COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/542

of 18 March 2025

establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union regarding the decision of the Participants to the Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft contained in Annex III to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits on amendments to that Sector Understanding

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The guidelines contained in the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits (the ‘Arrangement’), developed within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (‘OECD’), including the Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft (the ‘Aircraft Sector Understanding’) contained in Annex III to the Arrangement, have been transposed, and thus made legally binding in the Union by Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).

(2) The Participants to the Aircraft Sector Understanding (the ‘Participants’) are to agree on amendments to the Aircraft Sector Understanding that would provide legal certainty and strengthen the level playing field between Participants regarding the support of maintenance and service contracts, spare parts and engine kits exports related to aircrafts covered by the Aircraft Sector Understanding.

(3) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf regarding the decision of the Participants on amendments to the Aircraft Sector Understanding, as the decision will be binding on the Union and capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, by virtue of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011.

(4) The position of the Union should therefore be to support the amendments to the Aircraft Sector Understanding based on the draft text attached to this Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf regarding the decision of the Participants to the Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft (the ‘Aircraft Sector Understanding’) contained in Annex III to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits on amendments to the Aircraft Sector Understanding shall be to support the amendments based on the draft text attached to this Decision (2).

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 18 March 2025.

For the Council

The President

A. SZŁAPKA

(1) Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the application of certain guidelines in the field of officially supported export credits and repealing Council Decisions 2001/76/EC and 2001/77/EC (

OJ L 326, 8.12.2011, p. 45

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/1233/oj

(2) See document ST 6394/25 ADD 1 on

http://register.consilium.europa.eu

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/542/oj

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