shall mean the Member State which has granted the operating licence to the Community air carrier or the Member State where the aircraft of the aircraft operator is registered.
1.This Regulation shall apply to all air carriers and to all aircraft operators flying within, into, out of, or over the territory of a Member State to which the Treaty applies.
2.This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a)State aircraft as referred to in Article 3(b) of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944;
(b)model aircraft with an MTOM of less than 20 kg;
(c)foot-launched flying machines (including powered paragliders and hang gliders);
(g)aircraft, including gliders, with a MTOM of less than 500 kg, and microlights, which:
—are used for non-commercial purposes, or
—are used for local flight instruction which does not entail the crossing of international borders,
in so far as the insurance obligations under this Regulation relating to the risks of war and terrorism are concerned.
3.The application of this Regulation to the airport of Gibraltar is understood to be without prejudice to the respective legal positions of the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom with regard to the dispute over sovereignty over the territory in which the airport is situated.
4.Application of this Regulation to Gibraltar airport shall be suspended until the arrangements included in the Joint Declaration made by the Foreign Ministers of the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom on 2 December 1987 enter into operation. The Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom will inform the Council of such date of entry into operation.