GM1 26.332(c)(ii) and 26.334 FCMS and DTE for STCs and other
changes approved prior to 1 September 2003
The design
approval holder should normally receive a request from an operator for FCMS
lists and a DTI within 13 months of the date of applicability of the
Regulation following the operator’s review of records to identify
modifications affecting the FCBS, (see CS 26.370(b)(ii)). The request should result in the
design approval holder listing the FCMSs, performing a DTE and making the
approved FCMS list and a DTI available to the operator.
Design
approval holders are recommended to initiate DTE of STCs and other changes as
soon as possible if it is considered likely that operators will make a
request.
When a
request is received, the date of its receipt should be recorded, and a record
kept of the subsequent communications with the operator, the agreements
reached, and actions taken. An example of such records would be a copy of the
contract to perform the DTE.
If no
request for a DTI is made by an operator prior to 26 February 2023, the design
approval holder may assume that their support is not required by any operator
to develop a DTI because the aeroplane is not currently in operation according
to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 Annex IV (Part-CAT).
In this
case, it is not necessary for the design approval holder to develop an FCMS
list or DT data until such a request is received from an operator; for
example, when an aeroplane is incorporated into their fleet.
Note: It
might also be possible that an operator operating under Regulation (EU) No
965/2012 Annex IV (Part-CAT) has engaged the support of a third party to
develop the DTI, but there is no obligation on the design approval holder to
verify whether this is the case. If a design approval holder is in a situation
where the need to comply with point 26.334 of Part-26 is not clear, this should be
highlighted to EASA in the frame of the discussion of the compliance plan
required in point 26.331 of Part-26 in order to find a way forward.
[Issue: 26/3]
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