The Thessaloniki Forum of Airport Charges Regulators is a permanent Expert Group of the European Commission established in 2014. The mission of the Forum is to advise the European Commission on the implementation of the Airport Charges Directive (2009/12/EC) and to promote best practices in the economic regulation of airports. The Forum is composed of representatives of the national independent supervisory authorities (ISAs) for the purposes of the Directive.
The CAR plays an active part as a member of the Thessaloniki Forum. We have contributed to all the guidance reports published by the Forum to date and have chaired many of the working groups.
The table below provides links to the guidance reports adopted by the Thessaloniki Forum.
Airport Charges in Times of Crisis
Concession Agreements and ISAs Supervisory Powers
Airport Charges and Environmental issues and considerations
Airport Till Structure and Cost Allocation
January 2020
Remedies Available to ISAs to Address Potential Misuse of Significant Market Power by Airports
Benchmarking Airport Charges Level
The Use of Selective Criteria in the Economic Regulation of Airports
Non-Discrimination under the Airport Charges Directive
Market power assessments and the appropriate economic regulation of EU airports
Practices in conducting market power assessments
Consultation and Transparency
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)