Commission Regulation (EU) No 73/2010Show full title

Article 3 Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:

1.

‘aeronautical data’ means a representation of aeronautical facts, concepts or instructions in a formalised manner suitable for communication, interpretation or processing;

2.

‘aeronautical information’ means information resulting from the assembly, analysis and formatting of aeronautical data;

3.

‘data quality’ means a degree or level of confidence that the data provided meets the requirements of the data user in terms of accuracy, resolution and integrity;

4.

‘accuracy’ means a degree of conformance between the estimated or measured value and the true value;

5.

‘resolution’ means a number of units or digits to which a measured or calculated value is expressed and used;

6.

‘integrity’ means a degree of assurance that a data item and its value have not been lost or altered since the data origination or authorised amendment;

7.

‘integrated aeronautical information package’ (hereinafter IAIP) means a package which consists of the following elements:

(a)

aeronautical information publications (hereinafter AIP), including amendments;

(b)

supplements to the AIP;

(c)

the NOTAM, as defined in point 17 and pre-flight information bulletins;

(d)

aeronautical information circulars; and

(e)

checklists and lists of valid NOTAMs;

8.

‘obstacle data’ means data concerning all fixed (whether temporary or permanent) and mobile objects, or parts thereof, that are located on an area intended for the surface movement of aircraft or that extend above a defined surface intended to protect aircraft in flight;

9.

‘terrain data’ means data about the surface of the earth containing naturally occurring features such as mountains, hills, ridges, valleys, bodies of water, permanent ice and snow, and excluding obstacles;

10.

‘aerodrome mapping data’ means information that represents standardised aerodrome features for a defined area, including geospatial data and metadata;

11.

‘survey data’ means geospatial data that is determined by measurement or survey;

12.

‘procedure design’ means the combination of aeronautical data with specific flight instructions to define instrument arrival and/or departure procedures that ensure adequate standards of flight safety;

13.

‘aeronautical information service provider’ means the organisation responsible for the provision of an aeronautical information service, certified in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2096/2005(1);

14.

‘next intended user’ means the entity that receives the aeronautical information from the aeronautical information service provider;

15.

‘direct electronic connection’ means a digital connection between computer systems such that data may be transferred between them without manual interaction;

16.

‘data item’ means a single attribute of a complete data set, which is allocated a value that defines its current status;

17.

‘NOTAM’ means a notice distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations;

18.

‘digital NOTAM’ means a data set that contains the information included in a NOTAM in a structured format which can be fully interpreted by an automated computer system without human interpretation;

19.

‘data originator’ means an entity responsible for data origination;

20.

‘data origination’ means the creation of a new data item with its associated value, the modification of the value of an existing data item or the deletion of an existing data item;

21.

‘period of validity’ means the period between the date and time on which aeronautical information is published and the date and time on which the information ceases to be effective;

22.

‘data validation’ means the process of ensuring that data meets the requirements for the specified application or intended use;

23.

‘data verification’ means the evaluation of the output of an aeronautical data process to ensure correctness and consistency with respect to the inputs and applicable data standards, rules and conventions used in that process;

24.

‘critical data’ means data with an integrity level as defined in Chapter 3, Section 3.2 point 3.2.8(a) of Annex 15 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (hereinafter the Chicago Convention);

25.

‘essential data’ means data with an integrity level as defined in Chapter 3, Section 3.2 point 3.2.8(b) of Annex 15 to the Chicago Convention.

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OJ L 335, 21.12.2005, p. 13.