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title: "21.A.211 Duration and continued validity — Annex I, Initial Airworthiness · Avioverse"
description: "A noise certificate shall be issued for an unlimited period of time."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/initial-airworthiness/annex-i/section-a-technical-requirements/21-a-211"
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# 21.A.211 Duration and continued validity

Annex I · Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

IR Implementing rule

## 21.A.211 Duration and continued validity

(a) A noise certificate shall be issued for an unlimited period of time. It shall remain valid subject to compliance with all the following conditions:

1\. the aircraft continues to comply with the applicable type design and continued airworthiness requirements; and

2\. the aircraft remaining on the same register; and

3\. the type-certificate or restricted type-certificate under which it is issued not being previously invalidated under point 21.A.51;

4\. the certificate has not been revoked by the competent authority under point 21.B.65, or surrendered by the certificate holder.

(b) Upon surrender or revocation, the certificate shall be returned to the competent authority of the Member State of registry.

IR · 21.A.211 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/201 · Initial Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

[All rules in SECTION A — TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/initial-airworthiness/annex-i/section-a-technical-requirements)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Nov 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.