Civil aviation: operation of civil subsonic jet aeroplanes (repeal. Directive 92/14/EEC). Codification

PURPOSE: codification of legislation.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Directive 2006/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 3 , Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988) (codified version).

CONTENT: the purpose of this Directive is to undertake a codification of Council Directive 92/14/EEC of 2 March 1992 on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume I of Annex 16 to the Convention on international Civil Aviation, second edition (1998).

The new Directive supersedes the various instruments incorporated in it; their content is fully preserved, and they are brought together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

The Directive applies to aeroplanes with a maximum take-off mass of 34 000 kg or more or with a certified maximum internal accommodation for the aeroplane type in question consisting of more than nineteen passenger seats, excluding any seats for crew only.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 16/01/2007.