ICAO & EU Legislation Flashcards
What is PANS?
Procedures for Air Navigation Services - Air Traffic Management
Which have more importance, Regional Supplementary Procedures or SARPS?
SARPS
What is included in Doc 4444?
Safety Management.
ATS capacity and Flow management.
Provisions for ATS.
Separation Methods.
Procedures for Aerodrome Control, ATS surveillance, Flight Information and Alerting services.
Coordination / Phraseology.
ADS/CPDLC.
Emergencies.
What is hard law?
Binding Rules
What is soft law?
Non-binding standards
What is regulation?
A binding legislative Act.
What are directives?
Legislative acts that set out goals that EU countries much achieve.
How are Regulations and Directives applied?
Regulations - Applied in entirety across EU.
Directives - Up to each individual country to devise laws on how to reach goals.
What is the applicability of decisions?
They are binding to whom they are addressed.
What is the applicability of recommendations?
They are Non-binding. Allowing institutions to express their viewpoint.
What is the applicability of opinions?
They are Non-binding statements issued by institutions.
What are the three main levels of Regulatory material in EASA?
CR - Commission Regulation/Implementing Regulations - Hard Law
AMC & GM - Acceptable means of Compliance and Guidance Material - Soft Law
CS - Certification Specifications - soft law
Who approves PANS?
Council
Who ratifies PANS?
Assembly
How are SARPS adopted?
With a 2/3 majority from the Council