Existing national pilots’ licences
Article 4
1. JAR-compliant licences issued or recognised by a Member State before 8 April 2012 shall be deemed to have been issued in accordance with this Regulation. Member States shall replace these licences with licences complying with the format laid down in Part-ARA by 8 April 2017 at the latest. 2. Non-JAR-compliant licences including any associated ratings, certificates, authorisations and/or qualifications issued or recognised by a Member State before the applicability of this Regulation shall be converted into Part-FCL licences by the Member State that issued the licence. 3. Non-JAR-compliant licences shall be converted into Part-FCL licences and associated ratings or certificates in accordance with: (a) the provisions of Annex II; or (b) the elements laid down in a conversion report. 4. The conversion report shall: (a) be established by the Member State that issued the pilot licence in consultation with the European Aviation Safety Agency (the Agency); (b) describe the national requirements on the basis of which the pilot licences were issued; (c) describe the scope of the privileges that were given to the pilots; (d) indicate for which requirements in Annex I credit is to be given; (e) indicate any limitations that need to be included on the Part-FCL licences and any requirements the pilot has to comply with in order to remove those limitations. 5. The conversion report shall include copies of all documents necessary to demonstrate the elements set out in points (a) to (e) of paragraph 4, including copies of the relevant national requirements and procedures. When developing the conversion report, Member States shall aim at allowing pilots to, as far as possible, maintain their current scope of activities. 6. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 3, holders of a class rating instructor certificate or an examiner certificate who have privileges for single-pilot high performance complex aircraft shall have those privileges converted into a type rating instructor certificate or an examiner certificate for single-pilot aeroplanes. 7. A Member State may authorise a student pilot to exercise limited privileges without supervision before he/she meets all the requirements necessary for the issuance of an LAPL under the following conditions: (a) the privileges shall be limited to its national territory or a part of it; (b) the privileges shall be restricted to a limited geographical area and to single-engine piston aeroplanes with a maximum take-off mass not exceeding 2 000 kg, and shall not include the carriage of passengers; (c) those authorisations shall be issued on the basis of an individual safety risk assessment carried out by an instructor following a concept safety risk assessment carried out by the Member State; (d) the Member State shall submit periodical reports to the Commission and the Agency every 3 years.