Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/659 of 2 December 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 452/2014 as regards the technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations of third country operators

This Regulation lays down detailed rules for third country operators of aircraft referred to in Article 2(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council who are engaged in commercial air transport operations into, within or out of the territory subject to the provisions of the Treaties, including conditions for issuing, maintaining, amending, limiting, suspending or revoking their authorisations, the privileges and responsibilities of the holders of authorisations as well as conditions under which operations shall be prohibited, limited or subject to certain conditions in the interest of safety.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘flight’ means a departure from a specified aerodrome towards a specified destination aerodrome; (2) ‘third country operator’ means any operator in respect of which the functions and duties of the State of the operator are not carried out by a Member State or the Agency.

Third country operators shall only engage in commercial air transport operations into, within, or out of the territory subject to the provisions of the Treaties if they comply with the requirements of Annex 1 and hold an authorisation issued by the Agency in accordance with Annex 2 to this Regulation.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.