European Union

Existing design certificates status

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement recognises:

• type certificates,
• supplemental type certificates,
• approvals for changes and repairs, and
• technical standard order authorisations

issued by EASA or an EASA approved design organisation that were valid on 31 December 2020.

These are considered to be accepted by EASA and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in accordance with ANNEX AVSAF-1 AIRWORTHINESS AND ENVIRONMENT CERTIFICATION, Article 15.

Design changes

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement states that minor changes and minor repairs approved by CAA or a CAA approved design organisation are accepted by EASA and vice versa.

Further details can be found in ANNEX AVSAF-1 AIRWORTHINESS AND ENVIRONMENT CERTIFICATION, Article 13

EASA approved design changes

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement states that:

• non-significant supplemental type certificates
• non-significant major changes
• repairs and technical standard order authorisations

Issued by EASA or an EASA approved design organisation will be accepted by CAA. Further clarification on classification will be provided in the CAA/EASA TIP.

Further details can be found in ANNEX AVSAF-1 AIRWORTHINESS AND ENVIRONMENT CERTIFICATION, Article 13.

CAA approved design changes

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement states that:

• type certificates
• supplemental type certificates
• approvals for major changes
• major repairs and technical standard order authorisations

Issued by CAA or by a CAA approved design organisation will not be directly accepted by EASA and will be subject to technical validation by EASA. In some cases, when agreed by CAA and EASA, a streamlined validation may be performed.

Further details can be found in ANNEX AVSAF-1 AIRWORTHINESS AND ENVIRONMENT CERTIFICATION, Article 10.

Technical validation of EASA approved design changes

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement states that:

• type certificates
• significant supplemental type certificates
• approvals for significant major changes

Will be subject to either technical validation or streamlined validation by CAA. Further clarification on classification and corresponding validation path will be provided in the CAA/EASA TIP.

Further details can be found in ANNEX AVSAF-1 AIRWORTHINESS AND ENVIRONMENT CERTIFICATION, Article 10.

EASA Production Organisation Approval (POA) (as Third Country Approval) for UK goods to be accepted in the EU

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) enables the EU to recognise the POA issued by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for categories of products that are already approved for production on 31 December 2020.

UK POA for EU goods to be accepted in the UK

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement enables the UK to recognise the POA issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) CAA for categories of products that are already approved for production on 31 December 2020.

Export to the EU

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement recognises the CAA Form-1 for the export of new parts, appliances, engines and propellers and CAA Form 52 for the export of new complete aircraft.

Therefore, there is no need for UK-based organisations to hold an EASA Third Country POA. Consequently, EASA has not issued any Third Country POA to organisations in the UK and as such, there are no EASA.UK.21G.XXXX approvals.

Export to the UK

In the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement the UK recognises the EASA Form 1 for the export of new parts, appliances, engines and propellers and EASA Form 52 for the export of new complete aircraft.

Therefore, there is no need for an EU based organisation to hold a UK POA.

• Normal, Utility, Aerobatic, and Commuter Category Aeroplanes (EASA CS-23 or equivalent)
• Hot Air Balloons (EASA CS-31HB or equivalent)
• Free Gas Balloons (EASA CS-31GB or equivalent)
• Tethered Gas Balloons (EASA CS-31TGB or equivalent)
• Engines (EASA CS-E or equivalent)
• ETSO (EASA CS-ETSO or equivalent)
• Propellers (EASA CS-P or equivalent)
• Airships
• Parts and appliances for any category of product

• Sailplanes and Powered Sailplanes (EASA CS-22 or equivalent)
• Normal, Utility, Aerobatic, and Commuter Category Aeroplanes (EASA CS-23 or equivalent)
• Light Sport Aeroplanes (EASA CS-23 or equivalent, former CS-LSA)
• Very Light Aeroplanes (EASA CS-23 or equivalent, former CS-VLA)
• Large Aeroplanes (EASA CS-25 or equivalent)
• Small Rotorcraft (EASA CS-27 or equivalent)
• Large Rotorcraft (EASA CS-29 or equivalent)
• Hot Air Balloons (EASA CS-31HB or equivalent)
• Free Gas Balloons (EASA CS-31GB or equivalent)
• Tethered Gas Balloons (EASA CS-31TGB or equivalent)
• Auxiliary Power Units (EASA CS APU or equivalent)
• Engines (EASA CS-E or equivalent)
• ETSO (EASA CS-ETSO or equivalent)
• Propellers (EASA CS-P or equivalent)
• Very Light Rotorcraft (EASA CS-VLR)
• Airships
• Parts and appliances for any category of product