EASA Form 1 and FAA Form 8130-3 are authorised release / airworthiness approval documents for articles. A Form 1 does not automatically replace an 8130-3, and neither form is a shipping document.
What each certificate is
EASA Form 1 (Authorised Release Certificate). EASA’s FAQ defines it as the ARC released by a POA holder (and suitable for maintenance organisations): What is an EASA form 1? (last updated 07 May 2015). That FAQ points filling detail to Appendix I of Part 21 (EASA cites page 87 of CELEX 02012R0748-20140217). QCM’s completion booklet restates production vs maintenance tracks and the mix prohibitions from those appendices (QCM REV05). Do not treat FAQ 19466 as the full 145.A.50 / 1321/2014 filling text.
FAA Form 8130-3 (Authorized Release Certificate, Airworthiness Approval Tag) is the US counterpart. Industry uses it for new articles under 14 CFR part 21, return to service after maintenance, and export under bilateral agreements. The form catalog entry is FAA documentID 186171. Completion practice was long described in Order 8130.21 (the public Q&A PDF is still the H-era file: 8130-3QA.pdf). Aviation Suppliers Association states Order 8130.21J is the Part 21 completion order after the 2025 split, with maintenance RTS in AC 43-9D, not in 8130.21J (ASA, 2 Nov 2025; Order 8130.21J PDF).
TCCA Form One is the Canadian analogue. Transport Canada’s MAG amendment (signed 12 July 2024; industry letter 24 January 2025) mutually accepts EASA Form 1 and TCCA Form One for AMOs maintaining aeronautical products other than aircraft; MAG approval numbers are no longer required in block 12 for engines and propellers (Transport Canada MAG page).
They are not always interchangeable
Dual-release wording, or the correct bilateral remarks, is what makes a tag usable on the other side of the Atlantic.
- Aviatize glossary (10 Jun 2026): Part-21 / Part-145 vs 14 CFR §21.137 and Order 8130.21J; incomplete Block 11/12 as rejection reasons.
- Angad Aviation (16 Jul 2026): authority table; bilateral acceptance is not automatic.
- Sofema (26 Aug 2026): MAG dual-release Block 12, UK CAA post-Brexit, TCCA, triple-release remarks. Training-vendor framing, verify against MAG/TIP text before treating Block 12 wording as law.
- EASA FAQ on PMA remarks for US articles into European MRO: FAQ 19218.
- FAA reciprocal acceptance of TSO articles: Reciprocal Acceptance FAQs (April 2023).
Rotabull’s 8130-3 guide (vendor, 2020) tells shops a CoC cannot be used for export while 8130-3 can (Rotabull). That is not FAA.gov. Official acceptance tables list Form 1, 8130-3, TCCA Form One and similar ARCs (EASA FAQ 66700); they do not list a supplier CoC as an ARC.
What 8130-3 is not (FAA)
Public FAA/industry prohibitions that keep showing up in receiving:
- Not a shipping or delivery document.
- Not for release of an aircraft.
- Not installation eligibility on a particular aircraft, engine or propeller.
- Do not mix production-released and maintenance-released items on one form.
- Do not mix approved and non-approved design data on one form.
- Prototype export restrictions apply under 8130.21J.
See 8130.21J and the older Q&A PDF.
The shipment packet
AOG desks and brokers lose time when the tag is valid and the commercial set is not. First-presentation failures in the evidence pool:
| Field that must agree | Typical documents |
|---|---|
| Part number / serial / description triad | Form 1 or 8130-3, commercial invoice, AWB/HAWB |
| New vs repaired vs overhauled vs exchange | Certificate Block 11 / status, invoice valuation |
| Origin / consignee | Invoice, AWB, ENS/T1/CARM line |
| Goods description | ICS2 ENS / PLACI vs “aircraft spare parts” |
Official pages for the customs half of that packet (none of them teach Form 1 vs 8130-3):
- Canada: CARM (system of record 21 Oct 2024).
- EU security filing: ICS2.
- Invoice completeness (Canada): D1-4-1.
AOG urgency still leaves invoice completeness in play (Purolator International, 2017, still public). Treating AOG as a customs fast lane, splitting HAWBs, or using rough HS codes are listed on Doana’s AOG glossary (Doana AOG, vendor). Hourly downtime figures ($10k–$150k) circulating on freight blogs were not independently verified here.
What Doana can and cannot do
Doana’s product pages describe inbox extraction of Form 1 / 8130-3 fields (P/N, S/N, description, quantity, approvals, issuer, date, status) and reconciliation against invoice, AWB and packing lists (Form 1 automation, 8130-3 glossary). That is evidence capture for a broker or MRO receiving desk.
It does not certify airworthiness, decide MAG/TIP eligibility, or file CARM / ICS2 / a customs declaration.
Sources
- https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/faq/19466
- https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/faq/19218
- https://www.faa.gov/forms/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/186171
- https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/Order_8130.21J.pdf
- https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/other_visit/aviation_industry/designees_delegations/resources/8130-3QA.pdf
- https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/international/reciprocal_acceptance_faq
- https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/aircraft-airworthiness/international-agreements-arrangements/mutual-acceptance-easa-tcca-authorized-release-certificate-components
- https://www.aviatize.com/glossary/form-1-and-8130-3
- https://angadaviation.com/blog/easa-form-1-vs-faa-8130-3
- https://sofemaaviation.com/blog/acceptance-criteria-for-easa-form-1-and-faa-form-8130-3
- https://aviation-suppliers.org/2025/11/02/new-guidance-on-completing-8130-3/
- https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/customs-security/import-control-system-2_en
- https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/services/carm.html