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ICAO ANNEX MANAGEMENT

MANUAL

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PREFACE

The ICAO Annex Management Manual has been prepared for use and guidance
of officers of DGCA for dealing with ICAO amendments. The processes outlined
in the manual include coordination of input to ICAO technical State Letters for
annex amendments, notification of differences to SARPs and maintenance of the
Compliance Checklists.

In addition, the manual also lays down the procedure for nomination of ICAO
Panel members including their interaction with DGCA.

The manual will be updated from time to time based on suggestions received or
to incorporate any changes in the procedures that may be carried out.

(B. S. Bhullar)
Director General of Civil Aviation
15th October 2018
(Approved vide F. No. DG/ICAO SARPs/ 22/2009)

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RECORD OF REVISIONS
Sl. No. Revision No. Details of Revision

1. Rev. No. 1 dated Revision to Table of Contents

17.12.2012 Revision to Pages 3 – 5
Addition of Appendices ‘A’ and ‘B’

2. Rev. No. 2 dated Revision to Table of Contents

10.09.2015 Revision to Definitions
Revision to Pages 1 – 11
Revision to Appendix ‘B’
3. Rev. No. 3 dated Revision to Appendix ‘A’
01.12.2015

4. Rev. No. 4 dated Revision to Page 8 – 9

11.11.2017 Addition of Chapter 5

5. Edition 2018 New Edition

15.10.2018

6. Rev. No. 1 dated Revision to Pages 7 – 9

14.11.2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE ................................................................................................................ i
RECORD OF REVISIONS ...................................................................................... iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................... v
DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................ vii
CHAPTER 1 - INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION (ICAO) ........ 1
CHAPTER 2 - ICAO STATE LETTERS (ANNEX AMENDMENTS) ........................ 3
CHAPTER 3 - FILING OF DIFFERENCES ............................................................. 7
CHAPTER 4 - ICAO PANEL MEMBERSHIP ........................................................ 11
CHAPTER 5 - ICAO ANNEXES AND DOCUMENTS ON DGCA INTRANET ....... 12
Appendix ‘A’ - ICAO State Letters – External Agencies Distribution ..................... 15
Appendix ‘B’ - ICAO Annex Management - Timelines ........................................... 17
Appendix ‘C’ - Brief for presentation to CARG - ICAO Annex Amendment ........... 19
Appendix ‘D’ - ICAO Annex Amendment – Compliance Matrix ............................. 20

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DEFINITIONS

ICAO Focal Point: Officer nominated by the Director General responsible for
receipt, distribution of State Letters via the ICAO electronic distribution system
including sending India’s response to ICAO.

National Continuous Monitoring Coordinator: Person nominated and approved

by the Ministry to act as primary point of contact for all USOAP CMA processes
and activities.

Project Officer: Person nominated by the Director General with the responsibility
of an Annex/ Annexes. The Project Officer would be responsible for initiating rule/
CAR amendment process in coordination with concerned directorates including
maintenance of Annex Compliance Checklist up-to-date in accordance with the
procedures outlined in this manual.

Note: In respect of Annex 13 (Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation), the

nominated Project Officer would be an officer from Aircraft Accident Investigation
Bureau (AAIB).

Nominated Officer (I&R Directorate): The officer nominated/ assigned in the I&R
to deal with ICAO matters.

SARP: Standards and Recommended Practices to the ICAO Annexes.

EFOD: Electronic Filing of Differences

Civil Aviation Regulation Group (CARG): A group headed by the Director General
and consisting of Joint Directors General, ICAO focal point, NCMC and the
concerned technical officials for review and finalization of Civil Aviation
Requirements/ changes required to rules.

CARG Nodal Officer: Person nominated by the Director General responsible for
conduct of CARG meetings.

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CHAPTER 1 - INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION

(ICAO)

1.1 Purpose

This Chapter provides an overview of DGCA’s regulatory development activities

directly associated with ICAO.

