M.B.604 Continuing oversight

1.Where the competent authority has decided that a series of audit visits are necessary to arrive at a complete audit of an approved maintenance organisation, the program should indicate which aspects of the approval will be covered on each visit.

2.It is recommended that part of an audit concentrates on the organisations internal self monitoring reports produced by the organisational review to determine if the organisation is identifying and correcting its problems.

3.At the successful conclusion of the audit(s) including verification of the manual, an audit report form should be completed by the auditing surveyor including all recorded findings, closure actions and recommendation. An EASA Form 6F should be used for this activity.

4.Credit may be claimed by the competent authority surveyor(s) for specific item audits completed during the preceding 23-month period subject to four conditions:

(a)the specific item audit should be the same as that required by M.A. Subpart F latest amendment, and

(b)there should be satisfactory evidence on record that such specific item audits were carried out and that all corrective actions have been taken, and

(c)the competent authority surveyor(s) should be satisfied that there is no reason to believe standards have deteriorated in respect of those specific item audits being granted a back credit;

(d)the specific item audit being granted a back credit should be audited not later than 24 months after the last audit of the item.

5.When performing the oversight of an organisation that holds more than one approval pursuant to this Regulation, the competent authority should arrange the audits to cover both approvals avoiding a duplicated visit of a particular area.