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21L.B.47 Issuance of a type certificate

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

IRImplementing rule

21L.B.47Issuance of a type certificate

(a)The Agency shall issue without undue delay an aircraft, engine or propeller type certificate, provided that:

1.the applicant has complied with point 21L.A.27;

2.the Agency, through the investigation carried out pursuant to point 21L.B.46, has not found any non-compliance with the type-certification basis or with the applicable environmental protection requirements;

3.there are no unresolved issues from the investigation carried out pursuant to point (c) of point 21L.B.46 of that product in the final configuration;

4.no feature or characteristic has been identified that may make the product unsafe or environmentally incompatible for the uses for which the certification is requested.

(b)The type certificate shall include:

1.the type design;

2.the operating limitations;

3.the instructions for continued airworthiness;

4.the type certificate data sheet for airworthiness and, if applicable, the record of engine exhaust emissions compliance;

5.the applicable type-certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements with which the Agency records compliance;

6.if applicable, the type certificate data sheet for noise; and

7.any other conditions or limitations prescribed for the product in the applicable type-certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements.

IR · 21L.B.47 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/1358 · 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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