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Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (Text with EEA relevance)
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CHAPTER III SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS
SECTION I Airworthiness and environmental protection
Article 42.Organisations involved in the design, production or maintenance of ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents
Article 43.Regulations as regards ATM/ANS providers and organisations involved in the design, production or maintenance of ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents
Article 44.Regulations as regards the use of airspace and the design of airspace structures
SECTION VIII Aircraft used by a third-country operator into, within or out of the United Kingdom
CHAPTER IV JOINT CERTIFICATION, OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER V THE EUROPEAN UNION AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY
Article 79.Certification of Safety-Related Aerodrome Equipment
Article 81.Air traffic controller training organisations certification
Article 82.Third-country aircraft operators and international safety oversight
Article 88.Interdependencies between civil aviation safety and security
Article 89.Interdependencies between civil aviation safety and socioeconomic factors
Essential requirements for airworthiness
1.1.1. The integrity of the structure must be ensured throughout, and...
1.1.2. All parts of the aircraft, the failure of which could...
1.1.3. The aircraft must be free from any aero elastic instability...
1.1.4. The production processes and materials used in the construction of...
1.1.5. It must be ensured, to the extent practicable, that the...
1.2.1. The integrity of the propulsion system (i.e. engine and, where...
1.2.2. The propulsion system must produce, within its stated limits, the...
1.2.3. The production process and materials used in the construction of...
1.2.4. The effects of cyclic loading, environmental and operational degradation and...
1.2.5. All necessary instructions, information and requirements for the safe and...
1.3. Systems and equipment (other than non-installed equipment):
1.3.1. The aircraft must not have design features or details that...
1.3.2. The aircraft, including those systems, and equipment required for the...
1.3.3. The aircraft systems and equipment, considered separately and in relation...
1.3.4. Information needed for the safe conduct of the flight and...
1.3.5. Design precautions must be taken to minimise the hazards to...
1.5.1. All necessary documents including instructions for continuing airworthiness must be...
1.5.2. Means must be provided to allow inspection, adjustment, lubrication, removal...
1.5.3. The instructions for continuing airworthiness must be in the form...
1.5.4. The instructions for continuing airworthiness must contain airworthiness limitations that...
Essential requirements for environmental compatibility related to products
2. Products must be designed to minimise emissions as far as...
3. Products must be designed to minimise the emissions arising from...
4. Any trade-offs between design measures intended to minimise noise, the...
5. The total range of normal operating conditions and geographical areas...
6. The aircraft systems and equipment required for environmental protection reasons...
7. Any instructions, procedures, means, manuals, limitations and inspections needed to...
8. The organisations involved in the design, production and maintenance of...
Essential requirements for aircrew
Essential requirements for air operations
4. AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS
4.1. An aircraft must be operated in accordance with its airworthiness...
4.2. Notwithstanding point 4.1, for operations with helicopters a momentary flight...
4.3. The aircraft must be operated in accordance with the applicable...
4.4. A flight must not be commenced or continued unless the...
4.5. Such factors must be taken into account directly as operational...
6. CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF PRODUCTS
6.2. Before each flight or a series of consecutive flights, the...
6.3. The aircraft must not be operated unless it is released...
6.4. Records necessary to demonstrate the airworthiness and environmental compatibility status...
6.5. All modifications and repairs must comply with the essential requirements...
6.6. It is the responsibility of the aircraft operator to ensure...
7.1. The number and composition of the crew must be determined...
7.2. The pilot in command must have the authority to give...
7.3. In an emergency situation, which endangers the operation or the...
7.4. Without prejudice to point 8.12, when other persons are carried...
7.5. No crew member must allow their task achievement/decision making to...
7.6. A crew member must not perform allocated duties on board...
8. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT AND OTHER OPERATIONS SUBJECT...
