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The Directorate General for Civil Aviation (french: Direction générale de l'aviation civile, DGAC) is the French civil aviation authority. Its headquarters are in the 15th arrondissement of
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, 50 Henry-Farman. It is subordinate to the
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. The DGAC levies a civil aviation tax on several flights operating from France.


History

The Secretariat General for Civil and Commercial Aviation (SGACC) was formed on 12 September 1946 by the Ministry of Transport and Public Works. The first secretary general of the newly-formed organisation was Max Hymans (1900-1961), who had been named to the post nine months previously in December 1945. The SGACC then formed the Light and Sport Aviation Office (SALS) to cover flying clubs and instructors. In 1955 SALS became the Aeronautic Instruction and Aerial Sport Service (SFASA). From 1971 to 1976 the secretary general was Maurice Grimaud. In 1976, following the removal of the post of secretary general across the
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, the SGAC was renamed the DGAC. Subsequent directors general include Michel Bernard (1993) and Michel Wachenheim (2002-7). In 1993 the headquarters of the organisation moved from 93 Boulevard du Montparnasse, that had been its home since its foundation in 1946, to its present site on Rue Henry-Farman. In 2013, together with ENAC, DGAC created DSNA Services, which became
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in 2019, an expertise office to sell French
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in the field of regulations, air transport safety and
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See also

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Ingénieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile The IEEAC is the corps of the Ingénieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile (in English Civil Aviation Operations Engineer). It is the sixth corps of the French Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) by size, with 777 IEEA ...
* Technicien supérieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile *
Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA, ) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and incidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those inv ...
- The French air accident investigation agency


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Direction générale de l'aviation civile
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2008 Annual Report Civil Aviation Safety Directorate Oversight Authority

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