DEFINITION AND USE OF COMPATIBLE TECHNICAL 
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AIR 
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS ġ S.L.232.10 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 232.10
DEFINITION AND USE OF COMPATIBLE 
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE 
PROCUREMENT OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 
EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS REGULATIONS
3rd July, 2001
LEGAL NOTICE 161 of 2001, as amended by Legal Notice 336 of 2002.
Title.
Compatible Technical Specifications for the Procurement of Air
Traffic Management Equipment and Systems Regulations.
Interpretation.
Cap. 333.
"Eurocontrol" has the same meaning assigned to it by the
Eurocontrol Act;
"Eurocontrol standard" means the mandatory elements of
Eurocontrol specifications for physical characteristics,
configuration, material, performance, personnel or procedure, the
uniform application of which is recognised as essential for the
implementation of an integrated air traffic services (ATS) system
(the mandatory element shall form part of a Eurocontrol standard
document);
"technical specifications" means the technical requirements
included, in particular, in the tender documents defining the
characteristics of a piece of work, a material, a product or a supply,
and making it possible to describe a piece of work, a material, a
product or a supply objectively in a manner such that it fulfils the
use for which it is intended by the contracting entity. Such
technical prescriptions may include quality, performance, safety
and dimensions, as well as requirements applicable to the material,
product or supply as regards quality assurance, terminology,
symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking and
labelling;
"standard" means a technical specification approved by a
recognised standardization body for repeated or continuous
application, compliance with which is not in principle compulsory.
Compulsory 
Eurocontrol 
standards.
3. The Eurocontrol standards, and subsequent Eurocontrol
amendments, in particular those relating to the areas listed in the
First Schedule, shall be complied with by any person who provides
air traffic management services in Malta.
Mandatory 
elements of 
Eurocontrol 
specifications.
4. The mandatory elements of Eurocontrol specifications
included in the Eurocontrol standards documents specified in the
Second Schedule shall be adopted inasmuch as they are necessary
for the implementation of an integrated European air-traffic-
management system.
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DEFINITION AND USE OF COMPATIBLE TECHNICAL 
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AIR 
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
FIRST SCHEDULE
(Regulation 3)
Domains for Eurocontrol Standards
Indicative List
Communications
Navigation
Surveillance
Data-processing systems
Airspace management and air traffic management procedures
Air Traffic Management working rules and operational
requirements
Human Resources
Substituted by:
L.N. 336 of 2002.
SECOND SCHEDULE
(Regulation 4)
- the Eurocontrol standard for On-Line Data Interchange
(OLDI), edition 2.3 (Eurocontrol document reference
DPS.ET1.STO6-STD-01-01),
- the Eurocontrol standard for Air Traffic Services Data
Exchange Presentation (ADEXP), edition 2.1 (Eurocontrol
document reference DPS.ET1.STO9-STD-01-01),
- the Eurocontrol standard for Right Data Exchange -
Interface Control Document (FDE-ICD),edition 1.0
(Eurocontrol document reference COM.ET1.ST12-STD).
