REGULATORY UNIT

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Second Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the
Draft Implementing Rule for Interoperability on
Data Link Services (DLS)
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AGENDA ITEM 1 WELCOME INTRODUCTIONWORKSHOP
OBJECTIVES
Jean-Luc GARNIER Head of Regulatory
Unit EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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Agenda 1/2

• Morning
• 1. Welcome Introduction
• Workshop Objectives
• 2. The DLS Mandate Context Requirements
• 3. Deployment of Data Link Services in Europe
• 4. Overview of the Draft IR
• Conclusions of the RA
• Key Issues of the DLS IR Prescriptions
• Key Issues of the Economic Appraisal
• 5. Main Results of the Formal Consultation

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Agenda 2/2

• Afternoon
• 6. Airlines View
• 7. Discussion of main Outcome of Consultation
• 8. The Way Forward
• Next Steps
• 9. Conclusions

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Workshop Objectives

• Discussion on the MAIN OUTCOMES of the Formal
  Consultation
• Reach a COMMON UNDERSTANDING on the Way Forward

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AGENDA ITEM 2 THE DATA LINK SERVICES
MANDATECONTEXT REQUIREMENTS
Jean-Luc GARNIER Head of Regulatory
Unit EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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DLS IR Mandate

• EUROCONTROL is mandated to develop a draft
  interoperability implementing rule on the
  provision and use of data link services supported
  by air-ground communications. This implementing
  rule will also address civil military
  coordination.

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Mandate Requirements

• EUROCONTROL is mandated to develop a draft IR
  that identifies
• Objective Scope
• Communications infrastructure
• Data Link services
• ATC Procedures
• General requirements for ANSPs, aircraft
  operators, air-ground communication service
  providers
• Temporary exemptions
• Implementation conditions

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Development Process DLS Draft IR

• 27/01/2006-27/03/2006 Formal Consultation of
  Regulatory Approach
• 2 May 2006 Workshop on the results of the
  Formal Consultation of the Regulatory
  Approach
• 24 May 2006 Updated Regulatory Approach and
  SOR documents
• 05/03/2007-07/05/2007 Formal Consultation on
  Draft IR Justification Material
• 13 June 2007 Workshop on the results of the
  Formal Consultation of the IR
• End June 2007 Updated Regulatory Approach and
  SOR documents
• End September 2007 Final Report

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AGENDA ITEM 3 DEPLOYMENT OF DATA LINK SERVICES
IN EUROPE
Martin ADNAMS LINK 2000 Programme
Manager EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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AGENDA ITEM 4 OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT
IRCONCLUSIONS OF THE REGULATORY APPROACHKEY
ISSUES OF THE DLS IR PRESCRIPTIONS
Jean-Paul DORE, Regulatory Unit EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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Contents

• Outcome of the Regulatory Approach
• Key points of the DLS draft IR
• Key points of the economic appraisal

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Outcome of the Regulatory Approach

• Set of subjects for prescriptions in the IR
• High level requirements in the IR detailed
  technical requirements in Specification
• IR Community Spec. necessary to ensure
  interoperability
• No reference in the IR to Specification
• IR open to alternative MoCs fulfilling SPR
  requirements

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DLS Specification

• Detailed interoperability, performance
  requirements
• End to end communications, messages
• Air ground communications
• Addressing scheme
• References to relevant EUROCAE, ICAO, AEEC
  standards
• These requirements are not regulatory
  requirements
• This Specification will be recognised as a Means
  of Compliance with the IR (publication in the OJ)

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Application of IR CS
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Community Specification
Implementing Rule
Data link Constituent
Conformity Assessment
EC Declaration of conformity
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DLS Draft IR

• Main body
• Obligations of Operators
• Obligations of ANSPs
• Obligations of Member States
• Obligations of Manufacturers
• Obligations are specified with references to
  Annexes containing definitions or high level
  interoperability / performance requirements

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Implementing Rule Layout
IR Main body
Annex I Definition of data link services

• Articles
• Stakeholders obligations

Annex III Communications Requirements End-to-End
communications Air-Ground communications
Which data link services? Which
communications? Which airspace?
Annex V Airspace definition
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Airspace of applicability

• Above FL 285
• First step high density traffic area (LINK
  REGION) AIRAC date Feb 2011
• Second step All EU Member States airspace area -
  AIRAC date Feb 2016

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Aircraft equipage exemption
A/C operating IFR/GAT in the SES data
link Airspace (FLgt285)

• Must follow forward-fit, new fit or retrofit
  policy for equipage
• Exemptions
• a/c with ED-100, ED-100A certified equipment
  delivered before Jan 2014
• a/c planned for cease of operations before March
  2015
• State a/c (specific condition for transport type
  state a/c)
• a/c flying for testing, delivery and maintenance
  purposes

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Timescales
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Data link communications

