- Go to main content [shortcut key S], by skipping site tools, language selector, navigation path and navigation menu
- Go to navigation menu, by skipping site tools, language selector and navigation path
- Go to navigation path, by skipping site tools and language selector
- Go to language selector, by skipping site tools
- Go to site tools
- European Commission
- Transport
- Air
- The European Aviation Safety Policy
Air
Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA)
Directive 2004/36/EC 
on the safety of third-country aircraft using Community airports (the so-called 'SAFA Directive') was published on 30 April 2004 , creating a legal obligation upon EU Member States to perform ramp inspections upon third country aircraft landing at their airports. This is the basic legal instrument underpinning what is known as the EC SAFA programme.
As provided under Regulation (EC) No 768/2006, responsibility for the management and further development of the EC SAFA programme falls upon the European Commission assisted by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Apart from the EU-27, a further 15 states – all members of ECAC (the European Civil Aviation Conference) – also participate voluntarily in the programme via specific ‘SAFA’ Working Arrangements concluded with EASA, giving the programme a truly pan-European dimension.
The 42 participating states engaged in the EC SAFA programme are: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Georgia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine.
Read more: The EC SAFA programme: past, present and future [29 KB]
Implementation of the EC SAFA Programme
Annual aggregated information reports
-
Fourth annual report [341 KB] All available translations. (2009) and Commission staff working document [179 KB]
- Third annual report (2008) and Commission staff working document
- Second annual report (2007) and Commission staff working document
- First annual report (2006)
Related documents
- Legislation
