ANNEX II

Article 4(1), (2) and (3) do not apply to aircraft falling in one or more of the categories set out below: historic aircraft meeting the criteria below: non-complex aircraft whose: initial design was established before 1 January 1955, and production has been stopped before 1 January 1975; or aircraft having a clear historical relevance, related to: a participation in a noteworthy historical event, or a major step in the development of aviation, or a major role played into the armed forces of a Member State; 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 making association of amateurs, for their own purposes and without any commercial objective; aircraft that have been in the service of military forces, unless the aircraft is of a type for which a design standard has been adopted by the Agency; aeroplanes, helicopters and powered parachutes having no more than two seats, a maximum take-off mass (MTOM), as recorded by the Member States, of no more than: 300 kg for a land plane/helicopter, single-seater; or 450 kg for a land plane/helicopter, two-seater; or 330 kg for an amphibian or floatplane/helicopter single-seater; or 495 kg for an amphibian or floatplane/helicopter two-seater, provided that, where operating both as a floatplane/helicopter and as a land plane/helicopter, it falls below both MTOM limits, as appropriate; 472,5 kg for a land plane, two-seater equipped with an airframe mounted total recovery parachute system; 315 kg for a land plane single-seater equipped with an airframe mounted total recovery parachute system; and, for aeroplanes, having the stall speed or the minimum steady flight speed in landing configuration not exceeding 35 knots calibrated air speed (CAS); single and two-seater gyroplanes with a maximum take off mass not exceeding 560 kg; gliders with a maximum empty mass, of no more than 80 kg when single-seater or 100 kg when two-seater, including those which are foot launched; replicas of aircraft meeting the criteria of (a) or (d) above, for which the structural design is similar to the original aircraft; unmanned aircraft with an operating mass of no more than 150 kg; any other aircraft which has a maximum empty mass, including fuel, of no more than 70 kg.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.