AIS.OR.400 Distribution services

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROVIDERS OF AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICES · Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

IRImplementing rule

AIS.OR.400Distribution services

An AIS provider shall:

(a)distribute available aeronautical information products to those users who request them;

(b)make available the AIP, AIP amendments, AIP supplements, NOTAM and AIC by the most expeditious means;

(c)ensure that NOTAM are distributed through the aeronautical fixed service (AFS), whenever practicable;

(d)ensure that international exchange of NOTAM takes place only as mutually agreed between the international NOTAM offices and multinational NOTAM processing units concerned; and

(e)arrange, as necessary, the issuance and receipt of NOTAM distributed by telecommunication to satisfy operational requirements.

IR · AIS.OR.400 — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469 · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

GMGuidance material

GM1 AIS.OR.400(a)Distribution services

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DELIVERY METHOD

(a)The distribution of available aeronautical information products to the intended users differs in the delivery method applied which may either be:

(1)physical distribution — the means by which aeronautical data and aeronautical information distribution is achieved through the delivery of a physical package, such as postal services; or

(2)direct electronic distribution — the means by which aeronautical data and aeronautical information distribution is achieved automatically through the use of a direct electronic connection between the AIS provider and the intended user.

(b)Different delivery methods and data media may require different procedures to ensure the required data quality.

(c)Further guidance on digital dataset distribution can be found in ICAO Doc 10039 ‘Manual on System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Concept’.

(d)Global communication networks and web services may be employed for the provision of aeronautical information products.

(e)Guidance to assist the AIS providers in developing and adapting their systems for the distribution of the State AIP on the internet as an official and authoritative source of information may be found in the EUROCONTROL ‘Guidelines for Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) distribution on the Internet’ (edition 1.0, dated October 2017).

GM · GM1 AIS.OR.400(a) — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2020/008/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

All rules in SUBPART A – ADDITIONAL ORGANISATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICES (AIS.OR)

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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