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This information is abridged for clarity please refer to the official regulation for detailed information.
This Regulation shall apply to:
(a) the design and production of products, parts and equipment to control aircraft remotely by a natural or legal person under the oversight of the Agency or a Member State, to the extent not covered by point (b);
b) the design, production, maintenance and operation of aircraft, as well as their engines, propellers, parts, non-installed equipment and equipment to control aircraft remotely, where the aircraft is or will be:
(i) registered in a Member State, unless and to the extent that the Member State has transferred its responsibilities pursuant to the Chicago Convention to a third country and the aircraft is operated by a third country aircraft operator;
(ii) registered in a third country and operated by an aircraft operator established, residing or with a principal place of business in the territory to which the Treaties apply;
(iii) an unmanned aircraft, that is registered neither in a Member State nor in a third country and that is operated within the territory to which the Treaties apply by an aircraft operator established, residing or with a principal place of business within that territory;
(c) the operation of aircraft into, within, or out of the territory to which the Treaties apply by a third country aircraft operator;
(d) the design, production, maintenance and operation of safety-related aerodrome equipment used or intended for use at the aerodromes referred to in point (e) and the provision of ground – handling services and AMS at those aerodromes; (e) the design, maintenance and operation of aerodromes, including the safety-related equipment used at those aerodromes, located in the territory to which the Treaties apply;
The provision of ATM/ANS in the Single European Sky airspace, and the design, production, maintenance and operation of systems and constituents used in the provision of those ATM/ANS;
This Regulation shall also apply to the personnel and organisations involved in the activities referred to in paragraph 1.
Overview & Notes
Existing Annex II Aircraft Now located in Annex I.
Annex I now includes all “Unmanned Aircraft” (exception small tethered aircraft and aircraft used in State Service).
Small balloons / Airships & Powered Sailplanes added to Annex 1.
Gyroplane mass increased to 600 kg.
*Note Regarding CAT – Operations with Annex I aircraft always excluded
The provision of Ground Handling Services – Ground – Handling Services Added to the Scope
Aerodromes Scope – small change to identify Instrument Runway.
Clarification related to the design of Airspace Structures scope.
Provisions available with “Opt-In”
- Voluntary Member State “opt-in for State Aircraft”
- Modular Approach (Reversible)
Industry Voluntary “Opt-in”
For newly designed, serially produced “Annex I” aircraft (Opt-in by organisations responsible for the design).
Only Airworthiness Aspects (design, production and maintenance).
Opt-in covers also personnel and organisations involved in the activities concerned.
Voluntary Member State “opt-out” for certain light aircraft.
Provision for New category of Aircraft (Neither EASA nor Annex I).
Aircraft already approved under EU Rules not affected.
Possibility of parallel EU and National Certifications.
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Tags:
EASA Regulation 1139/2018, Ground Handling, Single European Sky, Unmanned Aircraft
