AMC & GM to Part-CAO — Issue 1, Amendment 1
Annex VI to ED Decision 2021/009/R
Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM)
to Annex Vd (Part-CAO) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014
Issue 1 — Amendment 1
Annex VIII to Decision 2020/002/R is amended as follows: The text of the amendment is arranged to show deleted text, new or amended text as shown below: — deleted text is struck through; — new or amended text is highlighted in blue; — an ellipsis ‘[…]’ indicates that the rest of the text is unchanged.
SECTION A - TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
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AMC1 CAO.A.095(b)(3) Privileges of the organisation
(a) The CAO may subcontract certain continuing airworthiness management tasks to qualified organisations. The subcontracted organisation performs the continuing airworthiness management tasks as an integral part of the CAO quality system, irrespective of any other approval held by the subcontracted organisation (including CAMO, CAO or Part-145 approval). (b) The CAO remains accountable for the satisfactory completion of the continuing airworthiness management tasks irrespective of any contract that may be established. (c) In order to fulfil this responsibility, the CAO should be satisfied that the actions taken by the subcontracted organisation meet the standards required by Part-CAO. Therefore, the CAO management of such activities should be accomplished by: (1) active control through direct involvement; and/or (2) endorsing the recommendations made by the subcontracted organisation. (d) In order to retain ultimate responsibility, the CAO should limit subcontracted tasks to the activities specified below: (3)(1) airworthiness directive analysis and planning; (4)(2) service bulletin analysis; (5)(3) planning of maintenance; (6)(4) reliability monitoring, engine health monitoring; (7)(5) maintenance programme development and amendments; and (8)(6) any other activities, which do not limit the CAO responsibilities, as agreed by the competent authority. […]
GM1 CAO.A.100(b) and CAO.B.055 Quality system and organisational review and Continuing oversight
THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) FOR PERFORMING REMOTE AUDITS
Similar provisions to those in GM1 145.A.65(c)(1) and 145.B.30 apply.
Appendices to AMC and GM to Annex Vd (Part-CAO)
Appendix I to AMC1 CAO.B.045(c) and AMC1 CAO.B.055 — EASA Form 613
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Fotnoter
- Annex VI to ED Decision 2021/009/R
- Annex VI to ED Decision 2021/009/R
- SUBCONTRACTING OF CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS TASKS
- Annex VI to ED Decision 2021/009/R
- Part-CAO APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION REPORT EASA FORM 613
- Part 2: Part-CAO Compliance audit review The five columns may be labelled and used as necessary to record the approval product line or facility, including the subcontractor’s, reviewed. Against each column used regarding the following Part-CAO points, please either tick () the box if satisfied with compliance or cross (X) the box if not satisfied with compliance, and specify the reference of the Part 4 finding next to the box; or enter N/A if an item is not applicable; or N/R if it is applicable but it was not reviewed. Point Subject M.A.201(c) Maintenance responsibility ML.A.201(c) M.A.403(b) Aircraft defects ML.A.403(b) CAO.A.017 Means of compliance CAO.A.020 Terms of approval CAO.A.025 Combined airworthiness exposition (see Part 3) CAO.A.030 Facilities CAO.A.035 Personnel requirements CAO.A.040 Certifying staff CAO.A.045 Airworthiness review staff CAO.A.050 Components, equipment and tools CAO.A.055 Maintenance data and work orders CAO.A.060 Maintenance standards CAO.A.065 Aircraft certificate of release to service CAO.A.070 Component certificate of release to service CAO.A.075 Continuing-airworthiness
- Annex VI to ED Decision 2021/009/R management CAO.A.080 Continuing-airworthiness management data CAO.A.085 Airworthiness review CAO.A.090 Record-keeping CAO.A.095 Privileges of the organisation CAO.A.100 Quality system and organisational review CAO.A.105 Changes to the organisation Competent authority inspector(s): Signature(s): Competent authority office: Date of EASA Form 613 Part 2 completion: