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ML.A.401 Maintenance data

Regulation (EU) 2020/270; Regulation (EU) 2021/700

(a)     The person or organisation maintaining an aircraft shall only use applicable maintenance data during the performance of maintenance.

(b)     For the purposes of this Annex, 'applicable maintenance' data means:

(1)     any applicable requirement, procedure, standard or information issued by the competent authority or the Agency;

(2)     any applicable AD;

(3)     applicable ICA issued by type certificate holders, supplementary type certificate holders and any other organisation that publishes such data in accordance with Annex I (Part-21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012;

(4)     any applicable data issued in accordance with point (d) of point 145.A.45.

(b)     For the purposes of this Annex, “applicable maintenance data” means any of the following:

1.       any applicable requirement, procedure, standard or information issued by the competent authority or the Agency;

2.       any applicable AD;

3.       the applicable ICA and other maintenance instructions, issued by the type-certificate holder, supplementary type-certificate holder and any other organisation that publishes such data in accordance with Annex I (Part 21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012;

4.       for components approved for installation by the design approval holder, the applicable maintenance instructions published by the component manufacturers and acceptable to the design approval holder;

5.       any applicable data issued in accordance with point 145.A.45(d).

[applicable from 18 May 2022]