ADR.AR.A.040 Safety directives

ANNEX II — Authority Requirements (Part-ADR.AR) · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

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ADR.AR.A.040Safety directives

(a)The Competent Authority shall issue a safety directive if it has determined the existence of an unsafe condition requiring immediate action, including the showing of compliance with any amended or additional certification specification established by the Agency, which the Competent Authority finds is necessary.

(b)A safety directive shall be forwarded to the aerodrome operators or providers of apron management services concerned, as appropriate, and shall contain, as a minimum, the following information:

(1)the identification of the unsafe condition;

(2)the identification of the affected design, equipment, or operation;

(3)the actions required and their rationale, including the amended or additional certification specifications that have to be complied with;

(4)the time limit for compliance with the required actions; and

(5)its date of entry into force.

(c)The Competent Authority shall forward a copy of the safety directive to the Agency.

(d)The Competent Authority shall verify the compliance of aerodrome operators and providers of apron management services with the applicable safety directives.

(e)Safety directives notified to the organisation responsible for the provision of AMS shall also be notified to the operator of the aerodrome where the service is provided.

IR · ADR.AR.A.040 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1234 · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

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GM1 ADR.AR.A.040(b)Safety directives

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FORWARDING OF SAFETY DIRECTIVES The safety directives that are forwarded to the Agency under ADR.AR.A.040 include but are not limited to cases like the following ones, where the Competent Authority has determined that:

(a)it is necessary to include additional certification specifications in the certification basis of an aerodrome;

(b)the aerodrome equipment has presented unusual, or frequent, or otherwise unjustified malfunctions or failures;

(c)the certification specifications established by the Agency are such that under given conditions additional action is required to be undertaken in order to maintain the level of safety;

(d)there is immediate need to take certain action in order to respond to a safety recommendation or following an accident or serious incident; or

(e)this or a similar unsafe condition may be present at other aerodromes of the same Member State. Member States’ Competent Authorities may issue directives (which may be called ‘operational directives’ or otherwise) during their oversight activities, such as the instruction to the aerodrome operator or to the organisation responsible for the provision of AMS to abstain from a certain activity, or a positive action (e.g. cutting of trees which are found to penetrate the OLS, or the removal of certain objects from the aerodrome, etc.) needed to maintain the level of safety. Such directives are not to be forwarded to the Agency.

GM · GM1 ADR.AR.A.040(b) — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2020/021/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

All rules in SUBPART A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (ADR.AR.A)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 13 Mar 2026, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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