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Most companies have a high level responsible for airworthiness whose job it is to see the minions are aware of and comply with regulations. At least the processes and paperwork should be in place. Whether they are followed or not is subject to auditing first by the company office that oversees airworthiness and last by your friendly regulator.
There are many outside experts ready to step in and help if an organization is not up to the job. I really do hate to see that the regulator has let this process down but it does happen