This Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) proposes amendments to Annex I (Part 21) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 and its associated acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) in order to align them with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 (the Basic Regulation) in respect of the demonstration of design capability for European Technical Standard Order (ETSO) authorisation (ETSOA) applicants and holders.
The aim of the proposed regulatory material is to provide ETSOA applicants and holders with revised options for design capability demonstration. These options include demonstration either by declaring their design capability for the respective ETSO article in accordance with the newly proposed Part 21 Subpart N, or by holding a design organisation approval (DOA) issued by EASA in accordance with Part 21 Subpart J.
If the applicant/holder of an ETSOA holds a DOA, they may request that EASA grant them DOA privileges for the classification and approval of minor changes to an ETSOA and for obtaining the approval of certain major changes to an ETSOA without further verification by EASA.