ANNEX — AUTHORITY REQUIREMENTS – GROUND HANDLING (PART-ARGH)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/23 · Ground Handling · Regulations (EU) 2025/23 and 2025/24 · ARGH.GEN.005 – ARGH.OVS.330
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ARGH.GEN.005 Scope
This Annex establishes requirements for the competent authorities and for their responsibilities referred to in Articles 3(1) and 4 of this Regulation to…
ARGH.GEN.100 Competent authority
The competent authority responsible for the oversight of organisations providing ground handling services at an aerodrome within the scope of Regulation…
ARGH.GEN.115 Oversight documentation
The competent authority shall provide the relevant legal acts, standards, rules, technical publications and related documents, as well as guidance…
ARGH.GEN.120 Means of compliance
The Agency shall develop acceptable means of compliance (AMC) that may be used to establish compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated…
ARGH.GEN.125 Information to be provided to the Agency
Where the competent authority has become aware of any significant problems with the implementation, by a ground handling organisation, of Regulation (EU)…
AMC1 ARGH.GEN.125(b) Information to be provided to the Agency
GM1 ARGH.GEN.125(b) Information to be provided to the Agency
GM2 ARGH.GEN.125(b) Information to be provided to the Agency
ARGH.GEN.135 Immediate reaction to a safety problem
Without affecting Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and its delegated and implementing acts, the competent authority shall implement a system to collect…
ARGH.GEN.136 Immediate reaction to an information security incident or vulnerability with an impact on aviation safety
The competent authority shall implement a system for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information related to information security incidents…
ARGH.MGM.200 Management system
The competent authority shall establish, implement and maintain a management system that includes all the following elements:
AMC1 ARGH.MGM.200 Management system
GM1 ARGH.MGM.200 Management system
AMC1 ARGH.MGM.200(a)(1) Management system
AMC2 ARGH.MGM.200(a)(1) Management system
GM1 ARGH.MGM.200(a)(1) Management system
GM1 ARGH.MGM.200(a)(2) Management system
GM1 ARGH.MGM.200(a)(3) Management system
AMC1 ARGH.MGM.200(a)(4) Management system
AMC1 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
AMC2 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
AMC3 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
AMC4 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
AMC5 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
AMC6 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
AMC7 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
GM1 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
GM2 ARGH.MGM.200(b) Management system
ARGH.MGM.205 Allocation of tasks to qualified entities
The competent authority may allocate to qualified entities tasks related to the registration of declarations or continuing oversight of ground handling…
ARGH.MGM.210 Changes to the management system
The competent authority shall have a system in place to identify changes that affect its capability to perform its tasks and discharge its…
ARGH.MGM.211 Changes to the information security management system of a ground handling organisation
For changes managed and notified to the competent authority in accordance with the procedure set out in point IS.D.OR.255(a) of the Annex to Delegated…
ARGH.MGM.215 Record-keeping
The competent authority shall establish a system of record-keeping that ensures adequate storage, accessibility and reliable traceability of:
AMC1 ARGH.MGM.215(a) Record-keeping
ARGH.OVS.300 Oversight
The competent authority shall verify both of the following during the oversight process:
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.300(a) ;(b);(c) Oversight
GM1 ARGH.OVS.300(a) ;(b);(c) Oversight
ARGH.OVS.305 Oversight programme
The competent authority shall establish and maintain an oversight programme covering the oversight activities required by ARGH.OVS.300.
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.305 Oversight programme
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.305(a) Oversight programme
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.305(a) ;(b) Oversight programme
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.305(b) ;(d) Oversight programme
GM1 ARGH.OVS.305(b)(5) Oversight programme
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.305(d) Oversight programme
ARGH.OVS.310 Industry standards
For the purpose of gathering, exchanging and disseminating relevant information between the Commission, the Agency and the national competent…
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.310 Industry standards
AMC2 ARGH.OVS.310 Industry standards
ARGH.OVS.315 Oversight tasks
The competent authority responsible for the oversight of an organisation providing ground handling services at aerodromes in that authority’s Member…
ARGH.OVS.320 Declaration of ground handling organisations
Upon receiving a declaration from a ground handling organisation, the competent authority shall acknowledge the receipt of the declaration or the…
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.320(a) Declaration of ground handling organisations
GM1 ARGH.OVS.320(a) Declaration of ground handling organisations
ARGH.OVS.325 Findings, observations, corrective actions and enforcement measures
The competent authority shall have a system to analyse findings to determine their safety significance and to manage them with the purpose of:
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.325(a) Findings, observations, corrective actions and enforcement measures
ARGH.OVS.330 Cooperative oversight
The competent authorities responsible for the oversight of organisations providing ground handling services in more than one Member State or at…
GM1 ARGH.OVS.330(a) Cooperative oversight
AMC1 ARGH.OVS.330(c)(2) Cooperative oversight
GM1 ARGH.OVS.330(g) ;(j) Cooperative oversight
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