Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1254 of 19 July 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/640 as regards the introduction of new additional airworthiness requirements
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1254 of 19 July 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/640 as regards the introduction of new additional airworthiness requirements
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Regulation (EU) 2015/640 is amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2015/640, the following points (ca), (cb) and (cc) are inserted:
‘(ca)
“small helicopter” means a helicopter that has the Certification Specifications for Small Rotorcraft (CS-27) or equivalent in its certification basis;
(cb)
“small category A helicopter” means a small helicopter that has all the characteristics of category A as defined in point (17) of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 and has in its certification basis the additional specifications set out in the Certification Specifications for Large Rotorcraft (CS-29) that are applicable by virtue of the reference in Appendix C to CS-27, or equivalent;
(cc)
“Substantiated sea conditions” means those sea conditions which were selected by the applicant for a type certificate or supplemental type certificate against which the resistance of the rotorcraft to capsize has been demonstrated and subsequently certified for ditching or emergency flotation provisions.’;
(2)
Annex I (Part-26) is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 9 September 2022, except for:
(a)
points 2 and 6 of the Annex, which shall apply from 26 August 2023;
(b)
point 4 and point 5 of the Annex as regards the addition of points 26.410, 26.415, points 26.420(a) and (b), and point 26.425 of Annex I (Part-26) to Regulation (EU) 2015/640, which shall apply from 9 August 2023;
(c)
point 5 of the Annex as regards the addition of point 26.420(c) and point 26.435(a) of Annex I (Part-26) to Regulation (EU) 2015/640, which shall apply from 9 August 2024;
(d)
point 5 of the Annex as regards the addition of point 26.435(b) of Annex I (Part-26) to Regulation (EU) 2015/640, which shall apply from 9 August 2026.
ANNEX
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/640 (Part-26) is amended as follows:
(1)
the table of contents is replaced by the following:
‘CONTENTS
SUBPART A – GENERAL PROVISIONS
26.10
Competent authority
26.20
Temporary inoperative equipment
26.30
Demonstration of compliance
SUBPART B – LARGE AEROPLANES
26.50
Seats, berths, safety belts, and harnesses
26.60
Emergency landing – dynamic conditions
26.100
Location of emergency exits
26.105
Emergency exit access
26.110
Emergency exit markings
26.120
Interior emergency lighting and emergency light operation
26.150
Compartment interiors
26.155
Flammability of cargo compartment liners
26.156
Thermal or acoustic insulation materials
26.157
Conversion of Class D compartments
26.160
Lavatory fire protection
26.170
Fire extinguishers
26.200
Landing gear aural warning
26.201
Tyre inflation pressure
26.205
Runway overrun awareness and alerting systems
26.250
Flight crew compartment door operating systems – single incapacitation
26.300
Continuing structural integrity programme for ageing aeroplanes structures – general requirements
26.301
Compliance Plan for (R)TC holders
26.302
Fatigue and damage tolerance evaluation
26.303
Limit of Validity
26.304
Corrosion prevention and control programme
26.305
Validity of the continuing structural integrity programme
26.306
Fatigue critical baseline structure
26.307
Damage tolerance data for existing changes to fatigue critical structure
26.308
Damage tolerance data for existing repairs to fatigue critical structure
26.309
Repair evaluation guidelines
26.330
Damage tolerance data for existing supplemental type-certificates (STCs), other existing major changes and existing repairs affecting those changes or STCs
26.331
Compliance Plan for STC holders
26.332
Identification of changes affecting fatigue critical structure
26.333
Damage tolerance data for STCs and repairs to those STCs approved on or after 1 September 2003
26.334
Damage tolerance data for STCs and other changes and repairs to those changes approved before 1 September 2003
26.370
Continuing airworthiness tasks and aircraft maintenance programme
SUBPART C – HELICOPTERS
26.400
Fire extinguishers
26.410
Emergency controls operated underwater
26.415
Underwater emergency exits
26.420
Emergency equipment for flight over water
26.425
Provision of substantiated sea conditions
26.430
Resistance of an emergency flotation system to damage
26.431
Determination of the robustness of emergency flotation system designs
26.435
Automatic deployment of an emergency flotation system
