Article 1 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2954

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Regulation (EU) 2015/640 is amended as follows:

(1)in Article 1, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:‘2.This Regulation applies to:

(a)operators of:

(i)aircraft registered in a Member State, unless and to the extent that the Member State has transferred its responsibilities pursuant to the Chicago Convention to a third country and the aircraft is operated by a third-country aircraft operator;

(ii)aircraft registered in a third country and operated by an aircraft operator established, residing or with a principal place of business in the territory to which the Treaties apply;

(b)holders of a type certificate, restricted type certificate, supplemental type certificate, design change approval, or repair design approval issued by the Agency in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012^note or deemed to have been issued in accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation;

(c)the applicants for a type certificate or a restricted type certificate for a large aeroplane, for which the application was submitted before 1 January 2019 and who are issued with the certificate after 26 August 2020 when specified in Annex I (Part-26).

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(2)Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)points (b) to (ca) are replaced by the following:

(b)“large aeroplane” means an aeroplane that has the Certification Specifications for Large Aeroplanes “CS-25” or equivalent in its certification basis;

(ba)“small aeroplane” means an aeroplane that has the Certification Specifications for Normal-Category Aeroplanes “CS-23” or equivalent in its certification basis;

(c)“large helicopter” means a helicopter that has the Certification Specifications for Large Rotorcraft “CS-29” or equivalent in its certification basis;

(ca)“small helicopter” means a helicopter that has the Certification Specifications for Small Rotorcraft “CS-27” or equivalent in its certification basis;’;

(b)point (g) is replaced by the following:

(g)“corrosion prevention and control programme” (“CPCP”) means a document reflecting a systematic approach to prevent and to control corrosion in an aeroplane’s primary structure, consisting of basic corrosion tasks, including inspections, areas subject to those tasks, defined corrosion levels and compliance times (implementation thresholds and repeat intervals);’;

(c)points (i) and (j) are replaced by the following:

(i)“baseline structure” means the structure that is designed under the type certificate or restricted type certificate for that aeroplane model (that is, the “as delivered aeroplane model configuration”);

(j)“fatigue-critical baseline structure” (“FCBS”) means the baseline structure of an aeroplane that is classified by the type-certificate or restricted type-certificate holder as a fatigue-critical structure;’;

(d)points (m) and (n) are replaced by the following:

(m)“damage tolerance inspection” (DTI) means a documented inspection requirement or any other maintenance action developed by holders of a type certificate, restricted type certificate, supplemental type certificate or existing major change approval as specified in Annex I (Part-26) as a result of a damage tolerance evaluation, including the areas to be inspected, the inspection method, the inspection procedures (including the sequential inspection steps and acceptance and rejection criteria), the inspection threshold and any repetitive intervals associated with those inspections and also, where appropriate, specification of maintenance actions such as replacement, repair or change;

(n)“repair evaluation guideline” (“REG”) means a process and implementation schedule for conducting surveys established by the type-certificate or restricted type-certificate holder for repairs that affect fatigue-critical structures to ensure the continued structural integrity of all relevant repairs, as specified in point 26.309 of Annex I (Part-26);’;

(3)Article 3 is deleted;

(4)Annex I (Part-26) is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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