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The provision of the Regulation will many challenges with respect to the current system and the ECR. It will also
better enable EASA and Member States in their efforts to improve aviation safety through the identification of
safety trends and the analysis of safety issues. The remainder of this chapter provides an analysis of the current
situation concerning the data contained in the ECR.
Growth of the ECR
At the end of 2014, a total of 953,633 occurrence reports had been integrated into the ECR. In Figure 56 informa‑
tion is provided on the average number of occurrence reports that were integrated into the ECR between 2000
and 2014. We can see that following the entry into force of the European Directive 2003/42/EC, the average num‑
ber of occurrence reports that were being integrated into the ECR almost tripled from 6.6 occurrences per day in
2003 to 21.4 occurrences per day in 2004 and that this rate continued to increase reaching an average of 127 oc‑
currence reports per day in 2007.
In 2012, almost one year after all Member States had begun integrating their safety data into the ECR, 407 oc‑
currence reports were being integrated daily into the ECR. In 2014, the average number of occurrence reports
that were being integrated daily into the ECR by Member States was 398; being very close to the value recorded
in 2012 but less than the value recorded in 2013.
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Figure 56:
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The performance of the occurrence reporting system varies across EASA MS and is highly dependent on factors
related to the implementation of safety culture and safety promotion policies at an organisational level. In
addition, it depends on the level of harmonisation of the national regulations with the European regulatory
framework related to occurrence reporting, and on the availability of various reporting channels at the State
level to enable the collection of a high number of occurrence reports.