Certification - Product Certification

Article 4 of the Basic Regulation (Regulation (EC) No. 1592/2002) requires the European Aviation Safety Agency to take the responsibility for the design approval of products, parts and appliances designed, manufactured or used by persons/organisations under the regulatory oversight of EU Member States (including Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) except for those excluded by its Annex II or by its Article 1.2. (products engaged in military, customs, police or similar services).

The European Commission adopted subsequently Commission Regulation (EC) 1702/2003, which specifies inter alia the requirements applicable to products, parts and appliances and also provides for the grand-fathering of pre-existing certificates under conditions that aim at ensuring that they meet the level of safety required by the Basic Regulation and its implementing rules.

The Basic Regulation recognised the need for some transition to facilitate the transfer of responsibility from national administrations to the Agency. Therefore Article 56.2 of the Basic Regulation established the possibility for the Member States to continue to issue, during transition period, certificates and approvals by way of derogation of the provisions of the Basic Regulation under the conditions specified in its implementing rules, in particular Commission Regulation 1702/2003. This transition period ended on 28 March 2007.

As a consequence, the Agency’s responsibilities for design related activities (Type-certificates, supplemental type-certificates, approval of changes and repair design, and other post type-certification activities, including airworthiness directives) include now the following:

Products with type-certificates issued by EASA in accordance with Commission Regulation 1702/2003 as of 28 September 2003.
Products with type-certificates issued by the EU Member States which are deemed to have been issued in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003.
Products with specific airworthiness specifications issued by EASA in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002, to support restricted certificates of airworthiness.

All related products are listed in:

In addition, EASA is responsible for the approval of the flight conditions on the basis of which a permit to fly can be issued by the authority designated by the Member State of Registry or, for unregistered aircraft, the authority designated by the Member State which prescribed the identification marks. See more details under Permits to fly page.

Annex II aircraft:

See

Annex II list

Disclaimer

EASA has produced this list of Annex II aircraft strictly for information purposes only. It aims to describe the exclusions from the lists of EASA transferred aircraft, EU and non-EU. It is based on information received from several authors internal and external to the Agency. The list is a snapshot of the situation 28th March 2007 and will not be updated. It will remain published for a limited period, after which it will be removed from the website.

Whilst every care has been taken in preparing the contents of the list to avoid errors the Agency makes no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of the content. The Agency shall not be liable for any kind of damages or other claims or demands incurred as a result of incorrect, insufficient or invalid data, or arising out of or in connection with the use, copying, or display of the content, to the extend permitted by European and national laws. The information contained in the list should not be construed as legal advice.