ARA.GEN.360 Change of competent
authority
Regulation
(EU) 2020/359
(a) Upon receiving a licence holder’s request
for a change of competent authority as specified in point FCL.015(e)
of Annex I
(Part-FCL), point BFCL.015(f) of Annex III (Part-BFCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 or point SFCL.015(f) of Annex III (Part-SFCL) to Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2018/1976, the receiving competent authority
shall, without undue delay, request the competent authority of the licence
holder to transfer, without undue delay, all of the following:
(1) a verification of the licence;
(2) copies of the licence holder’s medical records kept by that competent authority in accordance with points ARA.GEN.220 and ARA.MED.150. The medical records shall be transferred in accordance with point MED.A.015 of Annex IV (Part-MED) and shall include a summary of the relevant medical history of the applicant, verified and signed by the medical assessor.
(b) The transferring competent authority shall keep the licence holder’s original licensing and medical records in accordance with points ARA.GEN.220, ARA.FCL.120 and ARA.MED.150.
(c) The
receiving competent authority shall, without undue delay, reissue the licence
and medical certificate provided that it has received and processed all
documents specified in point (a). Upon the reissuance of the licence and
medical certificate, the receiving competent authority shall immediately
request the licence holder to surrender to it the licence issued by the
transferring competent authority and the associated medical certificate.
(d) The
receiving competent authority shall immediately notify the transferring
competent authority once it has reissued the licence and medical certificate
to the licence holder and the licence holder has surrendered the licence and
medical certificate pursuant to point (c). Until such a notification is
received, the transferring competent authority remains responsible for the
licence and the medical certificate originally issued to that licence holder.