This Opinion proposes amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2117 which lays down the necessary rules and detailed requirements for the functioning and management of a repository of information, in particular with regard to the list of information objects provided in its Annex I which is considered dynamic and requires to be regularly updated.
Annex I to that Regulation lists the information objects (such as pilot licences, certificates of airworthiness, declarations, etc.) which shall be uploaded to the repository. Since the adoption of the Regulation, several developments have occurred, and new insights gained require changes to the list (objects are missing, are considered obsolete or the assigned priority group is now inappropriate).
The currently identified omissions and ambiguities in Annex I relate to the following:
- registration of certified UAS,
- exemptions (of a duration up to 8 months),
- UAS operator certificate,
- operator confirmation of acceptability of the updated mitigation measures and compliance of local conditions in case of cross-border operations,
- operational authorisation for UAS operators, and
- ‘permit to fly’ and ‘permit to fly — approval of flight conditions’.
The proposed regulatory material is expected to improve the dissemination, transfer and exchange of civil-aviation-related information between national competent authorities, EASA, the European Commission and safety investigation authorities.
