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title: "Article 10 Amendments to Regulations (EC) No 730/2006, (EC) No 1033/2006, (EC) No 1794/2006, (EC) No 1265/2007, (EU) No 255/2010 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 — Cover Regulation, SERA · Avioverse"
description: "Regulation (EC) No 730/2006 is amended as follows: Article 2(3) and (4) shall be replaced by the following:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/cover-regulation/powers-and-recital/article-10"
---

# Article 10 Amendments to Regulations (EC) No 730/2006, (EC) No 1033/2006, (EC) No 1794/2006, (EC) No 1265/2007, (EU) No 255/2010 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011

Cover Regulation · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IR Implementing rule

## Article 10 Amendments to Regulations (EC) No 730/2006, (EC) No 1033/2006, (EC) No 1794/2006, (EC) No 1265/2007, (EU) No 255/2010 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011

1\. Regulation (EC) No 730/2006 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 2(3) and (4) shall be replaced by the following:

‘3. “[IFR](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/ifr)” means the symbol used to designate instrument flight rules;

4\. “[VFR](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/vfr)” means the symbol used to designate visual flight rules.’

2\. Regulation (EC) No 1033/2006 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 2(2), point 8, shall be replaced by the following:

‘8. “IFR” means the symbol used to designate instrument flight rules.’;

(b) Article 3(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1. The provisions specified in the Annex shall apply to the submission, acceptance and distribution of flight plans for every flight subject to this Regulation and to all changes to a key item in a [flight plan](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-plan) in the pre-flight phase in accordance with this Regulation.’;

(c) the [heading](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/heading) and first indent of the Annex shall be replaced by the following:

‘PROVISIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(1)

1\. Section 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012.’

3\. Regulation (EC) No 1794/2006 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 2(c) and (d) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(c) “IFR” means the symbol used to designate instrument flight rules;

(d) “VFR” means the symbol used to designate visual flight rules.’.

4\. Regulation (EC) No 1265/2007 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 2(5) shall be replaced by the following:

‘5. “flights operated under visual flight rules” (VFR flights) means any flights conducted in accordance with visual flight rules.’.

5\. Regulation (EU) No 255/2010 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 2(3) shall be replaced by the following:

‘3. “IFR” means the symbol used to designate instrument flight rules’.

6\. Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 is amended as follows:

(a) the reference in Annex II, point 4(a), to ‘Annex 2 on rules of the air in its 10th edition of July 2005’ shall be replaced by a reference to ‘Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012’;

(b) the reference in Annex II, point 4(c), to ‘Annex 11 on [air traffic](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/air-traffic) services in its 13th edition of July 2001, including all amendments up to No 47-B’ shall be amended by adding at the end of that sentence ‘and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 as applicable.’;

(c) the reference in Annex III, point 2(b), to ‘Annex 11 on air traffic services in its 13th edition of July 2001, including all amendments up to No 47-B’ shall be amended by adding at the end of that sentence ‘and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 as applicable;’

IR · Article 10 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

[All rules in Powers and recital](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/cover-regulation/powers-and-recital)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 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.