L 124/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 18.5.1999 IT (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 27 April 1999 on the application of Article 9 of Council Directive 96/67/EC to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport (notified under document number C(1999) 1067) (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/326/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports ('), and in particular Article 9(5) thereof, Having regard to the request for approval of the decision of the French authorities of 8 January 1999, and after consulting those authorities, After consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: I. SCOPE OF THE EXEMPTION NOTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 1. The notificiation presented by the French authorities 1) By letters of 8 and 27 January 1999, as registered by the Commission on 13 and 27 January 1999, the French authorities notified a request to approve the decision of the Government of the French Republic of 8 January 1999 to grant to Roissy- () OJ L 272, 25.10.1996, p. 36. Charles de Gaulle airport (hereinafter CDG) an exemption: — as regards terminal CDG 2: to ban self handling and to reserve for the airport the provision of services to third parties concerning the transport of passengers between the terminal and the aircraft; category of services listed under point 5.4 of the Annex to the Directive. This exemption is granted, on the basis of Article 9(1)(b) and (d) of the Directive, until 31 December 2000, — as regards terminal T 9: — to reserve for the airport the provision of services to third parties for the categories of services listed under points 3, 5.1, 5.2, 54 concerning the loading and unloading of the aircraft and the transport of baggage between the terminal and the aircraft, along with the services listed under 5.5 and 5.6 of the Annex to the Directive, on the basis of Article 9(1) (b), — to limit to two the number of service providers and users authorised to self handle for the category of services listed under point 2 of the Annex to the Directive. This exemption is granted, on the basis of Article 9(1) (a) and (c) of the Directive, until 1 April 2000.