Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1185 of 20 July 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 as regards the update and completion of the common rules of the air and operational provisions regarding services and procedures in air navigation (SERA Part C) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 730/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)

‘3 This Regulation shall also apply to the competent authorities of the Member States, air navigation service providers, aerodrome operators and ground personnel engaged in aircraft operations.’;

‘4 This Regulation shall not apply to model aircraft and toy aircraft. However, Member States shall ensure that national rules are established to ensure that model aircraft and toy aircraft are operated in such a manner as to minimise hazards related to civil aviation safety, to persons, property or other aircraft.’.

‘1 The competent authorities may, either on their own initiative or based on applications by the entities concerned, grant exemptions to individual entities or to categories of entities from any of the requirements of this Regulation for the following activities of public interest and for the training necessary to carry out those activities safely:’;

Regulation (EC) No 730/2006 is repealed.

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 12 October 2017. However, the following provisions shall apply from 18 August 2016: (1) Article 1(1); (2) Article 1(2)(f), (i), (j), (l) and (o); (3) Article 1(3); (4) Article 2; (5) points (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8) (12), (13), (15), (16), (19), (21), (22), (26)(b), (26)(c), (27) and (28) of the Annex.