ATS.OR.200
Safety management system
Regulation (EU) 2017/373
An air traffic services provider shall
have in place a safety management system (SMS), which may be an integral part
of the management system required in point ATM/ANS.OR.B.005,
that includes the following components:
(1) Safety policy and objectives
(i) Management commitment and
responsibility regarding safety which shall be included in the safety policy.
(ii) Safety accountabilities
regarding the implementation and maintenance of the SMS and the authority to
make decisions regarding safety.
(iii) Appointment of a safety
manager who is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of an
effective SMS;
(iv) Coordination of an
emergency response planning with other service providers and aviation
undertakings that interface with the ATS provider during the provision of its
services.
(v) SMS documentation that
describes all the elements of the SMS, the associated SMS processes and the
SMS outputs.
(2) Safety risk management
(i) A process to identify
hazards associated to its services which shall be based on a combination of
reactive, proactive and predictive methods of safety data collection.
(ii) A process that ensures
analysis, assessment and control of the safety risks associated with
identified hazards.
(iii) A process to ensure that
its contribution to the risk of aircraft accidents is minimised as far as is
reasonably practicable.
(3) Safety assurance
(i) Safety performance
monitoring and measurement means to verify the safety performance of the
organisation and validate the effectiveness of the safety risk controls.
(ii) A process to identify
changes which may affect the level of safety risk associated with its service
and to identify and manage the safety risks that may arise from those changes.
(iii) A process to monitor and
assess the effectiveness of the SMS to enable the continuous improvement of
the overall performance of the SMS.
(4) Safety promotion
(i) Training programme that
ensures that the personnel are trained and competent to perform their SMS
duties.
(ii) Safety communication
that ensures that the personnel are aware of the SMS implementation.
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