Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council – European Union SAFA Programme

Aviation safety constitutes a priority for the European Union (EU) and for its Member States. In the light of this objective, a key instrument is the EU Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) programme. This programme requires participating States to conduct ramp inspections on third country aircraft to verify compliance of aircraft, crew and operations with international safety requirements.

Ever since its inception in 1996 under the auspices of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), the SAFA programme has increasingly proven to be a vanguard in strengthening both European and international aviation safety.

Public confidence in the safety of air transportation is contingent upon access to adequate information regarding the implementation of international safety standards. In this context, Article 6(2) of Directive 2004/36/EC requires the Commission to publish yearly an aggregated information report available to the public and the industry stakeholders.

This is the fifth annual report covering the period 1 January to 31 December 2010.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)091: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:091:FIN

European Commission: SWD(2012)38: Aggregated Information Report (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0038:FIN:EN:PDF

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