What regulations are applicable in the inspections at Rampa SAFA/SACA?

In Spain, as a member of ICAO (Instrument of Ratification published in BOE No. 55 of 24 February 1947) and of the European Union (Instrument of Ratification published in BOE No 1 of 1 January 1986), the SAFA/SACA Inspections are part of the Rampa Inspection Programmes developed by ICAO from which the European Commission’s SAFA Inspection Programme was derived, after which EASA extended it to air carriers within the EU with SACA inspections.

The main regulations that apply to SANA Inspections are as follows (listed not exhaustive):

a. INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK:

(1) Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944, Article 16. Aircraft inspection; and its derivative Annexes
2) Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, Chapter IV, Article 62 and its derived technical regulations, including:

I. Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, Annex II, Subpart RAMP;
II.    Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014,
iii.    Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011,
iv.    Regulation (EU) No 748/2012,
v. Regulation (EU) No 923/2012,

B. NATIONAL MARCO

1) Law 21/2003 of 7 July 2003 on Aviation Safety;
(2) Law 48/1960 of 21 July on Air Navigation;
3. Royal Decree 98/2009 of 6 February 2009, Aeronautical Inspection Regulations; and
4) Law 39/2015 of 1 October 2015 on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.
5) Royal Decree 184/2008 of 8 February 2008 approving the Statute of the State Aviation Safety Agency
6) Technical regulations, including:

I. RD 750/2014
ii.    RD 384/2015
iii.    Technical standard of ULM.

The detail for the execution of ramp inspections is developed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in EASA’s Rampa Inspection Manual, which details inspection instructions and procedures.