DEFINITION AND USE OF COMPATIBLE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

DEFINITION AND USE OF COMPATIBLE TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AIR

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 499.17

DEFINITION AND USE OF COMPATIBLE

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE

PROCUREMENT OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS REGULATIONS

3rd July, 2001

LEGAL NOTICE 161 of 2001, as amended by Legal Notice 336 of 2002.

The title of these regulations is the Definition and Use of

Compatible Technical Specifications for the Procurement of Air

Traffic Management Equipment and Systems Regulations.

(Regulation 3)

Domains for Eurocontrol Standards

Indicative List

Communications

Navigation

Surveillance

Data-processing systems

Airspace management and air traffic management procedures

A i r Tr a ff i c M a n a g e m e n t w o r k i n g r u l e s a n d o p e r a t i o n a l

requirements

Human Resources

In these regulations

"Eurocontrol" has the same meaning assigned to it by the

Eurocontrol Act;

"Eur oco ntr ol stan dar d" mean s the m and atory elements of

Eurocontrol specifications for physical characteristics,

configuration, material, performance, personnel or procedure, the

uniform application of which is recognised as essential for the

implementation of an integrated air traffic services (ATS) system

(the mandatory element shall form part of a Eurocontrol standard

document);

"technical specifications" means the technical requirements

included, in particular, in the tender documents defining the

characteristics of a piece of work, a material, a product or a supply,

and making it possible to describe a piece of work, a material, a

product or a supply objectively in a manner such that it fulfils the

use f or wh ich it is intended by the contracting entity. Such

technical prescriptions may include quality, performance, safety

and dimensions, as well as requirements applicable to the material,

product or supply as regards quality assurance, terminology,

sym bols, testing an d test m ethod s, packaging, m ar king an d

labelling;

"standar d" m eans a technical specification approved by a

recognised standardization body for repeated or continuous

application, compliance with which is not in principle compulsory.

(Regulation 4)

the Eurocontrol standard for On-Line Data Interchange

(OLDI), edition 2.3 (Eurocontrol document reference

DPS.ET1.STO6-STD-01-01),

the Eurocontrol standard for Air Traffic Services Data

Exchange Presentation (ADEXP), edition 2.1 (Eurocontrol

document reference DPS.ET1.STO9-STD-01-01),

the Eurocontrol standard for Right Data Exchange -

I n t e r f a ce C o n t r o l D o c u m e n t ( FD E - I C D ) ,e d i t io n 1 . 0

(Eurocontrol document reference COM.ET1.ST12-STD).

The Eurocontrol standards, and subsequent Eurocontrol

amendments, in particular those relating to the areas listed in the

First Schedule, shall be complied with by any person who provides

air traffic management services in Malta.

The mandatory elements of Eurocontrol specifications

included in the Eurocontrol standards documents specified in the

Second Schedule shall be adopted inasmuch as they are necessary

for the implementation of an integrated European air-traffic-

management system.

DEFINITION AND USE OF COMPATIBLE TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AIR

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS