ORGH.MGM.205 Contracted services or products

• Regulation (EU) 2025/20 found in: Ground Handling (GH) (2025/23 and 2025/20) (Nov 2025)

#### ORGH.MGM.205 Contracted services or products *Regulation (EU) 2025/20* (a) Where the ground handling organisation, for the purpose of its operation or compliance with this Regulation, enters into contracts for services or products that are not certified, approved, authorised or covered by a declaration in accordance with [Regulation (EU) 2018/1139](http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/1645/oj) and its delegated and implementing acts, those services or products shall be provided once the ground handling organisation has applied the safety management process to manage the risk of those services or products for its own operation. (b) When the ground handling organisation enters into contracts for services or products that are certified, authorised, approved or declared in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts, the organisation providing those services or products shall be responsible for their safety, in compliance with the EU aviation regulations applicable to that organisation and the relevant requirements of [Annex I](#_DxCrossRefBm752106417) or [Annex II](#_DxCrossRefBm752106416) to this Regulation. (c) The ground handling organisation shall ensure all the following: (1) the contracted services or products comply with the applicable requirements, depending on the type of service or product; (2) any aviation safety hazards associated with the contracted services or products are risk‑assessed within its own management system; (3) the competent authority is enabled access to the third‑party provider, to determine continued compliance with the applicable requirements; (4) any such contract is documented.