Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2347 of 21 November 2025 on the fees and charges levied by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2153

This Regulation sets out the matters for which fees and charges are due to the Agency, the amount of the fees and charges and the way in which they are to be paid.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘fees’ means the amounts levied by the Agency and payable by applicants for certification tasks; (2) ‘charges’ means the amounts levied by the Agency for services provided other than certification tasks; (3) ‘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]; (4) ‘service’ means any activity carried out by the Agency other than certification tasks, including the supply of goods or provision of technical advice; (5) ‘applicant’ means any natural or legal person that requests a certification task or a service provided by the Agency; (6) ‘billing cycle’ means the 12-month period applied to multiannual projects and to surveillance tasks, which starts: (a) for fees and charges listed in Part I, Tables 1 to 6, of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received; (b) for authorisation fees listed in Part I,Table 7A, of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received; (c) for monitoring fees listed in Part I, Table 7A, of the Annex, on the date on which the certificate is issued; (d) for fees listed in Part I, Table 8, of the Annex, on 1 June following the issuance of the certificate; (e) for approval fees listed in Part I, Tables 9A to 22, of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received; (f) for surveillance fees listed in Part I, Tables 9A to 22, of the Annex, on the date on which the certificate is issued; (g) for transfer preparation fees listed in Part I, Tables 16A, 17A, 19A and 20A; of the Annex, on the date on which the certificate is issued; (h) for issuance charge listed in Part I, Table 23, of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received; (i) for renewal charge listed in Part I, Table 23, of the Annex, on 1 February following the issuance of the certificate; (j) for subscription charges listed in Part I, Table 24, of the Annex, on the date on which access to the platform is granted; (k) for applications subject to deferred initiation as referred to in Article 10(4) on the date on which the Agency initiates the performance of the tasks associated with that application; (7) ‘certification specification’ or ‘CS’ means a certification specification adopted pursuant to Article 76(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and published on the Agency’s website. (8) ‘VTOL’ means rotorcraft or any other heavier-than-air aircraft that has the capability of vertical take-off and/or vertical landing; (9) ‘HTOL’ means any heavier-than-air aircraft that is not a VTOL; (10) ‘VTOL Large’ means CS-29 and CS-27 CAT A rotorcraft; (11) ‘VTOL Small’ means CS-27 rotorcraft with maximum take-off weight (MTOW) below 3175 kg and limited to 4 seats, excluding pilot; (12) ‘VTOL Medium’ means other CS-27 rotorcraft; (13) ‘VTOL Very Light’ means rotorcraft of simple design with MTOW below 600 kg, limited to 2 seats including pilot, not powered by turbine and/or rocket engines and restricted to VFR day operations; (14) ‘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; (15) ‘VTOL-capable aircraft’ or ‘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; (16) ‘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; (17) ‘airships small’ means: (a) all hot-air airships independent of their size; (b) gas airships up to a volume of 2000 m3; (18) ‘airships medium’ means gas airships with a volume between 2000 m3 and 20000 m3; (19) ‘airships large’ means gas airships with a volume of more than 20000 m3.

1 The fees and charges shall be demanded and levied by the Agency only in accordance with this Regulation.

2 Unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation, fees and charges shall be calculated at the hourly rate indicated in Part II of the Annex.

3 Member States shall not levy fees for the tasks conducted by the Agency, even if they carry out those tasks on behalf of the Agency. The Agency shall reimburse Member States for the tasks they carry out on its behalf.

4 Fees and charges shall be denominated and payable in euros.

5 The amounts referred to in Parts I, II and IIa of the Annex shall be indexed, with effect on 1 January each year, to the inflation rate in accordance with the method set out in Part IV of the Annex.

6 By way of derogation from the fees referred to in the Annex, fees for certification tasks performed in the context of a bilateral agreement between the Union and a third country may be subject to dedicated provisions stipulated in the respective bilateral agreement.

1 The Agency shall establish the terms of payment of fees and charges, outlining under which conditions the Agency charges for certification tasks and services. The Agency shall publish the terms on its website.

2 The applicant shall pay the amount due in full, within 30 calendar days from the date on which the invoice is notified to the applicant.

3 Where the Agency has not received payment of an invoice within the time period referred to in paragraph 2, the Agency may charge interest for each calendar day of delay.