These processes include coordination of input to ICAO technical State Letters

for annex amendments, notification of differences to SARPs, maintenance of the
Compliance Checklists and interaction with nominated ICAO Panel members.

1.2 India – Signatory to the Chicago Convention

1.2.1 India is a signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation

(known as the Chicago Convention) and is therefore obliged to comply with
international standards and procedures established through the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In addition, Section 4 of the Aircraft Act 1934
empowers the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to
make such rules as appear to it to be necessary for carrying out the Convention
relating to International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on the 7th day of
December, 1944 (including any Annex thereto relating to international standards
and recommended practices) as amended from time to time. Further, Rule 29C
of the Aircraft Rules 1937 empowers the Director-General to lay down standards
and procedures not inconsistent with the Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934) and the
rules made thereunder to carry out the Convention and any Annex thereto.

1.2.2 The Chicago Convention requires that when a State finds it

impracticable to comply in all respects with international standards or
procedures, or if a State otherwise takes a decision to differ from international
standards, the State is required to notify that difference to ICAO. Differences are
published by ICAO in Supplements to the Annexes to the Chicago Convention,
and significant differences are published by India through the AIP.

1.3 Legislation of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs)

1.3.1 DGCA is generally required to ensure that new or changed legislation

drafted is consistent with the relevant ICAO Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPs) contained in the Annexes to the Chicago Convention. If India
is not fully compliant, a difference is required to be notified to ICAO. Further,
Significant differences are required to be published in the AIP.

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CHAPTER 2 - ICAO STATE LETTERS (ANNEX AMENDMENTS)

2.1 Notification of amendment to an ICAO Annex.

2.1.1 Proposals to amend an ICAO Annex are notified by an ICAO technical

State letter. Amendment to regulations (involving rule/ Civil Aviation
Requirements) is initiated as a result of amendments to ICAO Standards and
Recommended Practices (SARPs). Detailed process in this regard is laid down
in this Chapter.

2.2 Procedure for Coordination of ICAO State Letters (Amendments to

ICAO Annex SARPs)

2.2.1 The Information and Regulation Directorate (I&R Dte) in DGCA is

responsible for coordinating India’s technical response to the ICAO State letter
dealing with proposal to amend an Annex and adoption of amendment to an
Annex.

2.2.2 Detailed process is contained in the flow chart shown in Figure 2.1.

2.3 Receipt and Distribution of State Letter

2.3.1 State Letters are received in Director General’s office (Focal Point)
via the ICAO electronic distribution system.

Note: The primary function of the Focal Point in this process is to liaise with
concerned project officer and external agencies on the final response to the letter
on behalf of DGCA.

2.3.2 Focal Point reviews the content of the State Letter and distributes to
the relevant Directorates, responsible Project Officer(s) and external agencies
for response. Distribution to the external agencies shall be as per Appendix ‘A’.

2.4 Action on State Letter – Project Officer

2.4.1 Reviews the State letter and identifies all the regulatory changes
required.

2.4.2 The amendment if it pertains to the other areas (directorates) shall be

communicated to the Head of the concerned Directorate(s) and response from
the respective Head of concerned Directorate(s) shall be coordinated and
included while proposing the regulatory amendments.

2.4.3 The Project Officer at this stage also identifies difference(s) and any
disapprovals which will be presented to CARG for further deliberation.

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2.4.5 The Project Officer based on the above actions, prepare a brief on the
actions to be taken with expected timelines to address the ICAO Amendment.
The Brief will be presented in the CARG within 15 days of receipt of the State
Letter. The format of the Brief shall be as given in Appendix ‘C’.

2.5 Amendment to Regulation:

2.5.1 Project Officer prepares amendment to regulation based on the State

Letter in consultation with concerned directorates.

2.5.2 While preparing the amendment to a regulation, the Project Officer

shall ensure that the proposed regulations once approved/ finalized would repeal
the previous regulations, if required.

2.5.3 The Project Officer shall ensure that the associated ICAO Circular and
Document referred in the amendment are reviewed while proposing the
amendment to CAR/ Rule and associated Guidance material for Operators/
Service Providers and DGCA officers/ inspectors is prepared.

