Article 4 Exemptions for special operations

• Regulation (EU) 2016/1185 found in: SERA (923/2012) Standardised European Rules of the Air (Dec 2024)

Article 4 Exemptions for special operations Regulation (EU) 2016/1185 1. The competent authorities may, either on their own initiative or based on applications by the entities concerned, grant exemptions to individual entities or to categories of entities from any of the requirements of this Regulation for the following activities of public interest and for the training necessary to carry out those activities safely: (a) police and customs missions; (b) traffic surveillance and pursuit missions; (c) environmental control missions conducted by, or on behalf of public authorities; (d) search and rescue; (e) medical flights; (f) evacuations; (g) fire fighting; (h) exemptions required to ensure the security of flights by heads of State, Ministers and comparable State functionaries. 2. The competent authority authorising these exemptions shall inform EASA of the nature of the exemptions at latest two months after the exemption has been approved. 3. This Article is without prejudice to Article 3 and may be applied in the cases where the activities listed under paragraph 1, cannot be carried out as operational air traffic or where they otherwise may not benefit from the flexibility provisions contained in this Regulation. This Article shall also be without prejudice to helicopter operating minima contained in the specific approvals granted by the competent authority, pursuant to Annex V to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012[[7]](#_ftn7). --- [[7]](#_ftnref7) Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 296, 25.10.2012, p. 1). Article 4 Exemptions for special operations Regulation (EU) 2016/1185 1. The competent authorities may, either on their own initiative or based on applications by the entities concerned, grant exemptions to individual entities or to categories of entities from any of the requirements of this Regulation for the following activities of public interest and for the training necessary to carry out those activities safely: (a) police and customs missions; (b) traffic surveillance and pursuit missions; (c) environmental control missions conducted by, or on behalf of public authorities; (d) search and rescue; (e) medical flights; (f) evacuations; (g) fire fighting; (h) exemptions required to ensure the security of flights by heads of State, Ministers and comparable State functionaries. 2. The competent authority authorising these exemptions shall inform EASA of the nature of the exemptions at latest two months after the exemption has been approved. 3. This Article is without prejudice to Article 3 and may be applied in the cases where the activities listed under paragraph 1, cannot be carried out as operational air traffic or where they otherwise may not benefit from the flexibility provisions contained in this Regulation. This Article shall also be without prejudice to helicopter operating minima contained in the specific approvals granted by the competent authority, pursuant to Annex V to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012[[7]](#_ftn7). --- [[7]](#_ftnref7) Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 296, 25.10.2012, p. 1). ## Article 4 Exemptions for special operations *Regulation (EU) 2016/1185* 1. The competent authorities may, either on their own initiative or based on applications by the entities concerned, grant exemptions to individual entities or to categories of entities from any of the requirements of this Regulation for the following activities of public interest and for the training necessary to carry out those activities safely: (a) police and customs missions; (b) traffic surveillance and pursuit missions; (c) environmental control missions conducted by, or on behalf of public authorities; (d) search and rescue; (e) medical flights; (f) evacuations; (g) fire fighting; (h) exemptions required to ensure the security of flights by heads of State, Ministers and comparable State functionaries. 2. The competent authority authorising these exemptions shall inform EASA of the nature of the exemptions at latest two months after the exemption has been approved. 3. This Article is without prejudice to Article 3 and may be applied in the cases where the activities listed under paragraph 1, cannot be carried out as operational air traffic or where they otherwise may not benefit from the flexibility provisions contained in this Regulation. This Article shall also be without prejudice to helicopter operating minima contained in the specific approvals granted by the competent authority, pursuant to Annex V to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012[[7]](#_ftn7). --- [[7]](#_ftnref7) Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 296, 25.10.2012, p. 1).