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title: "21L.B.47 Issuance of a type certificate — Annex Ib, Initial Airworthiness · Avioverse"
description: "The Agency shall issue without undue delay an aircraft, engine or propeller type certificate, provided that:"
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# 21L.B.47 Issuance of a type certificate

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

IR Implementing rule

## 21L.B.47 Issuance of a type certificate

(a) The Agency shall issue without undue delay an aircraft, engine or propeller type certificate, provided that:

1\. the applicant has complied with point 21L.A.27;

2\. the Agency, through the investigation carried out pursuant to point 21L.B.46, has not found any non-compliance with the type-certification basis or with the applicable environmental protection requirements;

3\. there are no unresolved issues from the investigation carried out pursuant to point (c) of point 21L.B.46 of that product in the final configuration;

4\. no feature or characteristic has been identified that may make the product unsafe or environmentally incompatible for the uses for which the certification is requested.

(b) The type certificate shall include:

1\. the type design;

2\. the operating limitations;

3\. the instructions for continued airworthiness;

4\. the type certificate data sheet for airworthiness and, if applicable, the record of engine exhaust emissions compliance;

5\. the applicable type-certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements with which the Agency records compliance;

6\. if applicable, the type certificate data sheet for noise; and

7\. any other conditions or limitations prescribed for the product in the applicable type-certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements.

IR · 21L.B.47 — Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2022/1358 · 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.