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HELLENIC AIR NAVIGATION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

OF

THE HELLENIC

AIR NAVIGATION

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

(HANSA)

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE HELLENIC AIR NAVIGATION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

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Abstract

This document provides a short description of the organizational structure of the Hellenic Air Navigation Supervi-

sory Authority (HANSA), associated high level responsibilities and allocated short term and long term posts staffing.

Keywords

HCAA HANSA ATM Regulations

ANSP Safety SES CNS

Regula-

tory

Report System ESARRs

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TACT

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DOCUMENT APPROVAL

The following table identifies all management authorities that have approved the present issue of this docu-

ment.

AUTHORITY NAME AND SIGNATURE DATE

Acting Head of HANSA Mr. Michael PANAGIOTOPOULOS

24/4/2012

Head of HANSA/A Section Mr. Evangelos MALIKOUTIS

24/4/2012


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DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD

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EDITION DATE REASON FOR CHANGE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SHEET ii

DOCUMENT APPROVAL iii

DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION 1

FOREWORD 2

1 INTRODUCTION - 6 -

1.1 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................- 6 -

1.2 SCOPE ...................................................................................................................................................- 6 -

1.3 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE ...........................................................................................................................- 6 -

2 ASSUMPTIONS, AND KEY ELEMENTS OF HANSA STRUCTURE .............................................................. - 7 -

2.1 ASSUMPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................- 7 -

2.2 KEY ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF HANSA .............................................................................................- 7 -

3 ANALYSIS OF THE STATE’S CURRENT CONTEXT .................................................................................... - 8 -

3.1 NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS.........................................................................................................................- 8 -

3.2 ORGANISATION OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES...................................................................................................- 11 -

4 THE HANSA ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ....................................................................................... - 12 -

5 CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPER OPERATION OF HANSA ............................................................... - 13 -

6 ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................................................. - 15 -

7 LIST OF REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... - 16 -

ANNEX A ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

HANSA ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................ 17

ANNEX B ....................................................................................................................................................... 18

HANSA RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSTS ALLOCATION .................................................................................... 18

Acting HANSA Director: Michael Panagiotopoulos....................................................................................... 18

ANNEX C........................................................................................................................................................ 19

HANSA ESTABLISHEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES ....................................................................................... 19

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE.................................................................................................................................. 19

No 150/13-08-2007 ...................................................................................................................................... 19

Government Gazette Vol. A/193/2007......................................................................................................... 19

ANNEX D ....................................................................................................................................................... 24

HCAA AIR NAVIGATION ORGANIZATION CHART .......................................................................................... 24


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DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION

This document has a limited distribution. The copies distributed and recipients are listed below:

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FOREWORD

This document provides a short description of the organizational structure of the Hellenic Air Navigation Super-

visory Authority (HANSA), associated high level responsibilities and allocated short term and long term posts

staffing.

Job descriptions of above mentioned posts are not included in this document. This is subject of the Operations

Manual (Handbook) of HANSA.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE HELLENIC AIR NAVIGATION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY (HANSA)

Edition: 2.0 Released Issue - 6 -

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Objectives

The main objective of the document is to provide a short description of the organizational structure of the Hel-

lenic Air Navigation Supervisory Authority (HANSA), to clearly define associated responsibilities and to depict

short-term and medium-term staffing of this entity.

1.2 Scope

The scope of this document includes:

HANSA breakdown structure into sections with high level description of their responsibilities. Medium and long

term HANSA’s staffing is also provided including number of employees per section.

Recommendations for the proper functioning of HANSA.

