Aéroports de Paris - 2019 Universal registration document
REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND FACILITIES
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
STATUTORY AUDITORS
RISK AND MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
ORGANISATION CHART
REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL POSITION AND INCOME
EQUITY AND CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION CONCERNING TRENDS
that will ultimately be adopted when the draft ERA is analysed” (ART opinion, paragraph 19). Aéroports de Paris is thus confident in its ability to preserve the Group’s long-term profitability and industrial strategy, which is essential for its customers, employees, regional development and employment. For a presentation of the corresponding risks, see Section 3.2 “Risk factors”, paragraph “A significant portion of Groupe ADP’s revenue comes from activities subject to regulated tariffs, the evolution of which could have an impact on Groupe ADP's financial performance or prospects” of this Universal Registration Document). The civil aviation minister will refer the matter to the airport consultative commission, which then has two months to provide a reasoned opinion. This opinion is made public. The civil aviation minister must then refer the matter to the ART, which itself gives assent to the draft Economic Regulation Agreement. The ART has two months to provide its opinion and this time period may be extended for an additional two months in exceptional and duly motivated circumstances. Security Description of security activities Government authorities are responsible for organising airport security and can delegate its implementation to airport operators or other stakeholders. Under the authority of the Prefect of police of Paris, assisted by a Deputy Prefect for the safety and security of airports and under the supervision of government authorities, Aéroports de Paris is required to put the following in place: ◆ a security check and screening system for all passengers and all cabin baggage and personal effects using detection equipment (gates and X-ray devices in particular) and, where applicable, body searches and pat downs. Since 31 January 2014, liquids, aerosols and gels are randomly checked using explosive detection equipment suitable for these types of products. Since 1 September 2015, security checkpoints have new equipment that also allows the detection of traces of explosives on both passengers and cabin baggage; ◆ a security check system for hold baggage that ensures security checks of all hold baggage presented by airlines according to procedures defined by the Government authorities, which essentially consists of explosive- detecting apparatus, generally integrated into airport baggage handling facilities, possibly accompanied by specially trained dogs; ◆ security check measures for staff, their personal effects and vehicles at each access point to restricted security areas within airports, as well as access control measures, including biometrics in particular; ◆ security check and screening measures for supplies; ◆ security procedures for the use of facilities made available to the group’s partners (check-in counters, boarding lounges, etc.); ◆ specific facilities inside and outside the terminals: physical separation of flows with passengers from countries or airports not recognised as having an equivalent security level, facilities that allow a single security check for passengers or baggage during connections for certain flights from countries or airports that apply security measures recognised as equivalent, video-surveillance of security check-points and personnel access points, security partitions, secured emergency exits, and anti- return doors and hallways, etc.;
◆ patrolling procedures and monitoring of border security and controls in critical parts of restricted access security areas for airport identification cards and vehicle passes. All of these measures are described in a safety programme established at each airport by Aéroports de Paris and submitted for information purposes to the Civil Aviation services. The security programmes result in the issuance by the Deputy Prefect of a security approval for a maximum period of five years. For Paris-Le Bourget, the security programme was approved on 28 June 2017 for five years. The same was true for Paris-Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle, approved on 28 March 2018. The security programmes set out the tasks, locations, resources and procedures to be used, and are supplemented by training plans for the hiring and training of staff working in the security field and quality assurance programmes that describe in particular Aéroports de Paris’ supervisory mechanisms for overseeing security service providers. Around 300 people are employed by Aéroports de Paris to directly perform security duties, and nearly 4,700 people are employed by external service providers specialising in carrying out security checks and screening. These companies are selected by Aéroports de Paris on behalf of the French government, after a publicised and competitive procurement procedure. Funding of security activities PURPOSE OF THE TAX Security activities such as those relating to aircraft rescue and fire-fighting services and services for the prevention of animal hazards and those linked to measures employed within the framework of environmental controls are financed by the airport tax provided for in Article 1609 quatervicies of the French General Tax Code, and collected for each departing passenger and each tonne of cargo or mail that is loaded. AMOUNT AND DEDUCTION The amount of the tax is determined by order of the ministers in charge of the budget and civil aviation. Since 1 April 2019, the amount of the civil aviation tax is capped at €10.80 per departing passenger. The decree of 25 March 2019 set the tax for Aéroports de Paris at €10.80 per departing passenger and €3.78 for connecting passengers. Moreover, Article 1609 quatervicies of the French General Tax Code stipulates that a reduction of 40% to 65%, the rate of which is set by decree, applies to connecting passengers. The decree of 25 March 2019 set the reduction rate at 65% as of 1 April 2019. SURCHARGE FOR THE EQUALISATION SYSTEM Lastly, a surcharge per departing passenger is paid into an equalisation system, which contributes towards funding these public services at smaller French airports whose annual traffic is less than 5 million units, 1 unit of traffic being equal to 1 passenger or 100 kilograms of cargo or mail being loaded or unloaded. This surcharge is provided for in paragraph IV bis of Article 1609 quatervicies, which stipulates that: “From 1 January 2010, the civil aviation tax tariff per passenger is subject to a flat rate surcharge, up to €1.25, set by the joint decree of the Minister responsible for the budget and the Minister responsible for civil aviation. The upper limits of the tariffs indicated in IV do not take this surcharge into account.” The tariff of the surcharge on the civil aviation tax for Aéroports de Paris’ airports (Paris-Orly, Paris-CDG, Paris-Le Bourget and the civil airfields for general aviation) was set at €0.90 per passenger from 1 April 2019, by
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