Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 is amended as follows:
Article 6(3) is replaced by the following:
‘3.By way of derogation from Article 5 and without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012(1) related to the permit to fly, flights related to the introduction or modification of aircraft types conducted by design or production organisations within the scope of their privileges, as well as flights carrying no passengers or cargo where the aircraft is ferried for refurbishment, repair, maintenance checks, inspections, delivery, export or similar purposes shall be operated under conditions set out in Member States' national law.’;
Article 6(5) is replaced by the following:
‘5.Until 2 September 2017, exemptions granted before 22 March 2017 in accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91, as provided for in Article 6(5) of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as applicable before 22 March 2017, shall be considered to constitute approvals referred to in point (a) of CAT.POL.A.300 of Annex IV (Part-CAT). After 2 September 2017, those exemptions shall no longer be valid for the operation of single-engined aeroplanes.
If any change to the operation of those aeroplanes that affects the conditions set out in those exemptions is envisaged between 22 March 2017 and 2 September 2017, that envisaged change shall be notified to the Commission and the Agency before it is implemented. The Commission and the Agency shall assess the envisaged change in accordance with Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008.’;
Annexes II, III, IV and V are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 March 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker