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FCL.005 Scope

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

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This Part establishes the requirements for the issue of pilot licences and associated ratings and certificates and the conditions of their validity and use.

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INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

(a)Whenever licences, ratings, approvals or certificates are mentioned in Part-FCL, these are meant to be valid licences, ratings, approvals or certificates issued in accordance with Part-FCL. In all other cases, these documents are specified.

(b)Whenever a reference is made to Member States to mutual recognition of licences, ratings, approvals or certificates, this means a European Union Member State and states associated to the Agency in accordance with Article 55 of the Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008.

(c)Whenever an inclusive or exclusive ‘or’ is used, it should be understood within the context of the whole meaning of the requirement in which it is used.

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All rules in SUBPART A – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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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