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| 01/02/2012 | The Agency has published the second Opinion on the draft Regulation on Air Operations: Opinion 01/2012 . This contains the draft requirements for non-commercial air operations, divided into two Annexes covering complex motor-powered aircraft (Part-NCC) and other-than-complex motor-powered aircraft as well as sailplanes and balloons (Part-NCO). In addition, an amendment to the Cover Regulation proposed in Opinion 04/2011 (‘OPS I’) and an Explanatory Note are available. |
| 26/01/2012 | EASA published the Comment Response Document (CRD 2011-05) on implementing rules on Third Country Operators (TCO) engaged in Commercial Air Transportation (CAT) in Europe. The CRD is available for comments by all stakeholders until 26/03/2012. |
| 18/01/2012 | EASA today published the Comment Response Document (CRD) on implementing rules on Flight and Duty Time Limitations and rest requirements for commercial air transport with aeroplanes, commonly known as FTL regulations. A special edition of EASA News on this CRD can be downloaded from here |
| 20/12/2011 | The Agency has published the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) of Part-FCL (ED Decision 2011/016/R) and Part-MED (ED Decision 2011/015/R), corresponding to the new Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2011 on Aircrew. |
| 25/11/2011 | The first four annexes of the Aircrew Regulation (containing Part-FCL, Part-MED, conditions for the conversion of national licences and for the acceptance of third country licences) have been published in the Official Journal . Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2011 lays down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew. The Agency intends to publish the corresponding Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) in the coming weeks. |
| 27/10/2011 | The Comment Response Document of NPA 2009-02b ‘Part-SPO and Part-CAT (S+B)’ was published on the Agency website. This CRD contains the requirements for specialised operations (including commercial and non-commercial aerial work) and commercial air transport operations with sailplanes and balloons. Your comments are welcome via the Comment Response Tool (CRT) until 31/01/2012. Please register online to place your reactions. It would also be appreciated if you could collect your reactions using one of the templates available from the Agency’s website and attach the resulting document in the CRT. |
| 21/09/2011 | The Notice of Proposed Amendment for Qualifications for flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (NPA 2011-16) is available on the Agency website . Please use the Comment Response Tool (CRT) for submitting your comments, by 23/12/2011. |
| 15/09/2011 | Registration is now open for the Web conference on the CRD for Part-NCC (non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft) and the Web conference on the CRD for Part-NCO (non-commercial operations with other-than-complex motor-powered aircraft). The Web conferences will take place on the 29th and 30th September respectively. |
| 30/08/2011 | The Comment Response Document (CRD) of NPA 2009-02b ‘Part-NCC and Part-NCO’ was published on the Agency’s website. It concerns non-commercial operations of complex motor-powered aircraft and other-than-complex motor-powered aircraft. The CRD is open for consultation until 30/10/2011. Reactions to the CRD should be submitted via the Comment Response Tool (CRT) (please register online in order to place your reactions). It would be appreciated if you could place your reactions using one of the templates available from the Agency's website and attaching your document in the CRT. |
| 01/06/2011 | The first Opinion on the new Regulation on Air operations has been published: Opinion 04/2011. It contains the Cover Regulation, Annex I Definitions, Part-CAT (commercial air transport – aeroplane and helicopter) and Part-SPA (operations requiring specific approvals). The Opinion can be found here . |
| 19/04/2011 | Two Opinions have been published: Opinion 03/2011 Authority Requirements and Organisation Requirements and Opinion 02/2011 Laying down detailed rules for the qualification of cabin crew involved in commercial operations. The Opinions can be found here . |
| 8/04/2011 | Following the Commission’s suggestion, the horizontal rule structure has been abandoned. Further information about the new (vertical) rule structure and the 1st extension CRDs and Opinions is available here . |
| 01/04/2011 | The Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA 2011-05) on third country operators for commercial air transport is available via the Agency’s website . Please provide your comments via the CRT before 1/07/2011. |
| 28/02/2011 | The Agency has published the Study on Child Restraint Systems (CRS), carried out by TŰV Rheinland GmbH. It is available here. |
| 20/12/2010 | The Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA 2010-14) on flight and duty time limitations and rest requirements for commercial air transport by aeroplanes is available on the Agency’s website . Please place your comments by 20/03/2011 using the CRT. |
