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CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENTHONG KONG, CHINAAirworthiness NoticeNo. 18Issue 231 July 2011IMPLEMENTATION OF HKAR-211 Introduction1.1 The Director-General has published the Hong Kong Aviation RequirementsHKAR-21 entitled "Certification of Aircraft and Related Products, Parts andAppliances, and of Design and Production Organisations". This willsupersede some requirements regarding certification in Hong Kong AviationRequirements HKAR-1 entitled "Airworthiness Procedures".1.2 The purpose of this Notice is to prescribe the implementation plan to phase inthe certification activities under HKAR-21 and phase out the correspondingcertification activities under HKAR-1 in an orderly manner.2 Phase-In of HKAR-212.1 HKAR-21 has become effective on 1 February 2007.2.2 Certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, and ofdesign and production organisations under HKAR-21 may be applied for afterthe effective date.3 Phase-Out of HKAR-13.1 Classification of Certification Activities under HKAR-1For the purpose of this Notice, certification activities under HKAR-1 areclassified as Class A, Class B or Class C as shown in Table 1. As Class Aand Class B certification activities are covered in HKAR-21, these activitiesare to be phased out. Class C certification activities are not covered inHKAR-21 yet and hence they will be dealt with in a later stage.Note:Certification activities under HKAR-1 referred in this Notice include the approval ofdesign and manufacture of aeronautical products, the approval of organisations, andthe activities for approval of other airworthiness functions.AN-18 P.131 July 2011