This Decision is associated with the amendments introduced through Regulation (EU) 2018/1042 of 23 July
2018 to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards technical requirements and administrative procedures
related to introducing support programmes, psychological assessment of flight crew, as well as systematic
and testing of psychoactive substances to ensure medical fitness of air crew.
This Decision addresses the safety issues identified pertaining to air crew medical fitness by the EASA-led
Germanwings Task Force (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Task Force’) following the accident of Germanwings
Flight 9525.
Finally, this Decision addresses the safety recommendations made in the final accident investigation report
(March 2016) by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA).
It contains new Guidance Material to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, as well as Acceptable Means of
Compliance and Guidance Material to Part-ARO and Part-CAT. The changes introduced by this Decision can
be summarised as follows:
(a) Preventive, corrective and follow-up measures such as:
(1) psychological assessment of flight crew before commencing line flying;
(2) enabling, facilitating and ensuring access to a support programme for flight crew; and
(3) systematic testing of psychoactive substances upon employment and with due cause.
(b) As a complementary measure: risk-based alcohol testing of flight and cabin crew of European and
third-country operators by Member States at European airports to ensure an additional safety
barrier.
The proposed changes are expected to enhance safety

The objective of this Decision is to provide guidance material (GM) on the matters covered by Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1048, which defines the requirements and operating procedures
concerning performance-based navigation (PBN). This supporting material aims to facilitate the smooth
transition to PBN, based on the use of a set of common PBN specifications and functionalities, as specified in
the recently adopted Regulation.
The PBN GM is aimed at providers of ATM/ANS, aerodrome operators and competent authorities so as to assist
with the harmonised application of the new regulatory requirements, which support an increase in safety and
more efficient operations. This GM provides information and orientation on how to address relevant issues,
such as the aspects related to the transition, provision of contingency measures or design and publication of
routes and procedures in accordance with a comprehensive set of technical references. In this regard, the
relevant International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) references have been indicated so as to ensure
alignment with the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), as well as with other ICAO supporting
documentation.
The GM to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1048 and its Annex ha s been developed to
supplement the acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and GM for common airspace usage requirements and
operating procedures ‘AMC/GM to AUR’ adopted by Decision No 2012/002/R, which supports the application
of Part-ACAS of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1332/2011. Given that both regulations lay down airspace
usage requirements and operating procedures, AMC/GM to AUR has been restructured accordingly. In addition,
the existing AMC on ACAS II training has been updated to refer to the latest ICAO amendments, thereby
achieving synchronisation of EU rules with ICAO provisions.