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# 66.B.105 Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence via a maintenance organisation approved in accordance with Annex II (Part-145) or Annex Vd (Part-CAO)

Annex III (Part-66) · Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

IR Implementing rule

## 66.B.105 Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence via a maintenance organisation approved in accordance with Annex II (Part-145) or Annex Vd (Part-CAO)

(a) A [maintenance](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/maintenance) [organisation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/organisation) approved in accordance with Annex II (Part-145) or Annex Vd (Part-CAO), when authorised to carry out this activity by the competent authority, may (i) prepare the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) maintenance licence on behalf of the competent authority or (ii) make recommendations to the competent authority regarding the application from an individual for a aircraft maintenance licence so that the competent authority may prepare and issue such licence.

(b) Maintenance organisations referred to in point (a) shall ensure compliance with points 66.B.100(a) and (b).

(c) In all cases, the aircraft maintenance licence can only be issued to the applicant by the competent authority.

IR · 66.B.105 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · Regulation (EU) 2023/989 · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC 66.B.105 Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence via the Part-145 approved maintenance organisation

1\. The [maintenance](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/maintenance) [organisation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/organisation) approved under Part-145 should include the procedure in the organisation’s exposition (Chapter 3.21), and this procedure should be audited by the competent authority at least once in each 12-month period. This procedure should include a limitation stating that it is only applicable to the case where the competent authority for the Part-145 approval and for the Part-66 licence is the same.

2\. The Part-145 organisation should check that the experience records have been properly countersigned.

3\. The maintenance organisation approved under Part-145 may keep the experience record of applicants in a different form from that of application EASA Form 19 but such different form or manner should be acceptable to the competent authority.

AMC · AMC 66.B.105 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · ED Decision 2022/011/R · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

[All rules in SECTION B — PROCEDURES FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/continuing-airworthiness/part-66/section-b-procedures-for-competent-authorities)

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.