Commission Regulation (EC) No 706/2006 of  8 May 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 as regards the period during which Member States may issue approvals of a limited duration   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, aircraft, environmental standard, product design, production standard

L 122/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.5.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 706/2006

of 8 May 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 as regards the period during which Member States may
issue approvals of a limited duration

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of
European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002 on
common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a
European Aviation Safety Agency (1), and in particular Articles
5(4) and 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 was implemented by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 of 24
September 2003 laying down implementing rules for
the airworthiness and environmental certification of
aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, as
well as for the certification of design and production
organisations (2).

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 establishes
that, by way of derogation from paragraph 21.A.159 of
its Annex, Member States may issue approvals of a
limited duration until 28 September 2005.

Article 5(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 specifies
that the European Aviation Safety Agency (hereinafter
referred to as the Agency) is to make, in due time, an
evaluation of the implication of the provisions of that
Regulation for the duration of the validity of approvals in
view of producing an opinion to the Commission
including possible amendments to the said Regulation.

Member States can adapt
the system of approvals of unlimited duration.

their national

legislation to

There is no further need for
the provision on an
evaluation by the Agency. That provision should be
deleted.

Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are based
on the opinion issued by the Agency in accordance with
Articles
(EC)
14(1)
No 1592/2002.

of Regulation

12(2)(b)

and

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab-
lished by Article 54 of Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002,

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 is amended as
follows:

(a)

in paragraph 2,
September 2007’;

‘28 September 2005’

is replaced by ‘28

(b) paragraph 5 is deleted.

Article 2

(4)

The Agency has undertaken this
evaluation and
concluded that a new deadline should be set so that

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2006.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1701/2003 (OJ

last amended by
L 243,

Commission Regulation
27.9.2003, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 243, 27.9.2003, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 381/2005 (OJ L 61, 8.3.2005, p. 3).