Article 4 Oversight

1.Where a Member State designates more than one competent authority, it shall set out the responsibilities and geographic scope of competence of each competent authority. Coordination shall be established between those authorities to ensure effective oversight of all ground handling activities and organisations performing them within their respective remits.

2.Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities’ personnel do not perform oversight activities where this could result directly or indirectly in a conflict of interest.

3.Personnel authorised by the competent authority to carry out oversight activities shall be empowered to perform the following tasks:

(a)examine the records, data, procedures and any other material relevant to the execution of the oversight task;

(b)take away copies of or extracts from such records, data, procedures and other material;

(c)ask for an oral explanation on-site when necessary;

(d)enter relevant premises, operating sites or other relevant areas and means of transport;

(e)perform audits, investigations, tests, exercises, assessments, inspections; and

(f)take or initiate enforcement measures as appropriate. Where necessary, Member States shall empower the personnel to carry out additional tasks for the purpose of oversight activities.

4.Where a ground handling organisation falls within the scope of Article 2(1), point (c), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1645, and the Member State concerned has designated an independent and autonomous entity to fulfil the assigned role and responsibilities of the competent authority responsible for overseeing compliance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1645, coordination measures shall be established between that entity and the national competent authority designated in accordance with this Regulation, to ensure effective oversight of all the requirements to be met by the ground handling organisation.

5.The Member States shall develop and implement enforcement measures as specified in Article 62(2) points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.