Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1048

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1048 is amended as follows:

in Article 5, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to Article 6 and to the possibility of providers of ATM/ANS to provide their services using landing systems enabling CAT II or CAT III operations within the meaning of point (120e) of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012.’

in the Annex, point AUR.PBN.2005 is amended as follows:

point (5) is replaced by the following:

By way of derogation from point (4), where providers of ATM/ANS have established SID routes or STAR routes and where higher performance requirements than those referred to in that point are required in order to maintain air traffic capacity and safety in environments with high traffic density, traffic complexity or terrain features, they shall implement those routes in accordance with the requirements of the RNP 1 specification. Additionally, where the operational scenario so requires, in designing the routes the providers of ATM/ANS shall consider one or more of the following navigation functionalities:

operations along a vertical path and between two fixes and with the use of:

an “AT” altitude constraint;

an “AT OR ABOVE” altitude constraint;

an “AT OR BELOW” altitude constraint;

a “WINDOW” constraint;

the radius to fix (RF) leg.’;

the following point (8) is added:

By way of derogation from point (6), and without prejudice to point (7), where providers of ATM/ANS have established ATS routes in oceanic or remote continental airspace, they shall implement those routes in accordance with the requirements of the RNAV 10 or the RNP 4 specifications.’.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/520 of 20 March 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1048 as regards the use of performance-based navigation specifications for oceanic operations