Article 5 Voluntary reporting

1.Each organisation established in a Member State shall establish a voluntary reporting system to facilitate the collection of:

(a)details of occurrences that may not be captured by the mandatory reporting system;

(b)other safety-related information which is perceived by the reporter as an actual or potential hazard to aviation safety.

2.Each Member State shall establish a voluntary reporting system to facilitate the collection of:

(a)details of occurrences that may not be captured by the mandatory reporting system;

(b)other safety-related information which is perceived by the reporter as an actual or potential hazard to aviation safety. That system shall also include, but shall not be limited to, the collection of information transferred by organisations pursuant to paragraph 6.

3.The Agency shall establish a voluntary reporting system to facilitate the collection of:

(a)details of occurrences that may not be captured by the mandatory reporting system;

(b)other safety-related information which is perceived by the reporter as an actual or potential hazard to aviation safety. That system shall also include, but shall not be limited to, the collection of information transferred by organisations certified or approved by the Agency pursuant to paragraph 5.

4.The voluntary reporting systems shall be used to facilitate the collection of details of occurrences and safety-related information:

(a)not subject to mandatory reporting pursuant to Article 4(1);

(b)reported by persons who are not listed in Article 4(6).

5.Each organisation established in a Member State and certified or approved by the Agency shall report to the Agency, in a timely manner, details of occurrences and safety-related information which have been collected pursuant to paragraph 1 and which may involve an actual or potential aviation safety risk.

6.Each organisation established in a Member State that is not certified or approved by the Agency shall, in a timely manner, report to the competent authority of that Member State, as designated pursuant to Article 6(3), the details of occurrences and other safety-related information which have been collected pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article and which may involve an actual or potential aviation safety risk. Member States may require any organisation established in their territory to report the details of all occurrences collected pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article.

7.Member States, the Agency and organisations may establish other safety information collection and processing systems to collect details of occurrences that might not be captured by the reporting systems referred to in Article 4 and in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article. Those systems may include reporting to entities other than those set out in Article 6(3) and may involve the active participation of:

(a)the aviation industry;

(b)professional organisations of aviation staff.

8.Information received from voluntary and mandatory reporting may be integrated into a single system.