Small private aircraft can operate without having an arrangement with a CAMO but I don't believe anyone new to aircraft ownership can successfully manage the airworthiness and maintenance of an aircraft in the current EASA system. It has to be left to the professionals.
I wonder how I managed to do it successfully until now...
By the way, you are really thinking about CAMO+, which would allow you to have the ARC
issued every three years but
renewed twice during that period, based only on proper documentation of any maintenance performed (in other words, paper-trail-based
). That is of course entirely optional, any owner can be their own CAMO and have all necessary maintenance (including yearly ARC reissue) performed at the part-M shop of your choice. The upside of this is that you can now do it anywhere in EASA-land regardless of registration.
Ciao,
Dg800