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21L.B.84 Issuance of an approval of a major change to a type certificate

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

IRImplementing rule

21L.B.84Issuance of an approval of a major change to a type certificate

(a)The Agency shall approve the major change when:

1.the applicant has demonstrated that the change and the areas affected by the change comply with the type-certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements, as established and designated by the Agency in accordance with point 21L.B.81;

2.the applicant has demonstrated and declared compliance in accordance with point (f) of point 21L.A.66;

3.the Agency through its verification of the demonstration of compliance has not found:

(i)any non-compliances with the type-certification basis or, where applicable, with the applicable environmental protection requirements;

(ii)any feature or characteristic of the change that may make the changed product unsafe or environmentally incompatible for the uses for which certification is requested.

(b)An approval of a major change to a type certificate shall be limited to the specific configuration(s) in the type certificate to which the change relates.

IR · 21L.B.84 — 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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