„pädev liikmesriik” – on a) aeronavigatsiooniteenuse osutaja puhul liikmesriik, kes on teenuseosutaja sertifitseerinud vastavalt komisjoni määrusele (EÜ) nr 2096/2005; b) muudel juhtudel liikmesriik, kelle vastutusalas režiimi S käitaja käitab või kavatseb hakata käitama nõuetele vastavat režiimi S päringusaatjat; ...
‘competent Member State’ means: (a) in the case of an air navigation service provider, the Member State that has certified the provider in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2096/2005; (b) in other cases, the Member State within the area of responsibility of which the Mode S operator operates, or intends to operate, an eligible Mode S interrogator; ...
Mode S operators shall only operate an eligible Mode S interrogator, using an eligible interrogator code, if they have received an interrogator code allocation, for this purpose, from the competent Member State.