The French civil-aviation authority's Aeronautical Training and Technical Control department has awarded its design-approval certificate to Eurocopter France.
The certificate is in recognition of the fact that the company's organisation and design standards meet the technical requirements of the European Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA) JAR 21 standard, and are automatically recognised by all national JAA member authorities.
Source: Flight International
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