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The particular national circumstances also have to be taken into consideration:
On the one hand, Part-MED - insofar applicable - only stipulates the minimum medical requirements within the EEA. Member States principally might impose even more confined restrictions, though. For example, in Germany, LuftPersV § 16<ref>[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/luftpersv/__16.html Verordnung über Luftfahrtpersonal (LuftPersV) § 16 Voraussetzungen für die Ausbildung]</ref> paragraph (2) no 2 makes it necessary to hold the Part-MED Medical even at the beginning of the flight training (also for sailplanes/gliders) - even though MED.A.030 (a) only makes it holding the relevant medical a requirement to hold a medical for the first solo flight. So, all flights within Germany - before such a medical is held - can only be passenger flights. Consequently, to not be caught off guard, the relevant national requirements should be reviewed before flight training in another country is planned and conducted.
Due to UK CAA General Exemption E 4825, on the other hand, up until April 2020 no Part-FCL license needs to be held to fly sailplanes. Respectively, no training towards a Part-FCL for flying gliders is necessary - which renders Part-MED not applicable for all BGA training whose (immediate, direct) purpose is not the grant of a Part-FCL license.<ref group="todo">National Regulations? probably not for gliders in the UK... have to look into ANO.</ref> Though, nonetheless, for flying within BGA clubs, obviously BGA requirements needs to be adhered to, too.