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title: "21L.A.30 Continued validity of a type certificate — Annex Ib, Initial Airworthiness · Avioverse"
description: "A type certificate shall remain valid as long as: the type certificate is not surrendered by the holder;"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/initial-airworthiness/annex-ib/section-a-technical-requirements/21l-a-30"
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# 21L.A.30 Continued validity of a type certificate

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

IR Implementing rule

## 21L.A.30 Continued validity of a type certificate

(a) A type certificate shall remain valid as long as:

1\. the type certificate is not surrendered by the holder;

2\. the holder of the type certificate remains in compliance with the relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof, taking into account the provisions related to the handling of findings as specified under point 21L.B.21;

3\. the type certificate is not revoked by the Agency in accordance with point 21L.B.22.

(b) Upon surrender or revocation, the type certificate shall be returned to the Agency.

IR · 21L.A.30 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/1358 · 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-ib/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.