SECTION B — PROCEDURES FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
Annex III (Part-66) · Continuing Airworthiness · Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · 66.B.1 – 66.B.500
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66.B.1 Scope
This section establishes the procedures including the administrative requirements to be followed by the competent authorities in charge of the…
66.B.2 Means of compliance
The Agency shall develop acceptable means of compliance (“AMC”) that may be used to establish compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated…
GM1 66.B.2 Means of compliance
66.B.10 Competent authority
General The Member State shall designate a competent authority with allocated responsibilities for the issuance, continuation, change, suspension or…
66.B.15 Information security management system
The competent authority shall establish, implement and maintain an information security management system in accordance with Annex I (Part-IS.AR) to…
66.B.20 Record-keeping
The competent authority shall establish a system of record-keeping that allows adequate traceability of the process to issue, revalidate, change, suspend…
66.B.25 Mutual exchange of information
The competent authorities shall participate in a mutual exchange of information in accordance with Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.
66.B.30 Exemptions
All exemptions granted in accordance with Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 shall be recorded and retained by the competent authority.
SUBPART B — ISSUE OF AN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LICENCE
This Subpart provides the procedures to be followed by the competent authority to issue, change or continue an aircraft maintenance licence.
66.B.100 Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence by the competent authority
On receipt of EASA Form 19 and any supporting documentation, the competent authority shall verify EASA Form 19 for completeness and ensure that the…
AMC 66.B.100 Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence by the competent authority
GM 66.B.100 Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence by the competent authority
66.B.105 Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence via a maintenance organisation approved in accordance with Annex II (Part-145) or Annex Vd (Part-CAO)
A maintenance organisation approved in accordance with Annex II (Part-145) or Annex Vd (Part-CAO), when authorised to carry out this activity by the…
66.B.110 Procedure for the change of an aircraft maintenance licence to include an additional basic category or subcategory
At the completion of the procedures specified in points 66.B.100 or 66.B.105, the competent authority shall endorse the additional basic category…
66.B.115 Procedure for the change of an aircraft maintenance licence to include an aircraft rating or to remove limitations
On receipt of a satisfactory EASA Form 19 and any supporting documentation demonstrating compliance with the requirements of the applicable rating…
66.B.120 Procedure for the renewal of an aircraft maintenance licence validity
The competent authority shall compare the holder's aircraft maintenance licence with the competent authority records and verify any pending revocation…
AMC 66.B.120 Procedure for the renewal of an aircraft maintenance licence validity
66.B.125 Procedure for the conversion of licences including group ratings
Individual aircraft type ratings already endorsed on the aircraft maintenance licence referred to in point 4 of Article 5 shall remain on the licence and…
66.B.130 Procedure for the direct approval of aircraft type training
In the case of type training for aircraft other than airships, the competent authority may approve aircraft type training not conducted by a maintenance…
AMC 66.B.130 Procedure for the direct approval of aircraft type training
66.B.135 Procedure for the approval of multimedia-based training (MBT) courses
The competent authority, whenever it approves courses, including multimedia-based training (MBT) courses, which are delivered in a physical environment…
SUBPART C — EXAMINATIONS
; This Subpart provides the procedures to be followed for the examinations conducted by the competent authority.
66.B.200 Examination by the competent authority
All examination questions shall be kept in a secure manner prior to an examination, to ensure that candidates will not know which particular questions…
SUBPART D — CONVERSION OF CERTIFYING STAFF QUALIFICATIONS
This Subpart provides the procedures for the conversion of certifying staff qualifications referred to in point 66.A.70 to aircraft maintenance licences.
66.B.300 General
The competent authority may only convert qualifications (i) obtained in the Member State for which it is competent, without prejudice to bilateral…
66.B.305 Conversion report for national qualifications
The conversion report for national certifying staff qualifications shall describe the scope of each type of qualification, including the associated…
AMC 66.B.305(a) Conversion report for national qualifications
GM 66.B.305(b) 3 Conversion report for national qualifications
66.B.310 Conversion report for approved maintenance organisations authorisations
For each approved maintenance organisation concerned, the conversion report shall describe the scope of each type of authorisation issued by the…
AMC 66.B.310(a) Conversion report for approved maintenance organisations' authorisations
GM 66.B.310(b) 3 Conversion report for approved maintenance organisations authorisations
SUBPART E — EXAMINATION CREDITS
This Subpart provides the procedures for granting examination credits referred to in point 66.A.25(d).
66.B.400 General
The competent authority may only grant credit on the basis of a credit report prepared in accordance with point 66.B.405.
66.B.405 Examination credit report
The credit report shall include a comparison between the following:
66.B.410 Examination credit validity
The competent authority shall notify to the applicant in writing any credits granted together with the reference to the credit report used.
SUBPART F — CONTINUING OVERSIGHT
This Subpart describes the procedures for the continuing oversight of the aircraft maintenance licence and in particular for the revocation, suspension…
66.B.500 Revocation, suspension or limitation of the aircraft maintenance licence
The competent authority shall suspend, limit or revoke the aircraft maintenance licence where it has identified a safety issue or if it has clear…
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