Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘safety certification body’ means the body responsible for issuing a single safety certificate, either the Agency or a national safety authority; (2) ‘date of receipt of the application’ means: (a) where the Agency acts as the safety certification body, the first working day common to the Agency and to the national safety authorities concerned with the intended area of operation following the acknowledgement of receipt of the application file; (b) where a national safety authority acts as the safety certification body, the first working day in the Member State concerned following the acknowledgement of receipt of the application file; (3) ‘pre-engagement’ means a procedural stage preceding the submission of an application, in the course of which the applicant may request additional information on the following stages of the safety assessment process from the safety certification body and the national safety authorities concerned with the intended area of operation; (4) ‘residual concern’ means a minor issue identified during the assessment of an application for a single safety certificate which does not prevent its issuing and can be deferred for later supervision; (5) ‘relevant date’ means 16 June 2019, except as regards those Member States that have notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 33(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/798 that they have extended the transposition period of that Directive, in which case the relevant date is 16 June 2020.