Before the new nuclear power plant can be put into operation it is necessary to obtain the operating licence in the relevant licensing procedure.

Various categories of vehicle are exempt from the need to obtain an operating licence.

The couple who run the home are appealing against the loss of their operating licence.

Wylfa had been due to close in 2010 but its operating licence was extended.

On 3 January 2006, an administrative court suspended the airport's operating licence in response to complaints over noise.

The old Deutz diesel engine did not get its operating licence however.

The plan is required under Dutch law as a prerequisite for the renewal of the plant's operating licence.

The airline's operating licence had only been re-issued a few days earlier, after a period of suspension following two serious accidents in May.

In Germany the same sort of reactor did not receive an operating licence.

On 3 November 2010, the airline returned its operating licence.