21.A.93 Application

(a)An application for approval of a change to a type-certificate shall be made in a form and manner established by the Agency.

(b)An application shall include, or be supplemented after the initial application by, a certification programme for the demonstration of compliance in accordance with point 21.A.20, consisting of:

1.a description of the change identifying:

(i)the configuration(s) of the product, the UAS or the CMU in the type certificate upon which the change is to be made;

(ii)all areas of the product, the UAS or the CMU in the type certificate, including the approved manuals, which are changed or affected by the change; and

(iii)when the change affects the operational suitability data, any necessary changes to the operational suitability data;

2.an identification of any reinvestigations necessary to demonstrate compliance of the change, and of the areas affected by the change, with the applicable type-certification basis, operational suitability data certification basis and environmental protection requirements; and

3.for a major change to a type certificate:

(i)a proposal for the initial type-certification basis, operational suitability data certification basis and environmental protection requirements, prepared in accordance with the requirements and options specified in point 21.A.101;

(ii)a proposal for a breakdown of the certification programme into meaningful groups of compliance demonstration activities and data, including a proposal for the means of compliance and related compliance documents;

(iii)a proposal for the assessment of the meaningful groups of compliance demonstration activities and data, addressing the likelihood of an unidentified non-compliance with the applicable type-certification basis, operational suitability data certification basis or environmental protection requirements and the potential impact of that non-compliance on product or UAS safety or environmental compatibility or on the safety of the CMU; the proposed assessment shall take into account at least the elements set out in points 1 to 4 of point 21.B.100(a). Based on that assessment, the application shall include a proposal for the Agency’s involvement in the verification of the compliance demonstration activities and data; and

(iv)a project schedule including major milestones.

(c)An application for a change to a type-certificate of a large aeroplane or a large rotorcraft shall be valid for five years and an application for a change to any other type-certificate shall be valid for three years. In the case where the change has not been approved, or it is evident that it will not be approved, within the time limit provided for in this point, the applicant may:

1.submit a new application for a change to the type-certificate and comply with the type-certification basis, operational suitability data certification basis and environmental protection requirements, as established by the Agency in accordance with point 21.A.101 and notified in accordance with point 21.B.105 for the date of the new application; or

2.apply for an extension of the time period provided for in the first sentence of point (c) for the original application and propose a new date for the issuance of the approval. In that case, the applicant shall comply with the type-certification basis, operational suitability data certification basis and environmental protection requirements, as established by the Agency in accordance with point 21.A.101 and notified in accordance with point 21.B.105, for a date to be selected by the applicant. However, that date shall not precede the new date proposed by the applicant for the issuance of the approval by more than five years for an application for a change to type-certificate or restricted type-certificate for a large aeroplane or a large rotorcraft, and by more than three years for an application for a change to any other type-certificate or restricted type certificate.