Regulation
(EU) No 748/2012
(a) Flight testing for the purpose of
obtaining a type-certificate shall be conducted in accordance with conditions
for such flight testing specified by the Agency.
(b) The applicant shall make all flight tests
that the Agency finds necessary:
1. to determine compliance with the
applicable type-certification basis and environmental protection requirements;
and
2. to determine whether there is reasonable
assurance that the aircraft, its parts and appliances are reliable and
function properly for aircraft to be certificated under this Annex I (Part 21), except for,
(i) sailplanes and powered sailplanes,
(ii) balloons and airships defined in ELA1 or
ELA2,
(iii) aeroplanes of 2 722 kg or less
maximum take-off mass (MTOM).
(c) (Reserved)
(d) (Reserved)
(e) (Reserved)
(f) The flight tests prescribed in point (b)(2)
shall include:
1. for aircraft incorporating turbine
engines of a type not previously used in a type-certificated aircraft, at
least 300 hours of operation with a full complement
of engines that conform to a type-certificate; and
2. for all other aircraft, at least 150 hours
of operation.