The operator or contact person will receive notification via email about the opening of the file. The subsequent management of the file requires registration in the database created and maintained for this purpose by EASA.

The SAFA/SACA files are communicated from the EASA database, in accordance with the requirement set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, ARO.RAMP.145.

In some cases, where the findings detected during the inspection on an aircraft prove to be major or serious breaches for operational safety, the different Participating States may decide to revoke the entry permit of that aircraft. In such a situation, the aircraft or all of the aircraft forming part of the operator, as the case may be, shall not be able to operate or fly in the airspace of Spain. If the ban is imposed only on the inspected aircraft, it may not operate in any other State, since it cannot leave Spanish airspace.

The inspected person is obliged to undergo the alcohol test as part of the inspection process in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 965/2012 and Article 25 of Law 21/2003, and in particular as part of ramp inspections based on the recent regulations established in Article ARO.RAMP.106 of Regulation (EU) 965/2012.

The objectives are determined using a simple algorithm that takes into account the company’s situation from different sources of information and its number of operations during the preceding period. Moreover, since it is a programme coordinated by EASA, in the case of non-Spanish operators, account is also taken of the number of operations in other territories and the possibility of being inspected by different states.

Although the targets are regularly reviewed, approximately 1200 inspections of foreign aircraft and about 450 inspections of domestic aircraft have been carried out at present and in normal situations, although the number of inspections may vary greatly and depends on the resources the authority may devote to such inspection.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Any aircraft registered in Spain may be inspected by any competent authority in the country of destination of the flight, or intermediate stops if any, in accordance with the provisions of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation of Chicago, Article 16 and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, Annex II, Subpart RAMP. Among the types of inspection they can receive are SAFA/SACA and SANA ramp inspections, which can only be carried out by those countries participating in the EU SAFA Programme.

Oh, of course. The operator or owner of the inspected aircraft has the possibility to submit the documentation or evidence it deems appropriate, uploading this information to the EASA database, where it will be evaluated by the person responsible for its file.

All information exchange is carried out telematically through the centralised EASA tool, where all the activity related to the inspection is recorded.

All management is done telematically through the EASA database. The operator or owner of the aircraft must be registered in the system and contact persons will be established who will receive the notifications in their email to access the management of their files, as explained and reflected in question 19.

The operator/individual is obliged to cooperate and facilitate the inspection tasks, and in particular for the Rampa Inspectorate, in accordance with the European regulations laid down in Article ORO.GEN.140 of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012.

Therefore, in general, the inspection may not be refused except in exceptional circumstances or for reasons which are sufficiently justified and justified by the inspected person and which the inspectors consider and consider as such.

SAFA & SACA ramp inspections are part of the European Community Security Programme and are mandatory for all Member States to comply with this inspection programme, as indicated in Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, ARO.GEN.305 and ARO.RAMP.100 with regard to the establishment of an Annual Inspection Programme, as further developed in the EASA Rampa Inspection Manual (RIM), Chapter 4.

These inspections follow a common procedure and their results are transferred to a database managed by EASA, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, ARO.RAMP.145 Reports.