ED Decision 2023/013/R
CONFORMITY OF SUPPLIED ITEMS
(a) The natural or legal person that produces under Subpart R is responsible for determining and applying acceptance standards for physical condition, configuration status and conformity of raw materials, subcontracted works, and supplied products or parts, whether to be used in production or delivered to customers as spare parts. This responsibility also includes items of buyer-furnished equipment (BFE).
(b) The following techniques are examples for the production control:
— first-article inspection of supplied parts, including destruction, if necessary, to verify that the article conforms to the applicable data for the new production line or the new supplier;
— incoming inspections and tests of supplied parts, materials or equipment that can be satisfactorily inspected on receipt;
— review of incoming documentation and data relevant to the showing of conformity to be included in the certification documents;
— any additional work, tests or inspections that may be needed for parts that are to be delivered as spare parts and that are not subject to the checks normally performed during subsequent production or inspection stages.
(c) The natural or legal person that produces under Subpart R may rely upon an EASA Form 1 issued in accordance with Part 21 or Part 21 Light if provided as evidence of conformity with the applicable design data.
(d) For suppliers that do not hold an approval under Part 21 Subpart G (POA) or that have not declared their production capability under Subpart G of this Annex, the inspection system of the natural or legal person that produces under Subpart R should include a system for the control of incoming parts which would allow that natural or legal person to inspect and test such items at the supplier’s facility, if the item cannot or will not be completely inspected upon receipt.
Guidance on production control systems under Subpart R: responsibilities for acceptance standards, techniques like first-article inspection, reliance on EASA Form 1, and supplier control requirements.
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