Purpose and content
Article 4
1. Common projects shall aim to deploy in a timely, coordinated and synchronised way ATM functionalities that will achieve the essential operational changes. 2. Common projects shall be consistent with and contribute to the European Union-wide performance targets. 3. Common projects shall identify the ATM functionalities that: (a) having reached the appropriate level of industrialisation, are mature for implementation; (b) require synchronised deployment. 4. The maturity of ATM functionalities shall be demonstrated, inter alia, on the basis of the results of validation carried out by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, the status of standardisation and certification processes and an assessment of their interoperability, also in relation to the ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan and relevant ICAO material. 5. The need for synchronised deployment of ATM functionalities shall be assessed on the basis of: (a) a definition of their geographical scope and planning, including deployment target dates; (b) an identification of the operational stakeholders required to deploy them; (c) transitional measures for their progressive deployment. 6. Common projects shall also: (a) demonstrate a positive business case for the EATMN, based on an independent cost-benefit analysis, and identify any potential local or regional negative impact for any specific category of operational stakeholders; (b) identify incentives for deployment, referred to in Section 3 of Chapter III, in particular to mitigate negative impacts on a specific geographical area or category of operational stakeholders; (c) refer to the implementing rules for interoperability and safety under Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 8 ) and Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 9 ) . In particular, reference shall be made to Community specifications under Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 and to acceptable means of compliance and certification specifications under Regulation (EC) No 216/2008; (d) identify any need for new implementing rules for interoperability and safety, Community specifications and civil standards to support their deployment and their applicability to the military taking into consideration civil and military systems’ equivalence; and (e) take account of the relevant deployment elements specified in the Network Strategy Plan and the Network Operations Plan of the Network Manager.