Appendix 1 – List of aeroplane models not subject to certain provisions of Annex I (Part-26)’;
(2)
point 26.157 is replaced by the following:
‘26.157 Conversion of Class D compartments
Operators of large aeroplanes used in commercial air transport, type certified on or after 1 January 1958, except for operators of an aeroplane model listed in Table A.1 of Appendix 1 to this Annex, shall ensure that:
(a)
for aeroplanes, the operation of which involves the transport of passengers, each Class D cargo or baggage compartment, regardless of its volume, complies with the certification specifications applicable to a Class C compartment;
(b)
for aeroplanes, the operation of which involves the transport of cargo only, each Class D cargo compartment, regardless of its volume, complies with the certification specifications applicable to either a Class C or a Class E compartment.’;
(3)
the following point 26.201 is inserted:
‘26.201 Tyre inflation pressure
Operators of large aeroplanes shall minimise the risk of a tyre being below its minimum serviceable inflation pressure during operation.’;
(4)
the title of Subpart C is replaced by the following:
‘SUBPART C – HELICOPTERS’;
(5)
the following points 26.410, 26.415, 26.420, 26.425, 26.430, 26.431 and 26.435 are added:
‘26.410 Emergency controls operated underwater
Operators of small helicopters and large helicopters that are required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, shall ensure that all the emergency controls that need to be operated underwater are marked with the method of operation as well as with yellow and black stripes.
26.415 Underwater emergency exits
(a)
Operators of small helicopters and large helicopters that are required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, shall ensure that:
(1)
it is possible for occupants to easily identify the means to operate all the underwater emergency exits to facilitate egress in the case of ditching or capsize;
(2)
an underwater emergency exit is available on each side of the helicopter for each unit, (or part of a unit, of four passenger seats unless the emergency underwater exit is large enough to permit the simultaneous egress of two passengers;
(3)
passenger seats are located in relation to the underwater emergency exits referred to in point (2) in such a way as to facilitate the escape of passengers in the event of the helicopter capsizing and the cabin becoming flooded.
(b)
Operators of small category A helicopters and large helicopters that are required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, shall ensure that:
(1)
all emergency exits, including flight crew emergency exits, and any door, window or other opening suitable to be used for the purpose of underwater escape, remain operable in an emergency;
(2)
an automatic means is provided to easily identify the periphery of the apertures of all underwater emergency exits in all lighting conditions; such markings must be designed to remain visible in case the helicopter is capsized or the cabin is submerged.
26.420 Emergency equipment for flight over water
(a)
Operators of small helicopters and large helicopters that are required to comply with the requirements of point CAT.IDE.H.300 of Annex IV, point NCC.IDE.H.227 of Annex VI or point SPO.IDE.H.199 of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, shall ensure that each inflated life raft has a means to hold it near the helicopter, and an additional means to keep the inflated life raft attached to the helicopter further away at a distance that would not pose a danger to the life raft itself nor to the persons on board. In the event that the helicopter totally submerges, both of those life raft retention means shall break before the helicopter submerges, even when the life raft is empty.
(b)
Operators of small helicopters and large helicopters that are required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, shall ensure that stowage provisions are provided that accommodate one life preserver for each helicopter occupant within easy reach of each occupant while seated, unless occupants are always required to wear them whilst on board the helicopter.
(c)
Operators of large helicopters that are required by point SPA.HOFO.165(d) of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 to have one or more life rafts installed, shall ensure that the life raft(s):
(1)
is (are) remotely deployable, with the means to deploy the life raft(s), located within easy reach of the flight crew, the occupants of the passenger cabin and any survivors in the water, with the helicopter in an upright floating or capsized position;
(2)
can be reliably deployed with the helicopter in any reasonably foreseeable floating attitude, including capsize, and in the substantiated sea conditions for capsize resistance.
