Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/27 of 19 December 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.)

• (a) revalidated, provided that the holder:

• (1) continues to fulfil the general conditions required for medical practice and maintains his or her licence for the practice of medicine;

• (2) has undertaken refresher training in aviation medicine within the last 3 years;

• (3) has performed at least 10 aero-medical examinations or equivalent every year;

• (4) remains in compliance with the terms of the certificate;

• (5) exercises the privileges in accordance with the requirements of this Annex (Part-MED);

• (6) has demonstrated that he or she maintains his or her aero-medical competency in accordance with the procedure established by the competent authority.

• (b) renewed, provided that the holder complies with either the requirements for revalidation set out in point (a) or with all of the following requirements:

• (1) continues to fulfil the general conditions required for medical practice and maintains his or her licence for the practice of medicine;

• (2) has undertaken refresher training in aviation medicine within the previous year;

• (3) has successfully completed practical training within the previous year, either at an AeMC or under the supervision of the competent authority;

• (4) remains in compliance with the requirements of point MED.D.010;

• (5) has demonstrated that he or she maintains his or her aero-medical competency in accordance with the procedure established by the competent authority.

SECTION 2

General Medical Practitioners

MED.D.035   Requirements for general medical practitioners

General medical practitioners (GMPs) may act as AMEs for issuing LAPL medical certificates, where they meet all of the following conditions:

• (a) they exercise their activity in a Member State where GMPs have access to the full medical records of applicants;

• (b) they exercise their activity in accordance with any additional requirements established in the national law of the Member State of their competent authority;

• (c) they are fully qualified and licensed for the practice of medicine in accordance with national law of the Member State of their competent authority;

• (d) they have notified the competent authority before starting such activity.

SECTION 3

Occupational Health Medical Practitioners

MED.D.040   Requirements for occupational health medical practitioners

In Member States where the competent authority is satisfied that the requirements of the national health system applicable to occupational health medical practitioners (OHMPs) are such as to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Annex (Part-MED) applicable to OHMPs, OHMPs may conduct aero-medical assessments of cabin crew, provided that:

• (a) they are fully qualified and licensed in the practice of medicine and qualified in occupational medicine;

• (b) the in-flight working environment and safety duties of the cabin crew were included in their occupational medicine qualification syllabus or other training or operational experience;

• (c) they have notified the competent authority before starting such activity.’.

ANNEX II

The following point is added in Section I of Subpart MED of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011:

‘ARA.MED.160   Exchange of information on medical certificates through a central repository.

• (a) The Agency shall establish and manage a central repository, the European Aero-Medical Repository (EAMR).

• (b) For the purposes of medical certification and oversight of applicants for and holders of class 1 medical certificates and for the oversight of AMEs and AeMCs, the persons referred to in point (c) shall exchange the following information through EAMR:

• (1) basic data of the applicant for or holder of a class 1 medical certificate: licensing authority; surname and forename; date of birth; nationality; email address and the number of one or more identification documents (national identity card or passport) as provided by the applicant;

• (2) class 1 medical certificate data: date of the medical examination or, in case the medical examination is not finalised, the date of initiation of the medical examination; dates of issuing and of expiration of the class 1 medical certificate; place of the examination; status of limitations; status of that certificate (new, released, suspended or revoked); unique reference number of the medical assessor of the licensing authority; AME or AeMC issuing that certificate and of its competent authority.

• (c) For the purposes of point (b), the following persons shall have access to EAMR and the information contained therein:

• (1) medical assessors of the licensing authority of the applicant for or holder of a class 1 medical certificate, as well as any other duly authorised personnel of that authority in charge of creating or managing the record of that applicant or holder as required by this Regulation;

• (2) AMEs and any duly authorised personnel of AeMCs to whom that applicant or holder has provided a declaration in accordance with point MED.A.035(b)(2);

• (3) any duly authorised personnel of the competent authority responsible for the oversight of AMEs or AeMCs conducting aero-medical assessments of those applicants or holders.

In addition, the Agency and national competent authorities may grant access to EAMR and the information contained therein to other persons, where necessary for the purposes of ensuring the proper functioning of EAMR, in particular its technical maintenance. In that case, the Agency or the national competent authority concerned shall ensure that those persons are duly authorised and qualified, that their access remains limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which they have been granted access and that they have received prior training on the applicable personal data protection legislation and related safeguards. Whenever a competent authority grants a person such access, it shall inform the Agency beforehand.

• (d) The licensing authorities, AMEs and AeMCs referred to in point (c) shall, each time immediately upon having examined an applicant for or a holder of a class 1 medical certificate, enter the data referred to in point (b) into EAMR or update that data where necessary.

• (e) Where the data constitutes personal data as defined in point a of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 ⁵, they shall, each time when entering or updating that data, inform, ex ante, the applicant for or holder of the class 1 certificate thereof.

• (f) The Agency shall ensure the integrity and security of EAMR and the information contained therein by appropriate information technology infrastructure. It shall establish and apply, in consultation with the national competent authorities, the protocols and technological measures necessary to ensure that any access to EAMR and the information contained therein is lawful and secure.

• (g) The Agency shall ensure that any information contained in EAMR is deleted after a period of 10 years. That period shall be calculated from the date of expiration of the last class 1 certificate issued in respect of the applicant or holder concerned, or from the date of the last entry or update of data in respect of that applicant or holder, whichever date is later.

• (h) The Agency shall ensure that applicants for or holders of class 1 medical certificates can access any information relating to them contained in EAMR and that they are informed that they can request that information to be rectified or deleted. The licensing authorities shall assess such requests and, where they consider that the information concerned is incorrect or not necessary for the purposes specified in point (b), ensure that the information is rectified or deleted.’