# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1033/2006 of 4 July 2006 laying down the requirements on procedures for flight plans in the pre-flight phase for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. This Regulation lays down the requirements on procedures for flight plans in the pre-flight phase in order to ensure the consistency of flight plans, repetitive flight plans and associated update messages between operators, pilots and air traffic services units through the Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System, either in the period preceding the first delivery of air traffic control clearance for flights taking off from within the airspace covered by this Regulation or in the period preceding entry into that airspace for other flights.
2. This Regulation shall apply to all flights intended to operate or operating as general air traffic in accordance with instrument flight rules within the airspace defined in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 551/2004.
3. This Regulation shall apply to each of the following parties involved in the submission, modification, acceptance and distribution of flight plans:
(a) operators and agents acting on their behalf;
(b) pilots and agents acting on their behalf;
(c) air traffic services units providing services to general air traffic flying in accordance with instrument flight rules.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1033/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1033/article-1
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