Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

[F1 2. Services U.K.

(a) Aeronautical information and data for airspace users for the purpose of air navigation U.K.

(i) The data used as a source for aeronautical information shall be of sufficient quality, complete, current and provided in a timely manner. U.K.

(ii) Aeronautical information shall be accurate, complete, current, unambiguous and be of adequate integrity in a suitable format for users. U.K.

(iii) The dissemination of such aeronautical information to airspace users shall be timely and use sufficiently reliable and expeditious means of communication protected from interference and corruption. U.K.

(b) Meteorological information U.K.

(i) The data used as a source for aeronautical meteorological information shall be of sufficient quality, complete and current. U.K.

(ii) To the extent possible, aeronautical meteorological information shall be precise, complete, current, be of adequate integrity and unambiguous in order to meet the needs of airspace users. U.K.

(iii) The dissemination of such aeronautical meteorological information to airspace users shall be timely and use sufficiently reliable and expeditious means of communication protected from interference and corruption. U.K.

(c) Air traffic services U.K.

(i) The data used as a source for the provision of air traffic services shall be correct, complete and current. U.K.

(ii) Air traffic services shall be sufficiently precise, complete, current, and unambiguous to meet the safety needs of users. U.K.

(iii) Automated tools providing information or advice to users shall be properly designed, manufactured and maintained to ensure that they are fit for their intended purpose. U.K.

(iv) Air traffic control services and related processes shall provide for adequate separation between aircraft and, where appropriate, assist in protection from obstacles and other airborne hazards and shall ensure prompt and timely coordination with all relevant users and adjacent volumes of airspace. U.K.

(v) Communication between air traffic services and aircraft and between relevant air traffic services units shall be timely, clear, correct and unambiguous, protected from interference and commonly understood and, if applicable, acknowledged by all actors involved. U.K.

(vi) Means shall be in place to detect possible emergencies and, when appropriate, to initiate effective search and rescue action. Such means shall, as a minimum, comprise appropriate alerting mechanisms, coordination measures and procedures, means and personnel to cover the area of responsibility efficiently. U.K.

(d) Communication services U.K.

Communication services shall achieve and maintain sufficient performance with regard to their availability, integrity, continuity and timeliness. They shall be expeditious and protected from corruption.

(e) Navigation service U.K.

Navigation services shall achieve and maintain a sufficient level of performance with regard to guidance, positioning and, when provided, timing information. The performance criteria include accuracy, integrity, availability and continuity of the service.

(f) Surveillance service U.K.

Surveillance services shall determine the respective position of aircraft in the air and of other aircraft and ground vehicles on the aerodrome surface, with sufficient performance with regard to their accuracy, integrity, continuity and probability of detection.

(g) Air traffic flow management U.K.

The tactical management of air traffic flows at Community level shall use and provide sufficiently precise and current information of the volume and nature of the planned air traffic affecting service provision and shall coordinate and negotiate re-routing or delaying traffic flows in order to reduce the risk of overloading situations occurring in the air or at the aerodromes.

(h) Airspace management U.K.

The designation of specific volumes of airspace for a certain use shall be monitored, coordinated and promulgated in a timely manner in order to reduce the risk of loss of separation between aircraft in all circumstances.

(i) Airspace design U.K.

Airspace structures and flight procedures shall be properly designed, surveyed and validated before they can be deployed and used by aircraft.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Regulation (EC) No 1108/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 in the field of aerodromes, air traffic management and air navigation services and repealing Directive 2006/23/EC (Text with EEA relevance).