AMC & GM to Part-ML — Issue 1, Amendment 1

Annex IV to ED Decision 2021/009/R

Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM)

to Annex Vb (Part-ML) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014

Issue 1 — Amendment 1

Annex VI 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

SUBPART C — CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS

AMC1 ML.A.302(d) Aircraft maintenance programme

This AMC contains an acceptable MIP for aeroplanes of 2 730 kg maximum take-off mass (MTOM) and below, and for ELA2 aircraft other than rotorcraft or airships, grouped in the following categories: — aeroplanes of 2 730 kg MTOM and below; — ELA2 sailplanes and ELA2 powered sailplanes; and — ELA2 balloons.

SUBPART D — MAINTENANCE STANDARDS

GM1 ML.A.401(b) Maintenance data

Similar provisions to those in GM1 M.A.401(b)(3) and (b)(4) and GM1 M.A.401(b)(4) apply.

SUBPART E — COMPONENTS

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GM1 ML.A.501 Classification and installation

Components accepted by the owner in accordance with 21.A.307(c) of Part 21, or standard parts are eligible for installation without an EASA Form 1. […]

GM1 ML.A.501(a) Classification and installation

Point (b) of 21.A.307 specifies new components that do not need an EASA Form 1 or equivalent to be eligible for installation. Point (c) of 21.A.307 specifies the conditions for the document accompanying the component. […]

AMC1 ML.A.501(a)(ii) Classification and installation

A document equivalent to an EASA Form 1 may be: […] (i) a ‘declaration of maintenance accomplished’ issued by the person or organisation that performed the maintenance, as specified in point ML.A.502(c).

GM1 ML.A.502(c) Component maintenance

A ‘declaration of maintenance accomplished’ is a certificate prepared in any shape/form by the person or organisation that performed any maintenance on the component covered by the certificate and subject Page 3 of 4

to conditions in ML.A.502(c). This person or organisation does not need an approval to perform maintenance in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014. In order for the component to be eligible for installation with a ‘declaration of maintenance accomplished’, this declaration, together with other records, should allow the determination that the component was first installed as ‘new’, as a component referred to in ML.A.502(c). Such a component should not be installed in an aircraft if there is information on the certificate which is not readable or not understandable or states that the component is not in a satisfactory condition for operation.

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