Note: Irrespective of whether the SARP requires an amendment to the

Aircraft Rules or Civil Aviation Requirements, the amendment shall be placed in
CARG for further action. In case of amendment in Annex 13, the Project Officer
in AAIB will put up the proposal for amendment to regulations (if required) to
Ministry of Civil Aviation directly.

2.6 Review of amendment to Regulation in CARG:

2.6.1 On request from the Project Officer, the Nodal Officer CARG will set
up the meeting of the CARG.

2.6.2 The Notification for the CARG meeting will include all concerned
directorates who are required to be present to address the ICAO State Letter
amendment including the Nominated Officer (I&R Directorate). This information
will be provided by the Project Officer to the Nodal Officer CARG.

2.6.3 CARG will review the proposed amendment to the CAR/rule based on
ICAO Annex amendment.

2.6.4 The Project Officer shall provide a brief to CARG on the status of
associated Circulars/ Guidance material in support of the CAR/rule amendment.

2.6.5 On acceptance of the proposed amendment, the draft CAR will be

placed on DGCA website for seeking public comments.

2.6.6 The comments once received will be reviewed by the Project Officer/
concerned directorate and presented in CARG for finalization of the amendment
to the CAR(s).

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2.6.7 The CARG for finalization will be held at the request of the Project
Officer who will ensure that all CARs affected by the ICAO amendment including
those of other directorates are included for the meeting.

2.6.8 The CARG will also during the finalization meeting review that the
requisite supporting Circulars/ Guidance material have been prepared and is
issued with the issuance of the final CAR.

Note: Amendment to the rule will be forwarded to Ministry of Civil Aviation

by I&R Dte for processing and finalization of amendment to the rules.

2.7 Publication of Final Regulation:

2.7.1 Based on the publication of final regulation, Project Officer prepares

final response to Annex amendment and identifies differences, if any.

Note: Detailed procedure in Chapter 3 may be referred.

2.8 Approval of Response and Notification of Differences

2.8.1 Response and differences are provided to I&R Directorate by the

Project Officer.

Note: In case of differences to Annex 13, the Project Officer in AAIB sends the
differences to DGCA (I&R Directorate) for notifying ICAO.

2.8.2 Nominated Officer (I&R Directorate) puts up the response to ICAO

and notification of differences or advice to revoke current differences (if
applicable) to Director General for approval.

2.8.3 Post actions:

Based on DG’s approval:

a) I&R Directorate sends letter to ICAO containing India’s response to the

ICAO State letter and difference, if any;
b) Project Officer updates Compliance Checklists (CCs) electronically
through EFOD;
c) NCMC confirms EFOD data is updated;
d) Focal Point closes action on amendment as completed.

2.9 Timelines for activities

2.9.1 The timelines for the activities listed above have been detailed at
Appendix ‘B’.

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State Letter received from

ICAO via the electronic
notification system

Content of the State Letter

reviewed by ICAO Focal Point
and distributed to:
1) the relevant Directorates
2) Responsible Project Officer(s)
3) external agencies

CARG Process
(for Amendment to
Rule/ Civil Aviation
Project Officer: Requirements)
1) Reviews the State Letter
2) Identifies regulatory
changes required Review of proposed
3) Prepares amendment to amendment in CARG
regulation (rules/ CAR) in
consultation with
concerned directorates Consultation Process
4) Puts up to CARG for
approval

Comments reviewed
and amendment to
regulation finalized in
CARG

Final Regulation:
Project Officer:
1) Prepares final response to
Annex amendment
2) Identifies differences, if any

I&R Directorate: On DG’s approval

Puts up to DG for approval. 1) I&R Directorate sends letter to ICAO and AAI
1) Response to ICAO for AIP.
2) Notification of differences, if 2) Project Officer updates online CMA.
any 3) NCMC ensures data updated in CMA.
4) Focal Point closes action on amendment as
completed.

