Interim Report - Introduction - EASA

INTERIM REPORT – OPTIONS FOR CHANGE – ATTACHMENT B
EASA.2009.OP.21
— ramp handling,
— fuel and oil handling,
— freight and mail handling
De-icing / anti-icing is not included, indicating that States cannot limit the number of de-icing /
anti-icing suppliers at any location.
To align this Article with clauses 11, 22 & 23, as discussed above, de-icing / anti-icing could
be added to this list. It would seem fair to add a caveat that where a State provided a safety
case in favour of limiting the number of suppliers in any category of ground-handling service,
then it should be free to do so. Such safety cases should be scrutinised by an independent
body.
State involvement should not be to its own commercial benefit (directly or indirectly), and
such a rule may also reduce commercial fairness. However, where a safety case can be
made the impact on safety should be positive.
Article 8 – Centralized infrastructures
1. Notwithstanding the application of Articles 6 and 7 (self-handling), Member States may
reserve for the managing body of the airport or for another body the management of the
centralized infrastructures used for the supply of ground-handling services whose complexity,
cost or environmental impact does not allow of division or duplication, such as baggage
sorting, de-icing, water purification and fuel-distribution systems. They may make it
compulsory for suppliers of ground-handling services and self-handling airport users to use
these infrastructures.
2. Member States shall ensure that the management of these infrastructures is transparent,
objective and non-discriminatory and, in particular, that it does not hinder the access of
suppliers of ground-handling services or self-handling airport users within the limits provided
for in this Directive.
Complimenting clause 13. Although there is no defining what centralised infrastructure
constitutes de-icing / anti-icing, interpretation can include ramps, pads, lights, signs,
communication, fluid storage and handling, and also the vehicles. These may all be argued
on the case of cost and/or complexity.
An option would be to allow the aerodrome to include de-icing / anti-icing vehicles as part of
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