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# 21L.B.17 Allocation of tasks to qualified entities

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

IR Implementing rule

## 21L.B.17 Allocation of tasks to qualified entities

(a) A competent authority may allocate the tasks related to the initial certification or to the continuing oversight of products and parts, and of natural or legal persons subject to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof, to qualified entities. When allocating tasks, the competent authority shall ensure that it has:

1\. put a system in place to initially and continuously assess whether the qualified entity complies with Annex VI ‘Essential requirements for qualified entities’ to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139. This system and the results of the assessments shall be documented;

2\. established a documented agreement with the qualified entity, approved by both parties at the appropriate management level, which defines:

(i) the tasks to be performed;

(ii) the declarations, reports, and records to be provided;

(iii) the technical conditions to be met in performing such tasks;

(iv) the related liability coverage;

(v) the protection given to the information acquired in carrying out such tasks.

(b) The competent authority shall ensure that the internal audit process and the safety risk management process required by point (a)(5) of point 21L.B.16 cover all the certification and continuing oversight tasks performed on its behalf by the qualified entity.

IR · 21L.B.17 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/1361 · Initial Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 21L.B.17 Allocation of tasks to qualified entities

CERTIFICATION TASKS

The tasks that may be performed by a qualified entity on behalf of the competent authority include those that are related to the initial certification and the continuing oversight of persons and organisations as defined in Regulation (EU) No 748/2012.

GM · GM1 21L.B.17 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · ED Decision 2023/013/R · Initial Airworthiness Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Nov 2025

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

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.