The objective of this Decision is to maintain a high level of safety for services and procedures in air navigation.

Following the adoption of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1177 of 7 August 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469 as regards postponing dates of application of certain measures in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and amending among others Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 (SERA Regulation), this Decision amends the acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) to the rules of the air with regard to the ATC phraseologies to be used following the need to implement the ICAO Global Reporting Format as of August 2021.

The AMC and GM have been developed and consulted concurrently with the related implementing rules (IRs) and published for information along with Opinion No 03/2019. Based on this Opinion, the European Commission adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469 of 14 February 2020 which as stated above was amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/1177.

The objective of this Decision is to maintain a high level of safety in the provision of air traffic management (ATM)/air navigation services (ANS), especially air traffic services (ATS).

Following the amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 (ATM/ANS Regulation) by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1177, this Decision serves as corrigendum to a specific acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) to Part-ATS issued with EASA ED Decision 2020/008/R.

The objective of this Decision is to address the objective established by the General Aviation (GA) Road Map, which is to work towards simpler, lighter and better rules for GA.

The key principles for the basic instrument rating (BIR) are that the training is entirely competency-based and flexible, and focuses on the practical needs of GA pilots, and that the practical training and testing standards are similar to those of the current Part-FCL CB-IR. The competency-based training is conducted through a modular training system. There are four modules: Module 1 is completed first, but the order in which Modules 2 and 3, and — if applicable — Module 4, are completed, is up to the applicant. The new AMC1 FCL.835 ‘Basic instrument rating (BIR)’ provides the competency criteria required for the relevant training modules of the BIR. Each module contains the required individual competencies. It will be up to the training organisation or instructor to determine whether the competencies have been assimilated to the required standard before allowing the candidate to progress to the next module or skill test. This will allow that the difference in learning speed of candidates can be taken into account for their progress.

In the existing AMC1 ARA.FCL.300(b) ‘Examination procedures’, new columns are added in relation to the exam length, the total number of questions, and the distribution of questions per the BIR modules.