CAO.A.095 Privileges of the organisation

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

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CAO.A.095Privileges of the organisation

The CAO shall have the following privileges:

(a)Maintenance (1) Maintain any aircraft or component for which it is approved at the locations specified in the approval certificate and the CAE. (2) Arrange for the performance of specialised services at another organisation appropriately qualified under the control of the CAO, in accordance with the appropriate procedures set out in the CAE and approved by the competent authority. (3) Maintain any aircraft or component for which it is approved at any location, where the need of such maintenance arises either from the unserviceability of the aircraft or the need for supporting occasional maintenance, in accordance with the conditions specified in the CAE. (4) Issue certificates of release to service upon completion of maintenance, in accordance with point CAO.A.065 or CAO.A.070.

(b)Continuing airworthiness management (1) Manage the continuing airworthiness of any aircraft for which it is approved. (2) Approve the AMP, in accordance with point (b)(2) of point ML.A.302, for aircraft managed in accordance with Annex Vb (Part-ML). (3) Carry out limited continuing airworthiness tasks with any contracted organisation working under their quality system, as listed on the approval certificate. (4) Extend the validity of an existing airworthiness review certificate in accordance with point M.A.902(a) of Annex I (Part-M) or point ML.A.902(a) of Annex Vb (Part-ML), as applicable, subject to the conditions set out in point M.A.902(b) of Annex I (Part-M) or point ML.A.902(b) of Annex Vb (Part-ML), as applicable.

(c)Airworthiness review: (1) A CAO with its principal place of business in a Member State, the approval of which includes the privileges referred to in point (b) of this point, may be approved to carry out airworthiness reviews in accordance with point M.A.903 of Annex I (Part-M) or point ML.A.903 of Annex Vb (Part-ML), as applicable, and: (i) issue the related airworthiness review certificate under the conditions set out in point M.A.901(b)(1) of Annex I (Part-M) or in accordance with point ML.A.901(b) of Annex Vb (Part-ML), as applicable; (ii) issue a recommendation for the issuance of an airworthiness review certificate to the competent authority of the Member State of registry, under the conditions set out in point M.A.901(b)(2) of Annex I (Part-M). (2) A CAO with its principal place of business in one of the Member States, the approval of which includes the privileges referred to in point (a), may be approved to carry out airworthiness reviews in accordance with point ML.A.903 of Annex Vb (Part-ML) and issue the related ARC. (3) A CAO holding the privileges referred to in point (1) or point (2) may additionally, for the aircraft for which the organisation is approved to carry out the airworthiness review, and subject to an adequate procedure in the CAE referred to in point CAO.A.025, be approved to: (i) develop an evaluation programme in accordance with point 21.A.174(d)(3) of Annex I (Part 21) or, as applicable, point 21L.A.143(h)(3) of Annex Ib (Part 21 Light) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012; (ii) conduct the investigations activities proposed in the evaluation programme and issue the evaluation report in accordance with point 21.A.174(d)(4) of Annex I (Part 21) or, as applicable, point 21L.A.143(h)(4) of Annex Ib (Part 21 Light) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012. Tasks referred to in the first paragraph, points (i) and (ii), shall be performed by staff who are approved to carry out airworthiness review for that aircraft.

(d)Permit to fly A CAO with its principal place of business in one of the Member States, the approval of which includes the privileges referred to in point (c)(1) or point (c)(2) of this point, may be approved to issue a permit to fly in accordance with point 21.A.711(d) of Annex I (Part 21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 for those aircraft for which the CAO can issue the airworthiness review certificate when it attests conformity with the approved flight conditions, subject to an adequate procedure in the CAE referred to in point CAO.A.025 of this Annex. In addition, in the case of aircraft above 2 730 kg MTOM, that permit to fly may be issued provided that: (i) the conditions referred to in points M.A.902(b)(1) and M.A.902(b)(2) of Annex I (Part-M) are met; (ii) the continuing airworthiness of the aircraft is managed by the CAO issuing the permit to fly.

(e)A CAO may be approved for one or more privileges.

IR · CAO.A.095 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

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GM1 CAO.A.095(c)(2)Privileges of the organisation

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A CAO can be approved to perform airworthiness reviews although it does not hold the privileges of continuing airworthiness management (for aircraft to which Part-ML is applicable). This means that the certificate will show the boxes ‘maintenance’ and ‘airworthiness reviews’ ticked.

GM · GM1 CAO.A.095(c)(2) — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · ED Decision 2026/005/R · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

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AMC1 CAO.A.095(b)(3)Privileges of the organisation

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SUBCONTRACTING OF CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS TASKS

(a)The CAO may subcontract certain continuing airworthiness management tasks to qualified organisations. The subcontracted organisation performs the continuing airworthiness management tasks as an integral part of the CAO quality system, irrespective of any other approval held by the subcontracted organisation (including CAMO, CAO or Part-145 approval).

(b)The CAO remains accountable for the satisfactory completion of the continuing airworthiness management tasks irrespective of any contract that may be established.

(c)In order to fulfil this responsibility, the CAO should be satisfied that the actions taken by the subcontracted organisation meet the standards required by Part-CAO. Therefore, the CAO management of such activities should be accomplished by:

(1)active control through direct involvement; and/or

(2)endorsing the recommendations made by the subcontracted organisation.

(d)In order to retain ultimate responsibility, the CAO should limit subcontracted tasks to the activities specified below:

(1)airworthiness directive analysis and planning;

(2)service bulletin analysis;

(3)planning of maintenance;

(4)reliability monitoring, engine health monitoring;

(5)maintenance programme development and amendments; and

(6)any other activities, which do not limit the CAO responsibilities, as agreed by the competent authority.

(e)The CAO’s controls associated with subcontracted continuing airworthiness management tasks should be reflected in the associated contract and be in accordance with the CAO policy and procedures defined in the CAE. When such tasks are subcontracted, the quality system is considered to be extended to the subcontracted organisations.

(f)With the exception of engines and auxiliary power units, contracts would normally be limited to one organisation per aircraft type for any combination of the subcontracted activities. Where contracts are made with more than one organisation, the CAO should demonstrate that adequate coordination controls are in place and that the individuals’ responsibilities are clearly defined in the related contracts.

(g)Contracts should not authorise the subcontracted organisation to subcontract elements of the continuing airworthiness management tasks to other organisations.

(h)The competent authority should exercise oversight of the subcontracted activities through the CAO approval. The contracts should be acceptable to the competent authority. The CAO should only subcontract to organisations which are specified by the competent authority on EASA Form 3-CAO (page 2, block titled ‘List of organisation(s) working under a quality system’).

(i)The subcontracted organisation should agree to notify the CAO of any changes affecting the contract as soon as practical. The CAO should then inform its competent authority. Failure to do so may invalidate the competent authority’s acceptance of the contract.

(j)Appendix II to AMC1 CAMO.A.125(d)(3) provides information on the subcontracting of continuing airworthiness management tasks by the CAMO. The same principles may be applied to the CAO.

AMC · AMC1 CAO.A.095(b)(3) — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · ED Decision 2021/009/R · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

All rules in SECTION A — ORGANISATION REQUIREMENTS

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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