article_snippet.sent: In a separate development, it has emerged that European regulators warned Germany's aviation authority of inadequacies with it health check-ups in a regular review of air safety enforcement, the European Commission said.
article_snippet.sent: the European Commission statement did not say when the review was carried out.
article_snippet.sent: On the basis of EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) recommendations, the Commission has addressed the issues to Germany to require compliance. '
article_snippet.sent: Germany's replies are currently being assessed,' the Commission spokesman said in the statement, emailed out on Saturday. '
article_snippet.sent: All EU member states have findings and this is a normal and regular occurrence.
article_snippet.sent: this is part of a continuous system of oversight: findings are followed by corrective action, similar to an audit process,' the Commission spokesman said, without specifying EASA's findings in Germany.
article_snippet.sent: the Commission spokesman was not immediately available for further comment.
article_snippet.sent: A spokeswoman for the LBA said EASA's audits of national aviation authorities such as the LBA took place several times a year.
article_snippet.sent: A spokeswoman for the LBA said the LBA had answered a single-figure number of criticisms levelled at the LBA during EASA's audits of national aviation authorities such and those responses were now being assessed by EASA.