideration. No agreement has
so far been reached between the parties.
In the field of maritime transport, some progress can be reported, particularly on the
strengthening of institutional capacity. The undersecretariat for maritime affairs (UMA) has
prepared a pre-accession sector strategy and identified priority policy areas for short-term
actions. The directorate general for coastal safety and salvage operations established a longrange
identification and tracking system (LRIT) and the Turkish national LRIT data centre
integrated with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International Mobile
Satellite Organisation (IMSO). Also a national assistance, search and rescue automation
system called Yakamos was put into operation in October 2009. These investments
substantially enhanced UMA’s technical capacity for monitoring, pollution estimation and
integrated planning in coastal zones. Vessel traffic monitoring information systems (VTMIS)
for the ports of Izmit, Izmir, Mersin and Iskenderun are being installed. UMA also initiated a
comprehensive annual training programme on oil pollution preparedness and emergency
response. However, actual physical capacity for pollution prevention and emergency response
is limited. The regulation on seafarers was amended on 28 May 2010: graduates of the
military navy schools are required to complete training and take the seafarer exam in
accordance with the Convention on standards of training, certification and watch keeping
(STCW).
The regulation on reception of waste from ships and waste control was amended and specific
references to Marpol Annexes were made in relation to the definition of waste. Turkey
became a party to protocol on limitation on liability for maritime claims (LLMC 1996). UMA
issued an administrative instruction to comply with the anti-fouling systems convention while
the ratification process is ongoing. There was no progress in becoming a party to SOLAS-78,
SOLAS-88, the Convention on facilitation of international maritime traffic (FAL), the
International Convention on the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships (AFS) and
Marpol Annexes III and IV.
The detention rate of Turkish vessels was 4.2% in 2009 (5.6% during the first half of 2010)
compared to 2.2% for the EU average in 2009. Turkey is on the white list of the Paris
Memorandum of Understanding. Alignment in the maritime safety area is at a good level but
the third EU Maritime Package adopted on 11 March 2009 amends some of the legislation
with which Turkey has already aligned.
No particular development in the area of combined transport and satellite navigation can
be reported.
‘Transport policy’ is one of the eight chapters covered by the conclusions on Turkey adopted
by the Council (General Affairs and External Relations) on 11 December 2006 and endorsed
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