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3.
(a)
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to evaluate the advice given by HMG in relation to
limitations placed upon the overall level of surplus
which may be generated on Airport and Route Air
Navigation facilities and the extraction of any part of
that surplus as "community dividend";
(b)
arising out of (a) to consider alternative medium term
charging policies and the implications thereof;
(c)
arising out of (b) to recommend to the DCA a favoured
medium term charging policy.
2.2
The report and recommendations which follow address these
terms of reference.
2.3 Membership of the WG comprised:
C.E. Jones, Chief Treasury Accountant, CAD
P.J. Heady, Principal Assistant Secretary, ESB
P. Brooke, Finance Officer (MA), FB
Evaluation of HMG Advice
3.1
An exchange of correspondence and notes of a meeting between
one WG member and DTP representatives provide the substance
of HMG advice. These are reproduced at Appendix 1.
3.2
Inter alia, HMG's advice takes into account:
(a) Statements of the International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO) on User Charges;
(b)
the charging policies adopted by the British Airports
Authority (BAA) in the light of earlier disputes
between the BAA and airlines, the related HMG/USA
Government Memorandum of Understanding etc.; and