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ANNEX I - Continuing Airworthiness Requirements

according to the pertinent procedure approved to that organisation.
6. Procedures should be defined by the organisation describing the decision process for the
status of unserviceable components. This procedure should identify at least the following:
- role and responsibilities of the persons managing the decision process;
- description of the decision process to choose between maintaining, storing or
mutilating a component;
- traceability of decision.
7. Once unserviceable components or materials have been identified as unsalvageable in
accordance with M.A.501(a)(3) or ML.A.504(c), the organisation should establish secure
areas in which to segregate such items and to prevent unauthorised access.
Unsalvageable components should be managed through a procedure to ensure that these
components receive the appropriate final disposal according to M.A.504(b) or ML.A.504(d)
or (e). The person responsible for the implementation of this procedure should be
identified.
M.A.606 Personnel requirements
(a) The organisation shall appoint an accountable manager, who has corporate authority for
ensuring that all maintenance required by the customer can be financed and carried out to
the standard required by this Part.
(b) A person or group of persons shall be nominated with the responsibility of ensuring that
the organisation is always in compliance with this Subpart. Such person(s) shall be
ultimately responsible to the accountable manager.
(c) All point (b) persons shall be able to show relevant knowledge, background and
appropriate experience related to aircraft and/or component maintenance.
(d) The organisation shall have appropriate staff for the normal expected contracted work.
The use of temporarily sub-contracted staff is permitted in the case of higher than
normally expected contracted work and only for personnel not issuing a certificate of
release to service.
(e) The qualification of all personnel involved in maintenance and airworthiness reviews shall
be demonstrated and recorded.
(f) Personnel who carry out specialised tasks such as welding, non-destructive
testing/inspection other than colour contrast shall be qualified in accordance with an
officially recognised standard.
(g) The maintenance organisation shall have sufficient certifying staff to issue certificates of
release to service for aircraft and components provided for in points M.A.612 and M.A.613.
The staff shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Annex III (Part-66) in the case of aircraft;
2. Article 5(6) of this Regulation in the case of components.
(h) By derogation from point (g), the organisation may use certifying staff qualified in
accordance with the following provisions when providing maintenance support to
operators involved in commercial operations, subject to appropriate procedures to be
approved as part of the organisation's manual:
1. For a repetitive pre-flight airworthiness directive which specifically states that the
flight crew may carry out such airworthiness directive, the organisation may issue a
limited certifying staff authorisation to the aircraft commander on the basis of the
flight crew licence held, provided that the organisation ensures that sufficient
practical training has been carried out to ensure that such person can accomplish
the airworthiness directive to the required standard;
2. In the case of aircraft operating away from a supported location the organisation
may issue a limited certifying staff authorisation to the aircraft commander on the
basis of the flight crew licence, provided that the organisation ensures that sufficient
practical training has been carried out to ensure that such person can accomplish
the task to the required standard.
(i) If the organisation performs airworthiness reviews and issues the corresponding
airworthiness review certificate for ELA1 aircraft not involved in commercial operations in
accordance with point ML.A.903 of Annex Vb (Part-ML), it shall have airworthiness review
staff qualified and authorised meeting all of the following requirements:
1. shall hold a certifying staff authorisation for the corresponding aircraft;
2. shall have at least three years of experience as certifying staff;
3. shall be independent from the continuing airworthiness management process of the
aircraft being reviewed or shall have overall authority on the continuing airworthiness
management process of the complete aircraft being reviewed;
4. shall have acquired knowledge of Subpart C of this Annex (Part-M) or Subpart C of
Annex Vb (Part- ML);
5. shall have acquired proven knowledge of the procedures of the maintenance
organisation relevant to the airworthiness review and issue of the airworthiness
review certificate;
6. shall have been formally accepted by the CAA after having performed an
airworthiness review under the supervision of the CAA or under the supervision of
the organisation's airworthiness review staff in accordance with a procedure
approved by the CAA;
7. shall have performed at least one airworthiness review in the last twelve-month
period.
M.A.606(a) AMC Personnel requirements
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