L 40/4 Official Journal of the European Union 13.2.2010 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 127/2010 of 5 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, in particular Article 100(2) thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1108/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 (3 and in particular Article 5(5) thereof, Whereas: (1) In order to maintain a high uniform level of aviation safety in Europe, it is necessary to introduce changes to requirements and procedures for the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organi- sations and personnel involved in these tasks, in particular to introduce the definition of the concept of principal place of business, to clarify the meaning of the concept ‘officially recognised standard’, to introduce the privilege for continuing airworthiness management organisations to issue permits to fly, to improve the content of the authorised release certificate ‘EASA Form 1" and to ensure that personnel involved in continuing airworthiness activities are properly trained on the risks related to electrical wiring interconnection systems of large aeroplanes which were found to be a cause of several accidents and incidents. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 (}) should therefore be amended accordingly. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are based on the opinions (*) issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (hereinafter ‘the Agency) in accordance with Articles 17(2)(b) and 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008. () OJ L 79, 19.3.2008, p. 1. () OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 51. () OJ L 315, 28.11.2003, p. 1. (*) Opinion 06/2005 on editorial changes, Opinion 04/2006 on the officially recognised standard, Opinion 05/2006 on the principal place of business, Opinion 04/2007 on Permit to Fly, Opinion 04/2008 on Electrical Wiring Interconnect System and Opinion 06/2008 on EASA Form 1. (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab- lished by Article 65 of the Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 is amended as follows: 1. in Article 2 the following point (m) is added: ‘(m) “principal place of business” means the head office or the registered office of the undertaking within which the principal financial functions and operational control of the activities referred to in this Regulation are exercised.’; 2. in Article 7 the following paragraph 7 is added: ‘7. By way of derogation from paragraph 1: (a) the provisions of point M.A.706(k) of Annex I (Part-M) shall apply as from 28 September 2010; (b) the provisions of point 7.7 of Appendix I to Annex III (Part-66) shall apply as from 28 September 2010; (c) maintenance organisations approved in accordance with Section A of subpart F of Annex I (Part-M) or Section A of Annex II (Part-145) may continue to issue Authorised Release Certificates by using the EASA Form 1 original issue, as laid down in Appendix II to the Annex I (Part- M) as well as Appendix I to the Annex II (Part 145), until 28 September 2010;