26.425 Provision of substantiated sea conditions
(a)
A holder of a type certificate for a small helicopter or a large helicopter shall ensure that the substantiated sea conditions for capsize resistance and any associated information relating to the ditching certification or emergency flotation provisions are included in the rotorcraft flight manual (RFM) and provided to all operators.
(b)
A holder of a supplemental type certificate for an emergency flotation system that is installed on a small helicopter or a large helicopter shall ensure that the substantiated sea conditions for capsize resistance and any associated information relating to the ditching certification or emergency flotation provisions are included in the RFM and provided to all operators.
26.430 Resistance of an emergency flotation system to damage
(a)
Operators of small helicopters or large helicopters that have their first individual certificate of airworthiness issued on or after 9 August 2025 and that are required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, shall ensure that if the helicopter includes a stowed emergency flotation system, the effects on the successful deployment and retention of the emergency flotation system as a result of possible damage from a water impact are minimised as far as practicable in the design.
(b)
Operators of small helicopters or large helicopters with stowed emergency flotation systems that are installed for the first time on or after 9 August 2025 that are required, in accordance with CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be certified for ditching, shall ensure that the effects on the successful deployment and retention of the emergency flotation systems as a result of possible damage from a water impact are minimised as far as practicable in the design.
26.431 Determination of the robustness of emergency flotation system designs
(a)
An operator of a small helicopter or a large helicopter that is required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, may request the person referred to in point (b) to provide the services referred to in point (c), where both the following conditions are met:
(1)
the operator is required to demonstrate compliance with point 26.430 of this Annex;
(2)
the robustness of the emergency flotation system in the event of water impact has not been demonstrated as part of the type certificate or supplemental type certificate of that helicopter.
(b)
The person who shall provide the services referred to in point (c) are:
(1)
the type certificate holder, if the emergency flotation system is included within the type design;
(2)
the supplemental type certificate holder, if the emergency flotation system is certified through a supplemental type certificate.
(c)
The person referred to in point (b) shall:
(1)
determine that the effects on the successful deployment and retention of the emergency flotation system as a result of possible damage from a water impact are minimised, as far as practicable;
(2)
determine that the effects referred to in point (c)(1) are taken into consideration in the design of the emergency flotation system;
(3)
provide an assessment to the operator.
26.435 Automatic deployment of an emergency flotation system
(a)
Operators of small helicopters that are required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, shall ensure that if an emergency flotation system is installed and is stowed during flight, then it shall automatically deploy as a result of entry into water.
(b)
Operators of small category A helicopters and large helicopters that are required, in accordance with point CAT.IDE.H.320(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, to be designed for landing on water or certified for ditching, shall ensure that if an emergency flotation system is installed and is stowed during flight, then it shall automatically deploy as a result of entry into water and shall not rely on any pilot action during flight.’;
(6)
Appendix 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Appendix 1
List of aeroplane models not subject to certain provisions of Annex I (Part-26)
Table A.1
TC Holder
Type
Models
Manufacturer serial number
Provisions of Annex I (Part-26) that do NOT apply
The Boeing Company
707
All
26.301 to 26.334
The Boeing Company
720
All
26.301 to 26.334
The Boeing Company
DC-10
DC-10-10
DC-10-30
DC-10-30F
All
26.301 to 26.334
The Boeing Company
DC-8
All
26.301 to 26.334
The Boeing Company
DC-9
DC-9-11,
DC-9-12,
DC-9-13,
DC-9-14,
DC-9-15,
DC-9-15F,
DC-9-21,
DC-9-31,
DC-9-32,
DC-9-32 (VC-9C),
DC-9-32F,
DC-9-32F (C-9A, C-9B),
DC-9-33F,
DC-9-34,
DC-9-34F,
DC-9-41,
DC-9-51
All
26.301 to 26.334
The Boeing Company
MD-90
MD-90-30
All
26.301 to 26.334
FOKKER SERVICES B.V.
