Certification and data quality in EAD

Aeronautical Data Quality

EUROCONTROL has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) since 9 December 2016 and has been recertified as of 2021 in Pursuant to the Commission Regulation 2017/373 ^[1] as a pan-European Aeronautical Information Service Provider (AISP) for the provision of EAD. The certificate has unlimited validity and EUROCONTROL is subject to the EASA oversight programmes in order to maintain certification. A copy of the certificate may be obtained by EAD clients via the “Contact Us” field of the EUROCONTROL website.

In the context of the EASA certification, EAD makes available the level of compliance for the States within the scope of (EU) 2017/373. Furthermore, EUROCONTROL cooperates actively with the States within the scope of (EU) 2017/373, to support them in improving data quality and publishes their annotation reports showing DQR compliance for each data item made available in EAD.

DQR Annotation Reports are available in EAD Knowledge Base (EAD account required).

^[1] COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/373 of 1 March 2017 laying down common requirements for providers of air traffic management/air navigation services and other air traffic management network functions and their oversight.