# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 of 22 November 2011 laying down requirements for the performance and the interoperability of surveillance for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance), Article 8: State aircraft

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

1. The Secretary of State shall ensure that, by 7 December 2020 at the latest, State aircraft comply with point (a) of Article 5(5).
2. The Secretary of State shall ensure that, by 7 December 2020 at the latest, transport-type State aircraft comply with point (c) of Article 5(5).
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5. Air traffic service providers shall ensure that :
(a) State aircraft that cannot be equipped with secondary surveillance radar transponders that comply with the requirements set out in Part A of Annex 2, and
(b) transport-type State aircraft with a maximum certified take-off mass exceeding 5 700 kg or having a maximum cruising true airspeed capability greater than 250 knots, that cannot be equipped with secondary surveillance radar transponders that comply with the requirements set out in Part B and Part C of Annex 2,
can be accommodated, provided that they can be safely handled within the capacity of the air traffic management system.
6. The Secretary of State shall publish the procedures for the handling of State aircraft which are not equipped in accordance with paragraphs 1 or 2 in national aeronautical information publications.
7. Air traffic service providers shall communicate on an annual basis to the CAA their plans for the handling of State aircraft which are not equipped according with paragraphs 1 or 2. Those plans shall be defined by taking into account the capacity limits associated with the procedures referred to in paragraph 6.
8. For State aircraft where the capability of the transponders to comply with the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 is temporarily inoperative, the Secretary of State shall be entitled to allow the operation of that aircraft in the airspace provided for in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council for a maximum of 3 consecutive days.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1207/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1207/article-8
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