21.A.165 Obligations of the holder

SI No. 588/2023

The holder of a production organisation approval shall:

(a) ensure that the production organisation exposition furnished in accordance with point 21.A.143 and the documents to which it refers, are used as basic working documents within the organisation;

(b) maintain the production organisation in conformity with the data and procedures approved for the production organisation approval;

(c) 

1.   determine that each completed aircraft conforms to the type design and is in condition for safe operation prior to submitting statements of conformity to the CAA; or

2.   determine that other products, parts or appliances are complete and conform to the approved design data and are in a condition for safe operation before issuing an CAA Form 1 to certify conformity to approved design data and condition for safe operation;

3.  additionally, in the case of environmental requirements determine that:

(i)  the completed engine is in compliance with the applicable engine exhaust emissions requirements on the date of manufacture of the engine: and

(ii)  the completed aeroplane is in compliance with the applicable CO2 emissions requirements on the date its first certificate of airworthiness is issued.

4.   determine that other products, parts or appliances conform to the applicable data before issuing an CAA Form 1 as a conformity certificate;

(d) record all details of work carried out;

(e) establish and maintain an internal occurrence reporting system in the interest of safety, to enable the collection and assessment of occurrence reports in order to identify adverse trends or to address deficiencies, and to extract reportable occurrences. This system shall include evaluation of relevant information relating to occurrences and the promulgation of related information;

(f) 

1.  report to the holder of the type-certificate or design approval, all cases where products, parts or appliances have been released by the production organisation and subsequently identified to have possible deviations from the applicable design data, and investigate with the holder of the type-certificate or design approval in order to identify those deviations which could lead to an unsafe condition;

2.   report to the CAA the deviations which could lead to an unsafe condition identified according to point (1). Such reports shall be made in a form and manner established by the CAA under point 21.A.3A(b)(2) [...];

3.  where the holder of the production organisation approval is acting as a supplier to another production organisation, report also to that other organisation all cases where it has released products, parts or appliances to that organisation and subsequently identified them to have possible deviations from the applicable design data;

(g) provide assistance to the holder of the type-certificate or design approval in dealing with any continuing airworthiness actions that are related to the products parts or appliances that have been produced;

(h) establish an archiving system incorporating requirements imposed on its partners, suppliers and subcontractors, ensuring conservation of the data used to justify conformity of the products, parts or appliances. Such data shall be held at the disposal of the CAA and be retained in order to provide the information necessary to ensure the continuing airworthiness of the products, parts or appliances;

(i) where, under its terms of approval, the holder issues a certificate of release to service, determine that each completed aircraft has been subjected to necessary maintenance and is in condition for safe operation, prior to issuing the certificate;

(j) where applicable, under the privilege of point 21.A.163(e), determine the conditions under which a permit to fly can be issued;

(k) where applicable, under the privilege of point 21.A.163(e), establish compliance with points 21.A.711(c) and (e) before issuing a permit to fly to an aircraft.