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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-B/division-7/division-6/division-.7",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/45",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/3/part/B/division/7/division/6/division/.7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": ".7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Doors and door frames in ‘B’ class divisions and means of securing them shall provide a method of closure which shall have resistance to fire equivalent to that of the divisions except that ventilation openings may be permitted in the lower portion of such doors. Where such opening is in or under a door the total net area of any such opening or openings shall not exceed 0,05 m 2 . Alternatively, a non-combustible air balance duct routed between the cabin and the corridor and located below the sanitary unit is permitted where the cross-sectional area of the duct does not exceed 0,05 m 2 . All ventilation openings shall be fitted with a grill made of non-combustible material. Doors shall be non combustible.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2010/36/EU of 1 June 2010 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/45/annex/I/chapter/3/part/B/division/7/division/6/division/.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:12.497948+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}