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# FCL.005 Scope

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.005 Scope

This Part establishes the requirements for the issue of pilot licences and associated ratings and certificates and the conditions of their validity and use.

IR · FCL.005 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 FCL.005 Scope

INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

(a) Whenever licences, ratings, approvals or certificates are mentioned in Part-FCL, these are meant to be valid licences, ratings, approvals or certificates issued in accordance with Part-FCL. In all other cases, these documents are specified.

(b) Whenever a reference is made to Member States to mutual recognition of licences, ratings, approvals or certificates, this means a European Union Member State and states associated to the Agency in accordance with Article 55 of the Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008.

(c) Whenever an inclusive or exclusive ‘or’ is used, it should be understood within the context of the whole meaning of the requirement in which it is used.

GM · GM1 FCL.005 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2020/005/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in SUBPART A – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-a)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, 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.