26.332 Identification of changes affecting fatigue-critical structure

• Regulation (EU) 2020/1159 found in: CS-26 Additional Airworthiness Specifications for Operations (No 2015/640) Part-26 (Mar 2023)
• Regulation (EU) 2024/2954 found in: CS-26 Additional Airworthiness Specifications for Operations (Part-26) (Oct 2025)

26.332 Identification of changes affecting fatigue critical structure Regulation (EU) 2020/1159 (a) A holder of a change approval shall: (i) review the changes and shall identify those changes that affect fatigue-critical baseline structure; (ii) for each change identified in accordance with paragraph (a)(i), identify any associated FCMS; (iii) identify the published repairs affecting each change identified in accordance with paragraph (a)(i). (b) The holder of a change approval that was issued on or after 1 September 2003, shall develop and submit a list of the changes and FCMS identified in accordance with paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) to the Agency before 26 February 2022, for approval, and, upon approval by the Agency, make the list available to persons and operators required to comply with paragraph (b)(ii) of point [26.370](#_DxCrossRefBm881534105). (c) The holder of a change approval that was issued before 1 September 2003 shall: (i) develop and submit a list of the changes identified in accordance with paragraph (a)(i)to the Agency before 26 February 2022, for approval; (ii) upon request of an operator required to comply with point [26.370(a)(ii)](#_DxCrossRefBm881534105) for a change, identify and list any FCMS associated with the change and submit this data to the Agency within 12 months from the operators request, for approval; (iii) upon approval of any data submitted according to paragraphs (c)(i) and (c)(ii), make that data available to persons and operators required to comply with paragraph (b)(ii) of point [26.370](#_DxCrossRefBm881534105). #### 26.332 Identification of changes affecting fatigue-critical structure *Regulation (EU) 2024/2954* (a) The approval holder referred to in point [26.330](#_DxCrossRefBm783605479)(a) shall: (i) review the changes and identify those changes that affect FCBS; (ii) for each change identified in accordance with point (i), identify any associated FCMS; (iii) identify the published repairs affecting each change identified in accordance with point (i). (b) For a change approval that was issued on or after 1 September 2003, the approval holder referred to in point (a) shall develop and submit a list of the changes and FCMS identified in accordance with points (a)(i) and (ii) to the Agency before 26 February 2022 for approval, and, upon approval by the Agency, make the list available to all known operators of such aeroplanes and, on request, to organisations responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness to support the operators that are required to comply with point [26.370](#_DxCrossRefBm783605505)(a)(ii). (c) For a change approval that was issued before 1 September 2003, the approval holder referred to in point (a) shall: (i) develop and submit a list of the changes identified in accordance with point (a)(i) to the Agency before 26 February 2022, for approval; (ii) upon request of operators and organisations responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness to support the operators that are required to comply with point [26.370](#_DxCrossRefBm783605505)(a)(ii), identify and list any FCMS associated with the change and submit this data to the Agency within 12 months from the request, for approval; (iii) upon approval of any data submitted according to points (c)(i) and (ii), make that data available to all known operators of such aeroplanes and, on request, to organisations responsible for the management of continuing airworthiness to support the operators that are required to comply with point [26.370](#_DxCrossRefBm783605505)(a)(ii).