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Article 1Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012#
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 is amended as follows:
(1)In Article 1, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:‘3.This Regulation shall also apply to the competent authorities of the Member States, air navigation service providers, the Network Manager, aerodrome operators and ground personnel engaged in aircraft operations.’;
(2)Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a)the following point 19a is inserted:
19a.“aircraft identification” means a group of letters, figures, or a combination of them, which is either identical, or the coded equivalent, to the aircraft call sign to be used in air–ground communications, and which is used to identify the aircraft in ground–ground air traffic services communications;’;
(b)the following point 69a is inserted:
69a.“estimated off-block date” means the estimated date on which the aircraft will commence movement associated with departure;’;
(c)the following point 89b is inserted:
89b.“Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System (IFPS)” means a system within the European Air Traffic Management network through which a centralised flight planning processing and distribution service, dealing with the reception, validation and distribution of flight plans, is provided within the airspace to which this Regulation applies;’;
(d)the following point 96a is inserted:
96a.“Network Manager (NM)” means the body entrusted with the tasks necessary for the execution of the functions referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 551/2004;’;
(e)the following point 97a is inserted:
97a.“NOTAM” means a notice distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning the establishment, condition, or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure, or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations; ’
(f)the following point 99a is inserted:
99a.“originator of a flight plan” means a person or organisation submitting flight plans and any associated update messages to the Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System (IFPS), including pilots, operators and agents acting on their behalf, and ATS units;’;
(g)the following point 100a is inserted:
100a.“pre-flight phase” means the period from the first submission of a flight plan until the first air traffic control clearance is delivered;’
(3)the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
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