Regulation (EU) 2019/494 on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

Summary:

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019 on the validity of air safety certificates and licences following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

Further information:

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement would affect in particular the validity of certificates and licenses originating from the UK issued under Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 on common rules in the field of civil aviation.

Regarding certain aeronautical products and companies, the UK resumes, as of the withdrawal date, the role of "State of design" under the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The UK can only issue certificates in this new role if it complies with requirements set under the Convention. Those responsibilities are currently fulfilled by the European Aviation Safety Authority to which the UK participates by virtue of EU membership.

It is therefore necessary to ensure a controlled change mechanism, allowing the operators concerned and the Agency sufficient time so that the necessary certificates can be issued under Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, having regard to the status of the UK as a third country.

Background:

In March 2017 the United Kingdom submitted notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This means that, if the Withdrawal Agreement is not ratified, the EU’s primary and secondary law will cease to apply to the UK from 30 March 2019. The UK will then become a third country.

The Communication ‘Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: a Contingency Action Plan’ set out the contingency measures it plans to take if there is no withdrawal agreement in place on the withdrawal date. In that Communication, the European Commission listed the actions it considered necessary while recalling that additional actions may be necessary at a later stage.

EUR-Lex: COM(2018)894: Proposal for a Regulation on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2018:894:FIN

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