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M.A.617 Changes to the approved maintenance organisation

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

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M.A.617Changes to the approved maintenance organisation

In order to enable the competent authority to determine continued compliance with this Part, the approved maintenance organisation shall notify it of any proposal to carry out any of the following changes, before such changes take place:

1.the name of the organisation;

2.the location of the organisation;

3.additional locations of the organisation;

4.the accountable manager;

5.any of the persons specified in point M.A.606(b);

6.the facilities, equipment, tools, material, procedures, work scope, certifying staff and airworthiness review staff that could affect the approval. In the case of proposed changes in personnel not known to the management beforehand, these changes shall be notified at the earliest opportunity.

IR · M.A.617 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · Regulation (EU) 2015/1088 · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

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AMC M.A.617Changes to the approved maintenance organisation

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The competent authority should be given adequate notification of any proposed changes in order to enable the maintenance organisation to remain approved if agreed by the competent authority during negotiations about any of the specified changes. Without this paragraph the approval would automatically be suspended in all cases.

AMC · AMC M.A.617 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · ED Decision 2015/029/R · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

All rules in SECTION A — TECHNICAL 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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