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JAR 145 & OPS Subpart M

TRAINING COURSE
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The Joint Aviation Authorities

(JAA)

An introduction to the JAA, its maintenance

policy and in particular JAR-145 & OPS -1
(Maintenance aspects).

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JAA OBJECTIVES

To ensure through co-operation on regulation,

common high levels of aviation safety within the
member states.
To achieve a cost effective safety system so as to
contribute to an efficient aviation industry.
To contribute,through the uniform applications of
common standards, to fair and equal competition
within the member states.
To promote, through international co-operation, the
JAA standards and system to improve the safety of
aviation world- wide.

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JAA MEMBERSHIP
Only countries who are members of ECAC (European
Civil Aviation Conference) are eligible to join the JAA.
At present there are 38 member states of ECAC and 34
member states of the JAA, 24 of which are full
members.

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ALBANIA
ARMENIA
UKRAINE

Croatia

AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
Czech Rep
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
ICELAND
IRELAND
ITALY
TURKEY

LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
MONACO
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM

BULGARIA
CYPRUS
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MOLDOVA
*MACEDONIA
POLAND
SLOVAK Rep.
*(Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia)

JAA Full Members (24)

JAA (34)
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ECAC (38)

As on May 2001

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EC Council Regulation on Technical

Harmonisation 3922/91

The EU regulation on the harmonisation of technical

requirements and procedures applicable to civil aircraft
became effective on 1 January 1992.
The effect of this regulation is to give the force of
European law to those JARs specified in the regulation
including automatic recognition. It therefore follows that
compliance with and automatic recognition of the JARs
specified in the regulation is mandatory for the EU JAANAA states from the date on when a particular JAR is
gazetted.
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EU Council Regulation on
Technical Harmonisation

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JAR-145 approved maintenance organisation is one

JAR specified in the EU regulation and therefore with
the force of law the EU requires compliance with JAR145 and the automatic recognition of such JAR-145
approvals granted by one JAA-NAA by any other JAANAA without further technical evaluation but subject to
compliance with the common procedures

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Technical Harmonisation

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The common procedures applicable to JAR-145 are

specified in the Joint Maintenance Procedures blue
book.
Failure to comply with JAR-145 or the associated
common procedures are the only basis for nonrecognition and would need to be made known to the
EU.

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Two stage Membership

Full Members
Candidate Members
Access to meetings, but
No voting rights
No automatic recognition of approvals
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EUROPEAN MAINTENANCE
FULL MEMBER NATIONAL AUTHORITIES - 24
REGIONAL OFFICES 55
MAINTENANCE SURVEYORS
500
MAINTENANCE ORGANISATIONS
2100
OPERATORS
2400
As on May 2001
TOTAL ORGANISATIONS APPROVED/ACCEPTED 3240
(OF WHICH 1830 IN EUROPE, 1250 IN U.S.A AND
155 IN THE REST OF THE WORLD )
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JAA Structure
JAA Board

IPAP

JAA Committee

FAA/TCA

Executive Board
(6)

NAAs/

XIndustry

Secretary General

Regulation

Certification

Maintenance

DIR

Operations

C
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Sub-Committees, Working/Study Groups, Joint Teams etc.

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Licensing

Research
Committee

Admin.
Director

Support
Services

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GOVERNING
JAA
Board

IPAP

JAA
Committee

Central JAA
Cert
Div

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Lic.
Div.

Chief
Executive
Maint.
Div

Ops.
Div

EXECUTIVE

Regul. Resource &

Div Development
Div

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Industry Representation (1)
AEA: Association European Airlines
EURACA: European Air Carrier Association
AECMA: Association Europeenne des
Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial.
ERA: European Regional Airlines
EHA: European Helicopter Association

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Maintenance Committee
Industry Representation (2)
AEI:

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Aircraft Engineers International

ECOGAS: European Council of General Aviation

Support
EBAA:

European Business Aviation Association

ITF:

International Transport Workers Federation

EIMG

European Independent Maintenance

Group

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Primary role of the JAA

Maintenance Division

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To help all JAA National Authorities

establish common standards of
compliance with maintenance JARs such
that mutual recognition has credibility.

