{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-23/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/23",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2006/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on a Community air traffic controller licence (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-23",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Objective and scope",
  "text": "1. The objective of this Directive is to increase safety standards and to improve the operation of the Community air traffic control system through the issuing of a Community air traffic controller licence.\n2. This Directive shall apply to:\nstudent air traffic controllers, and\nair traffic controllers\nexercising their functions under the responsibility of air navigation service providers which offer their services primarily to aircraft movements of general air traffic.\n3. Subject to Articles 1(2) and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, in cases where regular and planned air traffic control services are provided to general air traffic under the responsibility of air navigation service providers which offer their services primarily to aircraft movements other than general air traffic, Member States shall ensure that the level of safety and quality of the services to general air traffic is at least equivalent to the level resulting from the application of the provisions of this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/23/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:38.079455+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}