1.3 Document Structure

1. Introduction including objectives, scope and document structure;

2. Assumptions and key elements of HANSA structure;

3. Analysis of the current state’s context;

4. HANSA organizational structure;

5. Considerations for the proper operation of HANSA;

6. Abbreviation List;

7. References;

8. Annexes (A, B, C).



2 ASSUMPTIONS, AND KEY ELEMENTS OF HANSA STRUCTURE

2.1 Assumptions

The following assumptions are taken into consideration:

1. ICAO SARPs and SES regulations, current and future, shall be properly implemented;

2. The "Hellenic Air Navigation Supervisory Authority" (HANSA) has been established functionally separated

from the air navigation service provider and is functioning since July 2009. Law 3446/2006 establishes the

NSA while Presidential Decree 150/2007 covers the organisation, the staffing and the responsibilities of

the NSA. Additionally, Presidential Decree 103/2010 lays down the NSA’s operating regulation.

3. HANSA is responsible for the certification and the supervision of the ANS Providers, for ongoing compli-

ance and safety oversight according to EC Regulations and other safety regulatory requirements.

4. The institutional and legal status of the Hellenic ANS Provider (HANSP) is defined by Law 3913/2011 (Pub-

lic sector and as a General Directorate within the HCAA).

2.2 Key elements of the structure of HANSA

The key elements of the structure of HANSA are:

1. All arrangements for HANSA’s establishment are the minimum required;

2. HANSA’s structure fully meets SES and ICAO requirements where applicable;

3. HANSA’s sections must be manageable. Lessons learnt will be identified in due course;

4. HANSA’s staffing will be selected from HCAA employees and MET (Hellenic National Meteorological Ser-

vices) as outlined by the presidential decree 150/07 in terms of number of employees and organiza-

tional structure..

5. The posts allocated in the sections reflect the maximum number to cover future needs. Therefore some

posts will be unstaffed during the functioning of the HANSA .

6. Apart from the ANSP definition, no change to the remaining HCAA structure was needed.



3 ANALYSIS OF THE STATE’S CURRENT CONTEXT

3.1 National Stakeholders

3.1.1 Regulator

Civil aviation in Greece is under the responsibility of the HCAA, which is a Public service, subordinated to the

Minister of Transport, Infrastructure & Networks. The HCAA Governor represents Greece at the EUROCONTROL

Provisional Council.

The HCAA is the Greek Authority responsible for the regulation, certification and overall administration of civil

aircraft, personnel, equipment, civil aerodromes/airports (except Search and Rescue and MET services).. The

ANS Regulatory Division of the HCAA, referring directly to the HCAA Governor is responsible for the regulatory

HANSA is responsible for Certification and Supervision of the ATM/ANS providers.

3.1.2 Investigations for civil aviation accidents

Within the European Union, Art 6(1) of Council Directive 94/56/EC of 21 Nov 94, has mandated its Member

States to ensure that the technical investigations (following civil aviation accidents and/or incidents) be carried

out by a permanent body or entity, functionally independent in particular of the National Aviation Authorities

(part of the “safety chain”) and in general of any other party (e.g. ANSPs, airport operators, etc.) whose inter-

ests could conflict with the investigations themselves.

Such an independent body (“Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board”,) was established by National

Law 2912 of 9 May 2001.

3.1.3 ANSP

The institutional and legal status of the Hellenic ANS Provider (HANSP) is defined by Law 3913/2011 (Public

sector and as a General Directorate within the HCAA).

The HANSP is responsible for the provision of ATM/ANS within the Athinai FIR/Hellas UIR.

Other stakeholders complementing the provision of ANS are as follows:

The Search and Rescue (SAR) service within Athinai FIR/Hellas UIR is provided by the Ministry of Defence (HAF)

and the Ministry of Mercantile Marine (Hellenic Coast Guard), which are responsible for organising the aero-

nautical and maritime Search and Rescue services in a Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) and making the

necessary facilities available.

The meteorological service for civil aviation is provided by the “National Meteorological Service”, the “Regional

Met Centre MAKEDONIA” and the “Regional Met Centre ATA”, which are Institutes subordinated to the Minis-

try of Defence

The following Table lists information about the Hellenic Civil Air Navigation Services Provider as well as other

HCAA regulatory units.

