EASA screws the use of GPS approaches

[421C]

The regualtions appear to say that with third country registered aircraft, it is the state of establishment of the operator that will have to give the approval, not the state of registry of the aircraft. That seems to fly in the face of ICAO conventions. How is that going to work?

No. The regulations say (my underline)

(a) The competent authority for issuing a specific approval shall be

1. for the commercial operator the authority of the Member State in which the operator has its principal place of business; and

2. for the non-commercial operator the authority of the State in which the operator is established or residing.

(b) Notwithstanding (a)(2), for the non commercial operator using aircraft registered in a third country, the applicable requirements under this Part for the approval of the following operations shall not apply if these approvals are issued by a third country State of Registry:

1. Performance-based navigation (PBN);
2. Minimum operational performance specifications (MNPS);
3. Reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) airspace.

Para b makes it clear that a private aircraft registered in a 3rd country may operate under an approval from the state of registry.