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Annex 3 (Art. 7 paras. 2 and 3)

Verification of tonne-kilometres and requirements to be met by the verifier

1 General requirements

1.1 The verifier shall verify the reliability, credibility and accuracy of the monitoring systems and the submitted data and other information. In particular it shall ensure that the data permit the calculation of tonne-kilometres with a high degree of reliability.

1.2 The aircraft operator shall grant the verifier access to all data and documentation that are required for the purpose of the verification procedure. In particular, the aircraft operator shall obtain from Eurocontrol the necessary flight operation data and place them at the disposal of the verifier.

2 Specific requirements

2.1 The verifier shall ensure that only those flights are taken into account:

2.1.1 for which the aircraft operator is responsible;

2.1.2 that have in fact been carried out;

2.1.3 that are governed by this Ordinance.

2.2 For this purpose the verifier shall use the data which the aircraft operator has obtained from Eurocontrol.

2.3 The verifier shall ensure that the data reported by the aircraft operator relating to payload correspond to the payload indicated by the aircraft operator for safety purposes.

3 Requirements relating to the verification methodology

The verification of monitoring reports shall be carried out as follows:

3.1 Analysis of all activities carried out by the aircraft operator (strategic analysis);

3.2 Performance of random checks in order to determine the reliability of the submitted data and other information (process analysis);

3.3 Analysis of error risk relating to the utilised data, and examination of the procedure for limiting error risk (risk analysis);

3.4 Preparation of a verification report in which it is stated whether the monitoring report meets the requirements of this Ordinance. The verification report shall list all relevant aspects of the activities carried out within the scope of the verification procedure.