Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1119Show full title

ANNEX II U.K.

Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (Part-ARA) is amended as follows:

(1)

point ARA.GEN.105 is deleted;

(2)

in point ARA.GEN.200, point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) The competent authority shall establish procedures for participation in a mutual exchange of all necessary information and assistance with other competent authorities concerned, including information on all findings raised, corrective follow-up actions taken pursuant to such findings and enforcement measures taken as a result of oversight of persons and organisations exercising activities in the territory of a Member State but certified by or having made declarations to the competent authority of another Member State or the Agency.’;

(3)

point ARA.GEN.220 is amended as follows:

(a)

in point (a), point (4) is replaced by the following:

‘(4) certification and declaration processes as well as oversight of certified and declared organisations;’;

(b)

point (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b) The competent authority shall establish and keep up-to-date a list of all organisation certificates, FSTD qualification certificates and personnel licences, certificates and attestations it issued, DTO declarations it received and the DTO training programmes it verified or approved for compliance with Annex I (Part-FCL).’;

(4)

in point ARA.GEN.300(a), point (2) is replaced by following:

‘(2) continued compliance with the requirements applicable to the persons holding licences, ratings and certificates, the organisations it has certified, the holders of a FSTD qualification and the organisations from which it received a declaration;’;

(5)

in point ARA.GEN.305, the following point (f) is added:

‘(f) Notwithstanding points (b), (c), and (ca), the oversight programme of DTOs shall be developed taking into account the specific nature of the organisation, the complexity of its activities and the results of past oversight activities and shall be based on the assessment of risks associated with the type of training provided. The oversight activities shall include inspections, including unannounced inspections, and may, as deemed necessary by the competent authority, include audits.’;

(6)

in point ARA.GEN.330, the following point (d) is added:

‘(d) Notwithstanding points (a), (b) and (c), in the case of changes to the information contained in the declarations received from a DTO or to the training programme used by the DTO, notified to it in accordance with point DTO.GEN.116 of Annex VIII (Part-DTO), the competent authority shall act in accordance with the requirements of points ARA.DTO.105 and ARA.DTO.110, as applicable.’;

(7)

point ARA.GEN.350 is amended as follows:

(a)

the following point (da) is inserted:

‘(da) Notwithstanding points (a) to (d), in the case of DTOs, if during oversight or by any other means the competent authority finds evidence indicating non-compliance with the essential requirements set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 or with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL) and Annex VIII (Part-DTO) to this Regulation by a DTO, the competent authority shall:

(1)

raise a finding, record it, communicate it in writing to the representative of the DTO and determine a reasonable period of time within which the DTO is to take the steps specified in point DTO.GEN.150 of Annex VIII (Part-DTO);

(2)

take immediate and appropriate action to limit or prohibit the training activities affected by the non-compliance until the DTO has taken the corrective action referred to in point (1), where any of the following situations occurs:

(i)

a safety problem has been identified;

(ii)

the DTO fails to take corrective action in accordance with point DTO.GEN.150;

(3)

in respect of the training programmes referred to in point DTO.GEN.230(c) of Annex VIII (Part-DTO), limit, suspend or revoke the approval of the training programme;

(4)

take any further enforcement measures necessary in order to ensure the termination of the non-compliance and, where relevant, remedy the consequences thereof.’;

(b)

point (e) is replaced by the following:

‘(e) Without prejudice to any additional enforcement measures, when the authority of a Member State acting in accordance with point ARA.GEN.300(d) identifies any non-compliance with the essential requirements set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 or with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL) and Annex VIII (Part-DTO) to this Regulation by an organisation certified by, or having made a declaration to, the competent authority of another Member State or the Agency, it shall inform that competent authority of that non-compliance.’;

(8)

the following Subpart DTO is added after Subpart MED:

‘SUBPART DTO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DECLARED TRAINING ORGANISATIONS (DTOs)

ARA.DTO.100 Declaration to the competent authority

(a)

Upon receiving a declaration from a DTO, the competent authority shall verify that the declaration contains all the information specified in point DTO.GEN.115 of Annex VIII (Part-DTO) and acknowledge receipt of the declaration, including the assignment of an individual DTO reference number to the representative of the DTO.

(b)

If the declaration does not contain the required information, or contains information that indicates a non-compliance with the essential requirements set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 or with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL) and Annex VIII (Part-DTO) to this Regulation, the competent authority shall act in accordance with point ARA.GEN.350(da).

ARA.DTO.105 Changes to declarations

Upon receiving a notification of a change to the information contained in the declaration of a DTO, the competent authority shall act in accordance with point ARA.DTO.100.

ARA.DTO.110 Verification of compliance of the training programme

(a)

Upon receiving the training programme of a DTO, and any changes thereto, notified to it in accordance with point DTO.GEN.115(c) of Annex VIII (Part-DTO) or the application for approval of the training programme of a DTO submitted to it in accordance with point DTO.GEN.230(c) of that Annex, the competent authority shall verify the compliance of those training programmes with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL).

(b)

When satisfied that the DTO training programme, and any subsequent changes thereto, are in compliance with those requirements, the competent authority shall inform the representative of the DTO thereof in writing or, in the case referred to in point DTO.GEN.230(c) of Annex VIII (Part-DTO), approve the training programme. For such approval it shall use the form contained in Appendix VIII to this Annex (Part-ARA).

(c)

In case of any non-compliance, the competent authority shall act in accordance with point ARA.GEN.350(da) or, in the case referred to in point DTO.GEN.230(c) of Annex VIII (Part-DTO), reject the application for approval of the training programme.’;

(9)

the following Appendix VIII is added:

‘Appendix VIII to Annex VI (Part-ARA)

Training programme approval for a declared training organisation (DTO)

European Union^a

Competent authority

a “European Union” to be deleted for non-EU Member States.
b To be adjusted as applicable.
EASA Form XXX Issue 1 — Page 1/1’’.
Issuing authority:
Name of DTO:
DTO reference number:
Training programme(s) approved: Examiner standardisation — FE(S), FIE(S), FE(B), FIE(B)b Examiner refresher seminar — FE(S), FIE(S), FE(B), FIE(B)b	Doc reference:	Remarks:
The above-mentioned training programme(s) has (have) been verified by the above-mentioned competent authority and found to be in compliance with the requirements of Annex I (Part-FCL) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011.
Date of issue:
Signed: [competent authority]