# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2012 of 29 November 2019 on exemptions under Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance)

EU Decision 2019/2012 · adopted 29 November 2019

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2012 of 29 November 2019 on exemptions under Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance)

## Introductory text

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2012
of 29 November 2019
on exemptions under Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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, and in particular point (a) of Article 44(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 of 16 January 2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky, and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Under Article 14 of its Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, the Commission is to examine requests submitted by the Member States for exemptions from the requirements of Article 3(2) for aircraft types/models combinations reaching the end of their production life and being produced in limited numbers and for aircraft types/models combinations for which re-engineering costs would be disproportionate due to old design.
(2)
The exemptions should maintain the objective laid down in recital (8) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 that at least 75 % of flights should be equipped with data link capability.
(3)
The Commission received Member States’ requests for exemptions and consulted the parties concerned. Following the examination of those requests carried out by the Commission on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, exemptions should be granted.
(4)
The Commission re-examined the exemptions granted under Commission Decision C(2011) 2611 final of 20 May 2011 on exemptions under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 and Commission Implementing Decision C(2011) 9074 final of 9 December 2011 on exemptions under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009. After consulting the parties concerned, the Commission found there was a need to consolidate those acts into a single Implementing Decision. Therefore, Decision C(2011) 2611 final and Implementing Decision C(2011) 9074 final should be repealed.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 127(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

## 1 

The following aircraft types/models combinations shall be permanently exempted from the requirements of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009:
(a) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex I;
(b) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex II having the first individual certificate of airworthiness issued prior to 5 February 2020.

## 2 

The following aircraft types/models combinations shall be exempted from the requirements of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 until 5 February 2022:
(a) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex II having the first individual certificate of airworthiness issued on or after 5 February 2020;
(b) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex III.

## 3 

Decision C(2011) 2611 final and Implementing Decision C(2011) 9074 final are repealed.

## 4 

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

Done at Brussels, 29 November 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker

## Annex I EXEMPTIONS REFERRED TO IN POINT (a) OF ARTICLE 1

Aircraft type/series/model
Manufacturer
ICAO type designator
AN-12 all
Antonov
AN12
AN-124 100
Antonov
A124
IL-76 all
Ilyushin
IL76
A300 all
Airbus
A30B
A306
A3ST
A310 all
Airbus
A310
A-319/-320/-321 with a first Certificate of Airworthiness issued between 1 January 1995 and 5 July 1999 inclusive
Airbus
A319
A320
A321
A340 all
Airbus
A342
A343
A345
A346
A318-112
Airbus
A318
AVROLINER (RJ-100)
AVRO
RJ1H
AVROLINER (RJ-85)
AVRO
RJ85
BA146-301
British Aerospace
B463
B717-200
Boeing
B712
B737-300
Boeing
B733
B737-400
Boeing
B734
B737-500
Boeing
B735
B747-400
Boeing
B744
B757-200
Boeing
B752
B757-300
Boeing
B753
B767-200
Boeing
B762
B767-300
Boeing
B763
B767-400
Boeing
B764
MD-82
Boeing
MD82
MD-83
Boeing
MD83
MD-11 all
Boeing
MD11
CL-600-2B19 (CRJ100/200/440)
Bombardier
CRJ1/CRJ2
Dornier 328-100
Dornier
D328
Dornier 328-300
Dornier
J328
Fokker 70
Fokker
F70
Fokker 100
Fokker
F100
King Air series (90/100/200/300)
Beechcraft
BE9L
BE20
B350
Hercules L-382-G-44K-30
Lockheed
C130
SAAB 2000/SAAB SF2000
SAAB
SB20

## Annex II EXEMPTIONS REFERRED TO IN POINT (b) OF ARTICLE 1 AND POINT (A) OF ARTICLE 2

Aircraft Type/Series/Model
Manufacturer
ICAO type designator
A330 Series 200/300
Airbus
A332/A333
Global Express/5000
BD-700-1A10/1A11
Bombardier
GLEX/GL5T
CL-600-2C10 (CRJ-700)
Bombardier
CRJ7
C525C, CJ4
Cessna
C25C
C560XL (Citation XLS+)
Cessna
C56X
Falcon 2000 all
Dassault
F2TH
Falcon 900 all
Dassault
F900
EMB-500 (Phenom 100)
Embraer
E50P
EMB-505 (Phenom 300)
Embraer
E55P
EMB-135BJ (Legacy 600)
Embraer
E35L
EMB-135EJ (Legacy 650)
Embraer
E35L
EMB-145 (135/140/145)
Embraer
E135
E145, E45X
PC-12
Pilatus
PC12

## Annex III EXEMPTIONS REFERRED TO IN POINT (b) OF ARTICLE 2

Aircraft Type/Series/Model
Manufacturer
ICAO type designator
A318 (ACJ)
Airbus
A318
A319 (ACJ)
Airbus
A319
A320 (ACJ)
Airbus
A320
A321 (ACJ)
Airbus
A321
B737-700IGW (BBJ)
Boeing
B737
B737-800 (BBJ2)
Boeing
B738
B737-900ER (BBJ3)
Boeing
B739
B767-300F
Boeing
B763
ERJ 190-100ECJ
Embraer
E190

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/2012 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2012
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