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title: "21L.2 Competent authority — Annex Ib, Initial Airworthiness · Avioverse"
description: "For the purpose of this Annex, ‘competent authority’ shall be:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/initial-airworthiness/annex-ib/general/21l-2"
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# 21L.2 Competent authority

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

IR Implementing rule

## 21L.2 Competent authority

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

(a) for Section A, Subpart A,

1\. for design organisations, the Agency;

2\. for a production organisation, the authority designated by the Member State where the organisation has its [principal place of business](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/principal-place-of-business); or the Agency, if that responsibility has been reallocated to the Agency in accordance with [Article](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/article) 64 or 65 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

(b) for Section A, Subparts B, C, D, E, F, J, K, M, N, and Q, the Agency;

(c) for Section A, Subparts G, H, I and R, the authority designated by the Member State where the organisation has its principal place of business; or the Agency, if that responsibility has been reallocated to the Agency in accordance with Article 64 or 65 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

(d) for Section A, Subpart P:

1\. for aircraft registered in a Member State, the authority designated by the Member State of registry;

2\. for unregistered aircraft, the authority designated by the Member State which prescribed the identification marks;

3\. for the approval of flight conditions related to the safety of the design, the Agency.

IR · 21L.2 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/1361 · Initial Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

[All rules in General provisions](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/initial-airworthiness/annex-ib/general)

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.