{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1321/annex-III/division-66.1/section-A/division-subpart+a/division-66.a.3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/1321",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 of 26 November 2014 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1321",
  "path": "annex/III/division/66.1/section/A/division/subpart+a/division/66.a.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "66.A.3",
  "heading": "Licence categories and subcategories",
  "text": "Aircraft maintenance licences include the following categories and, where applicable, subcategories and system ratings:\n(a) Category A, divided into the following subcategories:\nA1 Aeroplanes Turbine;\nA2 Aeroplanes Piston;\nA3 Helicopters Turbine;\nA4 Helicopters Piston.\n(b) Category B1, divided into the following subcategories:\nB1.1 Aeroplanes Turbine;\nB1.2 Aeroplanes Piston;\nB1.3 Helicopters Turbine;\nB1.4 Helicopters Piston.\n(c) Category B2\nThe B2 licence is applicable to all aircraft.\n(d) Category B2L\nThe B2L licence is applicable to all aircraft other than those in Group 1 as set out in Point 66.A.5(1) and is divided into the following ‘ system ratings ’ :\ncommunication/navigation (com/nav),\ninstruments,\nautoflight,\nsurveillance,\nairframe systems.\nA B2L licence shall contain, as a minimum, one system rating.\n(e) Category B3\nThe B3 licence is applicable to piston-engine non-pressurised aeroplanes of 2 000 kg Maximum Take-off Mass (MTOM) and below.\n(f) Category L, divided into the following subcategories:\nL1C: composite sailplanes,\nL1: sailplanes,\nL2C: composite powered sailplanes and composite ELA1 aeroplanes,\nL2: powered sailplanes and ELA1 aeroplanes,\nL3H: hot-air balloons,\nL3G: gas balloons,\nL4H: hot-air airships,\nL4G: ELA2 gas airships,\nL5: gas airships other than ELA2.\n(g) Category C\nThe C licence is applicable to aeroplanes and helicopters.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1142 of 14 August 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as regards the introduction of certain categories of aircraft maintenance licences, the modification of the acceptance procedure of components from external suppliers and the modification of the maintenance training organisations' privileges (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1321/annex/III/division/66.1/section/A/division/subpart+a/division/66.a.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:03.190425+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."
}