• ANSPs shall ensure that ground systems support
  air ground communications based on
• ATN VDL-2
• Or other MoC fulfilling specific conditions
  (specified in the IR)
• Data exchanges with all equipped aircraft (flying
  in the airspace under their responsibility)
• Operators shall ensure that airborne systems
  support air ground communications based on
• ATN VDL-2
• Or other MoC fulfilling specific conditions
  (specified in the IR)
• Data exchanges with all ATS units (which may
  control these flights)

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Other IR requirements

• Safety requirements (Art. 6)
• Conformity or suitability for use of constituents
  (Art. 7)
• Verification of systems (Art. 8)
• Additional requirements (Art. 9)
• Requirements consistent with other IRs

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AGENDA ITEM 4 KEY ISSUES OF THE ECONOMIC
APPRAISAL
David BOOKER, DAS/BMA EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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AGENDA ITEM 5 MAIN RESULTS OF THE FORMAL
CONSULTATION
Jean-Luc GARNIER Jean-Paul DORE Regulatory Unit,
EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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Comments received by Stakeholders
A Acceptable without amendment B Acceptable but
would be improved with amendments C Not
acceptable but would be acceptable with
amendments D Not acceptable under any
circumstances
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Distribution of Responses by Groups of
Stakeholders
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Distribution of Categories of Responses
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Main Results of the Formal Consultation

• IR Points which were widely accepted
• List of main issues raised by formal consultation
  

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IR Points widely accepted

• The scope structure of the IR
• The four proposed data link services
• Air ground communication services based on
  ATN/VDL2 as a minimum on the ground
• Openness to other technologies in addition to
  ATN/VDL2
• Deployment of data link services above FL285 in
  the whole SES airspace by Feb 2016
• The level of details of IR requirements
• The need for a Specification
• Air ground communication services can be
  provided by certified and/or non-certified
  organisations

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Main issues raised by comments /1 Deployment of
data link services

• Aircraft equipage
• Which aircraft should be equipped
• Which dates for aircraft equipage (forward fit,
  new fit, retrofit ..)
• Data link recording of data link messages
• Incentives

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Main issues raised by comments /2 Deployment of
data link services

• Aircraft exemption
• FANS-equipped aircraft
• FANS-equipped aircraft delivered before Jan 2014
  are exempted for their lifetime
• When a standardised solution for FANS/ ATN
  convergence is available, a new Regulation should
  be developed
• FANS accommodation by ACCs
• Old long haul aircraft should be exempted
• Old regional aircraft should be exempted
• Aircraft planned for cease of operations 3 years
  after the retro fit period should be exempted

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Main issues raised by comments /3 Deployment of
data link services

• State aircraft
• Very few comments relating to State aircraft
• Amendment to the definition of transport type
  state aircraft
• Applicability of the IR to non-EU State aircraft
  (DoD)

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Main issues raised by comments /4 Deployment of
data link services

• Ground deployment timescale
• T0, Step 1, data link services operational in
  core area FLgt285
• Some ANSPs accept the proposed date Feb 2011
• A few ANSPs consider this date as non acceptable
  and propose significant delays for Step1
• T1, Step 2, data link services extended to the
  SES airspace FLgt285
• No question about the proposed date Feb 2016

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Other issues raised by comments /1

• Data link services/ communications
• Definition of data link services based on ED 120
  must not mandate the implementation of the full
  set of messages elements
• Reference to EUROCAE documents
• Openness and criteria to air ground
  communication technology other than ATN / VDL2
• Security aspect

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Other issues raised by comments /2

• IR scope
• Identification of EATMN systems
• Conformity assessment
• Procedures for manufacturers
• IR Drafting
• Redundancy with Common Requirements
• Interpretation of Recitals

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Remarks

• Detailed Review and open discussions of above
  issues under item 7 of the Agenda

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AGENDA ITEM 6 AIRLINES VIEW
Anthony VAN DER VELDT IATA
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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AGENDA ITEM 7 DISCUSSION OF MAIN OUTCOME OF
CONSULTATION
Jean-Luc GARNIER Jean-Paul DORE Regulatory Unit,
EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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Main Outcome of the Consultation
Airspace of Applicability
1. Scope Definitions
2. DLS Deployment
3. Data Link Communications
DLS IR
4. Associated Procedures
5 Conformity Assessment
6. Additional Requirements
7. Writing of the IR
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AGENDA ITEM 8 THE WAY FORWARDNEXT STEPS
Jean-Luc GARNIER Head of Regulatory
Unit EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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The way forward

• Updates of IR articles to address received
  comments
• Aircraft exemption cases
• Aircraft equipage timescales
• Ground deployment timescales
• Definition of data link services without messages
  elements
• Improvement of requirements of Art 5 (data link
  communications)
• Improvement of recitals
• Update of the relevant parts of the JMA document,
  including the economic appraisal
• Finalization of the Final Report
• Delivery of the Final Report to the Commission by
  end of September

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AGENDA ITEM 9 CONCLUSIONS
Jean-Luc GARNIER Head of Regulatory
Unit EUROCONTROL
European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation
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Second Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the
Draft Implementing Rule for Interoperability on
Data Link Services (DLS)