S.L. 499.45 ст. 9Safety Management System. Operation of Safety Management System. Safety surveys, monitoring and records.

(1) A provider of air traffic management shall comply with the requirements of ESARR 3 document by establishing a safety management system which -

(a) ensures a formalised, explicit and pro-active approach to systematic safety management in meeting its safety responsibilities within the provision of ATM services;

(b) operates in respect of all ATM and supporting services which are under its managerial control;

(c) includes, as its foundation, a statement of safety policy defining the organization’s fundamental approach to managing safety;

(d) ensures that everyone involved in the safety aspects of ATM service-provision has an individual safety responsibility for their own actions, and that managers are responsible for the safety performance of their own organisations;

(e) ensures that the achievement of satisfactory safety in the ATM shall be afforded the highest priority over commercial, operational, environmental or social pressures;

(f) ensures that while providing an ATM service, the principal safety objective is to minimise the ATM contribution to the risk of an aircraft accident as far as reasonably practicable.

(2) The Safety Management System shall be operated by qualified and competent staff who shall ensure that -

(a) a safety management function is identified with organizational responsibility for development and maintenance of the safety management system;

(b) this point of responsibility is, wherever possible, independent of line management, and accountable directly to the highest organizational level;

(c) in the case of small organizations where combination of responsibilities may prevent sufficient independence in this regard, the arrangements for safety assurance are supplemented by additional independent means;

(d) the highest level of the service provider organization plays a general role in ensuring safety management;

(e) wherever practicable, quantitative safety levels are derived and are maintained for all systems;

(f) risk assessment and mitigation is conducted to an appropriate level to ensure that due consideration is given to all aspects of ATM;

(g) changes to the ATM system are assessed for their safety significance, and ATM system functions are classified according to their safety severity;

(h) appropriate mitigation of risks where assessment has shown this to be necessary due to the safety significance of the change;

(i) the SMS is systematically documented in a manner, which provides a clear link to the organization’s safety policy;

(j) adequate and satisfactory justification of the safety of the externally provided services, having regard to their safety significance within the provision of the ATM service;

(k) ATM operational or technical occurrences which are considered to have significant safety implications are investigated immediately, and any necessary corrective action is taken.

(3) A provider of air traffic management shall ensure that -

(a) safety surveys are carried out as a matter of routine, to recommend improvements where needed, to provide assurance to managers of the safety of activities within their areas and to confirm conformance with applicable parts of their Safety Management Systems;

(b) methods are in place to detect changes in systems or operations which may suggest any element is approaching a point at which acceptable standards of safety can no longer be met, and that corrective action is taken;

(c) safety records are maintained throughout the SMS operation as a basis for providing safety assurance to all associated with, responsible for or dependent upon the services provided, and to the safety regulatory authority;

(d) the results and conclusions of the risk assessment and mitigation process of a new or changed safety significant system are specifically documented, and that this documentation is maintained throughout the life of the system;

(e) the lessons arising from safety occurrence investigations and other safety activities are disseminated widely within the organization at management and operational levels;

(f) all staff are actively encouraged to propose solutions to identified hazards; and

(g) changes are made to improve safety where they appear needed.