Regulations Governing the Certification for Aviation Products, Appliances and Parts｜第 2 條｜航空｜Regulation｜In Force
第 一 章｜交通部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2025-08-12
In the Regulations herein, the definition of the terms referred hereinafter shall be: 1) “Appliance” means major components of aviation products and the failure of which will endanger the operation safety of the product. 2) “Part” means parts and components that are used on aviation products and appliances. 3) “Type Certificate (TC)” means a design approval issued when the applicant demonstrates that a product complies with the applicable regulations. 4) “Supplemental Type Certificate (STC)” means a design approval issued by the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) approving a major design change for a type certificated aviation product when the applicant demonstrates that the design change complies with the applicable regulations. 5) “Type Validation Certificate (VTC)” means a design approval issued by the CAA approving an imported aviation product when the applicant demonstrates that the product complies with the applicable regulations. 6) “Production certificate” means an approval to manufacture duplicate products under a type certificate or a supplemental type certificate. 7) “Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA)” means a combined design and production approval for modification and replacement parts for installation on type certificated products. 8) “Technical Standard Order (hereinafter referred to as TSO)” means the minimum performance standards that CAA prescribes for TSO articles. 9) “Technical Standard Order Article (Hereinafter referred to as TSO Article)” means parts or components that are found to meet a specific TSO. 10) “Technical Standard Order Authorization (TSOA)” means a combined design and production approval issued by the CAA for a TSO Article when the applicant demonstrates that the design change complies with the applicable regulations. 11) “Production Approval Holder (PAH)” means a manufacturer who holds a production certificate, a parts manufacturer approval, or a technical standard order authorization. 12) “Airworthiness Directive (AD)” means a notification issued by the CAA or other national civil aviation authorities to aircraft owners and operators of a known safety deficiency with a particular aviation product, equipment, component or parts and the necessary actions that they shall comply with. It prescribes mandatory corrective actions to be taken or the conditions and limitations under which the aviation products may continue to be operated. The AD is the common form of mandatory continuing airworthiness information. 13) “Normal Category Aircraft” means an aircraft which satisfies the conditions below and is certified as a normal category aircraft by the CAA or by the civil aviation authority of the design state of the aircraft and intended for non-acrobatic operation: (a) airplane that has a seating configuration, excluding pilot seats, of 19 or less and a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 8,618 kg or less; or (b) helicopter that has a seating configuration, excluding pilot seats, of 9 or less passenger seats and a maximum certificated weight of 3,175 kg or less. 14) “Acrobatic Category Aircraft” means an airplane is certified as an acrobatic category airplane by the CAA or by the civil aviation authority of the design state of the aircraft. 15) “Utility Category Aircraft” means an airplane certified as a utility category airplane by the CAA or by the civil aviation authority of the design state of the aircraft. 16) “Commuter Category Aircraft” means an airplane is certified as a commuter category airplane by the CAA or by the civil aviation authority of the design state of the aircraft. The commuter category airplane is intended for non-acrobatic operation. 17) “Transport Category Aircraft” means an aircraft certified as a transport category aircraft by the CAA or by the civil aviation authority of the design state of the aircraft. The Transport Category Airplane is intended for non-acrobatic operation. 18) “Free Balloon” means a non-power-driven lighter-than-air aircraft which is used for manned operation and type certificated by the CAA or by the civil aviation authority of the design state of the balloon. Free Balloon includes gas free balloon and hot air free balloon.