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# UAM.OP.MVCA.100 Use of air traffic services (ATS)

ANNEX IX (Part-IAM) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

IR Implementing rule

## UAM.OP.MVCA.100 Use of air traffic services (ATS)

The IAM operator shall ensure that:

(a) ATS appropriate to the airspace in which the operation is conducted and to the applicable [rules of the air](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/rules-of-the-air) are used, whenever available;

(b) in-flight operational instructions involving a change to the ATS flight plan are coordinated with the appropriate ATS unit before transmission to the VCA;

(c) search and rescue service arrangements can be maintained whenever the use of ATS in the airspace in which the operation is conducted is not mandated for VFR flights by day;

(d) for operations in airspace designated by the competent authority as U-space airspace and not provided with air traffic control (ATC) services by an air navigation service provider (ANSP), the VCA continuously makes itself electronically conspicuous to U-space service providers.

IR · UAM.OP.MVCA.100 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1111 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 UAM.OP.MVCA.100 Use of air traffic services (ATS)

ELECTRONIC CONSPICUITY DEVICE

(a) A [manned VCA](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/manned-vca) entering airspace designated as U-space airspace but not provided with air traffic control service by the ANSP should comply with point (c) of point SERA.6005 of Regulation (EU) No 923/2012.

(b) The PIC should ensure that the electronic conspicuity device of the VCA operates correctly before entering U-space airspace until the VCA leaves U-space airspace.

AMC · AMC1 UAM.OP.MVCA.100 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 UAM.OP.MVCA.100 Use of air traffic services (ATS)

IN-FLIGHT OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

When coordination with an appropriate ATS unit has not been possible, in-flight operational instructions do not relieve the PIC of the responsibility to obtain appropriate clearance from an ATS unit, if applicable, before making any change in the flight plan.

GM · GM1 UAM.OP.MVCA.100 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART B — OPERATING PROCEDURES](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-iam/subpart-b)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.