---
title: "CAT.POL.H.100 Applicability — Part-CAT · Avioverse"
description: "Helicopters shall be operated in accordance with the applicable performance class requirements."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-cat/subpart-c/cat-pol-h-100"
---

# CAT.POL.H.100 Applicability

ANNEX IV (Part-CAT) · 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

## CAT.POL.H.100 Applicability

(a) Helicopters shall be operated in accordance with the applicable performance class requirements.

(b) Helicopters shall be operated in performance class 1:

(1) when operated to/from aerodromes or operating sites located in a congested [hostile environment](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/hostile-environment), except when operated to/from a [public interest site (PIS)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/public-interest-site) in accordance with CAT.POL.H.225; or

(2) when having an MOPSC of more than 19, except when operated to/from a [helideck](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helideck) in performance class 2 under an approval in accordance with CAT.POL.H.305.

(c) Unless otherwise prescribed by (b), helicopters that have an MOPSC of 19 or less but more than nine shall be operated in performance class 1 or 2.

(d) Unless otherwise prescribed by (b), helicopters that have an MOPSC of nine or less shall be operated in performance class 1, 2 or 3.

IR · CAT.POL.H.100 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART C: AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-cat/subpart-c)

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.