Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1963 of 8 November 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as regards safety management systems in maintenance organisations and correcting that Regulation (Text with EEA relevance)

‘7 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.

‘7 Limited certifying staff authorisations issued to flight engineer licence holders pursuant to point 145.A.30(j)(3) or (4) of Annex II (Part-145) before 2 December 2022 shall remain valid until they expire or until they are revoked by the maintenance organisation.’;

Annex I (Part-M) to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 is corrected in accordance with Annex IV 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 2 December 2022. However, the following provisions shall apply from 2 December 2021: (a) Article 2; (b) Annex I, points (2) and (4); (c) Annex III.