24. Calls on the Commission to lift the regulatory barriers to satellite-based air traffic surveillance in order to enable life-saving services for EU citizens and asks the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to make the necessary spectrum allocation, given that the ICAO has identified satellite ADS-B as the one technology that can assist flight tracking and air traffic management (ATM) surveillance outside of most densely populated areas, where other forms of terrestrial ATM surveillance technologies are limited; notes that it could help governments, air navigation services providers (A ...[+++]NSPs) and airlines in Europe and around the world to increase air traffic management efficiency and capacity, reducing aviation emission, and significantly enhancing aviation safety, all while lowering infrastructure costs and providing the European airspace with another layer of surveillance that could augment the current one;

The ultimate goals of the technological modernisation of air traffic management through the deployment of the Single European Sky Air traffic management Research project (SESAR) are to enable a reduction of air traffic management costs, increased operational efficiency for airspace users by reducing delays, fuel burn and flight time, an increase in capacity and a reduction of CO emissions. All these elements will increase the environmental benefits of SESAR solutions, and are fully linked to the overall air traffic management performance scheme.

specific requirements: systems and procedures for airspace management, systems and procedures for air traffic flow management, systems and procedures for air traffic services, communications systems and procedures for ground-to-ground, air-to-ground and air-to-air communications, navigation procedures, surveillance systems and procedures, systems and procedures for aeronautical information services and for the use of meteorological information.

data used and calculated by the central unit of ATFM as defined in Regulation (EU) No 255/2010 on ATFM such as flight plans for general air traffic under IFR rules, actual routing, surveillance data, en-route and airport air traffic management delays, exemptions from air traffic flow management measures, respect of air traffic management slots, frequency of conditional route usage.

The role and functions of national supervisory authorities have been established in Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation) , Regulation (EC) No 550/2004, Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management network (the interoperability Regulation) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2096/2005 of 20 December 2005 laying down common requirements for the provision of air navigation services .

specific requirements: systems and procedures for airspace management, systems and procedures for air traffic flow management, systems and procedures for air traffic services, communications systems and procedures for ground-to-ground, air-to-ground and air-to-air communications, navigation procedures, surveillance systems and procedures, systems and procedures for aeronautical information services and for the use of meteorological information.