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ATM/ANS.AR.A.030 Safety directives

Regulation (EU) 2023/1771

(a)     The competent authority shall issue a safety directive when it has determined the existence of any of the following:

(1)     an unsafe condition in a functional system requiring immediate action;

(2)     an unsafe, insecure, underperformance or non-interoperability condition in the equipment subject to the statement of compliance in accordance with Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1768 and this condition is likely to exist or develop in other ATM/ANS equipment.

(b)     The safety directive shall be forwarded to the ATM/ANS providers concerned and contain, as a minimum, the following information:

(1)     the identification of the unsafe condition;

(2)     the identification of the affected functional system;

(3)     the actions required and their rationale;

(4)     the time limit for completing the actions required;

(5)     its date of entry into force.

(c)      The competent authority shall forward a copy of the safety directive to the Agency and any other competent authorities concerned within one month from its issuance.

(d)     The competent authority shall verify the compliance of the ATM/ANS providers with the safety directives and with the ATM/ANS equipment directives, as applicable.