4 The interest rate shall be the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its principal refinancing operations, as published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union, in force on the first calendar day of the month in which the due date falls, increased by eight percentage points.

1 The Agency may: (a) reject an application if the fees or charges due have not been received upon the expiry of the time period provided for in Article 4(2); (b) reject or terminate an application where there is evidence that the applicant’s financial ability is at risk, unless the applicant provides a bank guarantee or secured deposit; (c) reject or terminate an application in the cases referred to in Article 8(4), second subparagraph; (d) reject a request for the transfer of a certificate or a request for change of ownership, where payment obligations arising out of certification tasks performed or services provided by the Agency have not been fulfilled.

2 Before proceeding in accordance with paragraph 1, the Agency shall consult the applicant on the Agency’s intended measure.

3 The Agency may provide for other grounds for rejecting or terminating an application in its rules of procedure, including but not limited to: (a) failure of the applicant to comply with applicable requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and in the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof; (b) a lack of resources within the applicant`s structure to ensure that all activities of the organisation can be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts.

Travel expenses incurred in the context of the certification tasks and provision of the services shall be charged exclusively in accordance with Part VI of the Annex.

1 Upon request by an applicant, and subject to paragraph 2, the Agency shall provide a financial estimate of fees or charges to be paid by the applicant.

2 Where the financial estimate referred to in paragraph 1 requires a prior technical analysis by the Agency due to the expected complexity of the project, the analysis shall be charged on an hourly basis, under an agreement to be signed between the applicant and the Agency.

3 Upon the applicant’s request, Agency activities shall be suspended until the financial estimate referred to in paragraph 1 has been provided by the Agency and accepted by the applicant.

4 The financial estimate referred to in paragraph 1 shall be amended by the Agency in any of the following situations: (a) the task is simpler or can be carried out faster than initially foreseen; (b) the task is more complex and takes longer to carry out than the Agency could reasonably have foreseen.

1 Performance of certification tasks shall be subject to prior payment of the full amount of the fee due, unless the Agency decides otherwise after due consideration of the financial risks involved. The Agency may invoice the fee in one instalment after having received the application or at the start of the annual or surveillance period.

2 The fee to be paid by the applicant for a given certification task shall consist of one of the following: (a) a flat fee as set out in Part I of the Annex; (b) a variable fee.

3 The variable fee referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), shall be established by multiplying the actual number of working hours by the hourly rate set out in Part II of the Annex.

4 Where justified by technical circumstances relevant to the fees and subject to the agreement of the applicant, the Agency may: (a) reclassify an application within the categories identified in the Annex; (b) reclassify several applications as a single application, provided that those applications concern the same type design and that they pertain to one or more of the following, in any combination: (i) major changes; (ii) major repairs; (iii) supplemental type certificates. Where the applicant does not agree to the reclassification proposed, the Agency may reject or terminate the application or applications concerned.

1 Fees referred to in Part I, Tables 1, 2, and 3, of the Annex shall be levied per application and per billing cycle. For the period after the first billing cycle, the fees shall be 1/365th of the relevant annual fee per day.

2 Fees referred to in Part I, Table 4, of the Annex shall be levied per application.

3 Fees referred to in Part I, Table 7A, of the Annex shall be levied as follows: (a) authorisation fees and one-off notification fees, per application; (b) monitoring fees, per billing cycle.

4 Fees referred to in Part I, Table 8, of the Annex shall be levied per billing cycle.

5 Approval fees referred to in Part I, Table 9A, of the Annex shall be levied per application and per billing cycle. For the period after the billing cycle, the approval fees shall be 1/365th of the relevant annual fee per day.

6 Surveillance fees referred to in Part I, Table 9A, of the Annex shall be levied per billing cycle.

7 Significant changes approval fees referred to in Part I, Table 9A, of the Annex shall be leviedper application.

8 Fees referred to in Part I, Tables 9B to 14 and Tables 16A to 22, of the Annex shall be levied as follows: (a) approval fees, per application; (b) surveillance fees, per billing cycle; (c) transfer preparation fees, per certificate.

