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The EU SAFA Programme

Federico GRANDINI SAFA Coordination Officer 2nd SAFA Regulators and Industry Forum Cologne, 25 October 2012

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The EU SAFA Programme

SAFA Directive 2004/36/CE (applicable 30/04/2006)

Introducing legal obligations upon EU MS:

SAFA transferred to Commission and EASA as of 01/01/2007 => Commission Regulation (EC) No 768/2006

to inspect third- country aircraft landing at their airports

• A/C involved in

commercial operation

• A/C > 5700 KG

involved in non- commercial OPS

• Helicopter operation

to participate to the collection and exchange

• f information
• n the ramp

inspections results the possibility to inspect aircraft

• involved in non-

commercial <5700KG

• from other EU MS

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Principles SAFA Programme

Linked to ICAO (compliance with ICAO Standards / complementary to ICAO USOAP) Bottom-up approach A single set of procedures for the performance of the ramp inspections A single tool (centralised SAFA Database) A single syllabus for training and qualification of inspectors Standardisation – ensuring long term data quality improvements Prioritisation: a tool to make SAFA more effective

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EASA (27+3+1) EU (27)

Switzerland Iceland Norway FYROM Turkey Georgia Croatia Monaco Ukraine Armenia Moldova Azerbaijan Montenegro(*) Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia Morocco(*) Cyprus Finland Greece Italy Netherlands Slovenia United Kingdom Belgium Denmark Germany Ireland Malta Slovak Rep. Sweden Romania Austria Czech Rep. France Hungary Luxembourg Poland Portugal Spain Estonia Latvia Lithuania Bulgaria

Member/Participating/Candidate States

(Lichtenstein)

SAFA Participating (42) and Candidate (2*) States

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General Indicators

• 11,262 Inspections (<3.77%)
• Performed by 41 (of 42) Participating states
• … on 321 aerodromes
• … on 6,264 different aircraft registrations
• … of 204 types and variants
• … operated by more than 1,050 operators
• … from 137 States and territories
• ... Identified 11,019 findings (>5.97%)

Annual Aggregated Report 2011

Inspections 1996-2011

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Findings/Inspections ratio

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Aggregated Report - 2011

Inspections on EU Operators Inspections on non-EU Operators 2011 5 593 (49.7%) 5 669 (50.3%) Operators 534 570 Config. Inspections Findings Percentage F/I Combi 16 19 0.14% 1.19 Cargo 883 1099 7.84% 1.24 Pax 10 363 10 552 92.02% 1.02

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Ongoing developments – new IRs

Implementing Rules to EASA’s Basic Regulation – Ramp Inspections

The scope established by the IR is wider than under the SAFA Directive: all aircraft subject to EASA’s Basic Regulation used by TCO as well as EU operators (both commercial and non-commercial) are included

New Rulemaking task: the existing EASA SAFA Guidance Material on qualification of ramp inspectors and on ramp inspections shall be:

• transferred to new AMCs and GMs (Q2 2013), and
• complemented as regards the performance of ramp

inspections on EU operators (SACA, Q2 2013) and the approval of SAFA training organisations (Q2 2014)

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Ongoing developments – new IRs

Part ARO-Subpart RAMP – new elements:

RI Programme based on calculation methodology and on safety risk Mandatory inspections on EU operators (SACA) Use of EU standards for EU

• perators (SACA)

Quantitative prioritisation: minimum annual proportion for each Member State A minimum number of points per State is fixed extra points are granted for:

• Priority inspections
• Remote airports
• Odd hours
• Rarely inspected operators

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Ongoing developments – new IRs

Implementing Rules to EASA’s Basic Regulation – Ramp Inspections

As a result, it is necessary to transpose its provisions in the context of the new Implementing Rules The SAFA legislative framework will change => GM will lose its legal basis The SAFA Directive will be repealed as soon as the Implementing Rules to EASA’s Basic Regulation will enter into force (28/10/2012)

“OPS-087” timeline

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Publication NPA: Q4 2012 Publication Opinion (IRs for approval SAFA TO): Q4 2013 Publication AMC/GM: Q4 2013 Publication AMC/GM (Approval of SAFA TO): Q4 2014

OPS-087 – Rulemaking procedure

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Guidance Material

Developed in application of the provisions of the SAFA Directive as amended by Commission Directive 2008/49/EC Qualification of Inspectors 29/09/2008 SAFA Ramp Inspections V1:22/07/2009 V2:27/07/2012 Future AMC/GM in the framework of the new Irs: Q4 2013 GM is public and available on EASA website for maximum transparency

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SAFA Ramp Inspections GM – V2

Adopted 27 July 2012 Review necessary following:

• Latest amendments to ICAO

SARPs

• Comments received from

participating countries

• Feedback from EASA

standardisation audits

• Experience gained on the field

after several years of successful implementation of the EU SAFA Programme in the Participating States

Review of the Pre-Described Findings (PDFs) has led to:

• New PDFs
• Reworked PDFs
• Deleted PDFs

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SAFA Ramp Inspections GM – V2

• 4. SAFA Findings – 4.1 General:

……

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SAFA Ramp Inspections GM – V2 4.2 Detection/reporting/assessment of significant technical defects: ……