Figure 2.1 - Procedures for Coordination of ICAO State Letters

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CHAPTER 3 - FILING OF DIFFERENCES

3.1 Purpose

3.1.1 This Chapter provides the process for identification and filing of
differences to ICAO SARPs.

3.2 Identification of differences

3.2.1 Project Officers are required to ensure that new or changed legislation
drafted is consistent with the relevant ICAO Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPs) contained in the Annexes to the Chicago Convention. If India
is not fully compliant, a difference must be notified to ICAO through DGCA’s
Information and Regulations Directorate. Further, all differences to SARPs
(where there is a significant safety impact) are published in the AIP Supplement
(SUP) by Airports Authority of India.

3.2.2 A decision for DGCA to introduce a standard that is inconsistent with

ICAO SARPs requires adequate justification and needs to be addressed as part
of the regulatory work plan.

3.2.3 Project Officers must assess whether the outcomes of their project
create new differences, removes existing differences or varies the status of
existing differences.

3.2.4 In addition, where the Indian regulations are based on foreign

legislation or incorporate the foreign standard by reference, an annual review
would be undertaken each October to determine any differences between foreign
standards and the ICAO SARPs. Project Officers may require the filing of new
differences, amendments to existing differences or to the removal of differences
previously filed.

3.2.5 Filing of difference may be necessitated due to grant of exemptions.

As a general policy, filing of difference may be considered in case exemptions
exceeds 50% of the total cases.

3.2.6 The process for the identification and notification of differences can
be found in diagram 3.1 and will be notified as per guidelines provided by ICAO
in the respective State Letter.

3.2.7 Project Officers need to refer to the ICAO-Net website

(www.icao.int/icaonet/) for the most recent version of the ICAO SARPs. The AIP
Supplement (SUP) ‘Differences from ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices

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and Procedures’ publication for the most recent differences filed by India is
available on AAI website.

3.2.8 In the event of any difference to the SARPs, a difference justification

and description is to be developed by the Project Officer. The difference is
forwarded by the Project Officer to Information and Regulation Directorate for
forwarding to ICAO, after the regulatory amendments are made and on approval
of Director General.

3.3 Notification of differences to ICAO

3.3.1 Information and Regulation Directorate in DGCA is responsible for

notifying differences to ICAO and will notify the differences as per guidelines
provided by ICAO in the respective State Letter.

3.3.2 The Nominated Officer (I&R Directorate) would put up the differences
to ICAO Annexes identified by the Project Officer to the Director General for
approval.

3.3.3 On approval, the approved difference will be notified to ICAO by I&R

Directorate.

3.3.4 The Project Officer will update the online Compliance Checklist
including approved differences.

Note: Completion of online Compliance Checklist on EFOD would constitute

filing of differences to ICAO.

3.4 Publication of differences in Aeronautical Information Publications

(AIP)

3.4.1 ICAO Annex 15 – Aeronautical Information Services requires

publication of a list of significant differences in Part 1 — General (GEN) of
Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP).

3.4.2 The Focal point shall prepare the consolidated list of differences to
the standards/ recommendations taking data from EFOD annually (December).

3.4.3 The list will be reviewed by FSD and ANS Directorate to identify
differences particularly those concerned with aircraft operations and the
provision of facilities and services for publication in the AIP.

Note: While reviewing the list, the guidelines provided in para 5.8 of ICAO
Doc 8126 may be referred.

3.4.4 The final list provided to I&R Directorate who shall send the identified
list of differences to Airports Authority of India (AIS Section) for inclusion in AIP.
The list would include the following:

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1) provision affected (Annex and edition number, paragraph); and

2) difference in full text.

All Annexes shall be listed in numerical order even if there is no difference to an

Annex, in which case a NIL notification shall be provided.

3.5 Monitoring System

3.5.1 A monitoring system shall be established to ensure adherence to the

timelines given in Appendix ‘B’ for legislating the amendment(s) to the
Annex(es), notifying differences to ICAO and its publication in AIP (if
applicable).

