Expnote Amc GM Maint

AMC and GM to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003
EXPLANATORY NOTE1
I. General
Background
1. On 27 September 2002, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of 15 July 2002
(hereinafter referred to as Basic Regulation ) entered into force.2 In addition the
Commission has adopted the necessary rules for the implementation of the Basic
Regulation for the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products,
parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved
in these tasks3.
2. As a body of the European Community, the Agency exercises powers for the
implementation of the Basic Regulation. The Agency shall, in accordance with
article 13 of the Basic Regulation, where appropriate, issue certification
specifications (CS), including airworthiness codes and acceptable means of
compliance (AMC), as well as guidance material (GM) for the application of the
Basic Regulation and its implementing rules .
Agency measures
3. To facilitate the necessary regulatory uniformity, CSs are used to demonstrate
compliance with the Basic Regulation and its implementing rules.
In particular this includes acceptable means of compliance, which are non-

exclusive means of demonstrating compliance with implementing rules.
4. AMC have thus roughly the same meaning as under the JAA system. They
illustrate a means, but not the only means, by which a specification contained in a
requirement of an implementing rule can be met. Satisfactory demonstration of
compliance using a published AMC shall provide for presumption of compliance
with related requirement.
5. GM is issued by the Agency to assist in the understanding of the Basic Regulation

and its implementing rules.
Consultation on the draft proposal

6. The AMC and GM to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing
airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on
the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks have been
1
For information purposes only.
2
Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002 on
common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency
3
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and
aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel
involved in these tasks, OJ LXXX, 28.11/2003
subject to consultation4 in accordance with article 43 of the Basic Regulation and
article 15 of the rulemaking process established by the Agencys Management
Board5 .
7. The Agency has addressed and responded to the comments received. The
responses are contained in a Comment Response Document (CRD), which is
available on the Agencys web site.
Publication
8. The full text of the acceptable means of compliance and guidance material to
Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and
aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations
and personnel involved in these tasks are for the time being only available in PDF
format at the Agencys web site. For more information, please contact the Agency
at the following address :
European Aviation Safety Agency

Office G-12 03/54
Rue de Genve 12
B-1049 Brussels
Fax : 00 32 (0)2 298 66 49
II. AMC and GM to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing

airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances,
and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these
tasks
Content and structure

9. The content of the AMC and GM to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the
continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and
appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these
tasks is based on the body of existing JAA material, known as Acceptable Means
of Compliance and Interpretive Explanatory Material and additional text from
Notices of Proposed Amendments and Temporary Guidance Material. The text
has been adapted and further reviewed in the light of the final content of
Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and
aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations
and personnel involved in these tasks. These adaptations were kept to a minimum
to ensure maximum continuity and provide for a seamless transition from an
industry point of view. This also aimed at facilitating a timely consultation and
adoption of the necessary measures.
10. Since these AMC and GM are inextricably bound to Regulation (EC) No
2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products,
parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved
4
Available as Introduction to Opinion on Continuing Airworthiness at
http://www.easa.eu.int/agenmeas_en.html
5
Decision concerning the Rulemaking procedure, adopted by the Management Board on 17 June 2003.
in these tasks, they follow the sequential order of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003.
At the present moment no GM to Part-M has been developed but the Agency
intends on producing GM to assist with the interpretation of the rule.

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AMC and GM to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003

In particular this includes acceptable means of compliance, which are non-

5. GM is issued by the Agency to assist in the understanding of the Basic Regulation

Consultation on the draft proposal

European Aviation Safety Agency

Fax : 00 32 (0)2 298 66 49

II. AMC and GM to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing

Content and structure

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