vertalop, Sorry, but I believe the drop tests are a drop in the bucket (pardon!)
Is the EC 225 JAR Certified, or did they just do some tests? The paraphrase from the program director does not specify if a true airworthiness certificate from JAR was issued. As the JAR web site shows (by the fact that no JAR application was made), I believe the tests you refer to were partial, in-house ones, without JAR oversight. The difference is enormous, and only an airworthiness type certificate from JAR proves the point. I have seen EC actually give the JAR paragraphs to the DGAC and try to use that as evidence of "partial" JAR compliance, when a JAR member never saw nor approved the data, and major parts of the helicopter are as they were in 1980. Ask for the date and number of the airworthiness type certificate from JAR (which should also be posted on line, as it is a public document).
Imagine that the doctor you visit had no certificate on his wall, but instead told you that he had studied exactly as if he was in medical school.
These are a partial list of what real JAR compliance consists of, for all parts of the helicopter, not just those that were refurbished:
Flaw/Damage Tolerant Design
FAR/JAR No. 29.571, Amendment 29-28,10/27/89
Bird Strike Protection
FAR/JAR No. 29.631, Amendment 29-40, 8/08/96
Crash Resistant Fuel Systems
FAR/JAR No. 29.952, Amendment 29-35, 11/02/94
Improved Crashworthiness
FAR/JAR Nos 29.561, Amendment 29-38, 3/13/96
Dynamic Seat Testing (Passengers & Crew)
FAR/JAR No. 29.562, Amendment 29-41, 8/29/97
Turbine Burst Protection
FAR/JAR No. 29.901, Amendment 29-36, 11/2/95
Critical Parts Control
FAR/JAR No. 29.602, Amendment 29-45, 8/24/99
HIRF Protection
FAA proposed special condition, 7/12/99
Lightning Protection
FAR/JAR No. 1309 (h), Amendment 29-40, 5/10/96