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title: "ORO.SPO.120 Continued validity — Part-ORO · Avioverse"
description: "An operator holding a specialised operation authorisation shall comply with the scope and privileges defined in the authorisation."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-oro/subpart-spo/oro-spo-120"
---

# ORO.SPO.120 Continued validity

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

IR Implementing rule

## ORO.SPO.120 Continued validity

(a) An operator holding a [specialised operation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/specialised-operation) authorisation shall comply with the scope and privileges defined in the authorisation.

(b) The operator’s authorisation shall remain valid subject to:

(1) the operator remaining in compliance with the relevant requirements of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its Implementing Rules, taking into account the provisions related to the handling of findings as specified under ORO.GEN.150;

(2) the competent authority being granted access to the operator as defined in ORO.GEN.140 to determine continued compliance with the relevant requirements of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its Implementing Rules; and

(3) the authorisation not being surrendered or revoked.

(c) Upon revocation or surrender the authorisation shall be returned to the competent authority without delay.

IR · ORO.SPO.120 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 · 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 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.