SECTION B — AUTHORITY REQUIREMENTS
Annex Vd (Part-CAO) · Continuing Airworthiness · Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · CAO.B.010 – CAO.B.075
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CAO.B.010 Scope
This Section establishes the administrative requirements to be met by the competent authorities in connection to the requirements for organisations set…
CAO.B.017 Means of compliance
The Agency shall develop Acceptable Means of Compliance (‘AMC’) that may be used to demonstrate compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its…
CAO.B.020 Record-keeping
The competent authority shall establish a system of record-keeping that allows adequate traceability of the process to keep the records for issuing…
CAO.B.025 Mutual exchange of information
Where necessary for the performance of their tasks under this Regulation, the competent authorities shall exchange information.
CAO.B.030 Responsibilities
The competent authority shall conduct the necessary inspections and investigations in order to verify and ensure that the organisations for which it is…
CAO.B.035 Exemptions
Where a Member State grants an exemption from the requirements of this Annex in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 71 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139…
CAO.B.040 Application
Where facilities of the CAO are located in more than one Member State, the initial certification procedure and continued oversight of the approval shall…
CAO.B.045 Initial certification procedure
Where it has been established that the organisation meets the requirements laid down in points (a) and (b) of CAO.A.035, the competent authority shall…
GM1 CAO.B.045(a) Initial certification procedure
AMC1 CAO.B.045 Initial certification procedure
CAO.B.050 Issuance of the initial certificate
Where the competent authority has established that the applicant complies with point CAO.B.045, it shall issue the certificate, using the EASA Form 3-CAO…
CAO.B.055 Continuing oversight
The competent authority shall establish and keep up-to-date, an oversight programme, specifying all CAOs to which it has issued a certificate and the…
CAO.B.060 Findings
When during audits or by any other means, evidence is found showing non-compliance to the Part-CAO requirements, the competent authority shall take the…
CAO.B.065 Changes
Upon receiving an application for a change in accordance with point (a) of point CAO.A.105, the competent authority shall verify the organisation’s…
CAO.B.070 Suspension, limitation and revocation
The competent authority shall: suspend an approval on reasonable grounds in the case of a potential safety threat;
CAO.B.075 Information to the Agency
The competent authority of the Member State shall notify the Agency in case of any significant problems with the implementation of Regulation (EU)…
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