Commission Regulation (EC) No 633/2007 of 7 June 2007 laying down requirements for the application of a flight message transfer protocol used for the purpose of notification, coordination and transfer of flights between air traffic control units (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 633)

ANNEX I U.K. Interoperability requirements referred to in Article 3

1. Each flight message transfer peer entity shall have an identifier. U.K.

2. An identification function shall ensure that communications can take place only between authorised flight message transfer peer entities. U.K.

3. A connection management function shall establish and release connections between flight message transfer peer entities ensuring that flight data transfer can be achieved only during the lifetime of a connection. U.K.

4. A data transfer function shall send and receive flight data messages between connected flight message transfer peer entities. U.K.

5. A monitoring function shall verify the continuity of service of a connection between flight message transfer peer entities. U.K.

6. All functions exchanged between flight message transfer entities shall use Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol, IP version 6. U.K.