Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   The following Article 9a is inserted:

   ‘Article 9aType rating training and operational suitability data

   1.

   Where the Annexes to this Regulation make reference to the operational suitability data established in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, and that data is not available for the relevant type aircraft, the applicant for a type rating training course shall comply with the provisions of the Annexes of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 only.

   2.

   Type rating training courses approved before the approval of the minimum syllabus of pilot type rating training in the operational suitability data for the relevant type of aircraft in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 shall include the mandatory training elements not later than 18 December 2017 or within two years after the operational suitability data was approved, whichever is the latest.’.

2. (2)

   Annex VII (PART-ORA) is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation: