SUBPART A

General

137.1 Authority

This Part prescribes rules to fulfill the requirements of Art 9 in section 3 of the Egyptian civil aviation law issued on 1981 with respect to agricultural aircraft operations; and prescribes rules to comply with the minimum requirements of the ICAO Annexes.

137.3 Applicability

This Part prescribes rules governing:

(a) Agricultural aircraft operations within the Arab Republic of Egypt; and

(b) The issue of commercial and private agricultural aircraft operator certificates for those operations.

137.5 Definition of terms

For the purpose of this Part:

(a) Agricultural aircraft operation means the operation of an aircraft for the purpose of:

(1) Dispensing any economic poison;

(2) Dispensing any other substance intended for plant nourishment, soil treatment, propagation of plant life, or pest control; or

(3) Engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture, horticulture, or forest preservation, but not including the dispensing of live insects;

(b) Economic poison means:

(1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds, and other forms of plant or animal life or viruses on or in living man or other animals, which the minister of agriculture shall declare to be a pest; and

(2) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.