Frequently asked questions

No, AESA is under no obligation to respond or send any acknowledgement of receipt of your statement. 

However, the owner or person responsible for the maintenance and maintenance of airworthiness must keep the proof of the notification as proof that the notification has been made. 
 
If due to the impossibility of carrying out the online procedure, the declaration has been submitted by 

SOLICITUD GENERAL, you will receive an email to the address indicated therein once your return has been registered.

In general terms, a Declaration of Continued Airworthiness or an application for the issuance of a NARC may be submitted by the owner of the aircraft. In the case of multiple owners, this may be done by any one of them.

In the specific case of ULM aircraft, in accordance with the provisions of article 34 of RD 141/2025, these tasks must be carried out by the person responsible for the maintenance and preservation of the airworthiness of the aircraft. This figure may be the owner of the aircraft or, in the case of leasing the aircraft or allowing another person to operate it, the lessee or the operator of the aircraft, provided that these are included in the aircraft Registration Certificate or the transfer of responsibilities for the maintenance of the airworthiness is included in the lease contract or any other title allowing the operation of the aircraft to another person (company deed, power of attorney, etc.), electronic apodera , the owner of the property must be given a written document signed by both parties stating that he/she has the capacity to act on behalf of the owner).

If the person responsible for the maintenance and preservation of the airworthiness of the aircraft is not the owner of the aircraft, in order to submit a Declaration of Continued Airworthiness or an application for the issuance of a NARC, it is first necessary to be registered in the “Portal de alta, modificación y gestión de contactos de Administrados SIPA”/"Portal for registering, modifying and managing SIPA Administrator contacts" as the owner's legal representative, attaching evidence of the owner's representation.

Any questions about the registration process in the AESA Admin Portal should be addressed to the following AESA email address: usuariosdsa.aesa@seguridadaerea.es.

If the Declaration of Continued Airworthiness is signed within three months prior to the expiry of the NARC or the previous declaration, the pattern shall be maintained and the two years shall be counted from the date on which it was due to expire.

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Otherwise, its validity shall be calculated from the date of signature of the declaration:

For AFIS aircraft, the Declaration of Continued Airworthiness may be signed up to two years from the end of the validity of the NARC or, if applicable, of the previous declaration. After this period has elapsed without being issued, the validity of the NARC may not be renewed by the NARC and the owner must request the issuance of a new NARC from EASA.

If signed within two years of the expiry date of the NARC or of the previous declaration, its validity shall be calculated from the date of signature of the declaration.

No, the new owner is not required to issue a new declaration.

Following a change of ownership of the aircraft, the NARC N15a or N15b signed by the previous owner shall be considered to remain valid until its expiry date.

As set out in paragraph 145.A.30(j)(1) and (2) and Appendix IV to Part 145, the holder of an ICAO licence shall demonstrate that he has acquired the training on human factors and airworthiness regulations detailed in modules 9 and 10 of Appendix I to Part 66, and the aircraft type training indicated in point 1(e) of Appendix IV, which shall be equivalent to that in Part 66 and for which such a comparison shall be made. 
 
Further information can be found in the following table provided by EASA.

NOTE: after BREXIT Part 66 licences issued by the United Kingdom are considered national licences under 145.A.30(j)1 and 2, and may be used under the conditions of Appendix IV to Part 145. 

Please note that C/S or S/S authorisations issued on the basis of "foreign domestic licences" MAY NOT be used within the territory of the EASA Member State (neither for line operations, nor for base operations, nor for air flight operations (AOG) nor for occasional line maintenance). The only exception to this is 145.A.30(j)(5).

M.A.901(c)(2) and (f) allow the CAMO managing the aircraft to extend the ARC subject to the conditions of M.A.901(b), for controlled environment, and M.A.901(j), regarding the prohibition to extend the ARC if there is evidence that the aircraft is not airworthy.

The fact that the ARC expires during base maintenance and was subsequently extended after partial CRS prior to the MCF would not automatically imply that the aircraft was not in a controlled environment.

It may be acceptable for the ARC to be extended at the end of extended maintenance, but prior to the final release to service of the entire maintenance package, after all maintenance necessary to consider the aircraft ready for safe flight has been completed (e.g. to allow for a maintenance check flight when required by maintenance data, under its certificate of airworthiness with a certificate of release to service following incomplete maintenance as described in GM M.A.301(i)(b)(1)).

There are currently no fees applicable for the declaratory renewal of the airworthiness certificate of an amateur-built aircraft.

AESA will relate to Maintenance Training Organisations Part 147 telematically through SIPA.

Communications concerning the issuance of inspection reports and the follow-up of the corresponding discrepancies shall be made telematically via the following link:

https://sede.seguridadaerea.gob.es/AESA_GestionDiscrepancias/

Each designated user must have a recognised electronic certificate, of a personal nature, that allows him to identify himself and make electronic signatures when necessary, as established in Article 10, Signature Systems admitted by the Public Administrations, Law 39/2015 of 1 October 2015 on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.

For more information on the discrepancy management application and the types of e-certificates, please refer to the following address:

https://sede.seguridadaerea.gob.es/Aesa_GestionDiscrepancias/Manual/Guia%20de%20usuario.pdf

AESA has made available to the user a number of videos of help in relation to the operation of the application. These videos can be found at the following link: https://sede.seguridadaerea.gob.es/sede-aesa/contenido/video-manuales

As additional information, AESA has published on the web the Representation Guide in the field of eGovernment. The document explains what electronic representation is, what its scope is, how it is regulated, when representation needs to be accredited, how it is accredited, and how to do all this to AESA. 
It can be downloaded at the following link: 

/en/noticias/aesa-publica-un-documento-de-ayuda-sobre-la-representaci%C3%B3n-en-la-administraci%C3%B3n-electr%C3%B3nica

The SIPA User Registration and Modification Guide sets out the tasks and activities that the administrators must follow in order to register as a user with the State Aviation Safety Agency, modify their corporate data or legal representatives or unsubscribe the organisation.

This guide can be found at the following link:

/en/ambitos/aeronaves

This regime applies only to ULM aeroplanes of "Category A" as defined in Article 1(2) of Royal Decree 765/2022 of 20 September, which do not have novel or unusual design features, meaning those not covered by certification specifications or industry standards previously recognised through acceptable means of compliance by the competent body of EASA, and whose empty mass (excluding the ballistic parachute) does not exceed 120 kg and which are single-seater aeroplanes.