European Aviation Safety Agency

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European Aviation Safety Agency

• Datalink Approval Process

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Overview

• Airworthiness Approval
• Application to EASA, handled by NAA
• Operational Approval
• Through National Authorities
• Status of the regulatory material
• IR 21, CS-25, NPAs
• NPA Status and planned availability
• JAA NPA 20-7 Departure clearance over ACARS
• JAA NPA 20-11c Initial services for Air-Ground
  Data-link in continental airspace
• JAA NPA 20-13a ATIS over ACARS
• Note these are called JAA NPAs because they
  started and were consulted under JAA. EASA will
  re-circulate them as EASA NPA

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Airworthiness Approval

• Application for approval to EASA
• EASA will then allocate to
• EASA Certification Team (European Product) or
  Validation Team (Foreign Product) or
• Lead Authority (NAA responsible for the a/c type
  manufactured outside EU) or
• Local NAA where application is made

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Airworthiness Approval

• The Applicant will present a Compliance
  Checklist, addressing
• General CS-25 requirements (e.g. 25.1301,
  25.1309, equipment qualification)
• Specific Data Link regulatory material
• Test plans (e.g. ground tests)
• Non-interference with essential systems
• Similarity with equivalent approvals where
  applicable
• Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) procedures and
  limitations where applicable

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Airworthiness Approval

• Note Specific regulatory material on Data Link
  applications currently exists in the form of JAA
  Notices of Proposed Amendment (NPAs)
• These JAA NPAs contain Acceptable Means of
  Compliance with Airworthiness and Operational
  Considerations.

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Airworthiness Approval

• Example
• Airworthiness considerations of JAA NPA 20-11
• Qualification criteria requiring coordination is
  provided in EUROCAE Document ED-78A.
• The installation must be shown to meet the safety
  and performance requirements allocated to the
  aircraft as provided in SPR ED-120, and the
  applicable interoperability requirements INTEROP
  ED-110A.
• The VDL mode 2 system should be compliant with
  ED-92A.
• The airborne ATN router should be compliant with
  an ATN MOPS acceptable to the certification
  authority. In the absence of a published generic
  MOPS, the applicant may propose alternative
  minimum performance criteria for which
  interoperability and testability can be
  demonstrated.

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Airworthiness Approval

• Recording of ATS messages for accident
  investigation will need to be implemented when
  required by JAR OPS 1 or 3, or by national
  regulation. It is not intended that aircraft
  which have received airworthiness approval in
  compliance with interoperability requirement
  ED-110 should be reinvestigated.
• For EUROCAE Documents (EDs) see www.eurocae.org

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Airworthiness Approval

• Example
• Human-Machine Interface Evaluation addressing
• Compatibility with flight deck philosophy
• Flight deck annunciations (aural and visual)
• Flight deck controls
• Flight deck displays

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Airworthiness Approval

• Certification Review Items (CRIs) can be used to
• Document the Certification Basis
• Apply Special Conditions for airworthiness
  criteria not covered by CS-25 (e.g. proposed NPA
  material not yet implemented in CS-25)
• Apply Equivalent Safety Findings
• Apply Acceptable Means of Compliance or
  Interpretative Material

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Airworthiness Approval

• A CRI can be proposed by the EASA Team or by the
  Applicant
• CRIs will be coordinated with EASA (Certification
  and Rulemaking Directorates) to ensure
  consistency between projects

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Operational Approval

• The JAA NPAs contain Operational Considerations
  addressing
• Safety aspects
• Operations Manual and Training
• Incident reporting
• The operational approval will be handled by the
  operations department of National Authorities

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Regulatory Material

• Implementing Rules, Part 21
• Certification of aircraft and related products,
  parts and appliances, available via
  www.easa.eu.int
• CS-25
• Certification Specifications for Large
  Aeroplanes, available via www.easa.eu.int
• JAA NPAs 20-7, 20-11c and 20-13a are currently
  under review
• NPA 20-7 Approval of Departure Clearance via
  Data Communications over ACARS
• NPA 20-11c Advisory Material for the Approval of
  use of Initial Services for Air-Ground Data Link
  in Continental Airspace
• NPA 20-13a Digital ATIS via Data Link over ACARS

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Regulatory Material

• Planned availability for EASA NPAs
• Will need to be re-circulated as EASA NPA
• Are not yet incorporated into EASA AMC-20
  (acceptable means of compliance affecting more
  than one EASA text)
• The version circulated by EASA will have own EASA
  number (TBD) and will take into account comments
  received during JAA consultation
• Schedule for the 3
• EASA NPA to be published by end of the first
  quarter 2005
• Adoption by EASA (Executive Directors decision)
  by end of fourth quarter 2005
• These NPAs will have to be coordinated with JAA

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• Thank you for your attention
• Comments and questions are welcome
• Attachment 1 provide more general information on
  EASA
• www.easa.eu.int

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• Attachment 1 more general information on EASA.

