Article 1 Subject-matter and scope

This Regulation establishes common technical requirements and administrative procedures to ensure:

(a)the continuing airworthiness of aircraft, including any component for installation thereto, which are:

(i)registered in a Member State, unless their regulatory safety oversight has been delegated to a third country and they are not used by an EU operator; or

(ii)registered in a third country and used by an EU operator, where their regulatory safety oversight has been delegated to a Member State;

(b)compliance with the essential requirements set out in Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 for continuing airworthiness of aircraft registered in a third country and components for installation thereon for which their regulatory safety oversight has not been delegated to a Member State that are dry leased-in by a licence air carrier in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council.