This page provides information to applicants wishing to apply for a UK Part 21 Subpart G approval for the production of Part 21 aircraft and/or the products, parts and appliances fitted to them, under UK Regulation (EU) 748/2012.
Pre-requisites
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Organisations should have their principal place of business in the UK.
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Organisations with their principal place of business located outside the UK, should apply for a UK Third Country Approval.
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Organisations needing to change a Registered Company or Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Number will require a new initial approval as it cannot be classed as a change to an existing approval. The Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Information and Procedures Leaflet C-30 (CAP562) provides further information.
How do I apply?
Complete and submit the online application form.
How much does it cost?
The cost for an application under Part 21 Subpart G depends on the rating(s) being applied for. Please refer to the Official Record Series 5 CAA Scheme of Charges for further information.
If the number of hours taken by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to carry out its investigations in relation to the application exceeds the cost shown above, the applicant must pay an excess hourly charge. The CAA shall determine the excess hourly charge by taking the total number of excess hours taken by the CAA to complete the required investigations, in relation to the application and multiplying that number of hours by an hourly charge. The balance for the excess hourly charge (total hourly charge less initial charge already paid) is payable by the applicant to the CAA and will be invoiced to the applicant.
Payments can be made by credit or debit card or bank transfer or by a cheque made payable to the Civil Aviation Authority. Further details are available for making a payment.
When using bank transfer, you will need to identify what the payment is for by including your approval reference and receiving department.
What do I need to send with my application?
- A completed application form submitted by an Authorised Representative of the Company, for example, the proposed Accountable Manager.
- A completed Details of Nominated Personnel in an Airworthiness Organisation (SRG1769) for each nominated person within the organisation, in accordance with 21.A.145(c) (please ensure that the CAA policy on fitness of character is fully understood before submission of an application).
- A copy of the completed Part 21 POA Compliance Checklist (SRG1220).
- A signed copy of the Production Organisation Exposition (POE) along with the latest supporting procedures manual (if applicable) (refer to Production Organisation Exposition Guidance (CAP2967) for further information).
- A copy of the Organisation's Safety Management Manual, if the key safety procedures and processes are not included within the POE.
- A copy of the completed Part 21 POE Compliance Checklist (SRG1219).
- A completed UK Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 Compliance Checklist.
- A completed Principal Place of Business Key Facts form (SRG1760) if your organisation is trading as a registered company.
- A Completed CAA SMS Evaluation Tool (SRG1776).
- A demonstration of regulatory need, for example DOA/POA arrangement document, UK TSO application.
- A completed organisation internal Audit Report (including objective evidence) to confirm the organisation is complaint and ready for the CAA audit.
- A copy of the company Certificate of Incorporation if your organisation is trading as a registered company.
- Payment of the relevant fee (this can be made online).
What else do I need to know?
- UK Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 and the associated Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material
- CAA Approvals, Non-Transferability - Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Information and Procedures - Leaflet C-30 (CAP 562)
- CAA Approvals, Controls of Production Suppliers and Sub contractors - Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Information and Procedures - Leaflet C-180 (CAP 562)
- UK Regulations
- Part 21 Subpart G Production Organisation Exposition Guidance (CAP2967)
- Safety Management Systems
- Root cause analysis
How long will it take for the application to be processed?
- Correctly completed applications will be processed, acknowledged and passed to Airworthiness for investigation within 10 working days.
- When the Organisation Approvals team receive the recommendation from Airworthiness confirming the organisation has achieved the required standard, the approval certificates will be raised and sent to your organisation within 20 working days.
Same day services
Same day, special delivery and other customised services are available at an additional cost. This service is on request, which should be made at the time of initial application. Documents are worked to a same day turnaround from receipt of customer request by 11:00 to completion of the processing of the application by 16:30 on the same working day. The customer will be able to collect the documents by 16:30 on the same day or the documents shall be sent by Royal Mail special delivery, where this is included in the service.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has developed the same day, special delivery and other customised services charges to include additional products and areas.
What happens next?
- An automated email receipt following submission of the online application form.
- An email to confirm your provisional Part 21 approval number - normally within 10 working days.
- An initial assessment of your application and POE will be carried out and we will contact you with any queries.
- The Resource Scheduling Team will contact you to arrange for a surveyor to carry out the on-site audit.
- Any questions regarding the scheduling of your on-site visit can be directed to the Resource Scheduling Team at ResourceScheduling@caa.co.uk.
- An Airworthiness Surveyor will review the documents submitted with the application and if satisfactory, will conduct an audit against the requirements and raise an audit report detailing any findings.
- The surveyor will review the nominated personnel, interviews for key personnel may be carried out.
- If findings have been raised the organisation should address the findings and notify the surveyor of the actions taken.
- Once the audit findings relating to the initial application have been closed and when the surveyor is able to, a recommendation for the issue of the approval will be forwarded to the Shared Services Approvals team.
- When the Approvals team receive the recommendation the approval certificates will be raised and sent to your organisation within 20 working days.
- On receipt of the certificates, your organisation can begin undertaking and releasing work once you receive the certificates.
How long is it valid for?
- Approvals remain valid unless cancelled, suspended or revoked.
- Once granted an approval requires a recommendation for continuation every 24 months from the date of issue, this is raised by the CAA Surveyor following a satisfactory audit programme.
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