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# Article 6 European Plan for Aviation Safety

Basic Regulation · Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 · EAR revision 16 Jan 2023

IR Implementing rule

## Article 6 European Plan for Aviation Safety

1\. The Agency, in close collaboration with Member States and relevant stakeholders as provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 5(2), shall develop, adopt, publish, and subsequently update at least on a yearly basis a European Plan for Aviation Safety. Based on the assessment of relevant safety information, the European Plan for Aviation Safety shall identify the main safety risks affecting the European aviation safety system and set out the necessary actions to mitigate those risks.

2\. The Agency, in close collaboration with Member States and relevant stakeholders as provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 5(2), shall document in a dedicated safety risk portfolio the safety risks referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and monitor the implementation of related mitigation actions by the parties concerned, including, where appropriate, by setting [safety performance](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/safety-performance) indicators.

3\. The European Plan for Aviation Safety shall specify, taking into account the objectives set out in Article 1, the level of safety performance in the Union. The Commission, the Agency and the Member States shall jointly aim to achieve that level of safety performance.

IR · Article 6 — Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 · Basic Regulation Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Jan 2023

[All rules in CHAPTER II – AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/basic-regulation/chapter-ii-aviation-safety-management)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 16 Jan 2023, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.