Document ID: 32022R0525
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>4.4.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 105/3</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/525
of 1 April 2022
correcting certain language versions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 57 thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>The Portuguese language version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> contains errors in Article&#160;11(5)(a), as well in Appendix 1, Chapter I, Attachment A, point 1(a)(viii), of the Annex and in Appendix 3, point 4(b), of the Annex, that alter the meaning of the provisions.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The German language version of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 contains an error in Article&#160;14(5)(a)(i) that alters the meaning of the provision.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The German and Portuguese language versions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 should therefore be corrected accordingly. The other language versions are not affected.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Given the need to have the same level playing field for all operators, the overriding interest of the integrity of the internal market as well as the need for legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from 31&#160;December 2020.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee established by Article&#160;127 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
(does not concern the English language)
Article 2
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 31 December 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 April 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
<note>
( 1 ) OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1 .
( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 of 24 May 2019 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft ( OJ L 152, 11.6.2019, p. 45 .).
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