THE DANGEROUS GOODS OFFICE

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NPA 46 Geoff Leach Chairman of JAA DGSG
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Law and Source Documents
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THE REQUIREMENTS
State responsibilities

• Inspections, surveillance and enforcement
• Record and investigate incidents/ accidents
• Compliance with Technical Instructions
• (JAR-OPS reflects 1999-2000 Technical
  Instructions)

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Importance of worldwide harmonisation JAA
operators may find themselves in violation of
local laws on arrival All JAA States would need
to file differences against Annex 18 Operators
will be penalised by not being able to take
advantage of less restrictive requirements
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NPA 46

• Amendments broadly under 5 headings
• Alignment with the Technical Instructions
• Review of Part 2 material
• Amendments proposed by DGSG
• Increased reference to Technical Instructions
• Amendment proposed by OST

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NPA 46

• 1. Alignment with the Technical Instructions
• 2. Review of Part 2 material
• WP 59-03/ 60-03
• WP-18-04

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NPA 46

• Amendments proposed by DGSG
• New JAR-OPS 1.1145 General
• New ACJ-OPS 1.1160(b)(5)(4) Dangerous goods
  carried by passengers or crew (will assist
  with anticipated changes in 2007-2008 Technical
  Instructions)

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NPA 46

• 4. Increased reference to the Technical
  Instructions
• An example
• Dangerous goods training provisions completely
  revised to refer to the Technical Instructions

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How referring to the Technical Instructions
solves a problem 2005 2006 edition of the
Technical Instructions requires training in
Recognition of undeclared dangerous
goods JAR-OPS does not require such training and
the earliest it could would be mid to late 2006,
nearly 2 years late and just before a new edition
(2007-2008) of the Technical Instructions If
JAR-OPS required training in accordance with the
Technical Instructions, problem goes away
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NPA 46

• 5. Amendment proposed by OST
• Proposed new ACJ OPS 1.1215(b) reflecting the
  recommendation of the Technical Instructions to
  provide a summary when NOTOC is large

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Consultation
Dangerous Goods European Liaison Group

• CAAs of
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece

• Ireland
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Switzerland
• United Kingdom

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Consultation
Dangerous Goods European Liaison Group

• Operators
• Aer Lingus
• Air France
• Alitalia
• British Airways
• Finnair

• Iberia
• KLM
• Lufthansa Cargo
• SAS
• Swiss

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Consultation

• Association of European Airlines
• Federal Aviation Administration
• International Air Carriers Association
• International Air Transport Association
• International Express Couriers Conference
• International Federation of Airline Pilots
  Associations

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In summary..

• Adoption of NPA 46 will
• Ensure alignment with ICAO Technical
  Instructions
• Reduce the need to amend JAR-OPS when a new
  edition of the Technical Instructions is
  produced
• Avoid significant issues for both States and
  Operators.