Article 1 Subject matter and scope

1.This Regulation lays down common additional airworthiness specifications related to the continuing airworthiness and safety improvements of aircraft.

2.This Regulation applies to:

(a)operators of:

(i)aircraft registered in a Member State, unless and to the extent that the Member State has transferred its responsibilities pursuant to the Chicago Convention to a third country and the aircraft is operated by a third-country aircraft operator;

(ii)aircraft registered in a third country and operated by an aircraft operator established, residing or with a principal place of business in the territory to which the Treaties apply;

(b)holders of a type certificate, restricted type certificate, supplemental type certificate, design change approval, or repair design approval issued by the Agency in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 or deemed to have been issued in accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation;

(c)the applicants for a type certificate or a restricted type certificate for a large aeroplane, for which the application was submitted before 1 January 2019 and are issued with the certificate after 26 August 2020 when specified in Annex I (Part-26).