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The document summarizes a webinar about the draft EU Ground Handling Regulation Annex IV on operational requirements. It includes an agenda for the webinar covering the legal background and scope of the future regulation, organizational requirements, operational requirements, and authority requirements. The presentation notes that the operational requirements will take a performance-based approach and establish high-level safety objectives, with minimum acceptable means of compliance and guidance material provided. It asks stakeholders for feedback on the level of detail in the operational requirements and whether automation of ground handling services should be further encouraged.

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EU Ground Handling Regulation Webinar

The document summarizes a webinar about the draft EU Ground Handling Regulation Annex IV on operational requirements. It includes an agenda for the webinar covering the legal background and scope of the future regulation, organizational requirements, operational requirements, and authority requirements. The presentation notes that the operational requirements will take a performance-based approach and establish high-level safety objectives, with minimum acceptable means of compliance and guidance material provided. It asks stakeholders for feedback on the level of detail in the operational requirements and whether automation of ground handling services should be further encouraged.

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Draft EU Ground Handling Regulation

Annex IV – Operational Requirements

Consultation Webinar
30 June 2022

Your safety is our mission.


An Agency of the European Union
Welcome and Introduction
Agenda 14:00 – 14:45
Legal Background and Scope of the future GH Regulation
14:45 – 15:00
Q&A, discussion
15:00 – 15:15
Break
15:15 – 16:00
Organisation Requirements (Annex III)
16:00 – 16:15
Q&A, discussion
16:15 – 16:30
Break
16:30 – 16:45
Operational Requirements (Annex IV)
16:45 – 17:00
Q&A, discussion
17:00 – 17:15
Break
17:15 – 17:30
Authority Requirements (Annex II)
17:30 – 17:45
Q&A, discussion
17:45 – 18:00
Conclusions and Next Steps
2
End of Webinar
Draft Annex IV (GH.OPS)
Annex IV – Operational requirements
Passenger handling & Baggage acceptance

Cargo and Mail handling

Ramp activities *

Aircraft servicing**

Operation of ground support equipment (GSE)


Others
ULD handling and storage, special handling requirements
* Ramp handling activities: baggage & cargo loading/unloading, aircraft arrival & departure, pushback/towing
** Aircraft servicing: fuelling, de-icing/anti-icing, potable water servicing, toilet servicing, cleaning 3
What’s in, what’s out – proposal
→ Cover Regulation, Article 1 Scope: Who, What, Where
→ Some areas are covered by other regulations:
→ Flight dispatch – under Air Ops Reg. (EU) 965/2012
→ Load control Mass & Balance calculations, load planning, document production – Air Ops
→ Ground supervision when performed by the aircraft operator as self-handling – Air Ops
→ Oil handling (“oil supply” in BR) – continuing airworthiness Regulation (EU) 1321/2014

→ ADR and Air OPS regulations – amended to ensure interfaces with GH

Draft CR 4
Operational requirements
❑ Performance-based approach, by GH processes. Why?
➢ Flexibility
➢ Adaptability to new technologies
➢ Resilience to changes
❑ High-level safety objectives at implementing rule level, to enable
organisations to develop own operational procedures
GH.OPS
❑ Minimum AMC and GM: Mitigations/ controls for each
Implementing Rule to achieve the safety objective
➢ Follows the statements in the GH Roadmap
➢ Is what stakeholders are expecting
➢ Current operational procedures by industry may continue to be
applied
❑ Enables application of industry standard operational procedures and
good practices

5
Achieving compliance – Industry examples

6
Questions to Stakeholders
→ What do you think of the level of details in GH.OPS?
→ Too much?
→ Too little?
→ Would you like to see a stronger push for automation of GH services
(especially heavy duties on the ramp) through the rules?
→ What else would you suggest to improve the content of this Annex?

Open
Slido
Poll
7
Send your comments to

[email protected]

Disclaimer:
This presentation refers to the draft EU GH Regulation published for the consultation purpose of this webinar.
The content of the presentation may not be valid for the final version of the EU GH Regulation.

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