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European Aviation Safety Agency — Rulemaking Directorate Comment-Response Document 2013-10 Helicopter offshore operations CRD TO NPA 2013-10 — RMT.0409 (OPS.093(a)) — 14.08.2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY NPA 2013-10 ‘Helicopter offshore operations’ was published on 6 June 2013 and received 368 comments from 26 commentators. A complete list of comments and responses thereto, as well as a summary thereof are included in this CRD. Revised draft Regulations, AMC and GM based on the comments are also included. The CRD publication was delayed to allow the CAA UK offshore review to finish, which resulted in the publication of CAP 1145 ‘Civil Aviation Authority – Safety review of offshore public transport helicopter operations in support of the exploitation of oil and gas’. It was considered that recommendations from this offshore review might influence the EASA proposal for offshore operations. The CRD, therefore, contains a section explaining if and how these recommendations are included in this proposal. Stakeholders are invited to verify if their comments were appropriately addressed, and to comment as requested in the CRD. The Agency will review eventual reactions and take them into account when drafting its final Opinion. Applicability Process map Affected Cover Regulation Air Operations, Concept Paper: No regulations Annex I Definitions, Part-ARO, Part- Terms of Reference: 07.10.2011 and decisions: CAT, Part-SPA, Part-NCC, Part-SPO Rulemaking group: Yes and associated AMC/GM RIA type: Full Technical consultation Affected Air operators and NAAs during NPA drafting: Yes stakeholders: Publication date of the NPA: 2013/Q2 Driver/origin: Industry and Member States request Duration of NPA consultation: 3 months Review group: Yes Reference: N/A Focussed consultation: No Publication date of the Opinion: 2014/Q3 Publication date of the Decision: 2015/Q3 TE.RPRO.00064-001 © European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA intranet/Internet. Page 1 of 195 European Aviation Safety Agency CRD to NPA 2013-10 Table of contents Table of contents 1. Procedural information ............................................................................................... 3 1.1. The rule development procedure.......................................................................... 3 1.2. The structure of this CRD and related documents ................................................... 3 1.3. The next steps in the procedure .......................................................................... 3 2. Summary of comments and responses ......................................................................... 5 2.1. NPA Question 1 ................................................................................................. 6 2.2. NPA Question 2 ................................................................................................. 7 2.3. NPA Question 3 ................................................................................................. 9 2.4. NPA Question 4 ................................................................................................. 9 2.5. NPA Question 5 ................................................................................................ 10 2.6. NPA Question 6 ................................................................................................ 10 2.7. CAA UK offshore review and CAP 1145 Civil Aviation Authority – Safety review of offshore public transport helicopter operations in support of the exploitation of oil and gas ................................................................................................................. 10 2.8. ICAO Annex 6 – Part III, Paragraph 2.3.4.4 ......................................................... 13 2.9. Amendments to Annex I and associated GM ......................................................... 13 2.10. Amendment to GM to Part-ARO .......................................................................... 14 2.11. Amendments to AMC and GM to Part-CAT ............................................................ 14 2.12. Amendments to IR, AMC and GM to SPA.HOFO ..................................................... 14 2.13. Performance Indicators...................................................................................... 17 3. Draft Rules .............................................................................................................. 19 3.1. Draft Opinion for a Commission Regulation (EU) No …/… amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 25 October 2012 ................................................ 19 3.2. Draft Decision amending Decisions 2012/016/R, 2012/018/R, and 2012/019/R of the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency of 24 and 25 October 2012 on air operations .............................................................................................. 28 4. Individual comments and responses ............................................................................ 58 4.1. CRD table of comments, responses and resulting text ........................................... 58 5. Appendix A - Attachments ....................................................................................... 193 TE.RPRO.00064-001 © European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA intranet/Internet. Page 2 of 195 European Aviation Safety Agency CRD to NPA 2013-10 1. Procedural information 1. Procedural information 1.1. The rule development procedure The European Aviation Safety Agency (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Agency’) developed this Comment-Response Document (CRD) in line with Regulation (EC) No 216/20081 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Basic Regulation’) and the Rulemaking Procedure2. This rulemaking activity is included in the Agency’s 4-year Rulemaking Programme, under RMT.0409 (OPS.093(a)). The scope and timescale of the task are defined in the related Terms of Reference (see process map on the title page). The draft Regulations and related AMC/GM have been developed by the Agency based on the input of the Rulemaking Group RMT.0409 (OPS.093(a)) and RMT.0410 (OPS.093(b)). All interested parties were consulted through NPA 2013-103, which was published on 6 June 2013. 368 comments were received from interested parties, including industry, national aviation authorities, social partners, etc. as defined in paragraph 2. The initial rulemaking group was complemented with 4 additional experts representing national aviation authorities and social partners. The Review Group met once and discussed a number of principle issues raised by commentators. Furthermore, the Review Group was consulted on the overall CRD and the amended text. 1.2. The structure of this CRD and related documents This CRD provides a summary of comments and responses as well as the full set of individual comments and responses received to NPA 2013-10. The resulting rule text is provided in Chapter 3 of this CRD. 1.3. The next steps in the procedure Stakeholders are invited to provide reactions to this CRD regarding possible misunderstandings of the comments received and the responses provided. Such reactions should be received by the Agency not later than 15 October 2014 and should be submitted using the automated Comment-Response Tool (CRT) available at http://hub.easa.europa.eu/crt4. The Opinion, containing the proposed changes to EU regulations, is addressed to the European Commission and is published in no less than two months after the publication of this CRD. 1 Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (OJ L 79, 19.3.2008, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 6/2013 of 8 January 2013 (OJ L 4, 9.1.2013, p. 34). 2 The Agency is bound to follow a structured rulemaking process as required by Article 52(1) of the Basic Regulation. Such process has been adopted by the Agency’s Management Board and is referred to as the ‘Rulemaking Procedure’. See Management Board Decision concerning the procedure to be applied by the Agency for the issuing of Opinions, Certification Specifications and Guidance Material (Rulemaking Procedure), EASA MB Decision No 01-2012 of 13 March 2012. 3 See EASA website. 4 In case of technical problems, please contact the CRT webmaster ([email protected]). TE.RPRO.00064-001 © European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA intranet/Internet. Page 3 of 195 European Aviation Safety Agency CRD to NPA 2013-10 1. Procedural information The Decision containing Certification Specifications, Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) will be published by the Agency when the related regulations are adopted by the European Commission. TE.RPRO.00064-001 © European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA intranet/Internet. Page 4 of 195 European Aviation Safety Agency CRD to NPA 2013-10 2. Summary of comments and responses 2. Summary of comments and responses The Agency received 368 comments provided by 26 commentators. The number of commentator categories and the associated