CHAPTER 4ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Article 26Competent authorities

1

Member States shall designate, where applicable, which competent authorities are to:

a

organise and supervise the examinations referred to in Article 18;

b

approve the training programmes referred to in Article 19;

c

approve simulators referred to in Article 21;

d

issue, renew, suspend or withdraw the certificates and issue the specific authorisations referred to in Articles 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 38 as well as the service record books and the logbooks referred to in Article 22;

e

validate the navigation time in service record books referred to in Article 22;

f

determine the medical practitioners who may issue medical certificates pursuant to Article 23;

g

keep the registers referred to in Article 25;

h

detect and combat fraud and other unlawful practices referred to in Article 29.

2

Member States shall notify the Commission of all competent authorities within their territory that they have designated in accordance with paragraph 1. The Commission shall make this information publicly available.