Article 1 Scope and definitions

the issue of type-certificates, restricted type-certificates, supplemental type-certificates and changes to those certificates;

the issue of certificates of airworthiness, restricted certificates of airworthiness, permits to fly and authorised release certificates;

the issue of repair design approvals;

the showing of compliance with environmental protection requirements;

the issue of noise certificates;

the identification of products, parts and appliances;

the certification of certain parts and appliances;

the certification of design and production organisations;

the issue of airworthiness directives.

‘JAA’ means the ‘Joint Aviation Authorities’;

‘JAR’ means ‘Joint Aviation Requirements’;

‘Part 21’ means the requirements and procedures for the certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, and of design and production organisations laid down in Annex I to this Regulation;

‘Part M’ means the applicable continuing airworthiness requirements adopted in pursuance of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008;

‘principal place of business’ means the head office or registered office of the undertaking within which the principal financial functions and operational control of the activities referred to in this Regulation are exercised;

‘article’ means any part and appliance to be used on civil aircraft;

F2‘UKTSO’ means F3United Kingdom Technical Standard Order. The United Kingdom Technical Standard Order is a detailed airworthiness specification issued by the F4Civil Aviation Authority (the ‘CAA’) to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Regulation as a minimum performance standard for specified articles;

‘Agency’ means the European Union Aviation Safety Agency;

F6‘UKPA’ means F7United Kingdom Part Approval. United Kingdom Part Approval of an article means the article has been produced in accordance with approved design data not belonging to the type-certificate holder of the related product, except for F8UKTSO articles;

‘ELA1 aircraft’ means the following manned European Light Aircraft:

1. (i)

   an aeroplane with a Maximum Take-off Mass (MTOM) of 1 200 kg or less that is not classified as complex motor-powered aircraft;

2. (ii)

   a sailplane or powered sailplane of 1 200 kg MTOM or less;

3. (iii)

   a balloon with a maximum design lifting gas or hot air volume of not more than 3 400 m³ for hot air balloons, 1 050 m³ for gas balloons, 300 m³ for tethered gas balloons;

4. (iv)

   an airship designed for not more than 4 occupants and a maximum design lifting gas or hot air volume of not more than 3 400 m³ for hot air airships and 1 000 m³ for gas airships;

‘ELA2 aircraft’ means the following manned European Light Aircraft:

1. (i)

   an aeroplane with a Maximum Take-off Mass (MTOM) of 2 000 kg or less that is not classified as complex motor-powered aircraft;

2. (ii)

   a sailplane or powered sailplane of 2 000 kg MTOM or less;

3. (iii)

   a balloon;

4. (iv)

   a hot air airship;

5. (v)

   a gas airship complying with all of the following characteristics:

   • 3 % maximum static heaviness,

   • Non-vectored thrust (except reverse thrust),

   • Conventional and simple design of: structure, control system and ballonet system,

   • Non-power assisted controls;

6. (vi)

   a Very Light Rotorcraft F9;

‘Operational Suitability Data (OSD)’ means data, which are part of an aircraft type-certificate, restricted type-certificate or supplemental type-certificate, consisting of all of the following:

1. (i)

   the minimum syllabus of pilot type rating training, including determination of type rating;

2. (ii)

   the definition of scope of the aircraft validation source data to support the objective qualification of simulators or the provisional data to support their interim qualification;

3. (iii)

   the minimum syllabus of maintenance certifying staff type rating training, including determination of type rating;

4. (iv)

   determination of type or variant for cabin crew and type specific data for cabin crew;

5. (v)

   the master minimum equipment list.