Kommissionen kan bekræfte, at bestemmelserne i direktiv 83/416/EØF fra juli 1983 om bemyndigelse til at drive ruteflyvning for transport af passagerer, post og fragt mellem medlemsstaterne fortsat gælder for Gibraltar lufthavn, hvorimod de efterfølgende direktiver og forordninger indeholder en klausul om, at de pågældende bestemmelser suspenderes, indtil gennemførelsen af den ordning, der fastsattes i den fælles erklæring fra den spanske og den britiske udenrigsminister af 2. december 1987.
The Commission can confirm that the provisions of Council Directive 83/416, adopted in July 1983, concerning the authorization of scheduled inter-regional air services for the transport of passengers, mail and cargo between Member States continue to apply to Gibraltar airport, while directives and regulations subsequent to Directive 83/416 contain a clause whereby the provisions in question will be suspended until the implementation of the rules laid down in the joint declaration signed by the Spanish and British Foreign Ministers on 2 December 1987.