National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 9163:2023.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee ACE/1, International and European Aerospace Policy and Processes.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December 2023.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 July 2023.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 9163:2023) has been prepared by the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe — Standardization (ASD‑STAN).

After enquiries and votes carried out in accordance with the rules of this Association, this document has received the approval of the National Associations and the Official Services of the member countries of ASD-STAN, prior to its presentation to CEN.

This document shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2024.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this document: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

Industry established the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG), with representatives from aviation, space, and defence companies in the Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe, to implement initiatives that make significant improvements in quality and reductions in cost throughout the value stream. The IAQG benchmarked industry best practices and supporting guidance to develop this standard to satisfy associated requirements of Aerospace Quality Management System (AQMS) standards (i.e., EN 9100, EN 9110, EN 9120).

Aviation, space, and defence organizations (customers) throughout the world receive products (e.g., assemblies, sub-assemblies, equipment and systems, parts, material, software) or services that are produced by other external providers (suppliers).

Before using these products or services to either manufacture their own products or integrating them into their own products, these organizations need confirmation from their external providers that these products comply with the relevant design data and Purchase Order (PO) requirements. This is commonly done via an attestation [i.e., Certificate of Conformity (CoC)] from the external provider.

Due to the high number of organizations and external providers, this may result in multiple CoC templates and associated requirements. The objective of this document is to provide requirements for issuing a CoC; harmonizing its content to satisfy a broad range of organizations and external providers and providing consistent process and documentation requirements for verification of aviation, space, and defence products.

1 Scope

This document provides a harmonized process and documentation requirements for the establishment of CoCs used to attest the conformity of aviation, space, and defence products (e.g., assemblies, sub-assemblies, equipment and systems, parts, material, software) or services. It includes a CoC template and supporting instructions on how to complete it.

When quoted by the customer in a contractual requirement, application of this document is mandatory. In other cases, its use is recommended, but if there is a conflict between the requirements of this document and customer or applicable statutory/regulatory requirements, the latter shall take precedence.

This document can be used by other industries that require the use/application of a CoC.

Requirements for the establishment of Authorized Release Certificates (ARCs) [e.g., European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Form 1, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 8130-3 tag, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Form 038] by an external provider holding a production approval (for new aviation products, production, or spares) or maintenance approval (i.e., for in service repairs, modifications, after sales maintenance, overhaul activities, inspections) are not covered by this document, as applicable rules are defined by the aviation authorities having granted these approvals.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Minimum information required in a certificate of conformity

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5 Additional requirements for the completion of the certificate of conformity

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Bibliography

BS EN 9163:2023

Aerospace series. Certificate of conformity requirements

Current

Published:

31 Dec 2023