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Cover regulation · Air Operations · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Article 1 – Article 10
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Article 1 Subject matter and scope
This Regulation lays down detailed rules for air operations with aeroplanes and rotorcraft, including ramp inspections of aircraft of operators under the…
Article 2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation: ‘aeroplane’ means an engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air that is supported in flight by the dynamic…
Article 3 Oversight capabilities
Member States shall designate one or more entities as the competent authority within that Member State with the necessary powers and allocated…
Article 4 Ramp inspections
Ramp inspections of aircraft of operators under the safety oversight of another Member State or of a third country shall be carried out in accordance…
Article 5 Air operations
Operators shall only operate an aeroplane or a helicopter for the purpose of commercial air transport (hereinafter “CAT”) operations as specified in…
Article 6 Derogations
By way of derogation from Article 5(1), aircraft referred to in Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 shall, in the case of aeroplanes, be operated…
GM2 Article 6 4a(a);(b) Derogations
GM3 Article 6 4a(a);(b) Derogations
Article 7 Air operator certificates
Air operator certificates (AOCs) issued by a Member State to CAT operators of aeroplanes before this Regulation applies in accordance with Regulation…
Article 8 Flight time limitations
CAT operations with aeroplanes and helicopters shall be subject to the requirements of Subpart FTL of Annex III.
Article 9 Minimum equipment lists
Minimum equipment lists (‘MEL’) approved by the State of Operator or Registry before the application of this Regulation, are deemed to be approved in…
Article 9a Flight and cabin crew training
Operators shall ensure that flight crew and cabin crew members who are already in operation and have completed training in accordance with Subparts FC…
Article 9aa Flight crew requirements for maintenance check flights
A pilot having acted, before 25 September 2019, as a pilot-in-command on a maintenance check flight that in accordance with the definition in point…
Article 9b Review
The Agency shall conduct a continuous review of the effectiveness of the provisions concerning flight and duty time limitations and rest requirements…
Article 10 Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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