Commission Regulation (EC) No 287/2008 of 28 March 2008 on the extension of the period of validity of referred to in Article 2c(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, aircraft, chemical product, environmental standard, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, product design, production standard

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 287/2008

of 28 March 2008

on the extension of the period of validity of referred to in Article 2c(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1702/2003

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

extending the period of validity referred to in paragraph
2 of Article 2c of Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 are
met as regards certain types of aircraft.
It notified its
determination to the Commission on the same day.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of
the
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 Article 5
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Aircraft
falling within the scope of Article 2c of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 (2) and
meeting the specific airworthiness
laid
down therein are to be issued by Member States
restricted certificates of airworthiness allowing them to
continue until 28 March 2008 the operations that they
were entitled to perform on 28 March 2007.

specifications

Article 2c(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 provides
that the Commission may extend the period of validity
referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article by a maximum
of 18 months, provided that a certification process for
the type of aircraft concerned has been undertaken by
the European Aviation Safety Agency (the Agency) before
28 March 2008 and that the Agency has determined that
such process can be concluded within the additional
period of validity.

(3)

Pursuant
to Article 2c(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1702/2003 the Agency issued a determination on
15 February 2008 to the effect that the conditions for

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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 334/2007 (OJ L 88, 29.3.2007,
p. 39).

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

lation (EC) No 375/2007 (OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 3).

(4)

(5)

(6)

Specifically, in its determination the Agency states that it
has received and accepted applications for the certifi-
cation and/or validation of the type certificates issued
by the certifying authorities of the ex-Soviet Union of
type Antonov AN-26,
two aircraft:
enabling it
the
aeroplane of type AN-26B, and the helicopter of the
type Kamov-32A11BC, enabling it to also consider the
certification of the helicopter of type Kamov-32A12.

the certification of

the aeroplane of

to also consider

In its determination the Agency further concludes that it
can complete the certification process of these aircraft
types by 28 September 2009.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred
to in Article 54(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The period of validity referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 2c of
Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 is extended until 28 September
2009 with respect to the aeroplanes of type Antonov AN-26
and AN-26B and the helicopters of type Kamov-32A12 and
Kamov-32A11BC.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 28 March 2008.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President