21.B.15 Information to the Agency

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES When the competent authority of a Member State receives an airworthiness directive from the competent authority of a non-Member State, that airworthiness directive should be transferred to EASA for dissemination in accordance with Article 76 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.

EXCHANGE OF SAFETY-SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION WITH EASA Each competent authority should appoint a coordinator to act as the contact point for the exchange of safety-significant information between the competent authority and EASA.

MEANING OF SAFETY-SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION THAT STEMS FROM OCCURRENCE REPORTS Safety-significant information that stems from occurrence reports means:

(a)a conclusive safety analysis that summarises individual occurrence data and provides an in-depth analysis of a safety issue, and that may be relevant for EASA’s safety action planning; and

(b)individual occurrence data for the cases in which EASA is the competent authority and which fulfils the reporting criteria of GM3 21.B.15(b).

RECOMMENDED CONTENT FOR CONCLUSIVE SAFETY ANALYSES A conclusive safety analysis should contain the following:

(a)a detailed description of the safety issue, including the scenario in which the safety issue takes place; and

(b)an indication of the stakeholders that are affected by the safety issue, including types of operations and organisations; and, as appropriate:

(c)a risk assessment that establishes the severity and probability of all the possible consequences of the safety issue;

(d)information about the existing safety barriers that the aviation system has in place to prevent the likely consequences of the safety issue from occurring;

(e)any mitigating action that is already in place or developed to deal with the safety issue;

(f)recommendations for future action to control the risk; and

(g)any other element that the competent authority considers essential for EASA to properly assess the safety issue.

OCCURRENCES IN WHICH EASA IS THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY Occurrences that are related to organisations or products that are certified by EASA should be notified to EASA if:

(a)the occurrence is defined as a reportable occurrence in accordance with the applicable regulation;

(b)the organisation that is responsible for addressing the occurrence is certified by EASA; and

(c)the competent authority of the Member State comes to the conclusion that:

(1)the organisation that is certified by EASA to which the occurrence relates was not informed of the occurrence; or

(2)the occurrence was not properly addressed or was left unattended by the organisation that is certified by EASA. Such occurrence data should be reported in a format that is compatible with the European Coordination Centre for Accident and Incident Reporting Systems (ECCAIRS) and should provide all the relevant information for its assessment and analysis, including necessary additional files in the form of attachments.