| 14/12/2010 | The Agency has published Opinion 07/2010 for a Commission Regulation laying down Implementing Rules for the medical certification of pilots and medical fitness of cabin crew. The Opinion can be accessed here. |
| 01/12/2010 | The Comment Response Documents (CRDs) of NPA 2008-22d and 2008-22e on Certification Specifications for aeroplane and helicopter flight simulation training devices were published on the Agency’s website. These CRDs are open for consultation until 11/02/2011. Reactions to the CRD should be submitted via the Comment Response Tool (CRT) (please register online in order to place your reactions). |
| 25/11/2010 | The Comment Response Document (CRD) of NPA 2009-02b on Air operations of Community operators was published on the Agency’s website, and is open for consultation until 15/02/2011. Reactions to the CRD should be submitted via the Comment Response Tool (CRT). When doing so, stakeholders are kindly requested to use the "Guidance for submitting reactions to the CRD OPS" (CRD d.1). |
| 07/10/2010 | The Comment Response Document (CRD) of NPA 2009-02e ‘Implementing Rules for Cabin Crew in Commercial Air Transport Operations’ (Part-CC) has been published on the Agency’s website . Reactions to the CRD should be submitted via the Comment Response Tool (CRT). Please clearly indicate the reference of the CRD to which the reaction refers (e.g. CRD b.1 for the Cover Regulation), and if relevant, the article/paragraph/subparagraph. |
| 06/10/2010 | The Comment Response Document (CRD) of NPA-2009-02d "Implementing Rules for Air Operations of Community Operators - Part-AR (Subpart GEN, OPS and CC)" is now open for consultation on the EASA website. Due to the size of the document, CRD to NPA 2009-02d will not be published in the Comment Response Tool (CRT), but only on the Agency’s website together with CRD covering NPA 2008-22a and 2008-22b. However, reactions to any of these documents should be submitted via the CRT by clicking the ‘add a general reaction’ button. Please indicate clearly the reference of the CRD to which the reaction refers to (CRD b.1 for the Cover Regulation AR). Also, describe the issue and, if relevant, the applicable article/paragraph/subparagraph. |
| 27/08/2010 | Opinion on Flight Crew Licensing (FCL) has been published. The Opinion is a proposal by the Agency to the Commission for a harmonised regulation on FCL. This new regulation will ensure that the same pilot licensing requirements and related high safety levels apply in all Member States. For more information here. The Opinion can be accessed here. |
| 13/08/2010 | EASA Conference on Authority Requirements and Organisation Requirements, Pullman Cologne, 20-21/10/2010, is now open for registration. The conference will inform stakeholders within national aviation authorities and industry about the content of the comment response documentation for the related NPAs. It will introduce the new provisions, so as to better put into perspective the related comment documentation. Further information here. |
| 24/06/2010 | The Comment Response Document (CRD) to NPA 2008-17c and 2009-02e (‘Implementing Rules for Part-MED’) has been published. Please find the press release here. You can access the CRD here. The Agency is soliciting reactions to this CRD until the 23/08/2010, via the Comment Response Tool (please register online in order to place your reactions). |
| 10/06/2010 | A publication schedule for the Comment Response documents was presented to the Management Board and EASA Committee at their last meetings. It can be found below under the menu point on NPAs. Stakeholders have two months to react to the CRDs before EASA prepares the related Opinion. |
| 09/04/2010 | The Comment Response Document (CRD) to the Implementing Rules for Pilot Licensing has been published. Please find the related press release here. You can access the CRD to NPA 2008-17b via the CRD page here. The Agency is soliciting reactions to this CRD by 09/06/2010, via the Comment Response Tool (please register online in order to place reactions). |
| 03/02/2009 | The Agency initiated the comment review of the authority and organisation as well as air operations requirements. The comments are currently analysed together with experts from national authorities and industry. The Agency established 5 review groups. One group addresses the general authority and organisation requirements. The 4 other review groups were established in the field of air operations addressing Commercial Air Transport, Aerial Work, Non-commercial aviation with complex motor-powered aircraft and non-commercial operations with other than complex motor-powered aircraft. All group compositions are published on the EASA website http://easa.europa.eu/rulemaking/terms-of-reference-and-group-composition.php |
