Annex 11 Thirteenth Edition Corrigendum English only 31110103 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE ALERTING SERVICE ANNEX 11 TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION THIRTEENTH EDITION -JULY 2001 CORRIGENDUM 1. Please replace existing pages ATT D-2 and ATT D-4 by the attached new pages bearing the notation 31110103 Corr. 2. Record the entry of this corrigendum on page ii.
ATTACHMENT D. MATERIAL RELATING TO CONTINGENCY PLANNING see 2.28 1. Introduction 2. Status of contingency plans 1.1 Guidelines for contingency measures for application in the event of disruptions of air traffic services and related supporting services were first approved by the Council on 27 June 1984 in response to Assembly Resolution A23-12, following a study by the Air Navigation Commission and consultation with States and international organizations con- cerned, as required by the Resolution. The guidelines were subsequently amended and amplified in the light of experience gained with the application of contingency measures in various parts of the world and in differing circumstances. 1.2 The purpose of the guidelines is to assist in providing for the safe and orderly flow of international air traffic in the event of disruptions of air traffic services and related supporting services and in preserving the availability'of major world air routes within the air transportation system in such circumstances. 1.3 The guidelines have been developed in recognition of the fact that circumstances before and during events causing disruptions of services to international civil aviation vary widely and that contingency measures, including access to designated aerodromes for humanitarian reasons, in response to specific events and circumstances must be adapted to these circumstances. They set forth the allocation of responsibility among' States and ICAO for the conduct of contingency planning and the measures to be taken into consideration in developing, applying and tenninating the application of such plans. 1.4 The guidelines are based on experience which has shown, inter alia, that the effects of disruption of services in particular portions of airspace are likely to affect significantly the services in adjacent airspace, thereby creating a require- ment for international coordination, with the assistance of ICAO as appropriate. Hence, the role of ICAO in the field of contingency planning and coordination of such plans is described in the guidelines. They also reflect the experience that ICAO's role in contingency planning must be global and not limited to airspace over the high seas and areas of undetermined sovereignty, if the availability of major world air routes within the air transportation system is to be preserved. Finally, they further reflect the fact that international organiz- ations concerned, such as the International Air Transport Association IATA and the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations IFALPA, are valuable advisers on the practicability of overall plans and elements of such plans. Contingency plans are intended to provide alternative facilities and services to those provided for in the regional air navigation plan when those facilities and services are temporarily not available. Contingency arrangements are therefore temporary in nature, remain in effect only until the services and facilities of the regional air navigation plan are reactivated and, accordingly, do not constitute amendments to the regional plan requiring processing in accordance with the "Procedure for the Amendment of Approved Regional Plans". Instead, in cases where the contingency plan would temporarily deviate from the approved regional air navigation plan, such deviations are approved, as necessary, by the President of the ICAO Council on behalf of the Council. 3. Responsibility for developing, promulgating and implementing contingency plans 3.1 The State responsible for providing air traffic services and related supporting services in particular portions of airspace is are also responsible, in the event of disruption or potential disruption of these services, for instituting measures to ensure the safety of international civil aviation operations and, where possible, for making provisions for alternative facilities and services. To that end the States should develop, promulgate and implement appropriate contin- gency plans. Such plans should be developed in consultation with other States and airspace users concerned and with ICAO, as appropriate, whenever the effects of the service disruptions are likely to affect the services in adjacent airspace. 3.2 The responsibility for appropriate contingency action in respect of airspace over the high seas continues to rest with the States normally responsible for providing the services until, and unless, that responsibility is temporarily reassigned by ICAO to another States. 3.3 Similarly, the responsibility for appropriate contin- gency action in respect of airspace where the responsibility for providing the services has been delegated by another State continues to rest with the State providing the services until, and unless, the delegating State terminates temporarily the delegation. Upon termination, the delegating State assumes responsibility for appropriate contingency action. ANNEX I I 27/11/03 No. 42
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