1.This Regulation lays down requirements for the coordinated introduction of air-ground voice communications based on 8,33 kHz channel spacing.
2.This Regulation shall apply to air-ground voice communications systems based on 8,33 kHz channel spacing within the aeronautical mobile radio communication service band 117,975-137 MHz, their constituents and associated procedures and to flight data processing systems serving air traffic control units providing services to general air traffic, their constituents and associated procedures.
3.This Regulation shall apply to all flights operating as general air traffic above FL 195, within the airspace of the ICAO EUR region where Member States are responsible for provision of air traffic services in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), with the exception of Article 4 which shall apply also below FL 195.
4.In the framework of the first paragraph of Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 730/2006(2), Member States may issue derogations from airborne carriage obligations laid down in this Regulation for flights operated under visual flight rules.