Provider of Civil Air Navi-

gation Services

Regulatory Authorities Supervisory

Authority

Governance Ownership

Hellenic ANS Provider

(HANSP)

1. HCAA/ANS-Reg

2. HANSA

HANSA

Public Service 100% State-

owned

3.1.4 Military Authority



The military authorities (Hellenic Air Force – HAF) provide Air Traffic Services to civil aircraft at military aero-

dromes/Terminal Control Areas. HAF is also user of some designated/reserved parts of the airspace. Civil mili-

tary co-ordination is ensured through agreed procedures (use of LoAs etc).

3.1.5 Airports

Operational requirements and organisational structure determine the categorisation of Hellenic air-

ports/aerodromes. Aerodromes in Greece which are available for public use are designated as Airports (Inter-

national or Domestic). All others are designated as Aerodromes. The fifty eight (58) aerodromes located in

Greece are subdivided into categories according to Aeronautical Information Publication (Current AIP) as fol-

lows:

1. International Airports (including military aerodromes available also to civil aircraft) which must be used

for the first landing in Greece and for the last take-off on outbound flights. All international airports in

Greece are open to international aircraft operations for the types of traffic given in the AIP (sched-

uled/non scheduled, private). The most important international airport due to traffic movements, pas-

sengers and cargo is the Athinai International Airport (AIA) named “EL. VENIZELOS”.

2. Airports for domestic traffic are available for scheduled operations of the national carriers and for pri-

vate aircraft registered in ICAO member states. Domestic airports may be used by international air traf-

fic after necessary clearances (customs, immigration and health) have been carried out on one of the in-

ternational airports.

3. Military Aerodromes are also open to private aircraft registered in Member States of ICAO, provided

that a special permission was obtained prior to the flight.

4. Municipal Aerodromes are open for scheduled operations of the national carriers and for private aircraft

registered in ICAO Member States. The local municipality owns these aerodromes while ANS services

are provided by HCAA.

3.1.6 Geographical Scope

The following Tables list the ACCs, TMAs and airport/aerodromes.

Note that the number of sectors, as indicated in table, is the maximum number of control sectors that can be

operated simultaneously by the unit.

ATC Unit No of En-Route

Sectors Remarks

ATHINAI ACC (LGGG) 11

MAKEDONIA ACC

(LGMD) 7

Note: Sectors in operation subject to traffic demand

The existing sectorisation meets the current and medium

term traffic demands.



LIST OF TERMINAL AREAS AND SERVED AIRPORTS IN GREECE

Terminal Airspace Airport(s)

ATHINAI ATHINA / EL. VENIZELOS, ELEFSIS, SYROS

IRAKLION IRAKLION / NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS

RODOS RODOS / DIAGORAS

KERKIRA KERKIRA / IOANNIS KAPODISTRIAS

THESSALONIKI THESSALONIKI / MAKEDONIA

KOS KOS / IPPOKRATIS

SANTORINI SANTORINI

MIKONOS MIKONOS

ALEXANDROUPOLIS ALEXANDROUPOLIS / DIMOKRITOS

LIMNOS LIMNOS/HEFESTOS

MITILINI MYTILINI/ODYSSEAS ELYTIS

SAMOS SAMOS/ARISTARCHOS

CHIOS CHIOS

KAVALA KAVALA / MEGAS ALEXANDROS

SKIATHOS SKIATHOS/ALEXANDROS PAPADIAMANDIS

TANAGRA TANAGRA

NEA ANGHIALOS NEA ANGHIALOS

SKIROS SKIROS

LARISSA LARISSA, KOZANI/ FILIPPOS

SOUDA CHANIA / I. DASKALOGIANNAKIS

KALAMATA KALAMATA, KITHIRA

ANDRAVIDA ZAKINTHOS / D. SOLOMOS, KEFALLONIA, ARAXOS

PREVEZA PREVEZA

The airspace under Hellenic responsibility/jurisdiction is encompassed by the Athinai FIR and the HELLAS UIR

with the same lateral extent, which is approximately:

600 NM (1.100 km) in SE - NW direction

350 NM (650 km) in W - E direction

420 NM (780 km) in N - S direction

The division flight level between upper and lower airspace is FL 285.

