New rules for civil aircraft certification introduced in Belarus

MINSK, 17 August (BelTA) – The Transport and Communications Ministry’s resolution No.17 of 2 July 2021 has introduced new rules for the certification of civil aircraft, BelTA learned from the national legislation registry.

The rules specify the procedure for certifying specimens of civil aircraft, which are intended to be used only in general-purpose aviation and are not supposed to be used for commercial and international flights.

The rules apply to developers, manufacturers, owners, operators of aircraft specimens as well as holders of aircraft specimen certificates.

The ministry’s resolution No.9 of 21 January 2009 on approving rules for the certification of gliders, hang gliders, paragliders, light and ultralight aircraft, aerostatic aircraft and amateur-design aircraft is no longer in force.

The Transport and Communications Ministry’s resolution No.17 of 2 July 2021 came into force as of the official publication date.