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Part 145 - ANNEX II - Maintenance

the audit visit.
145.B.25 Issue of approval
1. The CAA shall formally approve the exposition and issue to the applicant a Form 3
approval certificate, which includes the approval ratings. The CAA shall only issue a
certificate when the organisation is in compliance with this Annex (Part-145).
2. The CAA shall indicate the conditions of the approval on the Form 3 approval certificate.
3. The reference number shall be included on the Form 3 approval certificate in a manner
specified by the CAA.
145.B.25(1) AMC Issue of approval
1. For approvals involving more than one State, the approval should be granted in
conjunction with the State in whose territory the other maintenance facilities are located.
For practical reasons it is recommended that the initial approval should be granted on the
basis of a joint audit visit by the CAA and the State in whose territory the facility is located.
2. The approval should be based only upon the organisational capability (including any
associated sub-contractors) relative to Part-145 and not limited by reference to
CAA/national type certificated products.
For example, if the organisation is capable of maintaining within the limitation of Part145
the Boeing 737200 series aircraft the approval schedule should state A1 Boeing 737200
series and not Boeing 7372H6 which is a particular airline designator for one of many 200
series.
3. The CAA should indicate approval of the exposition in writing.
145.B.25(2) AMC Issue of approval
The validity of the Part-145 approval should be of unlimited duration.
145.B.25(3) AMC Issue of approval
The numeric sequence should be unique to the particular approved maintenance organisation.
145.B.30 Continuation of an approval
The continuation of an approval shall be monitored in accordance with the applicable ‘initial approval’
process under point 145.B.20. In addition:
1. The CAA shall keep and update a program listing the approved maintenance
organisations under its supervision, the dates when audit visits are due and when such
visits were carried out.
2. Each organisation must be completely reviewed for compliance with this Annex (Part-
145) at periods not exceeding 24 months.
3. A meeting with the accountable manager shall be convened at least once every 24
months to ensure he/she remains informed of significant issues arising during audits.
145.B.30(1) AMC Continuation of an approval
Credit may be claimed by the CAA surveyor(s) for specific item audits completed during the
preceding 23 month period subject to four conditions:
- the specific item audit should be the same as that required by Part145 latest amendment,
and
- there should be satisfactory evidence on record that such specific item audits were
carried out and that all corrective actions have been taken, and
- the CAA surveyor(s) should be satisfied that there is no reason to believe standards have
deteriorated in respect of those specific item audits being granted a back credit, and
- the specific item audit being granted a back credit should be audited not later than 24
months after the last audit of the item.
145.B.30(2) AMC Continuation of an approval
1. Where the CAA has decided that a series of audit visits are necessary to arrive at a
complete audit of an organisation, the programme should indicate which aspects of the
approval will be covered on each visit.
2. It is recommended that part of an audit concentrates on two ongoing aspects of the Part-
145 approval, namely the organisation’s internal self-monitoring quality reports produced
by the quality monitoring personnel to determine if the organisation is identifying and
correcting its problems and secondly the number of concessions granted by the quality
manager.
3. At the successful conclusion of the audit including approval of the exposition, an audit
report form should be completed by the auditing surveyor including all recorded findings,
closure actions and recommendation. An CAA Form 6 should be used for this activity.
4. The accountable manager should be seen at least once every 24 months to ensure
he/she fully understands the significance of the approval.
5. In the case of line stations the CAA can adopt a sampling programme based upon
number of line stations and complexity.
145.B.35 Changes
1. The CAA shall receive notification from the organisation of any proposed change as listed
in point 145.A.85.
The CAA shall comply with the applicable elements of the initial process points for any
change to the organisation.
2. The CAA may prescribe the conditions under which organisation may operate during such
changes unless it determines that the approval should be suspended.
145.B.35 AMC Changes
The CAA should have adequate control over any changes to the management personnel specified in
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