9 For the purpose of the fees referred to in Part I, Tables 9A to 14 and Tables 16A to 22, of the Annex, any change to an organisation that affects its approval shall have the effect of a recalculation of the surveillance fee due as of the next billing cycle following the approval of the change.

10 The fees referred to in Part I, Table 8, of the Annex shall, for the period between the date of issuance of the certificate and the start of the first billing cycle thereafter, be calculated pro-rata temporis.

11 Where the reclassification of an application leads to a change of the applicable fees, the fees shall be recalculated as follows: (a) for fees levied per application, as of the date of receipt of the application; (b) for fees levied per application and per billing cycle, as of the current billing cycle and onwards; (c) where the Agency reclassifies several applications as a single application in accordance with Article 8(4), point (b), as of the date considered relevant for the reclassification.

12 The fees referred to in Part I, Tables 7B and 15, of the Annex shall be levied in accordance with the billing periods specified in the respective Tables.

1 Where an application is rejected, or the performance of a task related to an application is terminated or interrupted, the applicable fees together with the related travel expenses and any other amounts due shall be payable in full at the time the Agency stops performing the task, taking into account the adjustments set out in paragraphs 2 and 3.

2 Where an application is rejected or the performance of a task related to an application is terminated, the balance of any fees due shall be calculated as follows: (a) for fees referred to in Part I, Tables 1, 2 and 3 and approval fees referred to in Table 9A, of the Annex, levied per application and per billing cycle, the balance of any fees due for the ongoing billing cycle shall be 1/365th of the relevant annual fee per day, while for the periods preceding the ongoing billing cycle, the applicable fees shall remain due; (b) for fees referred to in Part 1, Tables 4, 15 and 19D, of the Annex and for fixed fees referred to in Part II of the Annex, levied per application, the balance of any fees due shall be 50 % of the applicable fee; (c) for fees referred to in Part 1, Tables 9B to 22, of the Annex, levied per application, the balance of any fees due shall be calculated on an hourly basis but shall not exceed the applicable flat fee; (d) for fees referred to in Part II of the Annex, levied on an hourly basis, the balance of any fees due shall be calculated on an hourly basis; (e) for any fees not referred to in points (a) to (d), the balance due shall be calculated on an hourly basis, unless otherwise agreed between the applicant and the Agency.

3 Where an interruption of the performance of a task related to an application takes effect within the first billing cycle, the fees for that billing cycle shall not be reimbursed. Where such interruption takes effect after the first billing cycle, the balance of any fees due shall be calculated in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 2, point (a). Where, following an interruption of performance of a task related to an application, the Agency resumes the performance of that task, automatically after the expiry of the interruption period chosen by the applicant or earlier on demand of the applicant, the Agency shall levy a new fee, irrespective of the fees already paid for the interrupted task. The new fees shall be 1/365th of the relevant annual fee per day.

4 The Agency may temporarily defer the initiation of the evaluation and processing of a new application where an exceptional and temporary increase in concurrent certification tasks and services, combined with a reduction in operational capacity, necessitates such deferal.

5 The Agency shall establish and maintain a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory procedure governing the conditions under which an application may be subject to the deferred initiation referred to in paragraph 4. The decision to defer initiation shall be based, in particular, on an assessment of the following factors: (a) resource availability; (b) estimated workload and duration; (c) impact on other ongoing activities; (d) safety relevance of the application. The Agency shall without undue delay notify the applicant of the decision to defer initiation, including the reasons for the deferral and, where possible, an estimated timeline for the initiation of the evaluation and processing of the application.

6 Fees related to the application affected by the deferred initiation referred to in paragraph 4 shall be invoiced and become effective as of the date on which the Agency initiates the performance of the tasks associated with that application.

7 For the purposes of this Chapter: (a) termination of performance of a task upon request of the applicant shall be deemed to take effect on the date of receipt of the request; (b) termination of performance of a task on initiative of the Agency shall be deemed to take effect on the date when the decision on the termination is communicated to the applicant; (c) interruption of performance of a task upon request of the applicant shall be deemed to take effect on the date indicated by the applicant but not earlier than the date when the request is received by the Agency.

8 Fees paid for a task related to an application, for which performance of tasks has been terminated, shall not be taken into account for any subsequent task, even if that task is of the same nature as the terminated task.

