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Texts adopted - Aviation safety with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union ***I - Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Procedure : 2018/0434(COD)
Document selected : A8-0061/2019
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Aviation safety with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union ***I
P8_TA-PROV(2019)0168 A8-0061/2019
European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 March 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Union (COM(2018)0894 – C8-0514/2018 – 2018/0434(COD))
– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0894),
– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 100(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0514/2018),
– having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 22 February 2019 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A8-0061/2019),
(1) Not yet published in the Offical Journal
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 March 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union
P8_TC1-COD(2018)0434
(2) The principal objective of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and the Council(3) is to establish and maintain a high and uniform level of aviation safety in the Union. For that purpose, a system of certificates has been established for various aviation activities, in order to achieve the required safety levels and to enable the necessary verifications and the mutual acceptance of certificates issued.
(3) In the area of aviation safety, the impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on certificates and approvals can be remedied by many stakeholders through various measures. Those measures include the transfer to a civil aviation authority of one of the remaining 27 Member States, or applying, before the withdrawal date, for a certificate issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency ("the Agency"), taking effect from that date only and hence conditional upon the United Kingdom having become a third country.
(4) However, unlike in other areas of Union law, there are some specific instances where it is not possible to obtain a certificate from another Member State or from the Agency because, from the withdrawal date, the United Kingdom will resume, for its jurisdiction, the role as "State of design" under the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The United Kingdom, in turn, can only issue certificates in that new role once it has assumed it, namely once Union law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom following its withdrawal from the Union.
(5) It is therefore necessary to set up a temporary mechanism to extend the validity of certain aviation safety certificates, in order to allow the operators concerned, and the Agency, sufficient time to issue the necessary certificates under Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 to take account of the United Kingdom's status as a third country.
(6) The duration of such extension of the validity of certificates should be limited to what is strictly necessary in order to deal with the United Kingdom’s departure from the Union´s aviation safety system.
(7) In order to allow for additional time, where necessary, for the certificates under Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 to be issued to the operators concerned, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of further extending the period of validity of the certificates referred to in Section I of the Annex to this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making(4). In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
(8) Moreover, unlike in most other areas of Union law regarding goods, the invalidity of certificates has an impact not on the placing on the market but on the actual use of aviation products, parts and appliances in the Union, for example when installing parts and appliances on an Union aircraft operating in the Union. Such use of aviation products in the Union should not be impacted by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom.
(9) In the Union´s aviation safety system, the training of pilots and mechanics is tightly regulated and training modules are harmonised. Persons taking part in a training module in one Member State cannot always change, in the course of that training, to another Member State. That particular situation should be taken into account in the Union contingency measures.
(10) The provisions of this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency and should apply, in principle, from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom, unless a withdrawal agreement concluded with the United Kingdom has entered into force by that date. However, in order to allow for the necessary administrative procedures to be conducted as early as possible, certain provisions should apply from the entry into force of this Regulation,
1. This Regulation lays down specific provisions, in view of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (‘the United Kingdom’) from the European Union, for certain aviation safety certificates issued under Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5) or Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 to natural and legal persons having their principal place of business in the United Kingdom and for certain situations regarding aviation training.
(a) the European Union Aviation Safety Agency ("the Agency") to natural or legal persons having their principal place of business in the United Kingdom, as set out in Section 1 of the Annex; or
(b) natural or legal persons certified by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom as set out in Section 2 of the Annex.
3. In addition to the certificates listed in paragraph 2, this Regulation shall apply to the ▌training modules referred to in Article 5.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the corresponding definitions of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted under that Regulation and under Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 shall apply.
The certificates referred to in point (b) of Article 1(2), concerning the use of products, parts and appliances shall remain valid ▌.
Carryover of ▌training modules
By way of derogation from Commission Regulations (EU) No 1178/2011(6) and (EU) No 1321/2014(7), the competent authorities of the Member States or the Agency, as applicable, shall take account of the examinations taken in training organisations that are subject to oversight by the competent authority of the United Kingdom but which have not yet led to the issuance of the license prior to the date of application referred to in the second sub-paragraph of Article 10(2) of this Regulation, as if they had been taken with a training organisation subject to the oversight of the competent authority of a Member State.
1. Certificates governed by Articles 3 or 4 of this Regulation are subject to the rules applicable to them in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the implementing and delegated acts adopted by virtue of it or of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008. The Agency shall have the powers established in Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and in the implementing and delegated acts adopted under that Regulation and under Regulation (EC) 216/2008 with regard to entities having their principal place of business in a third country.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 319/2014(8) shall apply to legal and natural persons holding or issuing certificates referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation under the same conditions as to holders of corresponding certificates issued to third country legal or natural persons.
Section 1:	Certificates issued by European Aviation Safety Agency ("Agency") to natural or legal persons with their principal place of business in the United Kingdom and for aircraft, referred to in:
1.1. Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012(9), Annex I, Part 21, Section A, Subpart B (Type-certificates and restricted type-certificates)
1.2. Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, Annex I, Part 21, Section A, Subpart D (Changes to type-certificates and restricted type-certificates)
1.3. Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, Annex I, Part 21, Section A, Subpart E (Supplemental type-certificates)
1.4. Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, Annex I, Part 21, Section A, Subpart M (Repairs)
1.5. Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, Annex I, Part 21, Section A, Subpart O (European Technical Standard Order authorisations)
1.6. Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, Annex I, Part 21, Section A, Subpart J (Design organisation approvals)
Section 2:	Certificates for products, parts or appliances issued by legal or natural persons certified by the competent authorities of the United Kingdom, referred to in:
2.1. Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, Annex I, Section A, Subpart G, point 21.A.163(c) (authorised release certificates for products, parts and appliances)
2.2. Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, Annex II, Part-145, point 145.A.75(e) (certificates of release to service in respect of completion of maintenance)
2.3. Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, Annex II, Part-145, point 145.A.75(f) (airworthiness review certificates for ELA 1 aircraft)
2.4. Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, Annex I, Part M, Section A, Subpart F, point M.A.615(d) (certificates of release to service on completion of maintenance)
2.5. Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, Annex I, Part M, Section A, Subpart F, point M.A.615(e) (airworthiness review certificates for ELA1 aircraft)
2.6 Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, Annex I, Part M, Section A, Subpart G, point M.A.711(a)(4) or (b)(1) (airworthiness review certificates and extensions thereof )
2.7 Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, Annex I, Part-M, Section A, Subpart H, point M.A.801(b)(2) and (3) and (c) (certificates of release to service in respect of completion of maintenance).
(4) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p.1.
(5) Regulation (EC) 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (OJ L 79, 19.3.2008, p. 1).
(8) Commission Regulation (EU) No 319/2014 of 27 March 2014 on the fees and charges levied by the European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 593/2007 (OJ L95, 28.3.2014, p.58).
(9) Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 of 3 August 2012 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 Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 224, 21.8.2012, p. 1).