CHAPTER III: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Aircraft and other products, parts and equipment, as well as organisations and persons subject to the technical safety and security requirements laid down either by this Book or by Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, or Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament…

The Minister responsible for civil aviation may inspect any aircraft at a French aerodrome to ensure that it complies with the applicable safety and security standards, whether French, Community or adopted in application of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944.

When the exercise of activities or the operation of aircraft, products or equipment mentioned in articles L. 133-1 and L. 133-2 presents particular risks to the safety of property and people, the Minister responsible for civil aviation may: a) Prescribe corrective or restrictive operating measures; b) In the event of an immediate risk, order a total or partial ban on carrying out activities or using products or equipment; c) Ground…

Agents of the State, as well as bodies or persons authorised by the Minister responsible for civil aviation to carry out ground and on-board inspections, have access at all times to aircraft, land, premises for professional use and installations where the inspected activities are carried out. They also have access to documents of any kind relating to the operations for which the inspection is carried out.