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21.B.480 Issuance of an ETSO authorisation

Annex I · Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

IRImplementing rule

21.B.480Issuance of an ETSO authorisation

The Agency shall issue an ETSO authorisation, provided that:

(a)the applicant has complied with point 21.A.606;

(b)the Agency, through its verifications of the demonstration of compliance in accordance with the level of involvement pursuant to point 21.B.100(b), has not found any non-compliance with the technical conditions of the applicable ETSO or with deviations therefrom approved in accordance with point 21.A.610, if any; and

(c)no feature or characteristic has been identified that may make the article unsafe for the uses for which certification is requested.

IR · 21.B.480 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/201 · Initial Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

All rules in SECTION B — PROCEDURES FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Nov 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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