Commission Regulation (EC) No 633/2007Show full title

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation the definitions in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 shall apply.

The following definitions shall also apply:

1.

‘flight message transfer protocol’ means a protocol for electronic communication comprising message formats, their encoding for interchange and sequence rules used for the information exchanges between flight data processing systems;

2.

‘flight data processing system’ means the part of an air traffic services system which receives, automatically processes and distributes to air traffic control units working positions, flight plan data and associated messages;

3.

‘air traffic control unit’ (hereinafter ATC unit) means variously area control centre, approach control unit or aerodrome control tower;

4.

‘working position’ means the furniture and technical equipment at which a member of the air traffic services staff undertakes task associated with their job;

5.

‘area control centre’ (hereinafter ACC) means a unit established to provide air traffic control service to controlled flights in control areas under its responsibility;

6.

‘civil-military coordination’ means the coordination between civil and military parties authorised to make decisions and agree a course of action;

7.

‘air traffic services unit’ (hereinafter ATS unit) means a unit, civil or military, responsible for providing air traffic services;

8.

‘controlling military unit’ means any fixed or mobile military unit handling military air traffic and/or pursuing other activities that, due to their specific nature, may require airspace reservation or restriction;

9.

‘peer-to-peer communication mechanism’ means a mechanism for communication established between two ATC units or between ATS units and controlling military units in which each party has the same communication capabilities for the information exchange between flight data processing systems and either party can initiate the communication.