GM2 21L.A.12 Means of compliance

• ED Decision 2023/013/R found in: Initial Airworthiness and Environmental Protection (748/2012) Part-21 Part-21L (Jul 2024)

GM2 21L.A.12 Means of compliance ED Decision 2023/013/R WHEN AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF COMPLIANCE (AltMoC) IS REQUIRED When there is no Agency AMC to a certain point of a given regulation, the means of compliance that are proposed by an organisation to that point do not need to go through the AltMoC process. It is the responsibility of the competent authority to verify that compliance with a given regulation is achieved. However, in certain cases, the organisation may propose, and the competent authority may agree, to have such means of compliance go through the AltMoC process. When there is an Agency AMC, the AltMoC process is required in the following cases (non-exhaustive list): — an AltMoC to a given regulation is technically different from the AMC that is published by EASA; and — a form is significantly different from the one that is included in the EASA AMC. Note: A form that is required by a delegated or implementing act cannot be modified. Examples of issues that are not considered to require the AltMoC process include but are not limited to: — editorial changes to an Agency AMC, as long as they do not change the intent of the AMC; and —    incorporating an Agency AMC into the organisational structure, organisational processes, or standard operating procedures of an organisation with different wording and terminology that are customised to the organisation’s environment if it does not change the intent of the AMC and its associated level of safety. ##### GM2 21L.A.12 Means of compliance *ED Decision 2023/013/R* **WHEN AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF COMPLIANCE (AltMoC) IS REQUIRED** When there is no Agency AMC to a certain point of a given regulation, the means of compliance that are proposed by an organisation to that point do not need to go through the AltMoC process. It is the responsibility of the competent authority to verify that compliance with a given regulation is achieved. However, in certain cases, the organisation may propose, and the competent authority may agree, to have such means of compliance go through the AltMoC process. When there is an Agency AMC, the AltMoC process is required in the following cases (non-exhaustive list): — an AltMoC to a given regulation is technically different from the AMC that is published by EASA; and — a form is significantly different from the one that is included in the EASA AMC. *Note*: *A form that is required by a delegated or implementing act cannot be modified.* Examples of issues that are not considered to require the AltMoC process include but are not limited to: — editorial changes to an Agency AMC, as long as they do not change the intent of the AMC; and — incorporating an Agency AMC into the organisational structure, organisational processes, or standard operating procedures of an organisation with different wording and terminology that are customised to the organisation’s environment if it does not change the intent of the AMC and its associated level of safety.