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Feb 25, 2010 (newstodate): Among the parties involved in the network of air cargo business, airline cargo GSA companies have so far represented a black spot in EU's regulations.
The very term, GSA is thus currently not included in, nor mentioned in EU legislation and regulations and so GSAs fall outside the areas of inspection by national authorities.
This is soon to change.
-In the new regulations expected to take effect from April 29, 2010, and currently in the final stage of the EU approval procedure, there will be only one designation: regulated agent. This term comprises all third party logistics providers, including GSAs, responsible for integrated warehousing and transportation services, air carriers and handling agents, says Jessi Johnsen, Danish CAA chief inspector security.
-This makes clear that all parties must live up to unified requirements for security measures, and all transportation of air cargo must be performed by security-certified providers.
-The problems have especially been focused on cargo GSAs representing off-line carriers that might order a third-country cargo trucking company to pick up shipments in, say, Denmark for transportation by road to an airport outside Denmark.
-The new regulations will make clear that this will require transportation by a certified transport provider, and the GSA will be held responsible for this.
-Once and for all, EU has also clarified that so-called "low-flying aircraft" - trucks carrying air cargo shipments on an airline AWB - is road transportation between two airports on behalf of an airline and on along a route already operated by the airline, says Ms Johnsen.
The very term, GSA is thus currently not included in, nor mentioned in EU legislation and regulations and so GSAs fall outside the areas of inspection by national authorities.
This is soon to change.
-In the new regulations expected to take effect from April 29, 2010, and currently in the final stage of the EU approval procedure, there will be only one designation: regulated agent. This term comprises all third party logistics providers, including GSAs, responsible for integrated warehousing and transportation services, air carriers and handling agents, says Jessi Johnsen, Danish CAA chief inspector security.
-This makes clear that all parties must live up to unified requirements for security measures, and all transportation of air cargo must be performed by security-certified providers.
-The problems have especially been focused on cargo GSAs representing off-line carriers that might order a third-country cargo trucking company to pick up shipments in, say, Denmark for transportation by road to an airport outside Denmark.
-The new regulations will make clear that this will require transportation by a certified transport provider, and the GSA will be held responsible for this.
-Once and for all, EU has also clarified that so-called "low-flying aircraft" - trucks carrying air cargo shipments on an airline AWB - is road transportation between two airports on behalf of an airline and on along a route already operated by the airline, says Ms Johnsen.