S.L. 499.25 Art. 10Approval of the Director.

(1) The Director may require that the groundhandling activity of any provider of groundhandling services obtains his approval. When granting such approval the Director shall take into account the financial fitness and sufficient insurance cover, the security and safety of installation, of aircraft, of equipment and of persons, as well as the protection and compliance with the relevant industrial legislation.

(2) In applying the criteria in subregulation (1) the following principles shall be applied:

(a) they must be applied in a non-discriminatory manner to the various suppliers of groundhandling services and airport users;

(b) they must relate to the intended objective;

(c) they may not, in practice, reduce market access freedom to self-handle to a level below that provided in these regulations.

(3) The criteria referred to in subregulation (1) should be made public and the supplier of groundhandling services or self-handling airport user shall be informed in advance of the procedure for obtaining approval.

(4) The Director may withhold or withdraw an approval issued by him to the supplier of groundhandling services or self-handling airport user if they do not meet, for reasons of their own doing, the criteria set out in subregulation (1). When withholding or withdrawing an approval, the Director shall communicate the grounds for such action to the supplier or user concerned and to the managing body of the airport.