AMC & GM to Part-ATS — Issue 1, Amendment 5

Annex III to ED Decision 2023/018/R ‘AMC and GM to Part-ATS — Issue 1, Amendment 5’

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Annex IV to Decision 2017/001/R is amended as follows:

GM2 ATS.TR.155(b)(1) ATS surveillance services

ATS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM — PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Performance requirements for ATS surveillance systems and their constituents are specified in the detailed specifications for ATM/ANS equipment subject to certification or declaration in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1768 — DS-GE.CER/DEC — Issue 1 (or later) Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011.

AMC1 ATS.TR.155(c)(1) ATS surveillance services

METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION

Identification of aircraft should be established by at least one of the following methods: (a) ADS-B identification procedures Where ADS-B is used for identification, aircraft may be identified by one or more of the following procedures: (1) direct recognition of the aircraft identification in an ADS-B label; (2) transfer of ADS-B identification; and (3) observation of compliance with an instruction to ‘TRANSMIT ADS-B IDENT’. (b) SSR and/or MLAT identification procedures (1) Where SSR and/or MLAT is used for identification, aircraft may be identified by one or more of the following procedures: (i) recognition of the aircraft identification in an SSR and/or MLAT label, in accordance with point (b) of ATS.OR.446Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1206/2011; (ii) recognition of an assigned discrete code, the setting of which has been verified, in an SSR and/or MLAT label, in accordance with point (b) of ATS.OR.446, and in particular with points (e) to (i) of Appendix 1 to Part-ATS Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1206/2011; (iii) direct recognition of the aircraft identification of a Mode S-equipped aircraft in an SSR and/or MLAT label, in accordance with point (b) of ATS.OR.446, and in particular points with (a) to (d) of Appendix 1 to Part-ATS, unless otherwise prescribed by the competent authority for the use of this method for the identification of local flights Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1206/2011; (iv) […]