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title: "145.1 Competent authority — Part-145 · Avioverse"
description: "For the purpose of this Annex, the competent authority shall be:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/continuing-airworthiness/part-145/general/145-1"
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# 145.1 Competent authority

Annex II (Part-145) · Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

IR Implementing rule

## 145.1 Competent authority

For the purpose of this Annex, the competent authority shall be:

1\. for organisations that have their [principal place of business](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/principal-place-of-business) in a territory for which a Member State is responsible under the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944 (“the Chicago Convention”), the authority designated by that Member State, or by another Member State in accordance with Article 64 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, or the Agency if the responsibility has been reallocated to the Agency in accordance with Articles 64 or 65 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139; or

2\. for organisations that have their principal place of business outside a territory for which a Member State is responsible under the Chicago Convention, the Agency.

IR · 145.1 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1963 · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

[All rules in GENERAL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/continuing-airworthiness/part-145/general)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 2 Sep 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.