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ATCO.OR.B.040 Occurrence reporting

ANNEX III – PART ATCO.OR – REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TRAINING ORGANISATIONS AND AERO-MEDICAL CENTRES · Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

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ATCO.OR.B.040Occurrence reporting

(a)Training organisations providing on-the-job training shall report to the competent authority, and to any other organisation required by the State of the operator to be informed, any accident, serious incident and occurrence as defined in Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 376/2014, resulting from their training activity.

(b)Reports shall be made as soon as practicable, but in any case within 72 hours of the training organisation identifying the condition to which the report relates, unless exceptional circumstances prevent this.

(c)Where relevant, training organisations shall produce a follow-up report to provide details of actions it intends to take to prevent similar occurrences in the future, as soon as these actions have been identified.

(d)Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 and Regulation (EU) No 376/2014, the reports referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be made in a form and manner established by the competent authority and contain all pertinent information about the condition known to the training organisation. [applicable until 3 August 2024 - Regulation (EU) 2015/340]

(a)As part of their management system, training organisations providing on-the-job training shall establish and maintain an occurrence-reporting system, including mandatory and voluntary reporting. The training organisations established in a Member State and providing on-the-job training in the territory to which the Treaties apply shall ensure that the system complies with the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and its implementing acts and of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts.

(b)Training organisations providing on-the-job training shall report to the competent authority and any other organisation required to be informed by the Member State where the training organisation provides on-the-job training, any safety-related event or condition resulting from their training activity that endangers or, if not corrected or addressed, could endanger an aircraft, its occupants or any other person, and in particular any accident or serious incident.

(c)Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and its delegated and implementing acts, reports in accordance with point (b) above shall:

(1)be made as soon as practicable, but in any case within 72 hours after the organisation became aware of the event or condition to which the report relates unless exceptional circumstances prevent this;

(2)be made in a form and manner established by the competent authority;

(3)contain all pertinent information about the condition known to the organisation.

(d)For training organisations not established in a Member State and providing on-the-job training in the territory to which the Treaties apply, the initial mandatory reports shall:

(1)appropriately safeguard the confidentiality of the identity of the reporter and of the persons mentioned in the report;

(2)be made as soon as practicable, but in any case within 72 hours after the organisation became aware of the occurrence unless exceptional circumstances prevent this;

(3)be made in a form and manner established by the competent authority; and

(4)contain all pertinent information about the condition known to the organisation.

(e)Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and its delegated and implementing acts, where relevant, a follow-up report providing details of actions the organisation intends to take to prevent similar occurrences in the future shall be made as soon as these actions have been identified; those follow-up reports shall:

(1)be sent to relevant entities initially reported to as per points (b) and (c); and

(2)be made in a form and manner established by the competent authority. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/893]

IR · ATCO.OR.B.040 — Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · Regulation (EU) 2023/893 · ATCO Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

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MANDATORY REPORTING — GENERAL Training organisations should report all occurrences that may involve an actual or potential aviation safety risk. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1018 of 29 June 2015 laying down a list classifying occurrences in civil aviation to be mandatorily reported according to Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and point ATCO.OR.B.040(c) of Annex III (Part ATCO.OR) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340 provide examples of what is required to be reported. Reporting should not be limited to those items listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1018 and in point ATCO.OR.B.040(c) of Annex III (Part ATCO.OR) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]

AMC · AMC1 ATCO.OR.B.040 — Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · ED Decision 2023/011/R · ATCO Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

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The training organisation’s report should focus on occurrences taking place during on-the-job training with regard to the training aspects involved. The report may be submitted together with or as an integral part of the report prepared by the air navigation service provider. [applicable until 3 August 2024 - ED Decision 2015/010/R]

GENERAL The training organisation’s report should focus on occurrences taking place during on-the-job training with regard to the training aspects involved. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and its delegated and implementing acts, the report may be submitted together with, or as an integral part of, the report prepared by the air navigation service provider. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]

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AMC1 ATCO.OR.B.040(a)Occurrence reporting

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GENERAL

(a)Where the training organisation holds one or more additional organisation certificates within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts:

(1)it may establish an integrated occurrence-reporting system covering all certificate(s) held; and

(2)single reports for occurrences should only be provided if the following conditions are met:

(i)the report includes all relevant information from the perspective of the different organisation certificates held;

(ii)the report addresses all relevant specific mandatory data fields and clearly identifies all certificate holders for which the report is made; and

(iii)the competent authority for all certificates is the same and such single reporting was agreed with that competent authority.

(b)The training organisation should assign responsibility to one or more suitably qualified persons with clearly defined authority for coordinating actions on occurrences and for initiating any necessary further investigation and follow-up activities.

(c)If more than one person is assigned such responsibility, the training organisation should identify a single person to act as the main focal point for ensuring a single reporting channel is established to the accountable manager. This should in particular apply to training organisations that hold one or more additional organisation certificates within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts where the occurrence-reporting system is fully integrated with that required under the additional certificate(s) held. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]

AMC · AMC1 ATCO.OR.B.040(a) — Regulation (EU) 2015/340 · ED Decision 2023/011/R · ATCO Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 14 Jun 2024

All rules in SUBPART B – REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TRAINING ORGANISATIONS

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 14 Jun 2024, 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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