Good points. The contracting States are responsible under the provisions of the annex, however, EASA is not required to be a signatory as the contracting states have jurisdiction, based on state of occurance, registry ect - read the annex, it's clear enough and open to enough interpretation
There is a push on to centralise the functions; it will end up being mirrored as a function as with several other EASA operations which are running in parallel, with enough residual inertia from the individual contracting states to prevent EASA getting the unified investigating agency it probably wants - either way, it's a mess waiting to happen. The AAIB, BEA ect are very competent, so it's hard to see how centralising the functions will improve the respective processes
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