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PURPOSE.

This notice provides guidelines to Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) engineers, Manufacturing Inspection District/Satellite Office (MIDO/MISO) inspectors, Certification Management Office/Certification Management Unit (CMO/CMU), Designated Engineering Representatives (DER), Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representatives (DMIR), Designated Airworthiness Representatives (DAR), and Organizational Designated Airworthiness Representatives (ODAR) regarding the processes of software conformity inspection and software conformity review. These guidelines are applicable for software conformity reviews and inspections related to type certificates (TC), supplemental type certificates (STC), amended supplemental type certificates (ASTC), amended type certificates (ATC), and Technical Standard Order Authorizations (TSOA).