Commission Regulation (EU) No 73/2010Show full title

Article 2 U.K. Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to European air traffic management network (EATMN) systems, their constituents and associated procedures involved in the origination, production, storage, handling, processing, transfer and distribution of aeronautical data and aeronautical information.

It shall apply to the following aeronautical data and aeronautical information:

(a) the integrated aeronautical information package as defined in Article 3(7) made available by Member States, with the exception of aeronautical information circulars;

(b) electronic obstacle data, or elements thereof, where made available by Member States;

(c) electronic terrain data, or elements thereof, where made available by Member States;

(d) aerodrome mapping data, where made available by Member States.

2. This Regulation shall apply to the following parties:

(a) air navigation service providers;

(b) operators of those aerodromes and heliports, for which instrument flight rules (IFR) or Special-visual flight rules (VFR) procedures have been published in national aeronautical information publications;

(c) public or private entities providing, for the purposes of this Regulation:

(i)

services for the origination and provision of survey data;

(ii)

procedure design services;

(iii)

electronic terrain data;

(iv)

electronic obstacle data.

3. This Regulation shall apply up to the moment when the aeronautical data and/or aeronautical information are made available by the aeronautical information service provider to the next intended user.

In the case of distribution by physical means, this Regulation shall apply up to the moment when the aeronautical data and/or aeronautical information has been made available to the organisation responsible for providing the physical distribution service.

In the case of automatic distribution through the use of a direct electronic connection between the aeronautical information service provider and the entity receiving the aeronautical data and/or aeronautical information, this Regulation shall apply:

(a) up to the moment when the next intended user accesses and extracts aeronautical data and/or aeronautical information held by the aeronautical information service provider; or

(b) up to the moment when the aeronautical data and/or aeronautical information is delivered by the aeronautical information service provider, into the next intended user’s system.