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title: "ORO.SPO.115 Changes — Part-ORO · Avioverse"
description: "Any change affecting the scope of the authorisation or the authorised operations shall require prior approval of the competent authority."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-oro/subpart-spo/oro-spo-115"
---

# ORO.SPO.115 Changes

ANNEX III (Part-ORO) · 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

## ORO.SPO.115 Changes

(a) Any change affecting the scope of the authorisation or the authorised operations shall require prior approval of the competent authority. Any change not covered by the initial risk assessment, shall require the submission of an amended risk assessment and SOP to the competent authority.

(b) The application for approval of a change shall be submitted before any such change takes place, in order to enable the competent authority to determine continued compliance with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its Implementing Rules and to amend, if necessary, the authorisation. The operator shall provide the competent authority with any relevant documentation.

(c) The change shall only be implemented upon receipt of formal approval by the competent authority in accordance with ARO.OPS.150.

(d) The operator shall operate under the conditions prescribed by the competent authority during such changes, as applicable.

IR · ORO.SPO.115 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ORO.SPO.115(a) Changes

GENERAL

Any change to information contained in the authorisation, but not leading to an amendment of the SOPs or the operator’s risk assessment should be notified by the commercial specialised operator to its competent authority which should amend the authorisation.

GM · GM1 ORO.SPO.115(a) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2014/017/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART SPO: COMMERCIAL SPECIALISED OPERATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-oro/subpart-spo)

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.