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title: "Audit — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
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# audit

EASA defines “audit” in 2 regulations, worded for each regulation's scope. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘audit’ means a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which requirements are complied with; whereas audits may include inspections;

Article 2 · Ground Handling · Regulations (EU) 2025/23 and 2025/24 · Easy Access Rules, 5 Nov 2025 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/ground-handling/commission-implementing-regulation-eu-2025-23/cover-regulation#article-2)

> ‘audit’ means a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which requirements are complied with;

Article 3 · Ground Handling · Regulations (EU) 2025/23 and 2025/24 · Easy Access Rules, 5 Nov 2025 revision · [Read Article 3](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/ground-handling/commission-delegated-regulation-eu-2025-20/cover-regulation#article-3)

> ‘audit’ means a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which requirements are complied with;

Article 2 · Aerodromes · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · Easy Access Rules, 13 Mar 2026 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals#article-2)

## Defined in the same article

- [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome)
- [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane)
- [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft)
- [aircraft de-icing](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft-de-icing)
- [aircraft handling](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft-handling)
- [aircraft loading](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft-loading)
- [aircraft pushback](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft-pushback)
- [aircraft towing](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft-towing)