Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012Show full title

Article 2 U.K. Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to all radios operating in the 117,975-137 MHz band (‘the VHF band’) allocated to the aeronautical mobile route service, including systems, their constituents and associated procedures.

2. This Regulation shall apply 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, within the airspace of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (‘ICAO’) EUR region where Member States are responsible for the provision of air traffic services in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).

4. The conversion requirements shall not apply to frequency assignments:

(a) that will remain in 25 kHz channel spacing on the following frequencies:

(i)

the emergency frequency (121,5 MHz);

(ii)

the auxiliary frequency for search and rescue operations (123,1 MHz);

(iii)

the VHF digital link (VDL) frequencies (136,725 MHz, 136,775 MHz, 136,825 MHz, 136,875 MHz, 136,925 MHz and 136,975 MHz);

(iv)

the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) frequencies (131,525 MHz, 131,725 MHz and 131,825 MHz);

(b) where offset carrier operation within a 25 kHz channel spacing is utilised.

5. Radios intended to operate exclusively in one or more frequency assignments that will remain in 25 kHz channel spacing shall not be required to have the 8,33 kHz channel spacing capability.

(1)

OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 10.