Organizations wishing to maintain Rwanda registered aircraft or components thereof shall follow requirements prescribed the Authority.

The Rwanda Civil Aviation Regulations (RCARs) related to Certification of Maintenance Organizations are: -

• RCAR Part 01: General Policies, Procedures & Definitions
• RCAR Part 04: Airworthiness of Aircraft
• RCAR Part 05: Approved Maintenance Organization
• RCAR Part 07: Personnel Licensing
• RCAR Part 17: Mass, Balance and Performance
• RCAR Part 30: Safety Management System
• RCAR Part 38: Units of Measurement

The followings Advisory Circulars (AC) have been provided for additional insight into the certification of Maintenance Organization:

• AC 00-002:  Quality Assurance
• AC 00-003:  SMS System
• AC 00-004:  Generic Certification
• AC 00-005:  Regulation Compliance
• AC 01-001:  Regulation Intro
• AC 05-001:  AMO Certification
• AC 05-002:  AMO Manual
• AC 07-007:  Foreign AME Validation
• AC 17-001:  Aircraft Mass-Balance Control

To initiate the certification process, applicants are required to complete and submit to the Authority the following Forms and related documents:

• 560B Form:  RCAA AMO PASI
• 561B Form:  AMO Application
• 518A Form:  FAMO Application (To be completed by organizations whose operations are not based in Rwanda).
• 560B Form:  RCAA FAMO PASI (To be completed by organizations whose operations are not based in Rwanda).
• 562B Form:  AMO Complexity
• 562D Form:  FAMO Complexity (To be completed by organizations whose operations are not based in Rwanda).
• 563B Form:  AMO-SOE
• 563D Form:  FAMO-SOE
• 564-05 Form:  RCC AMO Certification