CHAPTER III – SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS
Basic Regulation · Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 · Article 9 – Article 61
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Article 9 Essential requirements
Aircraft referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 2(1), other than unmanned aircraft, and their engines, propellers, parts and non-installed…
Article 10 Compliance
As regards aircraft referred to in point (a) of Article 2(1), other than unmanned aircraft, and their engines, propellers and parts, compliance with…
Article 11 Design of products
The design of a product shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with a type certificate.
Article 12 Design of parts
Unless otherwise established by delegated acts referred to in Article 19, the design of parts shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with…
Article 13 Design of non-installed equipment
Where the delegated acts referred to in Article 19 so provide, the design of non-installed equipment shall be subject to certification and shall be…
Article 14 Individual aircraft
Individual aircraft shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with a certificate of airworthiness and, where the delegated acts referred to…
Article 15 Organisations
Unless otherwise established by the delegated acts referred to in Article 19, organisations responsible for the design and production of products, parts…
Article 16 Personnel
Personnel responsible for the release of a product, a part or non-installed equipment after maintenance shall be required to hold a licence, except for…
Article 17 Implementing acts as regards airworthiness
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 9, for the aircraft referred to in…
Article 18 Derogations
By way of derogation from Articles 9 to 13, as appropriate: the compliance with the applicable essential requirements referred to in Article 9 of the…
Article 19 Delegated powers
For the aircraft referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 2(1), other than unmanned aircraft, and their engines, propellers, parts and non-installed…
Article 20 Essential requirements
Pilots and cabin crew involved in the operation of aircraft referred to in point (b) of Article 2(1), other than unmanned aircraft, as well as flight…
Article 21 Pilots
Pilots shall be required to hold a pilot licence and a pilot medical certificate appropriate to the operation to be performed, except for situations in…
Article 22 Cabin crew
Cabin crew involved in commercial air transport operations shall be required to hold an attestation.
Article 23 Implementing acts as regards pilots and cabin crew
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of, and compliance with, the essential requirements referred to in Article 20 in respect of pilots who are…
Article 24 Training organisations and aero-medical centres
An approval shall be required in respect of aero-medical centres.
Article 25 Flight simulation training devices
A certificate shall be required in respect of each flight simulation training device used for the training of pilots, except for situations in which, as…
Article 26 Instructors and examiners
Persons responsible for providing flight training, flight simulation training, or for assessing pilots' skills, as well as aero-medical examiners, shall…
Article 27 Implementing acts as regards training, testing, checking and medical assessment
In order to ensure the uniform application of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 20, for flight simulation training…
Article 28 Delegated powers
As regards pilots and cabin crew involved in the operation of aircraft referred to in point (b) of Article 2(1), other than unmanned aircraft, as well as…
Article 29 Essential requirements
The operation of aircraft referred to in point (b) of Article 2(1), other than unmanned aircraft, shall comply with the essential requirements set out in…
Article 30 Aircraft operators
In order to ensure compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 29, and taking into account the objectives and principles set out in…
Article 31 Implementing acts as regards air operations
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 29, for the operation of aircraft…
Article 32 Delegated powers
For the operation of aircraft referred to in point (b) of Article 2(1), other than unmanned aircraft, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated…
Article 33 Essential requirements
Aerodromes, safety-related aerodrome equipment, the operation of aerodromes and the provision of groundhandling services and AMS at aerodromes referred…
Article 34 Aerodrome certification
A certificate shall be required in respect of aerodromes. That certificate shall cover the aerodrome and its safety-related equipment, unless that…
Article 35 Safety related aerodrome equipment
Taking into account the objectives and principles set out in Articles 1 and 4, and in particular the nature and risk of the activity concerned, the…
Article 36 Implementing acts as regards aerodromes and safety-related aerodrome equipment
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 33, for aerodromes and…
Article 37 Organisations
Organisations responsible for the operation of aerodromes shall be subject to certification and shall be issued with a certificate.
Article 38 Protection of aerodrome surroundings
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that aerodromes located in their territory are safeguarded against activities and developments…
Article 39 Delegated powers
For the operation of aerodromes and the provision of groundhandling services and AMS at aerodromes, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts…
Article 40 Essential requirements
The provision of ATM/ANS referred to in point (g) of Article 2(1) shall comply with the essential requirements set out in Annex VIII and, if applicable…
Article 41 ATM/ANS providers
Providers of ATM/ANS shall be required to hold a certificate.
Article 42 Organisations involved in the design, production or maintenance of ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents
Taking into account the objectives and principles set out in Articles 1 and 4, and in particular the nature and risk of the activity concerned…
Article 43 Implementing acts as regards ATM/ANS providers and organisations involved in the design, production or maintenance of ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 40 for the provision of ATM/ANS…
Article 44 Implementing acts as regards the use of airspace and the design of airspace structures
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 40, for the provision of ATM/ANS…
Article 45 ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents
Where the delegated acts referred to in Article 47 so provide, the providers of ATM/ANS referred to in Article 41 shall be required to declare that the…
Article 46 Design of airspace structures
Member States shall ensure that airspace structures are properly designed, surveyed and validated before they can be deployed and used by aircraft, in…
Article 47 Delegated powers
For the ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 128, laying down…
Article 48 Essential requirements
Air traffic controllers involved in the provision of ATM/ANS referred to in point (g) of Article 2(1), as well as persons, organisations and synthetic…
Article 49 Air traffic controllers
Air traffic controllers shall be required to hold an air traffic controller licence and an air traffic controller medical certificate appropriate for the…
Article 50 Implementing acts as regards air traffic controllers
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 48, for air traffic controllers…
Article 51 Air traffic controller training organisations and aero-medical centres
An approval shall be required in respect of air traffic controller training organisations and aero-medical centres.
Article 52 Instructors, assessors and aero-medical examiners
Persons responsible for providing practical training, for assessing the practical skills of air traffic controllers, as well as aero-medical examiners…
Article 53 Implementing acts as regards training, testing, checking and medical assessment
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 48, for persons and organisations…
Article 54 Delegated powers
As regards air traffic controllers, persons and organisations involved in the training, testing, checking or medical assessment of air traffic…
Article 55 Essential requirements for unmanned aircraft
The design, production, maintenance and operation of aircraft referred to in point (a) and (b) of Article 2(1), where it concerns unmanned aircraft, and…
Article 56 Compliance of unmanned aircraft
Taking into account the objectives and the principles set out in Articles 1 and 4, and in particular the nature and risk of the activity concerned, the…
Article 57 Implementing acts as regards unmanned aircraft
In order to ensure the uniform implementation of and compliance with the essential requirements referred to in Article 55, for the operation of aircraft…
Article 58 Delegated powers
For the design, production and maintenance of aircraft referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 2(1), where it concerns unmanned aircraft, and their…
Article 59 Applicable rules
Without prejudice to point 1 of Annex VIII and the rules adopted on the basis of point (a) of Article 44(1), aircraft referred to in point (c) of Article…
Article 60 Compliance
The operation of the aircraft referred to in point (c) of Article 2(1) for commercial air transport shall be subject to certification and shall be issued…
Article 61 Delegated powers
For the aircraft referred to in point (c) of Article 2(1), as well as their aircrew and their operations, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated…
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