ATCO.AR.A.010 Tasks of the competent authorities

(a)       The tasks of the competent authorities shall include:

(1)       the issue, suspension and revocation of licences, ratings, endorsements and of medical certificates;

(2)       the issue of temporary OJTI authorisations according to ATCO.C.025;

(3)       the issue of temporary assessor authorisations according to ATCO.C.065;

(4)       the revalidation and renewal of endorsements;

(5)       the revalidation, renewal and limitation of medical certificates following referral by the AME or AeMC;

(6)       the issue, revalidation, renewal, suspension, revocation, limitation and change of aero-medical examiner certificates;

(7)       the issue, suspension, revocation and limitation of training organisation certificates and of the certificates of aero-medical centres;

(8)       the approval of training courses, plans and unit competence schemes, as well as assessment methods;

(9)       the approval of the assessment method for the demonstration of language proficiency and the establishment of requirements applicable to language assessment bodies according to ATCO.B.040;

(10)     the approval of the need for the extended level (level five) language proficiency in accordance with ATCO.B.030(d);

(11)     the monitoring of training organisations, including their training courses and plans;

(12)     the approval and monitoring of the unit competence schemes;

(13)     the establishment of appropriate appeal procedures and notification mechanisms;

(14)     facilitating the recognition and exchange of licences, including the transfer of the records of air traffic controllers and return of the old licence to the issuing competent authority according to ATCO.A.010;

(15)     facilitating the recognition of training organisation certificates and course approvals.

[applicable until 3 August 2024 - Regulation (EU) 2015/340]

The tasks of the competent authorities shall include:

(a)       the issue, suspension and revocation of licences, ratings, endorsements and of medical certificates;

(b)       the issue of temporary OJTI authorisations according to point ATCO.C.025;

(c)       the issue of temporary assessor authorisations according to point ATCO.C.065;

(d)       the revalidation and renewal of endorsements;

(e)       the revalidation, renewal and limitation of medical certificates following referral by the aero-medical examiner (AME) or aero-medical centre (AeMC);

(f)        the issue, revalidation, renewal, suspension, revocation, limitation and change of aero-medical examiner certificates;

(g)       the issue, suspension, revocation and limitation of training organisation certificates and of the certificates of aero-medical centres;

(h)       the approval of training courses, training plans and unit competence schemes, as well as assessment methods;

(i)        the approval of the assessment method for the demonstration of language proficiency and the establishment of requirements applicable to language assessment bodies according to point ATCO.B.040;

(j)        the approval of the need for the extended level (level five) language proficiency in accordance with point ATCO.B.030(d);

(k)       the oversight of training organisations, including their training courses and plans;

(l)        the approval and  oversight of the unit competence schemes;

(m)     the establishment of appropriate appeal procedures and notification mechanisms;

(n)       facilitating the recognition and exchange of licences, including the transfer of the records of air traffic controllers and return of the old licence to the issuing competent authority according to point ATCO.AR.D.003;

(o)       facilitating the recognition of training organisation certificates and course approvals, as well as the approval of the assessment method for the demonstration of language proficiency.

[applicable from 4 August 2024 - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/893]