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Manufacture - Part 21L.R
A natural or legal person who understands that he or she is capable of manufacturing small aircraft including their engines, propellers and parts for which the declarant has declared compliance of the design with Subpart C (very small aircraft), F (change to aircraft of Subpart C) and N (repair to aircraft of Subpart C) and for which, if the declarant himself/herself is not the natural or legal person, the declarant of the design compliance has granted access to the applicable design data, is allowed to only inform the competent authority of the intention to manufacture, using form Information on the intention to manufacture (AIR.OBR-217).
Aircraft covered by Subpart C, of Annex Ib (Part 21 Light), Regulation (EU) No. 748/2012 are:
1. an aeroplane with a maximum take-off mass (MTOM) of 1 200 kg or less that is not jet-powered, and has a seating configuration of maximum two persons,
2. a sailplane or powered sailplane with an MTOM of 1 200 kg or less,
3. a balloon designed for not more than four persons and
4. a hot air airship designed for not more than four persons.
Natural or legal person can start activities of manufacture without prior approval from the competent authority, by informing the competent authority that they intend to manufacture also state, that has established, implement and maintain a system for controlling production that:
(a) includes processes and procedures that ensure that the aircraft, engine or propeller, and any part thereof, conforms with the applicable declared design data,
(b) ensures that each statement of conformity (EASA Form 52B) or authorised release certificate (EASA Form 1) is only signed by authorised persons,
(c) if flight tests are necessary within the scope of production, has processes in place that ensure that any flight tests are conducted in a safe manner,
(d) ensures that the natural or legal person is in receipt of all the necessary airworthiness and environmental compatibility data to determine conformity,
(e) has procedures in place that ensure that the airworthiness and environmental compatibility data is correctly incorporated in its production data, kept up to date and made available to all the personnel who need access to such data to perform their duties,
(f) includes an inspection system that ensures that any aircraft, engine or propeller, and any part thereof, that are produced by the natural or legal person including their partners, or are supplied from or subcontracted to outside parties, conform with the applicable declared design data and are in a condition for safe operation,
(g) includes an archiving system that records the requirements that have been placed on other organisations such as suppliers and subcontractors. The archived data shall be made available to the competent authority for continuing airworthiness purposes,
(h) ensures that the maintenance of a newly manufactured aircraft is conducted in accordance with the applicable maintenance instructions and that the aircraft is kept in an airworthy condition, and if applicable, a certificate of release to service is issued for any maintenance that has been completed and
(i) includes an internal occurrence reporting system in the interest of safety, to enable the collection and assessment of the occurrence reports collected in accordance with point 21L.A.3 in order to identify adverse trends or to address deficiencies, and to extract reportable occurrences. This system shall include the evaluation of relevant information relating to occurrences and the promulgation of the related information,
and that is able to undertake the obligations of the natural or legal person that issue a statement of conformity (EASA Form 52B) for an aircraft or an authorised release certificate (EASA Form 1) for an engine or propeller, or a part thereof, that are detailed in point 21L.A.275, of Subpart C, of Annex Ib (Part 21 Light), of Regulation (EU) No. 748/2012.
After receiving the information of the intention to manufacture, the competent authority will issue an appropriate confirmation of receipt of the information and, as part of further procedures, will regularly or periodically verify the adequacy of the production control system and the ability to undertake the obligations and, as part of this verification, provide appropriate information on adequacy or compliance.
