SPA.GEN.100 Competent authority

(a)The competent authority for the issuing of a specific approval shall be:

(1)for a commercial operator of aeroplanes or helicopters, the authority of the Member State where the operator has its principal place of business;

(2)for a non-commercial operator of aeroplanes or helicopters, the authority of the Member State where the operator has its principal place of business, is established or resides;

(3)for an IAM operator of VTOL-capable aircraft (VCA), the authority of the Member State where the operator has its principal place of business or resides.

(b)Notwithstanding point (a)(2), for a non-commercial operator that uses an aeroplane or a helicopter registered in a third country, the applicable requirements under this Annex for the approval of the following operations shall not apply if that approval is issued by a third-country State of Registry:

(1)performance-based navigation (PBN);

(2)minimum navigation performance specifications (MNPS);

(3)reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) airspace;

(4)low-visibility operations (LVOs).