# Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1536 of 16 September 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as regards alignment of rules for continuing airworthiness with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, critical maintenance tasks and aircraft continuing airworthiness monitoring (Text with EEA relevance), Introduction: Introductory text

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Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1536
of 16 September 2015
amending Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as regards alignment of rules for continuing airworthiness with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, critical maintenance tasks and aircraft continuing airworthiness monitoring
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC, and in particular Articles 5(5) and 8(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 establishes detailed rules on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances.
(2)
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 establishes continuing airworthiness requirements for the operation of aircraft, including requirements for organisations managing the continuing airworthiness of complex motor-powered aircraft and aircraft operated for commercial purposes. Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 should be updated to ensure that those requirements are implemented.
(3)
It is necessary to establish the conditions under which air carriers licenced in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council may operate aircraft registered in a third country, in order to ensure that the relevant essential requirements set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 are complied with.
(4)
It is necessary to ensure uniform application of the requirements of the aircraft continuing airworthiness monitoring programme within the Union. To that end, the provisions contained in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 concerning the implementation by the competent authorities of an aircraft continuing airworthiness monitoring programme should be amended.
(5)
It is necessary to mitigate the risks associated to the performance of maintenance and in particular to ensure that the necessary measures are taken by the persons and organisations concerned to detect errors made during the performance of maintenance that may affect flight safety. Therefore, the requirements for performance of maintenance set out in Annex I and Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 should be amended.
(6)
Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7)
It is necessary to provide sufficient time for the aeronautical industry and Member States' administrations to adapt to the amended regulatory framework. A differed application date should therefore be provided for this Regulation as a whole.
(8)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Aviation Safety Agency submitted pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008.
(9)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 65 of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008,
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1536/introduction (the official version)
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