REGULATION (EC) No 785/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 21 April 2004 on insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators

(a)

‘air carrier’means an air transport undertaking with a valid operating licence;

(b)

‘Community air carrier’means an air carrier with a valid operating licence granted by a Member State in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92;

(c)

‘aircraft operator’means the person or entity, not being an air carrier, who has continual effective disposal of the use or operation of the aircraft; the natural or legal person in whose name the aircraft is registered shall be presumed to be the operator, unless that person can prove that another person is the operator;

(d)

‘flight’ means:

(e)

‘SDR’means a Special Drawing Right as defined by the International Monetary Fund;

(f)

‘MTOM’means the Maximum Take Off Mass, which corresponds to a certified amount specific to all aircraft types, as stated in the certificate of airworthiness of the aircraft;

(g)

‘passenger’means any person who is on a flight with the consent of the air carrier or the aircraft operator, excluding on-duty members of both the flight crew and the cabin crew;

(h)

‘third party’means any legal or natural person, excluding passengers and on-duty members of both the flight crew and the cabin crew;

(i)

‘commercial operation’means an operation for remuneration and/or hire.