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title: "SPA.GEN.105 Application for a specific approval — Part-SPA · Avioverse"
description: "The operator applying for the initial issue of a specific approval shall provide to the competent authority the documentation required in the applicable…"
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# SPA.GEN.105 Application for a specific approval

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

IR Implementing rule

## SPA.GEN.105 Application for a specific approval

(a) The operator applying for the initial issue of a specific approval shall provide to the competent authority the documentation required in the applicable Subpart, together with the following information:

(1) the name, address and mailing address of the applicant;

(2) a description of the intended operation.

(b) The operator shall provide the following evidence to the competent authority:

(1) compliance with the requirements of the applicable Subpart;

(2) that the relevant elements defined in the mandatory part of the operational suitability data established in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 are taken into account.

(c) The operator shall retain records relating to (a) and (b) at least for the duration of the operation requiring a specific approval, or, if applicable, in accordance with Annex III (Part-ORO).

IR · SPA.GEN.105 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) No 71/2014 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 SPA.GEN.105(a) Application for a specific approval

DOCUMENTATION

(a) Operating procedures should be documented in the operations manual.

(b) If an operations manual is not required, operating procedures may be described in a manual specifying procedures (procedures manual). If the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) flight manual (AFM) or the pilot operating handbook (POH) contains such procedures, they should be considered as acceptable means to document the procedures.

AMC · AMC1 SPA.GEN.105(a) — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2013/020/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART A: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-a)

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.