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Cover Regulation · Air Traffic Management / Air Navigation Services · Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · Article 1 – Article 10
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Article 1 Subject matter
This Regulation lays down common requirements for: the provision of air traffic management and air navigation services (‘ATM/ANS’) for general air…
Article 2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Annex I and the following definitions shall apply:
Article 3 Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
Member States shall ensure that the appropriate ATM/ANS are provided and airspace structures are designed in accordance with this Regulation in a manner…
GM1 Article 3(1) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
GM1 Article 3(5) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
AMC1 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
AMC2 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
AMC3 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
GM1 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
GM1 Article 3(8) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
GM2 Article 3(8) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
AMC1 Article 3(9) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
GM1 to AMC2 Article 3(6) (a) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures
AERODROMES The aerodrome traffic zone should be linked to controlled aerodromes as potential aerodrome delineation.
Article 3a Determination of the need for the provision of air traffic services
Member States shall determine the need for the provision of air traffic services by taking into account all of the following factors:
GM1 Article 3a(1) Determination of the need for the provision of air traffic services
GM2 Article 3a(1) Determination of the need for the provision of air traffic services
Article 3b Coordination between military units and air traffic service providers
Without prejudice to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2005, Member States shall establish special procedures so that:
Article 3c Coordination of air operations potentially hazardous to civil aviation
Member States shall ensure that operations potentially hazardous to civil aircraft over their territory are coordinated, including over the high seas, in…
GM2 Article 3c(1) Coordination of air operations potentially hazardous to civil aviation
GM1 Article 3c(2) Coordination of air operations potentially hazardous to civil aviation
Article 3d Very-high frequency (VHF) emergency frequency
1 Without prejudice to paragraph 2, Member States shall ensure that the VHF emergency frequency (121,500 MHz) is only used for genuine emergency purposes…
GM1 Article 3d(2) Very-high frequency (VHF) emergency frequency
Article 3e Allocation of Mode S interrogator codes
Member States shall ensure that changes to the allocation of an interrogator code resulting from an update to the interrogator code allocation plan are…
Article 3f Use of the single European sky airspace
In the context of spectrum protection, the Member States shall ensure that a secondary surveillance radar transponder on board any aircraft flying over a…
Article 4 Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement
The competent authority responsible for the issuing of certificates to service providers, for the acknowledgment of receipts of declarations made by…
GM1 Article 4(5) ‘Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’
GM2 Article 4(5) ‘Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’
AMC1 Article 4(8) ‘Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’
Article 5 Powers of the competent authority referred to in Article 4
The competent authorities shall, where required for the exercise of their certification, oversight and enforcement tasks under this Regulation, be…
AMC1 Article 5 ‘Powers of the competent authority referred to in Article 4’
Article 6 Service providers
Service providers shall be granted a certificate and be entitled to exercise the privileges granted within the scope of that certificate, where, in…
Article 7 Declaration by providers of flight information services
Where Member States allow providers of flight information services to declare their capability and means of discharging the responsibilities associated…
Article 8 Existing certificates
Certificates that have been issued in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 shall be deemed to have been issued in accordance with…
Article 9 Repeal and amendment
Regulation (EC) No 482/2008 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1034/2011 and (EU) No 1035/2011 are repealed.
Article 10 Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 12 Mar 2025, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.
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