26.332 Identification of changes affecting fatigue-critical structure — ADDITIONAL AIRWORTHINESS SPECIFICATIONS FOR OPERATIONS, Part-26

IRImplementing rule

26.332Identification of changes affecting fatigue-critical structure

(a)The approval holder referred to in point 26.330(a) shall:

(i)review the changes and identify those changes that affect FCBS;

(ii)for each change identified in accordance with point (i), identify any associated FCMS;

(iii)identify the published repairs affecting each change identified in accordance with point (i).

(b)For a change approval that was issued on or after 1 September 2003, the approval holder referred to in point (a) shall develop and submit a list of the changes and FCMS identified in accordance with points (a)(i) and (ii) to the Agency before 26 February 2022 for approval, and, upon approval by the Agency, make the list available to all known operators of such aeroplanes and, on request, to organisations responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness to support the operators that are required to comply with point 26.370(a)(ii).

(c)For a change approval that was issued before 1 September 2003, the approval holder referred to in point (a) shall:

(i)develop and submit a list of the changes identified in accordance with point (a)(i) to the Agency before 26 February 2022, for approval;

(ii)upon request of operators and organisations responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness to support the operators that are required to comply with point 26.370(a)(ii), identify and list any FCMS associated with the change and submit this data to the Agency within 12 months from the request, for approval;

(iii)upon approval of any data submitted according to points (c)(i) and (ii), make that data available to all known operators of such aeroplanes and, on request, to organisations responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness to support the operators that are required to comply with point 26.370(a)(ii).

IR · 26.332 — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2954 · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

GMGuidance material

GM1 26.332(a)(iii)Identification of published repairs to changes affecting fatigue-critical structure

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There is no requirement to list the published repairs to changes; however, the change approval holder will need to have identified these repairs in order to subsequently comply with points 26.333(a)(i) and 26.334(a)(i) of Part-26. ‘Published repairs’ are described in AMC 20-20A, Appendix 3, paragraph 4.3.3.

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GM · GM1 26.332(a)(iii) — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · ED Decision 2020/023/R · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

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GM1 26.332(c)(ii)and 26.334 FCMS and DTE for STCs and other changes approved prior to 1 September 2003

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The design approval holder should normally receive a request from an operator or an organisation responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness (hereinafter ‘the requester’) for FCMS lists and a DTI by 26 March 2022. The request should result in the design approval holder listing the FCMSs, performing a DTE and making the approved FCMS list and a DTI available to the requester. Design approval holders are recommended to initiate DTE of STCs and other changes as soon as possible if it is considered likely that a request will be made. When a request is received, the date of its receipt should be recorded, and a record kept of the subsequent communications with the requester, the agreements reached, and actions taken. An example of such records would be a copy of the contract to perform the DTE. If no request for a DTI is made prior to 26 February 2023, the design approval holder may assume that their support is not required to develop a DTI because the aeroplane is not currently in operation according to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 Annex IV (PartCAT). In this case, it is not necessary for the design approval holder to develop an FCMS list or DT data until such a request is received; for example, when an aeroplane is incorporated into a fleet. Note: It might also be possible that an operator or an organisation responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness has engaged the support of a third party to develop the DTI, but there is no obligation on the design approval holder to verify whether this is the case. If a design approval holder is in a situation where the need to comply with point 26.334 of Part26 is not clear, this should be highlighted to EASA in the frame of the discussion of the compliance plan required in point 26.331 of Part26 in order to find a way forward.

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GM · GM1 26.332(c)(ii) — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · ED Decision 2024/010/R · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

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GM1 26.332(c)(ii)and 26.334 FCMS and DTE for STCs and other changes approved prior to 1 September 2003

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The design approval holder should normally receive a request from an operator or an organisation responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness (hereinafter ‘the requester’) for FCMS lists and a DTI by 26 March 2022. The request should result in the design approval holder listing the FCMSs, performing a DTE and making the approved FCMS list and a DTI available to the requester. Design approval holders are recommended to initiate DTE of STCs and other changes as soon as possible if it is considered likely that a request will be made. When a request is received, the date of its receipt should be recorded, and a record kept of the subsequent communications with the requester, the agreements reached, and actions taken. An example of such records would be a copy of the contract to perform the DTE. If no request for a DTI is made prior to 26 February 2023, the design approval holder may assume that their support is not required to develop a DTI because the aeroplane is not currently in operation according to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 Annex IV (PartCAT). In this case, it is not necessary for the design approval holder to develop an FCMS list or DT data until such a request is received; for example, when an aeroplane is incorporated into a fleet. Note: It might also be possible that an operator or an organisation responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness has engaged the support of a third party to develop the DTI, but there is no obligation on the design approval holder to verify whether this is the case. If a design approval holder is in a situation where the need to comply with point 26.334 of Part26 is not clear, this should be highlighted to EASA in the frame of the discussion of the compliance plan required in point 26.331 of Part26 in order to find a way forward.

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GM · GM1 26.332(c)(ii) — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · ED Decision 2024/010/R · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026