ATM/ANS.EQMT.CERT.015 Application for an ATM/ANS equipment certificate

(a)       An application for an ATM/ANS equipment certificate, or for changes to it, shall be made in a form and manner established by the Agency.

(b)       An application for an ATM/ANS equipment certificate shall include, as a minimum:

(1)       preliminary descriptive data of the ATM/ANS equipment and its intended use;

(2)       a certification programme for the demonstration of compliance in accordance with point ATM/ANS.EQMT.CERT.025, consisting of the following:

(i)        a detailed description of the design, including all the configurations to be certified;

(ii)       the proposed equipment characteristics and limitations;

(iii)      the intended use of the ATM/ANS equipment;

(iv)      a proposal for the initial certification basis, including applicable detailed certification specifications, proposed special conditions, proposed equivalent safety findings, as well as a proposed means of compliance and proposed deviations, as applicable, prepared in accordance with the requirements and options set out in point ATM/ANS.EQMT.AR.B.001;

(v)       a proposal for a breakdown of the certification programme into subjective groups of compliance- demonstration activities and data, including a proposal for the means of compliance and related compliance- demonstration documents;

(vi)      a proposal for the assessment of the subjective groups of compliance-demonstration activities and data, addressing the likelihood of an unidentified non-compliance with the certification-basis requirements and the potential impact of that non-compliance on the ATM/ANS equipment; the proposed assessment shall take into account at least the elements set out in points (a)(2)(i) to (iv) of point ATM/ANS.EQMT.AR.B.010; based on this assessment, the application shall include a proposal for the Agency’s level of involvement in the verification of the compliance-demonstration activities and data;

(vii)     a project schedule including the major milestones.

(c)       Following the initial submission of the application to the Agency, the applicant shall update the certification programme when there are changes to the certification project that affect any of points (b)(2)(i) to (vii).

(d)       An application for the issue of an ATM/ANS equipment certificate shall be valid for 5 years unless the applicant demonstrates at the time of the application that it requires a longer period of time to demonstrate compliance and the Agency agrees to extend that period of time.

(e)       In the case where an ATM/ANS equipment certificate has not been issued, or it is evident that it will not be issued, within the time limit provided for in point (d), the applicant may:

(1)       submit a new application and comply with the requirements for certificationbasis, as established and notified by the Agency in accordance with point ATM/ANS.EQMT.AR.B.001 for the date of submission of the new application; or

(2)       apply for an extension of the time limit provided for in point (d) and propose a new date for the issue of the certificate; in that case, the applicant shall comply with the requirements for certification basis, as established and notified by the Agency in accordance with point ATM/ANS.EQMT.AR.B.001 for a date to be selected by the applicant; however, that date shall not precede the new date proposed by the applicant for the issue of the certificate by more than 5 years for an application for the issue of an ATM/ANS equipment certificate.