IRImplementing rule
ARA.FCL.300Examination procedures
(a)The competent authority shall put in place the necessary arrangements and procedures to allow applicants to take theoretical knowledge examinations in accordance with the applicable requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL), Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 or Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1976.
(b)In the case of the ATPL, MPL, commercial pilot licence (CPL), and instrument ratings, those procedures shall comply withall of the following:
(1)Examinations shall be done in written or computer-based form.
(2)Questions for an examination shall be selected by the competent authority, according to a common method which allows coverage of the entire syllabus in each subject, from the European Central Question Bank (ECQB). The ECQB is a database ofmultiple choice questions held by the Agency.
(3)The examination in communications may be provided separately from those in other subjects.
(c)The competent authority shall inform applicants of the languages available for examinations.
(d)The competent authority shall establish appropriate procedures to ensure the integrity of the examinations.
(e)If the competent authority finds that the applicant is not complying with the examination procedures during the examination, this shall be assessed with a view to failing the applicant, either in the examination of a single subject or in theexamination as a whole.
(f)The competent authority shall ban applicants who are proven to be cheating from taking any further examination for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the examination in which they were found cheating.
IR · ARA.FCL.300 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2076 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025