CAMO.B.310 Initial certification procedure

(a) Upon receiving an application for the initial issue of a certificate for an organisation, the CAA shall verify the organisation’s compliance with the applicable requirements.

(b) A meeting with the accountable manager of the organisation shall be convened at least once during the investigation for initial certification to ensure that he/she fully understands the significance of the certification process and the reason for signing the statement of the organisation to comply with the procedures specified in the CAME.

(c) The CAA shall record all findings, closure actions (actions required to close a finding) and recommendations.

(d) The CAA shall confirm in writing all the findings raised during the verification to the organisation. For initial certification, all findings must be corrected to the satisfaction of the CAA before the certificate can be issued.

(e) When satisfied that the organisation complies with the applicable requirements, the CAA shall:

(1)   issue the certificate as established in Appendix I ’CAA Form 14’ to this Annex;

(2)  formally approve the CAME.

(f) The certificate reference number shall be included on the CAA Form 14 certificate .

(g) The certificate shall be issued for an unlimited duration. The privileges, scope of the activities that the organisation is approved to conduct, including any limitations as applicable, shall be specified in the terms of approval attached to the certificate.

(h) To enable the organisation to implement changes without prior CAA approval in accordance with point (c) of point CAMO.A.130, the CAA shall approve the relevant CAME procedure defining the scope of such changes and describing how such changes will be managed and notified.