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66.B.500 Revocation, suspension or limitation of the aircraft maintenance licence

Annex III (Part-66) · Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

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66.B.500Revocation, 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 evidence that the person has carried out or been involved in one or more of the following activities:

1.obtaining the aircraft maintenance licence and/or the certification privileges by falsification of documentary evidence;

2.failing to carry out requested maintenance combined with failure to report such fact to the organisation or person who requested the maintenance;

3.failing to carry out required maintenance resulting from own inspection combined with failure to report such fact to the organisation or person for whom the maintenance was intended to be carried out;

4.negligent maintenance;

5.falsification of the maintenance record;

6.issuing a certificate of release to service knowing that the maintenance specified on the certificate of release to service has not been carried out or without verifying that such maintenance has been carried out;

7.carrying out maintenance or issuing a certificate of release to service when adversely affected by alcohol or drugs;

8.issuing certificate of release to service while not in compliance with this Regulation.

IR · 66.B.500 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · Regulation (EU) 2021/700 · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

All rules in SECTION B — PROCEDURES FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 2 Sep 2025, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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