SUBPART A: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
ANNEX IV (Part-CAT) · Air Operations · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · CAT.GEN.100 – CAT.GEN.MPA.220
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CAT.GEN.100 Competent authority
The competent authority shall be the authority designated by the Member State in which the operator has its principal place of business.
CAT.GEN.MPA.100 Crew responsibilities
The crew member shall be responsible for the proper execution of his or her duties that are:
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.100(b) Crew responsibilities
CAT.GEN.MPA.105 Responsibilities of the commander
The commander, in addition to complying with CAT.GEN.MPA.100, shall:
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.105(a)(10) Responsibilities of the commander
CAT.GEN.MPA.110 Authority of the commander
The operator shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that all persons carried in the aircraft obey all lawful commands given by the commander for…
CAT.GEN.MPA.115 Personnel or crew members other than cabin crew in the passenger compartment
The operator shall ensure that personnel or crew members, other than operating cabin crew members, carrying out their duties in the passenger compartment…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.115(a) Personnel or crew members other than cabin crew in the passenger compartment
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.115 Personnel or crew members other than cabin crew in the passenger compartment
CAT.GEN.MPA.120 Common language
The operator shall ensure that all crew members can communicate with each other in a common language.
CAT.GEN.MPA.124 Taxiing of aircraft
The operator shall establish procedures for taxiing of aircraft in order to ensure safe operation and in order to enhance runway safety.
CAT.GEN.MPA.125 Taxiing of aeroplanes
The operator shall ensure that an aeroplane is only taxied on the movement area of an aerodrome if the person at the controls:
CAT.GEN.MPA.130 Rotor engagement — helicopters
A helicopter rotor shall only be turned under power for the purpose of flight with a qualified pilot at the controls.
CAT.GEN.MPA.135 Admission to the flight crew compartment
The operator shall ensure that no person, other than a flight crew member assigned to a flight, is admitted to, or carried in, the flight crew…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.135(a)(3) Admission to the flight crew compartment
CAT.GEN.MPA.140 Portable electronic devices
The operator shall not permit any person to use a portable electronic device (PED) on board an aircraft that could adversely affect the performance of…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.140 Portable electronic devices
AMC2 CAT.GEN.MPA.140 Portable electronic devices
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.140 Portable electronic devices
CAT.GEN.MPA.141 Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
Where an EFB is used on board an aircraft, the operator shall ensure that it does not adversely affect the performance of the aircraft systems or…
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.141 Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
GM2 CAT.GEN.MPA.141 Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.141(a) Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.141(a) Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.141(b) Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
AMC2 CAT.GEN.MPA.141(b) Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
AMC3 CAT.GEN.MPA.141(b) Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs)
CAT.GEN.MPA.145 Information on emergency and survival equipment carried
The operator shall at all times have available for immediate communication to rescue coordination centres (RCCs) lists containing information on the…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.145 Information on emergency and survival equipment carried
CAT.GEN.MPA.150 Ditching — aeroplanes
The operator shall only operate an aeroplane with a passenger seating configuration of more than 30 on overwater flights at a distance from land suitable…
CAT.GEN.MPA.155 Carriage of weapons of war and munitions of war
The operator shall only transport weapons of war or munitions of war by air if an approval to do so has been granted by all States whose airspace is…
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.155 Carriage of weapons of war and munitions of war
CAT.GEN.MPA.160 Carriage of sporting weapons and ammunition
The operator shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that any sporting weapons intended to be carried by air are reported to the operator.
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.160 Carriage of sporting weapons and ammunition
CAT.GEN.MPA.161 Carriage of sporting weapons and ammunition — alleviations
Notwithstanding CAT.GEN.MPA.160(b), for helicopters with a maximum certified take-off mass (MCTOM) of 3 175 kg or less operated by day and over routes…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.161 Carriage of sporting weapons and ammunition — alleviations
CAT.GEN.MPA.165 Method of carriage of persons
The operator shall take all measures to ensure that no person is in any part of an aircraft in flight that is not designed for the accommodation of…
CAT.GEN.MPA.170 Psychoactive substances
The operator shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that no person enters or is in an aircraft when under the influence of psychoactive substances…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.170(b) Psychoactive substances
AMC2 CAT.GEN.MPA.170(b) Psychoactive substances
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.170(b) Psychoactive substances
GM2 CAT.GEN.MPA.170(b) Psychoactive substances
GM3 CAT.GEN.MPA.170(b) Psychoactive substances
CAT.GEN.MPA.175 Endangering safety
The operator shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that no person recklessly, intentionally or negligently acts or omits to act so as to:
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.175(b) Endangering safety
CAT.GEN.MPA.180 Documents, manuals and information to be carried
The following documents, manuals and information shall be carried on each flight, as originals or copies unless otherwise specified:
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180 Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(1) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(5)(6) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(9) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(13) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(14) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(18) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(18) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM2 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(18) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM3 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(18) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.180(a)(23) Documents, manuals and information to be carried
CAT.GEN.MPA.185 Information to be retained on the ground
The operator shall ensure that at least for the duration of each flight or series of flights:
CAT.GEN.MPA.190 Provision of documentation and records
The commander shall, within a reasonable time of being requested to do so by a person authorised by an authority, provide to that person the…
CAT.GEN.MPA.195 Handling of flight recorder recordings: preservation, production, protection and use
Following an accident, a serious incident or an occurrence identified by the investigating authority, the operator of an aircraft shall preserve the…
CAT.GEN.MPA.200 Transport of dangerous goods
Unless otherwise permitted by this Annex, the transport of dangerous goods by air shall be conducted in accordance with Annex 18 to the Chicago…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.200 Transport of dangerous goods
CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
By 16 December 2018 at the latest, the operator shall establish and maintain, as part of the system for exercising operational control over the flights…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
AMC2 CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
GM2 CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
GM3 CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
GM4 CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
GM5 CAT.GEN.MPA.205 Aircraft tracking system — Aeroplanes
CAT.GEN.MPA.210 Location of an aircraft in distress — Aeroplanes
As of 1 January 2025, the following aeroplanes shall be equipped with robust and automatic means to accurately determine, following an accident during…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.210 Location of an aircraft in distress —Aeroplanes
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.210 Location of an aircraft in distress — Aeroplanes
GM2 CAT.GEN.MPA.210 Location of an aircraft in distress — Aeroplanes
CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
The operator shall enable, facilitate and ensure access to a proactive and non-punitive support programme that will assist and support flight crew in…
AMC1 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
AMC2 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
AMC3 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
AMC4 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
GM1 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
GM2 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
GM3 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
GM4 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
GM5 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
GM6 CAT.GEN.MPA.215 Support programme
CAT.GEN.MPA.220 Additional responsibilities for CAT operators of complex motor-powered aeroplanes performing self-handling
The operator providing any of the ground handling activities listed in Article 2(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/20 to itself or within a single air…
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