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Contents of the presentation

• Brief presentation of the European Aviation
  Safety Agency (EASA)
• Remit Objectives Organization Rules and
  procedures Rulemaking
• EASA some recent developments
• Conclusions

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EASA Remit

• Its Remit
• Currently the Regulation 1592/2002 establishes
  Community competency only for the regulation of
  the airworthiness and environmental compatibility
  of products
• Work is being done to extend the scope of this
  regulation to air operations and flight crew
  licensing
• Ultimately it could also cover the safety
  regulation of airport operations and air traffic
  control services

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EASA objectives

• Its objectives
• To establish and maintain high uniform levels of
  civil aviation safety in Europe
• To fulfill the ambition and intent of a Total
  Systems Approach to aviation safety
• Improved procedures
• Focused approach
• Cost-efficient environment
• Implement a Quality Management System

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EASA legal changes

• Changes in the legal framework led to sharing of
  roles
• Airworthiness/Environment Standards Certificates
• Type Certificate Agency/EC Agency
• Design Organisation Approval Agency/EC Agency
• Other individual certificates Agency/EC NAA
• Maintenance
• Non EU Country Agency/EC Agency
• EU Country Agency/EC NAA

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EASA Organization

• Organization
• Agency organized around its 3 main functions (See
  slide 22)
• Rulemaking
• Certification
• Standardization and Quality
• Committee, Management Board and Advisory Bodies
• EASA Committee regulatory safeguard and
  advisory
• Management Board and Advisory Bodies (See slide
  23)

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Agency Organisation
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EASA organisation
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Member State
Member State
Member State
Member State
Member State
Observers
European Commission
Agency
Management Board
Board(s) of Appeal
Advisory Body of Interested Parties
Panel of Experts
Executive Director
Third Countries
Safety Standards Consultative Committee
Advisory Group of National Authorities
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EASA Rules and procedures

• Rules and procedures
• Regulatory texts relative to initial and
  continued airworthiness
• Full set of regulatory texts is available (See
  slide 25 and 26)
• Rulemaking process is adopted
• See slide 27
• Certification procedures are available
• Products
• Organizations
• Guidelines for outsourcing

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REGULATION ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

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EASA Rulemaking

• Status of EASA texts
• Applicability basic principles and essential
  requirements
• Binding adopted by the legislator under
  co-decision included in Regulation
• Implementing Rules
• Binding will be adopted by the Commission under
  Comitology process following an Opinion from the
  Agency
• Certification Specification, guidance
• Generally not binding but may be binding on
  individual application adopted by the Agency
• Working methods of the Agency
• Binding for the Agency adopted by the Management
  Board

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EASA Rulemaking

• Rulemaking procedure adopted in 2003 by the
  Management Board
• Highlights
• Programming assisted by two advisory bodies
• Annual Rulemaking program
• Advance rulemaking planning on 3 years
• Notice of Proposed Amendments (NPA)
• Drafting/review of comments by the Agency or
  Working Groups (WG)
• Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA)
• Complementary procedures adopted by the Executive
  Director (e.g. RIA composition of WG)

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EASA some developments

• Recent developments (I)
• Location and Staffing
• Seat is Cologne since 03 November 2004
• 100 people end of 2004 200 end of 2005
• Fees and Charges
• To be adopted by April 2005
• Link with contracts with National Authorities
• Opinion relative to Operation, Licensing and
  third Countries Aircraft
• Sent to the Commission on 16 December

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EASA some developments

• Some developments (II)
• Relations with USA
• Good progress on Bilateral with the USA
• FAA assessment visit late January 26 to February
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• Transition JAA to EASA
• Standardization on initial and continued
  airworthiness managed by EASA for EU and non-EU
  JAA countries
• Joint Operation Evaluation Boards and Maintenance
  Review Boards managed by EASA.
• JAA CNS/ATM Steering Group goes on with
  participation of EASA.

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EASA some developments

• Some developments (III)
• Opinion on Data-bases providers
• Adopted on January 14
• Not POA but letter of acceptance issued following
  finding of conformity with guidelines.
• EASA provides a service it is not mandatory !
• Relationship with other organizations
• DG-TREN to organize coordination meeting with
  EUROCONTROL JAA GASR and EASA as soon as
  possible.
• Meeting at working level with ETSI on December 8

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Conclusions

• The Agency is operational, growing in strength
  and expanding its scope
• The Agency is built on a strong legal basis which
  provides certainty to stakeholders
• The Agency is the principal civil aviation
  authority in Europe, with clearly established
  lines of roles, tasks and responsibilities
• Relationships with other countries are key to
  ensure the highest level of safety worldwide
• The Agency in the European interlocutor for civil
  aviation safety