The ATHINAI FIR/HELLAS UIR borders with ten (10) FIRs/UIRs of nine (9) different countries. Two (2) of them,

Egypt, Libya, are non ECAC States. The adjacent FIRs/UIRs are:



1. Tirana FIR

2. Skopje FIR

3. Sofia FIR/UIR

4. Istanbul FIR

5. Nicosia FIR

6. Cairo FIR

7. Tripoli FIR

8. Malta FIR

9. Roma FIR/UIR

10. Brindisi FIR/UIR

Two ACCs, the Athinai and Makedonia ACCs provide the ATHINAI FIR/HELLAS UIR with air traffic management

services. The environment can be considered as highly complex due to the large number (10) of adjacent FIRs

and the traffic profile (a lot of climbing/descending flights).

Fifteen (15) TMAs are established at civil airports and eight (8) TMAs at military aerodromes. The lower limit of

TMAs is generally 1.000 ft. GND. The upper limit varies between FL 85 and FL 460, being the upper limit of the

TMAs at principal airports.

Twenty-six (26) Control Zones (CTRs) are established around civil airports and eight (8) Control Zones around

military aerodromes.

The Athinai TMA is the only high complexity TMA. However, taking into account traffic complexity and distribu-

tion, the Thessaloniki, Kerkira, Iraklion and Rodos TMAs can also be considered as complex TMAs.

3.2 Organisation of Air Traffic Services

The Hellenic ANS Provider (HANSP), a Directorate General of the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) is

responsible for the provision of ATM/ANS with the exceptions of some Terminal Control Areas and some Aero-

dromes where ATS is provided by HAF.



4 THE HANSA ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The structure of HANSA consists of six (6) sections as indicated in Annex A.

High level responsibilities and posts allocation are described in Annex B.

The existing presidential decree of HANSA establishment is attached to Annex C.

The HCAA Air Navigation Organization Chart is presented in Annex D.



5 CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPER OPERATION OF HANSA

In addition to HANSA structure, the following considerations should be taken accordingly:

1. Posts shall be gradually filled in parallel with the increased workload demand keeping the staff cost rate

stable.

2. Support services provided by the HCAA to HANSA shall be clearly defined and described in Service Level

Agreements (SLAs).

3. Estimation of the cost and required effort shall be made.

4. The support services that will be provided by HCAA corresponding divisions, are summarised bellow:

(a) High level staff management by HCAA/D9 (DHR), consisting of recruitment procedures, personnel files

repository and formal staff mobility and transfer procedures;

(b) Contraction and maintenance and cleaning of buildings hosting HANSA, electrical infrastructure and

furniture.

(c) Training of staff under the aegis of the HCAA Training Centre, if applicable.

(d) Logistics and assets management;

(e) Equipment and various materials procurement;

(f) Provision of transportation means and facilities;

(g) Staff remuneration.

5. The HELLINAS cost accounting system shall be adapted to consider HANSA as an individual cost centre and

to annually develop expenditure-revenue statements/balanced sheets according to SES regulations.

6. Some other aspects are considered in the context of this manual and are addressed hereafter:

(a) There may be a need to explicitly address issues associated with the defence units providing ANSs.

Within the EC regulations (“Service provision” and “Common requirements”), there is no obligation for

the certification of Military ANSPs as long as these organisations provide services primarily or exclu-

sively to military OAT. However, Member States are required to ensure maximum compliance with the

CR and to notify the Commission and other NSAs on this decision and how HANSA will ensure maxi-

mum compliance. If military ANSPs are providing services primarily to GAT, certification by HANSA is

required (for services and equipment). Equally, there may be a requirement to perform Safety Over-

sights on military ANSPs. From an ESARR point of view, changes to military ATM Systems may require

HANSA’s approval in so far that these systems are used to provide services to civilian aircrafts.

