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Update on EASA regulatory activities, with a focus on FIS

Fabio GRASSO EASA ATM/ANS Regulations Officer AFIS Seminar, Malmoe 10.09.2014

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Presentation outline

The role of EASA in the EU aviation safety system

The EASA ATM/ANS competencies

The regulatory process

The new EASA organisation

ATM/ANS rulemaking tasks

Development of FIS provisions

What about AFIS…?

Aviation safety system in the EU

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National Aviation Authorities

Issue most certificates, approvals and licences

Oversee organisations

Implement EU law

European Aviation Safety Agency

European Commission

Adopts rules

Launches infringement procedure

Proposes rules

Issues some certificates and approvals

Performs inspections

Manages European Aviation Safety

Programme

Industry


EASA regulatory mandate on ATM/ANS

Annex VB

Essential Requirements

1. Use of airspace

2. ATM/ANS services

3. Systems & constituents

4. Qualification of ATCOs

5. Service providers &

training organisations

Articles

1. Scope

4. Basic principles & applicability

8b. ATM/ANS service provision

8c. Air Traffic Controllers

22a. ATM/ANS certification

22b. ATCO certification

Reg.216/2008: the EASA Basic Regulation

Reg. 1108/2009: Extension of EASA competencies to ATM/ANS services, systems, constituents, personnel and organisations

EASA tasks in ATM/ANS

OVERSIGHT

- pan-European service providers

- non-EU ANSPs

- non-EU ATCO training organisations

- Network manager

SAFETY ANALYSIS

- covering ATM/ANS

STANDARDISATION

Inspections of NSAs

‘SAFETY ADVISER’

in SES implementation

ATM/ANS providers

Safety oversight

ATCO licensing

SERA Airspace

usage Systems/

equipment

RULEMAKING - ATM

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The EASA Rulemaking Procedure Rule Development phase

A NPA (Notice of Proposed Amendment);

• Contains - Explanatory Note, RIA, draft proposal, ICAO ‘check’

• May propose – new rule, or an amendment and/or AMC-GM

A CRD contains EASA’s responses to all comments received to an NPA

An Opinion includes the final proposal to the European Commission for an Implementing Rule, at the end of the rulemaking process

A Decision is issued by EASA and includes AMC, CS, GM relating to a EU Regulation

Regulatory Structure

Soft Law

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Agency Decision

AMC, GM, CS

Basic

Regulation

Implementing Rules

Regulation of the

European Parliament and of the Council

European Commission Regulation

Agency Opinion

Agency Opinion

The new EASA organisation

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Main ATM/ANS Rulemaking Tasks

of interest

for

the AFIS Community

& other tasks

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Ongoing ATM/ANS rulemaking tasks

Common requirements & safety oversight

MET services

AIS/AIM services

Safety assessment

DAT (Aeronaut. data)

Airspace design

Remote TWR (pre-RIA)

SERA Part-C

SERA – ICAO SL43 (RPAS)

ATM Safety KPIs – AMC/GM

PBN implementation

HETA (harmonised transition altitude)

SESAR deployment -> PCP Regulation

SPI 2 rule (??)

ATS

ATCO licensing Voted on 09.07.14


Standardised European Rules of the Air

With EU Reg. 923/2012, transposition of relevant provisions from ICAO Annexes 2, 3 and 11 (SERA A & B)

NPA 2014-05 to amend EU Reg. 923/2012 (SERA C)

• Introducing provisions relevant to operational procedures and services to the air navigation;

• Extension of the scope to aerodromes and personnel operating therein;

• Alignment with amendment 44 to ICAO Annex 2 and with other EU Regulations

Sources for transposition: Annex 10 Volume II, ICAO Docs 4444, 7030, 8168

CRD & Opinion to be published by November ‘14


Technical requirements for remote tower operations – RMT.0624

Technological development from SESAR and local initiatives

Remote provision of aerodrome ATS (FIS and/or ATC, Alerting Service)

System support (radar sensors, cameras) enabling situational awareness by synthetic reproduction instead of by direct visual observation

RMT initially focused on small size/low traffic density aerodromes

Pre-RIA consultation confirmed the need for this RMT with a flexible regulatory approach

Due consideration to ongoing ICAO and EUROCAE WG-100 outputs

RMG Terms of Reference under consultation with EASA adv. bodies


ATCO licensing and medical certification

Implementing Rule text positively voted by the EASA Committee

Scrutiny by the European Parliament and translation in progress

Publication expected by the end of the year

Reg. (EU) No 805/2011 will be repealed

Finalisation of AMC & GM in progress. EASA Decision to be published in due time after the Implementing Rule

Includes comprehensive provisions for the implementation of ER in the BR Annex Vb chapter 4 applicable to Air Traffic Controllers only:

• Licensing requirements

• Training requirements

• Authority and organisation requirements

• Medical certification requirements


Service requirements and oversight thereof RMTs.0148/0149 & 0157/0158

FIS providers in the scope

Within this proposal:

• Implementation of Essential Requirements in Annex Vb of the EASA BR

• Aligned scope for organisations and authorities reqs.

