Interim Report - Introduction - EASA

INTERIM REPORT – OPTIONS FOR CHANGE – ATTACHMENT B
EASA.2009.OP.21
EC Reg 1108/2009 Active 21 Oct 2009
EASA - ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AERODROMES
Applicability: Amends the Basic Regulation and constitutes Annex Va to that document,
plus preliminary clauses.
Direct Regulation for Member states to adopt and enforce.
Design, maintenance and operation of aerodromees, and equipment, as well as personnel
and organisations involved therein.
Options: To interpret this regulation from the perspective of de-icing / anti-icing operations;
and make recommendations for adoption in Implementing Rules, yet to be developed.
Impact: Early interpretation and recommendations should be given due consideration by the
Agency Team developing the Implementing Rules.
Preliminaries:
(7) Taking into account the large variety of aerodromes and their highly individual
infrastructures and environments, common aerodrome safety rules should provide for the
necessary flexibility for customised compliance, through an adequate balance between
implementing rules, certification specifications and acceptable means of compliance. These
rules should be proportionate to the size, traffic, category and complexity of the aerodrome
and nature and volume of operations thereon, thereby avoiding unnecessary bureaucratic
and economic burdens in particular for smaller aerodromes which only involve very limited
passenger traffic.
This highlights the fact that proscriptive one-size-fits-all regulation of de-icing / anti-icing will
not necessarily be effective nor desirable.
Preliminaries:
(12) Under the Community institutional system, implementation of Community law is primarily
the responsibility of the Member States. Certification tasks required by this Regulation and its
implementing rules are therefore to be executed at national level. In certain clearly defined
cases, however, the Agency should also be empowered to conduct certification tasks as
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