{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-748/annex-I/section-B/division-subpart+h/division-21.b.326",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-748/annex-I/section-B/division-subpart+h/division-21.b.326.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/748",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 of 3 August 2012 laying down implementing rules for the airworthiness and environmental certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, as well as for the certification of design and production organisations (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-748",
  "path": "annex/I/section/B/division/subpart+h/division/21.b.326",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "21.B.326",
  "heading": "Certificate of airworthiness",
  "text": "The CAA shall issue a certificate of airworthiness for:\n(a) new aircraft:\n1.. upon presentation of the documentation required by point 21.A.174(b)(2);\n2.. where the CAA is satisfied that the aircraft conforms to an approved design and is in a condition for safe operation; this may include inspections by the CAA; and\n3.. where the CAA is satisfied that the aircraft is in compliance with the applicable CO 2 emissions requirements on the date on which the certificate of airworthiness is first issued.\n(b) used aircraft:\n1.. upon presentation of the documentation required by point 21.A.174(b)(3) demonstrating that:\n(i) the aircraft conforms to a type design approved under a type-certificate and any supplemental type-certificate, change or repair approved in accordance with this Annex I (Part 21) and;\n(ii) the applicable airworthiness directives have been complied with and;\n(iii)the aircraft has been inspected in accordance with the provisions of Annex I (Part-M) or Annex Vb (Part-ML) of Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, as appropriate.\n(iv) the aircraft was in compliance with the applicable CO 2 emissions requirements on the date on which the certificate of airworthiness was first issued;\n2.. where the CAA is satisfied that the aircraft conforms to an approved design and is in a condition for safe operation; this may include inspections by the CAA and;\n3.. where the CAA is satisfied that the aircraft was in compliance with the applicable CO 2 emissions requirements on the date on which the certificate of airworthiness was first issued.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/897 of 12 March 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards the inclusion of risk-based compliance verification in Annex I and the implementation of requirements for environmental protection (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 1 point 21.B.326 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), regs. 1, 216(4) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/570 of 28 January 2020 amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards the alignment of rules for continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances with Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/748/annex/I/section/B/division/subpart+h/division/21.b.326",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:15.996010+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."
}