8.1. The operation must not be undertaken unless the following conditions...
8.2. The operation must only be undertaken in accordance with an...
8.3. The aircraft operator shall establish procedures, as appropriate, so as...
8.4. The aircraft operator must develop and maintain security programmes adapted...
8.5. When security measures may adversely affect the safety of operations,...
8.6. The aircraft operator must designate one pilot amongst the flight...
8.7. The prevention of fatigue must be managed through a fatigue...
8.8. The aircraft operator must ensure that the tasks specified in...
8.9. The aircraft operator must ensure that the release to service...
8.10. The organisation referred to in 8.8 shall establish an organisation...
8.11. A checklist system must be available for use, as applicable,...
8.12. Emergency or abnormal situations must not be simulated when passengers...
Essential requirements for qualified entities
1. The qualified entity, its Director and the staff responsible for...
2. The qualified entity and the staff responsible for the certification...
3. The qualified entity must employ staff and possess the means...
4. The qualified entity and its staff responsible for investigation must...
5. The impartiality of the staff responsible for certification and oversight...
6. The qualified entity must take out liability insurance unless its...
7. The staff of the qualified entity must observe professional secrecy...
Essential requirements for aerodromes
1. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT
1.1.1. Aerodromes shall have a designated area for the landing and...
1.1.2. Where there are several designated landing and take-off areas, they...
1.1.3. The designated landing and take-off area shall be surrounded by...
1.1.4. Those areas of an aerodrome, with their associated immediate surroundings,...
1.1.5. Other infrastructure intended for use by aircraft shall be so...
1.1.6. Constructions, buildings, equipment or storage areas shall be located and...
1.1.7. Suitable means shall be provided to prevent unauthorised persons, unauthorised...
1.3. Safety-related aerodrome equipment, including visual and non-visual aids
1.3.1. Aids shall be fit for purpose, recognisable and provide unambiguous...
1.3.2. Safety-related aerodrome equipment shall function as intended under the foreseen...
1.3.3. The aids and their electrical power supply system shall be...
1.3.4. Suitable means of protection shall be provided to avoid damage...
1.3.5. Sources of radiation or the presence of moving or fixed...
1.3.6. Information on operation and use of safety-related aerodrome equipment shall...
3.1.1. The airspace around aerodrome movement areas shall be safeguarded from...
3.1.2. Any infringement of those surfaces will require an assessment to...
3.1.3. Any remaining obstacles shall be published and, depending on the...
3.2. Hazards related to human activities and land use, such as,...
3.3. The CAA shall ensure that an emergency plan is established...
5. APRON MANAGEMENT SERVICES (AMS)
5.1. The AMS provider shall provide its services in accordance with...
5.2. As appropriate for the type of activity undertaken and the...
5.3. The AMS provider shall establish formal arrangements with the aerodrome...
5.4. The AMS provider shall establish an occurrence reporting system as...
5.5. The AMS provider shall participate in the safety programmes established...
Essential requirements for ATM/ANS and air traffic controllers
2.1. Aeronautical information and data for airspace users for the purpose...
2.3.2. The provision of air traffic services shall be sufficiently precise,...
2.3.3. Automated tools providing information or advice to users shall be...
2.3.4. Air traffic control services and related processes shall provide for...
2.3.5. Communication between air traffic services and aircraft and between relevant...
2.3.6. Means shall be in place to detect possible emergencies and,...
3.2. System and constituent integrity, performance and reliability
3.3. Design of systems and constituents
3.3.1. Systems and constituents shall be designed to meet applicable safety...
3.3.2. Systems and constituents, considered collectively, separately and in relation to...
3.3.3. Systems and constituents, considered individually and in combination with each...
3.3.4. Systems and constituents shall be designed in a manner that...
3.3.5. Information needed for production, installation, operation and maintenance of the...
4. QUALIFICATION OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
Essential requirements for unmanned aircraft
1. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN, PRODUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF...
2. ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN, PRODUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION...
2.1.1. Unmanned aircraft must be designed in a way that, or...
2.1.2. Unmanned aircraft must provide product integrity that is proportionate to...
2.1.3. Unmanned aircraft must be safely controllable and manoeuvrable, as necessary...
2.1.4. Unmanned aircraft and their engines, propellers, parts, non-installed equipment, and...
2.1.5. Unmanned aircraft and their engines, propellers, parts, non-installed equipment, and...
2.1.6. Any equipment to control the unmanned aircraft remotely involved in...
2.1.7. Organisations involved in the design of unmanned aircraft, engines and...
2.1.8. The manufacturing processes, materials and components used to produce the...
2.4.1. The operator of an unmanned aircraft is responsible for the...
2.4.2. A flight must be performed in accordance with the applicable...
2.4.3. Operations with unmanned aircraft must ensure the safety of third...
2.4.4. Unmanned aircraft must be operated only if it is in...
2.4.5. Unmanned aircraft and operations with unmanned aircraft must comply with...
2.4.6. The operator of an unmanned aircraft must ensure that the...
2.5. Essential requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility and radio spectrum, for...
3. ESSENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
4. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT AND THEIR OPERATORS...
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