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title: "ARO.OPS.155 Lease agreements — Part-ARO · Avioverse"
description: "The competent authority shall approve a lease agreement involving a third country registered aircraft or a third country operator when the SPO operator…"
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# ARO.OPS.155 Lease agreements

ANNEX II (Part-ARO) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-air-operations) · [EUR-Lex 2012/965 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0965)

IR Implementing rule

## ARO.OPS.155 Lease agreements

(a) The competent authority shall approve a lease agreement involving a third country registered [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) or a third country operator when the SPO operator has demonstrated compliance with ORO.SPO.100.

(b) The approval of a dry lease-in agreement shall be suspended or revoked whenever the certificate of airworthiness of the aircraft is suspended or revoked.

IR · ARO.OPS.155 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ARO.OPS.155 Lease agreements

WET LEASE-IN

Since ICAO has not stipulated globally harmonised standards for specialised operators and their operation, the applicable requirements involving a third country registered [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) of a third country operator will be of a local or national nature. Therefore, the competent authority approving a wet lease-in agreement is encouraged to collect information on the oversight system of the state of the operator or state of registry, if applicable, in order to have a better understanding of the operation.

GM · GM1 ARO.OPS.155 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2014/025/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM2 ARO.OPS.155 Lease agreements

LEASE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN OPERATORS REGISTERED IN AN EU MEMBER STATE

No approval is required for any lease agreements between operators having their principle place of business in an EU Member State.

GM · GM2 ARO.OPS.155 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2014/025/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART OPS: AIR OPERATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-aro/subpart-ops)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.