(b) At least the task of liaison with the military counter-part on regulatory and oversight issues should be

recognised. Depending on the extend of the military service provision, it may even be appropriate to

have a military representative permanently allocated to HANSA (to arrange oversights at military

units, to arrange certification and oversight of technical systems even though procured by Defence.

(c) The relationship with other regulatory functions required to fulfil the State responsibilities for regulat-

ing the aviation areas, performed at the moment by the HCAA, has not been set up. Some synergies

should be established if the HANSA is also taking the responsibility as a Regulatory Authority in gen-

eral. For example, highly skilled software/systems engineers will be available in the Flight Safety De-

partment, and could be used to increase the oversight teams for e.g. overseeing CNS or certification of

systems. Equally, legal experts could be shared generally in the organisation, security experts could be

shared with the airport regulatory area, human factors experts (not the same as human resource ex-

perts) could be shared, etc.

(d) Further on utilising synergies, ICAO has amended Annex 6, 11 and 14 in the area of Safety Manage-

ment with requirements now quite similar for the aerodromes, ATS and Aircraft operators. Also here

synergies can be achieved by harmonising the regulatory framework for safety management systems,

monitoring safety performance indicators, definition and achievement of acceptable levels of safety.



(e) Continuing on synergies, it could be expected that the different sections could utilise staff from each

other. This is especially valid when doing certification of service providers (CNS certification will re-

quire expertise about financial and legal matters as well). From a skills point of view the approval of a

change to the ATM System will require a range of skills, which does not seem to be available in the

Safety, Quality and Security Oversight section. For example, in order to assess safety arguments for a

new complex ATC System one would typically need software expertise, system design expertise, ex-

pertise in reliability, availability and maintainability (both hardware and software), as well as experts in

human factors, etc. For some expertise, the HANSA may even have to procure external support, as it

will be unreasonable to have such expertise available full time in the HANSA (there will not be enough

work to ensure adequate workload for such experts).

(f) There is a word for human factors experts as a required skill. People making mistakes cause a signifi-

cant number of incidents, and a central issue in any safety argument associated with a change to an

ATM System (Equipment, People & Procedures) is how human factors have been addressed. If this re-

quirement is not identified as a specific skill, it should be included in the job description of one or two

of the experts, who should be well knowledgeable in human factors.

(g) One may want to identify tasks associated with Airspace Management as a specific task. However,

since “International Relations, Planning and Legal Support” takes care of regulatory aspects, this

would probably fall under responsibility of this section.



6 ABBREVIATIONS

AAND Area Air Navigation Department

ACC Area Control Centre

AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service

ANS Air Navigation Services

ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider

ATC Air Traffic Control

ATCO Air Traffic Control Officer

ATM Air Traffic Management

ATS Air Traffic Services

ATSEP Air Traffic Safety Engineering Personnel

DG Director General

EFQM European Foundation for Quality Management

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

GDAN General Director of Air Navigation

HANSA Hellenic Air Navigation Supervisory Authority

HCAA Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority

HQ Headquarter

NSA National Supervisory Authority

SES Single European Sky

SLA Service Level Agreement

SMM Safety Management Manual

SMS Safety Management System



7 LIST OF REFERENCES

The following documents have been used and partly quoted in this report:

01 Assessment and Inception report (AIR) for ANS and Master ANS Plan (MAP) of the Hellenic

Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA)

