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SERA.15020 Responding to CPDLC messages

ANNEX: Rules of the Air · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IRImplementing rule

SERA.15020Responding to CPDLC messages

(a)Unless otherwise specified by the competent authority, voice read-back of CPDLC messages shall not be required.

(b)Except when correction of the CPDLC message transmitted is needed, when a controller or a pilot communicates via CPDLC, the response shall normally be via CPDLC. When a controller or a pilot communicates via voice, the response shall normally be via voice.

IR · SERA.15020 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2023/1772 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

All rules in SECTION 15 Controller-pilot data link communication (CPDLC) procedures

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 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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