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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1079/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/1079",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012 of 16 November 2012 laying down requirements for voice channels spacing for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1079",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:\n(1)‘channel’ means a numerical designator used in conjunction with voice communication equipment tuning, which allows unique identification of the applicable radio frequency and associated channel spacing;\n(2)‘8,33 kHz channel spacing’ means a channel spacing where the nominal channel centre frequencies are separated in increments of 8,33 kHz;\n(3)‘radio’ means any installed, portable or handheld device designed to transmit and/or receive transmissions in the VHF band;\n(4)‘central register’ means a register where the national frequency manager registers the necessary operational, technical and administrative details for each frequency assignment in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 677/2011;\n(5)‘8,33 kHz conversion’ means the replacement of a frequency assignment registered in the central register and using 25 kHz channel spacing by a frequency assignment using 8,33 kHz channel spacing;\n(6)‘frequency assignment’ means authorisation given by the CAA or a Member State to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified conditions for the purpose of operating radio equipment;\n(7)‘operator’ means a person, organisation or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in an aircraft operation;\n(8)‘flights operated under visual flight rules’ means any flights operated under visual flight rules as defined in Annex 2 to the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (‘the Chicago Convention’);\n(9)‘State aircraft’ means any aircraft used by military, customs or police;\n(10)‘offset carrier operation’ means a case where the designated operational coverage cannot be ensured by a single ground transmitter and where, in order to minimise the interference problems, the signals from two or more ground transmitters are offset from the nominal channel centre frequency;\n(11)‘aircraft radio equipment’ means one or more radios located on board an aircraft and used by an authorised flight crew member during flight;\n(12)‘radio upgrade’ means the replacement of a radio by a radio of a different model or part number;\n(13)‘designated operational coverage’ means the volume of airspace in which a particular service is provided and in which the service is afforded frequency protection;\n(14)‘air traffic control unit’ (‘ATC unit’) means area control centre, approach control unit or aerodrome control tower;\n(15)‘working position’ means the furniture and technical equipment at which a member of the air traffic services (‘ATS’) staff undertakes the tasks associated with his operational responsibilities;\n(16)‘radio-telephony’ means a form of radio-communication primarily intended for the exchange of information in the form of speech;\n(17)‘letter of agreement’ means an agreement between two adjacent ATS units that specifies how their respective ATS responsibilities are to be coordinated;\n(18)‘Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System’ (‘IFPS’) means a system within the European Air Traffic Management Network through which a centralised flight planning processing and distribution service, dealing with the reception, validation and distribution of flight plans, is provided within the airspace covered by this Regulation;\n(19)‘transport-type State aircraft’ means fixed wing State aircraft that are designed for the purpose of transporting persons and/or cargo;\n(20)‘airport operator’ means the managing body of an airport as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93;\n(21)‘operational control communication’ means communication carried out by aircraft operators, which also affect air transport safety, regularity and efficiency of flights.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 311; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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  "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."
}