1 If the outstanding fees have not been received upon the expiry of the time period provided for in Article 4(2), the Agency may suspend or revoke the relevant certificate after having consulted the certificate holder or deregister the relevant declaration after having consulted the issuer of the declaration.

2 If the Agency suspends a certificate or temporarily deregisters a declaration because the certificate holder or the issuer of the declaration fails to comply with the applicable requirements or fails to pay the annual fee or surveillance fee, the Agency shall, notwithstanding such suspension, continue to invoice the annual fee or surveillance fee in one instalment at the start of the annual or surveillance period. The Agency may revoke the relevant certificate or permanently deregister the relevant declaration if the certificate holder or the issuer of the declaration fails to comply with its payment obligations within 30 calendar days from the date of notification of the suspension. The reinstatement of the certificate or declaration shall be subject to prior payment of the balance of fees due for the period of suspension together with any other amounts due at that time.

3 If the Agency revokes a certificate or permanently deregisters a declaration because the certificate holder or the issuer of the declaration fails to comply with the applicable requirements or fails to pay the annual fee or surveillance fee, the balance of any fees due for the ongoing billing cycle shall be calculated as follows: (a) for annual or surveillance flat fees levied per certificate or declaration and per billing cycle, the balance of any fees due shall be 1/365th of the relevant flat fee per day; (b) for annual fees or surveillance fees levied on an hourly basis, the balance of any fees due shall be calculated on an hourly basis. The amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b), together with any travel expenses and any other amounts due, shall be payable in full on the date the revocation or deregistration takes effect.

1 If the certificate holder surrenders a certificate, the balance of any fees due for the ongoing billing cycle shall be calculated as follows: (a) for annual or surveillance flat fees levied per certificate and per billing cycle, 1/365th of the relevant annual flat fee per day; (b) for annual fees or surveillance fees levied on an hourly basis, on an hourly basis. The amounts referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b), shall be payable in full together with travel expenses and any other amounts due on the date the surrender takes effect.

2 Where a certificate is transferred, the fees referred to in Part I, Tables 8 to 22, of the Annex shall be payable by the new certificate holder as from the billing cycle which follows the date on which the transfer takes effect.

3 In the cases referred to in Part I, Table 14, of the Annex, the device surveillance fee regarding a flight simulation training device shall be reduced pro-rata temporis for any periods during which the device is deactivated, provided that the deactivation has been initated at the request of the applicant.

An exceptional adjustment shall be applied to the fee levied, in order to cover all costs incurred by the Agency for a given certification task, where the performance of that task requires assigning categories or number of staff, or both, which the Agency would not normally assign under its standard procedures.

1 The amount of the charges levied by the Agency in accordance with Part II of the Annex shall be invoiced at the applicable hourly rate.

2 Charges for the provision of training services, shall be levied in accordance with Part IIa of the Annex.

1 Unless otherwise decided by the Agency, after due consideration of the financial risks involved, the charges shall be levied before the service is provided.

2 Charges referred to in Part I, Table 6 point (1), of the Annex shall be levied per application and per billing cycle. For the period after billing cycle, the charges shall be 1/365th of the relevant annual charge per day.

3 Charges referred to in Part I, Table 5 and Table 6 point (2), of the Annex shall be levied per application.

4 Charges for the issuance of the environmental label referred to in Part I, Table 23, of the Annex shall be levied per application. Renewal charges referred to in Part I, Table 23, of the Annex shall be levied per billing cycle.

5 Charges for the Data 4 Safety Platform referred to in Part I, Table 24, of the Annex shall be levied per application and per billing cycle. The access to the Data 4 Safety Platform shall be renewed automatically unless the applicant notifies the Agency at least 90 days before the end of the subscription period.

6 Where the reclassification of an application leads to a change of the applicable charge, the charges shall be recalculated accordingly with effect from the date of receipt of the application.

1 Where an application is rejected, or the performance of a task related to an application is terminated or interrupted, the applicable charges together with the related travel expenses and any other amounts due shall be payable in full at the time the Agency stops performing the task, taking into account the adjustments set out in paragraphs 2 and 3.

