ARGH.OVS.315 Oversight tasks

(a)The competent authority responsible for the oversight of an organisation providing ground handling services at aerodromes in that authority’s Member State shall ensure that all the following aspects are verified during an oversight cycle:

(1)compliance with Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/20:

(i)the organisation’s management system including the organisational structure, processes, programmes and procedures applicable to the ground handling organisation as a whole;

(ii)safety policies and processes, safety management system, including hazard identification, risk assessment and mitigation, including mitigation of safety risks specific to the operational context at the aerodrome(s) subject to oversight;

(iii)the safety and occurrence reporting process and the reports related to the station(s) subject to oversight;

(iv)the management of changes referred to in ORGH.GEN.130 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/20 and the declaration;

(v)the compliance monitoring function;

(vi)the record-keeping and documentation system, including the ground handling manual;

(vii)the ground handling training programmes, including the training records;

(viii)the ground support equipment (GSE) maintenance programme;

(ix)any other overarching organisational processes, programmes and procedures within the scope of the ground handling organisation’s declaration and applicable to that organisation as a whole;

(2)compliance with the operational requirements of Annex II to Delegated Regulation

(EU)2025/20.

(b)When overseeing an organisation providing ground handling services in more than one Member State, the provisions of point ARGH.OVS.330 shall apply.