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Annex and PANS amendments adopted in 2021
Annex 1 —
Personnel Licensing, Amendment 177 (State letter AN 12/1.1.25-21/15)
Amendment concerning the alignment of definitions with Amendment 90 to Annex 10 —
Aeronautical Telecommunications, Volume V —
Aeronautical Radio Frequency Spectrum Utilization and the first edition of Annex 10, Volume VI —
Communication Systems and Procedures Relating to Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems C2 Link.
Annex 2 —
Rules of the Air, Amendment 47 (State letter AN 13/1.1-21/19)
Amendment concerning remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) certificates and authorizations consequential to those introduced in Annex 8 —
Airworthiness of Aircraft and the updating of definitions related to RPAS and command and control (C2) links, consequential to provisions in Annex 10 —
Aeronautical Telecommunications, Volumes V and VI.
Annex 8 —
Airworthiness of Aircraft, Amendment 108 (State letter AN 3/5.12-21/20)
This amendment provides updates to RPAS-related definitions and includes new requirements for remotely piloted aeroplanes, remotely piloted helicopters and remote pilot stations (RPS). It also includes requirements for C2 links and a template for remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) certificates of airworthiness.
Annex 10 —
Aeronautical Telecommunications
Volume V —
Radio Frequency Spectrum Utilization, Amendment 90 (State letter AN 7/66.2.2-21/17)
This amendment concerns frequency bands allocated to the C2 link supporting RPAS operations.
Volume VI —
Communication Systems and Procedures relating to Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems C2 Link, first edition (State letter AN 7/67.2-21/18)
This first edition introduces a regulatory structure for C2 link procedures and systems characteristics, which are addressed separately under Part I (C2 Link Procedures) and Part II (C2 Link Systems).
Doc 8168,
Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Aircraft Operations, Volume III –
Aircraft Operating Procedures (PANS-OPS), Amendment 1
