BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Pursuant to Article 58(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 detailed continuing airworthiness requirements for certified unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operated in the ‘specific’ category and for which an airworthiness certificate has to be obtained, and their components, and for organisations and personnel involved in those activities are laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1107 (2).

(2) To ensure the uniform application of those detailed continuing airworthiness requirements, rules and procedures for the assessment of compliance with those requirements to be applied by the competent authorities should be laid down. Those rules and procedures should reflect the requirements for the competent authorities responsible for the continuing airworthiness of manned aircraft laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 (3), but at the same time adapted to the specific UAS framework.

(3) Furthermore, in order to manage safety risks deriving from information security threats it is necessary that the competent authorities responsible for the continuing airworthiness of certified unmanned aircraft and their components apply the requirements for the management of information security risks with a potential impact on aviation safety laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/203 (4). Therefore, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/203 should be amended to include in its scope also those competent authorities.

(4) It is necessary to provide sufficient time for the competent authorities to ensure compliance with the new rules and procedures for the assessment of compliance of certified UAS with detailed continuing airworthiness requirements, therefore this Regulation should apply from 1 May 2025. However, the requirements for the management of information security risks with a potential impact on aviation safety should be deferred until Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/203 becomes applicable.

(5) The European Union Aviation Safety Agency assisted the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2), points (b) and (c) and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and submitted to the Commission the related Opinion No 03/2023 (5) on 31 August 2023.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the application of common safety rules in the field of civil aviation established by Article 127(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139,