Appendix G If a PC is extended to a facility located outside the United States, the FAA remains responsible for certificate management.
G.3.4 In the case of multinational/multicorporate consortia, if a partner company or supplier has an FAA-approved quality system for its own product, the PC applicant is still required to have an independent system meeting the requirements of subpart G.
G.3.5 A PC applicant functioning as a corporate entity, distributor, or assembler will have a viable means of ensuring all articles, processes, procedures, and completed products are properly inspected for conformity to the approved type design.
G.4 Quality System Documentation.
G.4.1 The applicant for a PC is required by the rule to establish to the FAA’s satisfaction that its quality system and procedures meet the requirements of § 21.137 before a PC is issued.
G.4.2 The quality system data will clearly specify that all facilities (domestic and outside of the United States) will be made accessible to the FAA and to the CAA acting on behalf of the FAA. If articles or services are provided by a supplier or manufacturer in a country outside the United States, accessibility includes review of the data (drawings, specifications, procedures, and inspection records) and equipment pertinent to the product or articles produced under the PC.
G.4.3 The quality system manual proposed by the applicant will contain sufficient details establishing the quality system organization and procedures as a separate and independent entity (rather than simply incorporating by reference the quality systems of its partner companies). This does not preclude the use of, or reference to, applicable portions of a partner company’s quality system, but ensures the applicant’s system will be evaluated on its own merits. This also enables the FAA to conduct surveillance to ensure compliance with the regulations.
G.5 Quality Organization and Authority.
G.5.1 The applicant’s senior quality manager will have direct access to the consortium’s senior management.
G.5.2 The applicant’s quality system organization will have an independent management organization. This organization will establish departmental control over the partner companies regarding the quality of the jointly produced product. The individuals chosen to fill these management positions will have a clearly defined and separate allegiance to the applicant’s top management, rather than to any company for which they have worked or for which they are currently working.
G.5.3 The responsibility and authority of the employees in the consortium’s management organization will be clearly defined in the quality system data. This includes the G-2
Appendix G consortium’s relationship to the quality and production organizations of the partner companies.
G.5.4 The applicant may propose to assign inspection authority to a limited number of its employees to ensure the quality of products being produced. While no minimum number of employees can or should be specified by the FAA, the viability of the proposed quality system procedures will be assessed with respect to the number of employees available to implement the system.
G.5.5 It is particularly important to establish accountability for compliance with § 21.137 in the case of a multinational consortium. This is because the responsibilities of suppliers outside the United States, regarding their other products under their own CAAs, may be inconsistent with those required by § 21.137. Compliance responsibility for the consortium product will rest with the PC holder. This direct responsibility will be understood by the applicant’s management and the management of the supplier, and be described in the quality manual.
G.5.6 The fact that the actual manufacture of the applicant’s product may take place in a country outside the United States does not affect the applicability of FAA regulations and orders regarding the management and surveillance of the PC holder.
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