Any organisation that wishes to operate an aircraft for the purpose of Commercial Air Transport, may alternately to obtaining an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the CAA SMR, choose to operate commercially under a foreign AOC utilising an ICAO Article 83bis agreement.
An ICAO Article 83bis Agreement defines the division of regulatory oversight responsibilities between San Marino, as the State of Registry, and a foreign civil aviation authority, as State of the Operator, in relation to the operation of San Marino registered aircraft.
This means that aircraft registered in San Marino can be operated for commercial purposes by a foreign AOC holder.
