Article 1 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012

Article 9aa is replaced by the following:

‘Flight crew requirements for maintenance check flights

Article 9aa

A pilot having acted, before 25 September 2019, as a pilot-in-command on a maintenance check flight that in accordance with the definition in point SPO.SPEC.MCF.100 in Annex VIII is categorised as a Level A maintenance check flight, shall be given credit for the purpose of complying with point SPO.SPEC.MCF.115(a)(1) of that Annex. In that case, the operator shall ensure that the pilot-in-command receives a briefing on any differences identified between the operating practices established before 25 September 2019 and the obligations provided in Section 5 of Subpart E of Annex VIII to this Regulation including those derived from the related procedures established by the operator.’;

Annexes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.