21.A.803 Handling of identification data

(a)No person shall remove, change, or place the identification information referred to in point 21.A.801(a) on any aircraft, engine, propeller, propeller blade, propeller hub or CMU, or the identification information referred to in point 21.A.807(a) on an APU, without the approval of the Agency.’

(b)No person shall remove or install any identification plate referred to in point 21.A.801, or in point 21.A.807 for an APU, without the approval of the Agency.

(c)By way of derogation from points (a) and (b), any natural or legal person that performs maintenance work under the applicable associated rules may, in accordance with the methods, techniques and practices established by the Agency:

1.remove, change, or place the identification information referred to in point 21.A.801(a) on any aircraft, engine, propeller, propeller blade, propeller hub or CMU, or the identification information referred to in point 21.A.807(a) on an APU; or

2.remove an identification plate referred to in point 21.A.801, or in point 21.A.807 for an APU, when it is necessary during maintenance operations.

(d)No person shall install an identification plate that has been removed in accordance with point (c)(2) on any aircraft, engine, propeller, propeller blade, propeller hub or CMU other than the one from which it has been removed.