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EASA’s certification pricing will produce no profit margin
The newly formed European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is crafting a pricing policy for the certifications it can now grant.

The newly formed European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is crafting a pricing policy for the certifications it can now grant. On April 15 in Paris, EASA executive director Patrick Goudou presented outlines of this policy, as well as details on the agency’s growth. In the European Union, EASA is slowly taking over from the JAA. EASA, which currently has only 40 employees, is temporarily based in Brussels, though it will eventually move to permanent headquarters in Cologne, Germany.

“We are now the only entity in Europe that is able to deliver a type certificate,” Goudou noted. As such, EASA is the only agency in the EU that can approve aviation products, modifications and repairs and grant operating certificates to design offices and maintenance companies. Certification of the latter company types within the EU was delegated to national aviation authorities, though. For product certification, a delegation contract was signed with the JAA late last year.

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