Retained EU Law SI 2012 United Kingdom

Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 (Initial Airworthiness)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 of 3 August 2012 laying down implementing rules for the airworthiness and environmental certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, as well as for the certification of design and production organisations (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

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Enforced by
CAA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Manufacturer1 Applicant1 Designer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Manufacturer — also bound by 551 other Acts
Applicant — also bound by 325 other Acts
Designer — also bound by 13 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art007 Operational suitability data Regulated
  • Obtain CAA approval of operational suitability data before aircraft deliveryApplicant
s.art008 Design organisations Regulated
  • Design organisations must hold Part 21 approval and fix SMS findings by 1 July 2026Designer
s.art009 Production organisations Regulated
  • Demonstrate manufacturing capability and hold CAA production approvalManufacturer
s.art010 CAA measures Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • CAA must develop acceptable means of compliance for Part 21Statutory regulator
9 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Scope and definitions
s.art002 Products, parts and appliances certification
s.art003 Continued validity of type-certificates and related certificates of airworthiness
s.art004 Continued validity of supplemental type-certificates
s.art005 Continued operation of certain aircraft registered by Member States
s.art006 Continued validity of parts and appliances certificates
s.art007 Permit to fly
s.art011 Repeal
s.art012 Entry into force

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

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Which approval regime applies to your transport equipment

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.