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title: "CAO.A.015 Application — Part-CAO · Avioverse"
description: "CAOs shall apply for the issuance of, or change to, a CAO approval to the competent authority in a form and manner established by that authority."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/continuing-airworthiness/part-cao/section-a-organisation-requirements/cao-a-015"
---

# CAO.A.015 Application

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

IR Implementing rule

## CAO.A.015 Application

CAOs shall apply for the issuance of, or change to, a CAO approval to the competent authority in a form and manner established by that authority.

IR · CAO.A.015 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · Regulation (EU) 2019/1383 · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 CAO.A.015 Application

An application should be made on an EASA Form 2 (Appendix III to AMC1 CAO.A.015) or an equivalent form that is acceptable to the competent authority.

Draft documents should be submitted at the earliest opportunity so that the assessment of the application can begin. The initial certification or approval of changes cannot take place until the competent authority has received the completed documents.

AMC · AMC1 CAO.A.015 — Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · ED Decision 2020/002/R · Continuing Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 2 Sep 2025

[All rules in SECTION A — ORGANISATION REQUIREMENTS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/continuing-airworthiness/part-cao/section-a-organisation-requirements)

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.