7.3 Change of flag
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7.3 Change of flag

  7.3.1 Granting equivalence and exemption from the prescriptive rules rests solely with the Administration. This has the implication that risk assessments and assumptions made, scenarios applied and the original basis of the risk profile to evaluate the alternative features are to be submitted from the previous to the new Administration, including any subsequent revisions.

  7.3.2 The new Administration will examine the documentation, and will decide if it is acceptable.

  7.3.3 The new Administration may request an independent validation of prerequisites, original parameters and review of the risk profile to verify whether the original parameters still hold and the originally applied criteria remain acceptable.


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