IMPACT OF EASA ON MAINTENANCE ORGANISATIONS IN THE USA

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IMPACT OF EASA ON MAINTENANCE ORGANISATIONSIN
THE USA

• Julian Hall
• EASA

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Introduction
Significant changes within the European Aviation
Regulatory framework have been brought about by
the introduction of new European Aviation
Regulations. In particular Regulation (EC) No
1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the
Council, which established the European Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA).
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Regulations
Regulations
In addition Commission Regulation (EC) No
2042/2003 entered into force on 28 November
2003. Annex II to Commission regulation (EC)
No 2042/2003 is Part-145. This implementing Rule
deals with the approval of maintenance
organisations and is derived from the former
JAR 145 requirement. There are relatively few
changes between the former JAR 145 and EASA
Part-145.
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Regulations
Annex I Essential Requirements for
Airworthiness Annex II Excluded Aircraft
Basic Regulation Regulation (EC) 1592/2002 of 15
July 2002
Agency Opinion
Regulation (EC) 2042/2003 on Continuing
Airworthiness
Regulation (EC) 1702/2003 on Airworthiness and
Environmental Certification
Agency Opinion
Annex I (Part-M) Continuing Airworthiness
Requirements
Section A Application Requirements
Section A Technical Requirements
Annex (Part 21)
Section B administrative Procedures
Section B Administrative Procedures
Appendices EASA forms
Annex II (Part-145) Maintenance Organisation
Approvals
Appendices EASA forms
Annex III (Part-66) Certifying Staff
Certification Specifications
AMC 20 AMC 21 CS 25 CS 34 CS 36 CS E CS P CS APU
CS 22 CS 23 CS 27 CS 29 CS VLA CS VLR
CS AWO CS ETSO CS Definitions
Guidance Material Part 21
Annex IV (Part-147) Training Organisation
Requirements
AMC Guidance Material Part M, 145,66,147
Agency CS , AMC GM
Parliament and Council
European Commission
EASA
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Responsibilities

• Legislative level
• - Council and Parliament
• - Establishing the legal framework
• Executive level
• - Commission
• - Agency
• - Member States
• - Industry
• - Setting standards
• - Conformity assessment
• Judicial level
• - National Courts
• - Court of Justice
• - Enforcement / remedial actions

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Requirements for organisations

• The Agency is responsible in accordance with
  Article 15.2 of Regulation 1592/2002 to
• (a) conduct, itself or through national aviation
  authorities or qualified entities, inspections
  and audits of the organisations it certifies(b)
  issue and renew the certificates of(i) design
  organisations or(ii) production organisations
  located inside the territory of the Member
  States, if requested by the Member State
  concerned or(iii) production and maintenance
  organisations located outside the territory of
  the member states

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EASA Structure
Executive Director
Assistants
Safety Analysis Research
Communication Manager
QS Director
Administrative Director
Finance Procurement Manager
Standardisation Manager
Human Resources Manager
Quality Manager
Legal Manager
Rulemaking Director
Technical Training Manager
IT Manager
Certification Director
Products Safety
Deputy Director
Environmental Protection
Flight Standards
Head of Programmes
Certification
International Cooperation
Head of Products
Support
Head of Organisations
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The Organisations Department
Head of Organisations Department Wilfred Schulze
Secretariat
Production Organisations Manager Allaert
Kalshoeven
Maintenance/Training Organisations Manager Julian
Hall
Design Organisations Manager Roger Simon
MOA Assistant Hasna Agharas
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Current state of play

• Bilateral Agreements
• If any co-operation aims at creating obligations
  on
• Member States or the Community or at allowing
• deviations from Community law, it shall be
• established by means of a formal agreement
• concluded by the Community itself (article 9.1 of
• the EASA Regulation).
• Working Arrangements
• If the co-operation only commits the Agency for
  the
• execution of its certification tasks, it may be
• established by means of a working arrangement
• concluded by the Agency (article 18.2 of the EASA
• Regulation).

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Current state of play

• Existing bilateral agreements remain in force in
• accordance with Article 9 to Regulation (EC) No
• 1592/2002 or until such time as a new bilateral
  is
• concluded by the European Community which would
• supersede the existing agreements.
• This means the existing BASA MIPs between the
• USA, France, Germany and Ireland respectively
• remain in force.
• (BASA Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement)
• (MIP Maintenance Implementation Procedures)

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Transition

• The Community has declared its intention to
  ensure a
• smooth transition aiming at maintaining
• current partnerships for certification /
  validation
• existing harmonisation arrangements
• essential to the continuing flow of aviation
  products
• and services.

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The transition

• November 28th 2004 was the end of a transition
• period (specified in Article 4 to Regulation (EC)
• 2042/2003 )whereby all grandfathered former
  JAR-
• 145 approvals had to be transitioned into EASA
  Part-
• 145 approvals. After November 28th 2004 a JAR 145
  
• acceptance is no longer valid.
• For the Agency this meant all the grandfathered
  
• foreign JAR 145 and JAR 147 approvals had to be
• given EASA Part-145 and Part-147 approvals
• respectively.

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EASA approved organisations

• A) US Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement/ MIP
• TOTAL 1256 Part-145 organisations
• B) Canadian Administrative Arrangement on
  Maintenance
• TOTAL 135 Part-145 organisations
• C) Foreign non bilateral Part-145 approvals
• TOTAL 270 Part-145 organisations
• D) Foreign non bilateral Part-147 approvals
• TOTAL 10 Part-147 organisations

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Continuation activity

• All these 1671 organisations are subject to a
  full
• technical review every 2 year period to ensure
• continuation. (This approximates to 16
• continuations per week).
• In addition foreign CAMO and subpart F
  applications
• are being received from applicants. These are new
• codes so the total volume of activity has yet to
  be
• determined.

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Maintaining Continuity

• In order to maintain continuity the MIP-Guidance
• (MIP-G) has been developed in conjunction with
  the
• FAA and is available on the EASA web site at
• www.easa.eu.int
• All US located Part-145 organisations must now
  adhere to the MIP-G as publsihed on the EASA web
  site.

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Main procedural changes

• All EASA Part-145 certificates are issued without
  a
• time limitation.
• Renewal process will be changed to
  continuation.
• Address and contact details changed to reflect
  EASA
• in Cologne.
• Inclusion of the EASA Fees and Charges
  Regulation.
• Revised special conditions introduced.

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The future

• New agreements or arrangements with the
• Communitys major foreign partner countries are
  envisaged for the future.
• EASA shall be designated under the Agreement
• as a/the certification body competent for some
• tasks, as well as NAAs, depending on the internal
• sharing of roles.
• EASA is in particular competent to agree on the
• certification basis and detailed implementation
  procedures.

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The future

• The new agreement should contain two main parts
• the core agreement itself including general
  provisions and
• a set of annexes covering the implementation
  procedures.
• The whole document should be negotiated after
• appropriate reciprocal confidence has been
• established and implementation processes have
  been
• developed.

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The future

• The European Commission is currently working
• with the FAA and the EASA in order to produce a
  new
• Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement which would
  be
• applicable to the USA and to all EU Member
  States.
• This will reduce redundant regulatory oversight
  and
• also facilitate market access.

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Conclusion

• We are currently in a transition period and we
  are
• embarking on a learning curve. It is essential
  that the
• FAA, the EASA and Industry continue to work
• together in order to ensure that we maintain the
• highest levels of safety for the Aviation sector.
• We look forward to working with you and thank you
• for your continued cooperation.