Notification of inspections
Article 7
1. The Commission shall give at least two months’ notice of an inspection to the appropriate authority in whose territory it is to be conducted. 2. A pre-inspection questionnaire for completion by the appropriate authority shall, where appropriate, be communicated at the same time as the notice of the inspection, along with a request for any relevant documentation. The completed questionnaire and any requested documentation shall be submitted to the Commission at least two weeks before the inspection is scheduled to begin. 3. Where the Commission has information suggesting the existence at an airport of deficiencies which may have a significant impact on the overall level of aviation security in the Community, the appropriate authority of the Member State concerned shall be consulted and the period of prior notice of an inspection may then be reduced to two weeks. In this case, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply.