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title: "Article 1 Subject matter and scope — Cover Regulation, Part-26 · Avioverse"
description: "This Regulation lays down common additional airworthiness specifications related to the continuing airworthiness and safety improvements of aircraft."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/additional-airworthiness/cover-regulation/general/article-1"
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# Article 1 Subject matter and scope

Cover Regulation · Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

IR Implementing rule

## Article 1 Subject matter and scope

1\. This Regulation lays down common additional airworthiness specifications related to the continuing airworthiness and safety improvements of aircraft.

2\. This Regulation applies to:

(a) operators of:

(i) aircraft registered in a Member State, unless and to the extent that the Member State has transferred its responsibilities pursuant to the Chicago Convention to a third country and the aircraft is operated by a third-country aircraft operator;

(ii) aircraft registered in a third country and operated by an aircraft operator established, residing or with a principal place of business in the territory to which the Treaties apply;

(b) holders of a type certificate, restricted type certificate, supplemental type certificate, design change approval, or repair design approval issued by the Agency in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 or deemed to have been issued in accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation;

(c) the applicants for a type certificate or a restricted type certificate for a [large aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/large-aeroplane), for which the application was submitted before 1 January 2019 and are issued with the certificate after 26 August 2020 when specified in Annex I (Part-26).

IR · Article 1 — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2954 · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

[All rules in General provisions](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/additional-airworthiness/cover-regulation/general)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 20 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.