Report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 376/2014

Summary:

Report presented on 15 October 2019 by the European Commission on the adoption of delegated acts relating to the reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences in civil aviation.

Further information:

Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 aims to improve aviation safety by ensuring that relevant safety information relating to civil aviation is reported, collected, stored, protected, exchanged, disseminated and analysed. The sole objective of occurrence reporting is the prevention of accidents and incidents.

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to:

• define the common European risk classification scheme (ERCS);
• update the list of mandatory data fields in occurrence reports laid down in Annex I where, in the light of experience gained in the application of this Regulation, changes prove necessary in order to improve aviation safety;
• update the request for European Central Repository information form provided in Annex III, to take account of experience gained and of new developments;
• align any of the Annexes with the ECCAIRS software and the ADREP taxonomy, as well as with legal acts adopted by the Union and with international agreements.