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CAO.B.055 Continuing oversight

Regulation (EU) 2019/1383

(a)     The competent authority shall establish and keep up-to-date, an oversight programme, specifying all CAOs to which it has issued a certificate and the dates at which it has audited and is scheduled to audit those CAOs.

(b)     The competent authority shall audit at periods not exceeding 24 months each CAO to which it has issued an approval. Those audits shall concentrate, in particular, on the changes to the organisation notified to it in accordance with the procedure specified in point (b) of point CAO.A.105.

(c)      A relevant sample of the aircraft managed by the CAO, if the organisation is approved to do so, shall be surveyed at every 24-month period. The size of the sample shall be decided by the competent authority based on the result of prior audits and earlier product surveys.

(d)     The competent authority shall confirm in writing any finding during those audits to the CAO.

(e)     The competent authority shall record any findings during those audits, any actions required to close the findings and any recommendations issued.

(f)      The competent authority shall convey a meeting with the accountable manager of the CAO at least once every 24 months.