CHAPTER VTHE EUROPEAN UNION AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY

SECTION ITasks

Article 83Investigations by the F1CAA

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The F2CAA shall conduct either itself or through F3... qualified entities the investigations necessary for the performance of its tasks related to certification, oversight and enforcement in accordance with Article 62(2).

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For the purposes of conducting the investigations referred to in paragraph 1, the F4CAA shall be empowered to:

a

require the legal or natural persons to whom it has issued a certificate, or who made a declaration to it, to provide the F4CAA with all necessary information;

b

require those persons to provide oral explanations on any fact, document, object, procedure or other subject matter relevant for determining whether the person complies with this Regulation and with F5regulations made under it;

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d

examine, copy or make extracts from any relevant document, record or data held by or accessible to those persons, irrespective of the medium on which the information in question is stored.

The F7CAA shall, where required for determining whether a person to whom it has issued a certificate, or who has made a declaration to it, complies with this Regulation and with F8regulations made under it, also be empowered to exercise the powers set out in the first subparagraph in relation to any other legal or natural person who can reasonably be expected to possess or to have access to information relevant for those purposes. The powers of this paragraph shall be exercised in compliance with F9... national law F10... or of the third country where the investigation takes place, with due regard for the rights and legitimate interests of persons concerned and in compliance with the principle of proportionality.

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The F12CAA shall ensure that the members of its staff and, where relevant, any other expert participating in the investigation are sufficiently qualified, adequately instructed and duly authorised. Those persons shall exercise their powers upon production of a written authorisation.

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