European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 1 Brussels – Language Requirements in the Community licence for air traffic controllers Brussels – 27 October 2005 ICAO-Eurocontrol seminar

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 2 Brussels – The Community Directive l Community instrument addressed to Member States l Regulating all aspects with regard to skills of air traffic controllers u Age-education requirements u Technical skills u Language skills u Medical requirements l Institutional requirements: certification of training providers and supervision

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 3 Brussels – Language requirements l Need for regulation u Safety critical u Community dimension l Very sensitive issue

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 4 Brussels – The Community Directive ICAO requirements = Community requirements? NO False friends

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 5 Brussels – Art. 8: Linguistic Requirements l ICAO: Annexes 1 – u PANS: F voice-voice F CPDLC-CPDLC F ATS: ground/ground u Recommendations: F Air-ground communication F Language of ground station F English on request F On designated airports and routes used by international air services F Regions may agree upon other language than EN F Operational level F Speak RT/C by D + 5 F Assessments F Endorsement l EU u Law: F air navigation service provision: ability to speak EN F Member State may require other language than EN F Operational level in principle – can be increased to extended level in specific circumstances F F Assessments  Endorsement

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 6 Brussels – Friends l Identical Classification of levels l Operational level as principle l Indicated by endorsement è It might give the impression of identity

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 7 Brussels – FALSE Friends (1) l Scope: u All air traffic services u All types of communication F Pilot – ATCO (annex 10) F ACC – ACC (annex 11) F Internal coordination F ATCO – external services l Which language u Knowledge English is imposed u Knowledge local language may be added l Level: u Operational in principle u Extended level in imperative safety conditions

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 8 Brussels – FALSE Friends l Quality assurance u Approval of language training institutes u Genuine test and assessment u Certificate u Endorsement l Enforceable law u Directive u Complaint by any pilot è Community standards go beyond ICAO

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 9 Brussels – What is needed? l Entrance test : subsidiarity l Language test when obtaining a (student) licence l Language test for maintaining validity of language endorsement l Determination of level requirements per type of communication l For EN and any local language l For all types of communications

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 10 Brussels – By when/where will this be needed? l Formal adoption : end 2005 l Entry into force: early 2006 l Transposition: 4 years after entering into force l In EU + all countries which have concluded agreements with the EU (at least 35 out of the 53 states of EU ICAO)

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 11 Brussels – Mobility and Mutual Recognition l Principle: treat all EU citizens at equal footing l In practice: u Recognition of rating and endorsements F only local endorsement training F individual training plan approved, including language training u Complications: statute, working conditions, knowledge of local language

European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Air Traffic Management Unit and Airports n° 12 Brussels – Conclusions l Builds on and is compatible with ICAO requirements l Nature, scope, institutional context is substantially different l Will become European law by the end of 2005 l How to help NSA/ANSPs in its implementation?