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Technical Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness and Environmental Certification under The Agreement on Civil Aviation Safety between The Government of Canada & the European Union (Revision 3 - 18 September 2017).

Purpose

The purpose of these Technical Implementation Procedures is to define the interface requirements and activities between Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the import, export, and continued support of civil aeronautical products.

TCCA and EASA shall conduct their certification and validation activities consistent with the Agreement on Civil Aviation Safety (hereafter referred to as the Agreement) and these Technical Implementation Procedures.

These Technical Implementation Procedures are authorized under Annex A, Procedures for the Certification of Civil Aeronautical Products, of the Agreement on Civil Aviation Safety between the Government of Canada and the European Union, signed on 6 May 2009 and entered into force on 20 September 2011.

The Agreement designates TCCA and EASA as the Competent Authorities for Canada and the European Union, respectively, so that they may perform the functions of either the Importing Party or Exporting Party, as applicable, for purposes of these Technical Implementation Procedures.

TCCA and EASA Validation Process

The reciprocal acceptance of compliance determinations and/or approvals on products under the Agreement shall be respected on validation projects between the Competent Authorities.

The Competent Authorities agree to conduct validation activities using the validation procedures contained in Appendix C.

The expectation is that the Exporting Party’s certification activities would allow the Importing Party to make a compliance determination that the type design of a civil aeronautical product complies with its requirements.

This Section intends that the number of compliance determinations retained by the Importing Party be reduced as much as practicable while respecting regulatory requirements. The validation process is intended to allow:

(a) The Importing Party to issue its design approval based on the Exporting Party’s design approval and declaration that the type design has been examined and found to comply with the Importing Party’s certification basis; and

(b) The Importing Party to review selected aspects of a type design presented for design approval, due to the origin and nature of the civil aeronautical product and the validation criteria defined in Appendix C.

Completion of Validation

Except where these Technical Implementation Procedures provide for the automatic acceptance of an approval issued by the Exporting Party, the completion of the validation process by the Importing Party, which includes the resolution of all issues raised during the validation activity, shall result in the issuance of a corresponding approval, or an indication of its acceptance of the Exporting Party’s approval as equivalent to its own.

In the case where the Importing Party issues an approval, the approval shall be forwarded directly to the holder, and at the same time, a copy provided to the Competent Authority of the Exporting Party.

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