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Between 11 and 29 of January 2016 the Committee Phase of the 207th Session of the ICAO Council was held. Each week commenced with an EU meeting, preparing members for further Committee meetings. In the second week of the Session, due to meetings of EAG (Environmental Advisory Group), additional coordinating meetings of EU were organized.

From 30 November to 3 December 2015 the 36th Session of the Legal Committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was held. ICAO Legal Committee has been established at the first session of the ICAO Assembly in 1947. Its mandate is to advise the Council and the Assembly of ICAO in the field of legal issues and prepare draft international conventions and their protocols in the field of aviation law. The Committee consists of all 193 Member States of ICAO and each Member State has one vote. According to its constitution, the Committee is composed of experts in law seconded by Member States. The Committee meetings may also be attended by organizations invited by the ICAO Council. The 36th Session of the Committee was attended by 61 Member States and 9 international organizations represented by 134 representatives and observers. On behalf of the Republic of Poland the meeting was attended by the Polish Delegation including Permanent Representative to the Council of ICAO.

Between 2 and 20 November, 2015 the Council Phase of the 206th Session of the Council took place at the ICAO Headquarters in Montreal. The Council meetings were participated by the Representative of Poland on the Council of ICAO, Dr. Malgorzata Polkowska.

Civil Aviation Authority has prepared statistics on air traffic and analysis of the aviation market in the second quarter of 2015. In the second quarter of 2015, the market has continued the positive trends of previous periods. In the early months of summer season there has been increase of the number of passengers and the number of operations, as well as the load factor. As a result of all these indicators increased during last six months. The strong growth has been clearly seen in the case of regular air traffic.

Civil Aviation Authority announces that on 6 November 2015, the Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure and Development of 20 October 2015 on use of lasers or light from other sources in airspace was published (Dz. U. of 2015., pos. 1816).

On 17 November the Civil Aviation Authority celebrated its 13 anniversary. On this occasion we would like to convey our best wishes to our customers and all for which aviation has become a part of the professional career or a hobby, as well as the passengers using air transport. In the past 13 years we have witnessed the rapid development of aviation in Poland and  around the world. The management and staff of the CAA would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this development for the common work for the safety of civil aviation. We also would like to encourage all aviation community to maintain this active cooperation in the framework of future initiatives.

Between 21 September and 9 October the Committee Phase of the 206th Session of the Council of ICAO took place. The meetings were attended by the Polish Permanent Representative on the ICAO Council - Dr. Małgorzata Polkowska.

"Just Culture" or Fair Treatment in the procedure for reporting incidents in civil aviation was the theme of a workshop for prosecutors which ended on 22 May 2014. This was the second legal workshop on this subject held in Poland. The meeting was organized by the Civil Aviation Authority in cooperation with the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency.

As every year before the holiday travel season the Civil Aviation Authority cooperates with the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and 35 other institutions in scope of a common information action. We remind about the airline’s passengers rights in the event of delay, cancellation or denied boarding and we list the objects permitted and forbidden in air transportation.