19th Annual FAAJAA International Conference

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The setting up of a European Aviation Safety
Agency(EASA)Thematic Workshop The Challenges
of Institutional Changesin Europe

• C. Schmitt, Airbus
• For AECMA Airbus

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The Setting Up of EASA

• Situation
• EU EASA Regulation now very close to formal
  adoption by European Council and Parliament.
• Objective maintain high level of aviation
  safety in Europe
• EASA to be in operation mid-2003 in order to
• Formulate, and adopt or propose, applicable rules
  covering the design, production, maintenance and
  operation of aeronautical products, parts and
  appliances, as well as personnel and
  organisations involved therein, and,
• Progressively take over all product design
  certification approval responsibilities within
  the next 3.5 years.
•  Scope of EASA responsibilities to be
  subsequently extended to implementation of rules
  governing other aviation safety aspects

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The Setting Up of EASA

• Implications Related Issues
•  Definition of envisaged future EASA system
  organisation, structures, resources, procedures,
  ...
•  Transition from current JAA/NAAs system towards
  future EASA system (initial and subsequent final
  scope of activities).
• Transition issues must be resolved in a manner
  that is fully compatible with, and facilitating,
  subsequent EASA scope extension and development
  as an efficient and effective European Authority.

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The Setting Up of EASA

• Ongoing Industry actions
• AECMA-Airbus study on appropriate EASA
  organisation for product certification activity
• Criteria compatibilty with future scope
  extension and smooth transition, efficiency,
  optimum use of resourses, clear image, industry
  needs, costs.
• Industry consensus generic model with
  Headquarters, and for each category of product, a
  Directorate and Regional Offices
• Industry forecasts for planning of necessary
  resources during transition and for EASA)
• All Interested Parties to study and agree on
  organisation of future EASA Advisory Boby of
  Interested Parties

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• Overall Management, Strategy and Budget
  control,
• Relations with European institutions,
• External relations strategy, Bilateral
  agreements preparation,
• Overall management of the Rule Making process,
  Adoption of Technical codes,
• Requirements publications, and overall
  rulemaking procedures,
• Overall consistancy of rules (design,
  manufacture, maintenance, operartions,..)
• Directorate for DOA, POA, MOA, ( policies,
  standardisation,..), Operations,
• Licences,and issuance of the Approvals under
  recommendation of Regional Offices
• Drafting of Organisational requirements.

Generic Model
EASA HQ
Directorate Product or
activity X

• Manages drafting of technical codes for the X
  category of products,
• Ensures standardised implementation of the
  Technical codes by the competent
• Regional Offices,
• Issue EASA Type Certificates (or STCs ) for the
  X Category of Products, upon
• recommendation from Regional Offices, issue ADs
  recommended by ROs,
• Organise investigations for EASA validation of
  Foreign Products of the X Category,
• etc
  
  

either in HQ or in main RO

• Conduct TC/STC investigations activities, and
  issue recommendations for
• TC/STC issuance,
• Ensure changes and repairs investigations, and
  issue approvals,
• Ensure continued Airworthiness activities and
  propose draft ADs,
• Ensure DOA,POA, evaluation and surveillance, and
  issue
• recommendation for Approval and renewal,
• Support Foreign TC validation of EASA products,
• Manages the activities ( and ensures
  standardisation ) of local offices in
• charge of Minor Changes Approval,

Regional Office Region 1
Regional Office Region 2
Regional Office Region 3
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NOTE Regional and Local Offices (to be
established only where needed) have defined scope
of activity according to delegation from the
Directorates. Local Offices to be limited to
some specific activities.
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The Setting Up of EASA

• Main Issues
•  Preparation of necessary texts, reformating of
  JARs and procedures
• Industry requests
• No change to technical content
• No disruption of harmonised requirements
• No change to requirements and paragraph numbering

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The Setting Up of EASA

• Main Issues (ctd)
•  Adoption of a clear, co-ordinated, transition
  plan
• Clear successive steps with associated assignment
  of responsibilities between EASA, JAA and NAAs
• Clear definition of EASA and NAAs respective
  roles for discharging ICAO Convention obligations
• Industry request
• Undisrupted continuity of certification/validation
  programmes
• Straightforward "catch-up" process for previously
  type certificated products
• No parallel, duplicated, EASA and JAA rulemaking
  processes (while JAA remain in existence)
• Completion of EC-FAA discussions for
  establishment of EASA-FAA Bilateral Aviation
  Safety Agreement and parallel evolution of
  current FAA-NAAs BASAs

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The Setting Up of EASA

• Main Issues (ctd)
•  Maintain Harmonisation between FAA and EASA
  Regulations
• Keep harmonisation and follow principles for
  maintaining harmonisation
• Prioritise rulemaking activities