# Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division (b): The period of 12 months established in ARA.FSTD.120(b)(1) may be extended up to a maximum of 36 months, in the following circumstances:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1)the FSTD has been subject to an initial and at least one recurrent evaluation that has established its compliance with the qualification basis;
(2)the FSTD qualification certificate holder has a satisfactory record of successful regulatory FSTD evaluations during the previous 36 months;
(3)the CAA performs a formal audit of the compliance monitoring system defined in ORA.GEN.200(a)(6) of the organisation every 12 months; and
(4)an assigned person of the organisation with adequate experience reviews the regular reruns of the qualification test guide (QTG) and conducts the relevant functions and subjective tests every 12 months and sends a report of the results to the CAA.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/annex/VII/division/SUBPART+FSTD/section/II/division/ORA.FSTD.225/division/b (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1178/annex-VII/division-SUBPART+FSTD/section-II/division-ORA.FSTD.225/division-b
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