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title: "Article 10 Wildlife hazard management — Cover Regulation, Aerodromes · Avioverse"
description: "Member States shall ensure that wildlife strike hazards are assessed through:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-10"
---

# Article 10 Wildlife hazard management

Cover Regulation · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-aerodromes) · [EUR-Lex 2014/139 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R0139)

IR Implementing rule

## Article 10 Wildlife hazard management

1\. Member States shall ensure that wildlife strike hazards are assessed through:

(a) the establishment of a national procedure for recording and reporting wildlife strikes to [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft);

(b) the collection of information from aircraft operators, [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome) personnel and other sources on the presence of wildlife constituting a potential hazard to aircraft operations; and

(c) an ongoing evaluation of the wildlife hazard by competent personnel.

2\. Member States shall ensure that wildlife strike reports are collected and forwarded to ICAO for inclusion in the ICAO Bird Strike Information System (IBIS) database.

IR · Article 10 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

[All rules in Powers and recitals](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 13 Mar 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.