COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2082/2000
of 6 September 2000
adopting Eurocontrol standards and amending Directive 97/15/EC, adopting Eurocontrol standards and amending Council Directive 93/65/EEC
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/65/EEC of 19 July 1993 on the definition and use of compatible technical specifications for the procurement of air traffic management equipment and systems(1) and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Directive 97/15/EC of 25 March 1997 adopting Eurocontrol standards and amending Council directive 93/65/EEC on the definition and use of compatible technical specifications for the procurement of air traffic management equipment and systems(2),
Whereas:
(1) Directive 97/15/EC adopted the Eurocontrol standard for On-Line Data Interchange (OLDI), edition 1.0 and the Eurocontrol standard for Air Traffic Services Data Exchange Presentation (ADEXP), edition 1.0.
(2) Eurocontrol adopted more recent versions of the two standards mentioned above, i.e. OLDI edition 2.2 and ADEXP edition 2.0 and also a new Eurocontrol standard named Flight Data Exchange - Interface Control Document (FDE-ICD).
(3) These Eurocontrol standards fall within the scope of Directive 93/65/EEC and contribute to the harmonisation of Member States' air traffic management national systems, particularly concerning the transfer of flights between air traffic control centres (OLDI), the air traffic flow management (ADEXP) and the communications between national systems (FDE-ICD).
(4) Editions 2.2 of OLDI and 2.0 of ADEXP supersede previous editions presently in force according to the provisions of Article I of Directive 97/15/EC and therefore that Article has to be repealed.
(5) The provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established in accordance with Directive 93/65/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In as much as they are necessary for the implementation of an integrated European air traffic management system, the mandatory elements of Eurocontrol specifications included in the following Eurocontrol standards documents are adopted in the framework of Directive 93/65/EEC:
- the Eurocontrol standard for On-Line Data Interchange (OLDI), edition 2.2 (Eurocontrol document reference DPS.ET1.ST06-STD), the text of which is included in Annex I to the present Regulation,
- the Eurocontrol standard for Air Traffic Services Data Exchange Presentation (ADEXP), edition 2.0 (Eurocontrol document reference DPS.ET1.ST09-STD), the text of which is included in Annex II to the present Regulation,
- the Eurocontrol standard for Flight Data Exchange - Interface Control Document (FDE-ICD), edition 1.0 (Eurocontrol document reference COM.ET1.ST12-STD), the text of which is included in Annex III to the present Regulation.
Article 2
Article I of Directive 97/15/EC is hereby repealed.
Article 3
The present Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
The present Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 September 2000.