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Member States

Eurocontrol logo.

Eurocontrol is the abbreviated name of the "European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation" (in English, European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation ). This organization was founded in Brussels (Belgium) in December 1960, and its promoters were the following six countries: Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

It is a civil and military organization of a pan-European nature, made up of 41 Member States and to which are added the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) and the European Union itself, which will adhere to it in 2002 to assist it in achieving its goals.

Its fundamental objective is the harmonization and integration of air navigation services in Europe to achieve greater safety and efficiency in air traffic operations.

Milestones in its history

In 1972, the Maastricht Control Center (Netherlands) was inaugurated. For the first time in history, air traffic control in a country was carried out from a center located in a different country, since it covered the upper airspace of Belgium, Luxembourg and northern Germany.

In 1977, the control center in Karlsruhe (Germany) came into service. This center was built using the previous one as a model; thus, it was achieved that the exchange of data between the two centers was automatic.

In the 1980s, the increase in air traffic fueled the growth of Eurocontrol and the cooperation between its members.

In October 1988, the Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) was created to centralize air traffic control in Europe and use the maximum of existing capacity.

Since March 1996, eight years later, CFMU is responsible for air traffic management in Europe. The main objective is to avoid congestion and use capacity efficiently.

In April 1998, RNAV navigation was implemented in Europe.

In January 2002, the reduced vertical separation minimum between aircraft is introduced.

Organization

EUROCONTROL is classified as an International Public Service Organization. The daily operation is carried out by the Agency that reports to the decision-making body, the Council, which in turn depends on the political body, the Permanent Commission. The Council also receives reports from four technical committees: the coordination between civil and military control, the security of the system, the comparative analysis of the operation of each service provider, and the development of common elements.

In 2010 it had just over 3,000 employees and its own organizational costs were approximately 0.4% of the total cost of Aids to Air Navigation in the Member States. The Organization's total budget amounts to about 700 million euros. The total number of flights in the covered airspace amounted to 9.5 million with an average delay of 2.27 minutes

Strategic priorities

Lead the design and implementation of the future air traffic management network (ATM) across the European continent, in cooperation with aviation stakeholders.

Continue the efficient management of pan-European functions such as the centralized function of air traffic and capacity flows (ATFCM).

Use your expertise to support ATM regulation activities.
Provide regional control of air traffic services, when requested by States.

Strategic objectives

Relative to improving the European ATM system.

Operational Security (Safety): Improve the degree of safety so that the number of accidents and incidents ATM do not increase and if possible decrease in a scenario of air traffic growth.

Capacity: ensure that in 2013 the ATM capacity on the road increases by 33-38% compared to that of 2006.

Efficiency: reduce the average length of flights to 2013, in the amount of 2km/flight each year.

Cost efficiency: reduce tariff units by 3% each year until 2010 and 5% by 2011.

Environment: reduce total emissions and minimize noise.

Effectiveness of military missions: improving military aviation training capacity.

Implementation of the Single European Sky.

EASA assumes competencies in the operational safety relationship both at ATM and at airports by 2012.

Print FAB's (Operial Space Blocks) for 2012.

Create a European ATM framework that is based on system performance measurement and performance for results improvement.

Introduction of the "Network Manager" function for 2012.

Ensure the success of the SESAR program in its development and deployment phases.

Execution of Master Plan ATM.

Optimizing the development of the ATM system by activating EUROCONTROL programs with the SESAR Master Plan ATM.

Preparation of the deployment phase.

Ensure appropriate resources for SESAR (JU) activities.

Members

Eurocontrol member countries.

Members of Eurocontrol, European Union and European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC):

Belgium (1960)
Netherlands (1960)
Luxembourg (1960)
France (1960)
Germany (1960)
United Kingdom (1960)
Ireland (1965)
Portugal, (1986)
Greece (1988)
Malta (1989)
Cyprus (1991)
Hungary, (1992)
Austria, (1992)
Denmark (1994)
Slovenia (1995)
Sweden (1995)
Czech Republic (1996)
Romania, (1996)
Italy, (1996)
Bulgaria, (1997)
Croatia (1997)
Slovakia (1997)
Spain (1997)
Finland, (2001)
Poland, (2004)
Lithuania, (2006)
Latvia, (2011)
Estonia, (2015)

Members of Eurocontrol and ECAC outside the EU:

Turkey, (1989)
Switzerland, (1992)
Norway, (1994)
Monaco (1997)
Northern Macedonia (1998)
Moldova (2000)
Montenegro, (2007)
Albania, (2002)
Bosnia-Herzegovina, (2004)
Ukraine, (2004)
Serbia, (2005)
Armenia, (2006)
Georgia, (2014)

Members of ECAC, but not of Eurocontrol:

Iceland
Azerbaijan

ESARR

There are six Eurocontrol Safety Regulatory Requirements (abbreviated ESARR and translated as Eurocontrol Safety Regulatory Requirements), which regulate specific aspects of the global organization of air navigation services:

ESARR 1: ATM security monitoring (Air Traffic Management or air traffic management)
ESARR 2: Reporting and assessment of ATM security incidents
ESARR 3: Use of security management systems by ATM service providers
ESARR 4: ATM risk assessment and mitigation
ESARR 5: Regulatory safety requirements for ATM service personnel
ESARR 6: Software in ATM Systems

Spain

In Spain, Eurocontrol has, among other missions, the collection of amounts that, as consideration for the use of the Air Navigation Aid Network, within Spanish airspace, must be paid by the operators of the aircraft that fly over them.