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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-748/annex-I/section-A/division-subpart+j/division-21.a.265",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/748",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 of 3 August 2012 laying down implementing rules for the airworthiness and environmental certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, as well as for the certification of design and production organisations (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-748",
  "path": "annex/I/section/A/division/subpart+j/division/21.a.265",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "21.A.265",
  "heading": "Obligations of the holder",
  "text": "The holder of a design organisation approval shall, within the scope of its terms of approval, as established by the CAA:\n(a) maintain the handbook required under point 21.A.243 in conformity with the design assurance system;\n(b) ensure that this handbook or the relevant procedures included by cross-reference are used as a basic working document within the organisation;\n(c)determine that the design of the products, or of the changes or repairs to the products, complies with the applicable type-certification basis, operational suitability data certification basis, and the environmental protection requirements, and has no unsafe features;\n(d) provide the CAA with statements and associated documentation confirming compliance with point (c), except for approval processes carried out in accordance with point 21.A.263(c);\n(e) provide to the CAA data and information related to the actions required under point 21.A.3B;\n(f) determine, in accordance with point 21.A.263(c)(6), the flight conditions under which a permit to fly can be issued;\n(g) establish, in accordance with point 21.A.263(c)(7), compliance with points (b) and (e) of point 21.A.711 before issuing a permit to fly to an aircraft;\n(h) designate data and information issued under the authority of the approved design organisation within the scope of its terms of approval as established by the CAA with the following statement: ‘The technical content of this document is approved under the authority of the DOA ref. UK.21.J.[XXXX]’.\n(i)comply with Subpart A of this Section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/897 of 12 March 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards the inclusion of risk-based compliance verification in Annex I and the implementation of requirements for environmental protection (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 1 point 21.A.265 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), regs. 1, 203(6) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12 and S.I. 2020/1116, regs. 1(3), 7(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Annex 1 point 21.A.265(c) substituted (1.7.2024) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/588), regs. 1(3), 6(9)(j)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 point 21.A.265(h) substituted (1.10.2025) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/878), regs. 1(4), 22(3)(a)(iii)(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Annex 1 point 21.A.265(i) inserted (1.7.2024) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/588), regs. 1(3), 6(9)(j)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/748/annex/I/section/A/division/subpart+j/division/21.a.265",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:15.996010+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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