Report on the application of the Airworthiness Regulation (period 2014-2016)

Background and further information:

Council Regulation (EC) No 1147/2002 (‘the Airworthiness Regulation’) provides for the temporary suspension of the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain goods imported with airworthiness certificates. It enables simplified customs procedures for duty-free imports of parts, components and other goods from non-EU countries that are used to manufacture, repair, maintain, rebuild, modify or convert aircraft.

In the past, these were imported under special customs procedures such as end-use, inward processing, customs or warehousing. Importing under the special customs procedures required prior and/or subsequent authorisation or supervision by customs, whereas under the Airworthiness Regulation authorisation can be granted upon presentation of a specific ‘airworthiness certificate’. This procedure is less burdensome than the previous suspensive ones.

Under Article 4 of the Airworthiness Regulation, a report on the application of the Regulation must be submitted to the Council based on the information received from the Member States. The purpose of this report is to present findings and conclusions on the implementation of the Airworthiness Regulation based on the information received from Member States for the 3-year period 2014 to 2016.

• Primary Source

ESO: Proposal for a Council Regulation temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain goods of a kind to be incorporated in or used for aircraft, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1147/2002 http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-regulation-temporarily-suspending-the-autonomous-common-customs-tariff-duties-on-certain-goods-of-a-kind-to-be-incorporated-in-or-used-for-aircraft-and-repealing-regulation-ec/

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