02 Report on the ESARR Implementation Monitoring and Support Programme, Greece (ESIMS)

03 HCAA Air Navigation Department Electronics Division Quality Policy & Management, devel-

oped by EUROCONTROL and E4 of HCAA

04 Local Convergence and Implementation Plan (LCIP), Years 2005-2009, Released Issue

05 ESARR 1 ”Regulation on National ATM Safety Regulatory Framework”, by EUROCONTROL

06 EAM 3/GUI 1 ESARR 3 Guidance to ATM Safety Regulators – “Explanatory Material on ESARR

3 Requirements”, issued by EUROCONTROL

07 EAM 3/GUI 2 ESARR 3 Guidance to ATM Safety Regulators – “Safety Regulatory Aspects of

the ESARR 3 Implementation in Small Organisations”, issued by EUROCONTROL

08 EAM 3/GUI 3 ESARR 3 Guidance to ATM Safety Regulators – “ESARR 3 and Related Safety

Oversight”, issued by EUROCONTROL

09 SRC Policy Doc 3, EUROCONTROL

10 ICAO Convention

11 ICAO Convention, Annexes 1, 11 and 14

12 ESARR 3 Use of Safety Management Systems by ATM Services Providers, issued by EURO-

CONTROL

13 ESARR 2 Safety Regulatory Requirements: Reporting and Assessment of Safety Occurrences

in ATM, issued by EUROCONTROL

14 ESARR 4 Risk Assessment and Mitigation in ATM, issued by EUROCONTROL

15 ESARR 5 Safety Regulatory Requirements for ATM Services Providers, issued by EUROCON-

TROL

16 ESARR 6 Safety Regulatory Requirements for Software ATM, issued by EUROCONTROL

17 EAM 3/AMC Acceptable Means of Compliance with ESARR 3, issued by EUROCONTROL

18 EAM 3/ICAO Consistency between ESARR 3 and ICAO SARPs, issued by EUROCONTROL

19 Common Core Content issued by EUROCONTROL.

20 REGULATION (EC) No 549/2004, “The framework Regulation”, 10 March 2004

21 REGULATION (EC) No 550/2004, “The service provision Regulation”, 10 March 2004

22 REGULATION (EC) No 551/2004, “The airspace regulation”, 10 March 2004

23 REGULATION (EC) No 552/2004, “The interoperability Regulation”, 10 March 2004

24 REGULATION (EC) No 2096/2005, “Common Requirements for the provision of air navigation

services, 20 December 2005



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ANNEX A

HANSA ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

HELLENIC AIR NAVIGATION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

(HANSA)

SECTION A

Certification and Service Provision Oversight for Air Traffic Control,

Aeronautical Information

SECTION ST

Oversight for Interoperability of systems and procedures

SECTION E

Human Resources & Financial Oversight

SECTION D

Safety, Quality & Security Oversight

SECTION C

Planning, Legal support & International Relations

SECTION B

Certification and Service Provision Oversight for Communications,

Navigation & Surveillance



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ANNEX B

HANSA RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSTS ALLOCATION

Acting HANSA Director: Michael Panagiotopoulos

Section A:

Certification and Service Provision oversight for Air Traffic, Meteorology & Aeronautical Information

Head of Section: Evangelos Malikoutis

Section B:

Certification and Service Provision oversight for Communications, Navigation & Surveillance

Acting Head of Section: Dimitrios Giannakopoulos (Head of Section: Konstantinos Simaiakis-EASA secondment)

Section C:

Planning, Legal support and International relations

Head of Section: Michael Panagiotopoulos

Section D:

Safety, Quality and Security oversight

Head of Section: Konstantinos Karageorgis

Safety experts: Nikolaos Ilias, Eleni Pavlakou-Tsilivaraki

Section E:

Human Resources and Financial oversight

Acting Head of Section: Nikolaos Ilias

Licensing expert: Maria Hadjichristodoulou. Financial experts: Theodora Syrma, Kallirroy Anastasopoulou

Section ST:

Oversight for Interoperability of systems and procedures

Head of Section: Dimitrios Giannakopoulos



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ANNEX C

HANSA ESTABLISHEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

No 150/13-08-2007

Government Gazette Vol. A/193/2007

Organisation and staffing

of the Hellenic Air Navigation Supervisory Authority

of the HCAA



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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

