ED Decision 2025/008/R
INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR GROUND HANDLING SERVICES
When contracting ground handling services to a third-party ground handling organisation, the operator should ensure either of the following:
(a) The operator provides ground handling instructions and procedures to the ground handling organisation. If both the operator and the ground handling organisation apply the same industry standards or good practices, the operator should:
(1) aim at reducing the differences between its own GH operating procedures and those industry standards and good practices by conducting a safety risk assessment of those differences. The purpose of such an assessment is to evaluate whether those differences provide a higher level of safety than those industry standards or best practices;
(2) specify any safety-related exceptions or deviations from the industry standards and good practices in the instructions and procedures.
(b) When the operator is unable to provide its own instructions and procedures to the ground handling organisation:
(1) at aerodromes in the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, the ground handling organisation provides those services in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2025/20;
(2) at aerodromes outside the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, the ground handling organisation provides those services in accordance with the relevant industry standards and good practices, as agreed with the operator.
[applicable from 27 March 2028 — ED Decision 2025/008/R]
Operators contracting ground handling must provide their own instructions or rely on Regulation (EU) 2025/20 or agreed industry standards, with safety risk assessments for differences.
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