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# GM1 143. Automatic dependent surveillance — contract (ADS-C)

ANNEX I — Part-DEFINITIONS · Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-air-traffic-managementair-navigation-services-provision-services) · [EUR-Lex 2017/373 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32017R0373)

GM Guidance material

## GM1 143. Automatic dependent surveillance — contract (ADS-C)

GENERAL

The abbreviated term ‘ADS contract’ is commonly used to refer to ‘ADS event contract’, ‘ADS demand contract’, ‘ADS periodic contract’ or an emergency mode.

GM — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2020/008/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

[All rules in General provisions](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/part-definitions/general)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 12 Mar 2025, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.