Canadian Aviation Regulations — 101.01
of the type design of an appliance or a part identified in the document by a model number, by a part number or by some other identification unique to the appliance or part, and includes a type approval for an aircraft appliance issued before October 10, 1996 under section 214 of the Air Regulations and a type certificate for an aircraft appliance issued before December 1, 2009 under section 511.11 or 511.21; ( approbation de la conception selon les spécifications techniques canadiennes (CAN-TSO) ) CAN-TSO or Canadian Technical Standard Order means a standard of airworthiness for an appliance or a part (a) that is published by the Minister, or (b) that is published by a foreign state with which Canada has an airworthiness agreement or similar arrangement and that is adopted by the Minister and specified in Chapter 537 — Appliances and Parts of the Airworthiness Manual ; ( CAN-TSO ou spécifications techniques canadiennes ) CAT II minima , in respect of an aerodrome, means the minima specified in the Canada Air Pilot for a CAT II precision approach to a runway at that aerodrome; ( minimums CAT II ) CAT III minima , in respect of an aerodrome, means the minima specified in the Canada Air Pilot for a CAT III precision approach to a runway at that aerodrome; ( minimums CAT III ) category means (a) when used in reference to flight crew licensing, the classification of aircraft as an aeroplane, a balloon, a glider, a gyroplane, a helicopter or an ultra-light aeroplane, and (b) when used in reference to the certification of aircraft, a grouping of aircraft based upon intended use or operating limitations such as normal, utility, aerobatic, commuter and transport; ( catégorie ) child restraint system means any device, other than a safety belt, that is designed to restrain, seat or position a person and that conforms to the applicable standards of airworthiness set out in Chapter 551 — Aircraft Equipment and Installation of the Airworthiness Manual ; ( ensemble de retenue d’enfant ) class , in relation to the classification of aeroplanes, means aeroplanes having similar operating characteristics to single-engined aeroplanes, multi-engined aeroplanes, centre-line thrust aeroplanes, land aeroplanes or sea aeroplanes; ( classe ) co-authority dispatch means the shared responsibility of the pilot-in-command and the flight dispatcher for all decisions respecting the operational flight plan prior to its acceptance by the pilot-in-command, and for the flight watch; ( régulation des vols en coresponsabilité ) command and control link means the data link between a remotely piloted aircraft and a control station that is used in the management of a flight; ( liaison de commande et de contrôle ) Commercial Air Service Standards means the standards published under the authority of the Minister that apply in respect of commercial air services operated by air operators; ( Normes de service aérien commercial ) commercial part , in respect of an aircraft, means a part (a) that is not specifically designed or produced for use as an aeronautical product, (b) that is made to a specification or catalogue description and marked under an identification scheme of the maker, and (c) whose failure does not adversely affect the continued safe flight and take-off and landing of the aircraft; ( pièce commerciale ) company operations manual means a manual established by an air operator pursuant to Part VII; ( manuel d’exploitation de la compagnie ) contact approach means an approach in which the pilot-in-command of an IFR aircraft proceeds to the destination aerodrome by following visual references on the surface; ( approche contact ) contracting state means a state that is a party to the Convention; ( État contractant ) control area means the controlled airspace within Canadian Domestic Airspace that is specified as the Arctic Control Area, the Northern Control Area or the Southern Control Area in the Designated Airspace Handbook and that extends upwards vertically f