Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003

Continuing Airworthiness - Implementing Rules

Commission Regulation (EC) 2042/2003 of 20/11/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (OJ L 315, 28/11/2003, p. 1)

Please note that the amendments are not included in this regulation. For the amendments, please refer to the below links


Latest Amending Regulations (after consolidated version)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1149/2011 of 21/10/2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (OJ L 298, 16.11.2011, p. 1)

Consolidated version of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003

This consolidated version takes into account the following Amending Regulations:

Commission Regulation (EU) No 962/2010 of 26/10/2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks. (OJ L 281, 27.10.2010, p. 78)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 127/2010 of 05/02/2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (OJ L 40, 13.02.2010, p. 4)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1056/2008 of 27/10/2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (OJ L 283, 28.10.2008, p. 5)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2007 of 30/03/2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 18)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 707/2006 of 08/05/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 as regards approvals of a limited duration and Annexes I and III (OJ L 122, 09/05/2006, p. 17)

Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM)

The rules issued by the Agency on AMC and GM relating to Certification and Continuing Airworthiness are posted under Acceptable means of compliance and guidance material


Consolidated versions of EC regulations can be found on http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_consolidated.do. You will also find the latest versions of EASA Implementing Rules there. These consolidated versions can be obtained in English, French and German.

EASA has started to produce versions that combine implementing rules and the related AMC/GM material in a consolidated format. More information can be found on the Technical Publications page.