This is from the link at the bottom of the very first document that was linked in this thread here: "This would have had to result".
Have they seen the audit report? Do they know for sure? Maybe LBA demonstrated safeguards that satisfied the auditors?
"With regard to Germany, the same inadequate verification procedures had been approved by
the German Luftfahrt Bundesamt (“LBA”). LBA continues to approve these procedures even though
it has been audited by EASA on 30th June 2015 and this would have had to result in a finding which
ought to have been of level 1 requiring immediate action within 2 weeks because it affects safety in
respect of every release to service issued in Germany. At the very least, it would have resulted in a
level 2 finding, requiring action within 12 months, failing which EASA is required to report the matter
to the EC. Article 17 EU Reg 628/2013. (Appendix 5).
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It is a matter of great concern in respect of an audit carried out in 2015, that there is an open finding
on this issue which can only mean that LBA have not corrected their procedures. EASA has not
reported this issue to the EC within 12 months of the audit and is therefore in breach of Article 22
Reg 628/2013."