Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 21 : Certification Procedures for Products and PartsSubpart 11 : Export Airworthiness Approvals21.11.2 Application for export airworthiness approval |
| (1) | Any exporter or his, her or its authorised representative may apply for an export airworthiness approval for a Class I or a Class II product. |
| (2) | Any manufacturer who has been approved by the Director in terms of Part 148, may apply for an export airworthiness approval for a Class Ill product if the manufacturer holds for such product— |
| (a) | a ZA-PMA; or |
| (b | a ZA-TSO authorisation. |
| (3) | An application for the issuing of an export airworthiness approval for a Class I, a Class II or a Class III product shall be— |
| (a) | made in the prescribed form and manner; and |
| (b) | accompanied by— |
| (i) | a written statement from the appropriate authority of the importing State that such authority will validate the export airworthiness approval if the product being exported is— |
| (aa) | an aircraft manufactured outside the Republic and being exported to a foreign State with which the South African government has entered into a reciprocal agreement concerning the recognition of export airworthiness approvals; |
| (bb) | an unassernbled aircraft which has not been flight-tested; |
| (cc) | a product which does not comply with the requirements referred to in regulation 21.11.3(1), (2) or (3), as the case may be, for the issuing of an export airworthiness approval, in which case the written statement shall contain a list of those requirements not complied with; |
| (ii) | in the case of an application for the issuing of an export airworthiness approval for a Class I product— |
| (aa) | a statement of conformity for each new product; |
| (bb) | the mass and balance report as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 21; |
| (cc) | a maintenance manual for each new product if the manual is required by the appropriate airworthiness design standards referred to in regulation 21.02.3; |
| (dd) | proof of compliance with the appropriate airworthiness directives issued in terms of regulation 21.01.4, including suitable notation of those directives which are not complied with; |
| (ee) | the AFM if such manual is required by the appropriate airworthiness design standards referred to in regulation 21.02.3, for the particular aircraft; |
| (ff) | a statement on the date on which ownership passed or is expected to pass to a foreign purchaser; and |
| (gg) | the date required by the appropriate authority of the importing State; and |
| (iii) | the appropriate fee as prescribed in Part 187. |