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EA (EA13) Euro Area (Jan 07)<br />

Austria, Belgium, Finl<strong>and</strong>, France, Germany, Greece, Irel<strong>and</strong>,<br />

Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain.<br />

EAAP European Association for Aviation Psychology<br />

EAD European Aeronautical Information Services Database<br />

Operational since Jun 03, provides a complete <strong>and</strong> up-to-date<br />

worldwide reference of quality-assured aeronautical information.<br />

EADI electronic attitude director indicator<br />

EADS European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co<br />

EAG European ATFM Group (EUROCONTROL)<br />

EAL Echelle Atomique Libre (Free Atomic Time)<br />

The weighted mean of >260 international atomic clocks.<br />

EANPG European Air Navigation Planning Group (ICAO)<br />

EARSC European Association of Remote Sensing Companies<br />

EAS equivalent airspeed<br />

EASA European Aviation Safety Authority (EU - operational on 28 Sep 03)<br />

EASP European Aviation Safety Programme (EU)<br />

EAT estimated (or expected) approach time<br />

EATCHIP European ATC Harmonisation <strong>and</strong> Integration Prog (EUROCONTROL)<br />

EATMP European Air Traffic Management Programme (EUROCONTROL)<br />

EATMS European Air Traffic Management System<br />

Under EUROCONTROL's ATM2000 initiative.<br />

EBCDIC extended binary-coded decimal interchange code (8-bit)<br />

EBL electronic bearing line (radar)<br />

EBL Evolved Baseline (part of US National PNT Architecture)<br />

EBM electronic bearing marker<br />

EBOM (E-BOM) electronic bill of material<br />

EBU European Broadcasting Union<br />

66 member states in Europe <strong>and</strong> Mediterranean area plus 51 associate<br />

member states.<br />

EC European Commission<br />

ECA European Cockpit Association<br />

ECA European Common Frequency Allocation Table<br />

ECAA European Common Aviation Area (part of SES)<br />

ECAC European Civil Aviation Conference (42 European states in 2006)<br />

eCall Pan-European in-vehicle emergency call system (m<strong>and</strong>atory by 2015?)<br />

ECAM electronic centralised aircraft monitor<br />

ECASBA EU Association of Shipbrokers <strong>and</strong> Agents<br />

ECC electronic chart centre<br />

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