CHAPTER IU.K.PRINCIPLES

Article 3U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a)

‘continuing oversight’ shall mean the tasks to be conducted to verify that the conditions under which a certificate has been granted continue to be fulfilled at any time during its period of validity, as well as the taking of any safeguard measure;

(b)

‘Chicago Convention’ shall mean the Convention on International Civil Aviation and its Annexes, signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944;

(c)

‘product’ shall mean an aircraft, engine or propeller;

(d)

[F1‘ parts and appliances ’ shall mean any instrument, equipment, mechanism, part, apparatus, appurtenance, software or accessory, including communications equipment, that is used or intended to be used in operating or controlling an aircraft in flight; it shall include parts of an airframe, engine or propeller, or equipment used to manoeuvre the aircraft from the ground;]

(da)

‘[F2ATM/ANS constituents’ shall mean any constituent as defined in Article 2(19) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation) (1) ;]

(e)

‘certification’ shall mean any form of recognition that a product, part or appliance, organisation or person complies with the applicable requirements including the provisions of this Regulation and its implementing rules, as well as the issuance of the relevant certificate attesting such compliance;

(f)

‘qualified entity’ shall mean a body which may be allocated a specific certification task by, and under the control and the responsibility of, the Agency or a national aviation authority;

(g)

‘certificate’ shall mean any approval, licence or other document issued as the result of certification;

(h)

[F1‘ operator ’ shall mean any legal or natural person, operating or proposing to operate one or more aircraft or one or more aerodromes;]

(i)

‘commercial operation’ shall mean any operation of an aircraft, in return for remuneration or other valuable consideration, which is available to the public or, when not made available to the public, which is performed under a contract between an operator and a customer, where the latter has no control over the operator;

(j)

‘complex motor-powered aircraft’ shall mean:

(i)

an aeroplane:

  • with a maximum certificated take-off mass exceeding 5 700 kg, or

  • certificated for a maximum passenger seating configuration of more than nineteen, or

  • certificated for operation with a minimum crew of at least two pilots, or

  • equipped with (a) turbojet engine(s) or more than one turboprop engine, or

(ii)

a helicopter certificated:

  • for a maximum take-off mass exceeding 3 175 kg, or

  • for a maximum passenger seating configuration of more than nine, or

  • for operation with a minimum crew of at least two pilots, or

(iii)

a tilt rotor aircraft;

(k)

‘flight simulation training device’ shall mean any type of device in which flight conditions are simulated on the ground; they include flight simulators, flight training devices, flight and navigation procedures trainers and basic instrument training devices;

(l)

‘rating’ shall mean a statement entered on a licence, setting forth privileges, special conditions or limitations pertaining thereto[F1;]

(m)

[F2‘ aerodrome ’ shall mean a defined area (including any buildings, installations and equipment) on land or water or on a fixed, fixed offshore or floating structure intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft;

(n)

‘ aerodrome equipment ’ shall mean any equipment, apparatus, appurtenance, software or accessory, that is used or intended to be used to contribute to the operation of aircraft at an aerodrome;

(o)

‘ apron ’ shall mean a defined area intended to accommodate aircraft for purposes of loading or unloading passengers, mail or cargo, fuelling, parking or maintenance;

(p)

‘ apron management service ’ shall mean a service provided to manage the activities and the movement of aircraft and vehicles on an apron;

(q)

‘ ATM/ANS ’ shall mean the air traffic management functions as defined in Article 2(10) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, air navigation services defined in Article 2(4) of that Regulation, and services consisting in the origination and processing of data and formatting and delivering data to general air traffic for the purpose of safety-critical air navigation;

(r)

‘ ATM/ANS system ’ shall mean any combination of safety-related equipment and systems as defined in Article 2(39) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004;

(s)

‘ flight information service ’ shall mean a service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights.]

Textual Amendments

Textual Amendments