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Title: Regulations of Repair Station Certification and Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts
Am Date: 2015-12-04
Legislative History: Amendment to Articles 10, 13~15, 19, 21, 31, promulgated on December 4, 2015

Transaction

Amended

Article 10
A certificated repair station must provide housing, facilities, equipment, materials, and data that meet the applicable requirements for the issuance of the certificate and ratings the repair station holds. Housing and facilities requirements: Each certificated repair station must provide-
1) Housing for the facilities, equipment, materials, and personnel consistent with its ratings.
2) Facilities for properly performing the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations of articles or the specialized services for which it is rated. Facilities must include the following:
a)  Sufficient work space and areas for the proper segregation and protection of articles during all maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
b)  Segregated work areas enabling environmentally hazardous or sensitive operations such as painting, cleaning, welding, avionics work, electronic work, and machining to be done properly and in a manner that does not adversely affect other maintenance or alteration articles or activities.
c)  Suitable racks, hoists, trays, stands, and other segregation means for the storage and protection of all articles undergoing maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
d)  Space sufficient to segregate articles and materials stocked for installation from those articles undergoing maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
e)  Ventilation, lighting, and control of temperature, humidity, and other climatic conditions sufficient to ensure personnel perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations to the standards required by this regulation.
3) A certificated repair station with an airframe rating must provide suitable permanent housing to enclose the largest type and model of aircraft listed on its operations specifications.
A certificated repair station may perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations on articles outside of its housing if it provides suitable facilities that are acceptable to the CAA and meet the requirements of above so that the work can be done in accordance with the requirements of Regulations of Airworthiness and Maintenance Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts.

Article 13
Except as otherwise prescribed by the CAA, a certificated repair station must have the equipment, tools, and materials necessary to perform the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations under its repair station certificate and operations specifications in accordance with Regulations of Airworthiness and Maintenance Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts. The equipment, tools, and material must be located on the premises and under the repair station’s control when the work is being done.
A certificated repair station must ensure all test and inspection equipment and tools used to make airworthiness determinations on articles are calibrated to a standard acceptable to the CAA.
The equipment, tools, and material must be those recommended by the manufacturer of the article or must be at least equivalent to those recommended by the manufacturer and acceptable to the CAA.
A certificated repair station must maintain, in a format acceptable to the CAA, the documents and data required for the performance of maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations under its repair station certificate and operations specifications in accordance with Regulations of Airworthiness and Maintenance Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts. The following documents and data must be current and accessible when the relevant work is being done:
1) Airworthiness directives,
2) Instructions for continued airworthiness,
3) Maintenance manuals,
4) Overhaul manuals,
5) Standard practice manuals,
6) Service bulletins, and
7) Other applicable data acceptable to or approved by the CAA.

Article 14
Each certificated repair station must-
1) Designate a repair station employee as the accountable manager.
2) Provide qualified personnel to plan, supervise, perform, and approve for return to service the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations performed under the repair station certificate and operations specifications.
3) Ensure it has a sufficient number of employees with the training or knowledge and experience in the performance of maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations authorized by the repair station certificate and operations specifications to ensure all work is performed in accordance with Regulations of Airworthiness and Maintenance Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts.
4) Determine the abilities of its noncertificated employees performing maintenance functions based on training, knowledge, experience, or practical tests.

Article 15
A certificated repair station must ensure it has a sufficient number of supervisors to direct the work performed under the repair station certificate and operations specifications. The supervisors must oversee the work performed by any individuals who are unfamiliar with the methods, techniques, practices, aids, equipment, and tools used to perform the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
Each supervisor must-
1) If employed by a repair station located inside the Republic of China, be certificated under Regulations Governing Licences and Ratings for Airmen Management.
2) If employed by a repair station located outside the Republic of China-
a)  Have a minimum of 24 months of practical experience in the work being performed. or
b)  Be trained in or thoroughly familiar with the methods, techniques, practices, aids, equipment, and tools used to perform the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
A certificated repair station must ensure its supervisors understand, read, and write English.

Article 19
A certificated repair station must maintain and make available in a format acceptable to the CAA the following:
1) A roster of management and supervisory personnel that includes the names of the repair station officials who are responsible for its management and the names of its supervisors who oversee maintenance functions.
2) A roster with the names of all inspection personnel.
3) A roster of personnel authorized to sign a maintenance release for approving a maintained or altered article for return to service.
4) A summary of the employment of each individual whose name is on the personnel rosters required by paragraphs 1) through 3) of this Article. The summary must contain enough information on each individual listed on the roster to show compliance with the experience requirements of this regulation and must include the following:
a) Present title,
b) Total years of experience and the type of maintenance work performed,
c) Past relevant employment with names of employers and periods of employment,
d) Scope of present employment, and
e) The type of aircraft maintenance engineer or repairman certificate held and the ratings on that certificate, if applicable.
Within 5 business days of the change, the rosters required by the Article must reflect changes caused by termination, reassignment, change in duties or scope of assignment, or addition of personnel.

Article 21
The privileges of a certificated repair station may-
1) Perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations in accordance with Regulations of Airworthiness and Maintenance Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts on any article for which it is rated and within the limitations in its operations specifications.
2) Arrange for another person to perform the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations of any article for which the certificated repair station is rated. If that person is not certificated under this regulation, the certificated repair station must ensure that the noncertificated person follows a quality control system equivalent to the system followed by the certificated repair station.
3) Approve for return to service any article for which it is rated after it has performed maintenance, preventive maintenance, or an alteration in accordance with Regulations of Airworthiness and Maintenance Management for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts.
The limitations of a certificated repair station :
1) A certificated repair station may not maintain or alter any article for which it is not rated, and may not maintain or alter any article for which it is rated if it requires special technical data, equipment, or facilities that are not available to it.
2) A certificated repair station may not approve for return to service.
a) Any article unless the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alteration was performed in accordance with the applicable approved technical data or data acceptable to the CAA.
b) Any article after a major repair or major alteration unless the major repair or major alteration was performed in accordance with applicable approved technical data.

Article 31
The recordkeeping of a certificated repair station must comply with following requirements:
1) A certificated repair station must retain records in either Chinese or English that demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Regulations for Aircraft Airworthiness Certification and Maintenance Management. The records must be retained in a format acceptable to the CAA.
2) A certificated repair station must provide a copy of the maintenance release to the owner or operator of the article on which the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alteration was performed.
3) A certificated repair station must retain the records required by the Article for at least 2 years from the date the article was approved for return to service.
4) A certificated repair station must make all required records available for inspection by the CAA and the Aviation Safety Council.