21L.B.61 Detailed technical specifications and applicable environmental protection requirements for declarations of product design compliance

(a)The Agency, in accordance with Article 76(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, shall establish and make available the detailed technical specifications that natural and legal persons can use to demonstrate compliance with the relevant essential requirements set out in Annex II to that Regulation when declaring compliance of the aircraft design in accordance with Subpart C of Section A of this Annex.

(b)The detailed technical specifications referred to in point (a) shall provide design standards which reflect the state of the art and best design practices, and which build on the best available experience and scientific and technical progress, and on the best available evidence and analysis of aircraft design, for aircraft that are within the scope established under point 21L.A.41. These detailed technical specifications may include or refer to:

1.certification specifications established by the Agency in accordance with point 21.B.70 of Annex I (Part 21) for the airworthiness of the aircraft design;

2.special conditions that have been prescribed by the Agency in accordance with point 21.B.75 of Annex I (Part 21) or point 21L.B.44 for other aircraft and which are of a general nature;

3.detailed technical standards developed by standardisation and other industry bodies.

(c)For the purposes of ensuring the environmental compatibility of the design, the Agency shall establish and make available the environmental protection requirements to be used as the basis for the declaration of design compliance, which shall include:

1.environmental protection requirements for the relevant product categories as contained in Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Volumes I to III, at an amendment level referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU)2018/1139; for this purpose, the references to:

(i)the date of application for a type certificate contained in those volumes shall be understood as references to the date on which the declaration of design compliance is made by the declarant; and

(ii)the certification requirements contained in those volumes shall be understood as requirements for the declaration of design compliance.

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