| 03/02/2009 | The Agency initiated in parallel a rulemaking task on Flight time limitations and rest requirements for Commercial Air Transport by aeroplane. The rulemaking group has conducted 2 meetings and includes experts from aviation authorities, operators and flight and cabin crew. ToR and group composition can be found under OPS on the EASA website http://easa.europa.eu/rulemaking/terms-of-reference-and-group-composition.php |
| 3/11/2009 | EASA is continuing its review of the comments received for the NPA on Pilot Licensing as first priority. Good progress has been made and more than half of the comments answered and solutions been found for many of the issues that were raised by stakeholders. The comment review of the NPA on authority and organisation requirements as well as OPS is just starting with a focus on the general authority and organisation requirements and commercial air transport. |
| 15/09/2009 | The Management Board of EASA welcomed a common position of EASA and the European Commission setting out priorities for the extension of the Agency’s responsibilities in the areas of Flight Crew Licensing, Air Operations and Third Country Operators (1st extension), as well as in the field of ATM/ANS and Aerodromes (2nd extension). The joint position prioritizes work packages for both areas to provide balance in terms of safety and level playing field. More information here |
| 08/07/2009 | The Agency organised a third conference on its draft implementing rules for air operations (NPA 2009-02). With this conference, the Agency aimed to give stakeholders a forum to ask questions and to discuss the proposals made in the NPA. To prepare for this event, stakeholders were invited to hand in questions or topics of interest. For more information click here. |
| 23/06/2009 | Locally Approved, Globally Accepted - a regulatory approach to harmonisation and flexibility" The conference was arranged to give participants an update on the state of play of the different Notices of Proposed Amendment (NPAs) following the extension of responsibilities to air operations, flight crew licensing and third country operators. The conference specifically focussed on performance based rulemaking and the proposed approach of using certification specifications and acceptable means of compliance. For more information click here. |
| 15/05/2009 | EASA launches web-based rulemaking handbook. For easy access to Notices of Proposed Amendment (NPA) for air operations (NPA 2009-02B, NPA 2009-02C, NPA 2009-02E) and for organisation requirements (NPA 2008-22C). |
| 15/05/2009 | The Agency offers an additional conference to inform stakeholders on the state of play of the different Notices of Proposed Amendment (NPAs) following the extension of responsibilities to air operations, flight crew licensing and third country operators. The Conference will specifically focus on performance based rulemaking and the proposed approach of using certification specifications and acceptable means of compliance. The one-day conference "Locally Approved, Globally Accepted - a regulatory approach to harmonisation and flexibility" will take place in Cologne on 23/06/2009. For more information, click here. |
| 24/04/2009 | The publication of the NPA on “Third Country Operators” is delayed until mid/08/2009. The Agency decided to further discuss the principles of the draft rules with stakeholders before publishing them. |
| 03/04/2009 | Extensions of comment periods of NPAs on Operations and Authority Requirements, Operational Suitability Certificate, and Air Operations: As stakeholders needed more time to comment we have decided to update the timetable and extend the deadlines. |
| 18/03/2009 | Currently the EASA Rulemaking Team is reviewing more than 11.000 comments received for the NPA on Pilot Licensing. The first overview showed that the stakeholders have sent very useful input on all areas of the proposed rules. The next step of the Rulemaking procedure foresees to involve external experts and to set up a review group. Together with Agency staff this group will review and respond to all comments received, and eventually publish a Comment Response Document (CRD). The CRD will then be published for a further two-month consultation |
| 13/02/2009 | The Agency published the first edition of “EASA News”. The newsletter, intended as a quarterly publication, gives stakeholders an overview of the “hot topics” at the European Aviation Safety Agency. The first issue focuses on the Agency’s new regulatory tasks. To access the newsletter, click here. |
| 10/02/2009 | The consultation deadline for NPA 2008-22 "Authority and Organisation Requirements" has been extended from 28/02/until 15 April. |
| 30/01/2009 | NPA Air Operations of Community Operators is published. The document can be accessed through the Agency’s Comment Response Tool. To access the tool, click here |
| 16/01/2009 | NPA 2009-01 "Operational Suitability Certificate" and "Safety Directives" is published now on the CRT Tool. To access the tool, click here |
| 15/01/2009 | EASA started the Rulemaking task for “Qualifications for flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions”. The terms of reference for this task can be found here here |
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