The Civil Aviation (Allocation of Scarce Capacity) Regulations 2007
These Regulations make provision to comply with article 5 of Regulation 847/2004 of the European Parliament and Council on the negotiation and implementation of air service agreements between Member States and third countries (OJ No L157, 30.04.2004, p.7). Article 5 of that regulation provides that a Member State shall ensure a distribution of traffic rights among eligible Community air carriers on the basis of a non-discriminatory and transparent procedure. These regulations set out the regime for distributing these traffic rights where scarce capacity exists.