Ordinance on Airport Charges
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Art. 50 Amendment of current law
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The amendment may be consulted under AS 2012 2753.
Art. 51 Transitional provisions
1 Flight operations charges must be adjusted to conform to this Ordinance a. at the latest by 1 January 2014 at the Geneva and Zurich Airports; b. at the latest with the first charge adjustment after this Ordinance takes effect in the case of the other airports. 2 Access and usage fees must be adjusted to conform to this Ordinance by 1 June 2015 at the latest. 3 Charges applicable before this Ordinance comes into force continue to apply until the new charges come into force. 4 If the airport operator demonstrates that its annual average return for the entire airport operation over the ten years before this Ordinance comes into force is below that of reasonable capital interest for the same period (Art. 17 and Annex 1), it may apply to the FOCA for consideration of part of this difference when airport charges are set. In this case, the following applies: a. The difference in return must be demonstrated in detail and confirmed by a government-supervised auditing company as defined in Art
Para. 4 let. a — SR 221.302
Art. 51a Transitional provision of 14 June 2019
1 The flight operations charges for Geneva and Zurich airports must be adjusted no later than the conclusion of the first charge adjustment procedure after this Ordinance comes into force. Procedures ongoing when this Ordinance comes into force shall be terminated in accordance with the ordinance that applied at the start of the procedure. The start of the procedure is deemed to be the date in accordance with Article 10 paragraph 1 on which the airport operator began the procedure. 2 The flight operations charges for other airports must be adjusted in accordance with this Ordinance no later than the first charge adjustment after this Ordinance comes into force. [tab] 3 The access and usage fees must be adjusted in the first adjustment after this Ordinance comes into force.
Art. 51a — Inserted by No I of the O of 14 June 2019, in force since 1 Aug. 2019 (AS 2019 2067).
Art. 51b Transitional provisions to the Amendment of 13 November 2024
1 The flight operations charges for Geneva and Zurich airports must be adjusted on conclusion of the first charge adjustment procedure after this Ordinance comes into force. Procedures ongoing when this Ordinance comes into force shall be terminated in accordance with the ordinance that applied at the start of the procedure. The start of the procedure is deemed to be the date in accordance with Article 10 paragraph 1 on which the airport operator began the procedure. 2 The flight operations charges for other airports must be adjusted in the first charge adjustment after this Ordinance comes into force. 3 The access and usage fees must be adjusted in the first adjustment after this Ordinance comes into force. 4 The charges applicable when this Ordinance comes into force shall remain valid until the new charges come into effect.
Art. 51b — Inserted by No I of the O of 13 Nov. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 709).
Art. 52 Commencement
This Ordinance comes into force on 1 June 2012.
