Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014

means an engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings;

means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than reactions of the air against the earth's surface;

means relevant to any aircraft, component or process specified in the organisation’s terms of approval and in any associated capability list.

means any of the following:

means the officials of the competent authorities, the Agency and the Member State who has responsibility for the oversight of the maintained aircraft or component.

means the authorisation issued to certifying staff by the organisation and which specifies the fact that those staff may sign certificates of release to service within the limitations stated in such authorisation on behalf of the approved organisation.

means personnel responsible for the release of an aircraft or a component after maintenance;

means an aircraft operation to transport passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or other valuable consideration;

means those operations subject to the requirements of Part-ORO, Subpart-SPO set out in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012;

means ‘competition flight’ as defined in Article 2(10) of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012;

means:

means any engine, propeller, part or appliance;

means all of the processes ensuring that, at any time in its operating life, the aircraft complies with the airworthiness requirements in force and is in a condition for safe operation;

means an environment where the following can be established and verified: (a) the identity of the students;

means a maintenance task that involves the assembly or any disturbance of a system or any part on an aircraft, engine or propeller that, if an error occurred during its performance, could directly endanger the flight safety;

means ‘flying display’ as defined in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012;

means a type of rotorcraft supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on up to two power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes;

means certifying staff who does not work on behalf of an approved maintenance organisation and who complies with, alternatively:

means ‘introductory flight’ as defined in Article 2(9) of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012;

means that the person has worked in an aircraft or component maintenance environment and has either exercised the privileges of the certification authorisation and/or has actually carried out maintenance on at least some of the aircraft type or aircraft group systems specified in the particular certification authorisation.

means ‘Joint Aviation Authorities.’;

means ‘Joint Aviation Requirements’;

means the operations of other-than-complex motor-powered aircraft for: For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘limited operations’ are not considered as CAT operations or commercial specialised operations;

means any one or combination of the following activities: overhaul, repair, inspection, replacement, modification or defect rectification of an aircraft or component, with the exception of pre-flight inspection;

means an organisation holding an approval issued in accordance with, alternatively:

means the coordinated process by which the management systems of two or more organisations interact and share information and methods to reach common or consistent safety and compliance monitoring objectives;

means an aircraft other than an aeroplane, helicopter, sailplane, balloon or airship.

means a natural person, a legal person or part of a legal person.

means the person responsible for the continuing airworthiness of the aircraft, including, alternatively:

means the inspection carried out before flight to ensure that the aircraft is fit for the intended flight;

means the head office or the registered office of the undertaking within which the principal financial functions and operational control of the activities referred to in this Regulation are exercised;

means a power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft that depends principally for its support in flight on the lift generated by up to two rotors;

means those staff holding an aircraft maintenance licence under Annex III (Part-66) in category B1, B2, B2L, B3 and/or L with the appropriate aircraft ratings, working in a base maintenance environment while not necessarily holding certification privileges.