S.L. 499.9 Art. 63DCompliance with competence standards.

(1) The Director General shall supervise and monitor the training of air traffic controllers in order to ensure the levels of competence required for them to perform their work to high safety standards. In performing the oversight the Director General shall, to the extent of his responsibility, include:

(a) the issuing and revocation of licences, ratings and endorsements for which the relevant training and assessment was completed;

(b) the maintenance and suspension of ratings and endorsements;

(c) the certification of training providers;

(d) the approval of training courses, unit training plans and competence schemes;

(e) the approval of competence examiners or competence assessors;

(f) the monitoring and auditing of training systems;

(g) the establishment of appropriate appeal and notification mechanisms.

(2) For the purposes of the effective application of Directive 2006/23/EC the Director General shall provide appropriate information and mutual assistance to other competent authorities of EU Member States, particularly in cases involving the free movement of air traffic controllers within the European Community.

(3) The Director General shall ensure that a data base is maintained listing the competencies of all licence holders under his responsibility and the validity dates of their endorsements. To this end, operational units within air navigation service providers shall keep records of the hours effectively worked in the sectors, group of sectors or in the working positions for every licence holder working in the unit and shall on request provide this data to the Director General.

(4) The Director General shall approve licence holders who are entitled to act as competence examiners or competence assessors for unit and continuation training. Approval shall be valid for a renewable period of three years.

(5) The Director General shall either directly or through delegation to recognised organisations in accordance with article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 audit training providers on a regular basis and may make on-the-spot visits with a view to guaranteeing effective compliance with the standards laid down in Directive 2006/23/EC.