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Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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The operator shall only conduct the following low visibility operations (LVO) when approved by the competent authority:
low visibility take-off (LVTO) operation;
lower than standard category I (LTS CAT I) operation;
standard category II (CAT II) operation;
other than standard category II (OTS CAT II) operation;
standard category III (CAT III) operation;
approach operation utilising enhanced vision systems (EVS) for which an operational credit is applied to reduce the runway visual range (RVR) minima by no more than one third of the published RVR.
To obtain an LVO approval from the competent authority, the operator shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this Subpart.
each aircraft concerned is certified for operations to conduct CAT II operations; and
the approach is flown:
auto-coupled to an auto-land that needs to be approved for CAT IIIA operations; or
using an approved head-up display landing system (HUDLS) to at least 150 ft above the threshold.
each aircraft concerned is certified for operations with a decision height (DH) below 200 ft, or no DH, and equipped in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements;
a system for recording approach and/or automatic landing success and failure is established and maintained to monitor the overall safety of the operation;
the DH is determined by means of a radio altimeter;
the flight crew consists of at least two pilots;
all height call-outs below 200 ft above the aerodrome threshold elevation are determined by a radio altimeter.
the EVS is certified for the purpose of this Subpart and combines infra-red sensor image and flight information on the HUD;
for operations with an RVR below 550 m, the flight crew consists of at least two pilots;
for CAT I operations, natural visual reference to runway cues is attained at least at 100 ft above the aerodrome threshold elevation;
for approach procedure with vertical guidance (APV) and non-precision approach (NPA) operations flown with CDFA technique, natural visual reference to runway cues is attained at least at 200 ft above the aerodrome threshold elevation and the following requirements are complied with:
the approach is flown using an approved vertical flight path guidance mode;
the approach segment from final approach fix (FAF) to runway threshold is straight and the difference between the final approach course and the runway centreline is not greater than 2o;
the final approach path is published and not greater than 3,7o;
the maximum cross-wind components established during certification of the EVS are not exceeded.
the aerodrome has been approved for such operations by the State of the aerodrome; and
low visibility procedures (LVP) have been established.
The operator shall ensure that, prior to conducting an LVO:
each flight crew member:
complies with the training and checking requirements prescribed in the operations manual, including flight simulation training device (FSTD) training, in operating to the limiting values of RVR/VIS (visibility) and DH specific to the operation and the aircraft type;
is qualified in accordance with the standards prescribed in the operations manual;
the training and checking is conducted in accordance with a detailed syllabus.
the status of the visual and non-visual facilities is sufficient;
appropriate LVPs are in force according to information received from air traffic services (ATS);
flight crew members are properly qualified.
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