ML.A.501 Classification and installation

Point 21.A.307(b) of Annex I (Part 21) and point 21L.A.193(b) of Annex Ib (Part 21 Light) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 specify new components that do not need an EASA Form 1 or equivalent to be eligible for installation. Point 21.A.307(c) of Annex I (Part 21) and point 21L.A.193(c) of Annex Ib (Part 21 Light) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 specify the conditions for the document accompanying the component.

EASA FORM 1 OR EQUIVALENT A document equivalent to an EASA Form 1 may be:

(a)a release document issued by an organisation under the terms of a bilateral agreement signed by the European Union;

(b)a release document issued by an organisation approved under the terms of a JAA bilateral agreement until superseded by the corresponding agreement signed by the European Union;

(c)a JAA Form One issued prior to 28 November 2004 by a JAR 145 organisation approved by a JAA Full Member State;

(d)in the case of new aircraft components that were released from manufacturing prior to the Part 21 compliance date, a JAA Form One issued by a JAR 21 organisation approved by a JAA Full Member State within the JAA mutual recognition system;

(e)a JAA Form One issued prior to 28 September 2005 by a production organisation approved by a competent authority in accordance with its national regulations;

(f)a JAA Form One issued prior to 28 September 2008 by a maintenance organisation approved by a competent authority in accordance with its national regulations;

(g)a release document acceptable to a competent authority according to the provisions of a bilateral agreement between the competent authority and a third country until superseded by the corresponding agreement signed by the European Union. This provision is valid provided the above agreements between the competent authority and a third country are notified to the European Commission and to the other competent authorities in accordance with Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139; and

(h)a release document issued under the conditions described in Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014.

(i)a ‘declaration of maintenance accomplished’ issued by the person or organisation that performed the maintenance, as specified in point ML.A.502(c).

BALLOONS Baskets, burners and fuel cylinders are components which are often interchanged between different balloons. Furthermore, they are often removed/installed by the pilot-owner (or by other persons when such removal/installation is not considered maintenance because the task is described in the AFM). As a consequence, an EASA Form 1 does not need to be issued when these components are removed in serviceable condition from a balloon, and can be installed on another balloon as long as the person performing the installation has access to the appropriate maintenance records necessary to establish their serviceable condition. In particular, due attention should be paid to the inspection dates of the various components. This does not supersede the requirement to release any maintenance performed on such components either on an EASA Form 1 or equivalent or on the balloon maintenance log book, as applicable.