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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 of information

on 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


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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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 operators (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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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



4. SAFA Findings – 4.1 General:

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4.2 Detection/reporting/assessment of significant technical defects:

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6.2 Further follow-up – 6.2.1 Class 2 actions:


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


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 operators as well as

non-SAFA NAAs:

• retrieve data, limited to their own 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%


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


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 outside 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 of 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

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