Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

Article 21U.K.Pilot certification

1.With regard to the personnel and organisations referred to in Article 7(1), the Agency shall:

(a)conduct, itself or through national aviation authorities or qualified entities, investigations and audits of the organisations it certifies and, where relevant, their personnel;

(b)issue and renew the certificates of pilot training organisations and aero-medical centres located outside the territory of the Member States and, where relevant, their personnel;

(c)amend, limit, suspend or revoke the relevant certificate when the conditions according to which it was issued by it are no longer fulfilled, or if the legal or natural person holding the certificate fails to fulfil the obligations imposed on it by this Regulation or its implementing rules.

2.With regard to the flight simulation training devices referred to in Article 7(1), the Agency shall:

(a)conduct, itself or through national aviation authorities or qualified entities, technical inspections of the devices it certifies;

(b)issue and renew the certificates of:

(i)

flight simulation training devices used by training organisations certified by the Agency; or

(ii)

flight simulation training devices located within the territory of the Member States, if requested by the Member State concerned;

(iii)

flight simulation training devices located outside the territory of the Member States;

(c)amend, limit, suspend or revoke the relevant certificate when the conditions according to which it was issued are no longer fulfilled, or if the legal or natural person holding the certificate fails to fulfil the obligations imposed on it by this Regulation or its implementing rules.