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GM1 21.A.5 Record-keeping

ED Decision 2023/014/R

GENERAL

For organisations that hold or have applied for a type certificate (TC), restricted type certificate (RTC), supplemental type certificate (STC), a European technical standard order (ETSO) authorisation, a change to the TC approval, a repair design approval, a permit to fly, a production organisation approval (POA), or a letter of agreement under Part 21, the relevant design information/data includes at least the following, as applicable:

— design data such as type design data, as defined in point 21.A.31, and changes to that data, ETSO design data, and repair design data;

— drawings and test reports, including inspection records for the product tested;

— the certification programme, including related certification basis data (certification review items (CRIs), special conditions (SCs), equivalent safety findings (ESFs)); and

— compliance demonstration data.

For repair designs, the record-keeping requirement of point 21.A.5 applies to the data described in AMC1 21.A.433(b).

For production organisations (POs), the relevant records include at least:

— conformity justification data; and

— conformity attestation data (e.g. EASA Form 1 or EASA Form 52).