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title: "Article 7 Permit to fly — Cover regulation, Initial Airworthiness · Avioverse"
description: "The conditions determined before 28 March 2007 by the Member States for permits to fly or other airworthiness certificate issued for aircraft which did…"
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# Article 7 Permit to fly

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

IR Implementing rule

## Article 7 Permit to fly

The conditions determined before 28 March 2007 by the Member States for permits to fly or other airworthiness certificate issued for aircraft which did not hold a certificate of airworthiness or restricted certificate of airworthiness issued under this Regulation, are deemed to have been determined in accordance with this Regulation, unless the Agency has determined before 28 March 2008 that such conditions do not provide for a level of safety equivalent to that required by Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 or this Regulation.

IR · Article 7 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · 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.