Article 17 Capabilities of the competent authorities

Article 17 — Capabilities of the competent authorities

1.Competent authorities shall have the technical and operational capacity and expertise to fulfil their obligations under Article 18. To this end, they shall:

(a)have appropriately documented procedures, and adequate resources;

(b)employ personnel with sufficient knowledge, professional integrity, as well as experience and training to perform their allocated tasks;

(c)take any action required to contribute to the safe, efficient and secure operations of UAS in the U-space airspace under their responsibility.

2.Competent authorities shall be capable of taking or initiating any appropriate enforcement measures necessary to ensure that the U-space service providers and single common information service providers under their oversight comply with the requirements of this Regulation.