Regulation (EC) No 549/2004

means an ATC service for aerodrome traffic;

means a service established within the defined area of coverage responsible for the provision of aeronautical information and data necessary for the safety, regularity, and efficiency of air navigation;

means any public or private entity providing air navigation services for general air traffic;

means air traffic services;

means a service provided for the purpose of:

means a function established with the objective of contributing to a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic by ensuring that ATC capacity is utilised to the maximum extent possible, and that the traffic volume is compatible with the capacities declared by the appropriate air traffic service providers;

means the aggregation of the airborne and ground-based functions (air traffic services, airspace management and air traffic flow management) required to ensure the safe and efficient movement of aircraft during all phases of operations;

means the various flight information services, alerting services, air traffic advisory services and ATC services (area, approach and aerodrome control services);

means an airspace of defined dimensions, in space and time, within which air navigation services are provided;

means a planning function with the primary objective of maximising the utilisation of available airspace by dynamic time-sharing and, at times, the segregation of airspace among various categories of airspace users on the basis of short-term needs;

means operators of aircraft operated as general air traffic;

means a service provided to notify relevant organisations regarding aircraft in need of search and rescue aid, and to assist such organisations as required;

means an ATC service for arriving or departing controlled flights;

means an ATC service for controlled flights in a block of airspace;

means two or more air navigation services;

means a document issued by a national supervisory authority in any form complying with national law, which confirms that an air navigation service provider meets the requirements for providing a specific service;

means aeronautical fixed and mobile services to enable ground-to-ground, air-to-ground and air-to-air communications for ATC purposes;

means the criteria for the operational use of the EATMN or of part thereof;

means tangible objects such as hardware and intangible objects such as software upon which the interoperability of the EATMN depends;

means any situation where air navigation services are provided in one Member State by a service provider certified in another Member State.

(EATMN) means the collection of systems listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the interoperability of the European air traffic management network (the interoperability Regulation) enabling air navigation services in the Community to be provided, including the interfaces at boundaries with third countries;

means an airspace management concept applied in the European Civil Aviation Conference area on the basis of the ‘Airspace management handbook for the application of the concept of the flexible use of airspace’ issued by Eurocontrol;

means an airspace of defined dimensions within which flight information services and alerting services are provided;

means a service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights;

means a surface of constant atmospheric pressure which is related to the specific pressure datum of 1013,2 hectopascals and is separated from other such surfaces by specific pressure intervals;

means an airspace block based on operational requirements and established regardless of State boundaries, where the provision of air navigation services and related functions are performance-driven and optimised with a view to introducing, in each functional airspace block, enhanced cooperation among air navigation service providers or, where appropriate, an integrated provider;

means all movements of civil aircraft, as well as all movements of State aircraft (including military, customs and police aircraft) when these movements are carried out in conformity with the procedures of the ICAO;

means the International Civil Aviation Organisation, as established by the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation;

means a set of functional, technical and operational properties required of the systems and constituents of the EATMN and of the procedures for its operation, in order to enable its safe, seamless and efficient operation.

means those facilities and services that provide aircraft with meteorological forecasts, briefs and observations as well as any other meteorological information and data provided by States for aeronautical use;

means those facilities and services that provide aircraft with positioning and timing information;

means information concerning all phases of flight that are required to take operational decisions by air navigation service providers, airspace users, airport operators and other actors involved;

means the first operational use after the initial installation or an upgrade of a system;

means a network of specified routes for channelling the flow of general air traffic as necessary for the provision of ATC services;

means the chosen itinerary to be followed by an aircraft during its operation;

means the operation of the EATMN in such a manner that from the user's perspective it functions as if it were a single entity;

means part of a control area and/or a flight information region/upper region;

means those facilities and services used to determine the respective positions of aircraft to allow safe separation;

means the aggregation of airborne and ground-based constituents, as well as space-based equipment, that provides support for air navigation services for all phases of flight;

means any modification that changes the operational characteristics of a system;