{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-550/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-550/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/550",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the provision of air navigation services in the single European sky (the service provision Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-550",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED ENTITIES",
  "text": "The qualified entities must:\nbe able to document extensive experience in assessing public and private entities in the air transport sectors, in particular air navigation service providers, and in other similar sectors in one or more of the fields covered by this Regulation,\nhave comprehensive rules and regulations for the periodic survey of the abovementioned entities, published and continually upgraded and improved through research and development programmes,\nnot be controlled by air navigation service providers, by airport management authorities or by others engaged commercially in the provision of air navigation services or in air transport services,\nbe established with significant technical, managerial, support and research staff commensurate with the tasks to be carried out,\nbe managed and administered in such a way as to ensure the confidentiality of information required by the administration,\nbe prepared to provide relevant information to the national supervisory authority ...,\nhave defined and documented its policy and objectives for and commitment to quality and have ensured that this policy is understood, implemented and maintained at all levels in the organisation,\nhave developed, implemented and maintained an effective internal quality system based on appropriate parts of internationally recognised quality standards and in compliance with EN 45004 (inspection bodies) and with EN 29001, as interpreted by the IACS Quality System Certification Scheme Requirements,\nbe subject to certification of its quality system by an independent body of auditors ....",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1070/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 amending Regulations (EC) No 549/2004, (EC) No 550/2004, (EC) No 551/2004 and (EC) No 552/2004 in order to improve the performance and sustainability of the European aviation system (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 43(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/459), regs. 1(2), 43(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/550/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:40.308344+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}