3.5.2 Nominated Officer (I&R Directorate) shall monitor that action is taken in
accordance with this manual and as per the timelines given in Appendix ‘B’ and
record in the format (Matrix of Compliance) as given in Appendix ‘D’.

3.5.3 The Nominated Officer (I&R Directorate) in the process of monitoring shall
keep in close coordination with assigned Project officers including concerned
Head of Directorate.

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Amendments to ICAO SARPs received

If regulations do not comply If regulations No further action

already comply required

Project Officer, in conjunction with concerned

Directorates considers any necessary
amendments

Immediate rejection Regulatory process

initiated through
CARG
Difference is notified
through Information Rule/ CAR change
and Regulation made
Directorate

Difference, if any,
notified through
Information and
Regulation
Directorate

Figure 3.1: General process to be followed for the consideration and filing of
ICAO differences.

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CHAPTER 4 - ICAO PANEL MEMBERSHIP

4.1 ICAO Panel Membership – Interaction with CARG

4.1.1 Determination of DGCA/ India’s position on issues being discussed at

panel meetings:

a) DGCA position: Prior to attending ICAO Panel and Working Group meetings,
panel members will meet with CARG to discuss the work-plan, emerging
issues for the upcoming meeting, and determination of a DGCA position.

b) India’s position: If the Indian representation involves other agencies input

(i.e. advisory role to panel member), a joint DGCA /relevant agency meeting
will be held to determine an Indian position.

4.1.2 Debrief meeting: Upon return from the meeting, a debrief will be held
with CARG and external agencies (for joint representation, if applicable).

4.1.3 A DGCA internal work-plan will then be developed and/or amended

accordingly if required.

Note:This serves as advance notice of emerging issues and changes that will have
an impact on Indian Industry and the need to amend/create regulations etc.
Advance notification of changes enables adequate planning time to progress
work to coincide with required implementation timeframes.

4.2 ICAO Panel and/or Working Group Membership

4.2.1 Any DGCA nominations for membership on an ICAO Panel or working

group are assessed initially by the CARG.

4.2.2 Once the nomination is confirmed within DGCA by CARG, Information

and Regulation Directorate seeks approval of Ministry of Civil Aviation.

4.2.3 On approval from MCA, ICAO and Representative of India are

informed.

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CHAPTER 5 - ICAO ANNEXES AND DOCUMENTS ON DGCA

INTRANET

5.1 Purpose

5.1.1 DGCA maintains an intranet wherein ICAO Annexes, Documents and

Circulars are kept for the use of DGCA Officials. The purpose of this procedure is
to outline the process for managing and updating these documents on the DGCA
Intranet by the ICAO Focal Point in DGCA.

5.1.2 The procedure describes the Methodology to ensure that the

documents on the intranet are relevant and kept up-to-date for the use of DGCA
officials.

5.2 Roles and Responsibilities

5.2.1 The ICAO Focal Point will be responsible for ensuring that the
following ICAO documents are made available on DGCA Intranet:

 ICAO Annexes
 ICAO Documents and Circulars
 PANS

Note: Only ICAO Documents/ Circulars/ PANS relevant to the functioning of DGCA
will be made available on the DGCA Intranet.

5.3 Procedure

5.3.1 Currently, there are no means by which information is received from

ICAO notifying of an Annex, Annex amendment, document, circular or a PANS
document being uploaded on the ICAO Portal.

5.3.2 ICAO informs States of an amendment to an ICAO Annex through a

State Letter: Adoption of Amendment __ to Annex __.

5.3.3 In order to keep the ICAO documents current on DGCA Website, the
ICAO Focal Point will:

a) Visit the ICAO-NET every quarter and review the documents available on
the ICAO portal vis-à-vis those currently available on DGCA Website.

b) Based on the review, identify documents not available and ensure

uploading of the same on DGCA Intranet.

Note: Only those documents relevant to DGCA functioning will be

maintained on DGCA Intranet.

c) Upload a document based on feedback from directorates in DGCA

requested for a specific document to be made available.

