AVV amendment passed: Changes in the ADLS approval procedure

The German Federal Council (Bundesrat) has passed an amendment to the General Administrative Regulation on the Marking of Aeronautical Obstacles (AVV). This regulation is one of the most important for the legal regulation of Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems (ADLS) in Germany.

Analogous to the planned EEG amendment (see below), the AVV amendment contains an extension of the deadline for the mandatory involvement of the type approval bodies (BMPSt) for the site inspection. These are now to be more closely involved in the procedures. In addition, ADLS systems must always provide a site-specific verification or an aerial survey. This is already the case with Light:Guard, so there is no change in the process for us and our customers.

In general, however, we expect longer and more expensive procedures as a result of the compulsory involvement of the type examination bodies, also due to their capacity bottlenecks. The recommendation of the Economic Committee to dispense with the mandatory involvement of the type examination body in order to reduce the additional procedural effort and thus not to jeopardize the expansion of wind energy has not yet been complied with.

For further information, we recommend the position paper of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW).

Beitragsbild von Francesco Zivoli auf Unsplash