Since 25th August 2016 information of interception procedures and signals must be carried on board of an aircraft, because the publication of Opt-Out of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 800/2013 and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 965/2012 ended with 25th August 2016.

In our Rogers Data Austria VFR Trip Kit, the relevant information is contained and illustrated on pages ENR 4.1-1 to ENR 4.1-5. So our customers meet the requirements of this regulation. By taking the Rogers Data VFR Trip Kit with you, you are conform with these regulations.

Part-NCC (Annex VI to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012)
Non-Commercial Air Operations with complex motor-powered aircrafts

NCC.GEN.140   Documents, manuals and information to be carried
a) The following documents, manuals and information shall be carried on each flight as originals or copies unless otherwise specified:
12. procedures and visual signals information for use by intercepting and intercepted aircraft

Part-NCO (ANNEX VII to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012)
Non-Commercial air operations with other-than-complex motor-powered aircrafts 

NCO.GEN.135   Documents, manuals and information to be carried
a) The following documents, manuals and information shall be carried on each flight as originals or copies unless otherwise specified:
11. procedures and visual signals information for use by intercepting and intercepted aircraft

Part-CAT (Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012)
Commercial air transport operations

CAT.GEN.MPA.180 Documents, manuals and information to be carried
a) The following documents, manuals and information shall be carried on each flight, as originals or copies unless otherwise specified:
13. procedures and visual signals information for use by intercepting and intercepted aircraft

Nationalparks & Areas with sensitive fauna in Austria

Due to the federal principle in Austria, certain competences, including the establishment and regulation of national parks and nature reserves, are reserved for the individual federal states. The federal states have also made use of this competence and regulated this in the respective state laws. Information on this is not included in the AIP, nor in all VFR aeronautical charts available on the market. Unfortunately, uncertainty does not protect against punishment. Pilots have already had to experience that one is held responsible here.

The relevant information can be found in the federal legal information system, but it is difficult to find due to the different terms used in the subject matter and the many different regulations.

However, the following applies: SERA.2010 Responsibilities
a) Responsibility of the pilot-in-command […].
(b) Flight preparation Before commencing a flight, the pilot-in-command of an aircraft shall familiarise himself with all available information relevant to the intended flight operation. […]

Rogers Data Austria VFR Aeronautical Charts| Scale 1:500.000 or 1:200.000

In order to save pilots the time-consuming research in the nine Austrian provincial laws, we have included the national parks and nature reserves relevant for flying in the Rogers Data VFR aeronautical charts. Our aim is to provide a practical overview in order to avoid possible infringements of the relevant legal provisions. Use our Rogers Data Austria VFR aeronautical charts, where the areas with sensitive fauna are marked.

More information on Austrian national parks, biospheres and nature reserves, SERA.2010 responsibilities and excerpts from legal bases Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria, Burgenland and Vorarlberg as well as on administrative penalties and their legality can be found in our information brochure, which we make available for download:

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In connection with the training of paragliders and as a basic requirement in the exercise of the activity, up-to-date and appropriate aeronautical charts shall always be used. This results from a synopsis of the relevant regulations.

At the level of European legislation, the Basic Regulation 216/2008, most recently replaced by Regulation (EU) 1139/2018, should be mentioned first. Although this regulation explicitly excludes paragliders, experts in aviation law believe that the contents of the Basic Regulation are analogous and relevant to the group of paragliders.
In any case, paragliders are subject to the regulations resulting from the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1387/2020 Air Operations Regulation and the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 1185/2016 Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA). At national level, the provisions of the Aviation Act (LFG), the Aviation Regulations 2014 (LVR 2014) and the Civil Aviation Personnel Ordinance 2006 (ZLPV 2006) apply. It should be noted that paragliders are aircraft in the sense of §11 of the Aviation Act (LFG). It also follows that users of such devices are to be considered pilots in the sense of the LFG.

For the area of training paragliders, the teaching objectives for the subject of aviation law are defined in the syllabus of the Aero Club. These learning objectives, depending on the level of training, are: Aviation Law, General Regulations, Visual Flight Rules, Airspace Classification, ICAO Classification, Lower and Upper Airspace, Controlled Airspace, Restricted and Dangerous Areas, Cartography and ICAO Charts. In order to maintain the paragliding instructor licence, evidence shall be provided that the holder has completed an appropriate instructor training course approved by the competent authority at a civil aviation school within the last three years. A corresponding focus on the airspace structure and its classification would lend itself to these further training events in order to develop the necessary broad effect by passing on the knowledge.

An old decree of the Federal Ministry of Transport as the supreme civil aviation authority contained some passages that are of interest to paragliders. Excerpts from this decree will therefore be included in the paper. Finally, AOPA Germany has published an informative article on the Internet, which will be reproduced in abbreviated form at the end.

