Commission Regulation (EC) No 991/2001 of 21 May 2001 amending the Annex to Council Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, aircraft, civil aviation, international transport, technical standard, third country

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Official Journal of the European Communities

22.5.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 991/2001

of 21 May 2001

amending the Annex to Council Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of aero-
planes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International
Civil Aviation, second edition (1988)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/14/EEC of 2 March
1992 on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered
by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Conven-
tion on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988) (1),
as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/28/EC (2) and
in particular Article 9a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 3 of Directive 92/14/EEC exempts the aeroplanes
listed in the Annex thereto, provided, in particular, that
they continue to be used by natural or legal persons
established in the country in which those aeroplanes
were registered during a specific reference period.

Article 9a of Directive 92/14/EEC, as amended by
Council Directive 98/20/EC (3), provides for a simplified
procedure for amendments to the Annex, with a view to
ensuring full conformity with the eligibility criteria.

Since the entry into force of Directive 1999/28/EC,
which first amended the Annex to Directive 92/14/EEC
on the basis of the simplified procedure, some aero-
planes included in the Annex have been destroyed,
whilst others have been removed from the register of the
the corresponding entries for such
relevant country;
aeroplanes should, therefore, be deleted from the Annex.

Some qualifying aeroplanes will reach 25 years of age in
the course of 2001;
the appropriate entries should,
therefore, be inserted in the Annex.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

It is also desirable to update the Annex in the light of
any supervening changes to the registration code, or to
the operator, of an aircraft already included.

The limited nature and scope of the amendments to the
Annex as well as the urgency justify a change in the type
of legal

instrument employed.

It is necessary for this Regulation to enter into force as a
matter of urgency, in order to make available to inter-
ested parties, without delay, the exemptions which it
provides.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Aviation Safety
accordance with the opinion of
Regulation Committee (4) established by Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3922/91 of 16 December 1991 on the
harmonisation of technical requirements and adminis-
trative procedures in the field of civil aviation (5), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2871/
2000 (6),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 92/14/EEC is hereby amended as set
out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 May 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 118, 6.5.1999, p. 53.
(3) OJ L 107, 7.4.1998, p. 4.

(4) Aviation Safety Regulation Committee, written consultation of 15

March 2001.

(5) OJ L 373, 31.12.1991, p. 4.
(6) OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 47.

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The Annex to Directive 92/14/EEC is amended as follows:

1. The following entries are deleted:

ANNEX

ALGERIA

Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

20955

B727-2D6

7T-VEH

Air Algérie

EGYPT

Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

B737-266

B737-266

SU-AYL

SU-AYO

Egypt Air

Egypt Air

TUNISIA

Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

B727-2H3

B727-2H3

TS-JHN

TS-JHQ

Tunis Air

Tunis Air

21195

21227

20545

20948

2. The following entries are inserted:

ALGERIA

Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

B737-2D6

B737-2D6

7T-VEO

7T-VER

Air Algérie

Air Algérie

SAUDI ARABIA

Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

B737-268

B737-268

B737-268

B737-268

B737-268

B737-268

B737-268

HZ-AGH

HZ-AGI

HZ-AGJ

HZ-AGK

HZ-AGL

HZ-AGN

HZ-AGO

Saudia

Saudia

Saudia

Saudia

Saudia

Saudia

Saudia

21212

21286

21275

21276

21277

21280

212281

212283

21360

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Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

SYRIA

21203

21204

21205

B727-294

B727-294

B727-294

YK-AGA

YK-AGB

YK-AGC

YEMEN

Syrianair

Syrianair

Syrianair

Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

21296

B737-2N8

70-ACU

Yemen Airways

3. The entry entitled ‘Uganda’

is replaced by the following:

UGANDA

Serial number

Type

Registration

Operator

19821

B707-379C

5X-GLA

Air Alexander