COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1178/2011. Pilots holding a licence issued in one member country will be able to fly throughout the EU without fulfilling additional technical or medical requirements. Rules concerning cabin crew are also harmonised.
This Regulation lays down detailed rules for:
(1) different ratings for pilots’ licences, the conditions for issuing, maintaining, amending, limiting, suspending or revoking licences, the privileges and responsibilities of the holders of licences, the conditions for the conversion of existing national pilots’ licences and of national flight engineers’ licences into pilots’ licences, as well as the conditions for the acceptance of licences from third countries;
(2) the certification of persons responsible for providing flight training or flight simulation training and for assessing pilots’ skills;
(3) different medical certificates for pilots, the conditions for issuing, maintaining, amending, limiting, suspending or revoking medical certificates, the privileges and responsibilities of the holders of medical certificates as well as the conditions for the conversion of national medical certificates into commonly recognised medical certificates;
(4) the certification of aero-medical examiners, as well as the conditions under which general medical practitioners may act as aero-medical examiners;
(5) the periodical aero-medical assessment of cabin crew members, as well as the qualification of persons responsible for this assessment.
