Article 2 Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 and in Article 2 of F1Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 shall apply. F2However, the definition of ‘operational stakeholders’ in Article 2(27) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 does not apply.

In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1)

   ‘Airport — Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM)’ means a process in which decisions related to Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (hereinafter: ‘ATFCM’) at airports are made based on interaction between operational stakeholders and other actors involved in ATFCM and which aims at reducing delays, improving the predictability of events and optimising the utilisation of resources;

2. (2)

   ‘Airport Operations Plan (AOP)’ means a single, common and collaboratively agreed rolling plan available to all airport stakeholders whose purpose is to provide common situational awareness and to form the basis upon which stakeholder decisions relating to process optimisation can be made;

3. (3)

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4. (4)

   ‘to operate an ATM functionality’ means that the ATM functionality in question is put in service and that it is fully used in daily operations;

5. (5)

   ‘deployment target date’ means the date by which the deployment of the ATM functionality in question is to be completed and fully used operationally.

6. (6)

   F4‘ATM functionality’ means a group of ATM operational functions or services related to trajectory, airspace and surface management or to information sharing within the en-route, terminal, airport or network operating environments;

7. (7)

   ‘industrialisation’ of ATM functionalities means the activities and processes, following their validation that include standardisation, certification and production by the manufacturing industry (ground and airborne equipment manufacturers);

8. (8)

   ‘implementation’ of ATM functionalities means the procurement, installation and putting into service of equipment and systems, including associated operational procedures, carried out by operational stakeholders;

9. (9)

   ‘essential operational change’ means an Air Traffic Management (ATM) operational change that provides significant network performance improvements to the operational stakeholders, as referred to in the ATM Master Plan;

10. (10)

    ‘operational stakeholders’ means civil and military: airspace users, air navigation service providers and airport operators.