Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1039 of 30 June 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards flight testing (Text with EEA relevance)

Annex I (Part 21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

1 Member States that at 21 July 2015 issued national licences for flight test crew members other than pilots may continue to do so in accordance with their national law until 31 December 2017. The holders of those licences may continue to exercise their privileges until that date.

2 After 31 December 2017, applicants for or holders of a permit to fly may continue to use the services of pilots engaged in Category Three or Four flight tests referred to in Appendix XII to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 and of flight test engineers that were conducting flight test activities in accordance with the applicable rules of national law before that date. Any such use shall remain limited to the scope of functions of the flight test crew members as established before 31 December 2017. The scope of functions of the flight test crew member shall be established by the applicant for or holder of a permit to fly that uses or plans to use their services, based on the flight test crew members' flight test experience and training, and on the relevant records of the applicant for or the holder of a permit to fly. That scope of functions of a flight test crew member shall be made available to the competent authority. Any addition or any other amendment to the scope of the functions established for these flight test crew members by the applicant for or holder of a permit to fly that uses or plans to use their services shall comply with the requirements of Appendix XII to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012.

3 Until 31 December 2015, the competent authorities may continue to issue the airworthiness review certificate EASA Form 15a, as laid down in Appendix II to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, in force prior to 21 July 2015. Certificates issued before 1 January 2016 remain valid until they are changed, suspended or revoked.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 21 July 2015. However: (a) points 2 and 3 of the Annex shall apply from 1 January 2016; to the extent reference is made to Appendix XII to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, point (b) applies; (b) point 6 of the Annex as regards point D of Appendix XII shall apply from 1 January 2018, without prejudice to requirements already resulting from the Annex I (Part-FCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 .