
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/2012 of 29 November 2019 on exemptions under Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky (Text with EEA relevance) 

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, and in particular point (a) of Article 44(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 of 16 January 2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky, and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Under Article 14 of its Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, the Commission is to examine requests submitted by the Member States for exemptions from the requirements of Article 3(2) for aircraft types/models combinations reaching the end of their production life and being produced in limited numbers and for aircraft types/models combinations for which re-engineering costs would be disproportionate due to old design.

(2) The exemptions should maintain the objective laid down in recital (8) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 that at least 75 % of flights should be equipped with data link capability.

(3) The Commission received Member States’ requests for exemptions and consulted the parties concerned. Following the examination of those requests carried out by the Commission on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, exemptions should be granted.

(4) The Commission re-examined the exemptions granted under Commission Decision C(2011) 2611 final of 20 May 2011 on exemptions under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 and Commission Implementing Decision C(2011) 9074 final of 9 December 2011 on exemptions under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009. After consulting the parties concerned, the Commission found there was a need to consolidate those acts into a single Implementing Decision. Therefore, Decision C(2011) 2611 final and Implementing Decision C(2011) 9074 final should be repealed.

(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 127(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 
The following aircraft types/models combinations shall be permanently exempted from the requirements of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009:

((a)) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex I;
((b)) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex II having the first individual certificate of airworthiness issued prior to 5 February 2020.
Article 2 
The following aircraft types/models combinations shall be exempted from the requirements of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 until 5 February 2022:

((a)) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex II having the first individual certificate of airworthiness issued on or after 5 February 2020;
((b)) aircraft types/models combinations specified in Annex III.
Article 3 
Decision C(2011) 2611 final and Implementing Decision C(2011) 9074 final are repealed.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I
EXEMPTIONS REFERRED TO IN POINT (a) OF ARTICLE 1

Aircraft type/series/model Manufacturer ICAO type designator
AN-12 all Antonov AN12
AN-124 100 Antonov A124
IL-76 all Ilyushin IL76
A300 all Airbus A30BA306A3ST
A310 all Airbus A310
A-319/-320/-321 with a first Certificate of Airworthiness issued between 1 January 1995 and 5 July 1999 inclusive Airbus A319A320A321
A340 all Airbus A342A343A345A346
A318-112 Airbus A318
AVROLINER (RJ-100) AVRO RJ1H
AVROLINER (RJ-85) AVRO RJ85
BA146-301 British Aerospace B463
B717-200 Boeing B712
B737-300 Boeing B733
B737-400 Boeing B734
B737-500 Boeing B735
B747-400 Boeing B744
B757-200 Boeing B752
B757-300 Boeing B753
B767-200 Boeing B762
B767-300 Boeing B763
B767-400 Boeing B764
MD-82 Boeing MD82
MD-83 Boeing MD83
MD-11 all Boeing MD11
CL-600-2B19 (CRJ100/200/440) Bombardier CRJ1/CRJ2
Dornier 328-100 Dornier D328
Dornier 328-300 Dornier J328
Fokker 70 Fokker F70
Fokker 100 Fokker F100
King Air series (90/100/200/300) Beechcraft BE9LBE20B350
Hercules L-382-G-44K-30 Lockheed C130
SAAB 2000/SAAB SF2000 SAAB SB20
ANNEX II
EXEMPTIONS REFERRED TO IN POINT (b) OF ARTICLE 1 AND POINT (A) OF ARTICLE 2

Aircraft Type/Series/Model Manufacturer ICAO type designator
A330 Series 200/300 Airbus A332/A333
Global Express/5000BD-700-1A10/1A11 Bombardier GLEX/GL5T
CL-600-2C10 (CRJ-700) Bombardier CRJ7
C525C, CJ4 Cessna C25C
C560XL (Citation XLS+) Cessna C56X
Falcon 2000 all Dassault F2TH
Falcon 900 all Dassault F900
EMB-500 (Phenom 100) Embraer E50P
EMB-505 (Phenom 300) Embraer E55P
EMB-135BJ (Legacy 600) Embraer E35L
EMB-135EJ (Legacy 650) Embraer E35L
EMB-145 (135/140/145) Embraer E135E145, E45X
PC-12 Pilatus PC12
ANNEX III
EXEMPTIONS REFERRED TO IN POINT (b) OF ARTICLE 2

Aircraft Type/Series/Model Manufacturer ICAO type designator
A318 (ACJ) Airbus A318
A319 (ACJ) Airbus A319
A320 (ACJ) Airbus A320
A321 (ACJ) Airbus A321
B737-700IGW (BBJ) Boeing B737
B737-800 (BBJ2) Boeing B738
B737-900ER (BBJ3) Boeing B739
B767-300F Boeing B763
ERJ 190-100ECJ Embraer E190