2. Choose the correct verb form.

1. EUROCONTROL implements/is implementing the rules for the Single European Sky within the European Community.

2. ICAO has/is having its headquarters in Montreal.

3. How many Member States does/did EUROCONTROL currently number?

4. Switzerland and most of the States of the Balkan Peninsular do not /have not belong to the European Union.

5. How do/does you understand the expression “The Single European Sky?”

6. IANS provides/provide advanced air traffic control training for the ATM personnel.

7. The ICAO’s Assembly does/have not meet every year. It meets/will meet every three years.

8. The Council adopts/is adopting SARPs and incorporates/has incorporated Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

9. It does/do not mean unified air traffic management system.

10. What does/is EUROCONTROL deal with?

1. Discuss the questions.

1. Is it necessary to have such an international organization as icao? Why?

2. When was icao found and what its main responsibility is?

3. What are ICAO’s main activities?

4. How many Contracting States does ICAO number?

5. When did Ukraine join ICAO?

6. What is Assembly?

7. What is EUROCONTROL and its primary objective?

8. What are EUROCONTROL’s main activities?

9. How many Member States are there in EUROCONTROL?

10. When did Ukraine become a Member-State of eurocontrol?

11. What institute for the personnel of EUROCONTROL opened in Luxembourg?

12. What was the one of the first tasks of the Institute?

13. What is the Institute of Air Navigation Services in charge of?

14. What did the membership give to UKSATSE?

2. Summarize the text in three paragraphs specifying the following themes:

1. ICAO and Eurocontrol structure

2. Main objectives and functions

3. IANS

3. Discuss with your partner International Aviation Organizations using the following words and expressions:

To create, SARPs, to be responsible, ICAO, specialized agency, safe development, international civil aeronautics, headquarters, Montreal, to grow, to be made up, an Assembly, a Council, a Secretariat, to compose, representative, sovereign body, to meet, to establish a triennial budget, to adopt Annexes, the Air Navigation Commission, technical personnel, Air Navigation Bureau, the Secretariat, to be divided into, the Air Navigation Bureau, the Air Transport Bureau, the Technical Co-operation Bureau, the Legal Bureau, and the Bureau of Administration and Services, chief activities, standardization, core activities, licensing of personnel, rules of the air, aeronautical meteorology, air traffic services, search and rescue, aircraft accident investigation, aerodromes, aeronautical information services, security, dangerous goods, to put into effect, Ukraine, to join, EUROCONTROL, Member States, primary objective, pan-European ATM system, to develop, air traffic management strategies, to involve air navigation service providers, civil and military airspace users, airports, main activities, gate-to-gate air navigation service operations, IANS, Luxembourg, training centre, new generation of controllers, Maastricht, to show level of safety requirements, terminology.