DPO.OR.C.001 Organisations involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment

Regulation (EU) 2023/1769

(a) An applicant for, and a holder of, a design or production organisation approval for ATM/ANS equipment shall be entitled, as applicable, to any of the following:

(1) hold or apply to be issued a certificate for the design of ATM/ANS equipment;

(2) issue a declaration of design compliance for ATM/ANS equipment;

(3) issue a statement of compliance for ATM/ANS equipment, upon request of an ATM/ANS provider.

(b) As regards design activities, an organisation involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment shall:

(1) issue a declaration of design compliance for the ATM/ANS equipment, as applicable;

(2) issue data and information, including instructions, under its responsibility within the scope of its terms of approval as established by the Agency;

(3) prepare and maintain, for each model of each piece for which an ATM/ANS equipment declaration has been issued, an up-to-date file of complete technical data and records.

(c) As regards production activities, an organisation involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment shall:

(1) manufacture each article ensuring that the completed ATM/ANS equipment conforms to its design data and is safe for installation;

(2) prepare and maintain, for each model of each piece for which an ATM/ANS equipment declaration has been issued, an up-to-date file of complete technical data and records;

(3) prepare, maintain and update the master copies of all manuals required by the applicable declaration specifications for the particular equipment;

(4) make available to the users of the ATM/ANS equipment, and to the Agency on request, those instructions for continued suitability necessary for the use and maintenance of the ATM/ANS equipment, and changes to those instructions;

(5) mark each article;

(6) continue to comply with the applicable requirements laid down in this Regulation.

(d) In addition to point (c), an organisation involved in the production of ATM/ANS equipment shall be entitled, within the scope of its terms of approval, to determine that each completed ATM/ANS equipment conforms with the applicable design data and is in a condition for safe operation before issuing an EASA release form stating that the ATM/ANS equipment has been produced in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Regulation and with the applicable design data.

(e) The EASA release form referred to in point (d) for each ATM/ANS equipment manufactured shall contain at least the following information:

(1) a description of the ATM/ANS equipment;

(2) the part number of the ATM/ANS equipment;

(3) the serial number of the ATM/ANS equipment;

(4) a statement that the ATM/ANS equipment has been manufactured in conformity with the applicable design data and is in a condition for safe operation;

(5) a reference to the certificate or declaration of design compliance.

AMC1 DPO.OR.C.001(b) Organisations involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment

ED Decision 2024/002/R

DESIGN ACTIVITIES

(a) Specifying, developing, and testing the ATM/ANS equipment before production should be considered design activities.

(b) When components designed by contracted organisations are integrated into the ATM/ANS equipment, design activities by the DPO should also include the requirements specification (functional, performance, interfaces, adaptation) of these components at the level of their integration and corresponding verifications to ensure the overall compliance.

AMC1 DPO.OR.C.001(c) Organisations involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment

ED Decision 2024/002/R

PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES

The following should be considered production activities:

(a) manufacturing/acquisition;

(b) conformance to design data;

(c) release process; and

(d) delivery to customers.

GM1 DPO.OR.C.001(c) Organisations involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment

ED Decision 2024/002/R

PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES

 Figure 1 — Production activities

AMC1 DPO.OR.C.001(d) Organisations involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment

ED Decision 2024/002/R

EASA RELEASE FORM

(a) An EASA release form should be issued for ATM/ANS equipment produced by the DPO as per the organisation’s scope of work relevant to the terms of approval.

(b) Each organisation involved in the production of ATM/ANS equipment subject to conformity assessment under this Regulation should issue a statement of conformity regarding its production, using an EASA release form (see AMC1 DPO.OR.C.001(e)). This statement should be signed by an authorised person involved in the production of the ATM/ANS equipment.

(c) An EASA release form should contain a statement that:

(1) the finished (ready to be delivered) ATM/ANS equipment conforms to the approved design data of the ATM/ANS equipment subject to certification or declaration in accordance with Article 4 or Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1768 respectively;

(2) the ATM/ANS equipment has been manufactured in compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1769.

GM1 DPO.OR.C.001(d) Organisations involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment

ED Decision 2024/002/R

EASA RELEASE FORM

The term ‘produced’ should be considered as ‘released’ for ATM/ANS equipment that has a software component.

AMC1 DPO.OR.C.001(e) Organisations involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment

ED Decision 2024/002/R

EASA RELEASE FORM | STANDARD FORM

Block 1: The full name and the address of the location of the DPO that issues the statement. This block may be preprinted. Logos, etc. are permitted if the logo, etc. can be contained within the block.

Block 2: A unique form tracking number established by the numbering system/procedure of the DPO must be indicated.

Block 3: The serial number identification linked to a specific item assigned by the organisation involved in the production for control and traceability and product support purposes. 

Block 4: The ATM/ANS equipment model name in full as specified in the certificate or declaration of design compliance.

Block 5: The part number identification of the ATM/ANS equipment, as it appears on the equipment marking, and on the certificate/declaration of design compliance.

Block 6: Reference to the certificate or declaration of design compliance reference numbers for the subject ATM/ANS equipment.

Block 7: Brief description of the ATM/ANS equipment, including its main functionalities.

Block 8: Unintentional differences from the approved design, referred to as ‘concessions’.

Block 9: Only agreed¹³‘agreed’ refers to agreement between the approved DPO and EASA. exemptions, waivers or derogations may be included here.

Block 10: Any statement, information, particular data or limitation which may affect the compliance of the ATM/ANS equipment. If there is no such information or data, state ‘NONE’. List the design changes to the ATM/ANS equipment, under approved design data, and reference all the applicable ATM/ANS equipment directives (or equivalent) that have been applied on the equipment.

Block 11: The validity of the EASA release form is subject to the full completion of all the blocks on the form.

Block 12: The EASA release form is signed by an authorised person.

Block 13: The name of the person that signs the statement.

Block 14: The date on which the EASA release form is signed should be given.

Block 15: The EASA DPO approval reference should be quoted.

DPO.OR.C.005 Coordination

Regulation (EU) 2023/1769

An organisation involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment shall ensure:

(a) the satisfactory coordination, with the appropriate arrangements, between design and production activities, as appropriate;

(b) the satisfactory coordination with and proper support to the relevant ATM/ANS providers and aviation undertaking(s) as regards the continued suitability of the ATM/ANS equipment, as applicable.

DPO.OR.C.010 ATM/ANS equipment directives

Regulation (EU) 2023/1769

When the Agency issues an ATM/ANS equipment directive, pursuant to point ATM/ANS.EQMT.CERT.065 of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1768, the organisation involved in the design or production of ATM/ANS equipment shall:

(a) propose an appropriate corrective action and submit it together with details to the Agency for approval;

(b) following the approval by the Agency of the proposal referred to in point (a), make available to all known users or owners of ATM/ANS equipment appropriate descriptive data and accomplishment instructions and, on request, to any person required to comply with the ATM/ANS equipment directive.