ATM/ANS.AR.A.030 Safety directives

REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES — OVERSIGHT OF SERVICES AND OTHER ATM NETWORK FUNCTIONS · Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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ATM/ANS.AR.A.030Safety directives

(a)The competent authority shall issue a safety directive when it has determined the existence of any of the following:

(1)an unsafe condition in a functional system requiring immediate action;

(2)an unsafe, insecure, underperformance or non-interoperability condition in the equipment subject to the statement of compliance in accordance with Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1768 and this condition is likely to exist or develop in other ATM/ANS equipment.

(b)The safety directive shall be forwarded to the ATM/ANS providers concerned and contain, as a minimum, the following information:

(1)the identification of the unsafe condition;

(2)the identification of the affected functional system;

(3)the actions required and their rationale;

(4)the time limit for completing the actions required;

(5)its date of entry into force.

(c)The competent authority shall forward a copy of the safety directive to the Agency and any other competent authorities concerned within one month from its issuance.

(d)The competent authority shall verify the compliance of the ATM/ANS providers with the safety directives and with the ATM/ANS equipment directives, as applicable.

IR · ATM/ANS.AR.A.030 — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · Regulation (EU) 2023/1771 · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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GENERAL

(a)The safety directive is a document issued by the competent authority, mandating actions to be performed by one or more service providers, when evidence shows that aviation safety may otherwise be compromised. Thus, the competent authority is responsible for the determination of the actions required and their rationale.

(b)The competent authority is required to perform a verification of compliance of the service providers with the safety directives in accordance with ATM/ANS.AR.A.030(d). In this respect, ATM/ANS.AR.C.005(a)(6) requires the competent authority to establish a process to verify the implementation of safety directives by the service providers. The actions that need to be taken depend on the content of the safety directive and the nature of the unsafe condition.

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CONTENT

[Name of the competent authority]	SAFETY DIRECTIVE
[Logo of the competent authority]	SD No/ ISSUE No:[…] Date: dd Month YYYY
This Safety Directive is issued in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373
[Name of the service provider(s)]		[Identification of the affected functional system]

Safety Directive Title	[Title]

Unsafe condition identified:	[Describe the unsafe condition that is the reason for the issuance of the SD]
Required action(s), their rationale and compliance time(s):	[Describe the required action(s) and their rationale; indicate the compliance time(s) within which the action(s) should be accomplished]
Date of entry into force of SD:	dd Month YYYY
Distributed to:	(a) [service provider(s) address: Post code, City Country Email address:…] (b) [competent authorities concerned] (c) [European Aviation Safety Agency]
Remarks:

GM · GM2 ATM/ANS.AR.A.030(b) — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2017/001/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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FORWARDING OF SAFETY DIRECTIVES For instance, a safety directive that should be forwarded to the Agency under ATM/ANS.AR.A.030 could be a case:

(a)where the competent authority has determined that there is an immediate need to take certain actions in order to respond to a safety recommendation; or

(b)following an accident or serious incident; or

(c)when this or a similar unsafe condition may be present in other service providers of the same Member State.

GM · GM3 ATM/ANS.AR.A.030(c) — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2017/001/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

All rules in SUBPART A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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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