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Anhang IV to Regulation (EU) No. 965/2012, Regulations (EU) No. 2015/140

Commercial Air Transport (Part-CAT)
Section A
General requirements

CAT.GEN.MPA.180
Documents, manuals and information to be carried
a) The following documents, manuals and information shall be carried on each flight, as originals or copies unless otherwise specified:
12. current and suitable aeronautical charts for the route of the proposed flight and all routes along which it is reasonable to expect that the flight may be diverted

CAT.GEN.MPA.190
Provision of documentation and records
The commander shall, within a reasonable time of being requested to do so by a person authorised by an authority, provide to that person the documentation required to be carried on board.

CAT.OP.MPA.175
Flight preparation
a) An operational flight plan shall be completed for each intended flight based on considerations of aircraft performance, other operating limitations and relevant expected conditions on the route to be followed and at the aerodromes/operating sites concerned
b) The flight shall not be commenced unless the commander is satisfied that:
5. current maps, charts and associated documentation or equivalent data are available to cover the intended operation of the aircraft including any diversion that may reasonably be expected

CAT.IDE.A.355
Management of aeronautical databases
b) The operator shall ensure the timely distribution and insertion of current and unaltered aeronautical databases to all aircraft that require them.

SPA.HEMS.130
Crew requirements
e) Crew composition
2. Night flight. The minimum crew by night shall be:
i) two pilots; or
ii) one pilot and one HEMS technical crew member in specific geographical areas defined by the operator in the operations manual taking into account the following:
A. adequate ground reference;
B. flight following system for the duration of the HEMS mission

Anhang VI to Regulation (EU) No. 965/2012, Regulations (EU) No. 379/2014

Composition of applicable regulations concerning aeronautical charts
(Part-NCC)

NCC.GEN.140
Documents, manuals and information to be carried
a) The following documents, manuals and information shall be carried on each flight as originals or copies unless otherwise specified:
11. current and suitable aeronautical charts for the route of the proposed flight and all routes along which it is reasonable to expect that the flight may be diverted

(…)

Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No. 965/2012, Regulation (EU) No. 379/2014

Non-commercial with other-than complex motor-powered aircraft
(Part-NCO)

NCO.GEN.135
Documents, manuals and information to be carried
a) The following documents, manuals and information shall be carried on each flight as originals or copies unless otherwise specified
10. current and suitable aeronautical charts for the route area of the proposed flight and all routes along which it is reasonable to expect that the flight may be diverted

(…)

AMC1 NCO.GEN.135(a)(10) – Documents, Manuals and Information to be carried

CURRENT AND SUITABLE AERONAUTICAL CHARTS
(a) The aeronautical charts carried should contain data appropriate to the applicable air traffic regulations, rules of the air, flight altitudes, area/route and nature of the operation. Due consideration should be given to carriage of textual and graphic representations of:
(1) aeronautical data, including, as appropriate for the nature of the operation:
(i) airspace structrure;
(ii) significant Points, Navigation aids (navaids) and air traffic services (ATS) routes;
(iii) navigation and communication frequencies;
(iv) prohibited, restricted and danger areas; and
(v) sites of other relevant activities that may hazard the flight;

(…)

Annex 6 – Part III – International Operations – Helicopters
Chapter 4. Helicopter Instruments, Equipment and Flight Documents

4.2.3 A helicopter shall carry:

a) the operations manual prescribed in 2.2.2, or those parts of it that pertain to flight operations;

b) the helicopter flight manual for the helicopter, or other documents containing performance data required for the application of Chapter 3 and any other information necessary for the operation of the helicopter within the terms of its certificate of airworthiness, unless these data are available in the operations manual; and

c) current and suitable charts to cover the route of the proposed flight and any route along which it is reasonable to expect that the flight may be diverted.

NOTE: Use of current and appropriate VFR aeronautical charts

There is no rule, regulation or law that requests that only certain certified charts or charts from specific suppliers have to be used. Furthermore, there is no rule regarding the form in which the latest chart material has to be present. Of course, charts may be carried as a paper chart and in electronically readable format. The critical factor is currency and suitablility.

For the Rogers Data aeronautical charts, special emphasis was placed on the topographic background chart and an easily understandable airspace imprint. In our charts, airspaces without mandatory clearance are shown in the font colour BLUE and airspaces requiring clearance are shown in the font colour RED. The control zones, danger areas and restricted areas are also shown in RED to draw attention to their special significance. A rumour that it is only allowed to fly with ICAO charts cannot be deduced from the laws. One should look at the chart offers and decide according to one’s taste.

In addition to the digital charts, it makes sense to have backup systems. ICAO Annex 4 regulates that a suitable back-up system may include the carriage of paper charts. A paper chart is a proven and functioning system.

In conjunction with NOTAM (Notice To Airman) advice, the review of the AUP (Airspace Use Plan), the AIP Supplements (AIP SUP) for temporarily established military exercise and training areas* and the MET Briefing, nothing should stand in the way of safe flight operations after reviewing the avionics.

* Military exercise training areas are promulgated by AIP SUP or NOTAM. AIP Supplements (AIP SUP) contain information of limited duration. This is usually around