Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com looks at the forthcoming regulatory changes related to Regulation (EU) 2021/1963 which will introduce a management system and safety management system within the EASA Part 145 environment.
Introduction
Regulation (EU) 2021/1963 amends Continuing Airworthiness Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as regards safety management systems in maintenance organisations and correcting that Regulation with reference to the Basic Regulation Requirement Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.
Organisations (including natural persons undertaking design, production, continued airworthiness management, or maintenance)
- As appropriate to the type of activity, organisation approvals must be issued when the following conditions are met:
(a) the organisation must have all the means necessary for the scope of work. Those means comprise, but are not limited to the following: facilities, personnel, equipment, tools and material, documentation of tasks, responsibilities, and procedures, access to relevant data, and record-keeping;
(b) as appropriate for the type of activity undertaken and the size of the organisation, the organisation must implement and maintain a management system to ensure compliance with the essential requirements set out in this Annex, manage safety risks and aim for continuous improvement of that system;
(c) the organisation shall establish arrangements with other relevant organisations, as necessary, to ensure continuing compliance with the essential requirements for airworthiness set out in this Annex;
(d) the organisation shall establish an occurrence reporting system as part of the management system under point (b) and the arrangements under point (c), in order to contribute to the aim of continuous improvement of safety. The occurrence reporting system shall be compliant with the applicable Union law.
Pursuant to Annex 19 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944 (āthe Chicago Conventionā), competent authorities are to require approved maintenance organisations providing services to operators of aeroplanes or helicopters engaged in international commercial air transport to implement a safety management system.
Therefore, a management system should be introduced for all maintenance organisations falling within the scope of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 (āPart 145 maintenance organisationsā) in order to comply with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (āICAOā) International Standards and Recommended Practices established in Annex 19 to the Chicago Convention.
All Part 145 maintenance organisations are required to establish an occurrence reporting system. Therefore, the provisions of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 should be amended to ensure that the occurrence reporting system is established as part of the organisationsā management system and that the requirements are aligned with those of Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Applicability & Implementation (Deadline) 2 December 2024
By way of derogation from points (1) and (2) of point 145.B.350(d) of Annex II (Part 145), a maintenance organisation that holds a valid approval certificate issued in accordance with Annex II (Part 145) may correct, until 2 December 2024, any findings of non-compliance related to the Annex II requirements introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1963.
Where after 2 December 2024 the organisation has not closed such findings, the approval certificate shall be revoked, limited, or suspended in whole or in part.
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