Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/270 of 25 February 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as regards transitional measures for organisations involved in the continuing airworthiness for general aviation and continuing airworthiness management and correcting that Regulation (Text with EEA relevance)

1 Organisations involved in the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and components for installation thereon, including maintenance, shall be approved, upon their request, by the competent authority in accordance with the requirements of Annex II (Part-145), Annex Vc (Part-CAMO) or Annex Vd (Part-CAO), as applicable to the respective organisations.

2 By way of derogation from paragraph 1, until 24 September 2020 organisations may, upon their request, be issued approvals by the competent authority in accordance with Subpart F and Subpart G of Annex I (Part-M). All approvals issued in accordance with Subpart F and Subpart G of Annex I (Part-M) shall be valid until 24 September 2021.

3 Maintenance organisation approval certificates issued or recognised by a Member State in accordance with the certification specification JAR-145 referred to in Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 and valid before 29 November 2003 shall be deemed to have been issued in accordance with the requirements of Annex II (Part-145) to this Regulation.

4 Organisations that hold a valid organisation approval certificate issued in accordance with Subpart F or Subpart G of Annex I (Part-M) or with Annex II (Part-145) shall, upon their request, be issued by the competent authority a Form 3-CAO as set out in Appendix I to Annex Vd (Part-CAO) and thereafter be overseen by the competent authority in accordance with Annex Vd (Part-CAO). The privileges of such an organisation under the approval issued in accordance with Annex Vd (Part-CAO) shall be the same as privileges under the approval issued in accordance with Subpart F or Subpart G of Annex I (Part-M) or with Annex II (Part-145). However, those privileges shall not exceed the privileges of an organisation referred to in Section A of Annex Vd (Part-CAO). By way of derogation from point CAO.B.060 of Annex Vd (Part-CAO), until 24 September 2021, the organisation may correct any findings of non-compliance related to requirements introduced by Annex Vd (Part-CAO) which are not included in Subpart F or Subpart G of Annex I (Part-M) or in Annex II (Part-145). If after 24 September 2021 the organisation has not closed these findings,, the approval certificate shall be revoked, limited or suspended in whole or in part.

5 Organisations that hold a valid continuing airworthiness management organisation approval certificate issued in accordance with Subpart G of Annex I (Part-M) shall, upon their request, be issued by the competent authority an EASA Form 14 approval certificate in accordance with Annex Vc (Part-CAMO) and thereafter be overseen by the competent authority in accordance with Annex Vc (Part-CAMO). By way of derogation from point CAMO.B.350 of Annex Vc (Part-CAMO), until 24 September 2021, the organisation may correct any findings of non-compliance related to requirements introduced by Annex Vc (Part-CAMO) and not included in Subpart G of Annex I (Part-M). If after 24 September 2021 the organisation has not closed these findings, the approval certificate shall be revoked, limited or suspended in whole or in part.

6 Certificates and aircraft maintenance programme approvals issued pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as applicable before 24 March 2020 shall be deemed to have been issued in accordance with this Regulation.

Annexes I, II, III, IV, Va, Vb, Vc and Vd to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 are corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 24 March 2020.