THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 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(1), and in particular Article 14(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A number of Member States requested to apply derogations to the common aviation safety rules contained in rules implementing Regulation (EC) No 216/2008. Pursuant to Article 14(6) of that Regulation, the Commission services assessed the need for, and the level of protection emerging from, the derogations requested, based on recommendations from EASA. The Commission concluded that the variation would provide a level of protection equivalent to the one attained by application of the common aviation safety rules, provided certain conditions are met. The assessment of each derogation, and the conditions attached to their application, are described in separate Annexes to this Decision authorising these derogations.
(2) In accordance with Article 14(7) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, a derogation granted to one Member State shall be notified to all Member States, which shall also be entitled to apply that derogation. This Decision should therefore be addressed to all Member States. The description of each derogation, as well as the conditions attached to it, should be such as to enable other Member States to apply that measure when they are in the same situation, without requiring a further approval from the Commission. Nevertheless, Member States should notify the application of derogations, as they may have effects outside that Member State.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Aviation Safety Agency Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: