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
What happened on 1 January 2021?
The UK retained EU Regulations that apply to aviation rights and obligations under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
The CAA adopted the version of AMC, GM, CSs and other information in force on 31 December 2020, as its policy with regard to compliance.
Where are UK AltMocs published?
CAP1721
What is SERA?
Standardised European Rules of the Air
What is the aim of guidance material?
Aims to explain the intended purpose of a Regulations’ provisions and its implementing regulations, in accordance with the spirit of the agreement.
What are AltMocs?
These are ways to adhere to the prescribed AMC’s, but in an organisations own interpretation. This is because AMC’s are non-binding, so regulated persons may choose alternative means to comply with the rule
