EASA CAT.3 and 4

[lisander1]

Hello guys! I never liked the idea of opening threads but I could not find another way to ask this..
One quick question about EASA competence level 3 and 4 (as they refer to in the Eu COMM.REG. 2015/1039).
Specifically, it is said that the PIC for flights of these categories must possess a flight test rating. But I've never found any indication of such FTR for those categories (I searched the most obvious docs, like FCL.820). Does anyone know what they mean in real life? Who can have access to these kinds of tests?
This is what they write at page 8:
1.3. Competence level 3
1.3.1. Pilot(s) shall hold a valid licence appropriate to the category of aircraft under test, issued in accordance with Part-FCL and hold a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) as a minimum. In addition, the pilot-in- command shall: (a) hold a flight test rating; or (b) have at least 1 000 hours of flight experience as pilot-in-command on aircraft having similar complexity and characteristics; and (c) have participated, for each class or type of aircraft, in all flights that are part of the programme leading to the issuance of the individual certificate of airworthiness of at least five aircraft.
Thanks for your time!

[BizJetJock]

FCL.820 (c)(2)(ii)
conduct all other categories of flight tests, as defined in Part-21, either as PIC or co-pilot;

So the same FTR as the other categories. The difference is that for 3 or 4 you can also do them without a FTR if you meet the alternatives.

[lisander1]

Hi Bizjet, thanks for the comment. My doubt arises from having heard about specific courses for CAT.3 and 4 organized ad hoc by some TPS.
Maybe those courses are recognized only in the military, as in the EASA regulations they never mention those FTR..

[212man]

Hi Bizjet, thanks for the comment. My doubt arises from having heard about specific courses for CAT.3 and 4 organized ad hoc by some TPS.
Maybe those courses are recognized only in the military, as in the EASA regulations they never mention those FTR..
I think EASA dropped the requirements to do a course, leading to a rating, some time ago. I arranged for ETPS to run a MCF course for my organisation, and at the time (2009) they said it met the requirements for a Cat 4 rating, but soon after that the requirements were simplified.