Article 2 — Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to the ground handling organisations that provide any of the ground handling services specified in paragraph 2 at one or more aerodromes within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.

2. This Regulation shall apply to the following services provided to aeroplanes:

(a) passenger handling, including passengers with reduced mobility, including safety aspects of passenger and baggage acceptance at the aerodrome, safety of passengers during boarding and disembarkation using ground support equipment and during transit or transfer, and ground transportation of passengers between the aerodrome terminal and the aircraft;

(b) baggage handling, including baggage identification, sorting, building, transfer, arrival and reclaim;

(c) the following aircraft servicing activities:

(i) operation of ground support equipment (GSE) used for ground handling services, including loading and unloading of catering, and the movement of those GSE on the apron and around the aircraft;

(ii) aircraft refuelling and defuelling, namely into-plane fuelling services at the aerodrome;

(iii) aircraft toilet servicing;

(iv) potable water servicing;

(v) aircraft exterior cleaning;

(vi) aircraft de-icing and anti-icing;

(d) the following aircraft turnaround activities:

(i) activities upon aircraft arrival, including aircraft securing on the ground;

(ii) loading and unloading of baggage, cargo, mail, catering, and loading supervision;

(iii) activities upon aircraft departure;

(iv) aircraft towing and pushback;

(e) the following cargo and mail handling at an aerodrome:

(i) cargo acceptance on behalf of the aircraft operator;

(ii) final build-up and storage;

(iii) final weighing and tagging of unit load devices;

(iv) final checks before air transportation;

(v) ground transportation of cargo and mail between the point of final checks and the aircraft.

3. This Regulation shall not apply to the following activities and organisations performing them:

(a) marshalling of aircraft;

(b) flight dispatch tasks performed by flight dispatchers as defined by Regulation (EU) No 965/2012;

(c) load control tasks related to load planning, mass and balance calculations, load control messages and communications, and issuance of load control documents;

(d) ground supervision;

(e) oil handling for the aircraft (including replenishment, servicing) performed by maintenance organisations approved under Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, other organisations compliant with Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, and other maintenance organisations holding an approval issued in compliance with ICAO Annex 8 Chapter 6;

(f) aircraft exterior cleaning when performed by maintenance organisations approved under Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, other organisations compliant with Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, and other maintenance organisations holding an approval issued in compliance with ICAO Annex 8 Chapter 6 and the activity is included in the organisation’s maintenance manual;

(g) any other ground handling activity when performed by a maintenance organisation approved under Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, other organisations compliant with Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, and other maintenance organisations holding an approval issued in compliance with ICAO Annex 8 Chapter 6 for the purpose of aircraft maintenance;

(h) ground transportation of passengers and crew members when this is the only service provided by an entity;

(i) self-handling, when performed by aircraft operators performing any of the following types of operations:

(i) commercial air transport operations with other-than-complex motor-powered aircraft;

(ii) any flight operations with complex or other-than-complex motor-powered aircraft that are not commercial air transport operations;

(j) handling of passengers with reduced mobility, or ground transportation of passengers and crew members, or both, when these are the only ground handling services provided by an aerodrome operator with its own personnel, not cumulated with other ground handling services provided by that aerodrome operator.