Ordinance on Airport Charges
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Section 1 Access and Usage Fees
Art. 43 Access fees
1 The airport operator may levy an access fee for air safety facilities and services which it provides for access to the airside by persons other than passengers. 2 Access fees may be levied in particular for: a. access by vehicles and persons; b. access and security control of employees and vehicles. 3 Facilities and services made available to individual companies for their exclusive access to the airside may not be financed through access fees.
Para. 2 — Amended by No I of the O of 14 June 2019, in force since 1 Aug. 2019 (AS 2019 2067).
Art. 44 Usage fees
1 The airport operator may levy a usage fee for the provision and operation of central infrastructure facilities for carrying out ground handling and maintenance services. 2 The airport operator defines the central infrastructure facilities in its operating regulations. 3 Provisions governing the usage fees do not apply if the airport operator commissions a third party to provide and operate the central infrastructure. 4 Additional services that are provided for the benefit of individual users may not be financed through usage fees.
Art. 45 Assessment of access and usage fees
1 There are separate segments for usage and access fees. Any shortfalls in the access fees segment may be charged to the air safety segment. 2 Access and usage fees are assessed according to the following costs: a. operating costs; b. expenditures for taxes and parafiscal charges, excluding recoverable value-added tax; c. depreciation (Art. 16); d. reasonable capital interest (Art. 17). 3 The assessment of individual tariffs must take place on the basis of criteria which do justice to the «originator pays» principle. Fixed charges may be set. 4 The costs and income must be shown individually and transparently for each segment and be published in the notes to the annual financial statements. For Geneva and Zurich airports, the requirements of Article 19 must be met.
Para. 4 — Amended by No I of the O of 14 June 2019, in force since 1 Aug. 2019 (AS 2019 2067).
Art. 46 Publication and review
1 The airport operator shall publish the access and usage fees in the AIC at least 30 days before they come into force. It shall provide information on the financial and mathematical principles used in the calculation. 2 The affected airport users can apply to the FOCA within 30 days of this publication to request a review of the amount of the access and usage fees. The grounds for the application must be stated. 3 The FOCA will make a decision within 60 days of receipt of the application.
Para. 1 — See footnote to Art. 42 para. 1. Para. 1 — Amended by No I of the O of 14 June 2019, in force since 1 Aug. 2019 (AS 2019 2067). Para. 2 — Amended by No I of the O of 14 June 2019, in force since 1 Aug. 2019 (AS 2019 2067).
Section 2 Charges with a Steering Effect in relati
Art. 47 Consideration of noise and pollutant emissions
1 When setting the flight operations charges, aircraft with a low impact on the environment must receive preferential treatment. 2 Methods for evaluating this impact must correspond to the recognised state of the technology. The FOCA can recommend suitable evaluation methods. 3 At a minimum, the following emissions must be taken into account: a. aircraft noise generation along the flight path at take-off; b. nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbon emissions during the aircraft's take-off and landing cycles.
Art. 48 Measuring devices and calculation methods
1 Measuring devices used to determine noise emissions are subject to the Measuring Instruments Ordinance of 15 February 2006 and the corresponding implementation provisions from the Federal Department of Justice and Police. 2 Internationally recognised and harmonised calculation methods from international civil aviation organisations must be used to determine pollutant emissions.
Para. 1 — SR 941.210
Art. 49 First/last hours
Higher flight operations charges may be set for take-offs and landings during the first and last hours of daily flight operations.
Art. 49a Sectoral Aviation Infrastructure Plan
When setting flight operations charges with a steering effect in relation to environmental protection, the relevant provisions of the Sectoral Aviation Infrastructure Plan (SAIP) must be taken into account.
Art. 49a — Inserted by No I of the O of 13 Nov. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 709). The SAIP can be viewed at: www.bazl.admin.ch
