European Commissions criticizes Czech Republic for insufficient safety checks on aircraft

The European Commission has criticized the Czech Republic for insufficient safety checks on aircraft. The commission said on Thursday that the Czech Republic and Greece were the only EU countries that have failed to incorporate EU laws concerning safety checks on airplanes into their legislation. The EU directive, covering aircraft inspections, possible measures for unsafe aircraft and standards for the training and qualification of inspectors, should have entered Czech law by October 2008. However, the Czech Republic only implemented parts of the EU directive. The Czech Republic now has two months to comply with the request; the commission warned that if Prague fails to do so, it will file a complaint with the European Court of Justice.