2 Where an application is rejected or the performance of a task related to an application is terminated, the balance of any charges due shall be calculated as follows: (a) for charges referred to in Part I, Table 6 point (1) and Table 23, of the Annex, levied per application and per billing cycle, the balance of any charges due for the ongoing billing cycle shall be 1/365th of the relevant annual charge per day, while for the periods preceding the ongoing billing cycle the applicable charges shall remain due; (b) for charges referred to in Part I, Table 5 and Table 6 point (2), of the Annex and for fixed charges referred to in Part II of the Annex, levied per application, the balance of any charges due shall be 50 % of the applicable charge; (c) for charges referred to in Part I, Table 24, of the Annex, levied per application and per billing cycle, the balance of any charges due for the ongoing billing cycle shall be the full amount; (d) for charges referred to in Part II of the Annex, levied on an hourly basis, the balance of any charges due shall be calculated on an hourly basis; (e) for any charges not referred to in points (a) to (d), the balance due shall be calculated on an hourly basis, unless otherwise agreed between the applicant and the Agency.

3 Where an interruption of the performance of a task related to an application takes effect within the first billing cycle, the charges for that billing cycle shall not be reimbursed. Where such interruption takes effect after the first billing cycle, the balance of any charges due shall be calculated in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 2, point (a). Where, following an interruption of performance of a task related to an application, the Agency resumes the performance of that task, automatically after the expiry of the interruption period chosen by the applicant or earlier on demand of the applicant, the Agency shall levy a new charge, irrespective of the charges already paid for the interrupted task.

4 For the purposes of this Chapter, (a) termination of performance of a task upon request of the applicant shall be deemed to take effect on the date of receipt of the request; (b) termination of performance of a task on initiative of the Agency shall be deemed to take effect on the date the decision on the termination is communicated to the applicant; (c) interruption of performance of a task upon request of the applicant shall be deemed to take effect on the date indicated by the applicant but not earlier than the date when the request is received by the Agency.

5 Charges paid for a task related to an application, whose performance has been terminated, shall not be taken into account for any subsequent task, even if that task is of the same nature as the terminated task.

1 Charges shall be levied for processing appeals lodged pursuant to Article 108 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139. The amounts of charges shall be calculated in accordance with the method set out in Part III of the Annex to this Regulation. An appeal shall be admissible only when the charge for the appeal has been paid within the time period referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.

2 A legal person that lodges an appeal shall submit to the Agency a certificate signed by an authorised officer specifying the turnover of the appellant. That certificate shall be submitted to the Agency together with the appeal.

3 Appeal charges shall be paid in accordance with the applicable procedure established by the Agency within 60 calendar days from the date on which the appeal was filed at the Agency.

4 If the appeal is concluded in favour of the appellant, the appeal charges paid shall be reimbursed by the Agency.

The Agency shall distinguish between on the one hand revenue and expenditure attributable to certification tasks performed and services provided, and on the other hand revenue and expenditure attributable to activities funded through other revenue sources. For that purpose: (a) the fees and charges levied by the Agency shall be kept in a separate account and shall be the subject of a separate accounting procedure; (b) the Agency shall draw up and use analytical accounting for its revenue and expenditure.

1 The Agency shall provide the Commission, the Management Board and the Stakeholder Advisory Body established in accordance with Article 98(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 annually with information on the components serving as a basis for determining the amount of the fees. That information shall notably consist in a cost breakdown related to previous and next years.

2 The Agency shall evaluate periodically, and for the first time two years after the start of application of this Commission Implementing Regulation, the Annex with a view to verifying whether significant information related to the underlying assumptions for the Agency’s anticipated revenue and expenditure is duly reflected in the amounts of fees or charges levied by the Agency. The Agency may propose to the Commission changes of fees and charges, stating the reasons therefor.

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2153 is repealed. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Part VII of the Annex.

1 Fees and charges for billing cycles ongoing on 1 January 2026 shall be calculated in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2153 in the version applicable on 31 December 2025.

2 The hourly rates set out in Part II of the Annex shall apply to any tasks ongoing on 1 January 2026 for which fees or charges are calculated on an hourly basis.

3 In the cases where the approval fees set out in Part I, Tables 18 to 22, of the Annex would otherwise apply, fees and charges relating to applications submitted before 1 January 2026 shall be calculated in accordance with Part II of the Annex until completion of the tasks resulting from those applications.

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 1 January 2026.