ED Decision 2021/003/R
SAFETY ASSESSMENT WHEN PROFFICIENCY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS NOT DEMONSTRATED
The safety assessment required by point (g) of ADR.OPS.B.029 should be conducted prior to the issuance of a formal decision of a Member State not to require the demonstration of language proficiency in the English language by vehicle drivers.
The safety assessment of the impact of not demonstrating language proficiency in the English language should be conducted in an independent, impartial and comprehensive manner and should, in particular, take into account the following:
(a) the opinion of the competent authorities for aerodromes and the air navigation services providers in the Member State, including results of relevant oversight activities, for each aerodrome concerned;
(b) the opinion of the aerodrome operators and the air navigation services providers concerned, including the results of relevant safety assessments conducted by the organisations concerned in the context of their management systems with regard to runway incursion prevention;
(c) the opinion of the local runway safety team established at each aerodrome;
(d) the aerodrome design, and operating conditions of each aerodrome concerned, including the number of frequencies used in the manoeuvring area;
(e) the traffic structure (national, international) of each individual aerodrome, including seasonal traffic peaks;
(f) any relevant occurrence reports, at least at EU level. For this purpose, the European Central Repository referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 should also be consulted; and
The assessment should be made publicly available and should be reviewed regularly.
Safety assessment for exempting vehicle drivers from English proficiency must be independent, impartial, comprehensive, and consider aerodrome, traffic, and occurrence data before Member State decisions.
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