ARA.FCL.200 Procedure for issue, revalidation or renewal of a licence, rating or certificate

ANNEX VI (Part-ARA) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

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ARA.FCL.200Procedure for issue, revalidation or renewal of a licence, rating or certificate

(a)Issue of licences and ratings. The competent authority shall issue a pilot licence and associated ratings, using the form as established in Appendix I to this Part. If a pilot intends to fly outside Union territory on an aircraft registered in a Member State other than the Member State that issued the flight crew licence, the competent authority shall:

(1)add the following remark on the flight crew licence under item XIII: “This licence is automatically validated as per the ICAO attachment to this licence”; and

(2)make the ICAO attachment available to the pilot in print or electronic format.

(b)Issue of instructor and examiner certificates. The competent authority shall issue an instructor or examiner certificate as:

(1)an endorsement of the relevant privileges in the pilot licence as established in Appendix I to this Part; or

(2)a separate document, in a form and manner specified by the competent authority.

(c)Endorsement of licences by examiners. Before specifically authorising an examiner to revalidate or renew ratings or certificates, the competent authority shall develop appropriate procedures.

(d)Endorsement of licence by instructors. Before specifically authorising certain instructors to revalidate an SEP aeroplane class rating, a TMG class rating or a type rating for a single-engine helicopter up to a MTOM of 3 175 kg, the competent authority shall develop appropriate procedures.

(e)Instructors for FI(B) or FI(S) certificates: The competent authority shall develop appropriate procedures for the conduct of the training flights under supervision specified in:

(1)points BFCL.315(a)(4)(ii) and BFCL.360(a)(2) of Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Regulation (EU) 2018/395; and

(2)points SFCL.315(a)(7)(ii) and SFCL.360(a)(2) of Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976.

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LICENCE ENDORSEMENTS

(a)General This GM provides guidance on how to make endorsements in pilot licences, in accordance with the applicable requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL) and following the licence format set out in Appendix I to Annex VI (Part-ARA).

(b)Endorsement for licence privileges For endorsing extra privileges of the holder of a PPL(A) on an MPL in accordance with point FCL.405.A(b)(1) of Part-FCL, the phrase ‘PPL(A) privileges included’, followed by the date of endorsement of these PPL(A) privileges, should be endorsed in Section XIII (‘Remarks’) as shown below:

XIII	Remarks: PPL(A) privileges included (date of endorsement: DD.MM.YYYY)

(c)Reserved

(d)Endorsement for class and type rating privileges Class and type ratings should be endorsed as set out in the EASA class and type rating endorsement lists, as published on the EASA website. Remarks and restrictions to class and type ratings (relevant line in SECTION XII, page 4 of the licence format) should be endorsed as follows:

Table 1 — Aeroplanes
Reference	Requirement	Endorsement
FCL.725(d)(2) Part-FCL Appendix 9, B(5)(j) and (6)(h)	Restriction to multi-pilot operation in a single-pilot aeroplane	MPO only
FCL.720.A(c)	Cruise relief co-pilot restriction	CRCP only
FCL.720.A(d)	OSD restriction to flights with instructor	With instructor only

Table 2 — Helicopters
Reference	Requirement	Endorsement
FCL.725(d)(2)	Restriction to multi-pilot operation in a single-pilot helicopter	MPO only
FCL.720.H(b)	Co-pilot restriction for graduates from integrated training with less than 70 hours of PIC experience	Co-pilot only

(e)Endorsements for additional ratings The night rating as per point FCL.810 is applicable exclusively for holders of an LAPL(A), PPL(A), PPL(H) and PPL(As) and needs to be endorsed solely on these licences. For pilot licences that automatically include NVFR privileges (CPL, MPL, ATPL), there is no need to separately endorse NVFR privileges.

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AMCAcceptable means of compliance

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REMARK ON THE LICENCE When issuing the licence with the remark on the licence item XIII: ‘This licence is automatically validated as per the ICAO attachment to this licence’, the competent authority should provide the holder of the licence with the ICAO attachment.

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AMCAcceptable means of compliance

AMC1 ARA.FCL.200(a)(2)Procedure for issue, revalidation or renewal of a licence, rating or certificate

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ICAO ATTACHMENT The layout of the ICAO attachment in electronic or paper format is the following:

EUROPEAN UNION ICAO attachment to automatically validate licences (Issue 1) issued in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011
1. The licence is automatically validated by all the ICAO Contracting States listed in point (2) under an agreement registered with ICAO. The ICAO Registration Numbers are: — 5950 (EU) — 5951 (EU plus Switzerland); and — 5952 (EU plus Norway and Iceland).
2. The ICAO Contracting States that automatically validate this licence are: [Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.] * Please select the applicable ICAO Contracting State(s)
[Competent authority] European Aviation Safety Agency Date of issue: _______________

EASA Form 207 – Issue 1

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All rules in SUBPART FCL – SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO FLIGHT CREW LICENSING

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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