ED Decision 2024/007/R

AMC & GM to the rules of the air — Issue 1, Amendment 7

Decisions 2024/006/R, 2024/007/R and 2024/008/R establish the acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) to support the application of the amendments to the following regulations, which were published on 11 April 2024:

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/403,
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/404, and
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/405.

In particular, the AMC and GM shall support:

• the transposition of International Civil Aviation Organization provisions into the corresponding requirements of the standardised European rules of the air, especially related to clearances issued with regard to standard instrument departure and standard instrument arrival speed restrictions and the procedures related to radio communication failure;
• the indication of ballistic parachutes in the flight plan in response to a safety recommendation addressed to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA);
• the clarification of specific aspects resulting from standardisation activities and discussions with stakeholders, including the indication of radio mandatory and transponder mandatory zones on relevant charts; and
• the necessary alignment with the AMC and GM to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 and Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 for regulatory consistency purposes.