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Article 3d is amended as follows: paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. It shall be prohibited for any aircraft operated by Russian air carriers, including as a marketing carrier in code-sharing or blocked-space arrangements, or for any Russian registered aircraft, or for any non-Russian-registered aircraft which is owned or chartered, or otherwise controlled by any Russian natural or legal person, entity or body, to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union. The prohibition in this paragraph shall also apply to any other aircraft which is used for a non-scheduled flight and with regard to which a Russian natural or legal person, entity or body is in a position to effectively determine the place or time of its take-off or landing. Without prejudice to the rules laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 (*1) with regard to the submission of a flight plan for flights across borders, the prohibition in this paragraph shall not apply to manned aircraft that have a maximum seating capacity of 4 persons and a maximum take-off mass of no more than 2 000 kg when used for private, non-commercial, non-corporate, flights carried out within Union territory and airspace for recreational purposes or for the purpose of training for private pilot licences and related ratings with Union training providers. (*1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 of 26 September 2012 laying down the common rules of the air and operational provisions regarding services and procedures in air navigation and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 and Regulations (EC) No 1265/2007, (EC) No 1794/2006, (EC) No 730/2006, (EC) No 1033/2006 and (EU) No 255/2010 (OJ L 281, 13.10.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2012/923/oj).’;" the following paragraph is inserted: ‘1b. It shall be prohibited for air carriers operating domestic flights within Russia or selling, supplying, transferring or exporting, directly or indirectly, aircraft, or any of the goods or technology referred to in Article 3c(1) to a Russian air carrier or for flights within Russia, as listed in Annex XLVI, as well as for any entity owned or controlled by such air carrier, to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union.’ ; paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. Paragraphs 1 and 1b shall not apply in the case of an emergency landing or an emergency overflight.’ ; paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1b, the competent authorities may authorise an aircraft to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union if the competent authorities have determined that such landing, take-off or overflight is required for humanitarian purposes or for any other purpose consistent with the objectives of this Regulation.’ ; the following paragraph is inserted: ‘3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, unmanned aircraft operated in the “open” category, as defined in Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 (*2), and used for private, non-commercial, non-corporate flights carried out within Union territory and airspace for recreational purposes, may be authorised by the competent authorities, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union. (*2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 of 24 May 2019 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft (OJ L 152, 11.6.2019, p. 45, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/947/oj).’;" paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The Member State or Member States concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 3 and 3a within two weeks of the authorisation.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-15 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.