Brussels, 27/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 26 January, the European Commission adopted the regulation setting requirements on the quality of data and aeronautical information for the Single Sky 2 programme, modernising air traffic management in Europe. The new provisions will harmonise aeronautical information across Europe, such as the mapping of aerodromes, obstacle and terrain data which are sent electronically between the various parties (particularly between air navigation services providers) to eliminate errors when implementing the SESAR (the technological chapter of the single sky) programme. They will also complement and strengthen the arrangements in Appendix XV (aeronautical information services) of the Chicago Convention of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and redefine these data for greater accuracy and quality. The regulation requires those concerned to establish and maintain a system for managing the quality, safety and security of all activities related to the supply of aeronautical data. It thus makes provision for defining a quality policy and naming those responsible for monitoring observance of the procedures, reducing risk of accidents attributable to data errors to a minimum, and ensuring the security of data gathered by restricting access to them. In more concrete terms, the new proposal seeks to define air traffic management procedures, seeking to reduce the number of data sent on paper and support new concepts of operations, such as precision-area navigation (P-RNAV). The Commission is also currently continuing the implementation of the Single Sky package and should be in a position, by June 2010, to appoint the performance review body provided for in the new legislation (see EUROPE 9689). Once this body has been appointed, member states will be able to draft their national performance plans before the 2012 deadline for putting the package in place. (A.By./transl.rt)