The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

CHAPTER 22 Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014: introduction

332.  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014 of 27 June 2014 on the establishment of the Pilot Common Project supporting the implementation of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan is amended in accordance with regulations 333 to 341.

Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

333.—(1) Article 1 (subject matter and scope) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 for “sets up” substitute “provides for the application of requirements derived from”.

(3) In paragraph 2 for the words from “European” to “552/2004” substitute “United Kingdom Air Traffic Management System (UK ATMS)”.

Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

334.—(1) Article 2 (definitions) is amended as follows.

(2) In the first unnumbered paragraph—

(a) for “Implementing Regulation (EU) No 409/2013” substitute “Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011”, and

(b) at the end of that paragraph insert “However, the definition of ‘operational stakeholders’ in Article 2(27) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 does not apply.”.

(3) Omit point 3.

(4) After point 5 insert—

“(6) ‘ATM functionality’ means a group of ATM operational functions or services related to trajectory, airspace and surface management or to information sharing within the en-route, terminal, airport or network operating environments;

(7) ‘industrialisation’ of ATM functionalities means the activities and processes, following their validation that include standardisation, certification and production by the manufacturing industry (ground and airborne equipment manufacturers);

(8) ‘implementation’ of ATM functionalities means the procurement, installation and putting into service of equipment and systems, including associated operational procedures, carried out by operational stakeholders;

(9) ‘essential operational change’ means an Air Traffic Management (ATM) operational change that provides significant network performance improvements to the operational stakeholders, as referred to in the ATM Master Plan;

(10) ‘operational stakeholders’ means civil and military: airspace users, air navigation service providers and airport operators.”.

Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

335.—(1) Article 3 (ATM functionalities and their deployment) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 for “shall comprise” substitute “comprises”.

(3) In paragraph 2—

(a) omit “and the Network Manager”,

(b) omit “and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 409/2013”, and

(c) for “to comply with Regulation (EC) No 552/2004, point 4 of Part A of Annex II” substitute “for effective airspace and air traffic flow management, and the safe and efficient use of airspace by all users, through the application of the concept of flexible use of airspace; whilst taking into account national security considerations”.

Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

336.  Omit Article 4 (reference and supporting material).

Article 5 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

337.  Omit Article 5 (monitoring).

Article 6 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

338.  Omit Article 6 (review).

Article 7 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

339.  Omit Article 7 (entry into force).

Further amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

340.  After Article 7 omit the sentence which begins “This Regulation shall be binding”.

Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2014

341.—(1) The Annex is amended as follows.

(2) In point 1.2.1 (EU and EFTA Member States)—

(a) omit the heading, and

(b) for the list of indents substitute—

• “London-Heathrow

• London-Gatwick

• London-Stansted

• Manchester Ringway”.

(3) Omit point 1.2.2 (other third countries).

(4) In point 1.3 (stakeholders required to implement the functionality and deployment target date) omit “and the Network Manager”.

(5) In point 2.2.1 (EU and EFTA Member States)—

(a) omit the heading,

(b) for the first list of indents (after the text beginning with “Departure Management Synchronised” and ending with “airports”) substitute—

• “London-Heathrow

• London-Gatwick

• London-Stansted

• Manchester Ringway”, and

(c) for the second list of indents (after the words “Time-based separation for Final Approach shall be operated at the following airports”) substitute—

• “London-Heathrow

• London-Gatwick

• Manchester Ringway”.

(6) Omit point 2.2.2 (other third countries).

(7) In point 3.1.1 (Airspace Management and Advanced Flexible Use of Airspace), in the list of indents (under the heading “System requirements”)—

(a) in the first indent omit “Enhancements to the Network Operations Plan (NOP) shall be achieved through a cooperative decision-making process between all involved operational stakeholders;”, and

(b) in the seventh indent for “to comply with Regulation (EC) No 552/2004, point 4 of Part A of Annex II” substitute “for effective airspace and air traffic flow management, and the safe and efficient use of airspace by all users, through the application of the concept of flexible use of airspace; whilst taking into account national security considerations”.

(8) In point 3.2 (geographical scope), for “Member States are” substitute “United Kingdom is”.

(9) In point 3.3 (stakeholders required to implement the functionality and deployment target dates), for “Network Manager, air” substitute “Air”.

(10) Omit point 3.6 (Interdependencies with other ATM functionalities).

(11) Omit point 4 (network collaborative management).

(12) In point 5.1.5 (cooperative network information exchange) omit the heading “System requirements” and the indented paragraph after that heading.

(13) In point 5.1.6 (flight information exchange), in the first unnumbered paragraph—

(a) for “exchanged” substitute “shared”, and

(b) for “systems and” substitute “systems with the”.

(14) In point 5.2 (geographical scope)—

(a) in the unnumbered paragraph before the table—

(i) for “EATMN” substitute “UK ATMS”, and

(ii) omit the second sentence, and

(b) in the table omit the final column (Network Manager).

(15) In point 5.3 (stakeholders required to implement the functionality and deployment target date) omit “and the Network Manager”.

(16) In point 6.2 (geographical scope), for “Member States are” substitute “United Kingdom is”.

(17) In point 6.3 (stakeholders required to implement the functionality and deployment target dates)—

(a) omit “and the Network Manager”, and

(b) omit the second unnumbered paragraph.

(18) In point 6.4 (need for synchronisation) omit the sentence beginning with “Synchronisation and consistency”.

(19) In point 6.6 (interdependencies with other ATM functionalities) omit the third indent.

(20) For the Appendix substitute—

“Appendix

Area control centres:

• LONDON ACC CENTRAL

• PRESTWICK ACC

TMAs and Towers:

• LONDON TMA TC

• MANCHESTER APPROACH”.