30 Amendments of Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ related to 2015/0277(COD)
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In accordance with the provisions laid down in Annex 19 to the Chicago Convention, Member States are to establish an acceptable level of safety performance in relation to the aviation activities under their responsibility. In order to assist the Member States in meeting this requirement in a coordinated manner, the European Plan for Aviation Safety should lay down an acceptable high uniform level of safety performance for the Union in respect to the different categories of aviation activities. That acceptable level of safety performance should not have a binding character but express the ambition of the Union and of the Member States with regard to civil aviation safety.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Union should also lay down essential requirements for the safe provision of ground handling services, based on ground handling guidelines provided by existing rules and schemes provided by the industry on an international level.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The possibility should be given to the organisations involved in the design and manufacture of aeronautical products and parts to declare the compliance of the design of products and parts with the relevant industry standards, where this is considered to ensure an acceptable high uniform level of safety. This possibility should be limited to products used in light and sport aviation, and under appropriate limitations and conditions to ensure safety.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) When the Agency develops draft rules of a general nature to be implemented by national authorities, Member States should be consulted. Furthermore, where rules could have important occupational health and safety and/or social implications, stakeholders, including Union social partners, should will be appropriately consulted and the implications should be properly addressed in the Regulatory Impact Assessment when the Agency prepares corresponding draft rules.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64 a (new)
Recital 64 a (new)
(64a) Since there is a high amount of different commercial air transport activities, it has to be ensured that rules applying to this sector are further elaborated at a technical level; a detailed act should be valid for wide range of operations, each subject to rules that are according to the risk of particular operations or types of operations.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point h – indent 1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point h – indent 1 (new)
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘commercial air transport’ means an aircraft operation to transport passengers, cargo or mail foropen to the public, where remuneration or other valuable consideration between two different aerodromesis given or promised for the transport of passengers, cargo or mail;
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34 – indent 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34 – indent 1 (new)
- 'model flying' means a sports and recreational activity undertaken by members of a model flying organisation recognised by the national competent authority and taking place within unaided line of sight conditions for the purpose of control and safe separation from other traffic.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h – indent 1 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h – indent 1 (new)
- take into account interdependencies between aviation safety and socio-economic factors;
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The European Plan for Aviation Safety shall specify, taking into account the objectives set out in Article 1, an acceptable high uniform level of safety performance in the Union, which the Member States, the Commission and the Agency shall jointly aim at achieving.
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The National Aviation Safety Programme shall specify, taking into account the objectives set out in Article 1 and the acceptablehigh uniform level of safety performance referred to in Article 6(3), an acceptable level of safety performance to be achieved at national level in respect of the aviation activities under the responsibility of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 1 (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 1 (new)
- the conditions under which, taking into account the principles of Article 4, operations shall be subject to, or exempted from, the requirements applicable to commercial air transport in this Regulation and the measures taken under this Regulation, notwithstanding the definition in Article 3(23).
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Aerodromes - Personnel Personnel involved in ground handling and apron management services at aerodromes shall be subject to an EU certification and shall be issued with a license under the responsibility of the National Aviation Authorities. Those licenses shall be issued upon application, when the applicant has demonstrated that he or she complies with the rules established to ensure compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 29 on theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Amendment 623 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Where the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 47 so provide with a view to achieving adequatehigh uniform levels of safety, having regard to the principles laid down in Article 4(2), the design, production, maintenance and operation of unmanned aircraft shall be subject to certification. Certificates shall be issued upon application, where the applicant has demonstrated that it complies with the rules established by the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 47 to ensure compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 45. The certificate shall specify the safety-related limitations, operating conditions and privileges.
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Amendment 761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an acceptable high uniform level of safety and environmental protection and compliance with the applicable essential requirements is ensured, where necessary through the application of mitigation measures;
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The agency should collect safety reports and store them in an anonymously manner and make them publicly available.
Amendment 894 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
Article 76 – paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
- New Article 77: 1. The Member States, the Commission, the Agency and other bodies, shall, cooperate on issues regarding social conditions and employment, with a view to ensuring that interdependencies between civil aviation safety and socio-economic factors are taken into account, among others in regulatory processes, as well as with a view of identifying measures to prevent socio-economic risks to aviation safety. 2. The Agency shall consult and involve relevant stakeholders when addressing such interdependencies.
Amendment 995 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 5
Article 117 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 2(3)(d), Article 18, Article 25, Article 28, Article 34, Article 39, Article 44, Article 47, Article 50, Article 51(10), Article 52(5), Article 72(4) and Article 115(1)this regulation shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 1046 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.1 – introductory part
Annex II – point 2 – point 2.1 – introductory part
2.1. The following must be shown to have been addressed to ensure a satisfacthigh uniforym level of safety for those on board or on the ground during the operation of the product:
Amendment 1054 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.1
Annex V – point 1 – point 1.1
1.1. A flight must not be performed if the crew members and, as appropriate, all other operations personnel involved in its preparation and execution are not familiar with applicable laws, regulations and procedures, pertinent to the performance of their duties, prescribed for the areas to be traversed, the aerodromes planned to be used and the air navigation facilities relating thereto. As a general rule, direct employment should be the standard model of employment for crew members. Non- direct employment should be limited to specific temporary operational needs.
Amendment 1056 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 4 – point 4.2
Annex V – point 4 – point 4.2
4.2. Notwithstanding 4.1., for operations with helicopters a momentary flight through the limiting height velocity envelope may be permitted, provided that an adequate high uniform level of safety is ensured.
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 a (new)
Annex VII – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 a (new)
4.2.3a. Personnel involved in ground handling and apron management services at aerodromes must be trained and checked on a regular basis to attain and maintain an adequate level of competency in order to perform their assigned safety duties.
Amendment 1093 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IX – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex IX – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
The following requirements must be met to ensure a satisfacthigh uniforym level of safety for people on the ground and other airspace users during the operation of the unmanned aircraft, taking into account the level of risk of the operation as necessary: