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Safety Data at the Heart
of Decision‑Making
Improving aviation safety by preventing accidents and serious incidents relies on the availability of ample safety
information on which the right decisions on safety actions can be made. Thanks to the high‑level of safety al‑
ready present in the European Aviation system, collecting such data only at a National Level is no longer able to
provide the detail needed. Therefore it is vital that occurrence information is collected in a centralised manner,
from a variety of sources, in a standardised and compatible format.
In 1993, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), at the request of the Directorate General VII (Transport) of the European
Commission launched, as part of a study, the pilot implementation of a project called, “European Coordination
Centre for Accident and Incident Reporting System” or ECCAIRS. The main objective was the pilot implementa‑
tion of an automated incident reporting system to enable the collection of information from various existing,
incompatible sources and to offer a solution to those
Changes Introduced by Regulation
(EU) 376/2014 and Impact on Safety
Data and the ECR
Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR) is currently regulated, inter alia, by Directive 2003/42/EC. As of Novem‑
ber 2015, the directive will be replaced by Regulation (EU) 376/2014 on the reporting,analysis and follow‑up
of occurrences in civil aviation, amending Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the
Council. While some of the basic existing elements of the current MOR scheme are maintained there are some
key differences.
Reporting
With regard to reporting, the new Regulation introduces two types of reporting systems; mandatory and volun‑
tary occurrence reporting. Despite the differences between the two, both will be run in much the same way, use
the same process and all occurrence reports will be provided to the relevant competent authority and reported
to the ECR. The types of occurrences listed in the Implementing Regulation to Regulation (EU) 376/2014 fall un‑
der the Mandatory Reporting System.