Article 3U.K.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)

‘aircraft identification’ means a group of letters, figures or a combination thereof which is either identical to, or the coded equivalent of, the aircraft call sign to be used in air-ground communications, and which is used to identify the aircraft in ground-ground air traffic services communications;

(2)

‘SSR code’ means one of the 4 096 secondary surveillance radar identity codes that can be transmitted by airborne constituents of surveillance systems;

(3)

‘discrete SSR code’ means a four-digit secondary surveillance radar identity code with the last two digits not being “00”;

(4)

‘downlinked aircraft identification’ means the aircraft identification transmitted by airborne constituents of surveillance systems via an air-to-ground surveillance system;

(5)

‘conspicuity code’ means an individual SSR code designated for special purposes;

(6)

‘over-flight’ means a flight that enters defined airspace from an adjacent sector, then transits across the defined airspace and exits the defined airspace into an adjacent sector outside;

(7)

‘arriving flight’ means a flight that enters defined airspace from an adjacent sector, then transits across the defined airspace and lands at a destination within the defined airspace;

(8)

‘departing flight’ means a flight that originates at an aerodrome within defined airspace, then transits across the defined airspace and either lands at an aerodrome within the defined airspace or exits the defined airspace into an adjacent sector outside;

(9)

‘operator’ means a person, organisation or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in an aircraft operation;

(10)

‘code allocation list’ means a document specifying the overall distribution of SSR codes to [F1the United Kingdom,] Member States and air traffic service (ATS) units that has been agreed by [F2the United Kingdom and] Member States and published in the air navigation plan for the ICAO European Region;

(11)

‘co-operative surveillance chain’ means a surveillance chain requiring both ground and airborne components to determine surveillance data items;

(12)

‘integrated initial flight plan processing system’ means a system F3... through which a centralised flight planning processing and distribution service, dealing with the reception, validation and distribution of flight plans, is provided within the airspace [F4under the responsibility of the States participating in that service].

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