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CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENTHONG KONG, CHINAAirworthiness NoticeNo. 30BIssue 130 September 2006TECHNICAL ARRANGEMENT ON AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCEBETWEENTHE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONGAND THE TRANSPORT CANADA CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTORATE1 Introduction1.1 The Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong (hereinafter referred to as'HKCAD') has entered into a Technical Arrangement with the TransportCanada Civil Aviation Directorate (hereinafter referred to as 'TCCA') on 22March 2006. The Technical Arrangement is available for access on the CADwebsite http://www.cad.gov.hk.2 The Technical Arrangement2.1 The HKCAD and TCCA (hereinafter referred to as "the parties") agree thattheir respective laws, regulations, standards, practices, procedures and systemsfor the approval and monitoring of aircraft maintenance in general, andapproved maintenance organisations in particular, are sufficiently comparableto permit the acceptance of each other's maintenance certification systems,subject to the procedures described in the Technical Arrangement.2.2 Without prejudice to the obligations of each of the parties under its ownregulations, the purpose of the Technical Arrangement is to avoid duplicationof inspections and evaluations by:(a)(b)Enabling each party to give the same validity to the other party'sinspection and evaluation findings for the approval of maintenanceorganisations as to its own inspection and evaluation findings; andEnabling each party to give the same validity to the other party'ssystem for the release of aeronautical products to service aftermaintenance as to its own release system.2.3 Definitions2.3.1 Within the Technical Arrangement, the following terms have theAN-30B P.130 September 2006