Information day on EUROCONTROL Guidance Material on the application of Common Requirements for Service Provision TECHNICAL & OPERATIONAL COMPETENCE ATS service providers  Juan Vázquez, SRU Safety Expert European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

CONTENTS  What are the Common Requirements relevant to technical and operational competence of ATS SPs?  Differences from ICAO SARPs  Conditions attached to the certificates  Capability vs. Operation – links with Designation

COMMON REQUIREMENTS Art.6 Service Provision Regulation – CRs shall address:  Technical and operational competence and suitability  Safety Management and Quality Management  Reporting systems  Financial strength  Liability and insurance cover  Human resources  Security  Quality of services  Ownership and organisational structure

COMMON REQUIREMENTS Art.6 Service Provision Regulation – CRs shall address:  Technical and operational competence and suitability  Safety Management and Quality Management  Reporting systems  Financial strength  Liability and insurance cover  Human resources  Security  Quality of services  Ownership and organisational structure  Generic statement about provision of safe, efficient and continuous services efficient and continuous services  Requirements about Working Methods & Operating Procedures Operating Procedures  Generic statement about provision of safe, efficient and continuous services efficient and continuous services  Requirements about Working Methods & Operating Procedures Operating Procedures Reference to relevant ICAO Annex Standards Reference to relevant ICAO Annex Standards

ICAO Standards CRs Annex II, Section 4, Working Methods & Operating Procedures A provider of air traffic services shall be able to demonstrate that its working methods and operating procedures are compliant with the standards in the following annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation as far as they are relevant for the provision of air traffic services in the airspace concerned:  Annex 2 on rules of the air (10th edition, July 2005),  Annex 10 on aeronautical telecommunications, Volume 2 on communication procedures (6th edition, October 2001 including all amendments up to No 79),  Annex 11 on air traffic services (13th edition, July 2001 including all amendments up to No 43).

ICAO Standards CRs Annex II, Section 4, Working Methods & Operating Procedures A provider of air traffic services shall be able to demonstrate that its working methods and operating procedures are compliant with the standards in the following annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation as far as they are relevant for the provision of air traffic services in the airspace concerned:  Annex 2 on rules of the air (10th edition, July 2005),  Annex 10 on aeronautical telecommunications, Volume 2 on communication procedures (6th edition, October 2001 including all amendments up to No 79),  Annex 11 on air traffic services (13th edition, July 2001 including all amendments up to No 43).

ICAO Standards CRs Annex II, Section 4, Working Methods & Operating Procedures A provider of air traffic services shall be able to demonstrate that its working methods and operating procedures are compliant with the standards in the following annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation as far as they are relevant for the provision of air traffic services in the airspace concerned:  Annex 2 on rules of the air (10th edition, July 2005),  Annex 10 on aeronautical telecommunications, Volume 2 on communication procedures (6th edition, October 2001 including all amendments up to No 79),  Annex 11 on air traffic services (13th edition, July 2001 including all amendments up to No 43). DIFFERENCES NOTIFIED TO ICAO Recital 14 […] the Member States and the Commission, acting in close cooperation with Eurocontrol, should work towards minimising the differences notified by Member States in the application of ICAO standards

ICAO Standards The certificate establishes compliance with the ICAO standards… … in the light of the filed differences which exist in the Member State, on the basis of national law. CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO CERTIFICATES THIS SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN

Conditions Attached to Certificates Service Provision Regulation, Annex II Additional conditions attached to certificates may, as appropriate, be related to: (a)non-discriminatory access to services for airspace users and the required level of performance of such services, and the required level of performance of such services, including safety and interoperability levels; including safety and interoperability levels; (b) the operational specifications for the particular services; […] […] (d)the various operating equipment to be used within the particular services; particular services; […] […] This could be a tool to address: ICAO differences, conditions related to operational scenarios, … This could be a tool to address: ICAO differences, conditions related to operational scenarios, … What’s the possible extent of that use? How can this be articulated with the designation?

Links Certification / Designation The current SESIS material has only initiated the work in this area Two schools of thought Focus on the certification Use conditions attached to certificates to  Identify ICAO differences (wherever they exist)  Define operational scenarios  Deal with limitations related to national implementation of some ESARRs (notably ESARR 2 and 5) Give full transparency to the actual certification reference against which verification took place To facilitate the designation Focus on the designation Use the designation to define conditions to deal with:  All sorts of local aspects in terms of local operational scenarios Use the designation as the tool to address the actual implementation Keep certification as close as possible to a declaration of capability

CONCLUSIONS  ICAO Standards are Common Requirements (notably Annex 11 standards in the case of ATS providers)  Working methods and procedures must comply with them  Differences from ICAO standards still remain and should be properly reflected in the certification process properly reflected in the certification process  The conditions attached to the certificate provides a tool to address operational aspects and other residual issues address operational aspects and other residual issues  There is a need to further consider the balance between “Certification” & “Designation” “Capability” & “Actual implementation” “Generic Operational Scenarios” & “Local Operational Conditions” SESIS has raised these issues which are now being discussed at SRC

THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR ATTENTION… TECHNICAL & OPERATIONAL COMPETENCE ATS service providers  Juan Vázquez, SRU Safety Expert