• SMS reqs. aligned with ICAO SMS framework

• Management System reqs. aligned with ICAO SSP

• Introducing training and competence assessment reqs. for ATSEPs

• Transposition of Annex 3 provisions on MET services

• Specific Human Factors reqs for ATC services providers

CRD published in June ’14 - Opinion to be published by November ’14

IRs to be successively amended to introduce specific technical reqs. for ANS

Rule Structure

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Part-AR: Authority requirements

Part-OR: General organisation requirements

Part-ATS: Air Traffic Services

Part-MET: Meteorological services

Part-AIS: Aeronautical Information Services

Part-DAT: Data providers

(Part-CNS: Communication, Navigation, Surveillance)

(Part-ATFM: Air Traffic Flow Management) - Ref. or a new task?

(Part-ASM: Airspace Management) - Ref. or a new task?

Part-ASD: Airspace Design

Part-NM: Network Manager

Part-PERS: Personnel requirements

Annex I

Definitions

Annex VI

Part-AIS

Annex III

Part-OR

Annex II

Part-AR

Annex IV

Part-ATS

Annex V

Part-MET

Annex VIII

Part-CNS

Annex VII

Part-DAT

Regulation

‘Service providers’

Annex XI

Part-ASD

Annex XII

Part-NM

Annex IX

Part-ATFM

Annex X

Part-ASM

Annex XIII

Part-PERS

Parts ‘xxx’ – Technical requirements


FIS in EU Regulations – Reg.1035/2011

SES Framework: FIS included in ATS

Reg.1035/2011: FIS providers have to be certified with Derogations (a reduced certification scope under specified conditions defined in Article 5)

Article 8b(3) EASA BR: States may allow FIS providers to declare their capability and means of discharging the responsibilities associated with the services provided

Alignment SES/EASA BR to be achieved with the introduction of the ‘SES II +’ package

Provisions in the ANS common requirements and safety oversight thereof under development will implement the EASA BR principles


FIS in the upcoming Opinion

Article 7 implements Art.8b(3) and sets up eligibility criteria for declaration, namely:

• FIS is provided by one working position; or

• The service is of temporary nature, as agreed with the CA

Additional reqs. on the conditions for the declaration are provided in ATM/ANS.OR.A.015(d)

Provision ATM/ANS.OR.A.030 (new in CRD) defines conditions for the continued validity of the declaration

N.B. - when a State decides not to apply declarations, the possibility for a limited certificate applies (see ATM/ANS.OR.A.010)

N.B.2 - definition of AFIS is proposed – ‘flight information service and alerting service for aerodrome traffic at an aerodrome’


ATS requirements - RMT.0464

To develop provisions for the implementation of ERs in BR Annex Vb 2.(c) concerning the provision of ATS

Objectives: • to transpose the relevant ICAO provisions on ATS, thus contributing to their harmonised

implementation, as a basis for EU aviation law;

• to harmonise ATS provisions throughout EU, based on mandatory (IRs) and flexible (AMC and/or GM) requirements; and

• to define proportionate and cost-efficient rules.

Activities

• Analysis and transposition of provisions in ICAO Annex 11, Docs 4444, 7030, 9426;

• Analysis of filed differences; identification of commonalities to be introduced in the EU law;

• Where necessary, identification of new provisions complementing those transposed from ICAO

• Establishing correlation between ICAO provisions and the corresponding EU provisions;

• Ensuring consistency with EU legislation (e.g. SERA);


ATS requirements - RMG.0464

Terms of Reference and RMG composition were consulted via EASA Advisory Bodies

RMG composed by Members from ANSPs, CANSO, Regulators, Trade Unions, EUROCONTROL

Kick-Off meeting to be held on 30.09.14

Planned publication of the NPA: Q4 2015 – any individual or organisation affected by the proposed measures may place comments

Planned publication of the Opinion: Q4 2016


RMT.0464: Focus on FIS

Basis to develop FIS requirements:

ICAO ANNEX 11 Chapter 4, Attachment B – TIBA

Doc 4444 – Chapter 9

Doc 9426 – Part I, Section II

DOC 7030 – EUR Chapter 6.13

National practices

Filed differences to ICAO Annex 11 by States

RMT.0464: Focus on AFIS

• AFIS not established as a ‘standalone’ service by ICAO – Provisions for FIS apply

• Guidelines for AFIS provided by ICAO Circular 211-AN/128

• EASA BR - Objective (Art. 2.2(d):

to assist Member States in fulfilling their obligations under the Chicago Convention, by providing a basis for a common interpretation and uniform implementation of its provisions, and by ensuring that its provisions are duly taken into account in this Regulation and in the rules drawn up for its implementation;

• EASA BR ER Annex Vb: No explicit mandate to specifically regulate AFIS

• Diverse implementation across EU States – No uniform practices to establish a common regulatory reference seem to exist

• The need for regulating AFIS has not been identified by EASA advisory bodies

• The need for AFIS specific reqs. will be discussed by the RMG

• Introducing specific EU measures could require the endorsement of the EASA advisory bodies to amend ToRs of RMG.0464



EASA documentation and contacts

‘EASA’ Regulations

http://www.easa.europa.eu/regulations

NPA, CRD, Opinions, other

http://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library

For further info on ATM-related issues:

http://www.easa.europa.eu/the-agency/contacting-easa

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