# 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, Division: SPA.EFB.100 Use of electronic flight bags (EFBs) — operational approval

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) A commercial air transport operator shall only use a type B EFB application if the operator has been granted an approval by the CAA for such use.
(b) In order to obtain an operational approval from the CAA for the use of a type B EFB application, the operator shall provide evidence that:
(1) a risk assessment related to the use of the EFB device that hosts the application and to the EFB application and its associated function(s) has been conducted, identifying the associated risks and ensuring that they are appropriately managed and mitigated;
(2) the human–machine interfaces of the EFB device and the EFB application have been assessed against human factors principles;
(3) it has established an EFB administration system and that procedures and training requirements for the administration and use of the EFB device and the EFB application have been established and implemented; these shall include procedures for:
(i) operating the EFB;
(ii) the management of changes to the EFB;
(iii) the management of EFB data;
(iv) EFB maintenance; and
(v) EFB security;
(4) the EFB host platform is suitable for the intended use of the EFB application.
This demonstration shall be specific to the EFB application and the EFB host platform on which the application is installed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/V/division/subpart+m/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+m/division-1
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