AMC & GM to Part-CAO — Issue 1, Amendment 6

Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex Vc (Part-CAO) to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, Issue 1, Amendment 6

Annex VI to ED Decision 2026/005/R ‘AMC and GM to Part-CAO — Issue 1, Amendment 6’

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Not e to re ad e r s

‘Agency’ and ‘EASA’ are used interchangeably, and this is most visible in consolidated texts. In all cases, both terms refer to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

Annex VIII to Decision 2020/002/R of the Executive Director of the Agency of 13 March 2020 is amended as follows:

GM1 CAO.A.095(c)(2) Privileges of the organisation

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AMC1 CAO.A.025 Combined airworthiness exposition (CAE)

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Chapter Description Implementing rule reference PART A — GENERAL DESCRIPTION

A.1 Statement by accountable manager CAO.A.025(a)(1); CAO.A.035(a) A.2 General presentation of the organisation CAO.A.035(a); CAO.A.100(e) A.3 Description and location of the facilities CAO.A.025(a)(9); CAO.A.030 A.4 Scope of work CAO.A.020(a); CAO.A.025(a)(2); CAO.A.095(e); Appendix I point (a) A.5 Exposition amendments and changes to the organisation CAO.A.025(a)(11)/(c); CAO.A.105 A.6 Procedure for alternative means of compliance CAO.A.017 A.7 Management personnel CAO.A.025(a)(3); CAO.A.035(b); CAO.A.100(a) A.8 Organisation chart CAO.A.025(a)(4) A.9 Manpower resources CAO.A.035(d) A.10 List of certifying staff CAO.A.025(a)(5) A.11 List of staff responsible for the development and approval of the CAO.A.025(a)(6) aircraft maintenance programme (AMP) A.12 List of airworthiness review staff CAO.A.025(a)(7); CAO.A.045(d) A.13 List of staff responsible for the issuance of permits to fly CAO.A.025(a)(8) A.14 List of staff responsible for the evaluation programme CAO.A.025(a)(7)

PART B — GENERAL PROCEDURES

B.1 Quality (or organisational review) system CAO.A.100(a)/(b)/(d)/(e)/(f) B.2 Audit plan (or frequency and content of organisational review) CAO.A.100(b)/(f) B.3 Monitoring of maintenance contracts CAO.A.100(b)(2) B.4 Qualification, assessment and training of staff CAO.A.035(c)/(d)/(e)/(f); CAO.A.040(a); CAO.A.045(a)/(b)/(c); CAO.A.060(a) B.5 One-off certification authorisation CAO.A.040(b) B.6 Limited certification authorisation CAO.A.040(c) B.7 Subcontracting CAO.A.095(a)(2)/(b)(3); CAO.A.100(f)

Chapter Description Implementing rule reference

B.8 Maintenance data and continuing airworthiness management CAO.A.055(a); CAO.A.080 data B.9 Records management and retention CAO.A.035(e); CAO.A.040(d); CAO.A.045(e); CAO.A.050(b); CAO.A.060(j); CAO.A.075(a)/(b)(9); CAO.A.090; CAO.A.100(c); CAO.A.085 B.10 Carrying out the airworthiness review CAO.A.085; CAO.A.095(c)(1); CAO.A.095(c)(2) B.11 Conformity with approved flight conditions CAO.A.095(d) B.12 Issue of the permit to fly CAO.A.095(d); CAO.A.045(a) B.13 Procedure for the issue of a recommendation to the competent 66.B.105 CAO.A.095(c)(3) authority for the issue of a Part-66 licence in accordance with point 66.B.105 (limited to the cases where the competent authority for the Part-CAO approval and for the Part-66 licence is the same). Development and implementation of an evaluation programme B.14 Procedure for the issue of a recommendation to the competent 66.B.105 authority for the issue of a Part-66 licence in accordance with point 66.B.105 (limited to the cases in which the competent authority for the Part-CAO approval and for the Part-66 licence is the same).

PART C — MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES

C.1 Maintenance — general CAO.A.025(10) C.2 Work order acceptance CAO.A.055(b) C.3 Components, equipment, tools and material (supply, acceptance, CAO.A.050; CAO.A.060(d); segregation, storage, calibration, etc.) CAO.A.030(b) C.4 Maintenance facility (selection, organisation, cleanliness and CAO.A.060(b)/(e)/(f) environmental limitations) C.5 Maintenance accomplishment and maintenance standards CAO.A.095(a)(1); CAO.A.060(c); Appendix I points (b)/(c)/(d) C.6 Prevention of maintenance error CAO.A.060(g)/(i) C.7 Critical maintenance tasks and error-capturing method CAO.A.060(h) C.8 Fabrication CAO.A.020(c) C.9 Certifying staff responsibilities and maintenance release CAO.A.040(a); CAO.A.065; CAO.A.070; CAO.A.095(a)(4) C.10 Defects arising during maintenance CAO.A.075(b)(6) C.11 Maintenance away from approved location CAO.A.095(a)(3) C.12 Procedure for component maintenance under aircraft or engine Appendix I point (b)/(c) rating C.13 Procedure for maintenance on installed engine (or component) Appendix I point (c)/(d) under engine (or component) rating C.14 Special procedures (specialised tasks, non-destructive testing CAO.A.030(a); Appendix I (NDT), engine running, etc.) point (e) C.15 Issue of airworthiness review certificate (ARC) under CAO.A.095(c)(2) maintenance privilege

PART D — CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

Chapter Description Implementing rule reference

D.2 Minimum equipment list (MEL) (and configuration deviation list CAO.A.075(a) (CDL)) application D.3 AMP development, control and periodic review CAO.A.075(a)/(b)(1)/(b)(2); CAO.A.095(b)(2) D.4 Airworthiness directives and other mandatory airworthiness CAO.A.075(a)/(b)(5)/(b)(8) requirements D.5 Modifications and repairs CAO.A.075(b)(3) D.6 Pre-flight inspection CAO.A.075(a) D.7 Defects CAO.A.075(b)(6) D.8 Establishment of contracts and work orders for the maintenance CAO.A.075(a)/(b)(4)/(b)(7) D.9 Coordination of maintenance activities CAO.A.075(b)(8) D.10 Mass and balance statement CAO.A.075(a)/(b)(10) D.11 Issue of ARC or ARC recommendation CAO.A.095(c)(1)(i); CAO.A.095(c)(1)(ii) D.12 ARC extension CAO.A.095(b)(4)/(c)(1)(ii) D.13 Maintenance check flights CAO.A.075(a)

PART E — SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

E.1 Sample documents E.2 List of subcontracted organisations E.3 List of organisations contracted by the CAO E.4 Aircraft technical log system (if applicable) E.5 List of the currently approved alternative means of compliance E.6 Copy of contracts for subcontracted continuing airworthiness tasks

AMC1 CAO.A.100(a) Quality system and organisational review

[…] (d) If a non-compliance is detected by the organisation or a finding is notified, the quality system should ensure that the root cause(s) and contributing factor(s) are identified and that corrective actions are defined. Notified findings include those detected during the airworthiness review, as well as findings raised directly by the competent authority.