{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-255/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-255/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/255",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 255/2010 of 25 March 2010 laying down common rules on air traffic flow management (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-255",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and scope",
  "text": "1. This Regulation lays down the requirements for air traffic flow management (hereinafter ATFM) in order to optimise the available capacity of the United Kingdom air traffic management system (hereinafter UK ATMS) and enhance ATFM processes.\n2. This Regulation shall apply within the airspace referred to in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 to:\n(a) all flights intended to operate or operating as general air traffic and in accordance with the instrument flight rules (hereinafter IFR) in whole or in part;\n(b) all phases of flights referred to in point (a) and air traffic management.\n3. This Regulation shall apply to the following parties, or agents acting on their behalf, involved in ATFM processes:\n(a) operators of aircraft,\n(b) air traffic service (hereinafter ATS) units, including ATS reporting offices and aerodrome control services;\n(c) aeronautical information services;\n(d) entities involved in airspace management;\n(e) airport managing bodies;\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(g) local ATFM units;\n(h) slot coordinators of coordinated airports.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 172(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 172(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 172(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 1(3)(f) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 172(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/255/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:52.241653+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."
}