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title: "Article 2 Compliance with requirements and procedures — Cover Regulation, ATCO · Avioverse"
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# Article 2 Compliance with requirements and procedures

Cover Regulation · Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

IR Implementing rule

## Article 2 Compliance with requirements and procedures

1\. The student air traffic controllers, the air traffic controllers and the persons involved in the licensing, training, testing, checking and medical [examination](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/examination) and [assessment](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/assessment) of applicants referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) shall be qualified and licensed in accordance with the provisions of Annexes I, III and IV by the competent authority referred to in Article 6.

2\. The organisations referred to in Article 1(2)(b) shall be qualified in accordance with the technical requirements and administrative procedures laid down in Annexes I, III and IV and shall be certified by the competent authority referred to in Article 6.

3\. The medical certification of the persons referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) shall be compliant with the technical requirements and administrative procedures laid down in Annexes III and IV.

4\. Air traffic controllers employed by air navigation service providers providing air traffic services in the airspace of the territory to which the Treaty applies and having their principal place of operations and their registered office, if any, located outside the territory subject to the provisions of the Treaty, shall be deemed to have been licenced in accordance with paragraph 1, where they meet both of the following conditions:

(a) they hold an air traffic controller [licence](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/licence) issued by a third country in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention;

(b) they have demonstrated to the competent authority referred to in Article 6 that they have received training and successfully passed examinations and assessments equivalent to those required by Part ATCO, Subpart D, Sections 1-4, set out in Annex I.

The tasks and functions assigned to the air traffic controllers referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed the privileges of the licence issued by the third country.

5\. Practical instructors and assessors employed by a [training organisation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/training-organisation) located outside the territory of the Member States shall be deemed to have been qualified in accordance with paragraph 1, where they meet both of the following conditions:

(a) they hold an air traffic controller licence issued by a third country in accordance with Annex I of the Chicago Convention with a [rating](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/rating) and, if applicable, [rating endorsement](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/rating-endorsement) corresponding to the one for which they are authorised to instruct or assess;

(b) they have demonstrated to the competent authority referred to in Article 6 that they have received training and successfully passed examinations and assessments equivalent to those required by Part ATCO, Subpart D, Section 5, set out in Annex I.

The privileges referred to in the first subparagraph shall be specified in a certificate issued by a third country and shall be limited to provide instruction and assessment for training organisations located outside the territory of the Member States.

IR · Article 2 — Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · ATCO Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

GM Guidance material

## GM1 Article 2(2) Compliance with the requirements and procedures

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER [TRAINING ORGANISATION](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/training-organisation) CERTIFICATION

For the purpose of ensuring that all organisations referred to in Article 1(2) comply with the technical requirements and administrative procedures of Article 2(2), air navigation service providers providing training to air traffic controllers according to Annex I, Part ATCO, Subpart D, are subject to the requirements applicable to air traffic controller training organisations set out in this Regulation and are subject to certification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and Regulation (EU) 2015/340.

GM · GM1 Article 2(2) — Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · ED Decision 2015/010/R · ATCO Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

[All rules in COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/340](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atco/cover-regulation/commission-regulation-eu-2015-340)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 14 Jun 2024, 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.