{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+b/division-spapbn105",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+b/division-spapbn105.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/965",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965",
  "path": "annex/V/division/subpart+b/division/spapbn105",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "SPA.PBN.105",
  "heading": "PBN operational approval",
  "text": "To obtain a PBN specific approval from the CAA, the operator shall provide evidence that:\n(a) the relevant airworthiness approval, suitable for the intended PBN operation, is stated in the AFM or other document that has been approved by the certifying authority as part of an airworthiness assessment or is based on such approval;\n(b) a training programme for the flight crew members and relevant personnel involved in the flight preparation has been established;\n(c) a safety assessment has been carried out;\n(d) operating procedures have been established specifying:\n(1) the equipment to be carried, including its operating limitations and appropriate entries in the minimum equipment list (MEL);\n(2) flight crew composition, qualification and experience;\n(3) normal, abnormal and contingency procedures; and\n(4) electronic navigation data management.\n(e) a list of reportable events has been specified; and\n(f) a management RNP monitoring programme has been established for RNP AR APCH or RNP 0.3 helicopter operations, if applicable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1199 of 22 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards operational approval of performance-based navigation, certification and oversight of data services providers and helicopter offshore operations, and correcting that Regulation."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 5 Subpart B substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), regs. 1, 367(3)(a) (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": "Words in Annex 5 point SPA.PBN.105(f) inserted (30.10.2025) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1290), regs. 1(3), 8(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/V/division/subpart+b/division/spapbn105",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:05.762953+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."
}