Article 7 Certification of air navigation service providers

The provision of all air navigation services within the Community shall be subject to certification by Member States.

Applications for certification shall be submitted to the national supervisory authority of the Member State where the applicant has its principal place of operation and, if any, its registered office.

National supervisory authorities shall issue certificates to air navigation service providers where they comply with the common requirements referred to in Article 6. Certificates may be issued individually for each type of air navigation service as defined in Article 2 of the framework Regulation, or for a bundle of such services, inter alia, where a provider of air traffic services, whatever its legal status, operates and maintains its own communication, navigation and surveillance systems. The certificates shall be checked on a regular basis.

Certificates shall specify the rights and obligations of air navigation service providers, including non-discriminatory access to services for airspace users, with particular regard to safety. Certification may be subject only to the conditions set out in Annex II. Such conditions shall be objectively justified, non-discriminatory, proportionate and transparent.

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may allow the provision of air navigation services in all or part of the airspace under their responsibility without certification in cases where the provider of such services offers them primarily to aircraft movements other than general air traffic. In those cases, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of its decision and of the measures taken to ensure maximum compliance with the common requirements.

Gan dochar d’Airteagal 8 agus d’Airteagal 9, trí bhíthin deimhnithe a eisiúint tabharfar caoi do sholáthraithe seirbhísí aerloingseoireachta a gcuid seirbhísí a thairiscint do na Ballstáit, do sholáthraithe eile seirbhísí aerloingseoireachta, d’úsáideoirí aerspáis agus d’aerfoirt laistigh den Chomhphobal.

Déanfaidh na húdaráis mhaoirseachta náisiúnta faireachán ar chomhlíonadh na gceanglas coiteann agus na gcoinníollacha a ghabhann leis na deimhnithe. Cuirfear mionsonraí faoin bhfaireachán sin sna tuarascálacha bliantúla atá le tíolacadh ag na Ballstáit de bhun Airteagal 12(1) den chreat-Rialachán. Más deimhin le húdarás maoirseachta náisiúnta nach gcomhlíonann sealbhóir deimhnithe na ceanglais ná na coinníollacha sin a thuilleadh, déanfaidh sé na bearta iomchuí agus leanúnachas seirbhísí á áirithiú ag an am céanna ar choinníoll nach ndéantar aon dochar don tsábháilteacht. D’fhéadfadh cúlghairm an deimhnithe a bheith san áireamh i mbearta den sórt sin.

A Member State shall recognise any certificate issued in another Member State in accordance with this Article.

In exceptional circumstances, Member States may postpone compliance with this Article beyond the date resulting from Article 19(2) by six months. Member States shall notify the Commission of such postponement, giving their reasons therefor.