21.A.21 Requirements for the issuance of a type certificate or restricted type certificate

• Regulation (EU) 2019/897 found in: Initial Airworthiness and Environmental Protection (748/2012) Part-21 Part-21L (Jul 2024)
• Regulation (EU) 2024/1108 found in: Initial Airworthiness and Environmental Protection (748/2012) (Nov 2025)

21.A.21 Requirements for the issuance of a type certificate or restricted type certificate Regulation (EU) 2019/897 (a)     In order to be issued a product type certificate or, when the aircraft does not meet the essential requirements of Annex II to [Regulation (EU) 2018/1139](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1139) an aircraft restricted type certificate, the applicant shall: 1.       demonstrate its capability in accordance with point [21.A.14](#_DxCrossRefBm1649096927); 2.       comply with point [21.A.20](#_DxCrossRefBm1649096852); 3.       demonstrate that the engine and propeller, if installed in the aircraft: (A)     have a type-certificate issued or determined in accordance with this Regulation; or (B)     have been demonstrated to be in compliance with the aircraft type-certification basis established and the environmental protection requirements designated and notified by the Agency as necessary to ensure the safe flight of the aircraft. (b)     By derogation from point (a)(2), at the applicant's request included in the declaration referred to in point [21.A.20](#_DxCrossRefBm1649096852)(d), the applicant is entitled to have the aircraft type-certificate or restricted type-certificate issued before the applicant has demonstrated compliance with the operational suitability data certification basis, provided that the applicant demonstrates such compliance before the date at which those data are to be actually used. #### 21.A.21 Requirements for the issuance of a type certificate or restricted type certificate *Regulation (EU) 2024/1108* (a) In order to be issued with a product or a CMU type certificate, or with an aircraft restricted type certificate for the aircraft that does not meet the essential requirements laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139,, the applicant shall: 1. demonstrate its capability in accordance with point [21.A.14](#_DxCrossRefBm485230418); 2. demonstrate compliance in accordance with point [21.A.20](#_DxCrossRefBm485230342); 3. for an aircraft type certificate or restricted type certificate, demonstrate that the engine or propeller, or both, if installed on the aircraft: (i) has/have a type certificate issued or determined in accordance with this Regulation; or (ii) is/are compliant with the aircraft type-certification basis established for aircraft other than unmanned aircraft, or with the UAS type-certification basis for unmanned aircraft, and the environmental protection requirements designated and notified by the Agency as necessary to ensure the safe flight of the aircraft; 4. for an unmanned aircraft type certificate or restricted type certificate: (i) demonstrate compliance with the UAS type-certification basis in accordance with point [21.B.80](#_DxCrossRefBm485230343); (ii) demonstrate that the CMU has a type certificate issued in accordance with this Regulation, if the CMU has been certified separately from the unmanned aircraft. (b) By way of derogation from point (a)(2), at the applicant’s request included in the declaration referred to in point [21.A.20](#_DxCrossRefBm485230342)(d), the applicant is entitled to have the aircraft type certificate or restricted type certificate issued before the applicant has demonstrated compliance with the applicable operational suitability data certification basis, provided that the applicant demonstrates such compliance before the date on which this data is to be actually used.