ED Decision 2020/016/R

Acceptable means of compliance and guidance material to the rules of the air

AMC and GM to the rules of the air — Issue 1, Amendment 3

The objective of this Decision is to maintain a high level of safety for services and procedures in air navigation.

Following the adoption of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1177 of 7 August 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469 as regards postponing dates of application of certain measures in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and amending among others Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 (SERA Regulation), this Decision amends the acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) to the rules of the air with regard to the ATC phraseologies to be used following the need to implement the ICAO Global Reporting Format as of August 2021.

The AMC and GM have been developed and consulted concurrently with the related implementing rules (IRs) and published for information along with Opinion No 03/2019. Based on this Opinion, the European Commission adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469 of 14 February 2020 which as stated above was amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/1177.