authorised personnelmeans the persons authorised by the Agency to carry out inspections, including seconded personnel;
competent authoritymeans the entity designated by the Member State as competent for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its implementing rules;
correctionmeans an action to eliminate a finding of non-conformity with the applicable requirements;
corrective actionmeans an action to eliminate the cause of a finding of non-conformity with the applicable requirements in order to prevent recurrence;
evidencemeans records, statements of fact, or other information which are relevant and verifiable;
findingmeans the result of the comparison between the available evidence and the applicable requirements;
immediate safety concernmeans a situation where there is evidence that a product, service, system, constituent, equipment or facility is either in such a condition, or is being operated, supplied or maintained in such a manner that harm to persons is likely to occur unless the situation is corrected immediately.
inspectionmeans the standardisation inspection referred to in Article 24(1) and Article 54 of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, including the inspection of undertakings or associations of undertakings referred to in Article 54(4) and Article 55 of that Regulation, carried out by the Agency;
seconded personnelmeans the officials made available by the competent authorities of Member States, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), other international aviation organisations or the competent authorities of Third Countries having agreements with the Union or working arrangements with the Agency, who are nominated by these authorities to assist the Agency in carrying out inspections;