VOLUME I Sheet No. 193

13 August 2007

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 150

Organisation and staffing of the Hellenic Air Navigation Supervisory Authority of the HCAA

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

Having regard to:

1. the provisions of:

a) Article 25 of Law No. 3446/2006 entitled "Organisation and functioning of authorities for the control of vehicle traffic -

regulation of passenger transport and other provisions" (Government Gazette 49/Α/10.3.2006);

b) the provisions of Article 20 of Law No. 2503/1997 entitled "Administration, organisation, staffing of the region, settle-

ment of matters for local authorities and other provisions" (Government Gazette 107/Α/30.5.1997);

2. the provisions of Law No. 1338/1983 entitled "Implementation of Community law" (Government Gazette

34/Α/17.3.1983);

3. Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the frame-

work for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation);

4. Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the provision of air

navigation services in the single European sky (the service provision Regulation);

5. Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 March 2004 on the organisation and

use of the airspace in the single European sky (the airspace Regulation);

6. Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 March 2004 on the interoperability of

the European Air Traffic Management network (the interoperability Regulation);

7. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2096/2005 of 20 December 2005 laying down common requirements for the provision

of air navigation services;

8. Article 90 of Presidential Decree No. 63/2005 entitled "Codification of the legislation for the government and govern-

mental bodies" (Government Gazette 98/Α/22.4.2005);

9. Decision No. 246717/1.3.2006 of the Prime Minister and Minister for Defence concerning delegation of powers of the

Minister for Defence to the State Secretary for Defence (Government Gazette 274/Β/3.3.2006);

10. the fact that the provisions of the present Decree give rise to expenditure under the State Budget of six thousand two

hundred and forty euros (EUR 6,240) per annum, which will be covered by appropriations from the budget of the Ministry

of Transport and Communications (Special structure 39/120 and Revenue Code Number 0227).

11. Opinion No. 153/2007 of the Council of State on a proposal by the Minister for the Interior, Administration and De-

centralisation, the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance, the Minister for Defence, and the Minister for Transport and

Communications, it is hereby decided as follows:



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Article 1

Structure and responsibilities

1. The Hellenic Air Navigation Supervisory Authority (HANSA), hereinafter referred to as the "Authority", which shall be

answerable to the Governor of the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (pursuant to Article 25 of Law No. 3446/2006, Govern-

ment Gazette, 49/Α/2006), shall be organised at the level of a Directorate and comprise the following Sections:

a) Aeronautical Information, Meteorology and Air Traffic Control Service Provision Oversight and Certification Section

b) Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Service Provision Oversight and Certification Section

c) Planning, Legal Support and International Relations Section

d) Safety, Quality and Security Oversight Section

e) Human Resources and Financial Oversight Section

f) Interoperability of Systems and Procedures Oversight Section

2. The responsibilities of the Directorate, broken down by Section, shall be as follows:

a) Aeronautical Information, Meteorology and Air Traffic Control Service Provision Oversight and Certification Section:

certification and oversight of the provision of air traffic control services, aeronautical information services and mete-

orological services to be used in air navigation.

b) Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Service Provision Oversight and Certification Section:

certification and oversight of communications, navigation and surveillance service provision.

c) Planning, Legal Support and International Relations Section:

conclusion of agreements; establishment of national, European and international rules and regulations and drafting of

associated legislation; drafting of a general action plan; drafting of an annual activity report; planning of inspections

and audits of air navigation service providers; granting of derogations from certification as applied for by air naviga-

tion service providers; legal support for the "Authority"; billing for the "Authority's" services; oversight of consultation

procedures between air navigation service providers and bodies involved in the functioning of the Single European

Sky.

d) Safety, Quality and Security Oversight Section:

establishment of safety targets, assessment of safety levels and monitoring of implementation of safety objectives;

assessment and approval of changes to air traffic management systems; assessment of occurrence reports to identify

areas where oversight initiatives should be implemented; liaising with the Accident Investigation Board; oversight of

quality management and of management of protection of staff, premises and business data.