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d) Maintain a register to ensure that the ICAO Portal is accessed as per the
procedure contained in this Chapter and record the specific documents
introduced/ updated on DGCA Intranet.

e) Obsolete Documents. Obsolete documents are those which are no longer

required, replaced or superseded. Obsolete documents may be identified
as part of the review process and shall be removed from the DGCA
Intranet.

5.3.4 The procedure in this document constitutes approval of the Director

General and no separate approval is required while adhering to the procedure
given in this manual.

5.3 Hard copies of ICAO Annexes and Documents available in DGCA

5.3.1 All Hard copies of ICAO Annexes and Documents including any circulars
available in DGCA are UNCONTROLLED COPIES and can be used for reference
only. Wherever possible these will be marked as ‘For Reference Only –
Uncontrolled Copy’.

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Appendix ‘A’ - ICAO State Letters – External Agencies Distribution

Subject External Distribution

Annex

Personnel Licensing Airports Authority of India

1

Rules of the Air Airports Authority of India

2

Meteorological Service for International Indian Meteorological

3 Navigation Department

Aeronautical Charts Airports Authority of India

4

Units of Measurement to be used in Air

Airports Authority of India
5 and Ground Operations

Operations of Aircraft

Part I — International Commercial Air

Transport — Aeroplanes
6 --
Part II — International General Aviation
—Aeroplanes

Part III — International Operations —

Helicopters
Aircraft Nationality and Registration
--
7 Marks

Airworthiness of Aircraft --
8

Aeronautical Telecommunications

Volume I – Radio Navigation Aids

Volume II — Communication Procedures

including those with PANS Status
Airports Authority of India
10
Volume III — Communications Systems

Volume IV — Surveillance Radar and

Collision Avoidance Systems

Volume V — Aeronautical Radio

Frequency Spectrum Utilization

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Subject External Distribution

Annex

Air Traffic Services Airports Authority of India

11

Search and Rescue Airports Authority of India

12

Aircraft Accident and Incident Aircraft Accident and

13 Investigation Investigation Bureau

Aerodromes

14 Volume I – Design and Operations --

Volume II – Heliports

Aeronautical Information Services Airports Authority of India

15

Environment Protection

Volume I - Aircraft Noise --

Volume II - Aircraft Engine Emissions --

16
Volume III - Aeroplane CO2 Emissions --

Volume IV - Carbon Offsetting and

Reduction Scheme for International --
Aviation (CORSIA)

Safe Transportation of Dangerous

--
18 Goods by Air

Aircraft Accident and

Safety Management
19 Investigation Bureau

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Appendix ‘B’ - ICAO Annex Management - Timelines

Sl. Focal Point Project Officer CARG Nominated Officer Timelines
No. (I&R)

ACTION ON STATE LETTER

1. Distribution of State Within 15 days of receipt of the
Letter via the letter
electronic
notification
2. -- 1) Review of State Letter Within 60 days of receipt of the
2) Prepare of draft State letter from Focal Point
amendment to Rules/ Civil
Aviation Requirements; and
3) Put up draft proposal to
CARG for approval
REGULATION AMENDMENT PROCESS
3. Call for meeting of Within 15 days of receipt of
CARG proposal for amendment to
regulation

4. Meeting of CARG
for acceptance of
proposed
amendment to the
Rule/ Civil Aviation
Requirements

5. Publication of draft amendment

to CAR for inviting comments for
30 days
* In case of amendment to Rule,
I&R will send a draft Notification to
Ministry

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Sl. Focal Point Project Officer CARG Nominated Officer Timelines

No. (I&R)
6. Preparation of final CAR Within 30 days of last date for
based on comments received receipt of comments
7. Meeting of CAR for Within next 15 days
finalization of CAR
8. Preparation of final response Within 15 days of publication of
to Annex amendment and final CAR/ rule
identification of differences, if
any and submit to I&R Dte

NOTIFICATION OF DIFFERENCES PROCESS

9. Put up to DG for Within 15 days
approval.
1) Response to ICAO
2) Notification of
differences, if any

10. 1) NCMC ensures Update online CMA. On DG’s approval Within 15 days
data updated in Send letter to ICAO
CMA. and AAI for AIP.
2) Focal Point
closes action on
amendment as
completed.

