An IC allocation shall include the following minimum items: (a) the corresponding application reference from the competent Member State; (b) a unique allocation reference from the IC allocation service; (c) superseded allocation references, as required; (d) allocated IC; (e) surveillance and lockout coverage restrictions under the form of sectored ranges or Mode S coverage map; (f) implementation period during which the allocation needs to be registered into the Mode S interrogator identified in the application; (g) implementation sequence which needs to be complied with; (h) optionally and associated with other alternatives: cluster recommendation; (i) specific operational restrictions, as required.
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.
