28.6.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 190/19 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 716/2014 of 27 June 2014 on the establishment of the Pilot Common Project supporting the implementation of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the provision of air navigation services in the single European sky (), and in particular Article 15a(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  The Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research and Development (SESAR) project aims to modernise air traffic management (hereinafter: ‘ATM) in Europe and represents the technological pillar of the Single Euro- pean Sky. It aims to provide the Union by 2030 with a high performing air traffic management infrastructure that will enable the safe and environmentally friendly operation and development of air transport. (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 409/2013 (%) laid down the requirements related to the content of common projects, their setup, adoption, implementation and monitoring. It provides that common projects are required to be implemented on the basis of the deployment programme through implementation projects coordinated by the deployment manager. (3)  According to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 409/2013, a common project aims to deploy in a timely, coordi- nated and synchronised way ATM functionalities that are mature for implementation and that contribute to the achievement of the essential operational changes identified in the European ATM Master Plan. Only ATM func- tionalities requiring synchronised deployment and contributing significantly to Union-wide performance targets are to be included in a common project. (4)  On a request of the Commission, the SESAR Joint Undertaking prepared a preliminary draft for the first common project, referred to as the ‘Pilot Common Project’. (5)  That preliminary draft was analysed and reviewed by the Commission, with the assistance of European Air Safety Agency, the European Defence Agency, the Network Manager, the Performance Review Body, Eurocontrol, the European Standardisation Organisations and the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (Eurocae). (6)  The Commission subsequently carried out an independent global cost-benefit analysis and appropriate consult- ations with Member States and relevant stakeholders. (7)  On that basis, the Commission established a proposal for the Pilot Common Project. In accordance with Imple- menting Regulation (EU) No 409/2013: the SESAR civil airspace users’ group endorsed the proposal on 30 April 2014; the air navigation service providers endorsed the proposal on 30 April 2014; the airport operators endorsed the proposal on 29 April 2014; the Network Manager endorsed the proposal on 25 April 2014; and the European National Meteorological Services endorsed the proposal on 30 April 2014. (8)  The Pilot Common Project identifies six ATM functionalities, namely Extended Arrival Management and Perform- ance Based Navigation in the High Density Terminal Manoeuvring Areas; Airport Integration and Throughput; Flexible Airspace Management and Free Route; Network Collaborative Management; Initial System Wide Informa- tion Management; and Initial Trajectory Information Sharing. The deployment of those six ATM functionalities should be made mandatory. () OJL 96, 31.3.2004, p. 10. (*) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 409/2013 of 3 May 2013 on the definition of common projects, the establishment of governance and the identification of incentives supporting the implementation of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan (OJL123,4.5.2013,p. 1).