The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) might receive some delegation of authority from the JAA to monitor the application of JAR OPS 2 operational rules for corporate aviation. On September 23 in Paris during a roundtable conference at the French DGAC civil aviation authority’s headquarters, operators and members of the JAA exchanged views on the advanced notice of proposed amendment (A-NPA) for JAR OPS 2 and agreed on the value of a code of best practices. This could lead to shared responsibility between European authorities and EBAA.
The final rule could come into effect next summer. The JAA released the A-NPA on April 4 and the deadline for comments was initially said to be July 18, and later delayed to August 8. This was for JAR OPS 0 (common ground), 2 (corporate aviation) and 4 (aerial work). JAR OPS 0 draws most of its substance from Annex 6, which deals with general aviation in Part II of the Chicago Convention.