Guess US would get bilateral agreement fast?
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Dear Mr. ******* 12/6/2007
On 15 November 2005 the European Commission adopted a proposal for the extension of the Scope of Regulation (EC) No. 1592/2002 to air operations, pilot licensing and third country aircraft [COM(2005) 579 final], based on EASA’s Opinion 3/2004. This Commission proposal is going through the co-decision legislative procedure, and it is expected to be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council during the course of 2007. At the same time, the Agency has initiated a rulemaking activity to draft the implementing rules for operations and licensing. Groups OPS.001 and FCL.001 have already started their activities, and the Agency expects to have a Opinion ready to present to the Commission soon after the extension to the EASA Regulation is adopted. This opinion will then be processed through the comitology procedure and become a Commission Regulation. The timings for the applicability of community rules on flight crew licensing and operations is still not clear, since it depends on the results of the legislative process, but there may be European Regulations for flight crew licensing applicable in all Member States from 2008 on. The progress of the work of the EASA groups can be followed on the website www.easa.europa.eu.
Regarding your specific question about the requirements for pilots holding licences issued by third countries to fly in Europe, the Commission’s proposal on the extension of scope introduces some significant changes into the existing system, in the sense that it establishes that Member States can only issue licences on the basis of licences issued by third countries as provided for in recognition agreements between the Community and that third country (see article 9 of the Regulation). This means that a licence issued by a third country can only be converted into an European licence on the basis of a bilateral agreement.
On the other hand, article 6a, paragraph 2 of the proposal establishes that, in the case pilots operating aircraft registered in a third country and used by an operator for which any Member State ensures oversight of operations or used into, within or out of the Community by an operator established or residing in the Community, Member States may accept licences and medical certificates issued by or on behalf of a third country. The conditions for the acceptance of these third country licences will be established in the implementing rules that are being developed at the moment.
I hope this answers your questions. Please don’t hesitate to contact us should your need any further information.
Best regards,
******* *********
Rulemaking Officer
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Postfach 10 12 53 D-50452 Köln, Germany
Visiting address: Ottoplatz 1 D-50452 Köln, Germany
Tel: +49 221 899 90 30**
Fax: +49 221 899 90 35**
Email : ***********@easa.europa.eu
Website: www.easa.europa.eu.
On 15 November 2005 the European Commission adopted a proposal for the extension of the Scope of Regulation (EC) No. 1592/2002 to air operations, pilot licensing and third country aircraft [COM(2005) 579 final], based on EASA’s Opinion 3/2004. This Commission proposal is going through the co-decision legislative procedure, and it is expected to be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council during the course of 2007. At the same time, the Agency has initiated a rulemaking activity to draft the implementing rules for operations and licensing. Groups OPS.001 and FCL.001 have already started their activities, and the Agency expects to have a Opinion ready to present to the Commission soon after the extension to the EASA Regulation is adopted. This opinion will then be processed through the comitology procedure and become a Commission Regulation. The timings for the applicability of community rules on flight crew licensing and operations is still not clear, since it depends on the results of the legislative process, but there may be European Regulations for flight crew licensing applicable in all Member States from 2008 on. The progress of the work of the EASA groups can be followed on the website www.easa.europa.eu.
Regarding your specific question about the requirements for pilots holding licences issued by third countries to fly in Europe, the Commission’s proposal on the extension of scope introduces some significant changes into the existing system, in the sense that it establishes that Member States can only issue licences on the basis of licences issued by third countries as provided for in recognition agreements between the Community and that third country (see article 9 of the Regulation). This means that a licence issued by a third country can only be converted into an European licence on the basis of a bilateral agreement.
On the other hand, article 6a, paragraph 2 of the proposal establishes that, in the case pilots operating aircraft registered in a third country and used by an operator for which any Member State ensures oversight of operations or used into, within or out of the Community by an operator established or residing in the Community, Member States may accept licences and medical certificates issued by or on behalf of a third country. The conditions for the acceptance of these third country licences will be established in the implementing rules that are being developed at the moment.
I hope this answers your questions. Please don’t hesitate to contact us should your need any further information.
Best regards,
******* *********
Rulemaking Officer
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Postfach 10 12 53 D-50452 Köln, Germany
Visiting address: Ottoplatz 1 D-50452 Köln, Germany
Tel: +49 221 899 90 30**
Fax: +49 221 899 90 35**
Email : ***********@easa.europa.eu
Website: www.easa.europa.eu.
What a bunch of weasel worded claptrap!
Essentially it confirms that they have produced nothing except ineffectual regulation and expense since their inception.
This is precisely what is wrong with Europe and letting a bunch of frigging European beaurocrats, without oversight on their powers, get control of our lives and business. When is anyone going to say enough is enough?
I wonder if any of them have ever been involved with aviation beyond being a passenger on their way to Spain to lay out the towels and save sunbeds for their colleagues?
Essentially it confirms that they have produced nothing except ineffectual regulation and expense since their inception.This is precisely what is wrong with Europe and letting a bunch of frigging European beaurocrats, without oversight on their powers, get control of our lives and business. When is anyone going to say enough is enough?
I wonder if any of them have ever been involved with aviation beyond being a passenger on their way to Spain to lay out the towels and save sunbeds for their colleagues?
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