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ADR.AR.C.035 Issuance of certificates

Regulation (EU) 2024/1400

(a) The Competent Authority may require any inspection, test, safety assessment, or exercise it finds necessary before issuing the certificate.

(b) The Competent Authority shall issue either:

(1) a single aerodrome certificate; or

(2) two separate certificates, one for the aerodrome and one for the aerodrome operator.

(c) The Competent Authority shall issue the certificate(s) referred to in point (b) when the aerodrome operator has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Competent Authority compliance with points ADR.OR.B.025 and ADR.OR.E.005. Where the aerodrome operator changes, the new aerodrome operator shall not be required to demonstrate compliance with the requirements set out in point ADR.OR.B.025(a)(1) and point ADR.OR.E.005, if those requirements concern elements that remain unchanged.

(d) The certificate shall be considered to include the aerodrome’s certification basis, the aerodrome manual, and, if relevant, any other operating conditions or limitations prescribed by the Competent Authority and any Deviation Acceptance and Action Documents (DAAD).

(e) The certificate shall be issued for an unlimited duration. The privileges of the activities that the aerodrome operator is approved to conduct shall be specified in the terms of the certificate attached to it.

(f) Where responsibilities are attributed to other relevant organisations, they should be clearly identified and listed.

(g) Findings, other than level 1 and which have not been closed prior to the date of certification, shall be safety assessed and mitigated as necessary and a corrective action plan for the closing of the finding shall be approved by the Competent Authority.

(h) To enable an aerodrome operator to implement changes without prior approval of the Competent Authority in accordance with ADR.OR.B.040(d), the Competent Authority shall approve a procedure defining the scope of such changes and describing how such changes will be managed and notified.