- airships large
means gas airships with a volume of more than 20000 m3.
- airships medium
means gas airships with a volume between 2000 m3 and 20000 m3;
- airships small
means:
- applicant
means any natural or legal person that requests a certification task or a service provided by the Agency;
- billing cycle
means the 12-month period applied to multiannual projects and to surveillance tasks, which starts:
- certification task
means any activity carried out by the Agency directly or indirectly for the purposes of issuing, maintaining or amending certificates and registering, maintaining and amending declarations pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 [and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis of that Regulation];
- charges
means the amounts levied by the Agency for services provided other than certification tasks;
- CS
means a certification specification adopted pursuant to Article 76(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and published on the Agency’s website.
- fees
means the amounts levied by the Agency and payable by applicants for certification tasks;
- high-performance aircraft in the weight category up to 5700 kg
means aeroplanes that have an MMO (Maximum Operating Mach number) greater than 0,6 and/or a maximum operating altitude above 25000 ft;
- HTOL
means any heavier-than-air aircraft that is not a VTOL;
- Large
refers to the validation support applicable to Large Aeroplanes, Large Rotorcraft and Turbine Engines, ‘Medium’ refers to the validation support applicable to other product categories as well as parts and non-installed equipment.
- Medium
refers to the validation support applicable to other product categories as well as parts and non-installed equipment.
- rotorcraft
means power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft that depend principally for their support in flight on the lift generated by up to two rotors;
- service
means any activity carried out by the Agency other than certification tasks, including the supply of goods or provision of technical advice;
- Small
refers to applications that are handled without technical involvement, ‘Large’ refers to the validation support applicable to Large Aeroplanes, Large Rotorcraft and Turbine Engines, ‘Medium’ refers to the validation support applicable to other product categories as well as parts and non-installed equipment.
- VCA
means power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft, other than aeroplane or rotorcraft, capable of performing vertical take-off and landing by means of lift and thrust units used to provide lift during take-off and landing;
- VTOL
means rotorcraft or any other heavier-than-air aircraft that has the capability of vertical take-off and/or vertical landing;