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Commercial Air Transport

JAR OPS

JAR 145

JAR 66

JAR 147

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Commercial Air Transport

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JAR OPS

OPERATORS REQUIREMENT INCLUDES

SUBPART M MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

JAR 145
JAR 66
JAR 147

MAINTENANCE ORGANISATION REQUIREMENT

CERTIFYING STAFF FOR JAR 145
TRAINING ORGANISATIONS FOR JAR 66 CERTIFYING
STAFF

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RESPONSIBILITIES
The operator is responsible for ensuring the
safe operation of his/her aircraft including
ensuring the completion of all necessary
maintenance.
The JAR 145 organisation is responsible for
carrying out the operators necessary
maintenance to the required standard.
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Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs)

Section 1
Requirements
Section 2
Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC)
Interpretative / Explanatory Material (IEM)
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JAA Administrative and Guidance

Material
Section 4

Section 5

Maintenance Certification
Part 1 to 4
Part 1
General
Information

Operation

Licensing

Part 1
General
Information

Part 1 to 4

Part 2
Procedures

Part 2
Procedures

Part 3
Temporary
Guidance

Part 3
Temporary
Guidance

List of Maint.
Organisations

Part 4
AOCRegister

Section 1

Section 2

General
Information

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Section 3

to Part II

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JAR-66
Covers certifying staff primarily for JAR-145
Limited to release of aircraft 5700kg & above
Status: Effective June 1998
Mandatory after June 2001
Small a/c draft proposal now with the Maintenance Committee.
Possible NPA second quarter 2000.

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JAR-66
Certifying staff will be granted a JAR-66 aircraft maintenance
licence in one or more of the following categories;
A - Certifying mechanic
B1 - Certifying technician mechanical
B2 - Certifying technician avionic
C - Certifying base maintenance engineer

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JAR-66
The JAR-66 aircraft maintenance licence will contain the basic
A, B1, B2 and C categories
Except for category A it will contain type ratings
Will be in a standardised JAA format
Will be issued by the JAA full member Authorities and be
recognised by all others

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JAR-66
The JAR-66 aircraft maintenance licence alone does
not permit the holder to release to service an aircraft
used for commercial air transport
It in addition requires the JAR-145 organisation to
issue a JAR-145 certification authorisation to permit
release of such aircraft on behalf of the JAR-145
organisation

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BMCE/C
Base
Maintenance

BMT/B1

BMM

BMT/B2

Mechanic
Line
Maintenance

LMCT/B1
LMCM/A

(Pre-flight
Check)

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Certifying staff

LMCT/B2

Mechanic

non Certifying staff

Release to
Service by....

Exchangeable
Personnel

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JAR 66 PROTECTED RIGHTS

1. Existing national licence to be converted to JAR 66 AML
within 10 years with limitations as necessary.
2. Converted to full JAR 66 AML if standards meet full
requirement of JAR 66.
3. Standards check by JAA before (2) conversion.

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Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement

(BASA)
1. BASA is State to State agreement to recognise each
others systems via implementation procedures.
2. Maintenance Implementation Procedure (MIP) is for
maintenance.
3. Signature of MIP activates maintenance part.

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4. The basic BASA must be signed before any

implementation procedure can be signed.

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Fundamental principle for MIP

1. A JAA accepted American FAR-145 Repair Station
will certify compliance with FARs plus any differences
between FAR and JAR.
2. A JAR-145 European Maintenance Organisation
holding FAR-145 will certify compliance with JARs
plus any differences between FAR and JAR. For
Components a JAA Form One is used.

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JAA Acceptance of American FAR145 Repair Stations

1. Quality Audit System as in JAR 145.

2. Access for JAA or FAA acting on behalf of JAA
3. Accountable Manager Commitment as in JAR 145

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JAA Acceptance of American FAR-145

Repair Stations
4. Supplement to inspection procedures manual.
5. Acceptance of other differences.
6. Receive maintenance international standardisation
teams (MIST).

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MIST Teams use a standard format to question the NAA

and sample a selection of industry organisations for
compliance with JARs such as 145.
MIST Team findings are discussed with the NAA before
being finalised into the need for corrective action.
Failure to correct within agreed timescales can lead to
the country approvals not being recognised by other
member states.
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MIST OBJECTIVE

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1. To help FAA staff understand the differences between JAR-145 and

FAR 43/145 from the JAA point of view.
2. To look at each FAA regions working practices for compatibility with JAA
procedures.
3. By snapshot audits of a representative sample of FAR-145 repair
stations, check for compatibility with JAR-145.
NOTE: Any FAR-145 repair station found significantly out of compliance
with FAR-145 or JAA supplementary conditions will be removed from
JAA list.

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JAA WEBSITE
www.jaa.nl

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