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21.A.95 Requirements for approval of a minor change

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Regulation (EU) 2019/897 found in: Initial Airworthiness and Environmental Protection (No 748/2012) Part-21 Part-21L (Jul 2024)

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21.A.95 Requirements for approval of a
minor change

Regulation
(EU) 2019/897

(a)     Minor changes to a type-certificate shall
be classified and approved by:

1.       the Agency; or

2.       an approved
design organisation within the scope of its privileges provided for in points (1)
and (2) of point [21.A.263](#_DxCrossRefBm1649096918)(c),
as recorded in the
terms of approval.

(b)     A minor change to a type-certificate shall
only be approved:

1.       when it has been demonstrated that the
change and areas affected by the change comply with the type-certification
basis and the environmental protection requirements incorporated by reference
in the type-certificate;

2.       in the case of a change affecting the
operational suitability data, when it has been demonstrated that the necessary
changes to the operational suitability data comply with the operational
suitability data certification basis incorporated by reference in the
type-certificate;

3.       when compliance with the
type-certification basis that applies in accordance with point (1)
has been declared and the justifications of compliance have been recorded in
the compliance documents; and

4.       when no feature or characteristic has
been identified that may make the product unsafe for the uses for which
certification is requested.

(c)      By derogation from point (1)
in point (b), certification specifications which
became applicable after those incorporated by reference in the
type-certificate can be used for approval of a minor change, provided they do
not affect the demonstration of compliance.

(d)     By derogation from
point (a), at the applicant's request included in the declaration referred to
in point [21.A.20](#_DxCrossRefBm1649096852)(d), a minor
change to an aircraft type-certificate may be approved before compliance with
the operational suitability data certification basis has been demonstrated,
provided that the applicant demonstrates such compliance before the date at
which those data
are actually used.

(e)     The applicant shall submit to the Agency
the substantiation data for the change and a statement that compliance has
been demonstrated in accordance with point (b).

(f)      An approval of a minor change to a
type-certificate shall be limited to the specific configuration(s) in the
type-certificate to which the change relates.