Regulation 5 Amendments to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 (operation of balloons)

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 of 13 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for the operation of balloons as well as for the flight crew licensing for balloons pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 2 (definitions), at the end insert—

“(16)
‘medical declaration’ means a medical declaration made in accordance with article 163(3) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 by a pilot holding a balloon pilot licence (BPL), which has not ceased to be valid in accordance with article 163(4) of that Order.”.

(3)

In Annex 3 (Part-BFCL)—

(a)

in Subpart GEN (general requirements), in point BFCL.045(a)(2), after “certificate” insert “or medical declaration, appropriate to the privileges exercised”;

(b)

in Subpart BPL (balloon pilot licence), in point BFCL.115(c), after “certificate” insert “or medical declaration”.

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Footnotes

f1: EUR 2018/395 - this is a reference to the retained version of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395, as amended by S.I. 2019/1098 and 2020/1116. The retained version of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 is online at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/395/contents.