The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendment of Annex Vb to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014

29.—(1) In Annex Vb (Part-ML), Section A (technical requirements) is amended as follows.

(2) In Subpart D (maintenance standards), for point ML.A.401(b) substitute—

“(b) For the purposes of this Annex, “applicable maintenance data” means any of the following:

1. any applicable requirement, procedure, standard or information issued by the CAA;

2. any applicable AD;

3. the applicable ICA and other maintenance instructions, issued by the type-certificate holder, supplementary type-certificate holder and any other organisation that publishes such data in accordance with Annex I (Part-21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012;

4. for components approved for installation by the design approval holder, the applicable maintenance instructions published by the component manufacturers and acceptable to the design approval holder;

5. any applicable data issued in accordance with point 145.A.45(d).”.

(3) In Subpart E (components)—

(a) in point ML.A.501(a), for “and Annex I (Part-21)” substitute “or in point 21.A.307 of Annex I (Part-21)”;

(b) in point ML.A.502(a)—

(i) for “point (c) of point 21.A.307” substitute “point 21.A.307(b)(2)”;

(ii) for “point 21.A.307(c)” substitute “point 21.A.307(b)(2)”;

(c) after point ML.A.502(b) insert—

“(c) Components which are referred to in points (b)(3) to (6) of point 21.A.307 of Annex I (Part-21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 may be maintained by any person or organisation. In such case, by way of derogation from point (b), the maintenance of those components must be released with a “declaration of maintenance accomplished” issued by the person or organisation that performed the maintenance. The “declaration of maintenance accomplished” must contain at least basic details of the maintenance carried out, the date on which the maintenance was completed, and the identification of the organisation that issues it. It is to be considered a maintenance record and equivalent to a CAA Form 1 in respect of the maintained component.”.

(4) In Subpart H (certification of release to service (CRS)), for point ML.A.802(a) substitute—

“Except for cases covered by point (c) of point ML.A.502, a component CRS must be issued after the required maintenance work has been properly carried out on an aircraft component in accordance with point ML.A.502.”.

(5) In Subpart I (airworthiness review certificate (‘ARC’)), in point ML.A.906(a), after “third country” insert “, or from a regulatory system where Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 does not apply,”.