Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

EASA ED Decision 2025/001/R Regular update of the air operations rules — ICAO alignment

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ICAO alignment

This Decision improves the alignment between the EU air operations regulatory framework and the relevant International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and Documents related to the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP), by introducing non-controversial amendments to the acceptable means of compliance and guidance material to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012.

The objective is to facilitate the effective implementation of the ICAO SARPs by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the EU Member States in the area of air operations.

The regulatory material is expected to maintain, and in some cases enhance, the level of safety and to provide benefits in terms of efficiency, with a very low economic impact and no environmental or social impact.

FAA 2025-00764, Electronic Issuance of Aircraft Registration and Dealer Certificates

This rulemaking amends FAA regulations pertaining to aircraft registration and dealer’s registration certificates to facilitate the electronic issuance of these certificates. Electronic issuance of the certificates is more efficient and cost effective than the traditional agency procedure of printing paper registration certificates and mailing them to aircraft owners and dealers.

FAA 2025-00763, Aircraft Registration and Recordation Procedural Updates: Original Documents and Stamping

The FAA is updating certain procedural regulations relating to civil aircraft registration and recordation to provide administrative relief from the requirements for submitting original

documents and to sunset the FAA’s practice of stamping documents. Amending these regulations will reduce administrative burdens and enable the FAA to better utilize the capabilities of the Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services (CARES) system for civil aircraft registration and recordation.

FAA Order 8260.58D, United States Standard for Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Instrument Procedure Design

This order prescribes standardized methods for designing and evaluating Performance Based
Navigation (PBN) instrument flight procedures (IFPs) in the United States and its territories.
Performance Based Navigation (PBN) describes an aircraft’s capability to navigate using
performance standards and is comprised of Area Navigation (RNAV) and Required Navigation
Performance (RNP). RNAV enables aircraft to fly on any desired flight path within the coverage
of ground or space based navigation aids, the limits of the capability of the self-contained
systems, or a combination of both capabilities. RNP is RNAV with the addition of onboard
performance monitoring and alerting capability. A defining characteristic of RNP operations is
the ability of the aircraft navigation system to monitor the navigation performance it achieves
and inform the crew if the requirement is not met during an operation. The performance
requirements of PBN are conveyed to the users through navigation specifications.
This order is to be used by all personnel responsible for the preparation, approval, and
promulgation of PBN IFPs.