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Commission Directive 2008/49/EC of 16 April 2008 amending Annex II to Directive 2004/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the criteria for the conduct of ramp inspections on aircraft using Community airports (Text with EEA relevance)
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As a prerequisite for eligibility to qualification, Member States shall ensure that candidates for qualification as SAFA inspectors possess the necessary aeronautical education and/or practical knowledge relevant to their area/s of inspection, namely:
operation of aircraft;
personnel licensing;
airworthiness of aircraft;
dangerous goods.
Prior to qualification, candidates must have successfully completed training consisting of:
theoretical classroom training to be delivered by a SAFA training organisation as defined in paragraph 2.4,
practical training to be delivered by a SAFA training organisation as defined in paragraph 2.4 or by a senior inspector appointed by a Member State as provided in paragraph 2.5 acting independently from a SAFA training organisation,
on the job training: to be delivered over a series of inspections by a senior inspector appointed by a Member State as provided in paragraph 2.5.
Member States shall ensure that once qualified, inspectors maintain the validity of their qualification by:
undergoing recurrent training — which shall consist of theoretical classroom training to be delivered by a SAFA training organisation as defined in paragraph 2.4;
performing a minimum number of ramp inspections in every 12-month period since last undergoing SAFA training unless the inspector is also a qualified flight operations or airworthiness inspector of the national aviation authority of a Member State and is regularly engaged in the performance of inspections on aircraft of domestic operators.
EASA shall develop and publish by not later than 30 September 2008 detailed guidance material in order to assist the Member States in the implementation of paragraphs 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 2.3.3.
A third party organisation may be:
part of another Member State's competent authority,
an independent entity.
has been a qualified SAFA inspector over the three years prior to the appointment,
has performed a minimum of 36 SAFA inspections during the three years prior to the appointment.
EASA shall develop and publish detailed guidance material in order to assist the Member States in the implementation of this paragraph by not later than 30 September 2008.
a category 1 finding is considered to have a minor influence on safety,
a category 2 finding may have a significant influence on safety, and
a category 3 finding may have a major influence on safety.
a written communication with the operator concerned and shall contain request for evidence of corrective actions taken, and
a written communication with the responsible state (state of operator and/or registry) addressing the results of inspections carried out on aircraft operated under the safety oversight of the respective state. The communication shall contain, where appropriate, a request for confirmation that they are satisfied with the corrective actions taken under point (1).
Member States shall make available to EASA a monthly report on the status of follow-up actions which they have taken pursuant to ramp inspections.
A class 2 action shall be taken after inspections where category 2 or category 3 findings have been identified.
Relevant detailed instructions will be developed and published by EASA as detailed guidance material.
Class 3a — Restriction on the aircraft flight operation: The competent authority performing the ramp inspection concludes that following deficiencies identified during the inspection, the aircraft may depart only under certain restrictions.
Class 3b — Corrective actions before flight: The ramp inspection identifies deficiencies which require corrective action(s) before the intended flight may take place.
Class 3c — Aircraft grounded by the inspecting national aviation authority: An aircraft is grounded in a situation where following the identification of category 3 (major) findings, the competent authority performing the ramp inspection is not satisfied that corrective measures will be taken by the aircraft operator to rectify the deficiencies before flight departure, thereby posing an immediate safety hazard to the aircraft and its occupants. In such cases, the national aviation authority performing the ramp inspection shall ground the aircraft until the hazard is removed and shall immediately inform the competent authorities of the operator concerned and of the State of registration of the aircraft.
Actions taken under paragraphs 2 and 3 may include a non-revenue positioning flight to the maintenance base.
Class 3d — Immediate operating ban: A Member State may react to an immediate and obvious safety hazard by imposing an operating ban as provided under the applicable national and Community law.
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