Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1065 of 28 May 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards updating the references to the environmental protection requirements and correcting that Regulation

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (1), and in particular Article 19(1) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 28 February 2025 the Commission adopted Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/870 (2) updating the references made in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 to the environmental protection requirements in Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944 (‘Chicago Convention’). Aircraft, other than unmanned aircraft, and their engines, propellers, parts and non-installed equipment are to comply with those environmental protection requirements.

(2) Existing environmental protection provisions in Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 (3) should be updated for consistent implementation of the applicable environmental protection requirements.

(3) Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1358 (4) inadvertently omitted the title of Annex Ib to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012. Therefore, the title of Annex Ib should be inserted.

(5) Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2022/1358, (EU) 2023/1028 (5) and (EU) 2024/1108 (6) successively amended Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 and inadvertently introduced inconsistent references and redundancies. Therefore, Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 should be corrected.

(6) Some provisions of this Regulation amend and correct provisions of Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1108 which become applicable on 1 May 2025. Therefore, this Regulation should become applicable on the same date.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are based on Opinion No 02/2024 issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in accordance with Article 76(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 is amended as follows:

(1) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 of 3 August 2012 laying down implementing rules for the airworthiness and environmental protection certification or declaration of compliance of aircraft and related products, parts, appliances, control and monitoring units and control and monitoring unit components, as well as for the capability requirements of design and production organisations (recast)’;

(2) in Article 1(1), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: ‘This Regulation lays down, in accordance with Articles 19, 58 and 62 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), common technical requirements and administrative procedures for the airworthiness and environmental protection certification or declaration of compliance of products, parts, appliances, control and monitoring units and control and monitoring unit components specifying: (1)  Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1139/oj).’;"

(4) Annex I (Part 21) is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 is corrected as follows:

(1) Annex I (Part 21) is corrected in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation;

(2) in Annex Ib (Part 21 Light), the following title is inserted before the table of contents: ‘ ANNEX Ib

PART 21 LIGHT

Certification and declaration of design compliance of aircraft other than unmanned aircraft intended primarily for sports and recreational aviation and related products and parts, and declaration of design and production capability of organisations ’.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 May 2025.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2025.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1139/oj.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/870 of 28 February 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the references to the provisions of the Chicago Convention (OJ L, 2025/870, 5.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/870/oj).

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 of 3 August 2012 laying down implementing rules for the airworthiness and environmental certification or declaration of compliance of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, as well as for the capability requirements of design and production organisations (OJ L 224, 21.8.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/748/oj).

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1358 of 2 June 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards the implementation of more proportionate requirements for aircraft used for sport and recreational aviation (OJ L 205, 5.8.2022, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/1358/oj).

(5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1028 of 20 March 2023 amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards the definition of complex motor-powered aircraft and correcting that Regulation ( OJ L 139, 26.5.2023, p. 10, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/1028/oj).

(6) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1108 of 13 March 2024 amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards the initial airworthiness of unmanned aircraft systems subject to certification and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 as regards unmanned aircraft systems and third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems (OJ L, 2024/1108, 23.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/1108/oj).