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Appendix ‘C’ - Brief for presentation to CARG - ICAO Annex

Amendment
Brief for presentation to CARG - ICAO Annex Amendment
(To be presented in CARG within 15 days of receipt of State Letter by
the Project Officer)
Adoption
Annex Amdt. No.
Date
Effective
Notifying Applicability
Date
differences Date
Project
Officer

Planned
Affected
Std./ Proposed Details of timelines Proposed
Regulation Handling
RP Circular/ Disapproval, (Preparation CARG Remarks
Ref. (Rule/ Dte.(s)
Ref. Guidance if any of Draft for Date
CAR)
CARG)

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Appendix ‘D’ - ICAO Annex Amendment – Compliance Matrix

ICAO Annex Amendment – Compliance Matrix
ACTION ON
REGULATION AMENDMENT PROCESS NOTIFICATION OF DIFFERENCES PROCESS
STATE LETTER
WHAT Distributio Propos Date of Draft Last date Prepara CARG Publication Final DG Update CMA Letter
n of State ed CARG publication for receipt tion of Meeting of final response to approval online Online to
Letter CARG Meeting date for of final for CAR/ rule Annex Amdt for CMA. updated ICAO
comments CAR finalizati Response and and
Date held comments and identif. of
based on of to ICAO action AAI for
on CAR diff. sent to and Notif. on AIP.
comme I&R Dte of diff., if Amdt.
nts any closed.
receive
d
WHEN Within 15 Within Within 15 - - Within Within - Within 15 Within 15 Within 15 days
days of 60 days days of 30 days next 15 days of days
receipt of of receipt of of last days publication of
State receipt amdt date for final CAR/
letter of State proposal comme rule
letter nts
receipt
WHO
CARG RESP. NCMC/ RESP.
FOCAL PROJECT CARG NODAL PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT
NODAL OFFICER FOCAL OFFICE
POINT OFFICER POINT OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER
OFFICER (I&R) POINT R (I&R)

A B C E F G H I J K
D+15 A+60 B+15 F+30 G+15 I +15 J+15 K+15
Date of Completion
Annex
Amdt No.
Date (D)
Notifying
Differences
Project Officer

Annex
Amdt No.
Date (D)
Notifying
Differences
Project Officer

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ICAO Annex Amendment – Compliance Matrix

ACTION ON
REGULATION AMENDMENT PROCESS NOTIFICATION OF DIFFERENCES PROCESS
STATE LETTER
WHAT Distributio Propos Date of Draft Last date Prepara CARG Publication Final DG Update CMA Letter
n of State ed CARG publication for receipt tion of Meeting of final response to approval online Online to
Letter CARG Meeting date for of final for CAR/ rule Annex Amdt for CMA. updated ICAO
comments CAR finalizati Response and and
Date held comments and identif. of
based on of to ICAO action AAI for
on CAR diff. sent to and Notif. on AIP.
comme I&R Dte of diff., if Amdt.
nts any closed.
receive
d
WHEN Within 15 Within Within 15 - - Within Within - Within 15 Within 15 Within 15 days
days of 60 days days of 30 days next 15 days of days
receipt of of receipt of of last days publication of
State receipt amdt date for final CAR/
letter of State proposal comme rule
letter nts
receipt
WHO
CARG RESP. NCMC/ RESP.
FOCAL PROJECT CARG NODAL PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT
NODAL OFFICER FOCAL OFFICE
POINT OFFICER POINT OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER
OFFICER (I&R) POINT R (I&R)

A B C E F G H I J K
D+15 A+60 B+15 F+30 G+15 I +15 J+15 K+15
Date of Completion
Notifying
Differences
Project Officer

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