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SAFA Ramp Inspections GM – V2

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SAFA Ramp Inspections GM – V2

6.2 Further follow-up – 6.2.1 Class 2 actions:

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Other important topics

Assessment of findings on certificates and licences prior to categorisation

Guidance is provided in Inspecting Instructions of all relevant items: A08 Certificate of Registration A10 AOC (or equivalent) A11 Radio Licence A12 Certificate of Airworthiness A20 Flight Crew Licence

Obvious defects

Significant technical defects

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A01 – Inspecting instructions

More guidance on door area monitoring:

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Centralised SAFA database

Web based application

• New version since

September 2011

• Access granted

to Guest NAAs and to operators Access for SAFA Participating States:

• inclusion of

reports

• retrieve data
• respond to

uploaded follow-up information NEW – Access for

• perators as well as

non-SAFA NAAs:

• retrieve data,

limited to their

• wn reports
• add follow-up

information on actions taken

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Database statistics

Total number of approved users: 1980 Member State NAA users: 513 (58 coordinators) Associated State NAA users: 91 (21 coordinators) Candidate State NAA users: 3 (2 coordinators) Guest State NAA users: 311 (36 coordinators) from 25 countries – Algeria, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Canada,

Cape Verde, Chile, China, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Tunisia, UAE, USA

EASA/ICAO/Commission users: 70 Operator users: 992 from 676 operators Reports on registered OPR: 80%

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SAFA Standardisation Programme Overview

To assist the European Commission in monitoring the implementation and effective application of the SAFA-related EU legislation (regulations / directives / guidance materials) and its uniform understanding To assess the impact of the implementation of the SAFA-related EU legislation and its effectiveness To ensure long term data quality improvements

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SAFA Standardisation Programme Legal Basis

Paragraph 2.4.5 of Annex to the Commission Directive 2008/49/EC

• SAFA standardisation audits conducted by EASA in

accordance with the working methods provided under Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006

• 736/2006 was recently amended by Commission

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 90/2012, with explicit reference to assessing compliance with requirements of EASA Basic Regulation and its implementing rules in the field of ramp inspections

Terms of Reference for the SAFA standardisation process as agreed and endorsed by the European SAFA Steering Group on its 8th Meeting in Dubrovnik (Croatia), 21-22 October 2009.

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Progress Report – 1st Standardisation cycle

• Audits performed:

2009

Luxembourg Lithuania Sweden Portugal Switzerland

2010

Ukraine Poland Czech Republic Albania Slovak Republic Denmark Bulgaria Spain Turkey Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Greece Norway Austria United Kingdom Slovenia Ireland Romania Cyprus Serbia Hungary Estonia Finland FYROM

2011

Croatia Moldova Iceland Latvia Germany France Azerbaijan Georgia Armenia Netherlands Malta Italy

Progress Report – 2nd Standardisation cycle

 Audits planned in 2012 (SSIAP): 16  Audits performed in 2012 (October) 14*

• SAFA only: 16 (100 %)
• Combined visits: 0 (0 %)

 Audits planned in 2013 (SSIAP): 15

* One in progress

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TCO – Current planning

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Harmonisation and Simplification

Annex 6 Part I, 4.2.2.2 “Surveillance of foreign operators (National schemes already in place) TCOs must adhere to ICAO standards Harmonisation of existing different approval systems (one set of rules) in the EU Simplification

• one Authority (EASA), one assessment methodology (Part-TCO) and one

Authorisation

• In the majority of cases desktop reviews only
• on-site visits only for banned operators or operators subject to an enforcement

measure, i.e. suspension

Alignment with the EU Safety List

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Legal Framework

ICAO Annex 6 Part I “4.2.2.1: “Contracting States shall recognize as valid an air operator certificate issued by another Contracting State, provided that the requirements under which the certificate was issued are at least equal to the applicable Standards specified in this Annex”. “4.2.2.2 States shall establish a programme with procedures for the surveillance of operations in their territory by a foreign operator and for taking appropriate action when necessary to preserve safety.”

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• e.g. USA, Canada, Australia, China,

United Arab Emirates

Programmes

• utside the

EU

• The vast majority of EASA States

assesses TCOs against ICAO standards

• 75% of EASA States perform a basic

assessment

• 25% of EASA States subject TCOs to

greater scrutiny

Programmes in the EU

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TCO Assessment levels (proposed)

• Population: 850+ TCOs from 100+ States
• Expected distribution of assessment

levels

• Vast majority to be processed in a

simple, straight-forward document review

• A minority to be assessed by means
• f further investigations

(consultations as deemed necessary, video-/teleconferencing)

• Only banned TCOs or TCOs subject

to an enforcement measure (i.e. suspension) will be audited

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Overview

• TCO Application
• Bilateral agreement
• EU Safety list
• Yes/no
• EASA authorisation yes/no
• TCO: Assessment model

high level of confidence into State and Operator

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• No or light
• assessment
• “Fast track”

(Desktop review)

• TCO: Assessment model

low level of confidence into State and/or

• Operator
• Further

assessment

• This may include an
• audit
• for banned operators

Thank you for your attention