The privileges of a BPL holder are to act as PIC in balloons:
without remuneration in non-commercial operations;
in commercial operations if he or she holds a commercial operation rating in accordance with point BFCL.215 of Subpart ADD of this Annex.
By way of derogation from paragraph (a)(1), a BPL holder who has instructor or examiner privileges may receive remuneration for:
the provision of flight instruction for the BPL;
the conduct of skill tests and proficiency checks for the BPL;
the training, testing and checking for the privileges, ratings and certificates attached to a BPL.
BPL holders shall exercise BPL privileges only if they comply with the applicable recency requirements and only if their medical certificate, appropriate to the privileges exercised, is valid.