Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

• 521.31 (1) For the issuance of a type certificate in respect of an aeronautical product, the standards of airworthiness, including the aircraft categories set out in subsection 521.27(1), are those specified in the following chapters of the Airworthiness Manual, as applicable:

  • (a) Chapter 522 — Gliders and Powered Gliders;

  • (b) Chapter 523 — Normal, Utility, Aerobatic and Commuter Category Aeroplanes;

  • (c) Chapter 523 – VLA — Very Light Aeroplanes;

  • (d) Chapter 525 — Transport Category Aeroplanes;

  • (e) Chapter 527 — Normal Category Rotorcraft;

  • (f) Chapter 529 — Transport Category Rotorcraft;

  • (g) Chapter 531 — Manned Free Balloons;

  • (h) Chapter 533 — Aircraft Engines;

  • (i) Chapter 535 — Propellers; and

  • (j) Chapter 541 — Airships.

• (2) The standards of airworthiness for the design and installation of an item of aircraft equipment required by Part VI or VII are

  • (a) those specified in Chapter 551 — Aircraft Equipment and Installation of the Airworthiness Manual; or

  • (b) if no standards of airworthiness for the design and installation of the item of aircraft equipment are specified in Chapter 551 — Aircraft Equipment and Installation of the Airworthiness Manual, those specified in the certification basis of the aircraft on which the equipment is installed.

521.32 The aircraft emissions standards applicable to the issuance of a type certificate are the following:

• (a) in the case of an aircraft other than an aircraft for which certification is requested in the restricted category for use in agricultural operations or fire prevention and suppression, the noise standards specified in Subchapter A of Chapter 516 — Aircraft Emissions of the Airworthiness Manual;

• (b) in the case of a turbine-powered aircraft, the standards respecting the prevention of intentional fuel venting specified in Subchapter B of Chapter 516 — Aircraft Emissions of the Airworthiness Manual; and

• (c) in the case of an aircraft engine, the smoke and gaseous aircraft emissions standards specified in Subchapter B of Chapter 516 — Aircraft Emissions of the Airworthiness Manual.

521.33 An applicant for a type certificate in respect of an aeronautical product shall

• (a) demonstrate to the Minister that the aeronautical product conforms to the certification basis established by the Minister under section 521.30;

• (b) submit to the Minister a declaration attesting to the demonstration of conformity of the aeronautical product with its certification basis;

• (c) make available to the Minister the means by which conformity is established;

• (d) in the case of an aircraft, record the noise levels in its flight manual or in a supplement to that manual using the Guidelines for the Administration of Noise Certification Documentation set out in Attachment G of Annex 16, Volume I to the Convention; and

• (e) submit to the Minister for approval any manuals, instructions and limitations that are required by the certification basis established in respect of the aeronautical product.