Article 4 Strategic airspace management (level 1)

ensure the overall application of the flexible use of airspace concept at a strategic, pre-tactical and tactical level;

regularly review users’ requirements;

approve the activities which require airspace reservation or restriction;

define temporary airspace structures and procedures to offer multiple airspace reservation and route options;

establish criteria and procedures providing for the creation and the use of adjustable lateral and vertical limits of the airspace required for accommodating diverse variations of flight paths and short-term changes of flights;

assess the national airspace structures and route network with the aim of planning for flexible airspace structures and procedures;

define the specific conditions under which the responsibility for separation between civil and military flights rests on the air traffic services units or controlling military units;

develop cross-border airspace use with neighbouring F2states which are Member States where needed by the traffic flows and users’ activities;

coordinate their airspace management policy with those of neighbouring F3states which are Member States to jointly address use of airspace across national borders and/or the boundaries of flight information regions;

establish and make available airspace structures to users in close cooperation and coordination with neighbouring F4states which are Member States where the airspace structures concerned have a significant impact on the traffic across national borders and/or the boundaries of flight information regions, with a view to ensuring optimum use of airspace for all users F5...;

establish with neighbouring F6states which are Member States one common set of standards for separation between civil and military flights for cross-border activities;

set up consultation mechanisms between F7... all relevant partners and organisations to ensure that users’ requirements are properly addressed;

assess and review airspace procedures and performance of flexible use of airspace operations;

establish mechanisms to archive data on the requests, allocation and actual use of airspace structures for further analysis and planning activities.