ARGH.GEN.135 Immediate reaction to a safety problem

(a)Without affecting Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and its delegated and implementing acts, the competent authority shall implement a system to collect, analyse and disseminate safety information.

(b)The Agency shall implement a system to analyse any safety-relevant information received and, without undue delay, provide the competent authority of the Member States and the Commission with any information, including recommendations or corrective actions to be taken, necessary for them to react in a timely manner to a safety problem involving organisations responsible for the provision of ground handling services subject to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts.

(c)Upon receiving the information referred to in points (a) and (b), the competent authority shall take adequate measures to address the safety problem.

(d)The competent authority shall immediately transmit the measures taken in accordance with point (c) to the ground handling organisation, which shall comply with them under Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts. The competent authority shall also notify those measures to the Agency and, when combined action is required, to the other competent authorities concerned.

(e)If relevant, the measures notified to a ground handling organisation shall also be notified to the aerodrome operator where the ground handling organisation provides the ground handling services subject to those measures.