Regulation (EU) 2024/2803

means services consisting in the collection, aggregation and integration of operational data from providers of surveillance services, from providers of MET and AIS and network functions and from other relevant entities generating operational data, and the provision of processed data for air traffic control and air traffic management purposes;

means an air traffic control (ATC) service for aerodrome traffic;

means the European Union Aviation Safety Agency established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

means a public or private entity providing one or more air navigation services for general air traffic;

means the various flight information services, alerting services and air traffic advisory services, as well as ATC services, namely area, approach and aerodrome control services;

means an airspace of defined dimensions, in space and time, consisting of one or more airspace structures, within which air navigation services are provided;

means a planning and monitoring function with the primary objective of optimising 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 a specific volume of airspace defined with a view to ensuring the safe and optimal operation of aircraft;

means operators of aircraft operated in accordance with general air traffic rules;

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

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 air traffic services;

means an ATC service for arriving or departing controlled flights;

means an ATC service for controlled flights in control areas;

means a function established with the objective of contributing to a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic covering the full trajectory 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 and services, namely air traffic services, airspace management and air traffic flow management, including flight procedures design, required to ensure the safe and efficient movement of aircraft during all phases of operations;

means a value defined for the purpose of setting performance targets and estimated by using actual costs or actual unit costs during the year preceding the start of the relevant reference period;

means a group of air traffic service providers with a similar operational and economic environment;

means the value obtained, for a given air traffic service provider, by breaking down a Union-wide performance target to the level of one or more air traffic service providers and serving as a reference for assessing consistency of the performance target set in the draft performance plan with the Union-wide performance target;

means a ‘certificate’ as defined in Article 3, point (12), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

means a service consisting in the dissemination of static and dynamic data to enable the provision of U-space services for the management of traffic of unmanned aircraft;

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

means tangible objects, such as hardware, and intangible objects, such as software, upon which the interoperability of the European air traffic management network (EATMN) depends;

means a controlled airspace extending upwards from a specified limit above the earth;

means a process in which decisions are made based on interaction and consultation with the relevant Member State authorities, operational stakeholders and other actors, as appropriate, and aiming to achieve consensus;

means air navigation services provided in one Member State by a service provider having its principal place of business in another Member State;

means, for the purposes of air traffic management and air navigation services, a ‘declaration’ as defined in Article 3, point (10), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

means a process that ensures the development and implementation of advanced navigational capabilities and techniques, improved route networks and associated sectorisation, optimised airspace structures and capacity-enhancing ATM procedures;

means a volume of airspace that extends from the ground up to, and including, upper airspace, where en route air navigation services are provided and for which a single cost base is established;

(EATMN) means the collection of systems, referred to in point 3.1 of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, enabling air navigation services in the Union to be provided, including the interfaces at boundaries with third countries;

means the plan endorsed by Council Decision 2009/320/EC, as subsequently amended;

means an airspace management concept, as described by ICAO, based on the fundamental principle that airspace should not be designated as either pure civil or military airspace, but should rather be considered as a continuum in which all user requirements have to be accommodated to the extent possible;

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

means all tasks relevant to the design of an instrument flight procedure;

means all movements of civil aircraft, as well as all movements of state aircraft (including military, customs and police aircraft) when those movements are carried out in conformity with the procedures of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) as established by the Chicago Convention;

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 the facilities and services that provide meteorological forecasts, warnings, briefings and observations for air navigation purposes, as well as any other meteorological information and data provided by States for aeronautical use;

means one or more entities designated by a Member State and having the necessary powers and allocated responsibilities for performing the tasks related to certification, oversight and enforcement in accordance with this Regulation and with the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof;’

means the national body or bodies entrusted by a Member State with the tasks under this Regulation;

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

means a state of inability to provide air traffic management or air navigation services at the required level, resulting in a major loss of network capacity;

means the entity entrusted with the tasks necessary to contribute to the execution, in accordance with Article 38, of the network functions referred to in Article 37;

means a plan established through cooperative decision-making process to implement at operational level the objectives of the network functions, and to contribute to performance objectives;

means a plan established through cooperative decision-making process guiding the network’s long-term development;

means all flights, which do not comply with the provisions stated for general air traffic and for which rules and procedures have been specified by appropriate national authorities;

means information concerning all phases of flight that is required for operational purposes by air navigation service providers, airspace users, airport operators and other actors involved;

means the civil and military airspace users, civil and military air navigation service providers and airport operators;

means a plan aimed at improving the performance of air navigation services and network functions;

means the first operational use after the initial installation or 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 airspace above the territory to which the Treaties apply, as well as any other airspace where Member States apply Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 in accordance with Article 1(4) of that Regulation;

means the 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 an airport or a group of airports located within the territories of a Member State or Member States, where terminal air navigation services are provided and for which a single cost base is established;

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

means the way that airspace structures are operationally used, which is to be understood as different from airspace management as defined in point 12.