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title: "Article 2a Transitional arrangements for certificates previously issued under Annex I (Part 21) — Cover regulation, Initial Airworthiness · Avioverse"
description: "Article 2a - Transitional arrangements for certificates previously issued under Annex I (Part 21) 1."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/initial-airworthiness/cover-regulation/general/article-2a"
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# Article 2a Transitional arrangements for certificates previously issued under Annex I (Part 21)

Cover regulation · Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

IR Implementing rule

## Article 2a Transitional arrangements for certificates previously issued under Annex I (Part 21)

[Article](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/article) 2a - Transitional arrangements for certificates previously issued under Annex I ([Part 21](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/part-21))

1\. A holder of a valid type certificate or a supplemental type certificate issued, or deemed to have been issued, by the Agency under Annex I (Part 21) may, until 25 August 2025 request to the Agency to maintain, from a given date, the type design approved under that certificate in accordance with Annex Ib ([Part 21 Light](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/part-21-light)), provided that the product covered by that certificate is within the scope of Article 2(2).

2\. Where a request is made pursuant to paragraph 1, that type certificate or supplemental type certificate shall be governed, as of the given date referred to in paragraph 1, by the provisions of Annex Ib (Part 21 Light) regarding the type certificates or supplemental type certificates, as applicable. The Agency shall amend the type certificate data sheet or supplemental type certificate data sheet accordingly.

IR · Article 2a — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/1358 · Initial Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

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Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 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.