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Air traffic controllers’ licences and certificates – technical requirements and administrative procedures
Air traffic controllers’ licences and certificates – technical requirements and administrative procedures
Air traffic controllers’ licences and certificates – technical requirements and administrative procedures
This regulation addresses the licensing and medical certification of air traffic controllers (ATCOs).
It aims to ensure and maintain a high and uniform level of safety while facilitating the mobility of air traffic controllers via the establishment of common training standards, including supporting acceptable means of compliance and guidance material, and the recognition of licences at the EU level. It also establishes a clear framework for air traffic controller (ATCO) training organisations and the recognition of their certificates, along with the necessary synergies for aeromedical examiners and centres involved in the medical certification of pilots and air traffic controllers.
Its regular updates ensure continued alignment of the qualification scheme of air traffic controllers with the recognised best practices in aviation and take into account new technological developments and operational changes.
The regulation sets out in a series of annexes detailed rules and procedures for:
Application
Compliance
Air traffic controllers, instructors and assessors providing services in the EU but employed by service providers outside the EU are considered to be licensed if they:
Non-EU air traffic controllers’ tasks and functions must not exceed the privileges of the licence issued by the non-EU country.
Non-EU instructor and assessor privileges must be specified in a certificate issued by a non-EU country and be limited to providing instruction and assessment for training organisations located outside the EU.
Competent authorities
Each Member State nominates or sets up at least one competent authority with responsibility for certification and oversight. These authorities must be:
Repeal
The regulation repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 805/2011.
It has applied since 30 June 2015.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340 of 20 February 2015 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures relating to air traffic controllers’ licences and certificates pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 805/2011 (OJ L 63, 6.3.2015, pp. 1–122).
Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) 2015/340 have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, pp. 1–122).
See consolidated version.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 of 26 September 2012 laying down the common rules of the air and operational provisions regarding services and procedures in air navigation and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 and Regulations (EC) No 1265/2007, (EC) No 1794/2006, (EC) No 730/2006, (EC) No 1033/2006 and (EU) No 255/2010 (OJ L 281, 13.10.2012, pp. 1–66).
See consolidated version.
last update 04.06.2024