1. The Bilateral Environment for Aviation Safety – The Brazilian Certification Branch Experience
Claudio Passos
CTA

2. Summary Background Existing agreements/arrangements
Experience accumulated
Current policy on agreements/arrangements
Challenges/future activities

3. Background Agreements/arrangements not mandatory in Brazil
Export of airplanes
Multinational manufacturing activities
Multinational type certification issues

4. Existing agreements/arrangements
Germany (1987) France (2001) Lithuania (2003)
Spain (1995) + Eurocopter (2001) Macedonia (2003)
Belgium (1995) + Embraer (2001) Malta (2003)
JAA (1997) Bulgaria (2003) Norway (2003)
Russia/CIS (1997) Croatia (2003) Poland (2003)
+ IP (1998) Czech Rep (2003) Romania (2003)
Italy (2000) Estonia (2003) Slovakia (2003)
+ IP (2000) Hungary (2003) Turkey (2003)
Iceland (2003) EASA (2004)
USA (1976)
+ IP (2004)
China (2000)
+ IP (2000)
Japan (2001)
Chile (1995)
Bilateral Agreement
Protocol of Understanding
Memorandum of Understanding
Arrangements
Implementation Procedures

5. Experience accumulated
Improvement on continuing airworthiness
Service difficulties information flow
Essential for multinational design and production
Good understanding of each other’s system
Improved cooperative work between authorities
Less redundant inspections, evaluations and testing
Mutual benefit for authorities and industries
Optimize human resources and economic aspects
Increase efficiency
Alleviate burden on aviation industry

6. Current policy Partnership with foreign authorities
Close and permanent contact with “partners”
Mutual understanding of each other’s system
Bilateral activities clearly agreed and formalized
Responsibilities
Activities
Compliance with ICAO SARP’s regarding State of Design

7. Challenges/future activities
Multinational design
Complex integrated systems
Global processes
Type certification
Production Approval
Intensive use of computer simulations
Passenger evacuation testing
Unmanned aircraft