Article 2

For the purpose of this Regulation:

1. (a)

   ‘operator’ means a natural person residing in F1the United Kingdom or a legal person established in the United Kingdom using one or more aircraft in accordance with the regulations applicable in F2the United Kingdom, or a F3United Kingdom air carrier as defined in F4Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services;

2. (b)

   ‘product’ means a civil aircraft, engine, propeller or appliance;

3. (c)

   ‘appliance’ means any instrument, equipment, mechanism, apparatus or accessory used or intended to be used in operating an aircraft in flight, whether installed in, intended to be installed in, or attached to, a civil aircraft, but not forming part of an airframe, engine or propeller;

4. (d)

   ‘component’ means a material, part or sub-assembly not covered by the definitions in (b) or (c) for use on civil aircraft, engines, propellers or appliances;

5. (e)

   ‘certification’ (of a product, service, organization or person) means any form of legal recognition that such a product, service, body or person complies with the applicable requirements. Such certification comprises two acts:

   1. (i)

      the act of checking that technically the product, service, organization or person complies with the applicable requirements; this act is referred to as ‘making the technical findings’;

   2. (ii)

      the act of formal recognition of such compliance with the applicable requirements by the issue of a certificate, licence, approval or other document in the manner required by national laws and procedures; this act is referred to as ‘making the legal findings’;

6. (f)

   ‘maintenance’ means all inspections, servicing, modification and repair throughout the life of an aircraft needed to ensure that the aircraft remains in compliance with the type certification and offers a high level of safety in all circumstances; this shall include in particular modifications imposed by the authorities party to the arrangements referred to in (h) in accordance with airworthiness checking concepts;

7. (g)

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8. (h)

   ‘arrangements’ means arrangements developed under the auspices of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) for cooperation in the development and implementation of joint requirements in all fields relating to the safety and safe operation of aircraft. These arrangements are specified in Annex I F6;

9. (i)

   F7‘the CAA’ means the Civil Aviation Authority.