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and Recommended Practices (SARPS) Update System:
At least twice every year, ICAO issues new Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS), or amends some that are currently in place. Each Member State is expected to review the new SARPS and if they are applicable to the State, then the State should amend its regulations to take these into account.
There are over 12,000 SARPS published in 18 Documents called Annexes. Each Annex applies to a different aspect of the Civil Aviation industry, and some examples include: Annex 1 (Licensing) Annex 6 (Aircraft Operations) and Annex 8 (Aircraft Maintenance).
The SARPS Update System is therfore: Simply a Database, managed by a central agency, where the latest ICAO Annexes are stored. ICAO Amendments are sent to this Database where they are used to amend the Annexes. Each client country’s Regulations are loaded into the Database, adjacent to the applicable ICAO Standard. Once each month, the Central Agency will run a report to show where new amendments have been made. Client States will be advised where these amendments differ from their Current Regulations and recommendations made for updates to their Regulations. At any point in time, a client State may request a report showing how many differences there are between the ICAO SARPS and the State’s Regulations.
Regulatory Framework: ICAO Publishes Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS), as well as Guidance Documents, for all areas of the Aviation Industry. The SARPS are published in the form of ANNEXES. Governments use these SARPS to develop Regulations and the Regulations are supported by a Civil Aviation Act (Law).
At least twice every year, ICAO issues new Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS), or amends some that are currently in place. Each Member State is expected to review the new SARPS and if they are applicable to the State, then the State should amend its regulations to take these into account.
There are over 12,000 SARPS published in 18 Documents called Annexes. Each Annex applies to a different aspect of the Civil Aviation industry, and some examples include: Annex 1 (Licensing) Annex 6 (Aircraft Operations) and Annex 8 (Aircraft Maintenance).
The SARPS Update System is therfore: Simply a Database, managed by a central agency, where the latest ICAO Annexes are stored. ICAO Amendments are sent to this Database where they are used to amend the Annexes. Each client country’s Regulations are loaded into the Database, adjacent to the applicable ICAO Standard. Once each month, the Central Agency will run a report to show where new amendments have been made. Client States will be advised where these amendments differ from their Current Regulations and recommendations made for updates to their Regulations. At any point in time, a client State may request a report showing how many differences there are between the ICAO SARPS and the State’s Regulations.
Regulatory Framework: ICAO Publishes Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS), as well as Guidance Documents, for all areas of the Aviation Industry. The SARPS are published in the form of ANNEXES. Governments use these SARPS to develop Regulations and the Regulations are supported by a Civil Aviation Act (Law).