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Air Operations - Structure

The new Regulation on Air Operations will be published in stages. It will contain eight annexes. Diagramsillustrating the contents of the Annexes are available via the regulations (/regulations#regulations-air-operations)page.

Part-ARO – Authority Requirements for Air Operations

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex II Part-ARO are published with EDDecision 2012/016/R (/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2012016r)

Part-ORO – Organisation Requirements for Air Operations

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex III Part-ORO are published with EDDecision 2012/017/R (/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2012017r)

Part-CAT – Commercial Air Transport Operations

* Note that Regulation 965/2012 contains the requirements for CAT operations with aeroplanes and helicopters.Opinion 03/2012 contains the draft requirements for CAT operations with sailplanes and balloons and for A-Aflights.

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex IV Part-CAT are published with EDDecision 2012/018/R (/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2012018r)

Part-SPA – Operations Requiring Specific Approvals

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex V Part-SPA are published with EDDecision 2012/019/R (/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2012019r)

Part-NCC – Non-Commercial Operations with Complex Motor-Powered Aircraft

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex VI Part-NCC are published with EDDecision 2013/021/R. (/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2013021r)

* Complex motor-powered aircraft are defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008:‘complex motor-powered aircraft’ shall mean:

(i) an aeroplane:

with a maximum certificated take-off mass exceeding 5 700 kg, orcertificated for a maximum passenger seating configuration of more than nineteen, orcertificated for operation with a minimum crew of at least two pilots, orequipped with (a) turbojet engine(s) or more than one turboprop engine, or

(ii) a helicopter certificated:

for a maximum take-off mass exceeding 3 175 kg, orfor a maximum passenger seating configuration of more than nine, orfor operation with a minimum crew of at least two pilots,

or

(iii) a tilt rotor aircraft.

Part-NCO – Non-Commercial Operations with Other-Than-ComplexMotor-Powered Aircraft

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Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex V Part-NCO are published with EDDecision 2014/016/R. This is a consolidated version. (/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2014016r)

Part-SPO – Specialised Operations

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex V Part-SPO are published with EDDecision 2014/018/R. (/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2014018r)

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