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R 171406Z JUL 07
FM AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5969
INFO RUEHMT/AMCONSUL MONTREAL 0017
RUEANHA/FAA NATIONAL HQ WASHINGTON DC
RULSDMK/DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000457 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
IO/T, EB/TRA, FAA FOR JIM FILIPPATOS, DI REIMOLD, CARL 
BURLSON, EUR/NCE FOR MNORDBERG, EHANSEN,TSA FOR JILLENE 
MACCREERY, U.S. MISSION TO ICAO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR ETRD SENV ECON SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SYMPATHETIC TO MANY U.S. PRIORITIES FOR 
ICAO 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 77572 
 
     ¶B. SECSTATE 83246 
 
(SBU) In a meeting with Econoff July 17, Director of Civil 
Aviation at the Ministry of Transport Franc Zeljko-Zupanic 
expressed his support for U.S. points on aviation safety (ref 
A).  Zupanic, who will be attending the International Civil 
Aviation Organization Assembly meeting in September, said the 
Government of Slovenia (GOS) would discuss the possibility of 
co-authorship on the working paper on the Universal Safety 
Oversight Audit Program (USOAP).  In regards to the 
environmental concerns and the European Emissions Trading 
Scheme (ETS) (ref B), the GOS has a position paper that is 
currently going through the clearance process, which will 
likely be made public by the end of July.  Zupanic agreed 
that economic impact and administrative burdens would need to 
be taken into consideration before adopting the ETS.  He 
intimated that the GOS would not be eager to see the ETS 
implemented in the near future, although in the end Zupanic 
declared that the GOS would support the dominant EU position. 
 
 
ROBERTSON