Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2120 of 2 December 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1033/2006 as regards the provisions referred to in Article 3(1) - text published in the Official Journal of the European Union

Objective

To amend Regulation 1033/2006 by updating references to International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and EU provisions.

Summary

Since the adoption of Regulation 1033/2006 a number of changes to ICAO provisions and the corresponding EU legislation (Regulation 923/2012) were made.

Provisions in the following ICAO documents were changed:

• Annex 2 - Rules of the Air
• Doc 8168 PANS-OPS (new edition)
• Doc 4444 - PANS-ATM (new edition)
• Doc 7030 - ICAO Regional Supplementary Procedures (new edition)

The Regulation 1033/2006 was amended to account for these changes. The scope of the amendment icludes:

• Updated definition of "terminal area procedures"
• Replacement of the Annex

Entry Into Force

This Regulation entered into force in December 2016.

Related articles

• Regulation 552/2004 - Interoperability of the European ATM Network
• Single European Sky (SES) II

Further Reading

European Commission

• EUR-Lex Portal: Regulation 2016/2120 (available in different languages and file formats)
• Air Transport Portal of the European Commission - Single European Sky