{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1008/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1008/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1008",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the United Kingdom (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1008",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Conditions for granting an operating licence",
  "text": "An undertaking shall be granted an operating licence by the competent licensing authority ... provided that:\n(a)its principal place of business is located in the United Kingdom;\n(b)it holds a valid AOC issued by the Civil Aviation Authority;\n(c)it has one or more aircraft at its disposal through ownership or a dry lease agreement;\n(d)its main occupation is to operate air services in isolation or combined with any other commercial operation of aircraft or the repair and maintenance of aircraft;\n(e)its company structure allows the competent licensing authority to implement the provisions of this Chapter;\n(f)...\n(g)it meets the financial conditions specified in Article 5;\n(h)it complies with the insurance requirements specified in Article 11 and in Regulation (EC) No 785/2004; and\n(i)it complies with the provisions on good repute as specified in Article 7.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by 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 (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 4(f) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1008/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:58.525106+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}