21.B.103 Issuance of a type-certificate or restricted type-certificate

(a) The CAA shall issue an aircraft, engine or propeller type-certificate or an aircraft restricted type-certificate, provided that:

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

2.   the CAA , through verifications of the demonstration of compliance in accordance with its involvement determined pursuant to point 21.B.100, has not found any non-compliance with the type-certification basis, the operational suitability data certification basis where applicable in accordance with point 21.B.82, and the environmental protection requirements; and

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

(b) By derogation from point (a), at the applicant’s request included in the declaration referred to in point 21.A.20(d), the CAA may issue an aircraft type-certificate before compliance with the operational suitability data certification basis has been demonstrated, provided that the applicant demonstrates such compliance before the date at which those data are to be actually used.