Interim Report - Introduction - EASA

INTERIM REPORT – OPTIONS FOR CHANGE – ATTACHMENT B
EASA.2009.OP.21
public authority independent of the managing body of the airport. The criteria for such
approval must relate to a sound financial situation and sufficient insurance cover, to the
security and safety of installations, of aircraft, of equipment and of persons, as well as to
environmental protection and compliance with the relevant social legislation.
This Article aims to ensure a business is fit-for-purpose legally, administratively and
financially, however, it does not require that any technical specifications or operational
standards need be approved by an external public authority.
An option could be to include technical specifications and operational standards for de-icing /
anti-icing within this Article.
The impact would be that de-icing / anti-icing service-providers would be obliged to seek and
gain approval from their NAA before being granted a license to operate at an aerodrome.
Such approval could be an extension of the fit-for-purpose assessment, similar to EU OPS
Sub-part B, or forthcoming ORs. This would not preclude the need for operators to conduct
full oversight through issue of contracts and quality system procedures. However, it would
give NAAs a greater insight into the ground-handling organisations operating at aerodromes
within their jurisdiction.
Article 15
Rules of conduct
A Member State may, where appropriate on a proposal from the managing body of the
airport:
— prohibit a supplier of ground-handling services or an airport user from supplying groundhandling
services or self-handling if that supplier or user fails to comply with the rules
imposed upon him to ensure the proper functioning of the airport;
A safety clause to reduce risk, provided the aerodrome management is adequately taking
measures to monitor the standards and safety of ground-handling services, either directly, or
indirectly through the operators. Operators too have duty to feedback relevant data to the
aerodrome. This clause does not promote high-levels of practice, only allows (consistent)
unsatisfactory performers, or those who deliberately violate expected standards of
professionalism, to halt operations.
This Article could be amended in alignment with proposals to amend Articles 9, 11 and 14
above, and thus include the right for an NAA to remove an “approval” or license from a de-
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