e) Human Resources and Financial Oversight Section:

oversight of staff training; oversight of the staff's professional qualifications and licences; oversight of staff skill devel-

opment; oversight of manpower; oversight of financial matters and of management of the NSA charging scheme;

st) Interoperability of Systems and Procedures Oversight Section:

oversight to ensure the interoperability of the following systems and procedures:

systems and procedures for airspace management, for air traffic flow management and for air traffic control, in par-

ticular flight data processing systems, surveillance data processing systems and human-machine interface systems;

ground-ground, air-ground and air-air communication systems and procedures; navigation systems and procedures;

surveillance systems and procedures; systems and procedures for the aeronautical information services; systems and

procedures for the use of meteorological information.

3. The HANSA shall carry out its responsibilities in accordance with the relevant regulatory provisions of the European

Union, including the safety regulatory requirements (EUROCONTROL Safety Regulatory Requirements – ESARRs), as these

enter in force.



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Article 2

Staffing of the HANSA and appointment of Heads of Section

1. The HANSA shall be staffed by permanent staff of the HCAA and National Meteorological Service whose professional

knowledge and experience is similar or related to the job descriptions of the posts concerned.

The allocation of HANSA posts by category and branch shall be as follows:

a) branch PE2 (air traffic controllers): nineteen (19) posts;

b) branch PE4-TE4 (electronics staff): fourteen (14) posts;

c) branch PE3-TE3 (telecommunications staff): ten (10) posts;

d) branch PE5 (finance staff): two (2) posts;

e) branch TE7 (logistics administration staff): four (4) posts;

f) National Meteorological Service officials: six (6) posts;

g) meteorological specialists: two (2) posts.

2. The staffing of posts in the individual Sections of the "Authority" using National Meteorological Service staff shall be

decided by the competent bodies of the Ministry of Defence on the due recommendation of the Director of the National

Meteorological Service. The staff concerned shall be seconded in accordance with the provisions of Article 68.4 of Law No.

3528/2007.

3. A permanent official from branch PE2 (air traffic controllers) shall be selected and appointed as Head of the Director-

ate by the Board of the HCAA. The Heads of Section of the Directorate shall be selected from among officials of branches

PE2 (air traffic controllers), PE3-TE3 (telecommunications staff) and PE4-TE4 (electronics staff) by the HCAA Board, and be

appointed to the Sections of the HANSA by the Governor of the HCAA.

4. HCAA officials shall require ten years' seniority for appointment to a HANSA post.

5. Officials of the HCAA and of the National Meteorological Service who are appointed to the "Authority" shall be deemed

to be carrying out the duties of the specialist posts which they held prior to their appointment the "Authority".

Article 3

The HANSA shall take appropriate action to provide sufficient training for its staff.

Article 4

Any provision which contravenes those of the present Decree is hereby repealed.

Article 5

The present Decree shall enter into force following its publication in the Government Gazette.

The Minister for Transport and Communications is hereby entrusted with the publication and implementation of the

present Decree.

Athens, 31 July 2007

KAROLOS G. PAPOULIAS

PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC



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P. PAVLOPOULOS

MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

AND DECENTRALISATION

G. ALOGOSKOUFIS

MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND FINANCE

I. LAMBROPOULOS

STATE SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE

M. LIAPIS

MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

NATIONAL PRINTING OFFICE

KAPODISTRIOU 34 * ΑTHENS 104 32 * ΤEL. 210 52 79 000 * FAX 210 52 21 004

website: http://www.et.gr – e-mail: [email protected]



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ANNEX D

HCAA AIR NAVIGATION ORGANIZATION CHART

HANSA Organizational Structure V2

Documents

single european sky

athinai fir hellas uir

air traffic controllers

private aircraft registered

civil aviation accidents

air traffic services

hellenic ans provider

national meteorological service