South Prince. This has nothing to do with lawyers or examiners; it’s about personal responsibilities for safety and professional knowledge.
The code – MONTE code, is defined by ICAO and used in SNOWTAMS; it may also be used by ATC in reporting the estimated braking action, with or instead of the normal ‘good’, ‘medium’, etc.
Individuals, Operators, and National Authorities are expected to know this.
Read the Airbus information again (refs #4), it lists the codes under runway condition with descriptions of what might be expected; this is the legend.
Note that this matrix refers to the TALPA proposals but appears to be similar to the FCOM/QRH version.
Also note the text:-
The information to be transmitted to the flight crew includes:
The runway code for each third of the runway
The type and depth of the contaminant and percentage of coverage in 25% increments
PiREPS when available.
Another view of OLD and the codes -
https://www.vnv.nl/commissiepub/4450