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CAO.A.010 Scope

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CAO.A.010 Scope

Regulation (EU) 2019/1383

This Annex establishes the requirements to be met by a combined airworthiness organisation (CAO) in order to be issued, upon application, an approval for the maintenance and continuing airworthiness management of aircraft and components for installation thereon, and to continue carrying out those activities, where such aircraft are not classified as complex motor-powered aircraft and are not listed in the air operator certificate of an air carrier licensed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008.

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The requirements apply to aircraft that are not classified as complex motor-powered aircraft and are not listed in the air operator certificate of an air carrier licensed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008.

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Regulation (EU) 2019/1383.

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An approval for the maintenance and continuing airworthiness management of aircraft and components for installation thereon.

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No, the scope explicitly excludes aircraft that are listed in the air operator certificate of an air carrier licensed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008.

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The CAO must have been issued an approval upon application, and the activities must be within the scope of that approval, for aircraft that are not complex motor-powered and not listed in the air operator certificate of a licensed air carrier.

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No, the scope is limited to aircraft that are not classified as complex motor-powered aircraft; therefore, components for installation on such complex motor-powered aircraft are not covered by this Annex.

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