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ATM/ANS.OR.C.005 Safety support assessment and assurance of changes to the functional system

Regulation (EU) 2017/373

(a)     For any change notified in accordance with point ATM/ANS.OR.A.045(a)(1), the service provider other than the air traffic services provider shall:

(1)     ensure that a safety support assessment is carried out covering the scope of the change which is:

(i)      the equipment, procedural and human elements being changed;

(ii)     interfaces and interactions between the elements being changed and the remainder of the functional system;

(iii)     interfaces and interactions between the elements being changed and the context in which it is intended to operate;

(iv)     the life cycle of the change from definition to operations including transition into service;

(v)      planned degraded modes;

(2)     provide assurance, with sufficient confidence, via a complete, documented and valid argument that the service will behave and will continue to behave only as specified in the specified context.

(b)     A service provider other than an air traffic services provider shall ensure that the safety support assessment referred to in point (a) comprises:

(1)     verification that:

(i)      the assessment corresponds to the scope of the change as defined in point (a)(1);

(ii)     the service behaves only as specified in the specified context;

(iii)     the way the service behaves complies with and does not contradict any applicable requirements of this Regulation placed on the services provided by the changed functional system; and

(2)     specification of the monitoring criteria necessary to demonstrate that the service delivered by the changed functional system will continue to behave only as specified in the specified context.