F27
Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700
All
26.301 to 26.334
FOKKER SERVICES B.V.
F28
Mark 1000, 1000C, 2000, 3000, 3000C, 3000R, 3000RC, 4000
All
26.301 to 26.334
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP.
G-159
G-159 (Gulfstream I)
All
26.301 to 26.334
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP.
G-II_III_IV_V
G-1159A (GIII)
G-1159B (GIIB)
G-1159 (GII)
All
26.301 to 26.334
KELOWNA FLIGHTCRAFT LTD.
CONVAIR 340/440
440
All
26.301 to 26.334
LEARJET INC.
Learjet 24/25/31/36/35/55/60
24, 24A, 24B, 24B-A, 24D,24D-A, 24F, 24F-A, 25, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25F
All
26.301 to 26.334
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
1329
All
26.301 to 26.334
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
188
All
26.301 to 26.334
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
382
382, 382B, 382E, 382F, 382G
All
26.301 to 26.334
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
L-1011
All
26.301 to 26.334
PT. DIRGANTARA INDONESIA
CN-235
All
26.301 to 26.334
SABRELINER CORPORATION
NA-265
NA-265-65
All
26.301 to 26.334
VIKING AIR LIMITED
SD3
SD3-30
Sherpa
SD3 Sherpa
All
26.301 to 26.334
VIKING AIR LIMITED
DHC-7
All
26.301 to 26.334
VIKING AIR LIMITED
CL-215
CL-215-6B11
All
26.301 to 26.334
TUPOLEV PUBLIC STOCK COMPANY
TU-204
204-120CE
All
26.301 to 26.334
AIRBUS
A320 series
A320-251N, A320-271N
10033, 10242, 10281 and 10360
26.60
AIRBUS
A321 series
A321-271NX
10257, 10371 and 10391
26.60
AIRBUS
A330 series
A330-243, A330-941
1844, 1861, 1956, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2007, 2008 and 2011
26.60
ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Régional
ATR 72 series
ATR72-212A
1565, 1598, 1620, 1629, 1632, 1637, 1640, 1642, 1649, 1657, 1660, 1661
26.60
The Boeing Company
737 series
737-8 and 737-9
43299, 43304, 43305, 43310, 43321, 43322, 43332, 43334, 43344, 43348, 43391, 43579, 43797, 43798, 43799, 43917,
43918, 43919, 43921, 43925, 43927, 43928, 43957, 43973,
43974, 43975, 43976, 44867, 44868, 44873, 60009, 60010, 60040, 60042, 60056, 60057,
60058, 60059, 60060, 60061, 60063, 60064, 60065, 60066, 60068, 60194, 60195, 60389, 60434, 60444, 60455, 61857, 61859, 61862, 61864, 62451, 62452, 62453, 62454, 62533, 63358, 63359, 63360, 64610, 64611, 64612, 62613, 64614, 65899, 66147, 66148, 66150
26.60
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE LP.
Gulfstream G100 series
1125 Astra
1125 Astra SP
G100/Astra SPX
All
26.157
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE LP.
Gulfstream G100 series
Gulfstream G150
All
26.157
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE LP.
GALAXY G200 series
Gulfstream 200/Galaxy
All
26.157
TEXTRON AVIATION INC.
650 series
650
All
26.157
TEXTRON AVIATION INC.
Cessna 500/550/S550/560/560XL series
500
550
560
560XL
S550
All
26.157
TEXTRON AVIATION INC.
Hawker Series
BAe.125 Series
Hawker 750
Hawker 800XP
All
26.157
TEXTRON AVIATION INC.
CESSNA 750 (Citation X) series
750
All
26.157
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