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ANNEX II

Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Aircraft referred to in Article 4(2) Aircraft to which Article 4(1) does not apply are aircraft for which a type-certificate or a certificate of airworthiness has not been issued on the basis of this Regulation and its implementing rules, and which fall in one of the following categories: aircraft having a clear historical relevance, related to: participation in a noteworthy historic event; or a major step in the development of aviation; or a major role played in the armed forces of a Member State; its initial design is established as being more than 40 years old; its production stopped at least 25 years ago; fewer than 50 aircraft of the same basic design are still registered in the Member States; and meeting one or more of the following criteria: aircraft specifically designed or modified for research, experimental or scientific purposes, and likely to be produced in very limited numbers; aircraft of which at least 51 % is built by an amateur, or a non-profit association of amateurs, for their own purposes and without any commercial objective; aircraft whose initial design was intended for military purposes only; aeroplanes having no more than two seats, the stall speed or the minimum steady flight speed in landing configuration not exceeding 35 knots calibrated air speed (CAS), and a maximum take-off mass (MTOM) of no more than: 300 kg for a land plane, single seater; or 450 kg for a land plane, two seater; or 330 kg for an amphibian or floatplane single seater; or 495 kg for an amphibian or floatplane two seater, provided that, where operating both as a floatplane and as a land plane, it falls below both MTOM limits, as appropriate; "gliders" with a structural mass of less than 80 kg when single seater or 100 kg when two seater, including those which are foot launched; unmanned aircraft with an operating mass of less than 150 kg; any other aircraft with a total mass without pilot of less than 70 kg.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.