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title: "Article 8 Transitional and additional measures — Cover Regulation, SERA · Avioverse"
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# Article 8 Transitional and additional measures

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

IR Implementing rule

## Article 8 Transitional and additional measures

1\. Member States that have adopted prior to the entry into force of this Regulation additional provisions complementing an ICAO Standard shall ensure that those are compliant with this Regulation.

2\. For the purpose of this Article, such additional provisions complementing an ICAO Standard shall not constitute a difference under the Chicago Convention. The Member States shall publish such additional provisions as well as any matters left to the decision of a [competent authority](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority) under this Regulation, through their aeronautical information publications. They shall also inform the Commission and EASA at the latest two months after entry into force of this Regulation, or when the additional provision has been adopted.

IR · Article 8 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 Article 8 2 Transitional and additional measures

Without prejudice to its publication in other relevant sections of the [Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeronautical-information-publication), information pertaining to Article 8.2 should be grouped and published in the national AIP section GEN 1.6.

Examples:

(a) If the [competent authority](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority) decides to permit [VFR](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/vfr) flights at [night](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/night) in accordance with SERA.5005(c), general information for the permission should be published in the AIP section GEN 1.6 with reference to the section in the AIP where the details for the conditions applicable for VFR flights at night are published;

(b) If the competent authority designates certain parts of airspace as Radio Mandatory Zones (RMZs) and/or as Transponder Mandatory Zones (TMZs) in accordance with SERA.6005, the general information for such designation should be published in the AIP section GEN 1.6 with reference to the section in the AIP where the details for the established RMZs and/or TMZs are published;

(c) If the competent authority selects separation minima in accordance with SERA.8010(c)(2), general information for such selection should be published in AIP section GEN 1.6 with reference to the section in the AIP where the details for the these minima are published.

It should be noted that the above examples do not cover all possible cases which may require publication of information relevant to Article 8.2 in the national AIP section GEN 1.6.

GM · GM1 Article 8 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2016/023/R · 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.