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Art. 7 Verification of monitoring report

¹ Aircraft operators shall have their monitoring report verified by a verifier.

² Verification must be carried out as specified in Annex 3 numbers 1 to 3.

³ Verifiers must meet the requirements specified in Annex 3 number 4.

Art. 8 Approval of monitoring report

Aircraft operators shall submit their verified monitoring report to the FOCA for approval by no later than 31 March 2014.

Art. 9 Archiving and processing of data

¹ The FOCA shall archive the monitoring plans and reports and the data contained therein. It shall store the data safely and treat them as confidential.

² In response to a specific request from the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the FOCA shall pass on the data to the FOEN if they are required for the implementation of measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the civil aviation sector.

Art. 10 Criminal provision

Aircraft operators shall be fined in accordance with Article 91 paragraph 1 letter i of the Civil Aviation Act of 21 December 1948⁶ if they:

a. fail to comply with the obligations specified in this Ordinance, or

b. wilfully supply false data.

Art. 11 Amendments to the Annexes

The Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications may amend the Annexes to this Ordinance in order to ensure that they are compatible with European Union legislation.

Art. 12 Commencement and duration

This Ordinance comes into force on 15 September 2012 and is valid until 31 December 2014.