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Part T - ANNEX Va - Third Country Maintenance Organisation

GENERAL REGULATION INFORMATION
Part T
ANNEX Va - Third Country Maintenance Organisation

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 of 26 November 2014 on the continuing
airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of
organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
(Retained EU Legislation).

REGULATION ITEMS BY SECTION
GEN ANNEX VA (PART-T) GENERAL
Reference Description
T.1 GM CAA
Article 1(b) and Article 3(6) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, as amended by
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1536, establish the applicability of Annex Va (Part-T) to aircraft
registered in a third country for which their regulatory safety oversight has not been delegated to the
CAA when they are dry leased-in by an air carrier licensed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
1008/2008.
This means that the provisions of Part-T are not applicable to aircraft registered in a third country for
which their regulatory safety oversight has been delegated to the CAA. In such a case, the
responsibilities established under M.A.201 are applicable (ref. Article 1(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) No
1321/2014).
The conditions for the approval of the dry lease-in are specified in ORO.AOC.110.
Reference Section A Subpart A GENERAL
T.A.101 Scope
This section establishes requirements to ensure that continuing airworthiness of aircraft referred to in
point (b) of Article 1 is maintained in compliance with the essential requirements of Annex V to
Regulation (EU) No 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
It also specifies the conditions to be met by the persons and organisations responsible for
management of the continuing airworthiness and maintenance of such aircraft.
Section A Subpart B CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS
Reference Description
T.A.201 Responsibilities
1.
(a) The operator is responsible for the airworthiness of the aircraft and it shall ensure
that it is not operated unless the aircraft has a type certificate issued or validated by
the CAA;
(b) the aircraft is in an airworthy condition;
(c) the aircraft holds a valid certificate of airworthiness issued in accordance with ICAO
Annex 8;
(d) the maintenance of the aircraft is performed in accordance with a maintenance
programme which shall comply with the requirements of the State of Registry and
the applicable requirements of ICAO Annex 6.
(e) any defect or damage affecting the safe operation of the aircraft is rectified to a
standard acceptable to the State of Registry;
(f) the aircraft complies with any applicable:
(i) airworthiness directive or continued airworthiness requirement issued or
adopted by the State of Registry; and
(ii) mandatory safety information issued by the CAA, including airworthiness
directives;
(g) a release to service is issued to the aircraft after maintenance by qualified
organisations in compliance with the State of Registry requirements. The signed
release to service shall contain, in particular, the basic details of the maintenance
carried out.
(h) the aircraft is inspected, through a pre-flight inspection, before each flight
(i) all modifications and repairs comply with the airworthiness requirements
established by the State of Registry
(j) the following aircraft records are available until the information contained has been
superseded by new information equivalent in scope and detail but not less than 24
months:
(1) the total time in service (hours, cycles and calendar time, as appropriate) of
the aircraft and all life-limited components;
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